NEWS 2009

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Date: 09/02/09
Source: entgroup

Mainland Box Office Updated

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Date: 09/03/09
Source: blogosfere, online-artikel, tungstar, Sina, xinhuanet, takungpao, appledaily, sohu, wenweipo, mingpao, hunantv, on.cc
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Louis Koo Heading To Venice Film Festival




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Yesterday (09/03), Michelle Ye, Richie Ren and Louis were at Hong Kong airport, ready departed for Italy to attend the 66tth Venice International Film Festival. In the brief interview with media, both Richie Ren and Louis shared the difficulties that they and the movie crew had to endure during filming 'Accident'. The film took them more than one and a half year to finish but they all are extremely happy and excited because all of their efforts paid off. The film is in competition for its highest prize Golden Lion award and three of them also among the short-list artists to compete for the best leading actor/actress awards as well. According to director Soi Cheang, the core of 'Accident' revolves around his leading character Louis. He said: "What Louis sees through his eye expressions is that exactly what the audiences will see. I want the audiences sense the mysterious pleasure while enjoying this movie." Asked about his best friend Mariam Yeung's marriage, Louis replied he learned the good news from others and immediately contacted Mariam Yeung to send his utmost blessing to the newlywed couple.

Recently, many oversea news and media have reported on this big event and mentioned Louis.

Veronica from online-artikel wrote: Imagine you have a real opportunity to see Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Moritz Bleibtreu, Julianne Moore, Louis Koo, and other superstars on the red carpet in Venice live!

From Blogosfere: Louis Koo - Hong Kong Chinese actor will wear Gucci on Saturday September 5th for the red carpet of Soi Cheang's film 'Accident', in which he is the protagonist.

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Date: 09/05/09
Source: Sina, sohu, xinhuanet, 163, appledaily, on.cc, wenweipo, mingpao
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A Busy Day For Louis Koo And 'Accident' Cast At The Venice Film Festival




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Directed by Soi Chaeng and produced by Johnnie To, the 66th Venice Film Festival main competition film 'Accident' opening ceremony was held at the Lido Island. Walking the red carpet, Media Asia boss Peter Lam, the director Soi Cheang accompanied by their stars Louis Koo, Michelle Ye, Richie Jen, Han Yu-Qin and others made their entrance.

Tonight, Michelle Ye and Louis were hand in hand walking the red carpet, appeared with great tacit understanding. Louis Koo was in exquisite Gucci black suit matched beautifully with Michelle Ye who dressed up in D & G black evening dress. Louis kept his graceful manner as a gentleman with style as always alongside his elegant and charming partner Michelle Ye. Sexy and beautiful, this eye-catching and stunning couple became the focus of media and audience's attention, attracted bursts of screaming fans. They were praised as the golden couple.

Ealier, the cast was busy with their press conference and several seperated interviews.

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Date: 09/06/09
Source: screendaily
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Accident (Yi Ngoi)




Dir. Soi Cheang. Hong Kong, China, 2009, 86 mins.

Accident is a tricksy, fantastical Hong Kong hit-man film from Soi Cheang and the Milkyway Creative Team, produced by Johnnie To and bearing all the hallmarks of that label. Kicking off with an impressively well-edited sequence which will ensure audiences never view an accident in quite the same way again, its three main set pieces are enough to see this film break out in Asian markets and be a strong ancillary performer for Media Asia – even if they ultimately become mired in something of a narrative fog.

Running to a snappy 86 minutes, Accident is anchored by its three pieces and easily the most impressive is the opener, set in the busy streets of Hong Kong where a driver is stuck in traffic. A thoroughly enjoyable, high-impact sequence of events follows in which a chain of seemingly accidental occurrences lead to his death with shards of glass impaled in his neck.

This was no ordinary man, however, but a Triad boss, however, and his death was no accident. The Brain (Louis Koo) and his team – consisting of Uncle (Feng Tsiu-fan), Fatty (Lam Suet) and a nameless character played by Michelle Ye – are hitmen with unblemished records who specialise in making their assassinations look like complete accidents. It’s established early on that The Brain is unhealthily paranoid, however, even bugging his own team HQ.

As they go about setting up their next hit – another great sequence involving tramtracks and a wheelchair-bound old man - things start to go spectacularly wrong. Brains is convinced that somebody has taken a hit out on him, firstly suspecting his team members, and then an accountant Fong (Richie Jen) whom he ultimately believes to be behind it all.

Accident is – unsurprisingly, given its pedigree - far more successful and sure-handed when it comes to the action elements, but much footage of Brains’ paranoia and Koo’s stiff-jawed depiction of the hitman can allow the tension to leak. Notably, this is a Hong Kong actioner with no guns and gore is kept to a minimum.

Stylistically, Cheang is a less-flashy operator than his mentor To, using a lot of available light and evidently shooting on the hoof in crowded cityscapes. He turns in some very attractive work, especially in the night sequences, and action involving an eclipse. The soundtrack lends a jazzy mood to the proceedings.

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Date: 09/06/09
Source: takungpao, stars.udn
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Louis Koo's Chance To Win Venice Best Leading Actor Heating Up




In the evening of September 5th, Soi Cheang's film 'Accident' held a grand premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The film cast Louis Koo, Richie Ren, Michelle Ye, Han Yu-Qin, the boss Peter Lam and director Soi Cheang ... dressed up elegantly walking the red carpet.

After the premiere, the movie recieved a very good response. The audience applauded more than six minutes that caused the director on the verge of tears, felt very touched and affectionately embraced his wife. Playing a paranoid and obsessed killer Louis Koo won over the foreign media and audience. They highly praised Louis' performance and stated that Louis will has a great chance to win the Venice best leading actor award.

Seeing the movie for the first time himself, Louis expressed that this movie is his best so far since joining silver screen and hoped everyone will like it.

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Date: 09/09/09
Source: tom, mingpao, on.cc, tungstar, Sina, takungpao, appledaily
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Louis Koo Attended 'Accident' Premiere In Hong Kong




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Last night (09/08), producer Johnnie To, director Soi Cheang, 'Accident' cast including Richie Ren, Michelle Ye, Han Yuqin, Lam Suyt and Louis attended the movie premiere in Hong Kong. Talking about the film at the Venice Film Festival, Louis expressed his hope to have the opportunity to win the honor for Hong Kong. Louis also revealed that during the long period of time shooting this film, he was also making several other films. And that made him feel a little bit 'schizophrenic', so he had to rely on listening to music beforehand to clear his mind in order to get into his roles.

Starred in several films this year, all are well received by both critics and moviegoers. With emotion, Louis shared that he has most fun this year. In the past few years, Louis has all along worked hard to polish his acting, and now finally has paid off. Louis is very pleased.

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Date: 09/09/09
Source: anhuinews
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Louis Koo Joined In Vogue Fashion Campaign




Louis among 100 most popular stars, featuring Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Shu Qi, Zhou Xun, Li Bing-Bing, Jolin Tsai ... to participate in the fashion campaign which is launched by Vogue, a centuries-old historic fashion magazine.

Taking 'Fashion’s Night Out' as its theme, the Fashion Festival will be held globally on September 11, 2009 in the 13 fashion cities simultaneously. This aims to encourage the fashion industry's promotional activities to win back consumer confidence. In September's issue of the magazine, the world's top fashion stars posed in 'Fashion’s Night Out' T-shirt as ambassadors for the biggest fashion event.

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Date: 09/11/09
Source: tungstar, Sina, ynet, tom, takungpao, mingpao, on.cc, appledaily, sohu
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Louis Koo Attended 'Poker King' Celebration Dinner




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The movie 'Poker King' is finally done filming. Yesterday (09/10), the film crew and its stars Sean Lau, Eddie Cheung, Lam Suyt, Stephy Tang who is fully recovered from H1N1 flu and Louis gathered for celebration dinner.

Louis shared with media that Sean Lau and he have worked with each other for many times, they have complete tacit understanding. Louis also did not forget to cultivate the younger generation Stephy Tang, his first time collaboration, saying that Stephy Tang is very gifted in comedy. Both in this movie are very funny.

Regarding the news that reported Louis in recent years has earned lots of money through making movies and advertisements, especially in Mainland, and Louis may have become the 'invisible' billionaire, Louis laughed and frankly said: "I do not know how much money you have to be listed as the 'invisible' billionaire. In fact, I have earned some money that is enough for my whole family's daily living necessities and traveling." Asked if it's enough for retirement, Louis replied that he has not ever thought about retirement, he'll continue work hard as long as his health allows.

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Date: 09/11/09
Source: Sina, 163
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'Accident' And Its Stars Scored High Points At Venice Film Festival




With clever story structure, exquisite footage and excellent performances from its stars, 'Accident' won the admiration from European audience, particularly media outlets. They gave the movie a pretty high mark, received 31/2 out of 5 stars from media and 7.2 out of 10 points from online rating, ranked at 7th place. The highest point belonged to 'Life During Wartime' with 4 stars and 8.09 points. The other Chinese-language film 'Prince of Tears' was in the bottom pack, scored only 21/2 stars from Italy media but only 2 stars from other outlets and 4.71 points online rating, just merely escaped the last place.

Michelle Ye and Louis were highly praised for their acting skills and commented as the golden couple, a perfect combination on silver screen. The critics and fans were convinced Louis will be the heavyweight candidate for the best leading actor award. Michelle Ye was seen as a pleasant surprise and they titled her as 'Asian Goddess'. It's reported that many Hollywood film companies intend to purchase the film copyright to make a remake, following the movie 'Infernal Affairs' that won the glory for the Chinese-language film years ago.

Many also predicted that 'Accident' and its stars Michelle Ye and Louis will be hot candidates for the upcoming year Hong Kong Film Awards and this golden couple will become the backbone of the future status of Hong Kong cinema.

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Date: 09/15/09
Source: Sina, tungstar, tom, mingpao, sohu, on.cc, appledaily
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Louis Koo Appeared On The Nomination List Of The 46th Golden Horse Awards




The 46th Golden Horse Awards reportedly will be the most fierce competition of the history of Golden Horse Awards with the most powerful and popular star lineup submitted for nominations. More than 100 films have been entered for this year competition, most noticeable ones are ‘Red Cliff 2’, ‘Ip Man’, ‘Forever Enthralled’, ‘Sophie’s Revenge’, ‘If You Are the One, ‘How Are You, Dad?’, 'Overheard’, 'Accident', 'All's Well, Ends Well 2009' ...

The list for the best leading actor this year includes the powerhouse names of Chinese-laguage movie industry such as its former movie kings Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai, the reigning Hong Kong movie king Nick Cheung, the recent Mainland Huabiao Film movie king Donnie Yen, the former Hong Kong movie kings Sean Lau and Andy Lau, the former Hong Kong best supporting actor winner Daniel Wu, the former best leading actor nominations Simon Yam and Louis Koo ...

The best leading actress is the competition among movie queens Shu Qi, Zhou Xun, Zhang Ziyi ...

The finalists will be announced on October 7, and the winners will be awarded at the Ceremony on November 28.