In the immediate aftermath of Taiwanese magician Lu Chen's withering joke during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala -- simultaneously seen live by millions, then re-watched over and over in the proceeding days, even after it got censored from subsequent reruns -- we were told that all parties involved were cool with it. That might not have been the case. ...

One of the most talked-about and controversial moments from this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala was magician Lu Chen's "looking for Leehom" joke. His one-liner got the best crowd reaction -- a mixture of delight and genuine shock that such a joke could fly -- and ensured he'd stay in the public eye for days, possibly weeks, to come. Lu's remark to pianist Li Yundi -- riffing off public perception of Li an ...

Ah, live TV. Did magician Lu Chen give the CCTV Spring Festival Gala -- the most-watched show on Chinese television every year -- its Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" moment? First, a little background. Top Chinese pianist Li Yundi and Chinese American singer Leehom Wang are best buds who spend so much time together that people openly question the nature of their relationship. (The two have repeatedly s ...

Leehom Wang wasn't the only Chinese Olympic torchbearer in Manchester on Saturday -- there was also news anchor Bai Yansong, for instance -- but Wang was most definitely the only Chinese torchbearer to make all the Chinese ladies in the crowd shriek their minds out. He was also probably the only torchbearer to do an exuberant leap, which you can see in the above at the 0:35 mark and at the 2:11 mark in the ...

Taiwanese American heartthrob Leehom Wang performed "As Time Goes By" on Monday at the star-studded opening ceremony of the 2nd Beijing International Film Festival. All in all, Wang did a commendable job with Herman Hupfeld's song -- popularized by Dooley Wilson in Casablanca, of course -- but in front of a national audience -- the show was televised on CCTV-6 -- he flubbed the famous line, "You must rememb ...