In Ang Lee's latest movie "Taking Woodstock", there was a scene that masterfully captured the after-effects of taking marijuana and stimulants. The realistic portrayal led to questions on whether the acclaimed director has ever taken any drugs. Lee confessed he had tried marijuana when he was studying abroad. "I dozed off after taking two puffs," he said. All he could remember was muttering in broken English and speaking Mandarin incessantly.
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Ang Lee has rapidly ascended as one of my preferential modern directors by invoking his films, especially his relationship-based dramas, with a momentum that keeps the gears in motion until the credits roll. Lust, Caution ( Se, Jie ), notorious for being the NC-17 triumphant black sheep at the Venice Film Festival, could quite possibly be one of his best, if at the very least one of his most sprawling and visually ensnaring. In the tradition of Brokeback Mountain and The Ice Storm , Lee's... Read Full Story
Chinese actress Tang Wei attended the Salvatore Ferragamo Fall 2008 womenswear show back in February, during Milan Fashion Week, wearing a multi-blue striped Salvatore Ferragamo Spring 2008 dress with silver pumps and a blue clutch. Actress Diane Kruger attended the Salvatore Ferragamo "Renaissance" Art Exhibition Opening at The Salvatore Ferragamo Gallery in New York a few months ago, wearing the same dress. Diane made her dress more interesting by shortening it, and wearing it off-the... Read Full Story
Tang Wei
Tang Wei (born on October 7, 1979) is a Chinese actress, hailing from Hangzhou.
As a fresh face, she was selected from more than 10,000 actresses, beating out a handful of well-known actresses including A-list stars Big S, Hsu Chi, Zhou Xun and Liu Yifei, to appear in Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution” (Winner of the 2007 Golden Lion award), costarring Tony Leung, Joan Chen and Leehom Wang. She is undisputedly the most eye-catching in the movie.
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(photo: crienglish) Tang Wei will star opposite Jacky Cheung in a new film written and will be directed by Ivy Ho. According to Ming Pau Daily News , the actress will play a single woman whose family arranges for her to date an electrical goods shop owner's laid-back son played by singer Cheung. This will be Wei’s first film since being banned in China for starring in Lust, Caution (2007). Read Full Story
Ang Lee protege Tang Wei has landed her first role since starring in the sexually charged spy thriller "Lust, Caution" and her reported ban in mainland China. Tang will co-star with veteran Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung in the upcoming Chinese-language comedy "Crossing Hennessy," about the friendship that develops between two shopkeepers who are set up on a date, Hong Kong-based Irresistible Films said Thursday. Shooting will start in March, it said in a statement. Lee, who won a best... Read Full Story
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In this Oct. 3, 2007 file photo, Tang Wei arrives at a screening of the film "Lust, Caution" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif.
** FILE ** In this Oct. 3, 2007 file photo, Tang Wei arrives at a screening of the film "Lust, Caution" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif. Tang will co-star with veteran... Read Full Story
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Lust, Caution , Ang Lee’s adaptation of Eileen Chang’s short story, is probably most notorious for its NC-17-earning love scenes, which feature copious nudity and gymnastic positioning from Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and newcomer Tang Wei. Those who put the film on their must-see list simply to catch some skin won’t be totally disappointed; the actual amount of sex amounts to less than ten minutes, but the scenes are quite explicit in all their sweaty... Read Full Story
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Actress Maggie Q is currently shooting in the mountains of Xinjiang Province in north-western China, The Warrior and the Wolf . The tribal woman role in the film was initially given to Lust, Caution actress Tang Wei; however, the role was withdrawn due to Chinese cinema banning Wei after her rather lustful onscreen performance with actor Tong Leung. The film is scheduled for release in late 2009. Read Full Story
