NYC TURNS INTO HONG KONG

The Hong Kong celebrities are so thick on the ground over here in NYC that you practically have to push them out of your way to get on the subway.

Chris Doyle, hard-drinking cinematographer to the gods, has been holed up in a posh downtown hotel with teeny tiny rooms almost all summer working on pre-production for his new project and, rumor has it, finishing up his own second film.

Wong Kar-wai was spotted on Sunday taking in a Mets game.

And Maggie Cheung was in town as the guest of honor for the Asian American International Film Festival. The chit chat event she did at Lincoln Center got raves from everyone who attended, but it looks like her attitude towards the press hasn't changed much.