Maureen O'Connor

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• Posted Tonight: Popcorn party at Zapata's (seriously) to Shanghaiist
  This has the potential to be really disgusting, but the "oh, no, they didn't!" factor is enough to pique our interest: Rooms filled with popcorn, hot bodies shimmering with color-enhanced movie-popcorn butter, crumbs in our shoes and corn husks in our hair -- feederists rejoice, but Shanghaiist is still on the fence. We would, however, like to propose the following soundtrack: "Popcorn," by Hot Butter If you go, take pictures and send them to Shanghaiist:...
• Posted China rejects Jackie Chan's <em>Rush Hour 3</em> to Shanghaiist
  Jackie Chan, China's most famous actor/singer/producer/cartoon character/matchmaker (whew!) finds himself one sino-franchise poorer this week, as government officials have blocked mainland distribution of his newest flick, Rush Hour 3. E! News reports: The official word on why the Brett Ratner-directed sequel won't be making it to the big screen is that the country has already imported too many American films this year for it to be a profitable acquisition, but some officials are attributing the...
• Posted Spiderman-wannabe scales Jinmao, gets arrested to Shanghaiist
  Call it the unauthorized sequel of Alain Robert's Spidey-themed Jinmao jaunt, from last June. The Shanghai Daily reports:An unidentified man became the sixth man to climb the 88-floor Jin Mao Tower last night, although he certainly took his time completing the ascent. The man dressed in a black T-shirt began climbing the building from the top of a dumpster at around 6pm, and didn't finish until around 11pm after taking a short break to catch...
• Posted Frag-fest on corrupt bureaucrats to Shanghaiist
  With heads still rolling from this year's tainted exports scandal and the downfall of Shanghai's ex-party-leader Chen Liangyu (he of bribe-taking and sexual-favoring-seeking fame) reaching completion, China's public enemy du jour appears to be corrupt government officials. We hate 'em so much, we're inventing fictive versions in cyberspace just so we can blow their 1337 brainzorz outz!!1! EastSouthWestNorth reports that online game Incorruptible Warrior «清廉战士», a game originally designed for about 500 users, logged 100,000...
• Posted Early Buzz (and trailer) for Ang Lee's <em>Lust, Caution</em> to Shanghaiist
  Color us excited. The "Lust, Caution" trailer is out! "Lust, Caution" is the latest from Ang Lee, the Chinese director best known for turning cowboys gay (Brokeback Mountain) and Ziyi Zhang into an international superstar (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon). Based on a novella of the same name by grand dame of Shanghai fiction, Eileen Chang, "Lust, Caution" depicts love and betrayal in Japan-occupied and espionage-riddled 1940's Shanghai. Lee's crew filmed on location in the Nanhui...