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lifestyle SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Hong Kong actor actress arrives. host Kevin Tsai arrives ahead of the Golden Horse Film. Stars gather in Taiwan for Chinese ‘Oscars’

Taiwan actress tars from China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan Grandmaster” and an exorcist in “: Conquering and Tony Leung Ka-fai (“Cold War”) as well as Taiwan’s Lee Kang- Alice Ke is seen gathered in yesterday for this year’s Golden the Demons”. Their rivals are Taiwanese actress Gwei Lun-mei sheng (“Stray Dogs”) and Wang Yu (“Soul”) for the best actor hon- on the red carpet. SHorse Film Awards with Wong Kar-wai’s martial arts (“Christmas Rose”) as well as Hong Kong’s (“Blind our. epic “The Grandmaster” leading the race with 11 nomina- Detective”) and Cherry Ngan (“The Way We Dance”). Singaporean is nominated for best supporting tions. Chinese actress Ziyi, Taiwanese screen “The Grandmaster,” inspired by the life of Yip Man, the mentor of actress for playing a Filipina maid in “Ilo Ilo” while 13-year-old Koh siren and Hong Kong actors and legendary kung fu star Bruce Lee, is a frontrunner with nominations Jia Ler is up for best new performer for his role as a troubled “heavenly kings” and were in major categories including best feature film, best director, best Singaporean boy who the maid befriends. Several Taiwanese news- among the performers due to walk down the red car- actress and best actor for Hong Kong’s Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Wong, papers predicted that Wong Kar-wai could take home the best pet ahead of a gala ceremony, organisers said. Oscar- who won best director for the drama “” in 1991, director award and Tsai Ming-liang the best feature film. winning director Ang Lee, who chairs this year’s jury, will face off against Hong Kong’s Johnnie To, China’s Jia Zhangke, is a critics’ favourite for best actress and Lee Kang-sheng for best will be joined by acclaimed Hong Kong filmmakers Taiwanese Chung Mong-hong (“Soul”), and Malaysian Tsai Ming- actor. Nearly 40 films are nominated in the 50th edition of the John Woo and Wong Kar-wai for the awards, dubbed the liang (“Stray Dogs”) for the best director title. Golden Horse Film Awards, which are styled on the US Academy “Oscars” of Chinese-language cinema. Also nominated for the best feature film gong are To’s action Awards but are decided by a jury along the lines of the Cannes film Singaporean director and his cast will flick “Drug War,” Jia’s “A Touch of Sin”-a tale of corruption, greed and festival. — AFP attend the ceremony for his family drama “Ilo Ilo,” which exploitation in modern China-as well as Tsai’s “Stray Dogs” about a has six nods including best feature film and best new direc- homeless Taiwanese family living on the margins of society. Tony tor. Zhang and Shu are vying for the best actress crown for Leung Chiu-wai, who plays the eponymous “Grandmaster,” will their respective roles as a kungfu master in “The compete against fellow Hong Kongers (“Unbeatable”)

Taiwanese actor Ethan Ruan arrives.

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi Chinese pianist Lang Lang and Hong Kong actress Denise Ho are seen.

X-Men character Guetta’s UN show comes out as gay for disaster relief

new character in the “Uncanny X-Men” series came out video by DJ David Guetta screened onto sponsoring words like “dreams,” “strength” and as gay in a new installment of the comic books. the UN skyscraper in New York on Friday “dialogue.” Benjamin Deeds, a.k.a. Morph, a relatively new mutant A launched a campaign to raise cash for “Together we can use our voices to make a in the series, revealed his sexual orientation in “Uncanny X- A disaster victims of the Philippines typhoon and real difference for people in need around the Men #14,” which is slated for release this week. The installment Syria war. The blacked out UN headquarters world,” said Guetta at the screening with UN was penned by Brian Michael Bendis. “Continuing with provided the backdrop for the screening of the leader Ban Ki-moon. Ban said that Guetta is “an Marvel’s rich tradition of character development and story- “One Voice” single by Frenchman Guetta and example of true humanism and solidarity” but telling, this shape-shifting mutant can alter his appearance to Mikky Ekko. Guetta, renowned in night- that the music star also deserves a prize for mimic anyone he is in close proximity with,” Joe Taraborrelli, clubs the world over for songs such as “Just A optimism. “This is the man who thought he senior communications manager of Marvel Entertainment Little More Love” and “Sexy B***h”, said he was could teach me to dance,” Ban joked. — AFP told The Huffington Post. “The fact that Ben has come out as moved by the Syria conflict and the November homosexual is just a small facet of who he is and what he is 8 Philippines super typhoon to launch The going to bring to Cyclops’ select team of X-Men.” The charac- World Needs More campaign. ter’s first appearance came this year in “All-New X-Men #3.” The DJ and corporate giants will pay out Deeds is a shape-shifting college student at the University of cash to the UN humanitarian agency when the Texas at Austin. Deeds is not the first comic book character to hashtag #theworldneedsmore and other A video by French musi- come out as gay. He is not even the first X-Men member: words are Tweeted. Guetta is sponsoring the cian David Guetta is pro- Northstar, originally a member of Alpha Flight who joined the word “love” so that every time someone uses jected on to the United main squad later, came out in the 1990s. — Reuters the hashtags #theworldneedsmore #love, he Nations headquarters in donates $1. Major banks and enterprises are support of “The World Needs More” campaign in New York. — AFP