Cool Times 3: Shu Qi, Joan Chen, and Gong Li

Gong Li snapshot

Louis Vuitton collaborated with Soundwalk, a company that specializes in audio walks for travelers, to produce three audio guides for the cities of Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai - each with famous actresses who walk you through the city, where there's also a back story for each guide.

Shu Qi narrates Hong Kong, Gong Li narrates Beijing, and Joan Chen narrates Shanghai, and if you check out the site at http://www.louisvuittonsoundwalk.com/ you'll get treated to some great visuals, music, and trailers for each of the audio guides which you can download to your mp3 player.

Definitely cool.

Joan Chen signs on to "Mao's Last Dancer"

According to Variety Asia, Joan Chen has signed on for a new movie based on the Australian novel "Mao's Last Dancer" about Chinese dancer Li Cunxin who escaped China at the end of the Cultural Revolution.

At the same time, Chen's new pic The Leap Years gets released in Singapore February 29th.

View the trailer below