• Christian Dior's high drama ads with Marion Cotillard will soon feature Shanghai, with a David Lynch directed 12-minute piece entitled “Lady Blue.” Says Galliano, “In the David Lynch film, Marion is reciting a poem that he wrote, and was inspired by the Pearl Tower itself. The words and building fuse in the picture he paints on-screen. Shanghai is such a vibrant and inspiring city.” Well, it's got more than enough twin peaks... [Fabsugar]
• Oops! Despite it being advertised on the official Shanghai ticketing website, the Gwen Stefani tour dates for our city are fake. Her Gwen-ness will not be coming in May, instead "Gwen and the guys are in the studio working on the upcoming No Doubt album." [Shanghai Talk]
• SmartShanghai informs us that Phoking, Nam 1975 and the California Pizza Kitchen in the Portman are all closing down. Tony Romas in the Portman is still around though, because their owners made a deal with the devil... or something. Seriously, how is it still around? [SmartShanghai]

Now that we’ve been able to put to bed our 5 year long obsession with finding a decent burrito in this town, we’ve moved onto our next elusive obsession: a decent bowl of pho. more ›