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Want to meet the person behind (arguably) the most popular blog in the world? Actress/director/blogger Xu Jinglei will be meeting the public in Shanghai this weekend as part of the "Football & Film" party being thrown by Chinese-language city website Metroer.com in the outdoor area at Hong Kong New World Tower on Huaihai Lu near Madang Lu. Xu is promoting her new film Dreams May Come (《梦想照进现实》) and we're not sure if "meeting" actually means shaking hands or just standing on a stage and waving. But anyway, she'll be there.

Former child actor Jeremy Miller -- the least famous cast member of 80s sitcom Growing Pains -- has found work in China, one of the few remaining countries where he might actually get recognized on the street. Growing Pains, which stopped production 13 years ago, was one of the only Western imports to hit Chinese televsion in the 90s, and thus was wildly successful. And what does this fading Far Eastern fame get someone like Miller? A part in a struggling uber-indie Chinese film production called Milk & Fashion, enticingly billed as "Asia's first feature film centering on ballet." That should fill the seats.

Crystal Jade Restaurant in Xintiandi