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Raymond Lam and Miriam Yeung starred in "Perfect Wedding", a romantic movie directed by Wong Zhen Zhen. Reported earlier made a distance phone interview with the famous female director.

Yesterday, 'Gang Hun' (literally 'Steel Soul') series starring Michelle Ye and Liu Xiaofeng filmed in low profile at the former residences of former warlord, Feng Yuxiang in the University City, reporters rushed to site upon tip off. Michelle Ye who has been in several modern time series in TVB will play an engineer of a steelworks factory, giving a refreshing feel to audience. The director revealed, the series is about the history of heavy steelworks industry.

Michelle Ye as attractive in office attire

During the visit of reporters, Michelle Ye was filming a discussion scene in office. Reporters saw the revamped of the former residence of Feng Yuxiang, and the banner of 'Resume production' was hung everywhere, creating the atmosphere of a factory. Michelle Ye changed from her past modern and ancient image, and is in her neatly brushed short hair, in a suit of grey office attire, she does look like an engineer at that glimpse. As Liu Xiao Feng did not have much scene yesterday, he was mostly on his seat while resting. The whole crew filmed in a secretive and low profile manner, there was a notice board at the entrance of the filming site, saying: "There will be penalty for those who distribute photos of filming before press conference."

Story of will uncover history of heavy steelworks industry

Director Mengke Bateer revealed plots of script to the reporters, that it is the story beings at a steel factory in Hanyang in 1938, and will progress until 1952, and is mainly about the history of heavy steelworks where Michelle Ye plays chief engineer, while Liu Xiao Feng plays director of factory.

Reporters was also made to understand that Michelle Ye's role is known as Da Dao Shu. According to Bateer, Da Dao Shu is an abandoned baby brought up by foreigners, the role is full of imagination. It was once rumored in the past that the female lead was Yin Tao or Jiang Qinqin, two sisters of Chongqing, Bateer explained that he did consider the two candidates but finally felt that Michelle Ye's charisma as well as he compatibility with other casts are best among, and thus chose her. He also revealed that the filming will continue at Chongqing for another two months.

Source: Chongqing Evening Paper
Translated by: Michelle Ye's Realm

The day before, Andy Lau appeared on Taiwanese program Super King (綜藝大國民), the production crew found the same motorcycle that appeared in Andy's 1990 film A Moment of Romance (天若有情), giving him a chance to reenact the classic scene. However, the female lead Jacqueline Wu turned into the host Frankie Huang, even Andy couldn't hold in his laughter: "You all want to place this classic on the corner of your eyes?" Andy turned around and saw Frankie hugging him from behind, he instantly let out a drunken expression, gave him a punch, and staged a runaway wedding!

Andy recalls the classic and touching scene of when he was riding the motorcycle while nose bleeding in A Moment of Romance. The man-made blood paste was clogging the inside of his nose because the blood paste was too strong, it was difficult to remove it all.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

The night before, Pierre Ngo, Christine Kuo and Samantha Ko attended a "Teeth Loving" event. In TVB anniversary series No Regrets, Pierre's acting has been praised, he frankly said that the role is hard to portray, so he feels encouraged by getting these praises. Last year he won "Most Improved Male Artist" at the TVB awards ceremony, he was asked if he wants to 'rise' and get "Best Supporting Male Character"? Pierre said: "Of course, but if I can make it into the nominations, then I'll think about it and also see who my opponents are. (Do you feel TVB is heavily promoting you?) TVB treats me well, giving me lots of opportunities. Earlier when I went on The Voice, and now I'm hosting, what I really want to do is sing a theme song."

Earlier Pierre, Wayne Lai and Fala Chen went to Kuala Lumper (Malaysia) to promote for No Regrets, the three of them played games and sang with the audience, they were well welcomed by the local fans there.

Also, Evergreen Mak was recording for a new cooking program on TVB, he plays "Fei Fan Gor" in No Regrets and has fairly good feedback. Evergreen admitted that his role is very annoying: "My role is not hard to portray, there are these types of boss-subordinate relationships in real life." He also revealed the storyline: "He (Evergreen's role) will also order Lau Sing (Wayne Lai) to go up to the mountains to investigate a case, then mess with his wife, he's a real jerk!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

In TVB series Every Move You Make, audiences' the main focus is on the mind reading "Yiu Sir" Bowie Lam or the crime investigations. But how many people noticed the impulsive "Chow Fun" Bosco Wong or "Ah Hei" Chris Lai? In the character introductions, Ah Hei is only described to have mediocre intelligence and is a flatterer. Chris is responsible to make the most of this "small potato".

Chris entered the industry in 2003, he was once one of the 'heavily promoted' young stars alongside Raymond Lam, Bosco Wong and Ron Ng. But, he had little luck and lack of opportunities, so his roles do not leave a deep impression. Receiving the script for Every Move You Make, Chris makes a strong effort in portraying the "80s after" younger generation role: "I paid attention to the young people around me, how they usually talk or sit. They don't pay attention to how their words comes out, like for example "Yes lor", "Like this lor" and they don't sit properly on the seat, they have to lean or lay on the seat. When portraying this role, I added these little movements and the catchphrases, to make the character more three dimensional."

Chris claims that the "80s after" generation are "little kids", but in fact he is born in 1980 and is considered part of the 80s after generation. "I am not like them. I have suffered from being poor before, I only played with my neighbor by running up to the mountain. Because my dad was ill, he passed away early in my life, my mom had it difficult. If my brother and I wanted to buy something, we have to work part-time. Besides tutoring, I have also worked in the supermarket."

Refuses to start rumors to get attention on the news

Not the type who is playful or go out late at nights, his good friend is Ekin Cheng. Chris has been labeled as a loner and someone not positive. "I don't like to go out at night, but instead Ekin and I like to enjoy a cup of red wine at home, chat all night. I like to go wakeboarding, scuba diving and badminton....actually I am the most playful one. The public misunderstood me, setting their minds to think I'm those types that don't worry about life, or even those lazy people. Actually, I just don't want to start rumors and do things to get in the limelight. Male actors tend to be in acting longer, like Wayne Lai's experience. We all know he's a good actor, but he's just waiting for the right opportunities. The 'Chai Gau' role is brought out by his life experience. I hope my value in the news is from my good series and roles, and not about dragging a female artist into the news to stir up rumors."

Don't mind being labeled as the "奀茄" (little man)

Chris rarely has any rumors with the female stars. Before Ekin and Yoyo Mung's relationship exposed, he was misunderstood to be in a 'sister-brother love' with Yoyo. Another time that made people around him feel that he's being humiliated was because of last year he became popular with Tavia Yeung in Beyond the Realm of Conscience. It was reported that Tavia secretly connected with "little man" Chris. Chris said the name "little man" came up because of him. In reality, he and Tavia are very good friends, she wanted to buy a camera, so he accompanied her to buy one. This resulted in the reports that 'Tavia secretly connects with the "little man"'. The little man (奀茄) name doesn't affect me too much because being in this industry for so long, I know the rules of he game. The report needed a talking point, I responded 'Then I'll work harder and hope to get rid of the little man label.' This incident troubled my mom too, she was very worried, I told her not to buy the magazines and it be fine." (TN: 奀茄 literally means "tiny eggplant")

Peaceful, no murderous look

"There are ups and downs to life, won't be in the high end period for long. During the down times, just calm down and reflect. Because of Ekin Cheng, I met Sean Lau, he said to first do your best on your part, then think about other things. Every person has a different image, Raymond Lam is the wealthy prince, Ron Ng is the cool type and Bosco Wong brings a bad boy feeling. As for me....I'll go down the peaceful path, no murderous path for me. I chose this path, it's difficult, but I can accept it."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Congratulations! Congratulations! 32 year old Karena Lam just became a mother last week in Vancouver, Canada where she gave birth to a baby girl. She did not give birth to twins like the rumors say, both mother and daughter are safe. The baby girl was 6 pounds and 8 ounces.

Her English name is Karena, so her daughter's English also starts with a K, named Kayla. Karena and her husband carried baby Kayla and accepted an interview by [Mingpao Weekly]. They revealed that when she was in labor, her baby's heartbeat dropped rapidly, making it was a frightening process. When she sees her daughter now, it's hard to describe her happiness, just having her daughter is everything, she will temporarily say goodbye to the entertainment circle and focus on giving care to her daughter.

Mid-September, Karena was accused of falling in love with a married man, Steve Yuen, who is an advertising director. It was also said that she's pregnant before marriage, and spend her pregnancy in Canada. Have always kept a low-profile, Karena did not respond to the rumors, but actually after the rumors went out, Steve couldn't let people accuse his wife, so he took the initiative to send 2 wedding photos to the media on June 13th. He also said that he and his ex-wife separated in 2006, and that he met Karena in 2008 when they were working on an advertisement together. Later they began dating, Karena was not the "third person". The couple decided to get married in March this year that they'll be getting married June 2010. Karena coincidentally was pregnant, which made it double happiness, she was expected to due in November.

Baby Kayla came into this world early, is 6 pounds and 8 ounces. Though Karena loves filming movies, but Karena's god-mother (Poon Tok Wah) reveals that Karena once said that she has to educate herself on being a caregiver to a child, so she wants to focus entirely on her daughter. Also, she loves children and hopes to have another one, so she is willing to give up on her career and temporarily say goodbye to the entertainment circle.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU