Andy Lau appointed Expo ambassador

Chinese celebrity Andy Lau was crowned the Shanghai World Expo's Goodwill Ambassador on Friday, as the highly anticipated international event is 50 days away, Xinhua reported.

Three other household names also joined the ambassador list. Renowned anchorwoman Yang Lan was appointed the Expo's Image Ambassador, composer Tan Dun the Culture Ambassador, and athlete-turned-entrepreneur Li Ning the Health Ambassador.

The four, together with three previously appointed ambassadors - Chinese Kung Fu actor Jackie Chan, basketball player Yao Ming and master pianist Lang Lang - will help promote the international event in Shanghai, which starts May 1 and goes through Oct 31.

Trailer of Andy Lau's latest megamovie - Warlords

Set in the midst of war and political upheaval during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s, WARLORDS stars Jet Li as General Pang, who barely survives a brutal massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead, and joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu (Andy Lau) and Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). After fighting back attackers from an helpless village, the three men take an oath to become "blood brothers," pledging loyalty to one another until death, but things quickly turn sour and the three men become embroiled in a web of political deceit, and a love triangle between Pang, Er Hu and a beautiful courtesan (Wu Jing-Lei).