Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures has tabbed Sacha Baron Cohen to make a major motion picture tentatively titled The Lesbian, a story based off billionaire tycoon Cecil Chao and his $65 million bounty to find a husband for his lesbian daughter, Gigi. The Borat and The Dictator star will certainly have no shortage of content to work with, including all... Read more »
China blogs Shanghaiist, Offbeat China, and Tea Leaf Nation have already clearly illustrated that China has a lot of people. But perhaps you didn’t know that China has a lot of people? In which case, you should check out this Sina slideshow, featuring high-res photos of China’s many, many people. We sample a few more... Read more »
Yiliang county, Yunnan province was hit by massive landslides yesterday that buried 19 people, including 18 children, and killed at least 10. A TV news show on Shanghai-based Dragon TV, amid an informative segment about the where/what/when of the matter, plopped in a rather... distracting depiction of the landslide. Take a gander for yourself.
Around 8 am yesterday, Zhenhe Village in Yiliang county, Zhaotong city, Yunnan province got hit by a devastating landslide measuring 10,000 cubic meters, according to China Daily. Nineteen people — 18 of whom were primary school students — were buried, and so far 10 are confirmed dead. Update: They’re all dead. Yiliang is the same county that... Read more »
In Fu’an, Fujian province on Tuesday, a pair of men publicly declared their love by holding an outdoor wedding that drew “countless eyeballs,” according to the video description. Of course, China doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages or civil unions, so the display was merely symbolic. But it was a sweet display nonetheless. In January 2010, AFP... Read more »
The person who took this video was out with his colleague on Sunday in Tianjin when he saw two men steal a woman's phone and attempt their getaway on a motorcycle. Our videographer was in his car, mind you, so he did what any person would: pursue. Pursue recklessly, if need be. The chase ends with him knocking down the thieves' motorcycle, but it wasn't exactly mission accomplished. As he writes in the video description: "My colleague and I got out of our car to intercept them, but no one else helped the two of us stop the two thieves, so we couldn't overtake them. Later my colleague and I dialed the police at 110."
Your “Aw fucksticks” story of the day comes via Ministry of Tofu, which has translated an article published Friday by Shandgu (with images via NetEase): Wang Zhongping, 60, was the chief director of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Fishery of the city of Loudi, Hunan province until two years ago when he stepped down... Read more »
Found in San Francisco, posted on Reddit under the title, “Asian crocodile pimp of muni” (“Fun fact of the day:Muni is the Greek word for vagina,” writes Johanitsu). Mr. Croc here might not be Chinese, but it’s close enough for our tastes. Also, he’s awesome, so there’s that. Previously: Riding A Pink Unicorn, Not Giving A Single Fuck.... Read more »
A zoo in Wuhan, Hubei province is offering humans the chance to test their strength against tigers. The newscast tells us that tigers win most of the time, proving definitively that when you come face-to-face with a tiger in the wild, don't challenge it to a game of winner-take-all tug-of-war.
A zoo official says that one day, caretakers put a rope in the tiger pen and discovered that the animals loved playing with it. Their next logical thought: human-tiger tug-of-war.
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