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Tatler Asia
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Tatler Asia
8 things to know about Zhao Liying, global brand ambassador for Givenchy Beauty
Zhao Liying returned to the small screen in 2024 with Unseen Sister , a suspense drama produced by iQIYI. In it, she plays a woman drawn into a psychological mystery involving her twin, in a role that sharply departs from her earlier romantic leads. The series has been praised for its tight pacing and atmospheric tension, quickly climbing the platform's charts. For Zhao, it's another reminder of her range—and a pivot toward darker, more layered storytelling. 3. She stars alongside Zhang Ziyi in 'She's Got No Name' Above 'She's Got No Name' also stars Zhang Ziyi, Jackson Yee, Eric Wang (Chuanjun), Jiayin Lei and Mi Yang. Zhao Liying takes on a leading role in She's Got No Name , a historical suspense film directed by Peter Chan and co-starring Zhang Ziyi. The film reimagines the infamous 1945 Shanghai murder case involving a woman who dismembers her abusive husband, a story previously adapted by Chinese cinema icons. This version promises a more nuanced, female-driven take. For Zhao, it's a high-profile entry into arthouse cinema, sharing top billing with one of China's most acclaimed actresses. 4. Her career didn't start in film school Unlike many of her peers, Zhao didn't attend a top arts university. She studied electronics and information engineering at a vocational college and entered the entertainment industry after winning a Yahoo-sponsored talent competition in 2006. Her trajectory, from background actress to leading star, has made her something of a rarity in the industry, especially one that tends to favour graduates from Beijing Film Academy or the Central Academy of Drama. 5. She keeps her private life tightly controlled In an era of oversharing, Zhao Liying is surprisingly reserved. Her Weibo feed is mostly promotional, and her Instagram only has 11 posts. Her public appearances are highly curated, too. Even major life events—such as her marriage to actor Feng Shaofeng and subsequent divorce—have been addressed with brief, minimal statements. That level of discretion is partly why her Givenchy ambassadorship feels so intentional: she brings prestige without excessive tabloid noise. 6. She's no stranger to fashion campaigns Before Givenchy, Zhao had already been tapped by luxury brands. She has worked with Dior and Gucci, appeared in editorials for magazines and attended fashion week events in both Paris and Shanghai. Her style evolution—from girl-next-door looks to more structured, high-fashion silhouettes—mirrors her on-screen transformation from romantic heroines to more mature, complex characters. 7. She wears Givenchy Beauty's Le Rouge Velvet Matte lipstick in the new campaign In the campaign visuals for Givenchy Beauty, Zhao Liying wears the brand's Le Rouge Velvet Matte lipstick, a hero product for the maison. The shades were selected to complement her pared-back styling—classic, controlled and quietly powerful. It's a calculated image shift: Zhao has often been cast in softer, romantic roles, but here she appears sharp and self-assured. The campaign leans into her evolving persona while anchoring Givenchy's identity in modern elegance. 8. Zhao Liying is also a global ambassador for Galénic Her partnership with Givenchy isn't her only tie to French beauty. Zhao Liying is also the global ambassador for Galénic, a luxury skincare brand known for its pharmaceutical-grade formulations and minimalist aesthetic. Announced in early 2024, the collaboration positions Zhao at the intersection of science-driven skincare and high fashion. It also reinforces her role as a trusted beauty figure, not just a celebrity face, but someone with influence in both treatment and cosmetics categories.
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
TGE's Films become a Global Brand in the Entertainment Industry to Shine Bright at the Box Office
PARIS and NEW YORK and SINGAPORE, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AMTD Group Inc. ("AMTD" or the "Group"), alongside The Generation Essentials Group (NYSE: TGE), a subsidiary of the Group under AMTD Digital (NYSE: HKD), jointly announced that following its premier as the opening film at the Shanghai International Film Festival on June 21st, TGE's latest release, "She's Got No Name", has gained remarkable momentum over the past five days and is poised for great success. The film achieved great success on its opening day pre-sale, ranking first in both box office revenue and audience turnout among all releases during the 2025 summer movie season in China. As of today, its total pre-sale box office has exceeded RMB30 million (USD4.2 million). The anticipation surrounding the film has been exceptional, making it the most expected release of the season. Notably, it has become a leading hit in smaller cities in China and has garnered strong interest from female audiences and young viewers—underscoring its broad appeal and widespread popularity. From a marketing perspective, the movie campaign has generated significant global attention, reaching over 1.3 billion people. The film has topped Douyin's trending topic list and secured fourth place on Weibo's hot search chart, highlighting its strong momentum and influential presence. In addition to "She's Got No Name", TGE's upcoming film "My First of May" held a special preview screening on Father's Day, June 21st. The tickets for the preview event sold out in no time very quickly, reflecting strong audience interest. It also received an enthusiastic response, with viewers expressing deep emotional resonance with the heartfelt father-daughter story portrayed in the film. In addition to the two highly anticipated films, TGE has established a proven track record of success in the past few years, consistently resonating with audiences and achieving strong box office performance. About The Generation Essentials Group (formerly known as World Media and Entertainment Universal Inc.) The Generation Essentials Group, jointly established by AMTD Group, AMTD IDEA Group (NYSE: AMTD; SGX: HKB) and AMTD Digital Inc. (NYSE: HKD), is headquartered in France and focuses on global strategies and developments in multi-media, entertainment, and cultural affairs worldwide as well as hospitality and VIP services. TGE comprises L'Officiel, The Art Newspaper, movie and entertainment projects. Collectively, TGE is a diversified portfolio of media and entertainment businesses, and a global portfolio of premium properties. About AMTD Group AMTD Group is a conglomerate with a core business portfolio spanning across media and entertainment, education and training, and premium assets and hospitality sectors. About AMTD IDEA Group AMTD IDEA Group (NYSE: AMTD; SGX: HKB) represents a diversified institution and digital solutions group connecting companies and investors with global markets. Its comprehensive one-stop business services plus digital solutions platform addresses different clients' diverse and inter-connected business needs and digital requirements across all phases of their life cycles. AMTD IDEA Group is uniquely positioned as an active super connector between clients, business partners, investee companies, and investors, connecting the East and the West. For more information, please visit or follow us on X (formerly known as "Twitter") at @AMTDGroup. About AMTD Digital Inc. AMTD Digital Inc. (NYSE: HKD) is a comprehensive digital solutions platform headquartered in France. Its one-stop digital solutions platform operates key business lines including digital media, content and marketing services, investments as well as hospitality and VIP services. For AMTD Digital's announcements, please visit Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "aims," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "likely to," and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the beliefs, plans, and expectations of TGE, AMTD IDEA Group and/or AMTD Digital, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the filings of TGE, AMTD IDEA Group and AMTD Digital with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and none of TGE, AMTD IDEA Group and AMTD Digital undertakes any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. For AMTD IDEA Group:IR OfficeAMTD IDEA GroupEMAIL: ir@ For AMTD Digital Inc.:IR OfficeAMTD Digital ir@ For The Generation Essentials Group:IR OfficeThe Generation Essentials GroupEMAIL: tge@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE AMTD IDEA Group; AMTD Digital; The Generation Essentials Group Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
TGE Presents the Year's Highly-Anticipated Suspense Thriller Movie: "She's Got No Name"
NEW YORK, PARIS and SINGAPORE, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AMTD Group Inc. ("AMTD" or the "Group"), alongside The Generation Essentials Group (NYSE: TGE), a subsidiary of the Group under AMTD Digital (NYSE: HKD), jointly announced that AMTD's newest movie, the highly anticipated suspense thriller film "She's Got No Name" (the "Movie"), is set to be released on June 21. The "She's Got No Name" movie series is produced based on one of the most famous unsolved murder cases in China during the 1945 era. This series will be released in two standalone yet interconnected films, with the first film focused on the murder case investigation and court proceedings, while the second one delved into the final verdict and the key characters' fates. This Movie will take audiences back to 1945, unravelling the secrets of a real-life murder case and vividly portraying a diverse array of characters navigating turbulent times. Directed by Peter Chan, the Movie boasts a top-tier cast including Ziyi Zhang, Eric Wang, Jackson Yee, Ting Mei, Zanilia Zhao, Ray Lei, Mi Yang, Yuchang Peng, Chengpeng Dong, and Xian Li. "She's Got No Name" has been selected to be screened at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in 2024. The Movie will have its world premiere as the opening film at the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 14 and will be officially released across China on June 21. AMTD is a co-production company, with Dr. Calvin Choi, founder of AMTD IDEA Group and AMTD Digital serving as a co-producer. About The Generation Essentials Group (formerly known as World Media and Entertainment Universal Inc.) The Generation Essentials Group, jointly established by AMTD Group, AMTD IDEA Group (NYSE: AMTD; SGX: HKB) and AMTD Digital Inc. (NYSE: HKD), is headquartered in France and focuses on global strategies and developments in multi-media, entertainment, and cultural affairs worldwide as well as hospitality and VIP services. TGE comprises L'Officiel, The Art Newspaper, movie and entertainment projects. Collectively, TGE is a diversified portfolio of media and entertainment businesses, and a global portfolio of premium properties. About AMTD Group AMTD Group is a conglomerate with a core business portfolio spanning across media and entertainment, education and training, and premium assets and hospitality sectors. About AMTD IDEA Group AMTD IDEA Group (NYSE: AMTD; SGX: HKB) represents a diversified institution and digital solutions group connecting companies and investors with global markets. Its comprehensive one-stop business services plus digital solutions platform addresses different clients' diverse and inter-connected business needs and digital requirements across all phases of their life cycles. AMTD IDEA Group is uniquely positioned as an active super connector between clients, business partners, investee companies, and investors, connecting the East and the West. For more information, please visit or follow us on X (formerly known as "Twitter") at @AMTDGroup. About AMTD Digital Inc. AMTD Digital Inc. (NYSE: HKD) is a comprehensive digital solutions platform headquartered in France. Its one-stop digital solutions platform operates key business lines including digital media, content and marketing services, investments as well as hospitality and VIP services. For AMTD Digital's announcements, please visit Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "aims," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "likely to," and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the beliefs, plans, and expectations of TGE, AMTD IDEA Group and/or AMTD Digital, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the filings of TGE, AMTD IDEA Group and AMTD Digital with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and none of TGE, AMTD IDEA Group and AMTD Digital undertakes any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. For AMTD IDEA Group:IR OfficeAMTD IDEA GroupEMAIL: ir@ For AMTD Digital Inc.:IR OfficeAMTD Digital ir@ For The Generation Essentials Group:IR OfficeThe Generation Essentials GroupEMAIL: tge@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE AMTD IDEA Group; AMTD Digital; The Generation Essentials Group Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Borneo Post
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Borneo Post
Stars light up China's summer cinemas as market seeks rebound
Actress Zhang Ziyi poses during a photocall for the film 'She's got no name' at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Gao Jing) BEIJING (July 16): After a notable box office boost over the Duanwu Festival holiday — powered by Tom Cruise's 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' — and with a wave of high-profile films like star-studded 'She's Got No Name' joining the schedule, China's summer movie season, running from June 1 to Aug. 31, is heating up alongside the weather. With the Aug. 8 release of Guan Hu's 'Dongji Island' announced on Wednesday, the three-month window — seen by industry observers as China's most important movie period second only to the Spring Festival holiday — now boasts a lineup of more than 70 domestic and foreign films, ranging from crime thrillers and historical features to animated fantasies and Hollywood imports. But beneath the packed schedule lies an urgent question: which ones will be this year's runaway hits? It's more than a popularity contest. After a 44 percent drop in 2024's summer takings from the year prior, the Chinese film market is looking to the season for signs of resilience and perhaps revival. That rebound, if it comes, may hinge on whether one or several high-performing films can once again galvanize the public and drive momentum across the board. Some in the industry see 'She's Got No Name,' set for release on June 21, as the season's first real momentum builder. 'If 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,' which opened on May 30, served as a soft launch,' film critic and Shandong-based cinema manager Dong Wenxin told Xinhua, 'then 'She's Got No Name,' packed with stars, may be the one to spark the summer's first real surge.' Directed by Peter Chan and starring Zhang Ziyi, Jackson Yee, Zhao Liying and Lei Jiayin, the highly anticipated noir-tinged thriller is based on a sensational 1945 murder in Shanghai. A sharp re-edit of the 150-minute Cannes version that drew polarized responses last year, the upcoming release runs 96 minutes, now promoted as the first installment of a two-part series. Anticipation remains high: Chan spent eight years on the script, rebuilt historic Shanghai alleyways for the shoot, and framed the story through the lens of gendered violence. Dong sees the next major box office surge arriving in late July, driven by the release of period comedy 'The Lychee Road' on July 25 and historical feature '731,' currently titled '731 Biochemical Revelations' in English, on July 31. In an interview with Xinhua, Rao Shuguang, president of the China Film Critics Association, also expressed particular interest in the two titles, as well as 'Dongji Island.' The Zhao Linshan directed '731,' which stars Jiang Wu and Wang Zhiwen, revisits the horrific World War II-era human experiments conducted by Japan's Unit 731, documenting a painful chapter of history while portraying the Chinese people's heroic resistance. Leading all summer titles in advance interest with over 600,000 'want to see' clicks on film platform Maoyan, the film could emerge as a cultural flashpoint for both its emotionally charged subject and patriotic undertones. Also grounded in history, 'Dongji Island,' starring Zhu Yilong, recounts the true story of Chinese fishermen rescuing over 300 British prisoners of war in October 1942, after the Japanese transport ship 'Lisbon Maru' was torpedoed and left to sink, despite being secretly packed with more than 1,800 prisoners. The same events were previously explored in Fang Li's critically acclaimed 2024 documentary, 'The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru.' Comedy remains a genre with mass appeal. Based on a popular novel by Ma Boyong, 'The Lychee Road' is directed by comedian Da Peng, who also stars in the lead role. The film follows a Tang Dynasty (618-907) official tasked with the near-impossible mission of transporting fresh lychees — typically perishable within days — on a grueling 2,500-km journey from Lingnan in southern China to the capital, Chang'an. His desperate ingenuity in overcoming the logistical challenge becomes a sharp satire of bureaucratic absurdity. Rao said the film's source material already boasts a strong fan base, and its TV drama adaptation has helped warm up audiences ahead of the theatrical release. 'Comedy films are almost a necessity during summer,' he added, noting the film's box office potential. Also among the anticipated local releases are the mystery drama 'Malice,' written and supervised by Chen Sicheng, known for his commercial instincts and previous hits in the suspense genre; an animated fantasy from Light Chaser Animation adapted from the Qing Dynasty short story collection 'Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio;' 'The Stage,' a big-screen adaptation of the comedy of the same name by comedian Chen Peisi; and the animated drama 'Nobody,' which adapts an episode from the acclaimed 'Yao-Chinese Folktales' animation series. Hollywood titles, despite their waning allure in China, remain an essential piece of the competitive puzzle this summer. 'Jurassic World Rebirth' (July 2) brings back dinosaurs and picks up the story after the events of 2022's 'Jurassic World: Dominion.' The franchise's popularity in China, where each of the three previous entries surpassed 1 billion yuan (139 million U.S. dollars) in box office takings, makes it one of the few American titles with breakout potential. Other high-profile imports include 'How to Train Your Dragon' (June 13), 'F1 The Movie' starring Brad Pitt (June 27), and James Gunn's 'Superman' (July 11). Voicing 'cautious optimism' over the summer box office, Rao said the Chinese film market is undergoing structural changes, and that only films with truly 'hardcore' cinematic elements, the kind that can only be fully appreciated in a theater for their uniquely immersive audiovisual power as a modern technological art form, can effectively draw large audiences. From 2017 to 2019, China's summer box office each surpassed 16 billion yuan, with 2023 setting an all-time seasonal high of 20.62 billion yuan. But 2024 saw a steep drop to 11.64 billion yuan. 'Based on the current slate, this summer is unlikely to reach the heights of 2023 or the pre-pandemic years,' noted industry blog Yingshi Fengxiangbiao. 'Still, if a breakout hit surpassing 3 billion yuan emerges, the season could yet outpace last year.' – Xinhua China cinema entertainment movies
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
"She's Got No Name" unveils first official poster
6 Jun - Two years after the first announcement, Peter Chan's "She's Got No Name" finally unveiled the first official poster for the first part of the movie. The poster reveals the looks of all the cast for the first time, sparking interests of fans who mostly commented that all of the actors seemed unrecognisable and are truly immersed in their characters. This includes lead actress Zhang Ziyi, whose character has scars covering her face; Yang Mi looking dishevelled in her character as a female prisoner, Jackson Yee in shades and equipped with a cane as a blind fortune teller, as well as Zanilia Zhao, looking glamorous as a writer. Fans also couldn't help but notice that both Zanilia and Yang Mi are placed on each side of the poster. The decision seemed to be a way to avoid the fandom of both actresses from arguing on who is the bigger star. Since the film debuted in the non-competitive section of the Cannes Film Festival last year, there has been no further news until it was recently announced as the opening film of the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival. What is noteworthy is that the film has recently been announced to be divided into two parts, the first of which has the Chinese title of "Jiangyuan Lane: Mystery". (Photo Source: Zhang Ziyi Weibo, SINA)
