1Ang Lee wins best

    director Oscar

    Taiwanese director Ang Lee won the Best Director Academy Award for “Life of Pi” in Los Angeles in February 2014. It’s the second Oscar for Lee, who won in 2005 for “Brokeback Mountain.” He was also nominated in 2000 for directing “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” He has become only the 19th director to win the honor multiple times.

    2Reality show to hit big screen

    One of this year’s hottest Chinese reality shows, “Where are we going, Dad?” is being filmed in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.

    The original show, which took inspiration from a similar show in South Korea and produced by Hunan Satellite TV, features five celebrity fathers taking their young children out to explore the real world in front of cameras.

    With 12 episodes, the first season debuted Oct. 11 and has been enjoying record-breaking television ratings. The finale for the first season is slated to air Dec. 27.

    3Leehom Wang

    discloses romance

    Chinese-American singer-songwriter Leehom Wang disclosed that he has a girlfriend, 27-year-old Li Jinglei who is a graduate student at Columbia University, for the first time Nov. 27.

    The superstar disclosed the romance in his microblog. Later that same day, young pianist Li Yundi, rumored boyfriend of Wang, followed suit and introduced his girlfriend, a 25-year-old Department of Mathematics student named Tian Fei, through his microblog.

    Given the rumors of Lee’s relationship with Wang from earlier this year, the timing of this announcement has been termed by netizens as a “revenge.”

    Faye Wong and

    Li Yapeng seperate

    Asian pop diva Faye Wong announced Sept. 13 that she has divorced her second husband, former actor turned businessman, Li Yapeng.

    They had been married for eight years.Fans reposted her Sina Weibo microblog announcement more than 100,000 times in the first hour.

    The post read: “Our destiny as husband and wife ends here. I’m well. You take care, too.” Li later confirmed the news on his microblog, posting: “I wanted a family, but you are a legend. I miss the good days we spent together over the past 10 years.” The posts received 200,000 comments and more than 700,000 reposts.

    Guo Jingming’s ‘Tiny Times’ sweeps box office

    Best-selling author Guo Jingming’s directorial debut “Tiny Times,” based on his novels by the same title, has swept the Chinese box office since its debut June 27. The film, mostly popular among young women, idealizes materialist lifestyles that reflect Guo’s super-rich value system.

    Wang Feng expresses

    his love to Zhang Ziyi

    Chinese singer Wang Feng openly expressed his admiration to actress Zhang Ziyi during a concert in Shanghai on Nov. 9. This is the first time Wang has openly admitted his love to Zhang, ending speculation that the superstar duo have been dating ever since Wang’s second divorce Sept. 13.

    Li Yuchun wins 2013 MTV EMA Best Worldwide Act

    Chinese singer Li Yuchun outdid superstar Justin Bieber, winning the award for Best Worldwide Act at the 2013 MTV European Music Awards gala held in Amsterdam on Nov. 10.

    Rising from the nationwide singing competition Super Girl, Li has released seven albums, and had 52 No. 1 singles. She was also named “Icon of Chinese Pop Culture” by Time Magazine.

    Director Feng to helm CCTV annual gala show

    China Central Television has invited director Feng Xiaogang to helm the Spring Festival Gala 2014, which has more than 700 million viewers. This is the first time for a film director to direct the show in 30 years.

    Director sued over family planning breach

    Two lawyers filed a public interest lawsuit against film director Zhang Yimou for his violation of the family planning policy.

    Family planning authorities in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, found that Zhang fathered three children with his wife Chen Ting before they married in 2011. Under the one-child policy, Zhang can have only one child.

    The lawyers filed the lawsuit with the Intermediate People’s Court in Wuxi and requested the court fine Zhang 500 million yuan (US$82.1 million) in compensation for public resources and another 500 million yuan for punishment.

    Zhang Ziyi wins Best Actress at Golden Horse Awards

    Iconic Chinese movie star Zhang Ziyi won the best leading actress award at the Golden Horse Awards, considered the Chinese-language Oscars, for her performance in the film “The Grandmaster” Nov. 23 in Taipei. (SD-Agencies)