Alexander Stuart

Above: The Green Light trailer, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. I cannot WAIT to see Baz Luhrmann's film of F Scott Fitzgerald's unforgettably heartbreaking novel, The Great Gatsby (originally published on April 10, 1925) - and the mixed reviews it is so far receiving mean nothing to me at all. I love the trailers , I love the music, I love the artists involved (not least the wondrous Lana Del Rey , who seems perfectly suited to this), I love the cast ( Tobey Maguire's reflective angst suggests the perfect Nick; Leo DiCaprio's beauty and impenetrability are equally well-suited to Gatsby), I love the idea of capturing what it feels like to "be" in the 1920s, rather than watch a movie about the decade - and I love Baz Luhrmann's work. Personally, I think Gatsby is probably unfilmable, whatever that means. The book is so iconic, so much "The Great American Novel" - but more importantly so subtle and complex and wistful and rom

WiFi Yi Tong. If you like electro/dance music, please listen to this new track by a new artist - my LinkedIn friend  WiFi Yi Tong , with DJ and producer Daniel Trim , and her full version of Bring On The Night. I love the song, I love the bass line and I love Yi Tong's vocals - both sung and spoken. The track takes a new direction and dimension, and I really like that. It's on my playlist on repeat!

Here is video of actress/director Zhao Wei on the set of her first film as director, So Young - which has become a huge success in China. (English subtitles)

Zhao Wei's huge success, So Young. Zhao Wei's directorial debut, So Young , has broken Lost In Thailand's record opening day box office success in China. The film is based on the best selling Chinese novel, To Our Eventual Lost Youth , by Xin Yi Wu. The English title of the film alludes to the song  So Young  by the British indy rock band,  Suede . As a mark of her immense popularity, Zhao Wei - best known so far as an actress - has almost 7 million followers on Sina Weibo , the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Zhao Wei. Here is the report from Cinema Online for Yahoo! 30 Apr 2013 – It must have felt like Christmas to actress-turned-director, Zhao Wei, as her directorial debut, "So Young", was successful in breaking "Lost in Thailand" opening day record. As reported on HK Top Ten website, "So Young" exceeded RMB45 million in opening day sales, and broke "Lost in Thailand" record of RMB35 million. Accord

Alan Cumming and Alexander Stuart in Hollywood. I recently came across these photos of a wonderful night out with our good friend, the immeasurably talented Alan Cumming . Alan is a household name for playing  Eli Gold on The Good Wife , but equally famous for his astonishing work as Hamlet  in cycle shorts (which I saw perhaps 20 years ago and still recall vividly as being the best production of the play I have ever seen). Alan also starred - and won a Tony Award - as the MC in the hugely successful Broadway musical Cabaret (coming back with Alan starring again next year) - and his equally phenomenal one-man Broadway version of Macbeth  (still running now). Anyway, Charong and I had a particularly fantastic night out on the town in Hollywood with Alan a wee while back, and here are the police mug shots to prove it! Alan Cumming, Alexander Stuart and a glimpse of Charong Chow. Photographs Above Copyright  ©  2013 Alexander Chow-Stuart. Alan Cumming&#