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Oh Sharon Stone. The actress once again apologized for her "bad karma" comments, which got her dropped last year from her lucrative China Dior contract. "I'm sorry that my comments caused pain to a nation and a people. I hope my apology will be accepted and finally fully understood," she said. She loves China, she told Hong Kong Prestige. She loves its hospitality and Chinese culture as a whole. But you know what's especially great about China? It's got a fine philosophy on aging, which is about "really accepting yourself and loving your age." China's great because it embraced this concept, she said, adding "it's not the Botox capital of the world." Well true in that most of the population can't really afford Botox. Those that can... well, let's just say Sharon Stone ought to read up on the latest plastic surgery news over here. Source: SCMP

China's about to make a move into Hollywood, and it's going to spend some serious cash doing so. Originally titled Mermaid Island, the newly-dubbed Empires of the Deep will be a $100 million USD "English-language tale of mermaids, mermen and a hero who saves the world from an evil empire". Monica Belluci will star as the lead mermaid; Sharon Stone was once attached as well but has since been dropped (something she said, apparently). Unconfirmed rumors have also tabbed Derek Zoolander as the lead merman. The film will rely heavily on CGI, and according to producer and chief financier Harrison Liang, it will be "something like 'Star Wars' under the sea".

"You can't say whether this is karma or not
because nobody wants to see a big disaster happen.
When a natural disaster strikes, you cannot avoid it.
Perhaps the Heavens are meting out punishment in order to
make people protect the natural environment better.
這不可以說是報不報應，因每個人也不想發生嚴重災難，
而且天災的事想避也避不到，可能是上天給予的懲罰，
要人們更加保護自然環境。"

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Looks like mammon does have its way of making people think before they talk. Less than a day after Sharon Stone suggested at the Cannes Film Festival that the Sichuan earthquake was karma for China's treatment of the Tibetans, she has been forced to eat back her words and apologise:

"My erroneous words and deeds angered and saddened the Chinese people, and I sincerely apologise for this. I'm willing to participate in any earthquake relief activity and to do my utmost to help Chinese people affected by the disaster."

Christian Dior has sprung to action, pulling Stone from all its ads and stores in China, and said in a Chinese-language statement:

"We don't agree with her hasty, unreflecting remarks and we deeply regret them. Dior was one of the first international brands to enter China and has won the affection and respect of the consuming public. We absolutely do not support any remark that hurts the Chinese people's feelings. We express our sorrow over the compatriots who lost their lives in the earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan, and we extend our sympathy and condolences to the people in the disaster area."

In a report we saw on Dragon TV's music entertainment programme, the spokeswoman for Dior China highlighted and emphasised that Sharon Stone will never ever be seen again in its stores and advertising within China. The report ended with the VJ chiming in that Sharon Stone will never ever be heard of on Dragon TV again.

Has Sharon Stone been drinking too much lately? You be the judge. Here's what she said on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival when asked about the earthquake that has devastated the Sichuan Province:

Well you know it was very interesting because at first, you know, I am not happy about the ways the Chinese were treating the Tibetans because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else. And so I have been very concerned about how to think and what to do about that because I don’t like THAT.

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Hollywood actress Sharon Stone arrived in Shanghai late Tuesday night at Pudong International Airport. After passing immigration casually dressed in white slacks and a dark long-sleeved top, she was quickly driven downtown in a Mercedes Sedan to the JW Marriott Hotel.

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The tenth Shanghai International Film Festival starts on June 16, and as the time draws near, people have been wondering what actors and celebs will grace the red carpet on opening night. One report we've read says that Oliver Stone, Maggie Cheung, John Woo, and Stephen Chow will be among the stars that show up. A slightly more snarky report states that Sharon Stone will show up, which is great for we connoisseurs of older women, but which the report says presents something of an image problem for SIFF because, artistically speaking, Sharon Stone is somewhat past her prime.