The year it was in Chinese showbiz...2003
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 7:47 am
2003 was definitely one of the most memorable years in Chinese showbiz.
4 Names: Leslie Cheung, CK Lam, Ke Shou Liang (Blackie), Anita Mui....RIP
There was the ICAC "Dance shadow" operation. Unfortunately the only losers were Juno Mak (his dad is probably thanking ICAC or else how many more millions of dollars will his son waste) and Chan Siu Bo (who was let go by Universal). Despite the operation, most of the music awards show are still badly fixed, as singers from the EEG Group (the group that was accuse of all those not so decent practises) still won most of the year-end music awards.
SARS...drove everyone out of the theatres for almost 3 months, but the 1:99 concert was a success.
Piracy is still a major problem, but the movie industry has taken its steps by lowering the prices of VCDs and DVDs to the point that there's no reason to take the risk of buying pirated stuff (not to mention its bad quality). Take a note, record companies.
Many celebrities (or their family members) still have no concept of what a law-abiding citizen should be.
NOT all was bad news though. The movie industry made a decent comeback with several good to great movies this year following the success of Inferno Affairs in 2002. Speaking of comebacks, there was also Edmond Leung, Leo Koo, and to a smaller extent, Taiwan's Jolin Choi, who's album was the best selling album in Taiwan for 2003.
Anyway, let's hope for a better 2004.
4 Names: Leslie Cheung, CK Lam, Ke Shou Liang (Blackie), Anita Mui....RIP
There was the ICAC "Dance shadow" operation. Unfortunately the only losers were Juno Mak (his dad is probably thanking ICAC or else how many more millions of dollars will his son waste) and Chan Siu Bo (who was let go by Universal). Despite the operation, most of the music awards show are still badly fixed, as singers from the EEG Group (the group that was accuse of all those not so decent practises) still won most of the year-end music awards.
SARS...drove everyone out of the theatres for almost 3 months, but the 1:99 concert was a success.
Piracy is still a major problem, but the movie industry has taken its steps by lowering the prices of VCDs and DVDs to the point that there's no reason to take the risk of buying pirated stuff (not to mention its bad quality). Take a note, record companies.
Many celebrities (or their family members) still have no concept of what a law-abiding citizen should be.
NOT all was bad news though. The movie industry made a decent comeback with several good to great movies this year following the success of Inferno Affairs in 2002. Speaking of comebacks, there was also Edmond Leung, Leo Koo, and to a smaller extent, Taiwan's Jolin Choi, who's album was the best selling album in Taiwan for 2003.
Anyway, let's hope for a better 2004.