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Twins was the guest for "Be My Guest" interview that is broadcast tonight at 7pm and 11pm. During the interview, Charlene Choi (Ah Sa) and Gillian Chung (Ah Gil) frankly said that two years ago, the Artists Photo Scandal forced them to grow up. And also gave them unexpected opportunties for development. Speaking of her love life, Ah Gil hopes that her future other half can control her, Ah Gil said: "If now someone pursues me, I will consider him. After what happened, it's really hard to find someone who is committed and accept my past."

Ah Sa was asked if she would not be happy to respond to her relationship with Ronald Cheng? She said: "The media have reported way too much, I have always been truthful, but I just don't want to be too truthful."

Twins recalls the time they entered the industry and was not willing to meet the public as a duo, they were worried that they would not be welcomed. The two also said that the first time they worked together because they were immature and if they had something to say about the job, they wouldn't dare to speak up. It was only 3 years later when they went on a trip together that they started becoming good friends.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Chilam Cheung invited Louis Cheung to be his "I am Chi Lam Music Show" guest. Last night at the rehearsal, Chilam's record company Neway recently purchased California Red Karaoke, Chilam was proud of his boss. He believes that it would be a great benefit to its singers. Asked if his company is pushing up to "Big Brother" status, Chilam said: "No, just doing my own part." He expressed that his concert will have a good friend disguised as Aaron Kwok to perform the song "The Love For You Has Not Ended", asked if he will invite Aaron as his guest? Chilam laughed: "I'm afraid he might steal my limelight, but my wife and son will be coming to support. But I'm worried they might affect my performance."

On the night of the performance, March 13th which is also Louis Cheung's wife Kay Tse birthday. Asked if he'll be celebrating with his wife? He said: "Perhaps we'll cut the cake in the morning or go out for BBQ after work." Louis expressed that his wife publicly announced that his gift for her was not something she liked, causing a huge headache for him. He laughed: "My wife is not materialistic, if she likes famous brand handbags, then that would be much easier. I think I have to go get Tianshan mountain snow for this to work! As for rumors that his marriage changed, Louis sighed and said: "Tiger year started, I don't know how to describe it, I have constantly denied, all my frustrations are coming out, I used all types of emotions and I still can't get rid of these rumors!"

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

At the five show "THE BIG FOUR WORLD TOUR CONCERT: THE HONG KONG STOP", Big Four stomped on each other, constantly letting out "laugh bombs". They opened their private photo album to the public and revealed a secret video clip of William So coming out of the shower, making everyone laugh. The concert was at its peak when Sammi Cheng appeared near the end of the concert. Dicky Cheung personally put Andy Hui "on the table", saying that he needs to give her a house to his old lover Sammi for her support.

It was the first of 5 shows to Big Four's concert last night, the Dicky Cheung, Andy Hui, William So, Edmond Leung (Big Four) were stomping on each other the entire night. Big Four appeared in their "Mother Explosion" costume which was what they wore 20 years ago at their participation in "New Talent".

Dicky Cheung a "cheap scum"

Edmond Leung scolded Dicky saying that he's a "scum", William then continued and said Dicky's a "cheap scum". Andy also said that he can use foul language to describe Dicky. William announced that when he was in Thailand showering at the hotel, Dicky secretly videotaped him 4 times. In the clip, William is in the shower and had the word "forbidden" covering his bottom area. With his curly hair, William was so frightened he immediately grabbed a hand towel to cover up. William said: "Is he humane doing such thing? He's not even a scum, need to take him to m!" (TN: don't know what "m" means.) Edmond then described his misery at the conference room, he was sitting on the sofa in a meeting, when he wasn't looking, Dicky would fart on him, it was so stinky that he bounced up.

Sammi wants a house as a gift

When Sammi appeared at the concert, she and Big Four sang "Believer Has Love" and it was the peak when old lover Andy Hui was singing and started kneeling on the ground. Dicky shouted that he should give a gift to Sammi to thank her, Sammi expressed that she wants a house. Dicky took advantage of this and put Andy "on the table": "Tell Andy to give you a house!" To avoid him continuing, she quickly explained: "I want Edmond Leung to give me one!" Big Four then gave the "Ding Dong" song new lyrics, changing it to "Have Heart" as a gift. Coming and going, the lyrics were just a few phrases, Sammi teased them and Andy said: "The stuff we write is not for you!"

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

TVB General Manager Stephen Chan was arrested by the ICAC due to being involved in a corruption case, Stephen was detained overnight by the ICAC. Yesterday morning, outside of Tseung Kwan O TVB City stood a large group of reporters. In order to avoid the chaotic repeated scene of Stephen's public arrest by the ICAC and for the convenience of the investigations, TVB took action by "closing the city", temporarily stopped allowing the media to enter TVB City for interviews. Stephen's favorite Hins Cheung felt that TVB's action was reasonable, he felt regret towards the incident and expressed that he also knows Stephen Chan's personal assistant (Chung Pooi Kwan) who was also arrested. In 2007, Hins' concert was produced by his company, his impression on Chung Pooi Kwan is that he's hard working and is brave in getting to know people.

Yesterday at 8am, the media waited outside TVB City until 10am where the PR personnel suddenly notified them that they are not allow interviews at this time. Reporters did not give up and stood outside the door until 12pm, where a group of security members came out to put up more railings to prevent reporters from breaking in. The "戀戀沖繩" press conference that initially was suppose to happen at 3pm with Ella Koon and Christine Kuo in attendance had to be canceled as well.

Director of Foreign Affairs (Tsang Sing Ming) expressed that the other day when Stephen Chan was arrested, a chaotic scene occurred where a reporter fell down and was injured, the camera lense were damaged. During this critical period, we temporarily stopped allowing the media to enter for interviews, but believe the closure will only be for a short period of time, hope everyone understands and can tolerate that.

Twins unhappy to hear about Stephen Chan's arrest

Due to Stephen and 3 other TVB employees getting arrested for corruption, their jobs have been halted, but tonight's episode of "Be My Guest" which features Twins' interview will still broadcast as scheduled. Twins heard about Stephen's incident and felt unhappy, the two expressed that Stephen has always given them a really nice impression. He often jokes and is very positive. The "Be My Guest" interview happened a month ago, at the time he was still laughing a lot with interest, didn't notice that there was anything wrong.

Corruption case relates to "All Singers for TVB Anniversary 2009"?

This time TVB executives suspected of corruption, it was said that the case had to with last year's "All Singers for TVB Anniversary 2009" and Gary Cao's Macau concert. Yesterday Hins Cheung arrived at CRHK for an interview and was asked about the incident, he said: "I have always treated Stephen as a senior, I felt really surprised when he was arrested, I don't have any opinions on this incident, I don't want to say too much." Rumors say that the incident is related to "All Singers for TVB Annivesrary 2009"? Hins said: "All shows that go on TV, I have always left it for my company to handle." Does singers have money to pocket? Hins said: "My pay is managed by my manager, who already showed me the big numbers."

Last night Gary Cao, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lo and Niki Chow attended an event. Gary's Macau concert was produced by Stephen's personal assistant advertisement company, does it include doing promotions? Gary expressed that he was shocked to see the repor, but is not clear of what happened. He strongly stressed that he knew Stephen's personal assistant first because he was introduced to him by Taiwanese friends, after two years, he met Stephen. The Macau concert was his only collaboration with him. As far as Gary knows, the Macau concert was hosted by Venetian hotel and his company was responsible for the production and promotions.

Niki Chow was also shocked about the news, she has never experienced a time where she was requested to reduce her pay for promotions. Everything is left fo her company to discuss because this protects artists personal image.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Ever since Sammi Cheng became a Christian, she has felt a lot happier and more carefree; therefore, she hopes that her good friends – including her ex-boyfriend Andy Hui – can also become believers in Christ. Earlier, during an interview, Sammi had indicated that at one point, she had tried to persuade Andy to accept Christ, but unfortunately was not successful.

"The Big Four World Tour Concert: Hong Kong" had its opening show yesterday at the HK Coliseum. Before the show, Andy Hui, William So, Edmond Leung, and Dicky Cheung held the blessing ceremony for the concert at 5:30pm (HKT) outside the coliseum. During the ceremony, William and Edmond both raised incense sticks in accordance with the Buddhist tradition; as for Dicky, since he is a Catholic, he does not usually engage in this practice, which is not surprising. However, even Andy did not raise incense sticks during the ceremony – instead, he bowed his head, put his hands together tightly, and prayed. With these actions, does it mean that Sammi finally influenced him to accept Christ and follow her into Christianity?

After the blessing ceremony, the 4 ‘brothers’ returned backstage to continue preparing for their opening act, so there was no chance to ask Andy whether he was influenced by Sammi to accept Christ. One of the workers sought to help the reporter clarify by asking Andy about it, however he would only give the reply: “there is God in the heart.”

As the musical guest for last night’s concert, would Sammi feel a sense of ‘sweetness’ in her own heart upon hearing Andy’s response of “there is God in the heart”?

Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

It has been rumored that because of his wife Kay Tse, Louis Cheung has been banned by TVB and ‘kicked out’ of all shows that he was originally scheduled to participate in. The first show he was kicked out of was the "Pok Oi Charity Gala" that took place last night – originally, his name was on the performers list, however it was removed last minute. Even though TVB insists that there is no ‘ban’ in place, TVB’s GM (who is rumored to be resigning due to falling out of favor with management) Stephen Chan admitted that for the second season of the game show "Book of Words", both hosts (who are also rumored to be his ‘favorites’) Louis as well as Patrick Tang will be replaced.

Due to the royalties dispute between the Big 4 record companies and TVB, Kay Tse has not been able to appear on any TVB programs. Throughout the situation, Kay has not only continued to outspokenly support her record company (Universal), she was also one of the first to accept an interview with i-Cable in Cantonese. In addition, right when her singers’ contract with TVB expired, she immediately appeared on one of i-Cable’s shows as musical guest and also made arrangements with ATV to appear on their shows – obviously not giving any ‘face’ to TVB. It was rumored that TVB’s Deputy Chairman Mona Fong (Sir Run Run Shaw’s wife) was extremely angered by this and as a result ordered a ban on both Kay and her husband Louis. Originally, Louis was set to host the second seasons of both "The Voice" and "Book of Words", however due to the ban, he has been removed from hosting duties of both shows.

Louis was originally scheduled to participate in yesterday’s charity event "Pok Oi Charity Gala", however his name was removed from the list last minute. The producer of the event (Lam Kar Wing) claimed that he had not heard of any ban on Louis and explained: “It is true that we did approach Louis about participating in the event since he is the Pok Oi ambassador, however Louis indicated that he had to check his schedule. A few days ago, the response was received from his side that he had to film a commercial, so he would not be able to attend the event.” When asked for clarification, Louis’ side was obviously not on the same page, as his management company explained that Louis was not able to participate in the event because he had numerous interviews and meetings that he had to attend over those few day [not because he had to film a commercial].

Asked about the rumors of Louis being banned, TVB’s GM Stephen Chan denied it, saying: “Variety show lineups change all the time; all I can say is that there is no ‘ban’ on Louis.” In terms of game show "Book of Words" changing hosts, he indicated it was already mentioned previously that for the second season of the show, they wanted to do something new and more refreshing, so they were already planning on changing the format as well as host. Plus, it’s not only Louis who will be replaced, Patrick will be as well. He re-emphasized that the royalties issue is between TVB and the record companies – there is no dispute with the artists, so there is no need to use words such as “animosity and enemies” to describe the relationship between TVB and the artists.

Yesterday, Louis Cheung accepted an interview with radio personality Eileen Cha Siu Yan. During the interview, he expressed that he doesn’t know how the whole ‘banned from TVB’ rumors came about. He said that his management company had sought clarification from TVB and they had confirmed that there was no ban in place, so if that’s the case, there is no point asking about it again! He also emphasized that he and his wife belong to different record companies and their careers have always been separate – they handle work-related matters separately and rarely ever talk about work at home. He said that personally, he is grateful to TVB for all the opportunities they had given him, especially last year when there was a lot of negative publicity surrounding him – because of the opportunities, more people recognized him. Therefore, to show his gratitude, he gives more than 100% effort on any work that TVB gives him. Even if right now he does not have any hosting duties, as an artist, he will still continue to learn things and improve himself, as it will only help him in his career down the road.

Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

Since the Edison Chan's sex scandal in 2008 which sent sensation throughout the city, another set of pornographic pictures were circulated in the internet. This time the male involved strikes the similarity of Francois Huynh. The other night, Francois appeared in a fashion show for "Esprit". Francois did not admit he was the guy in the internet, and he didn't blame the mystery person who put the pictures up in the internet either. He said "If he has more exciting pictures, he should show more."

Francois told reporters he is fed up with the entertainment industry. He said "I am very disappointed at the entertainment industry. Why did they write about me? I don't want to think about the past. I support my brother (Stephen Huynh) whole heartedly now." Talking about the rumor that the pictures were leaked from his cell phone, Francois said he never lost his cell phone. He went on to say "I am not involved in the entertainment industry anymore. This is my own business. Whether it was me in the picture or not, I don't have to answer for it."

The reporter pointed out that Stephen said some of the pictures were in fact Francois, but Francois said "What ever my brother said, it is up to him. I know what I have done, it is none of his business. Therefore, there is no need to ask my brother." Francois said he doesn't want this to affect his brother's work. He just wants to do his job and he doesn't care what other people think of him. Talking about his previous girl friend Karen who exposed that he has weird sexual appetite, and he likes having sex in different places. Francois said he doesn't blame her, "We are not friends anymore. This is the past and she won't be my future girl friend either." He went on to say that he won't ask Karen to shut up because he respects what she says.

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

Florence Kwok received a 7 figure sum for being the spokesperson for "Banyan Tree" skin care products. Florence disclosed that she is very particular about skin cleanliness, specially removing make up. She has frequent facials too and has become a "Facial Fanatic". Nowadays, under the HD camera, it is more important that she has perfect skin. Florence has been trying different types of facial. Recently, she uses French "Uplifting Facial". It helps to reduce the look of winkles and tighten up the neckline and chin. She has no worries even under the HD camera.

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

Liang Jingke and Michelle Ye profound sisterhood

A series about the Republic of China times is currently filming rapidly in Hengdian, young actresses Liang Jingke and Michelle Ye plays a pair of intimate sisters, although they fell in love with Xing Jiadong at the same time, their sisterhood remains.

‘Gu Cheng Wang Shi’ leads Xing Jiadong, Michelle Ye and Liang Jingke, telling about the spirit of an educated commoner in the history times. Xing Jiadong plays an educated man Mu Tianen, Liang Jingke plays Gu’s family eldest sister, Gu Xiuzhu, Michelle Ye plays two roles, Gu Xiumei and Gu Xiuju. In ‘Gu Cheng Wang Shi’, Mu Tianen and Xiuju has been arranged into marriage since young, however Xiuju and her lover eloped. Out of pity, Mu Tianen and second daughter Xiumei engaged, this caused Xiuzhu who has admired Tianen to be extremely upset, and was emotionally hurt.

However, Xiuzhu is an outspoken girl who loves to dream, although she and Xiumei both loved the same man, her sisterhood with Xiumei was not in any way affected, she willingly wrote letter to Tianen on behalf of Xiumei, without regrets at all, she is very kindhearted. Discussing on the role, Liang Jingke expressed, “She cannot differentiate imagination and real life. But she is a very kindhearted girl, I really like this role.”

Source: Sohu Entertainment
Credits: Michelle Ye's Realm

In the recent days, ‘Fire of Conscience’ directed by Director Dante Lam and casting Michelle Ye, Leon Lai, Richie Ren, Wang Baoqiang, etc has entered the final phase of dubbing. This movie has got much attention of media and audience since it first started filming in August last year. Thus, Director Dante Lam put much emphasis for the dubbing of his cast. It was said that ‘Fire of Conscience will be airing simultaneously in Hong Kong and Mainland in April.

‘Fire of Conscience’ is not only a heavily invested movie, from alter stage observation, it is also a mega script production. As one of the lead, Michelle Ye has prepared herself well. Returning to Hong Kong for the dubbing stage, Michelle ye who is recently busy filming ‘Gu Cheng Wang Shi’ series with Xing Jiadong, received much attention for her role in ‘Fire of Conscience’. Acting in ‘Fire of Conscience’ is a very vital stage for Michelle Ye’s acting career, she plays a police officer in the film, she expressed: “This is very different from my assassin role in ‘Vengeance’ and ‘Accidents’, I’m very happy to have the chance for such a variety of roles.

Michelle Ye not only dubbed the Mandarin version, she also dubbed the Cantonese version. On the dubbing day, Michelle Ye demonstrated her rich and expressive voice across both language, and rushed back to the airport right after dubbing, to continue the filming of ‘Gu Cheng Wang Shi’.

Source: Sina Entertainment
Credits: Michelle Ye's Realm

The day before, Tavia Yeung ditched rumored boyfriend Chris Lai for another good friend Pierre Ngo appeared in Tsim Sha Tsui. At 7pm, Tavia parked her car and rushed into the shopping mall, with Pierre meeting up with her later on.

Tavia and Pierre were walking and chatting, then stopped by at a nearby food court. When crossing the street, Pierre walked in front and looked very carefully before crossing quickly with Tavia. The two walked side by side at the shopping mall.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Steven Ma invited Carrie Ng who had not made a public appearance for a long time to be the guest of TVB program "Apprentice Chef". He happily expressed that Carrie's sexiness has always captured his heart, greatly praising that her sexiness is very natural, time has not left any traces on her body.

Skilled at cooking, Carrie rarely appears in public lately, working for several years, she expressed that she loves the simple days the most. She also said that if there is a chance to collaborate with Steven, then that would be good. The best would be playing as police officers, she's the head, sitting in the office cracking cases. As for Steven, he would be responsible for the operations, less outdoor scenes would be the best for her. The more the two chatted, the more exciting it got as they hoped the scriptwriter would write a romantic love relationship. Speaking of older sister brother relationship? Steven laughed: "I do hope this type of love exists!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

ICAC arrested 5 persons, including TVB Co. LTD's general manager Stephen Chan, as they are involved in a corruption case.

ICAC stated that this time action made them put 5 people under arrest, among them were 4 staff members of a Television station suspected of corruption charges. And the last one is a director of an advertising company.

Mr. Tsang Sing Ming, assistant manager of TVB's external affairs department confirmed that ICAC was investigating on a corruption case and 4 members of TVB got involved, the four's positions have been suspended already and they will help ICAC with the investigation.

He stated that from his understanding, the 4 are respectively TVB's GM Stephen Chan, Sales and Marketing department bussiness development director 陳永孫 Chan Rong Suen, Artist section actress Nin Jing (assistant in the TV show "Be My Guest") and Artist section producer Ronald Chin 錢國偉. Ronald Chin is the producer of the TV show "Beautiful Cooking". The last person involved is an advertising company's director, he is also Chan's personal assistant.

He says that due to the secrecy that the ICAC investigation has to stay under, they still don't know the details of the case. He stresses that it definitly will not have any influence over TVB functioning normally.

ICAC officers arrested Stephen Chan at around 4 PM, then coming back to TVB city to investigate. Many reporters surrounded the car in order to get interviews, but because the car''s curtains were put on, it was impossible to see the people in the car. 5 minutes after it parked, Stephen Chan opened the door coming out of it wearing a grey jacket, many journalists rushed to take pictures, the whole situation getting messy. Stephen reminded the journalists to be careful and shoed the elevator to the ICAC agents. In the end ICAC agents brought Stephen back to the office for investigation purposes.

Source: Ming Pao, The Sun (Images)
Translated by: little bee @ AsianFanatics

TVB actor and actress Moses Chan and Tavia Yeung have just completed the first “Luxurious life” quiz for our magazine. The interesting thing is, with regards to questions on their career, both answered in concordance - be it the sensitive issue on TVB artiste wages or questions on their career plans- they are indeed partners. However regarding questions on their life, they displayed obvious differences.

The issue on TVB artiste wages was highlighted many times, and Eric Tsang has told the media that TVB “takes paper for money”, is TVB stingy towards their artistes?

Moses: We work very hard, it can be said that we are bullied, but every artiste hopes to be given a chance to express himself. Maybe I am not a very calculating person; the most important thing is to do your job properly.

Tavia: I totally agree with Moses. We cannot be too calculating. In my opinion, if you have the capabilities, you can definitely earn a lot of money; but if you do not do your job well and do not deserve the money, you complain that your wages is little, it would just be a waste of one’s breath.

What would be the focus of your career in 2010?

Moses: I filmed a lot of dramas in 2009, 3 of them have not been aired yet, so you might see me on TV more often [in 2010]. In 2010, I hope to play different roles. Actually I liked my role in [Heaven and Earth], I lost 40 pounds, have to practice boxing, play music, it was a romantic character and I look forward to it.

Tavia: I only filmed [Beyond the Realm of Conscience] in 2009, and will be waiting for its sequel in 2010, but I hope to try out different modern dramas.

How will the passage of time affect an artiste?

Moses: Mind your own business well, and live every day to the fullest. I hope I can achieve that.

Tavia: Leave it to fate, humans cannot fight heaven, one cannot stop time. Do the things we can do and the things we want to do, for example saying “I love you” to your mother. Do not allow any regrets.

What have you done for the environment?

Moses: I love fashion, but I can do more for the environment, for example [buying] leather jackets will cause harm to animals. When I do not drive, I will switch off the engine so that I do not waste [fuel]. If you notice these details in life, it is already not bad.

Tavia: As an artiste, I have a lot of clothes. I will put them properly and give the extras to those who need them.

What will you not give up life?

Moses: Coffee. If I have the time, I will do research on coffee, anything regarding coffee I will keep on experimenting. This is my greatest pastime.

Tavia: Concern for my family. No matter what position I am at, I will still care for my family, especially my mother.

How do you define sexy?

Moses: Being confident is sexy.

Tavia: The real sexiness comes from the inner self, it has nothing to do with wearing little, some examples would be Maggie Cheung and Shu Qi.

What is one skill that every man/woman must possess?

Moses: Every man must know how take good care of a woman, and a woman is to be taken care of by a man.

Tavia: Every man must know how to lead the way. Because I always get lost, hence when I am panicking as to where to go, he can tell me to turn left or right.

Your next shopping plan?

Moses: Something to do with coffee and is not very expensive. I can fry coffee beans myself, and now is to make the coffee beans [taste] better. Hence if you say shopping, I would buy that stuff.

Tavia: If possible, to get a bigger house for my mother! My mother has worked hard for me all her life, now that she is 60 years old; it is time for her to enjoy life.

Do you have any clothes matching tips?

Moses: The key to wearing clothes is what you match it with. Whatever style of clothes you wear, match it with the style of shoes. I love shoes and own about 1000 pairs, with different styles. I pursue fashion when I was younger, but now as I grow older, comfort is more important. Clarks is one brand that emphasizes on comfort, and I like it. I like it because of its comfort.

Tavia: When you wear clothes, comfort is most important. If it is not because of the requisition of my job, I will not wear low-cut and miniskirts. I will feel uncomfortable, and it is not me anymore. One must live happily. A woman’s feet a very important. Like me, I am required to wear high heels when working, but otherwise, I will wear slippers. The style of Clarks is trendy and does not give me the feeling of being too overdressed. The degree of comfort is excellent; you will not feel tired even after standing for long hours.

Under what circumstances will you avoid fashion?

Moses: I like to pursue some classic stuff, because fashion changes but it does not. It is natural, pretty, and comfortable.

Tavia: I do not pursue fashion; some fashion is not suitable for me, for example some cumbersome accessories. The pursuit of fashion is very expensive, it is better to save up the money. It would be enough to just find clothes for the occasion.

Credits: Jessie's Blog

The light-hearted comedy, Happy Mother-in-law, Pretty Daughter-in-law, with the main cast consisting of Ng Man Tat, Kingdom Yuen and Myolie Wu, is carrying out its filming in Shanghai. The filming will wrap up on 16 March. On the day of the reporters' visit, the production team was filming a scene of Shirley Dai using Myolie Wu as the target of darts practice. During the interview, when Myolie Wu was asked if she has the intention of becoming the wife of a rich man, she said, "Never thought of this question. My dream is to have a romantic little house."

On that day, there was a scene on Princess Kam Yuk (Shirley Dai) using Chin Moon Goon (Myolie Wu) as the target for her darts practice. Myolie Wu, whom has once acted in the WOIL series, said, "This time, there aren't many argument scenes between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Instead, I've more conflicts with the other daughter-in-law acted by Shirley Dai." Shirley Dai then said, "She loves to use underhand means. She even sent someone to seduce my husband. I always can't seem to win over her. After tolerating for so long, finally today there's a scene where I'll take revenge on her." After In The Eye Of The Beholder was aired, Myolie Wu's costume-image in the drama was being criticized as being unflattering. She said, "I also feel strange too. It doesn't look very ancient. I did ask the image stylist before, but he liked new creations. The image this time is quite refreshing."

This time, Chin Moon Goon, acted by Myolie Wu, saw money as her life. When asked if she has the intention of becoming the wife of a rich man, she laughed and answered, "Never thought about this. Of course I've things that I pursue too, but they don't necessarily need to be branded. I do invest in stocks and property too. I hope to have a romantic little house." Then is Bosco Wong the ideal partner? She replied that she hasn't thought about it.

On the other hand, Kingdom Yuen is acting as an eloquent matchmaker in this drama. She said, "In reality, I also love to be a matchmaker. It's very dry for a person without love. I often introduce my friends to people." Then will you matchmake Myolie Wu and Bosco Wong? She was surprised and replied, "They're a couple? I don't know. Doesn't matter. They're grown up adults. Both the handsome guy and pretty lady are experienced. Don't need for me to matchmake."

Translation: Admin @ http://myoliewuhangyee.com/forum

TVB General Manager Stephen Chan, Producer Ronald Chin, Business Development, Sales & Marketing director Wilson Chan Wing Suen and other executives were arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) yesterday. The incident shook the entire Hong Kong entertainment circle. It was said that TVB staff were ordered to seal their mouths, several behind the scenes crew, Charmaine Sheh and other artists cannot give a response. Vinci Wong was once rumored to not get along with Stephen, he felt that the incident was not anything strange: "There's no smoke without fire". Also Erica Yuen who had always been unhappy with TVB gave them a few more kicks by saying that TVB harshly uses people.

Once had contract disputes with TVB, Erica Yuen added a few more kicks on TVB after the news broke out that their executives were arrested, she said: "ICAC arresting people would always have evidence. If they took action to arrest them, then there must be sufficient evidence, otherwise they wouldn't have done it. People who didn't do it, then they didn't do it. (What do you think of Stephen's personality?) I don't know! Someone takes care of all aspects well. I didn't say who! (There seems to be so much happening to TVB this year!) TVB uses people harshly, I didn't so who, but there are so many executives having problems, there must be a relationship! (Have to pray to the lords?) Body not straight, any praying won't help!"

Stephen Chan's other "enemy" Vinci Wong frankly said that he does not keep in touch with him, he's only worried about the executive Ho Lai Cheun who he has dinner with often, fortunately he was not part of the arrest. Towards Stephen being arrested, Vinci said: "He's been an official once and has been the executive of different departments, so is especially sensitive towards these cases, have do be extra careful when doing things. But, this time if ICAC investigations are involved, then there is definitely something wrong, I don't think it's anything strange."

Vinci Wong also expressed that he does not keep in touch with Stephen, the last time he saw him was with Liza Wang told him to check the live version of "Be My Guest", Vinci said: "I called Stephen to buy tickets, he told me to call Amigo Chui. (You don't get along with Amigo!) That's just what people say, but we are ok. I even went in backstage with him to say hi to Stephen. As the audience, I really admire Stephen's hosting work. (What do you feel about Stephen?) I do not know hm well, I don't know. (Have you gossiped about what exactly happened?) Yes, I heard that he and his assistant were opening a company together and used his own home address to register. (Opening his own company to make a profit, would there be a conflict?) No one said that people can't open their own business despite working in another one, but have to see if there is a contradiction. Earlier it was said that he was leaving TVB, there's no smoke without fire!" Also, there was a report that someone invited Vinci back to TVB, he avoided: "No executive invited me, a behind the scenes crew asked me. I am in discussion with iCable currently. Right now, I can say that I am not signing for any TV network, I have my own business."

Also, as a TVB contracted artist, it is believed that Charmaine Sheh received the sealing mouth orders. Yesterday afternoon, she and friends were in Central having lunch, speaking of Stephen's arrest, she just smiled and shook her head. Asked if she's worried? She only shook her head and did not respond. Eric Tsang also did a 360 degree turn to avoid the media in his car. When his car stopped, a large group of reporters surrounded, he slowly walked and said: "I just got off of my flight, I don't know anything. (Have you contacted Ronald Chin?) I don't know whats going on, I have to get an understanding first. (Have you asked Virgina Lok?) I haven't yet, everyone is currently in a meeting. (How do you feel about the incident?) I don't think so right?"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

TVB general manager Stephen Chan and 3 other senior executives were arrested by the ICAC yesterday. They were arrested on suspicion of corruption. TVB made an announcement to suspend the four of them immediately. Since their arrest, the atmosphere at TVB city are tense and nobody is saying anything. The employees of TVB have been warned not to speculate and discuss this matter at work. Stephen's close ally Patrick Tang is very worried about him, he hopes everything will blow over soon. When Eric Tsang heard about the news, he couldn't believe it by saying "Can't be true."

TVB foreign affair deputy director Tsang Sing Ming held a press conference yesterday afternoon. He confirmed that 4 TVB employees were arrested by ICAC and they are suspended from their duty with immediate effect. Stephen's "Be my guest" has four more programs to broadcast. TVB will continue to show the four programs. After that the program will be on hold until for notice. This saturday, Stephen's interview with "Twins" will be shown.

Vinci Wong who is allegedly not getting on with Stephen said "A friend text me saying my friend (Stephen) is in trouble. I told him Stephen is not my friend. After I left TVB, I have no contact with him, Very often when ICAC arrest someone, they make so much noise about it, they may forget about it afterwards. It is still early days, I don't want to make any comments. Stephen has been in this industry for so long, he should know not to make such mistakes. It is bad luck." Vinci certainly shows he is full of grudges against Stephen.

Patrick said he doesn't know about the whole matter, therefore, he can't say much about it. He has sent a text message to Stephen but hasn't got a reply yet. He considers Stephen as his master and uncle, and he knows this is a very serious matter. He is worried about Stephen. Talking about Stephen has lost power in TVB, reporter asked Patrick if his work would be affected? Patrick said he is working as usual, he is employed by TVB and his work is arranged by them. Nevertheless, Stephen helped him a lot, including getting his contract done. He sees Stephen as his benefactor.

Wayne Lai said he last saw Stephen before the Lunar New Year. He felt Stephen is a very talented person. He is worried about him, but Wayne will not contact Stephen for the time being. He thinks it is better for Stephen to be on his own to think things over. He hopes things will get back to normal soon. Wayne went on to say that he doesn't pay much attention to the notices about corruption prevention.

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

Sammi Cheng and GO YEAH online game site are jointly establishing a global recruitment for the "You & Mi say... AMEN" MV creation. Sammi will personally choose the best work for the "AMEN" official MV.

Sammi said last year "Trust . Hope . Love" plan is a collective memory between her fans and herself with remarkable meaningful songs. She said: " The song "Amen" is from when I visited Mongolia, where a group of homeless children were singing this song. I was listening and listening, I began to have a great feeling inside. Thinking they had no family and having to live in shelters, but they sang this song allowing people to feel that their lives are still full of hope. This inspired me the idea of "Amen", hoping to spread the message around of "Trust . Hope . Love"."

For the MV, she is making a big recruitment this time, hoping for the most beautiful time of 2010. Anyone can share their feelings to the song "AMEN" and the best work will get a chance to become the offiical MV. The chosen one (winner) will receive HKD$7000 prize money.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Raymond Wong and Fala Chen play a couple in new TVB series "Rosy Business 2". The producer Lee Tim Shing expressed that the pair are a replacement of the Ron Ng and Suki Tsui pairing from last season. Towards why was Ron replaced? Raymond said: "It's a new story, the content is different, it's not about replacement." He said that Fala and him are also part of "Can't Buy Me Love", so they are quite familiar now, hopefully the collaboration will give off sparks this time. Being able to participate in 2009's two highest rating series "Beyond the Realm of Conscience" and "Rosy Business" sequels, does he feel that TVB is heavily promoting him? Does he feel that he has a chance for awards this year? Raymond said that he is happy to be able to have so many opportunities, but has never thought about the topic of awards.

Fala Chen reveals that she plays a couple with Raymond, the story is very romantic and she is really looking forward to it. She said: "My role in this new series is very similar to the muted girl in "Moonlight Resonances". I play a girl who has heart attack, very pitiful. I am not sure if my performance is good or not yet, but I don't dare to hope for any awards." Towards Leon Lai's record company AMusic filing a lawsuit against Neway? As Neway's young master's girlfriend Fala was asked about the issue. She said: "My boyfriend and I do not talk about his business, I am completely clueless, but it's nothing strange to be involved with lawsuits when doing business, I believe that he will have a solution to handle it."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Last year crowned as TV King and Queen for their roles as "Chai Gau" and "4th Mistress" in popular series , Wayne Lai and Sheren Tang even started rumors. Rumors said that Sheren fell in love with Wayne after filming the series, causing Wayne's wife becoming the follower wife. Yesterday "Rosy Business 2" held its costume fitting, this time shooting the sequel, will there be more rumors? Wayne frankly said that he's not afraid, but Sheren said that this time Producer Lee Tim Shing made their relationship turn into a very strong one. Chai Gau turns into a gentle, rich with masculinity, able to protect women and continuing to be a good man. Sheren admitted that she hopes to find someone like him.

Producer Lee Tim Shing expressed that "Rosy 2" will be 25 episodes, he and the scriptwriter (Cheung Wah Bui) wrote 17 episodes already, this is also Mr. Cheung's last production before leaving TVB. Audience said that last season Chai Gau and 4th Mistress relationship was not deep enough, Lee Tim Shing said that the sequel will be another story. The focus is on the events revolving around the Japanese colonial period in GuangZhou. Sheren plays a female drug pusher, while Wayne plays a police officer, their relationship becomes even stronger. A strong but with noble sentiment relationship.

Asked about collaborating with Sheren again, is he afraid of rumors? Wayne said: "No fears! When the series releases, I don't mind a few rumors. Justice is in the heart. (Not afraid your wife will become a follower wife?) He said: "Usually when I'm at work, she would appear too!" For the sales presentation, Wayne and Sheren were kissing and hugging? Wayne anxiously said: "What kissing? It was just a little hug." Do you want to be two time TV King? He said: "Not thinking that much! I don't want pressure, just let it flow. I only hope for high ratings. Also this is Cheung Wah Biu's last production, I just want to give my 100% for this performance so it can be memorable for him."

Sheren was asked about the sales presentation clip, where Wayne and her were kissing and hugging? She said the same thing as Wayne: "What kissing? We only hugged a little." Reporters said that the two said the same exact thing, Sheren happily said: "Really? Producer and the scriptwriter wants the male lead to be gentle and have a male personality, with a good inner heart and able to protect females. I do hope to find this type of boyfriend." Does she hope to be TV Queen again? She said: "My role is very challenging, I haven't thought about how to portray her, just the role is quite difficult to act out."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Ron Ng and Kate Tsui play a warm loving couple in TVB new series "Reunion". However, it was rumored that when the two were shooting for a snatching floor scene at the studio last night, Kate requested the director to add an accidental kiss scene with Ron. Afterwards, Ron was asked over a phone interview if someone wanted to add to the scene? He said: "If so, the director has to agree to it too. It won't be just added just because of a request." He also said that the kiss scene is requested by the director because he felt that would accommodate the atmosphere of the scene. The producer (Cheung Kon Man) responded saying that the director has the authority to add or cut scenes, adding a kiss scene just accommodates the couple's warming scene.

Also, Roger Kwok, Ron and Kate attended the blessing ceremony for "Reunion" in Tseung Kwan O. Roger reveals that lately he has caught the flu from Ron, but because he's always filming and often not at home, he's not worried about spreading the flu to his wife and son. After the blessing ceremony, Kate and Toby Leung were feeding each other grapes. Looks like the filming process is much more pleasant than the earlier situations seen in "The Beauty of the Game". Kate said: "This is a fun series, we all joke around. There's a very comfortable feeling while filming. The gossips earlier were just rumors."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

March 9th is Leon Lai and Gaile Lok's second wedding anniversary, but pop king Leon has not celebrated with his wife yet. Instead, he attended two promotions for his new film "Fire Dragon". Yesterday, he attended the 34th International Film Festival and was asked about his wedding anniversary. Initially not having a watch on, Leon pretended to look at his watch, then bounced back: "Oh yeah!" Reporters then asked if Leon forgot the special day? Leon heard this and quickly clarified: "No, No! Tonight at 8pm I have another promotion for ! (Then go celebrate?) Yes... (Wife making arrangements?) Private matters should remain private."

Regarding Amusic filing a lawsuit against Neway, Leon expressed that Amusic CEO told him to focus on his work and not worry about other things. Later, Leon said that there are two options, but only one method of doing it, which was hard to understand. Leon said: "Right now there are two options, one is to continue and let songs be used in an unauthorized manner or to seek legal action. Only legal action can exercise a fair decision!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

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Eason Chan's new Cantonese album will be released on March 12. He appeared unshaven in his last album"H3M". This time, however Eason has another new look. He appears in long hair, with "Smokey eye" and a clock on his head. The album is called "Time Flies", signifies time flies very quickly. The make up artist specially extended his hair so long that when the wind blows, the hair fly all over his face. It took the artist 8 hours to finish doing his hair. Eason particularly likes his long hair effect. The workers were stunned to see his new look, which strikes the resemblance of Leslie Cheung's "Big Heat". During filming, Eason changed from his usual lively self attitudes to a more quiet talk and full of grace. Eason said he is not like Leslie who is unique and second to none idol and no one can match him. Eason also revealed that now he had realized that sometimes it is hard to be a girl with long hair because he feels hot with the long hair. In fact, he doesn't understand why so many girls like to have long hair. He feels this presentation is part his musical life, and he hopes his fans like it.

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