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TVB executive Norman Leung invited the cast and behind the scenes crew to Gun Metal Grey out for a dinner gathering. This led to an anonymous person being displeased and broke out the news that it is unfair to other series that they don't get a dinner invite. The anonymous was also displeased with the ex-TV idol Felix Wong, that his 'fire breathing' earlier was old ginger behavior, used for attention and promotion. Yesterday Norman denied that the dinner was to make it up: "I already said before we'll have dinner, fire breathing is useless to me. Treating artists to dinner is because of outstanding artists." Felix was not embarrassed at all and joked that the dinner had regular routine dishes. Once he learned that only high rated series gets a dinner treat, he changed his words: "Whoa, then it's not regular routine dishes, its private kitchen dishes. (Fans are displeased?) Every situation has doesn't have right or wrong, it's hard to satisfied everyone."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

David Lui just announced he'll be holding a concert in Hong Kong Coliseum in March. Yesterday a Mainland girl was talking bad about David on Weibo, that he spends women money and that in the last year he has cheated girls everywhere on money and sex. One of the girls he cheated for 40,000 yuan attempted to commit suicide for losing both money and virginity, but she was eventually rescued. Yesterday the media contacted David through the phone to confirm. Once he heard the reporters, he immediately said: "Don't worry about her, I never done it nor will I ever ask anyone to lend me money!" David denied that he offended someone and claims that he's suffering from a prank. Towards being said as a 'huge player', David said: "That terrifying? I never done it, sorry!" Asked if he's worried of damaging his image? He swore: "I never done it, what is there to be afraid, never have I done such thing, crazy! (Will you take legal action?) Don't know who it is, how can I take any action, 40,000 yuan isn't that much anyway!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Eric Tsang and the cast of Lunar New Year film I Love HongKong including Fala Chen, Kate Tsui, Michael Tse and Ron Ng attended the 'Hong Kong Aviation Skytrax Four Star Press Conference - HK Aviation & HK Airlines Anniversary Evening Party'. Fala was said to have visited the hospital for a body checkup and has intentions on having a baby. She denied and expressed she has intentions to take legal action, she said: "It's already really sad to get secretly photographed by people, I am just going to get a regular physical exam, nothing gynecologic. (Prepared to have a child?) There are a lot to prepare when having a child. Must be mentally and physically prepared. I am a person who has planning."

Eric appeared exhausted at the event, his right eye was blood red. Regarding to the rumors that his father in Taiwan feeling unwell, and Eric had to fly over that very night to see him, even having to cancel his hosting job for JSG Awards. Eric said: "Everyone knows my father's health is not well, I already flew over earlier, and his condition is getting better. Before his condition was not very stabled, so I turned down the jobs. The weather is chilly, it is just sickness of elders, he's already 94 years old. I hope next week, he can be discharged from the hospital, now my son and daughter are accompanying him." Before Lunar New Year, he will make another trip to Taiwan to see his father.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Yesterday Tavia Yeung attended a shopping mall event celebrating the upcoming Lunar New Year and was dressed like a Hmong girl. The hat she had on her head was made entirely out of silver, very heavy. Speaking of the Lunar New Year, Tavia will be spending it in Mainland. Today she'll be going to Hengdian to shoot a new costume drama. She laughed: "I've been waiting a long time for this! I have not had this experience since I've been in the industry. This time I can really go out and dig for some gold. Also, it's during the Lunar New Year period, can be considered a good sign. I'm officially charging out of HK to go dig for gold!"

Although Tavia won't be able to spend new years with her family, she can still have her family reunion through webcam. Also, her mother had already given her red envelope. She said: "I haven't gave out red envelopes in yuan before, this time I'll bring 20,000 dollars up with me, first I'll pass out the money, then I'll take money."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

It was rumored that Bernice Liu and Alastair Lam's short relationship is over! Alastair accepted an interview from the media, he expressed that he's only 'friends' with Bernice, and drew a line with her. He also seemed to be different from the definition of 'rich', some people believe that living an extravagant life is called rich.

Yesterday afternoon, Bernice was in Tseung Kwan O shooting for sitcom Show Me The Happy, she clearly was in a bad mood as her hair was messy before she went into the makeup room. When she saw reporters, she instantly put on her earphones and pretended to be on the phone. Then she and her assistant quickly walked into TVB City, rushing into the makeup room. Bernice refused to get interviewed by reporters nor was she willing to allow pictures to be taken. When reporters stood outside of the makeup room to take pictures of her, she shouted to her assistant: "Close the door!" (in english), which embarrassed her assistant.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

The Jimmy (a painter) adapted mini series You, We, Them cast members Mag Lam, Janet Chow and Candice Chiu attended the blessing ceremony for the upcoming filming in Taiwan. During the time, a small mishap occurred where a fire started on stage during burning of the offerings.

Recently, Mag Lam was rumored to have been offered HK$4 million to sign with EEG. During the interview, she denied to the rumors. When asked if she's pleased with her being worth HK$4 million? She embarrassingly said: "Actually it's not confirmed, I'm actually not very sure. I personally do not make extravagant requests. Most important thing about signing contracts is the path of my future development." First time shooting a series, she frankly said that she will have to get familiar with the script, and hope she won't be too clumsy when shooting starts. Asked if she has any intimate scenes? She said: "For now, no. But there is no embarrassment."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Last year, Harbor City's "Chocolate Trail Art Exhibition" was a success, this year from January 20 to February 20 the market will once again be transformed into a chocolate kingdom. As well, Charlene Choi has been invited to take on the lead role for the new set of promotional photos.

To match the Year of the Rabbit and Easter, the special theme this time around is the rabbit. For the photoshoot with famous photographer SK, Japanese designer Erika Mizuno was invited to design a Chocolate Bunny Skirt, and Piers Atkinson (who has previously worked with Lady Gaga and Rihanna) was invited to design a 4-pound head ornament for Charlene to wear during the photoshoot. Since the rabbit skirt is 3-dimensional, Charlene was unable to sit down the entire time. Also, to keep the arch of the skirt, two staff members were arranged to hold on for long durations of time. As a result over the course of the shoot, Charlene only managed to eat a small amount of food and did not even dare to drink water. Once the method of wearing the dress was turned around, Charlene's bare back was exposed in the bitter cold weather, while a large fan was blown in order to create an elegant result. Fortunately, staff members set central heating early on and helped her stay warm.

Although Charlene wore the same dress, she changed three different looks, one which required her to wear a 4-pound head dress ornament as a wig coiled around to match the chocolate look. Searching for an even better result, staff members put chocolate sauce on theh head ornament, getting chocolate sauce on Charlene's face, but she did not have a single complaint and even joked: "Can the chocolate be eaten?" At the same time in terms of make-up, chocolate powder was sprinkled as freckles, though it got into Charlene's eyes and made her repeatedly sneeze. But, in order to not slow down the work schedule, she insisted on continuing the photoshoot. With the results from the photoshoot, it is no wonder Ah Sa said: "The exhaustion is worth it."

蔡卓妍 - 情尋朱古力 製作花絮 (Chocolate Art Exhibition Promo + Making Of) [Eng sub]



Source: Takungpao
Translation: mutts @ Charlene Choi Info

Since filming for TVB in 1991, Bowie Lam has filmed series after series on an almost non-stop basis. He indicated that he has a wide choice in selecting which series to act in. However, when Bowie Lam received the Best Actor Award at the 15th Asian TV Awards held in Singapore in December, TVB did not celebrate his victory until one month later.

Yesterday, TVB held an event celebrating the international television awards bestowed upon its artists. In attendance were Bowie Lam, Wayne Lai Yiu Cheung, and Susan Tse Shuet Sum. TVB managers, Stephen Chan Chi Wan, Virigina Lok Yi Ling, Catherine Tsang, and Producer Lee Tim Shing also attended. Mr. Chan said, “We did not treat Bowie Lam poorly!”

Although Bowie indicated that he did not mind the late celebration on TVB’s behalf, he admitted in a mainland interview that he will be shifting his career focus to China . After his TVB management contract ends in June 2011, he will sign a per-series contract with TVB, filming only twenty episodes per year.

While onstage, Mr. Chan said, “Earlier, everyone’s focus turned to Bowie . I hope everyone understands that the company did not him poorly. Each year, the event to celebrate international television awards for our artists is held in January. We have to wait until all the awards results are announced.” Afterwards, the press asked Mr. Chan whether he was attempting to clarify matters that TVB did not value Bowie ? Mr. Chan smiled, “No, my statement was intended for the press. Bowie understands that each year this celebratory event is held in January.” (Do you need to console Bowie ?) “He is not hurt; there is no need to do so. I am not concerned that he will misunderstand. He is a very understanding person. If we do not value our artists, then we will not nominate them to enter international award competitions.”

Winning the Best Actor Award for his performance in Sisters of Pearl <掌上明珠>, Bowie Lam shared the stage with Wayne Lai, who received the Best Character Award at the 2010 New York Film and Television Festival. When the press asked whose award was more prestigious, both Bowie and Wayne said, “Please do not talk about this.” Will Bowie accept Mr. Chan’s explanation? “It’s better to have a late celebration than none at all! Mr. Chan did not treat me poorly.”

After completing the filming of TVB series Jiujiang Wine "九江意釀", Bowie will take his time to negotiate new contract terms with TVB. Will Bowie trade an award for a contract? Bowie looked at his trophy in hand, “This award does not barter for anything. As a matter of fact, I will never use awards to trade for anything else.” (What was Bowie ’s most important term in negotiating his contract?) “The most important thing is money! I have a very good relationship with TVB. If my salary and freedom are increased, then that’s all it takes to renew the contract.” (Are you asking to increase it to the pay level of “Best Actor” ?) “That’s a good idea, but I have not thought about how much to increase yet!”

Bowie also noted that he was interested in appearing in international productions and hoped that Ms. Lok would make the proper arrangements. “It would be great to film a Japanese drama, while receiving free housing and meals!”

Source: the Sun, Mingpao
Translated by: JayneStars

iCable 2010 Best Series Contest will broadcast tonight at 8pm. The Best Series, Actor and Actress awards will be presented. Among them, includes Ron Ng's Mainland drama Pretty Maid.

(Raymond's message on Weibo)

Wong Cho Lam possesses many skills, besides acting, singing, imitating others, he can actually compose too. As an ambassador of a tourism company, he was having a lot of free time before this and personally helped the tourism company to compose an advertisement song. He also shot an advertisements in four different styles, including red indian, king, bull warrior and a gentleman. He who has a lot of expressions made full use of them to imitate the characters. Before he started shooting the advertisement, he just completed his Fuk Luk Sau Concert, but he was still full of energy and successfully finished his shooting job. It was hard for the crews to not salute him.

Besides this, Wong Cho Lam will be holding his World Tour Concert soon, and after that he will be hosting Jade Solid Gold Awards Presentation.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translator: Eujean Lee @ TVB Newsworld

Charmaine Sheh has been filming series and making money recently. At the end of last year, she and her good partner Bobby Au Yeung went over to Mainland to start their filming for their new series. Although she is not in Hong Kong, Ah Sheh still cares a lot about fans in Hong Kong, kept sharing pictures of the filming scenes. Ah Sheh was very excited as the filming will be coming to an end. Earlier before this she uploaded the newest picture of her and Bobby making funny gestures. The caption said: " 10 more days to end of filming!" She also uploaded a picture of horse riding and wrote :" I like horse riding, it's so cool!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translator: Eujean Lee @ TVB Newsworld

Because Amigo Chui's image has been badly affected, his work has also been stopped. He was supposed to be working as partners with Eric Tsang for Jade Solid Gold Awards Presentation as host but it has now been canceled. This newspapers has received the latest news saying that TVB has confirmed Wong Cho Lam to replace Amigo and will be collaborating with Eric Tsang to be the host. This news has gotten confirmation from JSG's producer and expressed that the two of them have collaborated a lot. This sudden change of host is believed to bring no problems to Eric Tsang and also will not need to change the program's schedule.