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Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:39:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 对所有中国人民！现在我希望大家明白我写什么。不好意思我中文很差的，可是我努力努力呀！ 如果我中文写错了，请告诉我！我马上改正啦。 而且，你不明白我前英文写什么，你也可以告诉我，我努力帮你翻译以下。 可能你不认识我。那么我介绍一下: 我中文名字叫凯洱。我在波兰出生，但是以后住过在很多的国家。我现在觉得我没有国家呀。我的一个语是波兰话，可是现在我最流利的语是英文。我也学习法语在加拿大和学习日语在日本。但是我觉得中文不太难学。好像学习两语的，一个口语的，一个著述的。 现在我住在上海作演员。我拍了几个电视剧，还几个电影。现在在电影院有一个电影叫《牛奶风尚》。 我是这个电影的坏人(敌手)。你回忆起《成长的烦恼》的本？我跟他一起扮演。他是我的“老板”。你看过告诉我怎么样好吧？ 欢迎再来我的星球！ http://www.planetkarl.com/2008/10/04/%e6%88%90%e4%b8%ba%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd/ The first episode in a new series, watch as the comical Wang Fujing wanders from place to place meeting many interesting people along the way. 首发一个新的系列，看滑稽的王府井流浪地点见面许多有趣的人在道路上。 Here is an alternate link in case YouTube doesn't work: 下面是一个候补链接如果YouTube的情况下不正常工作： http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/y66gil7jdF0/ http://www.planetkarl.com/2008/10/04/%e7%8e%8b%e5%ba%9c%e4%ba%95%e5%8e%86%e9%99%a9%e8%ae%b0-wang-fujings-adventures/ The Shanghai Actors Association's recrudescence is amazing. A little over a year ago a lack of support in the community led to the SAA to a period of declension. Though it seems now that the community has been refreshed and is ready to start anew! With all sorts of interest ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2008/09/25/shanghai-actors-recrudesces/ Seems that Muse has done very well in it's first year. Now it seems that Muse, earning back all it's investment within the first year of operation has bought up the old Wynn Win place and is planning to open a new location there. They will probably keep the old ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2007/06/17/wynn-win-is-the-new-muse/ Perhaps you have noticed Jeremy Miller's 《杰里米 米勒》 fame in China such as here, here or here. Jeremy played "Ben"《本》 on the Growing Pains 《成长的烦恼》 sitcom. In the late 1980's Growing Pains and Garrison's Gorillas were the only two foreign TV shows allowed into China. As such, you can expect ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2007/02/20/jeremy-miller-mania-%e6%9d%b0%e9%87%8c%e7%b1%b3-%e7%b1%b3%e5%8b%92%e7%8b%82%e7%83%ad/ One aspect that is always interesting about making movies is the stunt work... Here are some interesting shots of some wire work we did on set at Milk and Fashion 《牛奶时尚》. This was one scene in which one of the main characters had to do some amazing basketball dunks and ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2007/01/30/hanging-by-a-thread-%e5%8d%83%e9%92%a7%e4%b8%80%e5%8f%91/ I have always enjoyed acting. From a small stage play to a big movie, it is always fun to take on a role, a new identity. The thing is, though, that is acting is fun, but most of the time spent is usually not doing that. In my experience, and ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2007/01/22/the-hurry-up-and-wait-days/ For those of you who actually read this, I just want to tell you that this blog has officially been opened for 1 year. The first post was on December 30, 2005, but let's just round it off to January 1, 2006 for good measure. This blog has taken off in ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2007/01/01/1-year-old-if-you-were-counting/ What does it take to make a celebrity in China. There are many elements, but I can one thing for sure, and that is good PR and Marketing. Upon doing the Artistry tour, one of the artists I had to contend with was Hu Yanbin (胡彦斌) as well as the ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/12/03/hu-is-that-pop-star/ I recently had the pleasure of having Soler perform at one of my events for Hennessy. They are an interesting mix of ethnicities that would make your head spin. Their passion has always been for the music, and you can tell in the way they play. They are one of ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/11/14/soler-flares/ For those of you that are not aware cosplay(コスプレ) is a combination of "costume" and "play", a term coined by the Japanese to describe this whole penomenon of people dressing up in costumes. Not to be confused with 制服コスプレ(seifuku cosplay), which is the adult kind of cosplay (think naughty ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/10/09/how-to-be-a-cosplaya/ Marketing techniques have grown more creative over the years. Not that long ago you might have attended a Chivas or Hennessey party, or perhaps an F1 or Dolce & Gabanna one. These days all sorts of parties throw by or sponsored by big name brands in the name of marketing ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/09/28/not-a-billboard-not-a-party/ It seems you can't have a weekend these days without some brand doing some event somewhere. Big brands have the money to flaunt to throw a big bash, so other people, who also have excess cash can throw it at buying the brand. The bottom line is generally these parties ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/09/19/party-brand-or-branded-parties/ It seems these days, you can't go somewhere and not see a fashion show. In Shanghai these days, no event is complete without it's very own fashion show. Elite bar has taken this to the exteme apparently giving you a fashion show every day! I was recently at the Elite ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/09/12/fashionable-shows-everywhere/ If you were lucky enough to get tickets to the apparently sold out ballet performance "Sigh of Love", (Chinese title 花样年华) you got to see something quite unique. The Shanghai Ballet, under the guidance of French choreographer Bertrand d'At with Claude Agrafeil created what I would call a “Ballet Art Play”. ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/09/05/sighing-over-love-and-ballet/ It is easy to criticize the contestant on the show from the audience side. This time, let’s take a look at it from the contestant’s perspective. Bantering with the contestants, it was easy to understand their take on the whole event. They are all really nice and friendly guys with attractive ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/08/14/adding-oil-part-2-%e5%8a%a0%e6%b2%b9%e5%a5%bd%e7%94%b7%e5%84%bf%e7%ac%ac%e4%ba%8c%e9%83%a8%e5%88%86%ef%bc%81/ It seems China is copying everything nowadays. Whether it is DVDs, designer labels or songs, you can find a copy of everything in China. This time though, they have copied the popular "American Idol" show. Though, unlike the American Idol show, the success of the men is apparently not judged ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/08/12/add-oil-to-good-young-men-%e5%8a%a0%e6%b2%b9%e5%a5%bd%e7%94%b7%e5%84%bf/ The Shanghai Short Film Competition 6.2 had some very impressive entries and some real stinkers! Anyhow, the range of talent was obvious. Here are the Winners: First Place: "The Corp." directed by Jean-Michelle Tori Second Place: "Talking Heads" directed by Michael Beets Third Place: "Tradition" directed by Severin Bonichon Best Actor: ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/07/25/shanghai-62-gets-blown-away-by-helicopters/ For those of you who missed the Improv game-show at the Acting up! event yesterday you missed a doozy! The audience was laughing their ass of at the hilarious antics! They will be doing it the 3rd Monday of every month from now on. Read more about it at the SAA ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/07/18/shanghai-style-improv/ The new Tanghui bar is turning into an artists den. On most nights they have live bands rocking it up. Mondays now they host actors and other industry people in "Acting Up". Actors can meet like minded thespians, and a lot of improv has been seen going on around. Now Tanghui ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/07/11/tanghui-challenges-you/ Most people in the bar/club business can agree on one thing. The lifespan of the typical club is not long in Shanghai. Only in a few rare cases do clubs last longer than the 3 year mark. A lot of clubs are opened by local Chinese with too much money on ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/07/09/club-permanence-a-myth/ There is a Ripley coming to town, believe it or not. This would be the movie production of Ripley's believe it or not. The lead role is played by none other than the most unbelieveable, Jim Carrey. This is not to be confused with the movie Ripley Underground which is the ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/04/25/smmmokin-into-town/ Oh Shanda, what will we do with you? Shanda is making very questionable moves once again. The9.com, following on it's highly successful World of Warcraft partnership is now negotiating with Blizzard Entertainment with the expansion pack. This is very coherent to the9.com strategy and within their core business of interactive ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/04/18/the9-wows-while-shanda-gets-crazy/ The East-West Theater Company is now officially in Shanghai! Set up to do their very own comedy show entitled "Night of Mirth", they plan on bringing stage comedy to a whole new audience. Formed by a group of exuberant and sometimes obnoxious foreigners and locals, they are breaking new ground ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/04/17/west-recklessly-crashes-into-east/ Yes, a big budget film, along the magnitude of Mission Impossible 3 will be hitting the shores of Shanghai before we know it. The name has not yet been disclosed, but they will be doing a lot more shooting in China that MI3 did. They will be shooting for several ... http://www.planetkarl.com/2006/04/08/big-budget-film-coming-into-town-2/