Zhang Ziyi Invited To Join Oscar Academy
June 27, 2005
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Zhang Ziyi
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Zhang Ziyi, along with 111 other film stars and professionals within the industry, has been invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
to join its membership. Though official induction won't be for another three months in September, Ziyi has acknowledged the
the invitation, which means she will be able to vote as an Academy member for next year's Oscars.
In response to the news, Ziyi was quite modest. "I am very pleased to hear the news. Audience members both from China and
all over the world provided me with strong support in the past several years, which helped me make progress," Ziyi said,
adding the invitation was simply an honor rather than a change.
Candidates for Academy membership are normally proposed by members and then considered by committees made up of prominent
representatives of each of the organization’s fourteen branches — art directors, executives, film editors, etc. In
addition, individuals nominated for Academy Awards, if not already members of the organization, are automatically
considered by the appropriate committees, though not necessarily invited to join.
While the great majority of Academy members are based in the US, membership is open to qualified film industry professionals
from around the world. The current Academy membership roster of 5,780 jurists has members from 36 countries, including China:
Shanghai-born actress and director
Joan Chen (Jasmine Women);
Beijing-born actress
Lu Yan and director
Chen Kaige; and renown cinematographer and emerging director
Gu Changwei from Xian.
Zhang Ziyi will be welcomed into the organization at an invitation-only reception and induction ceremony to be held at the
Academy's Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study
in Beverly Hills, California, on Wednesday, September 21, 2005.
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2046 Screened At Los Angeles Film Festival
June 26, 2005
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2046 —
director Wong Kar-wai's long-awaited sequel of sorts to his
2000 art-house hit In the Mood for Love,
starring Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi,
Maggie Cheung,
Chang Chen,
Gong Li,
Carina Lau,
Takuya Kimura,
Faye Wong and
Dong Jie —
screened out of competition last night at the 11th Annual Los Angeles Film Festival.
2046 will screen again today at 2:30PM at Laemmle Sunset 2
in West Hollywood, California. General admission is $10. Call the festival at 1-866-FILMFEST for more info on tickets
and passes.
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2046 venue information:
Laemmle Sunset 2
8000 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, Ca
(323) 848-3500
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Over 260 features and short films will screen at this year's LA Film Festival, which runs from June 16 through today.
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Zhang Ziyi Featured On Entertainment Weekly 'The Must List'
June 23, 2005
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Zhang Ziyi
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Zhang Ziyi was named by Entertainment Weekly to their
'The Must List' 2005.
Listed 38th out of the 122 people and things the magazine "loves" this year, Ziyi was the only Chinese to be included.
'The Must List' also includes an insightful article about her and a stunning image (left).
Zhang Ziyi from 'The Must List' article:
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The Beijing native steps into her first
American movie role in Memoirs of a Geisha
Age 26
Mustworthiness Now that she's proved she's more than just a kung fu powerhouse, the petite beauty will make her
full-length English-speaking debut in December's adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha
as dreamed up by razzle-dazzle director Rob Marshall
(Chicago). But first she becomes considerably
more liberated as a lovestruck prostitute in 2046,
Hong Kong director
Wong Kar-Wai's mystical romance.
Social Study "Since I'm Chinese, I didn't know a lot about Japanese culture [going into Geisha], so I had to
learn the basics: how people spoke, how they walked."
Lady of the Plight But mastering a whole culture was nothing compared to shedding tears on cue. "If I only had
to cry a few times, it wouldn't be so hard," she says of her 2046 experience. "But with Kar-Wai, we always shot like 30 takes!
It was tiring!"
English Teacher "I like to watch TV commercials because the pronunciations are clear," says the Beijing
native. "Plus, there's a product, so you know what's being talked about."
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To finish the article on Ziyi and to read more, purchase the current issue of Entertainment Weekly in newsstands now.
Thanks to bundle2046
and zz1 for the news update.
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Princess Raccoon Holds North American Premier
June 20, 2005
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Zhang Ziyi
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Zhang Ziyi's first ever Japanese production,
Princess Raccoon (aka Operetta Tanukigoten) —
legendary director Suzuki Seijun's new musical, starring
Ziyi as a tanuki ("raccoon dog") that takes human form and falls in love with a young Japanese nobleman played by
Jô Odagiri (aka Joe Odagiri) —
held its North American premier last night at the 4th Annual New York Asian Film Festival
in New York, New York.
Princess Raccoon will screen again tonight at 8:30PM at The ImaginAsian.
General admission is $8.
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Princess Raccoon venue information:
The ImaginAsian
239 E 59th Street
New York, NY
(212) 371-6682
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The 4th Annual NY Asian Film Festival, the leading showcase for popular Asian cinema in the United States, runs this year from
June 17 through July 2, 2005.
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2046 Screened By Wong Kar-wai At Walter Reade Theater
June 18, 2005
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2046 —
director Wong Kar-wai's long-awaited sequel of sorts to his
2000 art-house hit In the Mood for Love,
starring Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi,
Maggie Cheung,
Chang Chen,
Gong Li,
Carina Lau,
Takuya Kimura,
Faye Wong and
Dong Jie —
received a special screening Wednesday night at Walter Reade Theater,
Lincoln Center, as part of the 'Film Comment Select' series
of undistributed films chosen for presentation each year by the editors of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's
Film Comment magazine.
In attendance at the special viewing of 2046 was the elusive director Wong Kar-wai to introduce the film
and to answer questions following the sold out screening. Wearing his trademark sunglasses, Wong signed autographs and
posed for photos.
Sony Pictures Classics co-president Michael Barker, Wong Kar-wai
and Film Society lead programmer Richard Peña; Sony Pictures Classics' new 2046 poster for the North American release;
Ziyi as Bai Ling from 2046 on the cover of the July/August 2005 issue of Film Comment magazine:
2046, distributed in North America by Sony Pictures Classics, will have its U.S. theatrical debut on August 5, 2005,
in New York and Los Angeles.
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Zhang Ziyi Attends Jagged Little Pill 10th Anniversary Performance
June 14, 2005
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Last night, Zhang Ziyi was at Starbucks in Astor Place,
New York, New York, for the launching of Alanis Morissette's
new album, Jagged Little Pill Acoustic,
the re-recorded version of her iconic 1995 debut Jagged Little Pill.
The special performance celebrates the 10th anniversary of her first album's release.
Alanis about her performance at Starbucks
after the show: "Acoustic songs have a coffee-house feel, so I think it fits."
Jagged Little Pill Acoustic will be sold exclusively through Starbucks for six weeks before being made available at
traditional retail outlets. Alanis Morissette's tour in support of the album began June 7, 2005, in Toronto, Canada, and will
conclude July 17, 2005, in Costa Mesa, California.
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Zhang Ziyi Appears At The 2005 MTV Movie Awards
June 06, 2005
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Zhang Ziyi, nominated for the 2005 MTV Movie Awards
in the category of Best Fight, appeared at the star-studded awards ceremony in Los Angeles Saturday evening. 'Zhang Ziyi vs
The Emperor's Guards', a scene of Ziyi's performance as Mei from House of Flying Daggers,
is only her second nomination since 'Zhang Ziyi vs the Entire Bar', from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
won Best Fight at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards. Unfortunately,
Ziyi didn't win this year, but she was on hand to co-present the award of Best Kiss with actor Paul Walker.
Zhang Ziyi posing for photographers on the red carpet; Ziyi presenting the Best Kiss Award with Paul Walker:
This year's awards ceremony, the 14th annual, was at the Shrine Auditorium
in Los Angeles, California, and will air on June 9, 2005, at 8:30PM (ET/PT). The show will ultimately be seen in
166 countries and territories via 42 music programming services, and in 18 languages in over 400 million households worldwide.
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Zhang Ziyi One Of The 'Chinese Top Ten Leaders Of The Younger Generation'
June 01, 2005
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Southern People Weekly magazine organized
and sponsored an event at Beijing University last weekend in which
Zhang Ziyi was named by the magazine as one of the 'Chinese Top Ten Leaders of the Younger Generation'. All the people
included in the list are younger than 35, have outstanding achievements in their respective fields and can represent the
image of China to the world.
Ziyi was selected by Southern People Weekly magazine's staff specifically because she is the most famous star in China,
has become the symbol for China in the aspect of cultural exchange between China and the West and because much of the Western media,
including European and American, have covered her and even put her on the cover of major magazines.
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