Talking Entertainment: When to Watch Li Na and Back to 1942 Tops Golden Rooster Nominees
Tennis fans, listen up: China’s star tennis player Li Na broke another record and made into the US semi-open this week. The match can be viewed September 7 at 3:45am on CNTV 5.
Last week, nominees for the 2013 Golden Rooster awards were announced. The awards will take place September 25 to 28 at China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Wuhan.
Below is a breakdown of significant nominations from filmbizasia.com. Notable contenders include Back to 1942 which received eight nominations and Feng Shui which got seven. Surprisingly one of the highest-grossing comedies of the year, Lost in Thailand was not submitted to the festival. And WONG Kar-wai received a Best Director nomination for The Grandmaster.
Best Dramatic Film
• American Dreams in China
• Back to 1942
• Fallen City
• A Simple Life
• Song of the Phoenix
• The Story of Zhou Enlai
Best Director
• Peter Chan; American Dreams in China
• Feng Xiaogang; Back to 1942
• Wang Jing; Feng Shui
• Wong Kar-wai; The Grandmaster
Best Actor
• HUANG Jue 黃覺; Fallen City
• HUANG Xiaoming 黃曉明; American Dreams in China
• SUN Weimin 孫維民; The Story of Zhou Enlai
• TAO Zeru 陶澤如; Song of the Phoenix
• ZHANG Guoli 張國立; Back to 1942
Best Actress
• LIANG Jing 梁静; Son of the Stars 星星的孩子
• SONG Jia 宋佳; Falling Flowers 蕭紅
• YAN Bingyan 顏丙燕; Feng Shui
• YANG Zishan 楊子姍; So Young
• ZHANG Jingchu 張靜初; My Running Shadow
• ZHANG Ziyi 章子怡; The Grandmaster
Here are some arts and culture events this week: