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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Eason Wins "Past Decade's Most Influential Male Singer"


(l-r) Na Ying, Eason, Stefanie Sun

Two nights ago, immediately following the conclusion of his Moving On Stage 18 show in San Francisco, Eason Chan immediately flew to Beijing to attend the the Witnessing a Decade - JeansWest Entertainment Awards Ceremony (見證十年 真維斯娛樂大典), which celebrates of the past decade in Chinese entertainment. During the ceremony, Eason won the Hong Kong-Taiwan Region's Most Influential Male Singer award, while Stefanie Sun won the same award on the female side. Among the other attendees and award winners were Na Ying, Miriam Yeung and Carina Lau.

Sources: mingpao, on.cc & wenweipo 03.27.2009

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Eason Performs Theme Song for "Shanghai Volunteer Expo 2010"

Volunteers get a sign, a slogan and a song

SHANGHAI unveiled its World Expo volunteer logo today - it includes the Chinese character for heart, the letter "V" and a dove of peace carrying an olive branch.

The character "心" is to reflect the warm-hearted spirit of the volunteers who will serve the participants and visitors and the letter V stands for "volunteer." The dove and the olive branch convey a message of peace, friendship, sustainable development and hope, an extension of the "Better City, Better Life" theme.

The logo was unveiled on the 400-day countdown to the opening of Expo 2010 by Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng at the Wusa Monument Square in Huangpu District, near Nanjing Road E.

The logo is the third Expo symbol using a Chinese character after the Expo emblem itself which is shaped like "世" (world) and the mascot Haibao, a cartoon figure in the shape of the Chinese character "人."

It was designed by a Shangdong Province man, Li Xiaoli, said Hu Liqian of the volunteers department with the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.

As well Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng announced that "At Your Service At Expo" has been chosen as the volunteer slogan for Shanghai World Expo. It has three sub-logos -- "My Will, My Help, My Pleasure," "2010, We're Together As One" and "Our City, Your Joy."

The slogan was submitted by Huang Yuanyuan, a student of Jinan University in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

The winning logo and slogan were selected from 15,717 entries after a 147-day search wrapped up in April last year. About 10 percent of the suggestions came from overseas. An online vote for the 10 finalists was held at the end of last year.

At the announcement the Hong Kong singer Eason Chan Yik-Shun sang "By Your Side," the volunteer song for Expo 2010.

The song, 在你身邊, is written by Beijing's Zhang Ya Dong (張亞東), penned by Hong Kong's Keith Chan Siu Kei (陳少琪) and performed by Hong Kong's Eason Chan.

在你身邊
Composer: Zhang Ya Dong
Lyricist: Keith Chan
Performer: Eason Chan

志和愿兩個字 都有一顆心
當心和心靠近 城市的脈搏更強勁
人與人加人人 變成了眾人
匯聚眾人的力量 就能打開時代的大門

世界在你的眼前 夢想用汗水來實現
只要有堅定的信念 未來就能看得見
我們在你的身邊 每一次超越了極限
每一個感動的畫面 都是壯觀的盛典

志和愿兩個字 都有一顆心
當心和心靠近 城市的脈搏更強勁
在城市生活 對生活誠實
一起勇敢堅持 讓回憶成為驕傲的事

世界在你的眼前 夢想用汗水來實現
只要有堅定的信念 未來就能看得見
我們在你的身邊 每一次超越了極限
每一個感動的畫面 都是壯觀的盛典

世界在你的眼前 夢想用汗水來實現
只要有堅定的信念 未來就能看得見
我们在你的身边 每一次超越了极限
每一個感動的畫面 都是壯觀的盛典

Official site: Shanghai Volunteer Expo 2010
To listen to the song, go to the official site and click 'play' on the clip 3rd from the left (or the first on the right)

Source: shanghai daily 03.27.2009
Lyrics: coolman forum 03.27.2009

"Eason's Moving On Stage 18 - San Francisco" Rundown

Eason's Moving On Stage 18 was held at San Francisco's Cow Palace on Sunday, March 22, 2009. The rundown, as follows.

1. 低等動物
2. 裙下之臣
3. K歌之王
4. 謝謝儂
5. 瑪利奧派對
6. What a Wonderful World (original artist: Louis Armstrong)
7. Honesty (original artist: Billy Joel)
8. 路...一直都在
9. 愛是懷疑
10. 要你的
11. 閃
12. 想哭
13. 我們都寂寞
14. 打回原形
(Moving On Stage - Video talk)
15. 浮誇
16. 富士山下
17. 淘汰
18. 明年今日
Encore:
19. 第五個現代化
20. 演唱會
(Sponsor, Band Intro)
21. 夕陽無限好
22. 天下無雙
23. 單車
24. 最佳損友
25. 與我常在

Source: george 03.25.2009

"Eason's Moving On Stage 17 - Los Angeles" Clips

Eason's Moving On Stage 17 was held at Los Angeles's Agua Caliente Casino Resort on Saturday, March 21, 2009. Clips of the show, as follows.

Allegro Opus 3.3am & 七百年後





第五個現代化 & 演唱會


浮誇 & 富士山下


愛是懷疑

(Note: The rundown for this show has not surfaced. It will be posted when found.)

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Upcoming Film: "Dream Home"

The first production from the company 852 Films, formed by Josie Ho & Conroy Chan, Dream Home stars Josie Ho, Anthony Wong and Eason Chan.


852 opens with 'Dream Home'
Josie Ho stars in Pang Ho-cheung slasher film

By Jonathan Landreth

HONG KONG -- Casino heiress, rocker and actress Josie Ho is christening her movie finance and production company 852 Films by turning a dark corner with a slasher film about a Hong Kong girl who will go to any length to attain her dream home.

Inspired by the woes of the average citizen facing Hong Kong's inflated property market, "Dream Home" -- by local writer-director Pang Ho-cheung -- "tries to address what is happening in our economy now," Andrew Ooi, the film's executive producer and Ho's partner in the new production outfit, told The Hollywood Reporter.

852 -- which takes its name from Hong Kong's telephone prefix -- was co-founded in 2007 with Ho's husband, actor Conroy Chan, and plans to make five films in the coming year with "support from Josie's family," Ooi said.

Best known for her bad-girl antics and her performances in films such as "Forever and Ever" (2002), "Naked Ambition" (2004) and "Exiled" (2006), Ho is a daughter of Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho and a younger sister of MGM Grand Macau co-owner Pansy Ho.

"Dream Home" is indeed shaping up as a family affair, what with director Pang's wife Subi Liang joining Ho and Chan as a producer of the nearly $4 million project set to begin shooting Friday in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district.

"We've got our own financing and have been struggling to get more to do indie films since 2007," said Ooi, long a Vancouver-based talent agent.

"It's tough, so we thought we'd start with something close to the heart, a Hong Kong movie."

Best known outside Asia for his 2006 film "Isabella" -- a complicated family drama set in Macau -- Pang says he chose a slasher film as his next project because he's always loved Hollywood's B-grade movies.

"I've probably been watching too many and it's not easy to find a new story for me to work on. I need a fresh subject," Pang said.

To bring focus to the lighting and music he feels are key to slasher films, Pang hired Wong Kar Wai's longtime lights man Wong Chi-ming and Italian composer Gabriele Roberto ("Memories of Matsuko").

"In my past films, I didn't have a strong sense of lighting design. Since my collaboration with Mr. Wong, we have many vibrations to build up emotion through lighting design," Pang said. Regarding the music, he added, "I would love the music to give the audience a disturbing feeling while watching my work."

"Dream Home" also stars Anthony Wong ("Infernal Affairs"), Eason Chan ("Lady Cop & Papa Crook"), Michelle Ye Suen ("Vengeance"), Lawrence Chou ("Re-cycle") and Derek Tsang ("Ocean Flame"), who co-wrote the script with Pang and Jimmy Wan, who also worked on "Isabella."

The film is being shot by Yu-Lik Wai ("Still Life," "Plastic City"), with production design from Lim Chung ("Trivial Matters"). Wenders Li ("Warlords") will edit and Andrew Lin Hoi ("Mimic") and Vittaya Deerattrakul ("Bangkok Dangerous") will handle special effects. Computer visual effects will be done by Fat Face Prods. ("Warlords").

Source: hollywoodreporter 03.22.2009

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Hong Kong's 852 Films begins production on first feature Dream Home
New Hong Kong production and financing outfit 852 Films has started production on award-winning director Pang Ho Cheung’s latest film, Dream Home, starring Josie Ho, Anthony Wong and Eason Chan.

By Liz Shackleton in Hong Kong

The film, in which Ho plays a woman who will stop of nothing to own her dream home, is Pang’s first foray into the slasher genre. His credits include well-received dramas Isabella, which screened in competition at Berlin in 2006, and Exodus, which played in competition at San Sebastian.

Produced by Subi Liang, Conroy Chan and Ho, and executive produced by Andrew Ooi, Dream Home is based on a script orginated by Pang and written by Pang, Derek Tsang and Jimmy Wan, who last collaborated together on Isabella.

Michelle Ye Suen, Lawrence Chou, Derek Tsang, Juno Mak, Sip Lap Man and veteran actors Wong Ching and Lo Hoi Pang round out the cast.

Ho has previously starred in films such as Johnnie To’s Exiled and Kenneth Bi’s The Drummer and had a cameo role in Hyde Park/20th Century Fox’s Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun Li.

Based in Hong Kong, 852 Films is a company set up by Chan, Ho and Ooi which is developing, producing and financing a slate of five films.

Source: screendaily 03.23.2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

"H3M" Promo Featuring Eason & Dash Continues...

Eason Chan and Dash (member of the band Mr. & Life Goes On lyricist) continue to chat about Eason's album H3M.

What does HHHM stand for?


What are Eason's views of Allegro Opus, 3.3 a.m. & 七百年後?


What is Eason's view of Life Goes On?


What is Eason's view of 不來也不去?


What are Eason's views of 天只做一件事, 還有什麼可以送給你 & 一個旅人?


What is Eason's view of 太陽照常升起?


What is Eason's view of 於心有愧?


at is Eason's view of 沙龍?

Monday, March 23, 2009

"H3M" Promo Featuring Eason & Dash

Eason Chan and Dash (member of the band Mr. & Life Goes On lyricist) chat about Eason's album H3M.

What does Eason's new album have to do with "yip ask?"


Eason's new album teaches you English!


How long does it take Eason to record an album?

Thursday, March 19, 2009

What Happened to Band Leader Pal Sinn's Song?

If you haven't already noticed, Moving On Stage 1 band leader Pal Sinn will not have a song in the upcoming album H3M.

Rumors are circulating that:

Pal wrote a song that has a special meaning behind it and he insisted on having Mandarin lyrics. However, a full Cantonese album with one Mandarin track seemed out of place (as Go East decided, Eason was fine with a Mandarin song) so the song was not recorded.

C.Y. Kong states:

"Mr. Pal Sinn, decided not to take part, even tho production had begun on his song"

Sources: c.y. kong official site 03.10.2009 & no_life @ discuss 03.11.2009

Eason Chan For Earth Hour 2009

Earth Hour 2009


More on Earth Hour


For more information on Earth Hour: official site

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

"H3M" Album Cover Photoshoot









Photos: NHin @ easyjoint forum 03.16.2009, on.cc & mingpao 03.17.2009

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

"I Corrupt All Cops" Trailer

Trailer for the upcoming film I Corrupt All Cops.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Eason Successfully Requests a Song from Crowd Lu





Taiwanese singer Crowd Lu 盧廣仲 held his first concert (Crowd Lu 100 Ways of Living Concert 盧廣仲100種生活演唱會) in Hong Kong at Star Hall on March 14, 2009. Among the guests that watched the show were Hong Kong's Eason Chan, Fiona Sit, Khalil Fong, Louis Cheung, Pakho Chau, Wong Ka Keung with wife, Eric Kot with wife and son, among many others. It was revealed that Eason asked Crowd Lu to write a song for him when visiting backstage, which Crowd says has given him some pressure. "I am a bit nervous, but it's good that Eason didn't give me a deadline. I've always written songs for myself and never wrote for anyone, so I'm going to write this song slowly and it should be fun." In the future, Crowd hopes he can hold student concerts in Hong Kong.

Source: yahoo hk (courtesy of singtao) 03.16.2009

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

C.Y., Davy & Eason Collaboration Will Conclude With "H3M"...

...for the time being.

As C.Y. Kong put it himself:
"It's [HHHM's] probably the last album we're producing for Eason for the time being. I feel that he needs to move on and work with other producers - so he can have more variety and explore more grounds! But before that, my aim for this album was really to bring him back down a bit, a bit more closer back to the mass, since I feel for the last album and compilation album, he had been slightly off track doing songs that were diverting him away from the public. So in a way, this album, sorry that you won't find wild, spooky, outrageous songs, but more ballads, more easy listening songs, with the touches, the heart, the feelings etc - that is, not only just Eason's feelings, but also apply to anyone, everyone!"
FYI: All but one song on the upcoming album was produced by the trio of C.Y. Kong, Davy Chan and Eason Chan.

Producers:
01. Allegro Opus 3.3 a.m. - Gary Tong, Davy, C. Y., Eason
02. 還有什麼可以送給你 Precious Love - Davy, C.Y., Eason
03. 於心有愧 Guilty Conscience - Pam Chung, Davy, C. Y., Eason
04. 今天只做一件事 One Thing Per Day - Joey Tang, Davy, C. Y., Eason
05. 一個旅人 The Traveller - Pat Lui, Davy, C. Y., Eason
06. 七百年後 700 Years Later - Jim Lau, Davy, C. Y., Eason
07. Life Goes On - Anthony Sun, Gary Tong, Eason
08. 太陽照常升起 The Sun Also Rises - Yin Wong, Davy, C. Y., Eason
09. 不來也不去 Remember When - C. Y., Davy, Eason, Stanley Leung
10. 沙龍 Salon - Eason, Stanley Leung, Davy, C .Y.

Source: c.y. kong official site 03.10.2009

Monday, March 9, 2009

Eason at MOOV Live 2009










Eason Chan held the first MOOV Live concert of 2009 on March 9. During the concert, Eason performed 10 brand new tracks from his upcoming album H3M.

Here's a recap of the previously released info about the album, and the following are details/commentary of the upcoming album from the fans who watched the concert live.

Details:
  • 單身旅程 (Solo Journey) now retitled 一個旅人 (Traveler) due to the original title being too similar to Myolie Wu's 單身旅行 (Solo Travel)
  • C.Y. Kong's song is titled 不來也不去
  • Eason's song is titled 沙龍, lyrics by Wyman Wong
  • Eason & Co. will plug 於心有愧 (Pam Chung). Eason said everyone in the company voted in favor of plugging 於心有愧.
  • Eason, again, wants to plug ALL 10 songs
Commentary:
  • Word of mouth is that 不來也不去 is yet another impressive song by C.Y. and the difficulty level gets higher as the song progresses. Eason said C.Y. continues to challenge him as this song is extremely difficult to perform.
  • Last line to 於心有愧 (Lin Xi) is very haunting: 直到某年某日我能安息於葬禮 仍想你一家可到齊
  • 今天只做一件事 (Joey Tang & 舒文) is very relaxing
Star sightings: Wyman Wong, Lin Xi, Pakho Chau, Stephen Chan & 903 DJs

Photos: rosita @ easyjoint forum 03.10.2009 & hocc-jp @ yahoo hk blog 03.09.2009
Source: easyjoint forum 03.10.2009

Saturday, March 7, 2009

What Does "H3M" Stand For?

H3M or H3M or HHHM or H Cube M

Universal Records - Official Site Promo: H3M

What exactly does H3M stand for?

The following are ones that have been brought to attention:
- Hyper Horrendous Hybird Maniac
- Healthy Hip Hop Music
- Ho Ho Ho Mai (好好好賣) - Sells Extremely Well
- Ho Ho Ho Mong (好好好忙) - Extremely Busy
- Ho Ho Ho Moon (好好好悶) - Extremely Boring
- Hai Hai Hai Meh? (係係係咩) - What is it?
- Hak Hau Hak Meen (黑口黑面) - Black Faced
- Ha Haai Ho Mei (蝦蟹好味) - Shrimp & Crab Taste Good

Source: universal music hk 03.06.2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Film: "I Corrupt All Cops" to Hit Theaters in April






Chinese title: 金錢帝國
English title: I Corrupt All Cops
Director: Wong Jing 王晶
Starring: Eason Chan, Anthony Wong (Chau Sang) 黃秋生, Tony Leung (Ka Fai) 梁家輝, Alex Fong (Lik Sun) 方力申, Bowie Lam 林保怡, Kate Tsui 徐子珊, Lau Yeung 劉洋, Natalie Meng 孟瑤
Premiere Date: April 23, 2008


Previous Chinese title: 金錢世界
Previous English-translated titles: Money's World, Money Empire

Source: yahoo hk 03.04.2009
Photos: sina (courtesy of tungstar) 03.03.2009

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

New Mandarin Album(s) Expected in August

Eason Chan was doing a round of promotions for his upcoming Eason's Moving On Stage 21 - Taipei (Part II) concerts where he said, aside from the songs he performed the first time, he also wants to incorporate songs from his last album Don't Want To Let Go and his upcoming album Eason and the H Cube M Band into the two upcoming shows, and joked that he might have to sing for 48 hours.

It is estimated that Eason's new Mandarin album(s) will be released in August of this year. He is currently gathering songs and already has a concept in mind. He wants to invite Taiwan's Will Lin 林暐哲 and Beijing's Zhang Ya Dong 張亞東 (two different styles from two different shores) as producers. He hopes that they can produce two different sounding, but equally great, EPs.

Source: udn 02.25.2009

"H3M" (H Cube M) to be Retitled in Mainland China


Eason Chan was recently on a Taiwanese game show where he met up with Harlem Yu while do a round of promotions. It is revealed that without a Chinese title, Eason's upcoming Cantonese album (Eason Chan & the H Cube M Band, a.k.a. H3M) will be unable to be released in Mainland China. Therefore, his record company has decided to give the Mainland China version the Chinese title Ho Ho Ho Mai (好好好賣), while the Hong Kong version will continue to have the original title.

Source: takungpao 02.26.2009

Monday, March 2, 2009

"Eason & the H Cube M Band" Update & New Song

It is currently rumored that Eason's upcoming Cantonese album, Eason Chan & the H3M Band, will be released on March 23, 2009.

1st Plug: Allegro Opus 3.3am
2nd Plug: Seven Hundred Year Later (七百年後)


七百年後
Composer: Jim Lau 柳重言
Lyricist: Riley Lam 林若寧
Arranger: C.Y. Kong
Producers: Jim Lau, Davy Chan, C.Y. Kong, Eason Chan

你那太空艙
能夠發出金色的光
我廢置一方
抬頭便會為你守望
一天天摧迫生活在現代化
繽紛星空拋低我寄存繁榮垃圾缸
多得你原諒我骯髒

送你破黑膠
廉價發出歌聲依稀
送你破燈泡
便宜地照亮你天地
一箱卡式帶一直沒落仍能回味
那套舊文藝戲
生生不息的悽美愛情逾越物質跨過世紀

文明能壓碎
情懷不衰
無論枯乾山水
舊時年月投入垃圾裡
你我一起同居
仍然能送你
兒時玩具
老地方抱著一起安睡
七百年
潮流裡
瞬息過去

棄置那棵花
容我帶它的根歸家
送你這棵花
來懷念已逝去初夏
漆黑的星體花葉樹木無從留下
你會在流淚嗎
花開的沙丘滋養我們貧窮地方優美似畫

文明能壓碎
情懷不衰
無論枯乾山水
舊時年月投入垃圾裡
你我一起同居
仍然能送你
兒時玩具
老地方抱著一起安睡
七百年
潮流裡
建築統統破碎

天天進化熱潮已記不起
用霓虹去建設歡喜
雖則你我被每粒星唾棄
我們貧乏卻去到金禧

文明能壓碎
情懷不衰
無論枯乾山水
舊時年月投入垃圾裡
你我一起同居
仍然能送你
兒時玩具
老地方抱著一起安睡
七百年
隨年歲
記憶老去
仍然有你的忠心愛侶

FYI: Eason said that this song is reminiscent of the film Wall-E.

Sources: fungfung @ easyjoint & 千曦 @ easyjoint 03.02.2009