All eyes are on the gorgeous stars for GQ’s 10th birthday party. Select guests include Jing Boran, He Jiong, Karlie Kloss, Wang Yaoqing, Duan Yihong, William Chan, Wenqi, Qu Chuxiao, Li Yifeng, Chris Li Yuchun, Li Bingbing, Li Qin, Zhu Yilong, Angelababy, Wang Yibo, He Sui, Tan Jianci, Jing Tian, Li Xian, Liu Haoran, Chloe Maayan, Wang Jingchun, Tong Dawei, Zheng Kai, Cai Xukun and Deng Lun.
Photos that caught my eye this week.
Finding Love on the Journey stars Chen Xiao as an undercover cop and Jing Tian as an artist‘s daughter who willingly puts herself in danger to find out the truth behind a mysterious painting. [Extended Synopsis]
The 52 episode drama airs daily on Jiangsu TV / Zhejiang TV beginning tonight.
Trailer 1 (Director’s cut), Teaser 1, Teaser 2, Teaser 3
The series is shot on location in Dali and Shangri-la of Yunnan province. I don’t know if that moon is PS’ed in here, but it’s pretty.
Chen Xiao and Jing Tian’s road-trip suspense romance Finding Love on the Journey will be airing soon, so here’s the first trailer out to get you excited. If anything, it’s definitely the first of its genre that I’ve heard of. Based on an original script and directed by Mao Weining (An Ordinary World), Chen Xiao plays a cop who teams up with a woman seeking to clear their name. On their road trip to Shangri-la, they become entangled in the local crime scene and an international drug smuggling corporation. [Extended Synopsis]
Trailer below, MV here, and more stills below the cut:
New poster for upcoming sci-fi The Wandering Earth
Posters, stills, photoshoots, and random photos that caught my eye this week.
King of Blaze tells of the three-lives-three-worlds romance between gods Zhongtian (Chen Bolin) and Fengjian (Jing Tian). The first part runs for 28 episodes and focuses on the leads’ romance on their home planet and in the ancient Tang dynasty, while part 2 is set in the modern day and has a total of 33 episodes.
2 episodes will be released every Monday to Thursday here beginning tonight.
Actress Jing Tian did a pretty modern wuxia-themed photoshoot recently. It reminds me a lot of the modern wuxia photoshoot for Liu YIfei also by photographer Liu Zongyuan, except the wuxia elements is less obvious due to the lack of visible weapons. Continue reading
Roadtrip-undercover-romance drama Finding Love on the Journey has released stills of leads Chen Xiao and Jing Tian, and an opening theme song by Ma Tianle. Liu Yijun, who had memorable roles in Nirvana in Fire, The Disguiser and Great Expectations, also guest stars. [Extended Synopsis]
Photographer Luo Yang is one of the fastest-rising fashion photographers in the past year, a year with a lot of diverse, young photographers hitting the scene. Her photoshoot with Chun Xia was voted the best fashion magazine cover of year by fans and a panel of professionals, and imo it’s well-deserved. Here are some of her works, including with Ma Sichun, Jiang Wenli, Xiao Wen Ju, Zhong Chuxi, Chun Xia, Chen Feiyu, Li Meng, and Jing Tian.
The rawness captured in her photoshoots bring an unique perspective to the fashion magazine photography scene. I also love how her photoshoots subtly shows Chinese influences without making it in-your-face. It’s a part of what I see as a growing movement by Chinese artists to move away from the bold, explicit cultural elements like in the works of Chen Man. Another recent example is the embroidery Beauty Portraits by Leslie Zhang and Liu Zongyuan.
So I just figured out WordPress can embed tumblr (and that I have access to the Cfensi tumblr…) . This makes uploading photoshoots so much easier. I’ve also opened it to submissions if you want to submit your favs!
Collection of some great photoshoots by Chen Man that didn’t get their own posts, including Jing Tian’s futuristic shoot as a part of Pacific Rim promos, the rest of Yang Mi in Kyoto ,Tang Yan flirting with herself, Shu Qi fogged in mystery, and Fan Bingbing in Chinese-inspired avant garde fashion.