"Eason's Moving On Stage 8 - Shanghai" Oriental Morning Post Promo

On the afternoon of March 4, 2008, Eason Chan participated in the Oriental Morning Post hosted Zero Distance, Contact with a Star 零距離，星接觸 function. During the event, Eason played games with fans and joked around. He was surprised by fans when a special guest, Brothers co-star Crystal Huang Yi, appeared to give him flowers.

In celebration of Eason's first time holding a concert at the "80,000 People Stadium" (Shanghai Stadium), his fans presented Eason with flowers that had the number '8' on it. Eason then praised how pretty his fans were. Host of the event, Li Yan, revealed that ticket sales to the concert were great and that many fans purchased the most expensive tickets (going for $1,580). Surprised at the expensive tickets, Eason says, "In Cantonese we call that 'yau mai' (有米, rich)."

During the event, songs were played and the fans guessed which songs they were. The first song came up and the fans shouted 我們都寂寞 (We Are Lonely). Eason laughs, "You guys are lonely?" His fans responded, "Yes, when we are lonely we will listen to your songs," which garnered much laughter from the crowd. After a round of songs, Eason says he wanted to challenge his fans. Once the music started going, the fans all shouted "Waterloo Station." Surprised, Eason responded, "Wow! You are real fans. You guys are even familiar with songs in my newest album Listen to Eason Chan!" His fans then responded, "Of course!" From his eyes, you could tell that Eason was deeply touched for fans who truly understood and supported him."

Eason was surprised when someone brought flowers onto the stage when suddenly Crystal Huang Yi appeared from behind, surprising him. He was so surprised that he only reacted with an "ah...." After a round of hugs and photos, Crystal spoke seriously, "I am from Shanghai, so I have to be a host. I hope that your concert next month will be successful. What would be better is if you gave me 2 tickets for free." From getting to know each other during the filming of Brothers, Eason says that Crystal is just like her "brother" because her personality is straight forward.

Source: sina 03.04.2008

27th Hong Kong Film Awards - Nominations

Eason Chan received a nomination at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards; unfortunately it is not for his acting, which has garnered much positive feedback in 2007; fortunately it is for his music, which he composed.

Best Original Film Song

兄弟 (from the film Brothers 兄弟)
Composer: Eason Chan
Lyricist: Andy Lau
Performers: Andy Lau and Eason Chan

逼得太緊 (from the film Love Is Not All Around 十分.愛)
Composer: Dennie Wong
Lyricist: Lin Xi
Performer: Kary Ng

星光伴我心 (from the film Mr. Cinema 老港正傳)
Composer: Peter Kam
Lyricist: Keith Chan
Performer: Ronald Cheng

流浪者之歌 (from the film Ming Ming 明明)
Composers: Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, Jason Choi
Lyricist: Lin Xi
Performer: Anthony Wong, Zhou Xun

問天不應 (from the film The Pye-Dog 野.良犬)
Composer: George Lam
Lyricist: Calvin Poon
Performer: George Lam

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Other nominations related to Eason's films:

Best New Director
Derek Kwok - The Pye-Dog 野.良犬

Best New Actor
Wen Jun Hui - The Pye-Dog 野.良犬

Best Supporting Actress
Susan Shaw (Siu Yam Yam) - The Pye-Dog 野.良犬

Best Original Film Song
The Pye-Dog 野.良犬 (as seen above)

Source: sina 02.02.2008

Eason Comes in 3rd as 2007 Top Box Office Ticket Seller

The Top Hong Kong Box Office Ticket Selling Actors from January 1, 2007 to December 30, 2007 were revealed and Andy Lau topped the list with Louis Koo second and Eason Chan coming in third.

Andy Lau pulled in 61 million HKD from 3 films: Protégé 門徒, The Warlords 投名狀 and Brothers 兄弟.

Louis Koo pulled in approximately 35 million HKD from 2 films: Protégé 門徒 and Flash Point 導火線.

Eason Chan pulled in 20 million HKD from 2 films: Brothers 兄弟 and Hooked On You 每當變幻時.

Source: singtao 01.01.2008

Eason Gives a Suprising Performance in "Brothers"

The cast of Brothers were in Guangzhou promoting the soon to be released film. Andy Lau and Eason Chan performed the theme song together with Eason writing the song and Andy writing the lyrics. Eason explains that because Andy already released his album, the duet will released on his upcoming album, which coincidently will be released October 18th, the same day the film is set to make its theatrical debut.

Over 200 reporters were present at the press conference where many of them caught the private screening of Brothers, and afterwards said Eason's performance will surprise you. Acting as a person who has no experience in organized crime but born, as a younger brother, into a triad family, Eason is able to get into the character of a person who struggles internally with both backgrounds while creating a brotherly bond. After hearing the praise, Eason responds, "My character does have a lot of internal emotions, which is why I felt a lot of pressure when filming with all the veterans. I am happy that I am getting praised, but I feel I could've done better. Hopefully, I can work with these veterans again in the future, so I can learn more from them."

Sources: xinhuanet 10.12.2007

Brothers -- The Film

I haven't been posting any news on Eason's upcoming to-be-released film Brothers 兄弟之生死同盟 (formerly 兄弟) because there's a whole lot of coverage on the film by Andy Lau fans. This film makes its theatrical debut on Thursday, October 18, 2007.

Theme Song
Composer: Eason Chan
Lyricist: Andy Lau
Performers: Andy Lau and Eason Chan

Trailer 1

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