Sparks fly in the latest dramatic episode of silver screen rivalry

Rivalries between movie stars are the stuff of legend.

There is the notorious feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford that culminated in the 1962 movie What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Half a century later and half a world away, Gong Li and Joan Chen combined to totally eclipse the Golden Horse Awards they had just appeared at by staging a post-show drama befitting larger-than-life egos. Only this time, the audience, via the Internet, seemed to wield the baton as it whipped the clash to a crescendo.