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Olympic sailing champion Lee Lai Shan once stated that “it takes 4 million dollars to raise a child.” For Sunny Chan (陳錦鴻) and his wife Ada To (杜雯惠) however, the amount of time and energy they spend on their 5 year old son Chan Kah Wah (陳駕樺) cannot be measured with any amount of money!

Sunny and Ada’s son Kah Wah is not only mildly autistic, but also has a speech impediment, therefore, the couple has put all of their effort into taking care of him – in addition to giving up city life and moving to the suburbs to provide a more natural environment for their son, they also specially hired a ‘shadow teacher’ to accompany him to classes. Having endured an English language impediment himself when he was a kid, Sunny did not want his son to go through the same suffering he had back then – therefore, in September of last year (2011), Sunny decide to completely stop working so he could take care of his son 24 hours a day. Now one year later, Sunny finally has his greatest reward: during his Kindergarten graduation ceremony this past July, Kah Wah was able to perform a recitation all by himself in front of a crowd of people! However, the meticulous effort that Sunny and his wife had to put into achieving such results was far greater than any outside observer can understand.

Sunny Chan and his wife, radio DJ Ada To, had their son Kah Wah in 2007. Two years later, at an age when most toddlers already know how to utter a limited number of words, the couple discovered that their 2 year old son still did not know how to speak – not long after that, Kah Wah was confirmed to have a speech impediment that hindered his ability to speak. As if that wasn’t enough, when Kah Wah turned 4 years old, he was diagnosed as having mild autism, which meant that not only would his learning ability be slower than normal kids, his ability to form social relationships with others would also be impaired. Having great love for his son, Sunny Chan immediately hired a ‘shadow teacher’ to accompany his son to Kindergarten in the hopes of providing personal, specialized instruction – unfortunately, the results did not turn out as well as expected. Last September, after the filming for his Mainland China series wrapped, Sunny announced that he will stop working completely in order to focus on taking care of his son. However, this past Tuesday (August 21st), Sunny was spotted arriving at TVB City and meeting up with producer Leung Choi Yuen (梁材遠) to discuss filming of a new TVB series – turns out that his son’s situation has improved greatly, to the point that Sunny is able to return to work now: “Within the one year that I’ve been working with my son on his condition, his progress has truly been very good. This past July, during his Kindergarten graduation ceremony, Kah Wah was actually able to do a recitation all by himself! This achievement is huge encouragement for me, my wife, my son’s shadow teacher, as well as his kindergarten teachers because just last year, when my son was in K1, he couldn’t even say very simple, single words – at that time, even though I would constantly create songs to sing with him to help him learn single words, he still was not able to speak clearly. But now – not only is he able to do a recitation in front of a crowd of people, he is also able to recite an entire book! This result was unexpected, but of course we are very satisfied with it.” As Sunny recounted his son’s latest achievement, he was so happy that he could not stop smiling – ironically though, Sunny actually did not attend the that particular ceremony, so he was not able to personally witness this memorable achievement!

Three step method to help his son improve

With their son’s condition improving significantly, Sunny and his wife Ada can finally relax a bit, as this past year, the couple had pretty much spent almost every minute of the day with their son. Sunny explained that he utilized a ‘3-step method’ to help his son improve his speech ability: “First step was to invest time. To be honest, this past year, I basically spent every minute of the day with my son. In the past, whenever I had breaks in between filming, I would go and take care of some matters at the restaurant almost daily, but now, the only time I would go out was to take my son to tutoring classes, speech therapy, behavior therapy, etc. – the rest of the time, I would stay at home and watch over my son – I would refrain from doing any work and just watch him everyday. The second step was to closely observe his actions and through that, figure out his interests as well as things that he liked – as soon as we discovered something, we would use it as a teaching opportunity for him, as this helped to increase his interest in learning. For example, when we found out that he seemed to react well to music, my wife immediately took him to play drums; when the school taught the word ‘ferry’, we would immediately take him on a ferry boat ride; when the school taught the word ‘swim’, we would immediately take him swimming. Every time he learned a new term, we would put it into practice to help him understand what the words meant – that’s why this past year has been very enriching and has brought me great satisfaction and joy!”

The third step that Sunny took was to strengthen his relationship with his son and gain his trust. Due to his condition, Kah Wah initially had problems trusting people – when his teachers or his parents would try to teach him the meaning of certain words, he had difficulty believing them: “Before, I would constantly have to correct his speech – for example, instead of saying ‘yau sui’ (swim), he would say ‘ying sui’. Every time I tried to correct him, he wouldn’t believe me and instead would get upset at me because he felt I was trying to ‘challenge’ him – pretty much he didn’t like people correcting him. I felt that this was because my relationship with him wasn’t good enough, so I decided to build a better relationship with him – not an ordinary father/son relationship, but rather a friendship in which he could wholeheartedly trust me.”

Climbed trees daily to build relationship

In efforts to build a ‘trusting’ relationship with his son, Sunny arranged a lot of outdoor activities for them to do together – the activity that proved to be the most helpful in building trust was taking his son to climb trees together: “Every time we went tree-climbing together, I would be right next to him, singing to him: ‘climb tree, climb tree, one step at a time, Daddy holding my hand, I can climb higher!’ Actually, every time we did an activity together, I would create a song for him so he could learn individual words within the song – for example, the words ‘climb’, ‘tree’, ‘step’, etc. These songs not only helped him learn new words, it also helped to strengthen our relationship. When climbing trees, the higher he climbed, the more scared he would get – every time he lost his balance, I would be right there to hold him up and keep him from falling. We would go climb trees everyday and each time, he would lose his balance, but I was always there to steady him – after 2 months, he was finally able to establish trust in me. The next time I would try to correct his speech, he was very willing to listen and wouldn’t get upset at me anymore, which helped speed up his progress tremendously. After that, I would take each word and teach him pronunciation, meaning, and also how to put them into sentences.”

In addition to this ‘3 step method’, Sunny and his wife also made another important sacrifice – they decided to move out of their apartment in the city and instead move into a house in the surburbs so that their son could interact more with the environment and nature. Moving actually served 2 purposes for them – one was that they could take their son to play in the park everyday, and two, they could avoid disturbing their neighbors: “Our home is right next to the Sai Kung Country Park, so every day I would take my son there for at least an hour. Before when we lived in the city, we were in an apartment – my son loved to study sounds, so he would constantly bounce a ball on the floor and listen to the ‘pa pa’ sound the ball would make when it hit the floor. He could listen for one year, two years, and never grow tired of it! But we were concerned that this would perhaps be disruptive to our neighbors – plus I felt that we should constantly find new things for my son to ‘study’, as he was only interested in the sound of a ball bouncing on the floor or footsteps going up and down the stairs – therefore, we decided that it was best to move to the suburbs. This way, whether he enjoyed throwing a ball around or singing loudly, he could do it freely – also, in the suburbs, the things that you get to experience are very different. For example, when the school taught about snails, I could take him outside and show him how a real snail looked like.” If it was for the best interests of his son, Sunny did not mind making whatever sacrifices were necessary – definitely a ‘twenty-four filial’father!

Doesn’t want son to repeat his childhood nightmare

Kah Wah is showing signs of improvement now, but with Sunny taking 1 year off to care for his son, he obviously missed out on a lot financially -- but how much? “I never calculated it. Pretty much each time someone called with a job opportunity, I would decline it – I never gave a thought about how much I would be losing. It’s really a matter of choice – as a father, what exactly do I want? I could definitely choose to work endlessly day and night like I did in the past, but then my son’s improvement would not be as good. For example, last year in September when I returned home from filming a Mainland series, the shadow teacher told me that my son only learned one word per week – normal children his age were learning one word a day! I was concerned and felt that there was no reason he couldn’t do it too, so I spent the entire weekend teaching him and he was able to learn 10 words – it proves that he has the ability, it’s just that previously I didn’t spend enough time by his side teaching him.”

Sunny himself also had a language impediment back during his school days and spent 6 to 7 torturous years going through high school. To ensure that his son doesn’t go through the same suffering he did, Sunny felt that all the sacrifices he made (job opportunities, money, etc.) in order to be with his son were worth it: “I actually had an English language impediment in high school – the school I went to taught mostly in English and I basically had no clue what was being said in any of the classes. I would go to class and not know what the teacher was saying, but would pretend to understand because I didn’t want them to tell my mom. Year after year it was like that, the feeling was very torturous – I really don’t want my son to go through the same experience.”

Set aside plans for another child

Even though Kah Wah no longer has a problem learning words and reciting text, he still has issues communicating with people that will require more time to improve: “He’s able to recite a lot of the textbooks now and learns a few new words every day – his problem isn’t in learning words but rather in responding to questions. When he’s asked simple questions such as ‘What did you eat today?’ or ‘Where do you want to go play?’ or ‘Who’s knocking at the door?’, he’s not able to answer, but when you write it down for him, he’s able to recite the words. I’m hoping that by the time my son enters primary school, he will no longer need a shadow teacher and can go to school just like regular kids because if he’s 7 -8 years old and still has a shadow teacher accompanying him to school, he will feel that he is different from other students.”

In the past, Sunny hoped to have lots of children, but when asked about his plans now, he expressed that he and his wife have set aside all plans for another child: “We had planned to have another child because at that time, we did not know where the issue was with our son and thought that perhaps having another child to accompany him would solve things. But now that we figured out the problem, we felt it would be best to focus all our attention on solving the problem. We also thought about the age factor too -- if we were to have another child, by the time I’m 60, he/she would not have graduated from college yet!”

Seeing his son’s progress, Sunny expressed that he is very touched: “Even though my career is acting, my son will always be first priority in my life. With the good progress he has made this past year, plus my wife won’t be doing her radio program starting in September so she can take care of our son full-time, I will essentially be ‘trading places’ with her – my wife will take care of Kah Wah full-time and I will go earn money. However, our ultimate goal is still the same – if we have the opportunity to choose, the first choice will always be to stay home with our son.”

‘Raise a son for 100 years, worry for 99 years’ – definitely words from the heart for all parents!

Source: Mingpao Weekly, Issue 2285
Translated by: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

The Pang Ho Cheung directed VULGARIA (DAI JOOK HEI KET) after 2 weeks in released already broke 20 million (as of August 23) at the box office. Pang Ho Cheung today and tomorrow will attend audience appreciation events at specific cinemas with Chapman To Man Jat, DaDa Chen Jing. They will not only give away gifts to viewers but also draw a lucky winner of a Guangxi tour that will include donkey visit and the wild game banquet.

Pang Ho Cheung recently already revealed online that a VULGARIA iPhone protective cover will be released. The Pang Ho Cheung brand PHC will release limited edition gifts with the famous label Candies for viewers.

Source: Mingpao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

25 August 2012 (Tonight)



TVB Series "Ghetto Justice II 怒火街頭II"
Episode 20 & 21 (FINALE)
9.30pm to 11.30pm

Source: tvb.com & tvb @ YouTube
Translated by: Admin @ TVB News World

Elanne Kong Yuek Lam in the film THE WEDDING DIARY (GEIT FUN NA GEIN SI) worked with Aniu for the first time, but this "first time" made Aniu suffer. In the film Kong Yuek Lam played a mean girl. In one scene her boyfriend dumped her and she angrily threw water at him, but instead hit Aniu; perhaps she was too focused, she threw toward the wrong direction the first few times and did not hit Aniu's face directly. She felt sorry about needing several takes.

In another scene, they had a funny bed scene. Because it was her first intimate scene she could not be more nervous. To calm herself down Kong Yuek Lam spray her favorite perfume all over Aniu like it was a bug spray so he would smell like her favorite fragrance to ease the tension. Aniu thus became the human potpourri.

Universe artist Elanne Kong Yuek Lam and Malaysian singer Aniu earlier worked on their new film AFTER THE WEDDING DIARY in Singapore. In the story the couople became parents, thus Elanne and Aniu had many scenes with the ten month old child actor "Wai Wai".

Although Elanne was still single, she seemed to want a child rather badly. At work on or off camera she held Wai Wai and refused to let go. She also often gave him "kisses" but Wai Wai did not submit. He even often bit Elanne and put her hair in response.

Source: Mingpao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

NAKED WEAPON (JUET SIK MO HEI) two nights ago held its premiere. Producer Wong Jing led leads Andy Tien (On Chi Kit), Jennifer Tse Ting Ting and Philip Ng Won Lung to pray for the new film to be a big hit. Patrick Tse Yin, Deborah Li and Moustache Kong attended in support of their daughter. Reportedly Wong Jing planned to bring back the 90s classic GOD OF GAMBLERS (DOH SUN). He clarified that he only considered a police film. He said, "This will not be GOD OF GAMBLERS 4. I also have gathered Fat Gor and Ting Fung, of course I hope the script would pass inspection. I also have to coordinate actor schedules." Brother Jing admitted that both top male stars were interested, but they would depend on the female lead, the roles and scripts to be able to accommodate. Speaking of the female lead being his favorite Tong Fei, Brother Jing responded, "I still plan to find a top Mainland female star to perform." Speaking of the talk of a GOD OF GAMBLERS, Brother Jing said, "No! This is already a classic. The copyright isn't in my hands, so it can't be made." He said that he planned for Andrew Lau Wai Keung to produce the police film while he will direct.

In addition, he was rumored to be bringing Deanie Ip Tak Han with him back to TVB for a series. Brother Jing said, "I predict it will be March next year, but because it hasn't started production I am not officially confirming." Brother Jing said that he has not considered asking Andy Lau Tak Wa, but Sister Deanie was already 90%. Speaking of this homecoming, Brother Jing said that it was only a series collaboration with TVB so it was not a return. He said, "It's just like working with ATV on series earlier. Due to Mainland investment partners, a lot have not been confirmed."

As for becoming Michelle Yeoh (Yeung Chi King)'s successor, Ting Ting thought that she needed more training. She said, "I of course wanted to be in the same class as her." Her boyfriend On Chi Kit supported his girlfriend and said that she had no problem. Has he thought about teaching Ting Ting kung fu? Andy replied, "I don't know how, I have to wait for Ng Won Lung." On Chi Kit admitted that before the shot he was worried about his girlfriend getting hurt, but later he realized that she was a rather quick learner at kung fu. Speaking of a romantic film together, Ting Ting said, "I don't have a problem, I hope to have a chance to fight my boyfriend too." Andy laughed and said that he would be reluctant to hit her. Speaking of Ting Fung and Cecilia Cheung Pak Chi's reunion rumor, Sei Gor said, "That's crazy!"

Source: Takungpao, Mingpao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

The Mainland female star Mini Yang Mi and Nicholas Tse Ting Fung were linked in rumors due to their Emperor Motion Picture THE BULLET VANISHES (SIU SUT DIK JI DAN), but in real life they did not click at all. Yang Mi had to rely on thinkin about her boyfriend Harwick Lau Hoi Wai to get into the feeling of romance. Reportedly when Ting Fung and Yang Mi worked on a romantic walk scene, because Yang Mi was unable to perform the feeling of a woman in love they had many bad takes. Was Ting Fung unable to bring the romance out of her? Yang Mi apologetically said, "The weather was too cold I couldn't focus."

On the other hand in another scene Ting Fung was hospitalized for injuried from an explosion, Yang Mi was crying like rain and needed only one take. Yang Mi later admitted that she had to get into her personal emotions. "During the shoot I imagine someone I love in a hospital, so I worried and shed tears without even thinking about it." Did the credit go to Lau Hoi Waik? She sweetly smiled and said, "Take a guess!"

Lau Ching Wan was scared stiff in a mid air scene. Ching Wan was hung from four stories up. Originally he was already somewhat afraid. During the shoot the wire suddenly jerked and Ching Wan dropped for several feet. Ching Wan afterward said that he was almost scared to death. "I thought I would really drop!"

Ting Fung also had an accident when he pointed a gun at his own head. The prop gun was not solid enough and the magazine during the shoot dropped on the ground three times. Ting Fung who originally concentrated on acting could not help but laugh with the crew. After ten days in release THE BULLET VANISHES has already passed 100 million yuan RMB.

Source: on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Anne Heung left showbiz four years ago to work for the company owned by Loretta Chu's husband in Shanghai. There is news that Anne resigned from her position in the company. [Apple Daily] contacted Anne in Shanghai yesterday and chatted about her next steps.

Anne said she learned a lot in the last several years, and really want to thank her two bosses. However, she really hopes to have her own career, therefore she and a friend from HK are planning to start a company, specializing in helping Mainland clients plan their weddings overseas. She will invest 6 figures into this company. She also said she signed with a new management and will make a comeback in TV series. Her boss, Loretta Chu, greatly supports her decision.

In fact, Anne's two TVB series The Legend of Lady Yang and Love is Beautiful were quite a hit in Mainland, and in the last two years many people have been asking her to shoot TV series or stage plays. Since acting is still one of her interests, she decided to work simultaneously on her business and go back into acting. She said her manager is discussing her future jobs in showbiz; it is estimated that she'll make her comeback at the end of the year, but she's focusing in Mainland. When asked if she'll come back and shoot TV series in Hong Kong? Anne said she enjoyed working with Marianne Chan, Gigi Lai, Wayne Lai and everyone else back then, and really does hope to have the opportunity to work with them again.

Source: Apple Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Frankie Lam, Kate Yeung, Carlos Chan and John Chiang attended the costume fitting of CTI new medical drama Three Face Shaped Doctor ([Plot]). Frankie hasn't started working for this new company yet, but is already praising their good policies: "It's a lot more comforting here. We don't need to work from day to night, then from night to day. At most its a 12 hour work day."

As TVB invited Lawrence Ng back to rescue them, Frankie disagreed: "I don't think it's a war. (You and Lawrence are both playing doctors, afraid of comparison?) Just do my best on my own part. Also it has been said several times in television history, even if you are coming out for war and you are clearly going to win, you believe your chances of winning is high, but you may still lose in the end. Nothing is absolute."

(*Note: "shoe polishing" = sucking up)

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Sandra Ng and Chilam Cheung attended McDonald's I'm Amazing campaign charity event. The campaign is for children to design their dream store. Sandra's daughter and Chilam's son Mortan Cheung designs were part of the charity auction. Sandra's daughter is going to first grade soon, but this summer, Sandra didn't put her in any interest or tutoring classes. She played with her daughter for a full 2 months and joked it's even more tiring than shooting movies. Sandra laughed that being "Mommy" is actually the hardest job.

Chilam is currently shooting Triumph in the Skies II and feels he's having good luck. He's not sure if TVB changed their policies, but after two days of shooting, the crew takes a day off and the shooting process isn't rushed at all. This time around, Chilam feels its very comfortable and relaxing. Sandra joked its probably because the producer cut Chilam's screen time. Chilam suggested Sandra can guest star in the series if she has time. He said: "OK, there is improvement, the pay is good too." Sandra laughed: "No wonder everyone is saying they want to go back (to TVB)."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

After signing with her new company, Niki Chow returns to TVB later this month to start shooting new series A Good Heart Goes Haywire, where she plays a policewoman once again. Niki said: "It's different this time, I got promoted to senior inspector." Niki expressed this series is a challenge for her because it's her first time shooting a 30 episode series and they have to shoot in the summer. Whether if its her acting or physical ability, it is a challenge. Although she already has experience being a policewoman, she is still in the spirit of learning. Niki laughed: "Initially I thought I could take advantage of this opportunity to change my hairstyle and get my hair cut short. But then the director said they're not looking for a tomboy policewoman, and even ordered me to grow my hair as long as possible in order to bring out the femininity."

As she'll be shooting this series for a full 3 months, Niki joked: "I don't have to be dry anymore because I have the matured '3 Gor' (Michael Miu) and the 'young woman killer' Bosco Wong. (Bosco just broke up with Myolie Wu?) When we accepted this series, that didn't happen yet! (Bosco often has intense kiss scenes with his co-stars, will you avoid those scenes during this sensitive period to prevent rumors?) That is not what a professional artist does. After all, if it's necessary for the plot, then we'll do it. What's most important is that I have the ability to portray the role and have a good explanation for the producer. Can't think too much about gossips and rumors."

In the new series, Niki is involved in a love triangle with Michael Miu and Bosco Wong, but when speaking of Niki being an actual love triangle in real life? Niki frankly expressed: "I don't have two guys to choose from. This series satisfies me completely, I believe I'll be very moist in the next three months. I will enjoy my time being entangled between the two men and no longer have to be dry." In real life, Niki frankly said she doesn't get affected by situational pressure and rush to find a boyfriend just because she has to marry and have children.

Her sister Kathy Chow is finally getting married. Niki happily said: "I'm so relieved now that she's getting married. So happy! (Afraid you can't get married?) No, modern women have nothing to fear. It is a matter if I want to or not. What I'm happy about is that my sister is going to unfold a new page in life." Niki anticipates to see her sister become a mother the most. She wants to see the motherly love side of her. She said: "I think she'll become a mother very soon. I believe she's not far from this phase in life."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Wayne Lai, Kent Cheng, Pierre Ngo, Natalie Tong, Janet Chow and Vivien Yeo attended TVB new series King Maker promotional event. It was reported Pierre is planning to marry his girlfriend in Canada this September. Yesterday Pierre explained he's going to Canada for a stage performance in September, but his girlfriend is accompanying him on the trip to visit her parents and talk about the marriage. Pierre said: "We've been dating for 12 years, and have plans to tie the knot in December. (So rushed to get married, she's pregnant?) I wish, but no she's not pregnant. We are in a stabled relationship, and already agreed to keep our marriage low-key. We won't be holding a wedding banquet, just a simple dinner with family and friends (Will your parents be going to Canada too?) No, they are getting old." It was rumored Rosy Business III is starting in March next year, Pierre hoped the news is true too and will leave everything to TVB.

When asked about the average ratings for King Makers? Wayne said: "Last week's ratings were really just average because there hasn't been much happening in the story, but it will later start getting exciting. I hope the ratings will go back up by then."

In regards to the rumored Rosy Business III, will Wayne and Sheren Tang have the opportunity to work together again? Wayne admitted he did hear about the news that the series is going to start shooting next year. In the meantime, he'll be shooting a modern series in November first. Wayne expressed he knows a lot of people are anticipating to see the Rosy Business franchise and he also hopes the third installment will really happen as well. Whether if it's going to be the original cast or not, we will have to wait until next year to find out. Will you help call Sheren Tang back to participate in the series? Wayne laughed: "I'm not qualified to do that. Of course I do hope to work with her again, and whenever I have time now, I watch the re-runs of Rosy Business. I've discovered there were at least 12 commercials during the breaks, which is just as many as during the prime time hours. I have to ask TVB to give me some commission."

[Oriental Daily] contracted producer Lee Tim Shing to ask about the Rosy Business third installment. He said over the phone: "It's made up! I am planning to start a new series in February next year and do plan to cast Wayne Lai, but not Sheren Tang! If I were to choose a female lead, I would choose a newcomer, I'm considering JJ Jia or Christine Kuo! (Retiring?) This year I'm retiring, but I promised TVB that starting next year, I'll shoot one series per year. TVB said they wanted to start one in February, their really trying to rip me off!"

Source: Mingpao, Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Yesterday, producer Lee Tim Sing denied filming a third installment over the phone: "Made up! I am producing a series in February of next year...have included Wayne Lai, but no Sheren Tang! If choosing female characters, I will use newcomers...considering JJ Jia and Christine Kuo! (Retiring?) Am retiring this year. Only orally promised TVB, starting next year, to film one series per year; however, the company said that I must film a series in February...really playing me!"

Source: orientaldaily
Translated by: hyn5 @ 幸而城 Fortunate City

DaDa Chen Jing and Susan Shaw Yam Yam two nights ago put on their costumes and promoted their film VULGARIA (DAI JOOK HEI KET) in Mongkok. DaDa appeared in a low cut look, while Yam Yam nont oly put on the evening gown from the film in which Ronald Cheng Chung Kei touched her chest but also a tall nostalgic hairstyle. They gave away popping candy, fans and tee shirts on the streets as the crowd fought for them.

Shaw Yam Yam said that earlier she agreed to appear for audience appreciation when the box office got close to HK$20 million. Thus last night she dressed up. "This head (wig) is very hot and heavy, luckily the typhoon hasn't arrived yet. Otherwise, I would be blown left and right."

Yam Yam said that this was her first promotion in Mongkok. How did it feel? She said, "I am very happy. In this lifetime I haven't had so many people staring at me. When I stood next to DaDa, usually others would start at DaDa. However this time everyone was staring at my head, I beat DaDa."

DaDa said, she felt very happy to learn about the ideal box office performance. Speaking of the director treating the crew to a vacation, DaDa said that she wanted to go to Japan and even to an audience appreciation in Australia because the film will be released there. Was DaDa worried about being taken advantage of during the gift distribution? She said, "No, I think everyone wants candy more. I am very 'vulgar'. If you try anything I would slap you."

In addition, Yam Yam said that because she will have to work on a film in Yunnan, she might not be able to attend the Tokyo Film Festival with the team. She had no regret, though, the most important was the award.

Speaking of awards, DaDa said that the director will decide whether it will be nominated. She did not hold out much hope, ultimately she was a new comer. Will she wear a bikini to Mongkok for audience appreciation if the box office reached 30 million? She said, "That is too lame. This time I am giving, next time with 30 million I will feed (candy)." Yam Yam said, "I believe the audience would like to be fed, it would be sweet for a lifetime."

Source: Takungpao, Mingpao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

The Andy Lau Tak Wa, Zhang Jingchu, Lin Chiling, Tong Dawei starred treasure hunt film SWITCH (FUCHUN SAN GUI TOH) will be released on November 8 in Hong Kong. In the film Lau Tak Wa played a stylish special agent and his individual still was unveiled earlier. In the film he appeared in many costumes, a blue and mature look, a white gentleman tuxedo look, a tough tank top look, and sunglasses special agent look among others. All brought a light to people's eyes. In one photo he and Lin Chiling had a romantic toast.

Lau Tak Wa said that the production made him very excited. For the workaholic, during the shoot he often had to rush from one location to another and shoot right away. When he was working in Dubai he had rides to different locations. Due to the tight schedule he needed to change inside the vehicle. When he arrived at the next location he was able to go to work right away. Such an intense production process made him feel very fulfilled, as if he has returned to the 80s Hong Kong film production pace.

In the film Lau Tak Wa had many looks. He said that the movie enabled him to played many different looks and worked in many different nations. Thus he was it was a super value. As for working with Lin Chiling in the film, he said that Chiling was very friendly. The entire team liked to work with her, thus being able to work with her was an absolute joy.

Source: Takungpao, Mingpao
Translated by: hktopten

The film COLD WAR (HONG JIN) will be released on October 18. The poster that featured hunks like Aaron Kwok Fu Sing, Andy Lau Tak Wa, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Eddie Peng Yu-Yen, and Aarif Rahman (Lee Chi Ting) was first unveiled. The story was a complicated struggle between high ranking police officers. Director Longman Leung Lok man and Sunny Luk Kim Ching spent five years to prepare for this film and collected a lot of research material like police internal regulation and hidden rules. The high rank internal conflict would also be realistically brought to life.

Leung Ka Fai appreciated this film's Hong Kong film style, a genre that has been missed. Lau Tak Wa guest starred and said that the script attracted him. Battle of wit police stories have been infrequent in recent years. Thus he looked forward to this film to start a new trend again.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: hktopten

Earlier this April, Ada Choi was on the road driving when a mosquito distracted her. Because she was busy trying to hit the mosquito, she lost control of the car and crashed into the lamp post. Her car suffered minor damages, but she didn't have any injuries. After the accident, Ada called the police immediately and the officer charged her for careless driving. Yesterday afternoon, Ada appeared at the Tuen Mun court for her hearing and she pled guilty. She was fined HK$950 for her accident.

Yesterday afternoon, Ada groaned on Weibo: "This is the first time in my life that I've gone to court. And the reason was because I was hitting a bug...ahh...I really really dislike court, it feels so uncomfortable... I hope this is the last time in my life that I'll have to go to court."

When Ada left the court, she shouted to reporters that she has no makeup on, so don't take any pictures of her. Then she waved goodbye and left.

Later, Ada accepted an interview over the phone. She frankly expressed she wasn't scared, just feels uncomfortable to go to court. "I just hoped to get it done as soon as possible and leave!" She also reveals she's not sure if there are extra fines or if she'll get points, she just feels so innocent: "It's not like I was doing anything, my friend advised me that if I encounter the same situation, I should just open the window and let it out!" She said her husband Max Zhang laughed at her look without makeup: "He asked me why I didn't put a hat or makeup on when going to court, because I would scare people with that look!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

It was exposed earlier that 29 year old JJ Jia has been dating martial arts actor, Louis Fan, 10 years her senior (39 y/o). Because Louis is already married and has children, JJ turned into a third party! Yesterday it was said Louis has a 15 year old son and 10 year old daughter, and the mother of his children implied Louis is an unfaithful man.

As JJ has been called the third party, she felt emotionally hurt. Yesterday she accepted an interview and cried expressing several times that its been very difficult for her. She admitted she and Louis did have a relationship, but now that the situation has developed into this stage, she's holding back! JJ frankly expressed she met Louis Fan earlier this year at Timmy Hung's wedding. Not long after they met, she already had feelings for him and admitted they took their relationship a step further. However, yesterday it was rumored Louis is a married man and has a family, JJ was greatly hurt: "I don't know any more than what outsiders knows. It's been so difficult for me. Louis has contacted me and expressed he will explain the whole issue. He should have a written statement soon. (Any comments on yesterday's rumor that Louis' wife was complaining tearfully?) I cannot accept it at all, so difficult. The issue isn't that simple. I'm still trying to see what the situation is like. If you all are really that concerned, please see what the statement says..."

Throughout the entire interview, JJ had a sobbing voice, she said she already burst into tears. She implied she didn't want to be a third party and friends have been worried she might do something silly (commit suicide). "No matter what I say now, it's useless. It's really difficult for me too. I have never thought I would be....I'm just a normal girl, just want to find a normal guy, then date, get marry and have children. I don't know anything else. (Will you develop with a married man?) If he can make it clear, if everything is clear, then I can accept, but at this moment, I really can't accept it. Wait until he clears it up and see what happens! Friends have comforted me, they know what type of person I am. They were scared I would... ... thank you all for your concern."

It has been said for many years that Louis is already married and have children, but he never responded. However, yesterday JJ cried and expressed how hurt she was. Louis finally broke his silence and issued a written statement to clarify the whole issue. He admitted he does have children, but he isn't married, "When I was 23 years old, I decided to live with the mother of my children. In the beginning we had a naive relationship, and never thought of getting married." Louis said because they could no longer communicate and they were separated for long periods, they eventually broke up 4 years ago, "I asked her earnestly to let go of this mutually tormenting relationship and it is impossible for us to continue the relationship."

Although Louis separated from his girlfriend, but he still placed the majority of his time on her and his children. He explained he had a low-key relationship for many years and it was all because he didn't want to affect his family. Today he decided to make this confession, it is because "don't want the speculations to hurt innocent people", clearly he is standing up for JJ.

Louis said he and JJ officially started dating a month ago and she is absolutely not the third party: "She is not a third party, like what the news said about her, who broke my family up. I hope you all don't misunderstand her." He stressed before starting the new relationship, he already explained his past relationship. As Louis' statement clearly supported JJ and did her justice, will she continue to develop further with Louis? JJ replied through SMS: "Thank you!" She did not respond to anything else.

Source: Oriental Daily, Mingpao (images)
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

TVB executive Norman Leung hosted a banquet for the cast and crew of Tiger Cubs to celebrate the high ratings and success. The cast including Jessica Hsuan, Kenneth Ma, Him Law, Mandy Wong, Oscar Leung, Christine Kuo and Vincent Wong attended.

Recently a tabloid magazine (East Week) reported that Christine Kuo and Michael Tse were 'car shaking' (sex in the car). The magazine even published the photos. Yesterday when reporters approached Christine for interviews, tears immediately formed in her eyes. She expressed the 'car shaking' was just a scene from new series Justice Pursuit & Attack. She stressed the 'car shaking' was necessary for the series because the scene was about her seducing Michael in the car. There were a lot of other staff at the location. She said in tears: "My mom called me from Canada this morning, actually I didn't know what 'car shaking' means, until my mom told me. I just feel so wronged! (Unhappy?) People have limits, I don't want to make my family unhappy! I'm starting to lose my parents' trust, the negative news and rumors are just coming one after another, it's normal that I'm worried. Also, my parents aren't familiar with the nature of my job. I hope to bring them over to HK and live with me as soon as possible, so they can understand more about what I do at work."

Since Christine's debut, she has got herself a long list of rumored boyfriends including Kevin Cheng, Oscar Leung, Edwin Siu, Raymond Cho and more. When asked if she's afraid to get near her male colleagues after this? She expressed: "A little! Sometimes it's just necessary for work and I can't control it! (Give up being an actress?) I don't give up that easily! Also, even if I wanted to give up, that won't solve anything. I should face the problems with courage."

When Oscar Leung saw Christine crying, he handed her a tissue and attentively comforted her: "Don't cry! If anything, I'm here!" However, Christine kept her distance from him: "Get away! If you come near me, I'll be in trouble!"

Michael Tse: I want to cry too!

Also, yesterday Michael accepted an interview over the phone and when speaking of Christine crying over the 'car shaking' incident, Michael joked, "I want to cry too". He felt sorry for Christine: "She's a girl, usually girls are thin-skinned. Aside from crying, what else could she do? She's just trying to vent it all out! (Are you upset?) I'm already numb to all this! Actually the producer already said we were filming, and it could still be written like this! I've been in this industry for a long time, I can understand why she (Christine) feeling emotional. It's really hard to get accused like that!"

Jessica: 'Tiger Cubs' is male dominant series

Jessica was asked if there will be a sequel to Tiger Cubs? She expressed: "Not sure yet! Still discussing! (Start shooting next year?) I really don't know! But, it should be done while it's still hot! I heard TVB already scheduled the series for the first half year, and temporarily there isn't any news on the sequel." Jessica added the public response was better than expected, and she's already satisfied that her 'farewell series' did well.

Since Tiger Cubs was such a big hit, based on TVB's convention, there may be a film version of the series. When asked if there really is a film version, will Jessica participate in it? She smiled: "Even so, it may not be with the original cast! Also, the entire series is focused on the male role, the female roles are not important!" Jessica reiterated that artists are actually very passive in terms of what roles they get, anything work related, we will all have to wait for TVB to make the arrangements and decisions.

*Magazine Scan: 'Christine Kuo car shakes Michael Tse'

Credit: HKChannel

Source: Oriental Daily, The Sun, Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Yesterday Chin Kar Lok, Liza Wang and King Sir attended the promotional event for TVB new series Divas in Distress. When Kar Lok introduced his character, he suddenly shouts: "I'm a father! But I'm just talking about the series. As for real life, I'll talk about it later!" The cast were all very happy for him and congratulated him. Kar Lok played happily with the children at the promotion, seems like he's preparing himself well for the future.

Chin Kar Lok reveals the wedding banquet is planned for November with 50 tables, but he and Angela Tong gave up on getting married on a small island: "It's not convenient. Just want the two of us have an explanation to parents and elders, so having the wedding in November is pretty rushed. (Why is it so rushed?) I want to get marry this year. After going to the hospital and seeing the report, I knew we couldn't wait any longer." As for Angela's pregnancy, Kar Lok smiled: "talk about it later." He refused to admit, looks like it's really not pass the 3 month sensitive period yet. "I don't want to lie, just wait until things mature first. I will definitely let you all know!"

When speaking of Angela shooting new series Cousin, You Are Good, she will have scenes where she gets pushed down? Kar Lok expressed: "I'll be her stunt double then, our body figures are just about the same anyway and I'm a martial artist. (She's going to Guangzhou for outdoor shooting?) If I go to Guangzhou, then there is something to worry about, but if she goes, no problem. She hasn't reported to me on what type of shooting she's doing, but I believe her co-stars Roger Kwok and Bob Lam will take good care of her. (Bob was spotted smoking near Angela?) I don't know if that is true. They are all good people, I'm not worried."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Wayne Lai, Natalie Tong and Sire Ma attended the end-of-filming dinner of TVB new series Detective Columbo. Initially the cast was going to each pitch in to pay for the meal, but Wayne took initiative and just treated everyone himself to reward the crew for all their hard work. He spent approximately 5 figures. Wayne said shooting the series for three months was truly difficult and now that they finally finished, it's time to celebrate. In the series, he had 5-6 different costumes, which has been the most among all the series he has done in his career. Wayne reveals this is a heavy and serious series, but it has always been his desire to shoot a light-hearted romantic comedy and it would be best for his female co-star to be a young actress, such as Samantha Ko or this year Miss HK winner.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

25 August 2012 (Saturday)

TVB Series "Ghetto Justice II 怒火街頭II"
Episode 20 & 21 (FINALE)
9.30pm to 11.30pm


Source: tvb.com
Translated by: Admin @ TVB News World

The first Media Asia 3D martial art film THE GUILLOTINES (HUET DIK JI) yesterday attended the Beijing trailer press conference. Director Andrew Lau Wai Keung, producer Peter Chan Ho Sun led the cast including Shawn Yue Man Lok, Chris Lee Yuchun, Huang Xiaoming, Jing Boran, Purba Rgyal (Pu Bajia) in attendance.

Yesterday everyone appeared in black. The director and the producer presented the cast with special 3D glasses. Then everyone with almost 1,000 members of the media and fans watched some of the trailer. Lau Wai Keung said that earlier he did not plan on 3D, but after editing the producer thought that with 3D it would be even better. Thus they spent a lot of time on the 3D post production. The director said, "Although the legend said that December 21 would be the end of the world, we would be fine. Everyone would be welcome to watch the film to celebrate."

Lau Wai Keung also pointed out that the actors all suffered because the location took a long time to arrive. In addition their costumes were very heavy. Jing Boran for example everyday yelled at himself to ride better. Yue Man Lok in another riding scene had 50 horses in pursuit. If he fell it would have been very dangerous. Lee Yuchun had it the worst as he personally slapped her.

Yue Man Lok pointed out that Hong Kong directors were known for being mean, but Lau Wai Keung had a magic power so he would be gladly scolded. Since they have worked together before they were used to the scolding. Huang Xiaoming also revealed the director's secret, citing that as soon as he saw the director drinking on the set he knew their day would end soon. The director felt that drinking could better actors' performance. Xiaoming said, "The director has two great and two rotten, his personality and directions were great, his liquor tolerance was rotten, his Putonghua was even more rotten." Everyone was holding their belly laughing.

The only female fighter in the film Lee Yuchun was exposed as "sleeping god". Xiaoming said that he had proof, every time she slept he would take a photo. She could sleep no matter when or where. Yue Man Lok also said that after Yuchun felt asleep everyone would take photos with her. Now the photos were in their phones.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: hktopten

The Stephen Fung Tak Lun directed TAI CHI 0 and TAI CHI HERO will be released on September 27 and October 25 in the Mainland and Hong Kong. Yesterday the film promotional song TAI CHI VILLAGE GENEALOGY unveiled the characters like Fung Tak Lun's rumored girlfriend Shu Qi as the Greatest Beauty, Kung Fu Pretty Girl Angelababy who is in love with her cousin Eddie Peng Yu-yen, Feng Shaofeng chases the wind instead of going to school, the crazy clan head Tony Leung Ka Fai, the saintly monk Daniel Wu (Ng Yin Cho), the mysterious master Patrick Tse Yin and others. Everyone was skilled but also had a little cynicism.

The music video style was new with famous Mainland rapper Little Tiger performing. Fung Tak Lun said that TAI CHI is different from the traditional kung fu films, full of youth, energy, passion and fun elements. As for its score aside from rock he can only think of rap.

Source: Mingpao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten