Zhang Ziyi Archives

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi heads aboard designer Roberto Cavalli’s yacht docked in Cannes with boyfriend Aviv “Vivi” Nevo during the Cannes Film Festival on Monday night.

Ziyi, 28, is best known for her roles in the phenomenally successful Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001), House of Flying Daggers (2005) and Memoirs of a Geisha (2006).

Nevo, 41, is an Israeli venture capitalist and heads investment firm “NV Investments,” which has one of the biggest stock shares of media conglomerate Time Warner.

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Zhang Ziyi goes costume-y in Chanel Spring 2007 couture on Sunday at the premiere for the film Chacun Son Cinema (To Each His Own Cinema) at the Cannes Film Festival. Ziyi, 28, was accompanied by her 41-year-old Israeli venture capitalist boyfriend Vivi Nevo (pictured below).

To the right, Canadian supermodel Alana Zimmer.

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Zhang Ziyi in Marchesa Fall 2007.

To the right, model Megan McNierney.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Grudge, Buffy), Chris Evans (Fantastic Four), Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon), and Kevin Smith (Clerks) have just been announced as voice talent for the new animated feature film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT).

SMG will voice “April, the human researcher who serves as the Turtles’ tech-services worker and mother figure.” Chris Evans will voice hockey-stick-swinging Casey Jones. Zhang Ziyi will voice “the villain Karai, who leads an evil army known as the Foot Ninjas into battle against the turtle brothers.” Kevin Smith will voice a cameo as a greasy-spoon chef.

As reported yesterday, Patrick Stewart will voice Max Winters.

Los Angeles, California :: Presenters ran through rehearsal yesterday for the 78th Academy Awards – Jessica Alba, Eric Bana, Nicole Kidman, Terrence Howard, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Zhang Ziyi, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Lopez and Hilary Swank.   For the record, Eric Bana and Jessica Alba are going to the the hottest pair to walk the stage as presenters tonight. More pictures in the gallery including Uma Thurman, Jon Stewart, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Queen Latifah, Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman and Dolly Parton.

Around this time of year, acting in movies starts to feel like a kind of athletic event, with prizes awarded to the winners while the losers are reduced to being glamorous extras on televised award show after televised award show. By the time of the Academy Awards, which this year will take place on March 5, the spirit of the contest seems to take precedence over artistic achievement. This year, as in the previous two, The New York Times Magazine has tried to eschew this notion of competition by saluting the performances that moved, surprised and thrilled us, regardless of whether they were nominated for awards… Once again, the photography team of Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin has beautifully composed and captured the variety of characters who resonated with us this year and distilled the essence of what makes great movie acting great.

These are the portraits of 26 actors who made the films of 2005 so memorable including George Clooney (Syriana), Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain), Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain), Amy Adams (Junebug), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line), Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow), Deep Roy (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Eric Bana (Munich), Shirley MacLaine (In Her Shoes), Ziyi Zhang (2046), William Hurt (A History of Violence), Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Birol Ünel and Sibel Kekilli (Head-On), Charlize Theron (North Country), Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence), Vera Farmiga (Down to the Bone), Bill Murray (Broken Flowers), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Mysterious Skin), Natalie Press and Emily Blunt (My Summer of Love), Penélope Cruz (Don’t Move), Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale), Daniel Day-Lewis (The Ballad of Jack and Rose).  Check out the gallery!