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Sexpert wants naked husband to be stripped from show
Li Yinhe, a noted sexologist, has demanded that organizers of the Shanghai International Sculpture Exhibition to be held at the end of the month, take down a naked sculpture of her late husband Wang Xiaobo, a reputed writer.
Recently, pictures of the sculpture, created by Zheng Min from the Guangzhou Fine Arts College, were released on the Internet and sparked a huge controversy.
Zheng had planned to exhibit his work to mark the 10th anniversary of the writer's death.
Li, 55, also a professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, had agreed with the show, according to Zheng.
But since Wang's families were strongly opposed to it, Li wrote to the organizers demanding that the sculpture be withdrawn. This is reportedly being complied with.
Blanchett could be 'Indy's' next love
Cate Blanchett is in negotiations to star opposite Harrison Ford in the long-awaited fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series, her publicist confirmed on Saturday.
"She is in negotiations, yes," publicist Lisa Kasteler said. Filming is scheduled to begin later this year, with Steven Spielberg on board to direct. The movie is being produced by Star Wars creator George Lucas' Lucasfilm Ltd.
Ford played Indiana Jones in 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1984's Temple of Doom and 1989's The Last Crusade.
Blanchett, who won a best supporting actress Oscar in 2004 for The Aviator, starred in last year's Notes on a Scandal and Babel.
Hilary Duff emerges with Dignity
As multimedia momentum goes, no one need teach 19-year-old Hilary Duff a thing.
For the past decade, she has built a career that began on TV, peaking in 2001 with her title role in Disney's 65-episode Lizzie McGuire.
Two years later, she recorded a full-length studio album, Metamorphosis, which hit No 1 on the Billboard 200, and the single Come Clean reached the Hot 100's top 40. The project sold 3.7 million copies and an MTV star was born.
With her upcoming album Dignity, due on April 3 via Disney's Hollywood Records label, Duff is coming out with the majesty of a high-class debutante. Duff co-wrote all songs on the album.
Japanese legend swings back with the baton
Japanese music icon Seiji Ozawa has taken up his baton again in Tokyo with a production of Wagner's Tannhauser, his first opera performance since poor health forced him to rest for more than a year.
Opening the season of the Tokyo Opera Nomori, the company he created in 2005, Ozawa led the world premiere of a Tannhauser production co-produced with the Paris National Opera and directed by the Canadian Robert Carsen.
The 71-year-old, renowned for his vigor, appeared energetic and conducted for more than three hours on Thursday evening, organisers said.
The Tokyo Opera Nomori will present Tannhauser in Tokyo and Yokosuka, a major military port city near the capital, until March 24. The production will head on to Paris in November for its European premiere.
Agencies-China Daily
(China Daily 03/20/2007 page18)
