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February 22nd of last year, Amigo Chui was involved in a case of assaulting girlfriend Elizabete Kwong. Since the incident, he has not provided an explanation to the public, his jobs are also terminated for the meantime. Yesterday afternoon he reported back to the Cheung Sha Wan Police Station, and next month he will have to go back again. He wore a face mask and wanted to avoid interviews from the media, in the end he allowed the media to take pictures, but did not respond to questions. Elizabete took advantage of this time and sobbed during her iCable interview saying that Amigo once promised to marry and have kids with her, but now she regrets that she loved the wrong man.

Yesterday more than 10 reporters surrounded the police station, at 12:30pm the masked Amigo was in sunglasses, dressed in black and jeans arrived at the station. He was at the station for approximately 15 minutes before leaving, around 5 cars from the media followed behind chasing after him for an interview. He was in the 7-seat van driving pretty fast, trying to get rid of the reporters, but he was unsuccessful. In the end, he stopped at a parking lot and the Media followed quickly behind starting a chaos.

Finally Amigo was willing to face the reporters. His friend came out first and told the media: "Calm down, he will come out to allow pictures to be taken." Amigo finally came out of the car and said: "Sorry, thanks for the hard work!" Reporters than bombarded him with several questions regarding the situation including: "What is your situation like now?", "Are you going to get charged?", "Did you really hit Elizabete?". He did not respond to any of them. His friend said: "He will not answer these questions." Then he left through the tunnel and disappeared.

Once planned for marriage and have kids

Amigo's first time appearance after several months, Elizabete took advantage of this time and voiced in tears that she has been through lots of unhappiness at iCable's entertainment news interview. She said: "If I knew that so many negative things will happen, I would have definitely not be with him." She expressed at the interview that when she first met Amigo, she felt that he was a person who really took good care of newcomers and is a good senior. After having good impressions on his work attitude, they soon started dating, falling deeply in love, they even planned to get marry and have kids. She said that because Amigo was not young, he once said that once his career is stabled, he will marry her and then have kids. At the time, she really loved Amigo, besides her family, she loves him the most. In order to be with him, she can let go of everything, so when Amigo attacked her, she could not believe it, never thought that someone that she loved this much would do such thing to her.

Pretends to be happy in public, cries at home

Currently, Elizabete has resume her jobs, but frankly said that when facing the audience and reporters, she can pretend to be happy. When she goes home, she would start crying and because of the great pressure, she also has trouble sleeping and needs her mother to accompany her. Speaking of her mother's concern, she regretfully started crying. She said that her parents were divorced when she was very young, also her mother has epilepsy and cannot work. So her older brother and herself will have to take care of themselves and earn money to take care of the family. Already experienced a lot, she currently just wants to make the most of her opportunities and focus on her jobs, work hard to take care of her mother and lead a happy family life. That is enough for her.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

[MingPao reports] Angelababy Yang Wing is currently promoting two movies at the same time, therefore her name pops up in the news almost daily. Suffering from lack of sleep, she smiled and said that she misses home the most. Last night, Baby wore an outfit from Japan label ZUCCa's 2010 Spring Summer line to their fashion show; originally planning it to be a relaxing night, she vehemently denied, "It wasn't me!" in reference to suggestions that she took rumoured ex-boyfriend William Chan's virginity.

Refuses to publicize deflowering experience

Baby's image has always been clean and fresh, and has used excuses such as "it's an embarassing topic" and "I've already revealed my thoughts on it" in response to questions relating to William's virginity. When reporters asked if she has had this experience herself, Baby was beside herself. "This is very embarassing, it's my own secret, I'm definitely NOT discussing it! I'm not as open as William, so you will not see me discuss my sexual relationships on TV. I am a model and an actress, so I wish to leave a beautiful impression and memory in viewer's hearts. But I can confirm that the person he (William) speaks of as deflowering him, is definitely not me!" Baby revealed that she had never asked about William's personal life, because it is a private matter.

Did not lose out on gigs to Jessica C.

In response to allegations that Jessica C. is following in Baby's footsteps by entering the Japanese modelling world, therefore fighting for jobs with her, Baby denies it. "That's not true! The Japanese market is very big, everyone has different jobs. I need to congratulate her, since Jessica's appearance is very suitable for growth in Japan, she has a nice body and a sweet look."

Source: mingpao
Translation: casablanca-- @ AsianFanatics

Due to the royalty dispute between TVB and the big 4 record companies, both sides have participated in “boycott” activities, with the big 4 companies now allowing their artists to accept interviews with ATV and i-Cable in Cantonese.

Yesterday, God of Song Jacky Cheung held a press conference for his new Cantonese album "Private Corner"; not only did ATV send a whole production crew and reporters from their regular news department to attend the press conference, they also arranged for Jacky’s interview with them to air during the regular nightly news hour – demonstrating how important the interview is for ATV. As a result, Jacky became the first artist from the Big 4 record companies to “appear” on ATV since the royalty dispute erupted – it also marked the second time in 19 years that Jacky has appeared on ATV. For today’s artists to be able to appear on other TV stations and not just be limited to TVB, Jacky expressed that this is definitely a healthy sign.

As an artist under the Universal recording label, Jacky once expressed that TVB was being too unreasonably restrictive, indicating that TVB does not provide a lot of support to its contracted singers, yet are quick to “freeze” (suspend) them on any little thing. In addition to over 100 reporters from various media outlets in Hong Kong and Asia attending yesterday’s press conference for Jacky’s new album << Private Corner>> being released today, top management from ATV (Yip Jia Bao) and i-Cable (Wu Rong Xing) were also invited to attend. TVB management Virginia Lok was also in attendance, however the station did not send any reporters or crew to the event.

Jacky accepted an interview with both i-Cable and ATV in Cantonese. Since ATV does not have an Entertainment News department, they sent a crew from their regular news department to report on the event and also interview Jacky. In addition, ATV arranged to have Jacky’s interview air during their regular nightly news hour, thereby showing how much they respected the interview. During the interview, Jacky expressed that music should be able to reach all audiences through all media outlets so that the more people who can hear Cantonese music, the better. He said that he doesn’t mind attending a music program put on by other TV stations as long as he has time; he also hoped that there would not be any “monopoly” type situation where artists would be affected. ATV manager Yip Jia Bao also indicated during the interview that he welcomes the “open attitude” of the record companies and that there are plans for ATV to produce a series of music-related variety shows. Jacky expressed that in Taiwan, he did an interview with a regular (non-entertainment) news crew once, but in Hong Kong, this was his very first time, so he was very excited.

Since Jacky has not released a new Cantonese album in 5 years, his record company Universal spent HKD 3 million for the press conference – to repay the generosity, Jacky personally performed 2 songs from his album at the event. Even though earlier in the month, Jacky had reprimanded TVB for their actions, Virginia Lok (from TVB management) did make time to attend, and Mr. Huang Jian Tao from Universal’s top management personally attended to her at the conference.

With regard to each of the major TV stations having top management in attendance at the press conference, Jacky expressed that it is a good thing, as it is better for them to have a cooperative attitude rather than a belligerent one. In terms of TVB not sending any reporting crew to the event, Jacky said: “Yes, that’s true…for them, it has to do with procedural and process stuff, so no need to worry about it.” He revealed that in the future, there are plans to appear on both i-Cable and ATV for interviews and to promote his album. Even though he will not be appearing in any TVB shows any time soon, he will still be participating in the promotional efforts for TVB/Shaw Brother’s film “72 Tenants of Prosperity” because his role as “singer” is completely separate from his role as “actor” and he is very clear when it comes to this.

When asked about Hacken Lee insisting to this day that he will be conducting interviews with i-Cable in Mandarin only, Jacky indicated that it his personal choice. Jacky says that for himself, collaboration with other TV stations is based on whether the timing and style of the project matches his own agenda; also he indicated that not being limited to just appearing on TVB shows is a healthy sign. Asked about whether he is worried his relationship with TVB will deteriorate as a result, Jacky replied: “If they ask me to do a film for them, I will definitely do it. In terms of singing, it will have to wait until after the royalty dispute is over. Of course, I also hope that TVB would be able to air MVs because at the end of the day, music is music.” However, Jacky did express that he is not happy with the way TVB handles awards ceremonies nowadays: “By editing out so many important parts in the awards ceremonies, it’s not very respectful and makes it very hurtful to musicians and recording artists – it’s really not a matter of ‘appearing’ on their station or not, but rather a matter of ‘respect.’” Jacky said that there are plans to air his MVs on ATV and i-Cable in the future.

Though Jacky was affected by the economic meltdown and Lehman Brothers situation last year, he still personally took on the production costs of his new Cantonese album. Jacky expressed that the cost was in the “7 figures” but it was necessary because of his high standards when it comes to the quality of his album. In terms of music quality, Jacky says that this is his best album to date, however it is also the most expensive (production-wise) compared to his previous albums: “Maintaining high quality when it comes to music is important – I believe money can always be earned back. Even though the album may not make as much money as it used to, I don’t believe that it will be a loss.” One of the features of the album is a special song dedicated to the late Lydia Shum (famous host and Jacky’s “god-mother”). Another feature is a special limited edition glass cover on the album, however due to the huge expense, this edition will only be available on the internet for approximately HKD 15000 a piece.

Back in 1991, Jacky was once “frozen” by TVB for appearing on a charity show organized by ATV to benefit flood victims in China. However, due to his status as one of the most popular and beloved singers in Hong Kong at that time, TVB quickly “unfroze” him and allowed him to appear on their shows again afterward.

Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

Skye Chan hosts the programme "Scoop" every week. She laughed and said hosting is much more comfortable than her previous job as an air hostess. "I would like to thank the producer for giving me the chance to host. I have learned a lot from hosting this programme and everyone enjoys working with each other. I only started my entertainment career last year, hosting "Scoop" has made more people recognise me. Now I am also hosting children programmes. Many companies have asked me to attend their events and I have been offered more job opportunties". But she still doesn't consider that is enough, yet would like to use her free time in learning psychology. She feels it would help her hosting skills.

In addition, Skye would like to try different things in her career. She stated that she really enjoys singing and hopes to get a chance to earn money by doing live shows. She also hopes to release a book to share about her experiences in life. "I would like to share my daily experiences with everyone. I want to share the message that Skye Chan is positive every day". The reporter asked if she has interest in shooting a tv series? She replied "Yes, but it won't be my main focus. I don't know what my limits are yet that's why I currently choose to mainly accept hosting work".

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

Nancy Wu's acting has grabbed people's attention and her career is starting to rise to another level. She expressed that she hopes to go further "Of course I hope my career will reach another level. This year I have had the chance to participate in new series "Interpol" and "Rosy Business: Righteous Sea of Heroic Love". Both should be released this year and the roles give me the opportunity to shine". (Do you want to receive awards?) "I haven't thought about that. I don't want to focus on whether I will receive any awards or not. Most important is for me to portray the roles well. In "Rosy Business: Righteous Sea of Heroic Love" my role is very evil and it's certainly a breakthrough role".

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

Selena Li and Louis Yuen were shooting TVB series "Arrival of Princess" the other day. The story plot consists of the pair portraying a rich married couple, however due to financial problems they crossdressed to disguise themselves in order to visit a pawnbroker. Selena crossdressed as a old man and Louis as a old granny. Their new disguise created a lot of laughter. On the day of the shooting Selena couldn't stop laughing when she saw Louis and praised him for portraying it well.

It was the first time Selena and Louis worked together. She laughed and said Louis has a good sense of humor. As long as he is around the atmosphere will be filled with laughter. "As long as he is there you won't feel bored. He is always telling jokes. Not only does he make me smile, but he also knows how to make Lee Heung Kam and Susanna Kwan smile too".

Dislikes wearing wigs

Selena continued to say "I must be more professional working with Louis. Otherwise if he influences me I would laugh non stop". (Do you like guys with a good sense of humor? "Of course, but most important is that I have that feeling". It's the first time Selena has disguised herself as a old man and had a lot of fun. She is very happy with the overall makeover. She said "I don't need to focus on my manners this time. I am very satisfied with the makeover. But I dislike wearing wigs because I am very sensitive".

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

Leon Lai as the "good will ambassador" for the UNICEF ended his three days visit in Yunnan province yesterday. The aim of his visit was to participate in local AIDS prevention campaign as well as visiting the children who are suffered from AIDS. They went to the remote villages to distribute information on AIDS education. Leon told reporter " I am very impressed that through exchanges with some young people, they are able to share the knowledge they learned about AIDS with their families and friends. In particular, know how to care for people with AIDS"

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

Maggie Cheung and Kong Mei Yee were in Olympian City shooting for new TVB series "Women Most Pain". In order to show the role's dry condition of having no love, Maggie was given sores and scrapes for the scene. Maggie said: "In the series I get tortured by Kong Mei Yee, I feel sorry for the roles in this series, no love is women most pain. Others are getting betrayed by men, luckily I do have someone that I'm dating." But Maggie has been surviving late nights for filming this series and also had to use pads to make scars on her chest showing "torment", she hopes that TVB can give her time to rest, she plans to get re-energized during the Lunar New Year break, she is also happy that her boyfriend understands.

As for Kong Mei Yee, in the series she has to wear low-cut dresses to seduce men, she describes herself as "inside a child pretending to be an adult". She said: "I have to use pads to make a 'business line', after coming to TVB I am going all out." Towards ATV's current situation, she did not look optimistic.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

In the recent year, TVB Fadan Myolie Wu had held a mini concert and has got satisfying response from the public. She also made a breakthrough as she reveals her sexy side and even got photographed of her accidental exposure, which attracted attention. Myolie's new album also got good response and will soon be releasing its second edition. In the second version, besides including the concert DVD, the disc includes Myolie's beautiful concert and jade girl pictures. Not sure if she'll be having the most sexy part in the DVD?

Lately, Myolie has been piled with work, asked if she'll do something for her colleagues? She said: "Earlier I was way too busy, had to film series, (What are you going to treat them to eating?) Anything is ok, my colleagues are working so hard. (Passing out red envelopes this year?) Yes for good luck." Is she going to celebrate, Myolie expressed: "It's still a tight period. (Have work on New Years?) I think so. (Will you hold another concert?) Not that fast, actually there are plans for an autograph session."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

In Kate Tsui's new film "錦衣衛", besides having a sexy ancient costume, she also plays a female assassin, often using a whip as her weapon. Although Kate becomes hot and stylish, but Donnie exposed that during filming her whipping moves were a joke. He said: "Her whip never successfully hits me, actually the other staffs already made way for the shoot." Director Daniel Lee requested that Kate do beautiful movements for the scene, Kate laughed and said that her dance background is coming in handy: "Luckily I learned ballet, hip hop and jazz before. Recently I've been learning Latin dance too!"

As Kate's costume is a low-cut dress, so for the fighting scene she will have to do all preparations to avoid exposure. Donnie joked that he has greater sacrifices than Kate: "I have a shower scene later where I reveal my full upper body, I'm afraid when she sees my muscles that would lower her self-esteem!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Last night, Miriam Yeung and Raymond Lam were on the streets pushing and pulling for a dating scene in their new film "Perfect Wedding" directed by Barbara Wong. As the weather was cold, before the two started shooting they were buried under heavy coats and often drank hot tea to stay warm. When it was time to shoot, Miriam and Raymond were on the streets pulling and pushing, then Raymond made up with her again, looks just like Miriam and her husband Real Ting's warm relationship, then the couple took a stroll together.

Newly wed, Miriam has been trapped in a sweet marriage and is especially into shooting love scenes. In another scene, when Raymond flinged off her hand in one go, Miriam immediately took it back and held onto his hand tightly. In the end, they embraced sweetly. Perhaps its just been too long since they last worked together, or that it was the first day of work and its not often that Raymond does movies, so their chemistry hasn't kicked in yet since they NGed quite a bit.

At 9pm, Miriam's fans especially came to the set with a cake to celebrate her birthday early, which is on February 3rd. Miriam was extremely happy, she quickly cut the cake with fans and blew the candles. A sudden happy birthday party was held on the set.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Stephy Tang and Kary Ng attended an endorsement function again for Veeko yesterday. Both had been nonstop changing into over twenty different spring outfits for the photoshoot, also talking about funny stories and tips on how to dress. Stephy expresses as being the brand's spokesperson for the second year, the pay had also been adjusted. However, the happiest thing is that she can photoshoot with Kary. She says, "Shooting together is happier, also not as easy to feel tired, whereas the last shoot when compared was more boring." Yesterday the two appeared in sister looks, they both laughed saying their hairstyle was a "step by step go up" head. Kary revealed that when she was little, she once had decided with her friend to wear the same pair of shoes together. Upon entering the industry, she had also wore same shoes as another artist. She smiled saying at that time, she had approached over to smooth things saying, "You really have good taste."

Source: paper.wenweipo.com
Translation by: tdrama*addict @ AsianFanatics

Tavia, who almost became cross-eyed in TVB drama Beyond the Realm Of conscience, wish to continue challenging evil roles, in a modern series.

After receiving the “My Favorite Female Character” award based on the evil role in [Beyond], Tavia wants to continue challenging evil roles, but in a different way, this time in a modern series. She has not been to Malaysia to publicize for a long time. After the major role in [Beyond], she hopes to take on a lighter one, because the costumes in [Beyond] are too heavy. She needs to relax, or else she will turn cross-eyed!

Why cross-eyed? Cheeky Tavia demonstrated how her eyes looked when she is angry, exactly as venomous as Gam Ling, yet got everyone laughing!

A major role will always receive both good and bad comments. When asked about how she regards the negative comments, she humbly replied: “Only with criticisms, will there be improvement. If everybody praises you, you cannot see your faults.”

Love triangle with Steven Ma

Tavia has a healthy image, and is only busy with filming dramas, but she hopes to find time to film a movie. She will be involved in a love triangle with Steven Ma and Michael Tse in the drama [Cupid Stupid], and will be talking more about horoscope. When asked if Tavia believes in horoscope, she replied: “I will read, but do not really care about the daily predictions.” Tavia likes to know herself better: “I prefer reading about horoscope personality and compatibility; sometimes I believe in the predictions too, it is quite accurate!” Currently, she is involved in a series involving obsessions (her first time), but she is not the one with the obsession."

Clarify that Michael did not pass the ulcer

Tavia clarified that Michael was not the source of the ulcer, when they filmed a kissing scene in the drama [The Morning of Flying Fish in Hanami]. “He is innocent. My body was ‘heaty’ hence there was an ulcer; it had nothing to do with Michael. I passed the ulcer to him instead; it was a joke when I said that he passed to me!”

Endorser of Asia

Endorser of H2O+ for 2 concurrent years, Tavia mentioned that she liked “Body Silk” (product of H2O+) because it has both moisturizing cream and bathing lotion. Applying it on the tail end of her hair, it would have multiple benefits. She has already bought the H2O+ products in Malaysia, waiting to use it when she is back in Hongkong. As to whether she will continue to endorse for the third year, Tavia, who has a glib tongue, looked at her boss and replied:” Of course I will continue, right?” Tavia hopes she can endorse for the whole Asian market and not Malaysia alone.

Credits: Jessie's Blog

Roger Kwok and Esther Kwan attended the promotion activity for TVB series "The Season Of Fate" at Olympian City yesterday. Last week the index rating for the series only averaging at 28 points. Roger admitted the index rating is disappointing and it could be better. He reckoned it may be due to the cold weather that people go to sleep early. Esther revealed that she has done all her best, and she enjoyed working on that series.

As the Chinese New Year is drawing near, Roger disclosed that he has bought a 500,000 HKD sport car to give himself an encouragement for his future career. Reporter asked if he is buying his wife a present as an encouragement? He smiled and said "I will wrap myself up naked as a present for my wife. I will only cover my important part with scrolls which says "In and out safely". Roger went on to say that he has already taught his son how to greet people during the Chinese New Year periods. He has bought his son new clothes and has prepared a "red packet" bag for him. Roger said he would welcome "red packet" from his neighborhood.

Esther revealed that the whole family will be staying in Hong Kong for the Chinese New Year to accommodate for her husband's busy work schedule. Esther denied the rumor that her daughter was being bullied at school. She reckoned her daughter has not adapted to the school life yet, that is why she was crying. Esther said "Brittany has been crying in school for a month, looking for mummy. I thank the teacher who has given her a lot of encouragement. In fact, Brittany loves the teacher and her classmates."

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

Yesterday famous make-up artist Rick Chin attended "Max Factor You Thought was Impossible's Mascara Beauty" event. Dressed in a low-cut dress, Linda and Taiwanese model Hope Lin also took part in the event, attracting a large group of audience. Linda reveals that she is currently working on planning a mini concert held at the end of the year. When asked if she would invite rumored boyfriend Raymond Lam to be her guest? She frankly said that she had thought about that: "Of course I hope to invite him! But right now Raymond is really busy, when the time comes, I do hope to invite him to go on stage to sing."

Source: The Sun
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

It was reported that Leon Lai's record company Amusic is not accepting interviews from both TVB and iCable and did not attend the "JSG Awards" was because they were unhappy that Janice Vidal and Aarif Lee did not get anything. Last night, Janice went on "JSG" and Miriam Yeung, also under Amusic, did not get troubled. This makes the public think that its a special arrangement, even Janice felt confused, she said that she does not know how to solve this issue on her own, she will just wait for her company to make the arrangements. Not afraid of offending TVB? She said: "My company and I have always had a good relationship, actually can't worry too much, I believe in my company. I will always be on the same side as my company. (Is it because you got nothing at "JSG Awards"?) I don't think that has anything to do with it, but I am confused myself."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Recently, there has been a pregnant woman who caught the swine flu, she was given a vaccine, but that lead to a miscarriage as a result. Currently 5 months pregnant, Cecilia Cheung read the report and shouted in fear. She expressed that for her baby's safety she is taking vitamins, sleeping early, waking early and won't get the vaccine, doing everything she can to maintain safety for "Fung-Ji B" (her unborn baby). The recent incident of the swine flu vaccine failing to protect the fetus has lower the public's confidence on getting the vaccine, the news especially frightens pregnant woman , including Cecilia.

As for her husband Nicholas Tse, who is often out filming and can easily come in contact with viruses, Cecilia said: "We have a child at home, I tell him to immediately shower and wash his hands when he comes home. I will also pay attention to personal hyigene."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Michael Miu, Maggie Cheung, Michael Tse, Mandy Cho , Mimi Lo and Grace Wong arrived in Action Waterfall in Olympian City for TVB new series "My Better Half" promotional event. The series is about a married couple's boudoir issues, even at yesterday's event it was a "tasteful" game play.

The male leads Michael Miu and Michael Tse both played ball and fruit passing using mouth games. They got messy during the games. However, the female leads Maggie and Mandy were very careful and did not participate in the games. Grace and Mimi raced to see who can deliver bananas the fastest with their mouths. As a wife, Mimi was teased that her "mouth skills" were not as good as Grace.

Maggie said that she was not worried about the series ratings getting affected by the Lunar New Year, she felt that if the series is good to watch then naturally the ratings will go well. She also laughed and said that she's too busy that she doesn't have time to date: "My love life is ok, I'm currently busy on another series, no time for movies and dinner. (Boyfriend complained?) I'm an artist, no choice."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Yesterday Charmaine Sheh was arranged to wear an emerald ring worth 1.6 million dollars for a catwalk. She then expressed in a wealthy manner that she plans to buy it for her mother. Charmaine expressed that her new year's wish is to earn more money, so she can invest in property. Asked if shes going to consider moving to Bel-Air and be neighbors with Kate Tsui? She said that she has not thought that far yet, nothing has been decided yet.

As for the reports saying that TVB film "72 Tenants of Prosperity" is suppressing "All's Well End Well Too 2010" promotions which is releasing around the same time? Charmaine expressed that she does not believe in such reports and that she never heard of TVB wanting to cut down the screen time of other artists in the film.

There is also another report saying that she and Niki Chow suddenly have things to chat about? Charmaine stressed that she does not know Niki personally, so they don't have any contact with each other. Charmaine personally greets all her colleagues when she sees them, if she sees Niki, she also will greet her.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Because the royalty dispute issue between TVB and the big 4 record companies has still not been resolved, there have been rumors that the “4 Station Media Award” could be cancelled. Yesterday, the producers for the 32nd RTHK Top Ten Music Awards (Feng Hui Tang and Chow Kwok Feng) announced the content of the upcoming awards ceremony and confirmed that the “Media Award” will be presented as originally planned as well as include the results from the much debated JSG Awards ceremony.

Feng Hui Tang stated: “In an effort to comply with the wishes of the public, we contacted the other stations regarding a possible meeting; we contacted TVB first (the organizers of JSG Awards), however TVB responded that a meeting is not necessary and no changes need to be made; Metro Radio also indicated that they would respect each station’s “methods.” Though Chik Chak 903 Radio agreed to a meeting, in the end, we were not able to come to a consensus (between the 4 stations), so this year we will not be cancelling the “Media Award”, however it will definitely be up for discussion next year.”

In terms of whether he felt that the “Media Award” is unfair now, Feng stated: “There have been rumors that RTHK will be giving a lot of awards to Eason Chan (to balance things out), however that is not true, so the award should not be “unfair” since majority of the votes would come from the audience.”

Chow Kwok Feng does not feel that the “Media Award” has lost its meaning and significance; in fact, he insists that RTHK’s Top Ten Music Awards will be the most “complete” and “intact” music award ceremony in HK this year. According to reports, both TVB and RTHK will be simultaneously broadcasting the awards ceremony on Jan. 30th, however since TVB will need to make room for commercials, it remains to be seen whether TVB will truly allow the “Big 4 artists” to “appear” on the show [after editing].

Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

With the birth of their daughter, Frankie Lam and Kenix Kwok changed a lot. Recently, Frankie and Kenix, along with their newborn baby, sat down for an interview with “Mingpao Weekly” magazine – showing the great happiness of this now “three person” family. Though Frankie has hired a “sitter” to help Kenix out with the baby, he himself is also taking 2 months off from work to take care of mother and daughter. In fact, he is already showing his good “parenting” skills, as he personally gives his daughter a bath, feeds her, as well as burps her; Kenix even revealed that Frankie is so in love with his daughter that he kisses the baby from head to toe.

This loving father is also a very considerate husband – when Kenix was still in the hospital after having the baby, she had to stay in bed and wasn’t able to get up, even to shower. Everyday, Frankie would go to the hospital to help his wife bathe and sometimes would even squat on the floor to help wash her feet. For Frankie, the joy of becoming a father is a priceless treasure – now, every time he drives outside, he notices how beautiful the world is.

Frankie has described his wife Kenix as becoming “an entirely different person” since the birth of their daughter. In order to breastfeed the baby, Kenix gets up every morning at 6am – when holding the baby in her arms and looking straight into her eyes, she happily smiles and laughs. In the past, whenever Kenix saw a little kid, she would only say “how cute!” then walk away, however now, she puts her daughter ahead of everything else. Though her daughter is not even 1 month old yet, she has already expressed her desire to have a 2nd or even 3rd child.

Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

Charlene Choi (Ah Sa) attended "Sina Music" music award the other night. She was very happy to receive the "Outstanding Performance" award because the award is by online voting, that means people all over the world can hear her songs in the internet. Ah Sa revealed that she is interested to set up business online to sell second hand clothes. She has been making preparation for it for two years, but is still not up and running yet. She is hoping it will start this year. Reporter asked if she is setting aside a place for Ronald Cheng? Ah Sa said each friend of hers will have a platform. The reporter went on to ask if she is selling "couples clothes"? Ah Sa replied that they are "out dated" already. She was asked if it will be "husband and wife" team? Ah Sa smiled and rolled her eyes at the reporter.

Talking about her friend Joey Yung who had her pictures taken secretly by the driver in Shanghai, Ah Sa said paparazzi are everywhere in the whole world. If anyone secretly takes her pictures and sells them to the media, she would call her company and is willing to pay for the pictures.

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

Roger Kwok and Cindy Au attended a home broadband event as a "husband/wife team". Roger is extremely satisfied with the fees he receives for the attendance as 'husband/wife team" this time. Cindy also helped him match his outfit for the event, as for their son he did not come along.

It was said that Cindy wanted to have another child, therefore she went to see a chiropractic doctor to have them look at her waist. She said: "Working in the entertainment circle, you can easily injure your waist. In the last 10 years, I have often done check ups on my waist, it has nothing to do with having children. But we do plan to catch another baby in the next 2-3 years. Currently still feeling 15/16, want to have one but can't seem to stop eating . After giving birth, need to lose weight!" Roger is gives complete respect to his wife about having more kids. He said: "I only do the first half part, the other parts are done by her. Pregnant women who give birth to babies is something really generous, I hope to let it flow naturally, the most important thing is that she enjoys it. (Are you working hard at it?) It is not because we want a daughter, it is enjoying and living life."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Joey Yung, Leo Ku and Charlene Choi (Ah Sa) accepted an online interview at a radio station sharing their struggles in the past decade. Just came back from Shanghai, Joey poured out grievances when she saw Reporters: "This morning when I was coming back from Shanghai, I fell asleep in the car on the way to the airport because I woke up too early. Then suddenly I noticed someone started snapping pictures of me! In the blur, I saw the driver with one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding his cell phone, so I immediately stared at him through the rear mirror, his eye contact looked like he was up to something and looked evil. At the time it was just me, my make-up artist and hairstylist."

Rarely with a grudge, Joey had always waited for her assistant to come rescue her, she continued: "Because she was in another car, when we got to the airport, the driver even told me to give him an autograph. I then told him to show me his cell phone so I can look at it. He didn't know I'm a computer prodigy and really did gave it to me. (Then what?) I immediately found the photos in the phone and quickly deleted them. I also told him I'm not signing him an autograph as a consequence." Joey frankly said that this incident made her worried about her life safety: "Turns out that the world really isn't safe at all, feels naked. (Smart?) No, its just a wake up call."

Charlene: HK Music Industry should be more united

About the rumors that Amusic is upset at TVB because Janice Vidal didn't get any awards at the "JSG Awards", so they are giving TVB the silent treatment by refusing to do any interviews. As the winner of the "Golden Melody Song Award" that Amusic wanted, Joey laughed: "That exaggerated? I didn't see the report so I don't know how to respond. I heard of Janice's song "If World Does Not Have Fairytale". (Which song is good?) Of course mines!"

Ah Sa and Leo both felt that Joey's "In Search of Deities" well deserved the Golden Melody Song Award. Ah Sa said: "Don't talk about which song is the most hit, but every station has their own mechanism. (Amusic giving the silent treatment?) I believe that HK singers want the HK Music Industry to be united too, other places are also very competitive, so we have to be even more united to fight it." Leo said: "Both songs are good, Joey's song is really good to listen to, I don't want to comment on something I don't know too much about though."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

It was said that Nick Cheung and Esther Kwan's 4 year old daughter Brittany got into a fight at school with her classmates and because she wasn't adapted to the new environment, she often cries during school. This made Esther very worried. But when Esther accepted an interview through the phone, she expressed that the reports of her daughter getting hit is too exaggerated: "She didn't get hit by classmates, I had a look at my daughter with my own eyes, perhaps she and other classmates were playing and got pushed a little on the chest. At the time I saw it too and felt a bit unhappy, but I feel that its just part of growing up, kids are like that. So I'm also learning to adapt to it."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

It’s been 5 years since Jacky Cheung released a Cantonese album; his new album "Private Corner" will be released worldwide next Friday (January 29th). This album has been in preparations for a long time – all because Jacky takes the production of his album very seriously. Originally, a portion of the songs were already recorded, however after Jacky listened to them again, he decided to give up on 6 songs and instead choose a few new songs to re-record, resulting in additional time and costs. In post-production, the album was first sent to the U.S. for sound-mixing, then sent to Germany for disc printing, so that his fans – who have waited a long time for this album – can enjoy the highest quality recording.

Jacky described his creative album from 5 years ago as his most personal album to date; however this time around, he took the musical genre that he enjoyed listening to the most [jazz] and converged it into a record – presenting his “private corner” so that all his fans can experience his “private world.”

Since Jacky does not have any contracts with TVB, his MVs are allowed to be broadcast on other TV stations, if necessary. Universal has chosen to hold a press conference for Jacky on Jan. 28th to present his album to the public for the first time. In terms of whether his MV will air on ATV, Universal expressed that there is a possibility, but it is still in discussion. Jacky deeply understands the difficulties that his record company currently faces and has expressed that he will support all promotional efforts on behalf of his album.

Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

During her concert last month, Sammi Cheng expressed that her “love life at this moment is like a dried-out desert.” However, recently, a magazine printed pictures of Sammi going to her ex-boyfriend Andy Hui’s home in Kandoorie Hill and staying as long as 5 hours, leading to speculation that they have reignited their relationship.

Yesterday, while attending the grand opening for his friend’s shop, Andy admitted that Sammi did indeed go to his place and stayed for 5 hours, but in terms of the rumors about them getting back together, he would only say, “no response” but did not deny it.

Though Andy and Sammi broke up back in 2004, they have maintained a very close relationship. During Sammi’s concert last year, Andy participated as musical guest twice and also personally went to watch 2 of the shows.

When asked whether the two of them were getting back together, Andy would only state: “no response” and did not make an effort to deny the rumor. There were reports that Sammi has been “smiling happily” recently – could it be because of Andy? When asked about it, Andy appeared to be a bit shy, but still would only answer: “no response.” He says that today, the focus should not be on him, so he does not want to talk about this topic. However, reporters continued to pursue the matter, asking him whether he is afraid that his current girlfriend Michelle would be jealous on hearing that Sammi was at his home. Andy continued to avoid the question, answering only: “no more talking about this!”

Edmond Leung, who was also present at the opening ceremony, was asked how he felt about his good friends getting back together. The usually honest Edmond immediately blurted out: “Great!” Afterwards, he realized his “error” and added: “Follow wherever destiny leads! But I feel that Andy adopting a religious preference is a good thing; for myself, after following Buddhism, I feel that it has helped me resolve a lot of unhappy situations.” (Then do you approve of Andy following Sammi into Christianity?) Edmond replied: “Follow wherever destiny leads!”

Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

Dramas

A Watchdog's Tale Finale - 老友狗狗大結局 (EP 19 END) - 32 PTS (Peaking at 35 PTS)

A Watchdog's Tale - 老友狗狗 (EPS 14-18) - 31 PTS

The Season of Fate - 五味人生 (EPS 06-10) - 28 PTS (Peaking at 30 PTS)

Off Pedder - 畢打自己人 (EPS 318-322) - 26 PTS

Variety Shows

Chua San Feast - 蔡瀾品味 (EP 13) - 23 PTS
Checkerboard Jackpot - 逐格鬥 (EP 03) - 23 PTS
Book of Words - 正識第一 (EPS 29-33) - 21 PTS
The Voice - 超級巨聲 (EP 26) - 20 PTS
Apprentice Chef - 大廚出馬 (EP 01) - 19 PTS

FAQ

1. No Stupid Cupid rating? - because that is not currently airing in HK.
2. A Watchdog's Tale only 19 episodes? - No, the original series is 20 episodes. Its just that when it was broadcasting on TV they combined it for a 2 hour finale, hence losing an episode.

Source: CSM (courtesy of wacow)
Credits: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Fiona Sit is rumored for dating a black guy, and their pictures were secretly taken by the paparazzi recently. The magazine also reported both of them were having a good time together with her wearing a bright red knickers. Fiona accepted an interview with the commercial radio yesterday, she denied owning a red knickers. She did not rule out that the color of her knickers were computer generated. Fiona is busy recording her first new year song, and she was so glad that she was singing with the 12 singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan Warner Music Ltd. She went to Taiwan earlier on and was given a big "red packet" from the Warner boss. Fiona revealed that she hasn't received "red packet" from her parents the past few years, therefore she treasured that one. On top of that the tee shirt they were wearing to record the song would be sold to raise fund for the victims of Haiti. That made it more meaningful.

Talking about "Amusic" record company refused to let Janice Vidal and Aarif Lee to be interviewed by TVB, Fiona responded by saying that she hadn't got a clue what was happening. Since the saga between TVB and the 4 music companies have started, Fiona hasn't appeared on screen. Reporter asked if she will now appear in ATV? She replied she would leave that decision with the company.

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

TVB up coming new series "Heaven and Earth" were filming a wedding scene at an Airport hotel the other night. It was a wedding scene between Moses Chan and Maggie Siu. Guests Charmaine Sheh and Jin Yan Ling as well as Maggie were all wearing jewelries (worth over 10 million HKD) sponsored by the jewelers. Bowie Lam was also there as guest to greet the newly wed couple.

Charmaine was in black, but she looked very tired and she appeared to have a stiff neck. Charmaine explained that she been busy filming "Heaven and Earth" and "Can't buy me love" at the same time. She was over tired that she probably didn't sleep that well. She told reporter "It's been two days now, but I haven't got time to see the doctor yet. I don't even have time to buy lipstick, nevermind about seeing a doctor, which is a luxury." Reporter asked if she needed a massage? Charmaine didn't reply, but went on to say that she usually goes home and have a bath, then she would read the script before heading for bed. Charmaine also revealed that she has two more days to film, that night appeared as wedding guest was really relaxing.

Charmaine's contract with TVB is not due for renewal yet. Reporter asked her if she thinks TVB has the monopoly, she replied "There must be terms of condition in the contract. I will sign it if it is reasonable." Reporter went on to ask if she feels TVB is under attack by all four enemies? Charmaine replied "You can say that this big tree attracts a gust of wind. I don't know for how long it will be blowing, but I hope the tree can continue to grow."

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

Yesterday Shirley Yeung attended the opening ceremony for a Thai Restaurant and was a guest for the ribbon-cutting. She is satisfied with the price for the event. Turns out that Shirley really hopes to be a female boss: "I really like to eat desserts, I want to work hard to earn money and open a dessert shop this year." She expressed that whether happy or not, people would always want desserts, so the shop will definitely make money. If she has time, she'll go out and try different desserts. Asked if her boyfriend agrees to her idea? Shirley said: "My boyfriend and I are both quite busy with work, so I haven't discussed it with him yet. We don't have marriage plans either."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Yesterday Esther Kwan accepted Elieen Cha's radio interview and because the new series that she stars in "The Season of Fate" had good feedback, asked if she has confidence for TV Queen this year? She said: "the award is not something I thought about, I'm not dedicated like other artists. I'm calm about it and better to leave the award for others who are more dedicated." As for the recent rumors of her spending $200,000 on artificial insemination? Esther denied once again: "Is there a guarantee? If there is proof of guarantee, then I'll pay up, but there is no guarantee for these things." She also laughed and said that she's not used to Michelle Yim calling her "mother" in the series. As for accepting to shoot "Season" it was an opportune because at the her husband Nick Cheung had less work and was able to take care of their daughter, so she had more time shoot the series. She also really liked the script and the co-stars she worked with.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

After shooting the film "Eye In the Sky" and won the "Best Newcomer" award, she had always been rumored to be dating the director Yau Ngai Hoi. Recently it was rumored that with the help of her boyfriend she got another opportunity to shoot new film "錦衣衛" directed by Daniel Lee. Kate denied to such incident: "That's funny, maybe they know that I'm currently shooting that movie and they are helping me promote. There is really no such incident, director Daniel asked me to shoot this film, it has nothing to do with Yau Ngai Hoi. People in the industry knows that he has a girlfriend and I have no feeling towards him."

Lately, Kate is busy shooting new series "Reunion" with Roger Kwok, Ron Ng and Claire Yiu. Because she often gets minor illnesses here and there, she has lost some weight. Kate reveals that after this series, she has to start on another ancient series and as for her new album, she hopes to release it during the summer.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU