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Moses Chan, Charmaine Sheh, Michael Tse and Sonjia Kwok went to visit Singapore this month and to promote TVB series "Beyond the Realm of Conscience", "You're Hired" and "D.I.E Again". In the short 3 days visit, besides accepting interviews from the Media, they also attended a series of local promotional events and played games with the local fans there. The four of them went on stage and sang songs making the local fans very enthusiastic.

At the time it was Michael and Sonjia's birthday month, the organizers arranged a birthday cake to celebrate with them. As for Charmaine and Moses, they were below the stage singing the Happy Birthday song with the fans. Michael and Sonjia did not know they went off the stage, so they appeared shocked when they found out.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Yesterday Sonjia Kwok dressed up to attend Hong Kong's first Hutchison branch opening. She frankly said that she's satisified with the pay for cutting the ribbon. As the organizers requested from the bakery that they should sponsor some wedding cakes, Sonjia said: "Wah! Not in a long time! I never said anyone is pursuing me and I'm always at home, almost the whole house is women. But, I could be pretty happy single."

Also, Sonjia's new series "D.I.E Again" is soon going to broadcast, she frankly said that the most of the promotional events will include playing games, so she won't be dressing sexily to attend those events. She expresses that when she attends events with crowds of people, she will stay cautious and protect her chest area. When she was a teenager, she once experienced sexual harassment, at the time she was in line to buy some bread, the man who stood in line behind her was trying to touch the bottom part of her body: "At first I didn't know, but when I found out, I used my handbag to smack his tummy, the man immediately bounced away. I was really angry, so angry that I cried. I also regret that I didn't hit him hard enough!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

The other night, Bosco Wong attended a birthday party for his Boss (record company) in Central, dressed in the Instant Noodle brand (出前一丁) mascot "Ding Jai" costume. Bosco held onto a carry out in his hand, turns out that there is a illusion, inside there is "Long Live Noodles" that he made himself to wish his Boss a long life. Also, he used to be 出前一丁's spokesperson and hopes that there is an opportunity in the future that he can serve as the spokesperson again.

Source: On.cc
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Michael Tse is the male lead for "Turning Point" (Laughing Gor Movie) and it has been one of the focus points. The other hot topic is "Laughing So", which was fought over for by TVB fadans. In the end, the role was given to Fala Chen, which has been very high profiled. First time being male lead for a movie, Michael Tse along with Fala who's making her first appearance on the big screen, what kind of chemical effect will happen?

In the new movie, Fala plays Michael's lover (named Karen), but she frankly said there are not many love or dating scenes, but there are some kiss scenes. Although the action scenes left her with bruises and scrapes, but that did not scare her, she even said that she wants to be a fighter. Boyfriend seeing her all hurt, did he feel heartbroken? Fala said: "I have no boyfriend." Michael felt that Fala definitely has the potential to be a fighter girl, he smiled: "Fala has background in exercise, flexible body, when I take her out for a run, she runs faster than me!" Michael Tse always did not want to talk too much about the kiss scenes with Laughing So, when Reporters chased and asked him, it turns out that they have a superficial style kiss, no wonder he had no pressure and did not feel awkward. "It was a comfortable kiss, it felt pretty good." Since being in the industry for 22 years, it is his first time as a male lead for a movie, Michael expressed that he's not pressured: "I am not a newcomer, I am not new to movies, 5 years ago I filmed a movie (地下秩序) in Taiwan before and also this time I already collaborated with most of the cast before, always trying to accommodate as much as I can during filming. The most important is to have an explanation for the audience, good feedback, everything else is not important and is not under my control. Of course, I do hope that the movie will do well."

Fala Thankful for Franisc Ng's teachings

"Turning Point" is Fala's first movie, asked if she hopes to win the newcomer award? She said: "I have been filming TV series for 3 years already, I have some experience, but filming movies is just the beginning. At first I wasn't used to it, fortunately Francis Ng was there to help me and give me advice. He taught me how to act, he also told me not to be too nervous. But, I don't know if I did good or bad, so I don't dare to say I want an award. I of course hope to be like Kate Tsui and get the newcomer award though, but let fate decide!"

No Boyfriend

After Fala completes "The Legend of Pu Song Ling", she will take a break and go scuba diving for a week. She'll probably be coming back to HK all tanned to attend the promotions for the movie. Asked if her rumored boyfriend Neway Star's young master (薛世恆) will be going with her? Fala said: "I don't have a boyfriend. I just haven't seen my parents for a while, so I'm taking a short break to go back and see them, and to go scuba diving while I'm at it."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Recently Kevin Cheng has done advertisements for Dah Sing Bank personal loans. The female host at the promotion praised his performance in "Burning Flames 3", Kevin then shouted out to the audience that they should support the series. Fortunately it only lasted for 2 minutes, otherwise the Bank promotion will turn into a TVB series promotion.

Earlier magazines reported that Kevin kicked Charmaine Sheh off his car when the Media spotted them? He expressed that he has already responded to this and will not say anymore. In the past, he said that when he gets married he will announce who his other half is. Does he currently have enough 'wife savings'? Kevin smiled and said: "It's hard to say what is enough, thriftly or lavishly. I am currently working at it, taking on more advertisement jobs." Kevin is very happy to collaborate with Dah Sing Bank and revealed that they gave him a special offer for mortgages, so now he can concentrate on finding a new property."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Shirley Yeung and some other August birthdays attended an event. This year, Shirley is already 31 years old, asked if she's afraid that the young models would be compared to her? Shirley smiled and said that everyone has their own speciality, the young models have their youth and she has the support from a group of audience who grew up with her. Newcomers joining the family is a good thing, there will not be any pressures. Asked when she's planning to get married? She smiled: "We'll talk about it in a few years, actually I am going towards the older mothers route."

Source: Wenweipo
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Myolie Wu has always been particular with her food, and is especially fond of Italian dishes. Harbor City's Spasso is her top favorite. Recently, this restaurant has released a new style of Italian specialties' set meal. From the appetizer to the dessert, Myolie was savoring the food very happily, especially for the special main dish, Baked American Top-grade Beef Fillet with Black Truffle and Cheese Sauce. Myolie said, "The beef is half-done. Just nice. The black truffle sauce won't snatch away the taste of the beef. Very nice to chew. The dessert, Sabayon, is delicious too. Resembles ice-cream. But the taste is different. Melts immediately when put into the mouth. Feels special."

When talking about Italian dishes, Myolie expressed that she likes to eat food with strong flavor. The taste of dry ham and mushrooms are enriching in taste. Once she eats them, she'll fall in love with them immediately. Myolie even said that she once went to this restaurant with Sharon Chan and Sonija Kwok for a meal. The three of them sat in the open-air balcony area. Holding a glass of wine, admiring the scenery of the harbor, and gossiping about interesting stuff, it's a enjoyable moment in life!

Source: Oriental Daily
Credits: psycho 0805 @ http://myoliewuhangyee.com/forum/

Myolie Wu came from the same batch of 1999 Miss HK as Sonija Kwok. During her 10 years in this industry, I’ve come into contact with her every now and then. Felt that she’s not someone whom will give in just to get on the right side of another person. If talk about Myolie’s EQ, it’s even……Whether she likes it or not, you can tell a little from her expression. Straightforward and doing what she likes, she even had an unpleasant experience with the media before. But coming to today, she had a little change already, becoming happier. Myolie admitted that back then, she had once offended people. She laughed and said, “Had learnt my lesson! Will also change! When I first entered this industry, there were many things which I had no idea on how to handle well, especially when facing some untrue reports. Adding on that I was a little more emotional when I was younger, thus if I had any unhappiness, I would show it out. Didn’t know how to conceal and protect myself. But in this line, I’ve learnt throughout the long period of time. As one grows up, one will learn from the experiences. Of course, emotions management and relationship contacts are a very profound area of knowledge.”

Facing with the competition in her career, and still need to handle the pressure from audiences’ comments, there are many rumors and news going around in the entertainment industry. Recently, there were artistes whom went on the wrong path due to stress, but Myolie confidently said, “Can be rest assured about this. I’ve many methods to balance out my stress level. Not afraid even if the paparazzi are tailing me. I can still purchase things even if I don’t step out of my house. I like online shopping a lot. Slowly sit in front of the computer and choose my favorite brands and look at beautiful clothes. It’s a very big entertainment for me. On the other hand, I’ve taken a liking towards baking. Bought many books to study on it. When I concentrate fully on trying to make the dough more balanced, then make it into bread, I can forget all the troubles. And when a group of friends have tried my bread and complimented that it’s good, I really have a huge sense of satisfaction. And also, most importantly, it’s an emotional consolation too!” Did rumored boyfriend, Bosco Wong, help you? Myolie immediately said, “No lah! It’s my elder sister. She studied psychological counseling. So it’s similar to a case study. She talked to me like a counselor. After talking, she would analyze with me on another position as my elder sister. If I’ve problems, I’ll feel better after saying them out.”

Being Electrified By Kevin Cheng

Some people feel that it’s difficult to find a true friend in the entertainment circle. Myolie admitted that there aren’t many people whom she can speak her inner, true words with. “Sometimes, won’t talk too deeply with artistes from the same level. I might have nothing, but some reports like to use everyone to compare here and there. Both parties might not have a deep friendship, so just let nature takes its course! Furthermore, I’m considered lucky, having to befriend Nancy Wu, Sharon Chan, and Christine Ng. These true friends whom we can trust in one another, and not afraid of saying our secrets.” If that’s the case, for male friends, isn’t Bosco the closest? “Many are friends. Good friends with Amigo Chui too. But they won’t know as much stuff as the girl friends!” Recently, there were rumors that Myolie and Bosco had broken up. She did not admit or deny, but from her words, it seemed to carry another meaning, “There are always news. I’ve never admitted about us being together. Just find that looking for a person who’s suitable for me isn’t easy. I don’t wish to have any unserious dates. If can’t find, not dating will be even more comfortable!” Not wishing to talk a lot on Bosco, but on the other hand, when talking about her partner in Burning Flames 3, Kevin Cheng, she began to talk more. “I got to know him better after SCD2. But this time, there were many relationship scenes in the drama. Feels very refreshing. And also, he’s really handsome. When filming, I was really being electrified by him. He’s next up after Tony Leung. Luckily my foundation is considered quite deep! (In the drama, it’s two men, Wong Hei and Kevin Cheng, fighting over you!) In reality, I won’t enjoy this at all. A love triangle is very agonizing. I’m a Scorpio. Will quickly cut off it. Short-term pain is better than long-term agony. Definitely won’t drag it!”

Credits: http://myoliewu.org, psycho 0805 @ http://myoliewuhangyee.com/forum/

Ask about the rumours between Bosco Wong and Myolie Wu, as usual, he describes the other party as “friend”. But still he didn’t forget to shower praise: Myolie is a very discipline person, as long as the family is under her care; it will definitely be a very happy and fortunate family. I can even say that she is a very good wife.

It is so obvious that Bosco Wong wishes to marry Myolie. The problem is, when will it be? But once again he sentence himself as “Playboy”, “Bad Boy”, scare that he wouldn’t be able to live up to be a good husband, a good boyfriend unless one of these days, he can walk on “the straight and narrow path”. In other words, if the whole media label him as a good man one of these days, that will be the day he will marry Myolie.

Boscolie caption: The rumours with Myolie Wu have been going on for 4 years. Break up, patch back then break up and patch back again. No matter what’s the relationship between this 2 are, undeniably their on screen couple image ultimately is the favourite of sponsors.

Interviewing Bosco Wong, rumoured girlfriend Myolie Wu will definitely have a share. Although regarding this question, Bosco Wong did raise his objection: Not again, ask about her (refer Myolie Wu) ah? Although you have your strong objection, I have my own persevere. “Myolie Wu”, is still the heart of this interview.

I remember interviewing Bosco Wong 1 year ago. Straight to the point ask him about his relation with Myolie Wu. At that time, he didn’t even need to think and answer: “Good friend!” 1 year later, once again ask him the same question, same as 1 year ago “standard answer”. Although the meaning is still the same, but underlying, there is a slight difference.

“No…I will said that at this moment, we are a pair of good friends who understand each other. You ask me whether I have think of taking a step further with Myolie? I can tell you that this depends on fate. Or we can also phrase it this way, Myolie is a very discipline person, as long as the family is under her care, it will definitely be a very happy and fortunate family. I can even say that she is a very good wife. But a lot of time, it will really depend on fate. I have been rumoured with her for so long, I start to like having rumours with only one person. This is better than having rumours with a lot of others. Or you can see it in this way too, treat this as a space to let the audience follow up. TV dramas also need to have the substance to make you want to continue watching before they can be popular.

Credits: eli at lovebosco.net
Translation: Ting @ http://myoliewuhangyee.com/forum

Kenneth Ma, Stephen Huyhn, and Cake Wong were spotted filming "Shall We State the Case" in Lan Gwai Fong. Former Miss Asia 2007 contestant Manecy Chan and other ATV artistes were also in Lan Gwai Fong doing Miss Asia recruitment activities.

When Manecy, who previously expressed that she had a crush on Kenneth for eight years, saw him, she wanted to take a picture with him. However, TVB crew members wanted to avoid being used for promotional purposes, so they left the area immediately. It was only after the ATV artistes left that they returned to Lan Gwai Fong to continue filming. Manecy expressed she was disappointed she didn't get to take a picture with Kenneth: "I really like him. When I saw him, I wanted to cry. I only wanted to take a picture with him, but they all left!"

Credits: hyn5 @ http://hyn5-hyn5.blogspot.com

Jordan Chan plays a business man in his new movie 'Sand Blowing in the Wind', he expressed that he has quite a number of intimate scenes with his wife in the movie, Micheolle Ye, full of praises for her professionalism that eliminates all awkwardness. Meanwhile, Michelle Ye denied that they have kissing scenes, and claimed that she plays a mother, and thus her scenes won't be too bold, laughingly added that it was a happy collaboration with children and hopes to have a few of her own after marriage.

Credits: Michelle Ye's Realm

Michelle recently did a summer photoshoot, her appearance was fashionable and appealing. In short dress, she appeared stylish in her own beauty aura. It was said that after the photoshoot, Michelle Ye was rushing towards the filming set of 'Unleashed', working with Leon Lai and Richie Ren, and will also be working with Jordan Chan in 'Sand Blowing in the Wind'.

Credits: Michelle Ye's Realm

Renowned director Long Xiao Gang's 'Legend of Lady Yang' roles voting is coming to an end. 'Ancient classic beauty' Michelle Ye has won the role 'Lady Yang' from the support of netizens, emerging first among the nominated actresses.

Michelle Ye who has the dancing skills, warmth, beauty and popularity package is in lead of several other actresses by a margin of more than ten thousand votes, having the pre-requisite of the Tang Dynasty's first beauty.

Michelle Ye started learning Chinese ancient dance at the age of 6, and has a good foundation in dance. She is also interested in ancient poems and phrases, and is good in calligraphy, as well as reciting with poise. Michelle has also won the 1999 Miss Chinese International's 'Miss Classic Beauty' award, having the natural air of an ancient classic beauty. Her label of 'Hong Kong's First Ancient Classic Beauty' confirms her recognition in the ancient beauty role. Her iconic ancient classic beauty role would be Cui Ung Ung from 'Lost in the Chambers of Love'. Ever since Michelle Ye changed her career from TV to big screens, Michelle's path seems brighter than ever, 2009 is the movie year for Michelle Ye, where she continuously works with Anthony Wong, Simon Yam, Eason Chan, Louis Koo, etc in 'Murderer', 'Vengeance', 'Dream Home' etc mega productions. As she is recently busy filming with Leon Lai and at the same time leading in another new movie with Jordan Chan in 'Unleashed' and 'Sand Blowing in the Wind' respectively, it is still unconfirmed if she will be taking up the role 'Lady Yang'.

Credits: Michelle Ye's Realm

TVB new series "You're Hired" held its promotional event yesterday. Many different items were used for the games at the event including milk, ice cream and two cushions with the two leads' picture on it that were made especially for Dayo Wong and Charamine Sheh. Charmaine didn't like her photo on the pillow and was told to bring out her own photo then, but she shook her head and hands expressing no. The host Oscar Leung even took her pillow to joke around with by saying whoever wins the game can go smell the fragrance of "Ah Sheh's body pillow".

Earlier there were reports stating that Charmaine and Kevin Cheng met up and coincidentally bumped into the Media, therefore she was "kicked off" the car by Kevin? Charmaine clarifies that no such thing happened. It was just the magazines were making up stories, a normal person would not do something like that, and Kevin is a gentleman. Regarding the rumors, she can just take it as a joke, but Kevin is more miserable, so Charmaine has to help him clarify. Asked if Kevin often drives her? Charmaine said that not all the time, but sometimes she would take his car. Asked if the their relationship had developed into a 'over the ground' relationship or is it underground? Charmaine laughed and said they are friends only.

Dayo Wong's sincere smile will open show on August 24th, yesterday it was his last public event before closing up. Dayo said that in the next two years he will not be filming any more TV series, so he worked extra hard on "You're Hired". He also said that his plan for the next two years does not include getting married, but to accomplish his dream in the career.

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Producer Nelson Cheung said: "I collaborated with Charmaine Sheh many times. This time Ah Sheh really did well because for the role she made herself into another Charmaine Sheh. Her role is fun to play with, she's like a hot HK girl , an tough collection agent. She is even nicknamed the debt collector girl in the company. Ah Sheh went out with no burden to collaborate with Dayo Wong and did very well in saying her tough debt collector's words. In the series, Ah Sheh is very pretty, having many pretty clothes and accessories. However, in the series Charmaine always has a headache with her costume. We can all look at Dayo's costume, it is very simple. The main outfit consist of a T-shirt, red-black checker shirt and a jacket that looks like garbage material. That is his main costume throughout the series, so this shirt was probably used for 5 or 6 outfits throughout. This is Dayo's focus because he is lazy when it comes to clothing for the series!"

Source: Mingpao, Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Yesterday TVB Producer Lee Tim Siing was invited by Stephen Chan to be on "Be My Guest" for recording. Producer Lee joked that there will be great pressure when facing questions asked by the General Manager, but there's not anything he can't talk about. If there is, he won't answer. Lee Tim Sing talked about the experiences behind the scenes on TVB. Stephen laughed and said that many friends came to him and wanted him to ask the seniors why TVB series have not improved at all in the last 30 years. He even exposed that in the past Lee Tim Sing used to be the producer for the World Cup and Olympics programmes, but then resigned, so he was arranged to join the series group. He was producing series back in the Felix Wong days. Even the one who rarely thank people Stephen Chow was thankful of him. Because of this, Stephen Chan will ask him about his views towards these artists.

Lee Tim Sing smiled: "When I was young, I once experienced 9 straight days and nights of filming and did not rest. Results, I ended up becoming sick and had to visit the hospital. The treatment at the hospital cost me $4800. At the time, I only made $1200, that really injured my wallet."

It was said that Stephen Chan does not hope to see the 'young pretty models' affect the show's production, so he stopped the recording for one of the parts containing the "Young Female Cooks" in "Beautiful Cooking". Stephen pushed the topic on the Producer and said: "I do not want to respond, I don't want to cause more misunderstanding. Everything is decided by the Producer."

Source: Wenweipo
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

[Caption] Prudence Liew is the host for "The Voice", but the audience felt that she was trying to crack jokes by the things she said, but it was not funny at all.

[Caption] Justin Lo, Edmond Leung, William So and Kary Ng were on "The Voice" as guest judges. TVB wanted to attract higher ratings by bring more Stars on the show, but because there were too many Stars, the audience felt that the camera focused too much on the Stars and not enough on the contestants.

American Idol has become one of the greatest hits around the world and now even TVB and ATV joined in the battlefield. TVB's "The Voice" and ATV's "Asian Millionstar" have both broadcast 3 episodes each. With the increasing heated battle between the two shows, both shows present similar advantages and disadvantages. Audience said that the style was consistent, using so many Mandarin songs, Hong Kong stars are snatching the limelight from the contestants and highlighting that the Hong Kong Music Industry seem to be in a temporary shortage.

Strange Phenomenon: Cantonese Songs are isolated

Although the shows are held in Hong Kong, but not many contestants sang Cantonese songs, the majority of them sang Mandarin songs. The Cantonese songs sang were revolving around the same ones, such as Beyond and Jacky Cheung's old songs. Mandarin songs were used 80% of the time. The most popular Mandarin songs used were songs by Jay Chou and David Tao. Criticisms are often made to the contestants that they do not have their own style. The majority of Cantonese songs sang were mostly old songs, not many songs from the recent years. Is the Hong Kong Music Industry today really that bad, that even their own people aren't supporting?

Source: 21CN.com
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Ah Gil, who has lately been busy doing endorsements and attending various functions has confirmed that she and Ah Sa have disbanded. In the future, she will be developing independantly, and release a solo album.

EEG wants Ah Gil to make a full comeback, but on the other hand doesn't want TWINS to drag down Ah Sa. Going their own ways is the only feasible solution. Lately, EEG has invested in stage musical 'I Ought To Be In Pictures', wanting to use stage drama king Phoebe Chan's popularity to boost Ah Gil and pave the way for her comeback. However, although Phoebe has many fans who have been anticipating for quite some time, he has also been dragged down by bad-image Ah Gil, and the tickets have been unsalable.

Source: TOM
Translation: Sarah @ AsianFanatics

Not long ago, TVB's leading Fadan, Myolie Wu, quietly arrived in Hengdian, and entered the Beauty Scheme cast. She acts a good-natured, gentle and kind-hearted wife of a royal duke, Lui Yue.

It was originally planned that after Myolie Wu finishes her filming for Beauty Scheme, she will immediately join another Yu Zheng production, which is a joint-cooperation with ETV Hunan TV Station - a pre-modern series, Great Maid-servant. Myolie Wu already has a general idea of the drama plot, and is attracted to the beautiful and smart, and straightforward in her feelings - the fate of the illegitimate daughter, Sang Choi Qing. Her personality is very similar to Myolie's own character, and she really wishes to experience the feel of love a century ago.

Before Myolie Wu came to Hengdian, she had done 'TVB Stars Mega Live' concert in Malaysia with Ron Ng, Bosco Wong, King Kong and Vivien Yeo. After that, she had to hurriedly film the Have Intention MV. The reason for having such a hectic schedule is to hope that she can take up the Sang Choi Qing character after completing Lui Yue. But due to previous schedule clashes, her manager had backed out. On the other hand, Myolie liked the character very much, so the production team said that the role should only belong to Myolie. However, as the team did not wish for the work schedule to be affected, thus in the end, they could only search for someone else

Yu Zheng expressed that though Myolie Wu had no fate for Great Maid-servant, but the role will be taken up by another actress of suitable calibre too.

Source: http://news.xinmin.cn/rollnews/2009/08/06/2344580.html
Translation: psycho 085 @ http://myoliewuhangyee.com/forum

TVB new series [State the Case] had an outdoor scene filmed in Central (near a restaurant) last friday (31 July).

As required in the series, Raymond Lam and Tavia Yeung were both seen dressed in autumn clothing despite the temperature creeping into the thirtees, not even a faint puff of wind on that night, Tavia even brought her personal cooling fan. On the other hand, Raymond who was wearing a shirt and tie, was constantly wiping his puddle of sweat. He even used his mobile phone as a mirror to comb his hair and to replenish his make-ups.

Just shortly after the filming has started, there were more and more enthusiastic onlookers gathering by the roadside just to catch a glimpse of the popular stars, so much so police were called in to keep the crowd in order. The crew had to expedite the filming, so that they could leave the place soonest possible.

Source: Next Magazine
Magazine Scan: Credit to Yuki
Translated by: choccholatte @ AsianFanatics

Suki Tsui has always had fate with cats. As well as her family, Suki's cats are everything to her. If her cats went missing she would be worried sick. Her cat Dou Dou died in 2006 and Suki was very hurt. She wasn't sure whether to get any more cats but after deep consideration she decided to buy a pair of cats named Cream and Soda. She hopes that they can give birth to a new generation.

Cream and Soda didn't let her down and gave birth to Sesame. Suki who became a grandmother said "When Dou Dou died I was very unhappy and didn't want to have any more pets. Luckily in the end Cream and Soda were there for me which reduced my previous pain. Whenever I take Cream outdoors with me my friends will say that we look alike as we both have round faces. Haha! not sure whether that's because he is always with me".

Source: on.cc
Translated by: matchbox @ http://illusive-serenity.forumotion.net/

The cast for TVB new sitcom series "The Queen of the Office" were filming in Mong Kok yesterday. The scenes consisted of the cast promoting at a shopping mall event and dressed up in fancy dress. Liza Wang wore a white wig dressed up as the Queen. Denise Ho appeared in ancient costume for the first time as Princess Cheung Ping. But Ron Ng who dressed up as a chicken grabbed the most attention.

Denise laughed and said that she looked like a demon in ancient costume. She stated that normally she wouldn't have as many colleagues visiting her at work. But yesterday they mainly came over to see her ancient costume look. She stated that she has never considered herself suitable for ancient costume. The exception would be playing a demon role. She couldn't believe the drama crew would take such a high risk during the low viewer rating period and arrange her to dress up in ancient costume. She also feels Hong Kong people's tastes are very weird. The reporter asked if she thought she looked beautiful in ancient costume? Denise laughed "Unbelievably beautiful! I have broken a few TVB mirrors". (Would she appear in that costume in her concert? She joked that she will have to maintain the look forever because it took 6 hours to complete. No wonder the princesses in the past wouldn't leave the house. She plans to go to Kowloon Park to take shots to keep as a memory. The reporter teased her and said she could use her look for souvenirs . Denise laughed loudly "Wah! I think about that". She said looking at herself dressed up like that was very abnormal.

Source: takungpao
Translated by: matchbox @ http://illusive-serenity.forumotion.net/

Kelly Chen's son Chace will be 1 month's old (full moon) on the 10th August. Kelly stated that she will be celebrating the ocassion at home having dinner. She laughed and said that her son eats a lot as every 2 to 3 hours he would need to be breast fed. Chace now weighs 9 pounds. She said "He likes me talking to him and will look at me". She expressed that many advertising companies are interested in Chace but she doesn't want him to be in the public eye often. She has rejected job offers such as ribbon cuttings and public events in order to take care of him. Which resulted in her losing 7 digit earnings. She plans to return to work next month to record her new album.

Source: on.cc
Translated by: matchbox @ http://illusive-serenity.forumotion.net/

A few days ago there were reports that said the news of Gillian Chung's secret guest appearance in new film (越光寶盒) leaked. The Production Company for the movie was worried that Ah Gil's exposure would affect the film approval problems, therefore they cold-heartly decided to cut out all of Gillian's parts. Last night, Alex Fong attended an event and was asked about the issue, it was apparent that he did not want to say too much. He said with no expression: "Don't talk about it. Wait until the Production Company provides an explanation. Actually this movie is filled with stars, there are more than 60 artists who will be making a guest appearance. I am one of them." It was said that the Production Company blamed him for admitting that Gillian was going to be a guest star when the Media asked him. Alex innocently took the blame and said: "I often take the blames, if I didn't take any then I'm not considered a man!" When asked about Gillian's scenes being cut off, is it unfair to her? Alex said: "It has not been decided on how much screen time Gillian will have, so it is not convenient for me to say anything now. That day when I took the blame, the Media asked me if its because the news mentioned Gillian's name. Other reports said that I exposed the news myself. I don't know if those many reports are true or false."

Juno Mak was also at the event. He felt that at this moment, it is most important for Gillian to do well on her work. He hopes that everyone could give her some space and praises that she's a strong artist. He said: "I heard from the Media that she's going to release an album soon. I hope that people could give her more encouragement. (Her scenes were deleted?) She should not be unhappy about this, first work hard on the current jobs."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

TVB's new sitcom "Queen of the Office" was filming a shopping mall scene yesterday in Yuen Long. The scene spoke about Liza Wang, Denise Ho, Ron Ng and Koni Lui disguising themselves as different things for promotions at a shopping mall. Among the group, Liza appeared as the most normal Queen look. Denise was disguised as "Princess Cheung Ping", Ron Ng dropped his Siu Sung image and was in a chicken suit. Ron said: "Actually I was originally going to be a horse, but maybe because we couldn't find the right costume, so after discussion, it was decided on the chicken." Coincidentally Josie Ho cursed chickens? "It is just a theme, I'm not a body pillow. I'm just like a doll for Chapman To, Joel Chan and Lu Yuan Yin to hug on."

Denise said that this time being an anicent Princess, after work she will go to the park in Kowloon to take pictures for memories. She laughed: "The Producer is so daring, not afraid that the TV ratings would bomb. But after seeing everyone reactions, I know that Hong Kong people really like weird looking characters." The other day Koni was involved in a minor car accident, yesterday she came back bandaged up to continue filming. She expressed that rumored boyfriend Dick Wong did call her to ask if she's alright, but she won't be asking him to drive her around because they are both very busy.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Koni Lui who is busy filming TVB sitcom "The Queen of the Office" was involved in a car crash incident yesterday afternoon while driving to her mother's house in Tuen Mun to have lunch. When she approached Tuen Mun Road she suddenly crashed. Koni was in shock and because none of her friends around at the time she ended up crying by the side of the road. Fortunately a driver helped her call the police. Afterwards Koni was taken by a ambulance to Yan Chai hospital to have an examination. The X-rays revealed no problems but she did sprain her neck and right arm. She has currently returned home to rest. She said "I will currently not drive and take the taxi instead. I do not want to cause problems for the other actors and will continue to work tonight. My car has been taken away but heard that it's seriously damaged. But I am very lucky that I was not seriously hurt".

Source: on.cc
Translated by: matchbox @ http://illusive-serenity.forumotion.net/

Power Chan and Mimi Lo will end their 7 year love race and get married at the end of the year. The couple attended the "Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Gold Anniversary" (球會風雲) press conference yesterday. Chung King Fai announced the couple's good news. Mimi stated that the wedding has been scheduled for the 3rd December 2009. They will be holding a wedding banquet for 2 nights at Hyatt Regency Hong Kong hotel for friends and relatives. She laughed and said she is constantly trying hard to find a sponsor and that she needs to spend less. She said "This is because I have 8 cats at home". (Will you have children?) "No plans, we would like to spend more in our 2 people world". Power expressed that he is currently busy performing for the musical "球會風雲" and Mimi will be responsible for organising the wedding.

Source: On.cc
Translated by: matchbox @ http://illusive-serenity.forumotion.net/

Yesterday Niki Chow expressed that her new book sales are quite good. The reporter asked if she beat the young models pictorials in sales? She said "That's not the case. My book is about my travels and totally a different approach". She also revealed that there was a mistake in her book. She said "Ho Lai Chuen helped me write a preface for my book. The phrase 腦中無憂 (Mind without worries) became 腦中無愛 (Mind with no love). I am very sorry about that. Although I was not the one who edited the book, I am still the writer. I feel a lot of pressure and hope they will correct the mistake in future editions.

Source: on.cc
Translated by: matchbox @ http://illusive-serenity.forumotion.net/

Using the fighter girl path, Kate Tsui enters the film industry. However, she exchanges her health for three months and she finally collapsed from over working herself. The other day, when she was going back to Hong Kong, she felt dizzy, had a fever and was rushed into the hospital. She became a suspect for the H1N1 flu. In other news, yesterday Koni Lui got into a car accident, fortunately she was alright. TVB beauties are all getting involved with misfortunes!

Recently, Kate was busy filming a Mainland movie (錦衣衞) for a full three months along with Donnie Yen and Vicki Zhao. Going down the fighter girl path, Kate goes to work everyday fighting so much that she "flies" up and getting bruises everywhere. But she still continues to work at it, until the other day when she was going back to HK after filming ended, she felt dizzy and had a fever. Now, she is suspected to have the H1N1 flu. The doctor at the hospital arranged saline for her and did preliminary tests on her. The preliminary results confirmed that she is not suffering from the H1N1. But there are other rumors that Kate is "growing a snake" (shingles), she expressed through her manager that the results have not been released yet.

TVB Executive Virigina Lok was asked about Kate's condition, she said: "The doctor said that Kate is fatigue, has anemia and after proper rest, she should be fine. In these 3 months, she was working way too hard, also she has been injured from all the fighting. One time she got whacked on the head and felt a bit dizzy afterwards, when hanging on wires her back skin was peeling off. So, that's why the doctors were doing all these tests on her, checking her brain and blood. It is not that big of a deal. Kate is actually very strong, before we told her that the fighting scenes will be quite difficult, she was well prepared for this, no complaints."

Kate revealed through her manager that she had received many calls from friends asking if she's ok. Currently she is just a bit weak and tired. She hopes that her friends do not worry too much about her. Originally Kate was suppose to attend an event tonight, but because she's still in the hospital resting, she was absent. Also, the other night she originally was suppose to film the MV to her new song and her debut album release will need to be postponed as well.

When Donnie heard about Kate's situation, he was really shocked, he felt that because she hasn't film enough fighting scenes and have to withstand so many big scenes, therefore becoming ill is normal. Also Kate's costume is quite complicated, when she does her make-up, it takes 3 hours longer than other artistes. He strongly praises that Kate has potential.

Koni Lui gets into a car accident

In other news, Koni Lui left work after filming "Queen of the Office" and was planning to have dinner with her mom. On her way, she was driving on Tuen Mun Road and hit her tires on the curb due to the rainy weather. She got into an accident and got injured. Koni expressed through the phone that at the time she was so scared that she only knew how to cry. Fortunately a driver passing by helped her called the police. She also felt fortunate that she only injured her neck and left hand and is not anything big. She said: "But I don't dare to tell my mom, I only told her that I had to rush back to work on short notice and was not able to go to dinner. Now, I temporarily do not want to drive, I will try my best to take public transportation to get home."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Men who use skincare products are getting more and more common. In the recent year, Raymond Lam started paying more attention to skincare, he said: "It's not about trying to be pretty or not, as an artist we often need to attend events. We should pay more attention to our appearance." He also said that before he was very lazy, sometimes after work he would be really tired and just use towels to wipe his face. But ever since there are more males using skincare products, he tried it and felt that the results were worked well, therefore he started using them more often.

In the past, Raymond has been the spokesperson for Southeast Asia skincare products before. He hopes that in the future he could be a spokesperson for one of the skincare brands in Hong Kong. Recently he has been filming for new TVB series "Shall We State the Case", he said: "If outdoor scenes or studio scenes are added, in one day, I need 10+ hours to do make-up, so I definitely need to use some skincare products otherwise my skin would be ruined." Last night, he was in the studio filming and because his role is a physics professor, he needs to say many medical physics terms. At first he was very worried about that, but fortunately when it was time to film for real, he did not NG that much.

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Joey bursts into tears as she reads the letter

A few days ago, Joey Yung accepted an interview from a Mainland program "The Story Behind" (背后的故事). August 3rd was Yung Mama's 50th birthday, the crew brought Joey a surprise by asking her mom to write a short letter entitled "A Letter For My Daughter" to her. When Joey opened the letter and read it, she was very touched and teared up, her tears came down like rain drops. Joey expressed in mandarin: "I have never been the sweetest daughter, but I hope that my mom could be able to see me on television wishing her a happy birthday."

Regrets not formally asking Roman for his apprenticeship

When Joey mentioned her deceased mentor Roman Tam, her tears came running down again as she said: "He told me that I had to learn my Mandarin well, the Mainland market is very important. I am extremely regretful that he passed away, we never had a formal apprentice, but I will forever remember him."

Willing to not care about anything to go love someone

Also, when she first entered the industry, people called her a pizza because she had a flat nose and face. Joey strongly stressed that she had never done cosmetic surgery: "It is a fact that I am not pretty." Although Joey's career blossomed, but her love life is still empty. She helplessly said: "I am a type of person who has no fate with love, I cannot find a nice gentlemen who really loves me. But, just if I meet a person who I have feelings for, or even if he loves me, he loves me a tad more than I love him, I will not care about anything to go for the love."

Source: Oriental Daily, Sina (image)
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Charlene Choi (Ah Sa), William Chan and Pakko Chau will be holding a mini concert on September 4th called "Forever Green 25 X Metro Music Concert". Chilam Cheung, Louis Cheung and Jason Chan will also perform on that night. Ah Sa said that she looks forward in dueting with Chilam, especially "Modern Love Story" (現代愛情故事). She praises that Chilam knows how to eat well because his appearance has not changed after so many years.

Ah Sa reveals that she collaborated with Chilam before, she felt that he was very humorous and a good person, his outer appearance has not changed at all. This makes her feel that a person needs to be optimistic in order to keep themselves from aging. Asked about Chilam and rumored boyfriend Ronald Cheng, who is more humorous? She immediately laughed and did not reply, only expressing that the most important thing is happiness and that will attract the right person to come along. As to the nonstop rumors with Ronald, she said that she does not care and does not want to know. Asked if Ronald has her is already enough? "I don't want to answer you!" Has he said anything like that to you? "I don't want to talk about it. My Fans that to me everyday."

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Last night Vincy Chan was in Tsim Sha Tsui promoting for her new album "A Little More" (多一點). To thank Fans for their support, Vincy gave out autographed posters on the spot. She expressed that the public are giving positive feedback for her new album, in the discussion forums she got many Netizens praises that her singing improved. She finally proved that her work paid off and can provide an explanation for her company.

Besides hoping that her new album does well, she also hopes for "flower blossom luck" this year (finding a guy) because since she entered the industry she has not dated. She hopes to find someone who she likes. She also said that some Fans hope she dates as well, some fans even "took control" and picked out a few candidates for her. Most of the males that are chosen to match her as males with glasses. But Vincy said that she doesn't really like "4 eyes". She laughed and said that if they're nearsighted, they should wear contacts.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU