The world was a stage for sensational soprano Maria Callas. Greece has commemorated Callas, who passed away in Paris in 1977, by declaring 2007 the Year of Callas and staging a number of events in her honor.
Ang Lee's latest opus, Lust, Caution, which has just won the director a second Golden Lion, has been the talk of the town because of its 30-minute-long erotic scenes, including full-frontals of the two main characters. Yet the stories of the two women behind the scene, a young female spy who died of a failed assassination in 1930's Shanghai and the author of the original story whose own love story resonates in the film - are equally ravishing.
Traffic, a documentary intended to raise awareness about human trafficking in the Asia-Pacific region, will broadcast on MTV China's 24-hour channel on October 6 at 11:30 am and on MTV Mandarin on October 7 at 6 pm.
It might be the most highly anticipated play in Beijing this year. Brothers, adapted from Yu Hua's acclaimed novel of the same title, produced by Shanghai Artistic Drama Center, will tour Beijing from September 30 to October 4 at Poly Theater.
Mamma Mia! hit Shanghai and Beijing this summer, and 42nd Street is now running in Shanghai and is scheduled to dazzle the capital in November. But between the two Broadway productions' performances, the original Chinese musical Butterflies failed to wow audiences when it premiered in Beijing early this month.
You can tell Hong Qi's love of giant pandas from her hand-made goods proudly displayed on her little stall in Beijing's famous Nanluoguxiang Hutong. Canvas bags, badges of different sizes, pottery hangings and cups all featured her comic design of a panda with two enormous eyes and a hilarious expression.
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