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Yesterday Kelly Chen attended a press conference, she expressed that every time she sees Hacken Lee or Kay Tse, she would ask them on baby caring tips. Usually she would sing to her son, but its just random singing and her son wouldn't laugh, so instead she tried doing silly faces. Kelly also expressed that Kay shared her experiences on taking care of babies. Kay felt that the most difficult part is carrying the baby, carried so much that their hand bone would get a bump because both arms would get really painful and still need to continue to carry. It really is a challenge on how long you can last, she said: "My son is already heavier than a bag of rice, about 15 pounds now. Getting chubby fast and is getting a double chin."

Hins Cheung and Eric Suen were suppose to duet (義不容情), but because Eric still has not fully recovered from surgery, so he did not attend the press conference. Speaking of Eric and Macy Chan rumors, Hins said that Eric cannot take too much stress now and said: "Taking a girl home is very normal, it doesn't mean anything. He took me home one before too, so at that time I thought it was something."

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Ella Koon who has recently been rising in popularity attended a promotion at the Metro radio station to promote her new English song "Dare to Be" which features Chinese-Japanese blood rapper NYCCA (日華). The DJ gave her a "Ella Koon" language card. Crowned as the Goddess, Ella will be performing her song in English, she said: "It's not because I've been popularity lately, the song was already written and completed a long while ago."

Also, NYCCA will be holding a press conference in Tokyo for "Dare to Be" and Ella will be attending. She said: "This is the first time I'm going to Japan for a promotion, it's a rare opportunity. (Do you have confidence to develop in the Japanese market?) See how my company arranges it."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Myolie Wu and Chilam Cheung were in Sheung Wan Western Market yesterday. They were filming their cantonese music video "一刀了斷". Myolie said she is honored to be working with Chilam, but she felt under pressure singing with him. Chilam praised Myolie as a very serious singer with a positive attitude.

There has been recent media report about Myolie's rumored boyfriend Bosco who was seen with TVB producer Tommy Leung's daughter Toby. Myolie said "it is only a rumor, it isn't true. (Are you and Bosco still together?) Not together, I am not talking about it today! I am advertising the new series "Beyond The Realm Of Conscience" for the company. (But you are not in it!) As long as I can help the company, it is fine with me."

Chilam is growing a bear specially for the music video. He also writes the lyric for the mandarin version. Talking about some singers keep singing out of tune, Chilam responded "Who doesn't sing out of tune? It may be their characteristic, give them time to practice." Chilam revealed that he had listened to Kay Tse and Kate Tsui's singing, he felt they are not bad. He didn't notice that they were singing out of tune either. Chilam and Myolie will be working on a TV series later on and they will be filming in Hokkaido in Japan.

Source: Takungpao/Wenweipo(image)
Translator: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

All ladies like shopping. However, as Myolie Wu has been busy filming and recording her new album, she has no time for shopping. Very distressing! She felt the urge to shop. Before the start of work, she saw the make up assistant carrying a limited edition giant cloth bag from Jan Lamb Talkshow. There were sparkles in her eyes and she asked if she could borrow and take a picture of it. Who knows, she immediately fell in love with it and became like a big kid, telling her assistant that she wants to get one too.

Source: Sun Newspaper, myoliewuhangyee.com.
Translated by: Linnette @ http://myoliewuhangyee.com/forum

Linda Chung and Martial Arts artist Philip Ng have recently been rumored together, the two were spotted hand in hand in Wong Kok shopping. Reporters called Linda to ask for clarification of the rumors, she expressed that she and Philip Ng are good friends. They were only accompanying each other to go shopping and are not dating. There was a sale at the optical shop, Linda smiled: "If I wanted to secretly date, I wouldn't choose Wong Kok. Even if we don't encounter the Media, we'll probably encounter the readers and they will report the news. When I discovered there were Reporters photographing me, we immediately tried to get rid of them. Our relationship is definitely not like what the report said that I went to Philip's house. I have never been to his house before."

When Linda was talking about the rumors she just laughed, what got her most upset was her image seems like she was "steal eat" (affair). She said: "I want to ask, what did I "steal [to] eat"? Raymond Lam and I were fake, we have never been together. It is just that everyone already thinks we are on-screen couple, we are just work partners." Asked if there were opportunities to develop a relationship with Raymond or Philip? Linda said that she are friends with both of them, if there was a chance for them to take another step into the relationship, it will all be based on fate.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Suki Chui was rumored to be getting married because she carried a child, next month she will be marrying her boyfriend Kenny Wong (Wong Ho). It was said that on the 3rd of this month she held a wedding banquet inviting close friends and family.

Suki and Kenny took wedding pictures yesterday and it was seen that Suki's stomach was getting bigger, revealing that she's pregnant, she also increased her cup size. She would sit down to take a rest from time to time, but she still does not admit she is pregnant.

Suki tried on 4 wedding dresses, while Kenny attentively took care of his soon to be wife going in and out. Suki exposed that when he was watching her change into the wedding dress, he would get a flowerly mouth (flirty), she said: "He praised that I am really pretty and that besides being happy that he found something tasty to eat, he also is happy to have found a good wife." When the couple were requested to play mouth to mouth games, Suki went and gave Kenny a peck on the cheeks, making the groom embarrassed.

Suki seems to be a little tired, she said: "At this time, I'm usually napping." Asked if theres a change in her sizes? She said: "It is just the angle of the pictures you guys take." She frankly said that getting ready for her wedding feels like a long break.

As for her selection of wedding dresses seems to all completely cover her stomach, she denied that she needed changes made on the chest and waist areas of her dress, but she did expressed that she is not pregnant. After marriage, she will bring her 3 cats to live with her and also expressed that she may be living with her in-laws.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

(picture of Kate and her figure before it was stolen)

Kate Tsui has recently been busy promoting for her debut EP. Yesterday she was at the music store inspecting the sales and this is always a good way to help boost sales. Around 100 fans came to support her, within an hour 400 copies of her EP were sold, she felt really touched. The salesperson there thought that it was a fresh feeling and admitted to Kate that his/her math was bad and is afraid to count the wrong change back to customers: "I should just hand it back to the professional to do it. She of course said no problem and told me not to worry, it was really funny!"

Outside the store, there was a Kate size cardboard figure of her, she was so happy and learned that the figure was placed outside the store for a day and it was already stolen. She smiled: "Huh? Steal it to do what?" A Fan responded and said that they would put it in their bedroom and hug it to sleep. Kate refused: "That's not too good, stealing is not a good thing. Also you cannot hug a figure to sleep. I hope the stealer could just put it in their house to appreciate it, don't use it for other things."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi finally "got back together" as TWINS appeared on stage together secretly and surprised attacked Joey Yung at her concert. This attracted screams from the crowd in shock. Turns out that Ah Gil is not temporarily not working on something related to Twins, but on a new film produced by Chapman To. She will soon be the female lead for the new film, heading for a strong future battle back into the Film Industry.

Been on hiatus for a year, Gillian finally came out of the shadows successfully. March of this year she officially announced her comeback and earlier she asked Master of Musicals Phoebe Chan to mentor her on acting, and was offered a role in a musical. Quite satisfying. Yesterday she again accepted to participate in Chapman To's produced film "Former" (前度) as the female lead, which will start shooting in December. This will be her 5th comeback work, in order for Ah Gil to do her best, she had meetings with Chapman to discuss about the best candidates for the male lead, she also contributed her opinions.

This time for Ah Gil's comeback, EEG has invested a 7 figure sum for its production and also invited Chapman to create a customized role for her. According to sources, the candidates for the male lead will include Ken Hung and William Chan.

The other night Chapman was promoting for the new film, he personally confirmed that they have already made the final decision to have Ah Gil in this film. He said: "Ah Gil is the female lead, the male lead has not been decided yet. The story talks about Ah Gil as a former girlfriend, and the love story with her ex-boyfriend. (Does the story resemble her love life in reality?) I don't know about that! This movie is Ah Gil's comeback in the film industry, she is very nervous about it, always calling me to discuss about it. I hope for the best as far as the story goes and the candidates for male lead. She is becoming well prepared for this and this makes me feel emotional."

TWINS makes a comeback on stage

The film has not finish pre-production yet, but the other night Ah Gil went to enjoy big sister Joey Yung's 10th anniversary concert. Besides sending flowers to big sister to congratulate her with good sister Ah Sa, at the end of the concert, during the Encore, TWINS surprise attacked Joey on stage, running up for a tight embrace. Joey was shocked on the spot and shouted that she's very emotional to see Twins, so the trio quickly embraced. Joey also told Fans below the stage: "Everyone must support Ah Gil, okay?" Audience saw that Twins finally made a comeback on stage, the crowd screamed and heavy applause was heard.

Also, at the end of the concert during the Encore, Joey was singing and dancing and got really high that she didn't notice that her belt bucket got loose. When she noticed, she yelled out "Aiya" then said: "So bad lah! How come no one is looking at me and it's recording too!" One audience member shouted back: "Let it go again!" Joey then whined back: "I don't know when it came apart, unless I sing the song all over again, no way."

Ah Gil's schedule (quite packed):

- Earlier she did a musical and an advertisement
- Soon she will be shooting another advertisement for a French watch brand.
- A show in the United States and Mainland.
- Next year, she's going to appear in a Taiwanese Idol Drama and make a comeback into the film industry.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Leo Ku received a 7 figure sum for being the spokesperson from Nissen Hop flavor cup noodle in Hong Kong and Japanese hot star Takuya Kimura is the spokesperson for Japan. Leo was doing the commercial under the hot weather and he almost fainted. He had to keep eating ice-cream to cool down.

Leo was filming on the roof top in Central Pier with 40 other artists. It was 30 degree and everybody was sweating. Leo, in particular sweats a lot, he kept wiping off the sweats, and he nearly got sun stroke. Leo expressed "I have to eat ice-cream continuously to cool myself down." Leo was filming for 12 hours that day, he had consumed 10 cup noodles but he never complained. He reckoned as long as the result of the commercial was good, he didn't mind that. Leo also sang his new song in the commercial.

Source: Wenweipo
Translator: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

Dramas

1. The Stew of Life - 有營煮婦 (EPS 16-19) - 28 PTS (Peaking at 31 PTS)

2. In the Chamber of Bliss - 蔡鍔與小鳳仙 (EPS 06-10) - 28 PTS

3. Off Pedder - 畢打自己人 (EPS 241-243) - 25 PTS

4. ICAC Investigators 2009 - 廉政行動2009 (EP 02 - Saturday) - 20 PTS

Variety Shows

National Day Celebration Gala - 首都國慶聯歡晚會 - 27 PTS (Peaking at 30 PTS)
Beautiful Cooking (II) - 美女廚房 - 26 PTS
The Voice - 超級巨聲　- 25 PTS
So Good IV - 蘇GOOD - 24 PTS
Compatriots in HK establishment with Republic China Cultural Show (香港同胞慶祝中華人民共和國成立 - 六十周年文藝晚會) - 20 PTS

(CSM Media Research: 1 point represents 63,600 audience)

Source: On.cc
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

It is only the recent years that ATV had local series broadcast. Yesterday it was announced that there will be a 1 hour primetime informational program. It will start today, Monday-Friday at 8:30pm, the all new "8:30 News" will be broadcast.

Series long completed its filming, unknown broadcast date

After ATV planned for "Hong Kong Gossip" (香港亂唞), the informational program will followed after and the focus is to help push up the TV ratings. It seems as if the series production department is about to give up. "Heroes of the Law" (法網群英) starring Lawrence Ng and "King of Gambler 2008" starring Chilam Cheung had long completed its filming, but the broadcast time is still unknown.

ATV's primetime schedule:

7:30pm: Happy Family 2009 (開心大發現2009)
8:30pm: 8:30 News (新聞8:30)
9:30pm: First Wives Club (好老婆大聯盟)

Wonder if ATV is able to make a TV rating breakthrough this time?

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Timmy Hung and Andy Hui were at the Tsing Yi Sports Ground yesterday and played on behalf of the Dawn Star soccer team. Timmy's performance was courageous and during the fight for the ball with the other team, he fell down. Timmy's partner Andy Hui said that he's not fit enough.

Towards him falling down during the game, Timmy did not give up: "Kicking ball is like that, I don't mind. Most important is happiness! Andy and I are pretty compatible. (Andy said that he's not fit enough!) Maybe he's implying that I'm not fit enough. Actually I already played a game before this, the opponents were in the army. I think I had enough exercise for today. (How do you feel about the Fala revealing bra scene in 'The Stew of Life' becoming a hot topic?) Actually many people saw it! I feel that it's really nothing, it's not like she was in a lace bra and it wasn't anything like porn. She also did not reveal anything really, how come bikinis are acceptable then? Hong Kong is quite conservative, whatever angle we use to look at this, it is all our personal issue. I'm saying we are not trying to win the ratings and made Fala reveal anything."

Andy expressed: "I need to lose some weight, it's not for our 4 good brothers (Edmond Leung, William So, Hins Cheung) concert, its me personally who thinks I'm not fit enough. But for our concert, we still have not decided on several things, for the title I hope there is some uniqueness, could be called the Oldies Team!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Amigo Chui's his half older brother (same mother, different father) Chan Ming Fai opened a clothing liquidator business, but because of the problems with liquidity, he is currently being chased of the debts. Amigo has also been affected. Last night, Amigo attended the "The Voice Mid-Autumn Festival" event and revealed that one day he received two harassing phone calls. One of them did not use foul language, but told him to give up the money and to be careful of what he says. Amigo plans to call the police this afternoon. Asked if he's worried that that his life is threatened? He said that he is worried because he doesn't know what the criminal's motives are. He will have to discuss with his lawyer to find the best way to solve this case.

Amigo said that his older half brother is suffering from the financial crisis and stresses that he just owes a small number of 300,000 HKD. He is currently actively seeking ways to pay off the debt. Fortunately his mother has not been harassed yet, Amigo believes that because he's a public figure, so the debt collectors asked him to help him pay off the debt.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Gold Label has recently had gossips going around, after the rumors with Stephy and Theresa not getting along was over, it was perfectly justiceable for Stephy to "remain" as Gold Label's first sister. Next month she will be releasing a new album, it was seen that she had gotten her company's heavy support.

The other day Stephy and rumored boyfriend Alex Fong were shooting for their new duet "7 Years" Neway karaoke advertisement. Alex plays a professional photographer to help Stephy keep her memories. Besides having Alex brush Stephy's hair, the director also took advantage of this time to ask them to do a head-to-head intimate scen. The two did not need to NG before successfully completing the scene. It seems they were very familiar with each other. Afterwards, Stephy smiled: "I felt his breathing sound just now, but I didn't feel embarrassed, I'm used to it. Usually when we film, we would get really close, afterall we have collaborated for 6 years already. (Are you afraid the 7th year is the end?) I'm afraid audience might get bored of it, but will have to see how my company arranges it."

Loves to capture Stephy while she's asleep

Have always been "biased" towards Stephy, Alex exposed that he loves to take pictures of Stephy when she's sleeping: "Before when I went to Guangzhou with her to do promotion, she fell asleep in the car and I just took a picture of her. (Will you announce how the sleeping Stephy is like?) Nope. I'm worried she might murder me!" He then smiled and said that he almost ruined the camera that his good friend Ronald Cheng brought him for more than 20,000 HKD, but fortunately he was able to "maintain" it nicely. Also, Alex was in Macau for an autograph session, attracting thousands of citizens to surround the area. Because he hosts "Beautiful Cooking", he was very well welcomed at the local area. The organizers arranged fans to introduce themselves using food, one female fan whined to Alex: "I am Macau's Beautiful Cooking with tart on the outside and crispy in the inside!" Alex did not know how to respond, but felt it was quite funny.

Source: The Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

This year is music Pop Queen Joey Yung's 10th anniversary since she's entered the industry. Yesterday she held a 2 show anniversary concert all in one breath. She expressed that in 2001 it was her most difficult time where she was most down. During this period, she lost her voice, negative news emerged and all the pressure troubled her, fortunately Joey was able to overcome this obstacle. Asked if she earned 100 million total revenue within the decade? Joey joked (lan gag) and said: "I have lots of memories!" (Note: "yat yik" = 100 million / "wooi yik" = memories , similar sound)

Yesterday Joey held her 2 show concert at the HK Cultural Center "JOEY YUNG PERFECT 10 LIVE 2009" with her boss Albert Yeung and his wife, Charlene Choi (Ah Sa), Gillian Chung (Ah Gil), William Chan, Deep Ng, Vincy Chan, Ivana Wong and Virgina Lok to come support her. Ah Sa and A Gil entered the concert one after the other, Ah Sa smiled: "She's part of the second batch to come, don't want to steal Joey's limelight." Afterwards, Ah Sa and Ah Gil took a picture together accompanied by Mani Fok. The organizers for the concert placed two Joey size cardboard figures outside along with a photo of fans fighting for a group picture at the entrance, it was a very lively atmosphere.

Can't I cry a little?

Joey was dressed in a gray-colored butterfly costume to make her appearance. She ran across the stage with 9 of the orchestra members, singing her very first song from 15 years ago when she participated in a singing competition "A Song Alone" (一首獨唱的歌). She said: "I remember back then, I sang this song at this very stage, I was the youngest contestant. At the time there was a big crowd, but if they were supporters, it would only be two and that was my mom and my aunt. Today (yesterday), it feels like I went traveling around and finally back in my mom's stomach. From just those two supporters, turning to all of the audience supporting Joey Yung. I am truly really happy!" While Joey was on stage thanking Fans support, Yung Mama (Joey's mom) secretly went up on stage. When Joey noticed, she became very emotional and teared up. The fans below the stage cheered: "Don't cry!", Joey replied in a squeeky voice: "Can't I cry a little? Afterall it has been 10 years already, very touching!"

Never Give Up

Also, Joey frankly admitted that in 2001 because she had suddenly lost her voice and had a bunch of negative news, it lead her to feel really down: "At the time, I was not considered a newcomer anymore nor was I really good. Then I lost something I never wanted to, my voice, which brought me up to the A1 Headlines. I then thought to myself what am I doing, would it just be one huge wave coming at me and wash me away just like that? My heart suddenly called out for me saying never give up, after I overcome this, then I can 'rise'!"

Joey said that year, many crazy things happened, asked about the kinds of nasty comments she heard? Joey said: "I saw Netizens call me "garbage" and said "hope she can just disappear now", it was so hard to bear! But I still insisted, did not give up! (Were you afraid to suffer from psychological illness?) I think I had it, how would you know I didn't get psychosis? (Is earning lots of money your 10 year achievements?) Actually, it's my willpower to overcome the problem, not vulnerable from others trying to take me down! (Have you earned 100 million already in the decade?) I have many memories!"

Presence of Joey's published data

Every Fan who came to the concert received a 30 page program for Joey's concert. In the program, Joey personally rewrote part of the lyrics to "My Pride", changing it to: "I feel honored because I have your embrace!" This was to thank all her Fans for their support and to bring out the feeling of how she felt about this concert. Also, in the book you could view all the achievements Joey has made in her 10 years, a list introducing all her albums, concerts and all the awards she has won over the years in the award ceremonies.

Original line to: "I feel honored because I have your embrace"
我覺得光榮，因有你擁戴！

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Elanne Kwong, Square, Hotcha, Chita Yu, Tat Dik and Pervy Fan attended "SUBARU Palm Challenge 2009" at the Olympia City yesterday. This challenge aims to test the patience of the contestants who have to place their hand on the designated palm area on the car. The last person who is still standing and holding on the car wins the challenge. The winner will than go to Singapore for the final challenge. The overall winner will win a car worth over $200,000 HKD.

HotCha had thought about entering the competition, they told the reporter " We really wanted to test out patience, but you can't go to the toilet for 6 hours. It would be difficult as we need to go to the toilet quite often being a female. We also worried about getting cramps." None of the HotCha girls has got their driving license yet, but they all hope to own a car.

Elanne expressed that she is planning to save money to buy a property and a car. She hopes to accomplish this next year. She reckoned it will cost her 6-7 million HKD to buy a three bedroom village townhouse so that her family can live comfortably. ( Living in towntown, are you not worried the paparazzi might stalk you?) She replied "I have already asked my mom to buy a tumble dryer so that I don't have my under wear hanging outside for drying." Elanne disclosed that she had received a car number plate "LING 930" as her birthday present from a fan. The number symbolizes her birthday. Elanne said "I hope to buy a care and put on my own number plate. I am very poor in direction sense, I don't know my left or right. My mom suggested I hire a chauffeur." Elanne went on to say she likes her car in pink color and her chauffer also wears a pink suit. She added "My chauffer colleague told me he won't do it even for 100,000 HKD a month"

Translator: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

Edison Chen has always expressed his interest in developing in Hollywood. Yesterday, an english website posted up news regarding Chinese-American director Bertha Pan's new film 'Almost Perfect'. Edison's name was included amongst the cast list! According to the report, the film is a low-budget romantic comedy, and the female lead will be Kelly Hu, who previously starred in 'The Scorpian King' and 'X-Men 2'. Director Pan expressed his great interest in working with the female lead. Ivan Shaw & Roger Rees are also included amongst the cast list.

Source: TOM
Translation: Sarah @ AsianFanatics

Fashion Sense (top right caption):

There's a magazine report which said that Myolie's thrifty when buying clothes. That night, she appeared in a trendy outfit. It seemed like not only is Myolie thrifty, she has an acute sense of fashion too.

Facing With A Laugh (bottom left caption):

During the games session, when Elanne Kong, Kate Tsui and Myolie Wu came across any difficult questions, they could only laugh and try to imagine an answer out of nowhere.

Credits: winnie2628 @ Myolie Baidu
Translation: pyscho 085 @ http://myoliewuhangyee.com/forum

Myolie Wu attended Macau's 60th National Day Celebration event, and she appeared together with rumored boyfriend, Bosco Wong. She expressed that this was the company's arrangement. When the news on their break-up was being brought up, Myolie expressed that both of them had never admitted publicly of their dating relationship, and asked the reporter not to ask any more questions regarding the rumors. Now, she's busy with promoting her new album. Later on, she will be heading for Japan to film a new drama, and as for now, her work is of the top priority.

Bosco Wong Denied Breaking Up With Myolie Wu [Source: oncc]

Bosco Wong was alleged to have broken up with Myolie Wu, and hooked up with Toby Leung instead. When he attended the event, he was evasive of questions relating to relationships. He emphasized that he never talked about being in a relationship, so there was no break-up to talk about. He expressed that he's good friends with both Myolie Wu and Toby Leung. When asked whom is a closer friend to him, he said that the feeling of friendship cannot be compared.

Bosco Wong Denied That He Failed To Woo Toby [Source: Apple Action News]

There was a rumor that Bosco Wong once wooed after Toby Leung, but because he failed, thus he returned to coax Myolie Wu back.

Today, Bosco attended the National Day Celebration show in Macau, and said in exasperation, "It's old news. Back then, when I was filming a drama with Toby, we already had rumors. Now, the rumors are starting again. I'm good friends with both ladies."

Myolie Wu, who's present at the event as well, carried the same tone as she expressed that she's good friends with Bosco Wong. She hoped that the media and outsiders can stop spreading her rumors with Bosco.

Credits: pyscho 085 @ http://myoliewuhangyee.com/forum

Already eight years in the making, Wong Kar Wai's 'The Grand Master' will officially start filming in November. As Tony had broke his arm training for the movie, filming was delayed for two months while he recovered. Earlier on, Tony began training anew and has fully immersed himself into martial arts again. Even the Wing Chun masters who have been training Tony have praised his understanding and skill in Wing Chun. Tony is preparing to film 'The Grand Master' in his best form.

Does Light Exercises While Recovering

Tony's been training at the martial arts school under the guidance of Master Yip Siu Hung and his disciples. While he had to stop training during his recovery period, Tony was still able to do light exercises. He says that kung fu training is something you can never get enough of anyway. Tony expressed that the past two months have been like an extended holiday. His doctor had strongly advised him to wait at least three months before doing any vigorous activity. After resting for a few weeks, he began exercising again to keep his body in shape. Everyday he'll run for one or two hours. He also arranged for one-handed fitness sessions at the gym to keep his arms and legs in shape. In order to keep his arm immobile while running, he had to bandage it tightly to prevent any movement. Whenever he saw people on the streets, they would kindly ask him how his recovery was going and reminded him to be more careful.

Best Actor to Play Yip Man

Master Leung has been very satisfied with Tony's performance. He especially admired Tony's 'never give up' attitude. He has high hopes for Tony in the role of Yip Man. He believes Tony's spirit, appearance and comprehension is very similar to Master Yip Man and is the ideal candidate to play him.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: sparkles_n15 @ AsianFanatics

Ang Lee's 'Taking Woodstock' screened in Hong Kong for the first time the day before yesterday. Attendees at the premiere included Tony Leung, who had earlier broken his left arm practicing Wing Chun while preparing to film Wong Kar Wai's 'The Grand Master'. As for his thoughts on the disappointing box office results for his film, Ang Lee says he doesn't have an answer for it and doesn't find it necessary to look for one either. Instead, he greatly praised Tony as an actor and looks forward to his portrayal of Yip Man.

Ang Lee's 'Taking Woodstock' screened the night before yesterday at The Grand Cinema. Karena Lam, Jacqueline Chong, Chrissie Chow and Chin Ka Lok attended the screening. As well, Tony Leung, who had collaborated with Ang Lee in 'Lust, Caution' also came to the screening. When Ang Lee saw Tony, he immediately approached him and gave him a hug. The two conversed with each other quite animately. Were they talking about plans for another collaboration? Tony laughs saying he doesn't know the chances of working with him in the future, as Ang Lee has been concentrating on Western (Hollywood) films. Tony admits that he came to the screening to support Ang Lee. He says: "I met Ang Lee back during the Cannes Festival. The movie played at there, but I had other committments that day so I couldn't attend. Tonight will hopefully make up for it."

Proud of New Film, Not Worrying About the Box Office Results

As for failing to achieve ideal ratings at the box office? Tony says: "It's hard to say. For me, making a movie is all about enjoying the process. The most important thing is being happy and excited about the movie itself. The box office results and the audiences' reception is hard to predict. If it does well at the box office and the audience enjoys it, then that's really a bonus." Ang Lee says he doesn't feel the need to inquire as to why the movie failed at the box office. He says that: "I personally think the film is very good and I'm proud of this film. I don't know if it lack the spark to captivate the audience. I hope my next movie will be better."

How about Tony acting in 'The Grand Master'? Ang Lee says Tony has the ability to play any role because he's the best actor out there. He believes Tony's Yip Man will be different from Donnie Yen's version. He says: "I'm looking forward to it, especially because Wong Kar Wai is directing the movie and Yuen Woo Ping is in charge of the martial arts choreography."

As for Tony who broke his left arm while preparing to film 'The Grand Master', he says that his injury has almost completely healed. What about the reports that Zhang Ziyi will be playing the role of his wife? Tony says he doesn't know as he hasn't received any news on that front. Is she suitable for the role of Yip Man's wife? Tony says: "It's not really about whether she's suitable or not. Different people in the role will produce different results."

No Plans in the Works to Collaborate with Zhang Ziyi Again

Ang Lee attended a lecture yesterday at a university campus. He was very humourous with his talk and earned a huge round of applause from the students. Later backstage he accepted an interview and revealed that the audiences' reaction at the first screening was quite good, better than in the States. Will he collaborate again with Zhang Ziyi? He says that right now there are no plans, but the two often keep in touch. When asked whether Ang Lee is aware of Zhang Ziyi's current relationship status and of whether or not her relationship with her boyfriend has changed? Ang Lee says that he has never asked her about her relationship. He laughs saying that every time his sees her out in public she is dressed very elegantly and has become quite sophisticated. It's very different than what he remembered when they met for the first time.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: sparkles_n15 @ AsianFanatics

An exhibition to commemorate Danny Chan's 30th anniversary in showbiz was held in Sheung Wan. Guests for the opening ceremony included super fan Miriam.

Danny's albums, awards, daily necessities, and precious birth certificate were exhibited, but due to privacy, no photography was allowed.

Miriam sponsored the audio for the exhibition. She said she was influenced by her idol and fell in love with purple colour and drinking champagne. Danny's looks had been her criteria for looking for partner. Does her husband Real look like Danny? Miriam said, "A bit, Mr Ting has single eyelid, small eyes. But idol is still idol."

Miriam couldn't forget the experience of star-chasing when she was still schooling. She tried skipping class to chase idol. Due to financial limitation, she would bring a recorder to record songs during concerts but had also bought one or two albums. She was most happy to listen about life stories of her idol from Paco Wong, and learnt that Danny's character was low profile, has good temperament, emotional and liked drinking champagne during recording. Did she influence Real to like Danny also? "He has to accept this about me. But he likes Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Wang Li-hom and knows how to sing their songs. But he never listen to my songs."

Credits: Thousand Island Singapore - Miriam Yeung Singapore Fanclub

Leila, who has been working out in the gym in secret for two years, found that Bonald Leung is shy and weak while they were singing a love duet. She actually volunteered to train Bonald in the gym. Although Leila is full of passion, Bonald is actually better interms of stamina and waist strength. This made Leila, the “fake trainer”, feels very disappointed. She said, “The difference can immediately be seen when it comes to shooting basketballs! I feel so inferior. Never mind! Guys and girls are different so I won’t blame myself.” She even revealed that there are lots of funny stuff going on when they were recording. “Because I treat him as a younger brother, it is really a joke when we had to sing a love duet. I can’t help but laugh whenever we sing and I won’t dare to look at him in the eyes when we perform next time!”

Source: on.cc
Credits: LEILA.T CONNECTED

Leila works out at the gym secretly, making her body contours even better


Bonald is really good at the hoops machine and Leila is upset that she’s not as good


Leila, with her position as a senior, teaches Bonald how to exercise


Bonald pulls his ears to appease his senior

Leila Tong, who has a great interest in singing all along, sang a duet with Bonald Leung recently. In order to perform in the best shape, Leila, using the ‘trainer’ identity, brought Bonald to the gym to train. However, she then realised that her exercising cells are not as strong as Bonald’s, making her really embarrassed.

In these two years, Leila has been training in the gym secretly. Apart from making her body shape even better, she also hopes that this can help to train her lungs in order to venture into the music industry in the future. Having released an album of her own, Leila recently sang a love duet with Bonald Leung. She even revealed that there were lots of funny things going on when she was recording with Bonald. She said,”I treat him as my younger brother, thus it’s really funny that we have to sing a love duet and I can’t hold my laughter every time. When we sing the next time, I won’t dare to look at him in the eyes, just in case it becomes funny and that won’t be good!”

Feeling inferior due to bad skills

Leila feels that Bonald is shy and weak, thus she used her status as a senior to bring this little brother to work in the gym. However, when they were playing the basketball machine, Leila realised that her junior’s exercise cells were better than hers, making her really embarrased. Leila said, “When we were doing warm ups and working on the machines, I was still teaching him very well. However, when it comes to the basketball machine, the difference can be seen and his stamina is much better than me. I really feel very inferior! But it’s okay, guys and girls are different so I won’t blame myself.”

Seeing how depressed his senior looked, Bonald immediately sweettalked her, making her smile again, “You are still more capable, I still have lots of things to learn from you.”

Source: on.cc
Credits: LEILA.T CONNECTED

It was said that in last year's TVB anniversary award ceremony, TVB gave he TV King and Queen title to Ha Yu and Michelle Yim, these two "elders". Although on the surface, the two winners did receive strong support from the audience, but it also proves that TVB really follows public opinion, but letting TVB's "biological son and daughters" like Raymond Lam lose out? That is definitely not what TVB wanted. Just like this year, for the most popular series "Rosy Business", TVB will not be the most generous one to just give out the award to them, therefore they came up with a plan to push Charmaine Sheh and Tavia Yeung into the battle. If the anniversary series gets good feedback, this will fulfill TVB's wish on letting their "biological sons and daughters" win the awards, quite reasonable. They will not let audience criticize them again for being unfair.

Among all the TVB biological children, Tavia Yeung won the "Best Female Supporting" award depending on her role in Moonlight Resonances. According to the HK media, Tavia got this award because of her good acting skills, her audience fate and the most important thing is that she's obedient with the TVB executives praising her. Also in the last two years, the TV Queens were "old veterans" Louise Lee and Susanna Kwan, TVB executives felt that this year they should have a younger FaDan get the award, giving Tavia Yeung a chance. After "Rosy Business" finale, TVB scheduled all Tavia's series in which she played the female lead to broadcast after, including "Sweetness In the Salt" and the promising "Beyond the Realm of Conscience".

About Tavia from an Insider

The HK media quoted an insider: "TVB wanted Tavia to win this year, so they especially created a role for her, turning her generous character into a villain. In the upcoming series 'Beyond', Tavia's role started off generous and for the last half of the series, she will become seriously evil. Tavia knows that TVB is giving her an opportunity to rise to the top, so she work her hardest to portray the character. She got so into her acting that her eyes even popped out, stealing the spotlight from the other female lead Charmaine Sheh. Even veterans Michelle Yim, Susan Tse and Susanna Kwan could not pass her. Actually the cast from this series knew that TVB wanted to heavily support Tavia Yeung this year. I heard that after the executives saw the recording after filming, they praised Tavia's acting. So after this series broadcast, Tavia should be able to make it up top!"

Getting great support and praises from TVB executives and veterans

In the series Tavia plays Yiu Kam Ling and will be palace maids with Lau Sam Ho (Charmaine Sheh); they are also very 'good sisters'. Later when Tavia was chosen by the Emperor (Moses Chan) to be a concubine, but his heart was still set on Charmaine, causing Tavia to get jealous and turn evil. In the end, because of her evil deeds, she was able to become the Empress. Susanna who had collaborated with Tavia several times said: "In this series, Tavia really put in a lot of effort in protraying this role, she brought out her evilness very well, so I feel that she does have a great chance in this year's awards." '3rd Mistress' from Rosy Business Kara Hui also voted for Tavia: "She told us all several times that we won't die well, when she said that in the series her eye contact was so terrifying, a killer stare. I was frightened by it. This year, I support both Sheren and Tavia."

Charmaine Sheh - the greatest support

But the greatest support was from the other female lead from this series Charmaine (Ah Sheh). Because she already knew earlier that Tavia was getting pushed for "TV Queen", Ah Sheh was willing to make way for her. Earlier it was rumored that Charmaine was also TVB's target for this year's TV Queen candidate, essentially this was only to get the public's attention. Earlier Charmaine was asked about the rumors about Tavia getting crowned this year? Currently at a higher status, but still declared her support, Charmaine said: "It's good! We had sparks while we were filming together." But when asked if she has confidence to get the award, Charmaine then said: "let nature take its course!" Obviously she's giving it to Tavia.

Source: Excerpt from "2009 Stage & Screen" (舞台与银幕) 5th Edition, issue 39.
Credit: Tavia.org // Scans by: TaviaYeunG.com
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Tavia Yeung expected to intercept Sheren Tang

TVB's 42nd Annivesary 2009 has been a hot topic among Netizens on who will be the new TV King and Queen. It was said that "4th Mistress" Sheren Tang will get the title of TV Queen, so far that is the only hot favorite. In order to change the "wind", TVB decided to push back the award ceremony from November to December, so that the two anniversary series "Beyond the Realm of Conscience" and "Born Rich" could have a chance. TVB is strongly pushing female leads Charmaine Sheh, Tavia Yeung, Michelle Yim, Anita Yuen, Kenix Kwok and Jamie Chik to compete with Sheren, lowering her chances of winning.

Depending on her role as "4th Mistress" in "Rosy Business", Sheren has won the applause and strong support from the audience. Just two months left before the anniversary award ceremony, there still aren't enough female leads popular enough to compete with Sheren. It was rumored that this is the reason why TVB decided to push back the award ceremony allowing the two anniversary series that will broadcast on October 19th to get a chance in the nominations. With the two anniversary series up on the competition, it will be a competition filled with Stars! Originally it was just Sheren in the race with a great chance of winning, but now with the new competitors, will her chances decrease dramatically?

The HK media did some research, asking 50 citizens on who they support for this year's award winners, does Sheren have the highest chance? The results of the survey found that 40% of the respondents felt that Sheren's chance of winning is "critical" because the one series that had been dominating the year, ended up being a 3 series competition, making it much more intense than how it was before. Respondents also felt that this is really TVB's "killer" plan.

As for "Beyond" and "Born Rich" are both the anniversary series, 80% of the respondents supported this because the series this year were all quite light-hearted, it was only "Rosy Business" and "E.U." that was more intense and had more discussions. Audience felt that during the anniversary period, there should be series that are "more watchable" and also felt that the more intense the award competition is the more interesting it will be. However, they did not agree to pushing back the anniversary award ceremony because afterall November has always been the tradition and the target date for the celebration, instead why not broadcast the two anniversary series at an earlier date?

Source: Ent.Tom.com
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

The Broadcast Authority (BA) received 26 complaints on Fala Chen's "take off clothes and showing bra" scene; TVB received 1 complaint.

Although TVB had a complaint that the scene was not appropriate to be broadcast on television, but there are also supporters saying that the scene was reasonable and went along with the story. In the series, Fala misunderstood that Timmy Hung was gay, therefore it was reasonable that Fala treated him as a brother and does not need to avoid him while changing.

"The Stew of Life" Producer Amy Wong felt surprised by audience complaints. She said that Fala's changing scene does not intend to convey bad or immoral behavior, the public is just overreacting. Amy also expressed that there is no difference if they changed the setting to a beach where swimsuits are revealed before they get into the water.

Amy expressed that before doing this scene, she had done all her research. Gay men treat their opposite sex friends like sisters. The scene was arranged for this series because it is a comedy and should have some comedic effect. In the series, Fala misunderstood that Timmy is gay, the two become close friends. Amy understands that parents are worried, thinking that the scene should teach little girls how to protect themselves instead, but the series did display a "PG" rating before the episode started. Parents can still explain to their children on the actual content.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Ekin Cheng was at the commercial radio yesterday, promoting his latest record and his concert in December. Ekin was surprised that he was not asked about his love life by Cha Siu Yan in the interview. He almost spilled it out himself.

Ekin disclosed that he hasn't planned the contents of his concert yet, but dancing will be part of it. Reporter asked if he has to lose weight so that he can show his muscle? Ekin replied "I have been keeping fit, I have muscles too" Ekin is not sure if he would invite Michael Tse and Jordan Chan to be the MC, but it will be a surprise. Ekin will be 42 on the 4th this month, he expressed that he will be attending a mid-autumn festival activity that day, but his friends have organized a birthday party for him after work. The reporter asked him how old he is, he smiled and said "42, no, in fact I am only 22." The reporter went on to ask if he has any plan to get married yet? Ekin disclosed that many of his senior colleagues are still single, but he would wait till Arron Kwok gets married first. Asked if his girl friend Yoyo Mung would wait for him? Ekin smiled and replied "We are now in the process of courting! Never discussed that and I haven't thought about that either."

Ekin revealed that when he gets married, he will announce it to everyone. This is because people will find that out sooner or later, there is no point keeping it a secret. The reporter asked how long is Yoyo going to wait for him? Ekin said he is still young, he is enjoying life and concentrating in his career. Talking about Fala Chen was showing her bra in "The Stew of Life". It was not suitable for children to watch, Ekin responded by saying in the past Chow Yan Fat also took off his clothes, how come nowadays, people are so old fashioned. Ekin went on to say Fala wore bikini in the beauty pageant before. The reporter asked if Yoyo did that in the TV series, is it acceptable? Ekin expressed that there won't be a problem, it is nothing really, and it will sure pass the TV standard. After all she is an artist!

Source: Takungpao/The Sun-On.cc(image)
Translator: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

Yesterday Kate Tsui was a guest performer for the "Metro's 18 Star Charity", doing a fast song and dance performance. In the 7 minutes, she performed two fast songs, but she went off key, messed up on the words and even lost her breathe the more she sang.

Kate helplessly said afterwards: "Takes up a lot of strength! First time performing the songs, I'm so nervous, when I was singing I had to keep on dancing and remember the steps, no time to take a breath.

Asked if she felt that her performance was not that good? Kate said: "I don't know. I have to re-watch the recording and then examine it." She admits that when she's singing she seems to not have enough air. It has always been a question to the public on if Kate is really suitable to sing fast songs because singing fast songs while dancing need to cut down on the nervousness. If she had to sing two songs for her performance, one slow and one fast would be a better combination.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU