Li Xiang to join SZ Satellite TV

    Former host of Hunan Satellite TV Li Xiang will soon be working “officially” for Shenzhen Satellite TV and will move to the city with her family.

    Responding to the rumor that she no longer holds the post of special assistant at Hunan Satellite TV, and assumes the position of deputy president of Shenzhen Satellite TV, she said jokingly: “Please call me President Li later.”

    ‘The Great Gatsby’ to be screened on August 30

    U.S. 3D drama “The Great Gatsby,” an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel of the same name, will hit screens on the Chinese mainland on August 30.

    Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan, the movie follows the life and times of millionaire Jay Gatsby (DiCaprio) and his neighbor Nick (Maguire), who recounts his encounter with Gatsby at the height of the Roaring Twenties.

    Moms back anti-paparazzi bill

    Hollywood moms Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner continued their campaign to keep paparazzi* away from the children of celebrities on August 13, appearing at a legislative hearing in California to urge passage of a bill that would increase state penalties for harassing* children.

    In an emotional testimony, Garner told members of a California Assembly committee that she and her children are followed wherever they go.

    The bill, which has already passed the State Senate, focuses on people who target children based on their parents’ occupations.

    Wen Zhang, Wang Zhiwen join Jiang Wen’s new film

    Chinese film director Jiang Wen has invited two other Chinese actors, Wen Zhang and Wang Zhiwen, to star alongside Ge You in his new film “Gone With the Bullets,” Jiang’s company announced on August 14.

    Although Jiang has stated that this film will not follow the storyline* of his 2010 action comedy “Let the Bullets Fly,” Chinese audiences have long expected the new film to be a sequel* to that box office hit.(SD-Agencies)