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Yesterday Fala Chen attended a jewelry event. She expressed she hasn't received any expensive jewelry from her boyfriend (Sit Sai Hang), but her mother has given her a ring and necklace before. These gifts wasn't dowry though. As for the recent leak of Jessica C. erotic photos? Fala asked: "I haven't seen them, is this true?" Asked if her boyfriend has interest in this area? She expressed he doesn't. It is just in this industry, she is especially sensitive to cameras because she often have to be in front of cameras, so usually she doesn't really like taking photos. She said: "Nowadays with the technology advances, we won't know where pictures will end up, so we have to be extremely careful. I have never asked my boyfriend to take these types of photos of me. Perhaps I give people the feeling that I'm mean, so no one has dared to mention it."

Fala is seen as this year's hot favorite for TV Queen, but looking at the comments on the internet, it seems there is more noise for Ghetto Justice's Myolie Wu than her? Fala expressed it is currently a heated competition and the anniversary is still distant from present time. However, Fala and Myolie have mutual support and a positive competition is a good thing. The more discussion, the more jobs they will have. She personally admires Myolie because earlier they did a concert together (in Malaysia), Fala felt Myolie really put in the heart and effort into everything she does. So, she anticipates to see Myolie in the upcoming Curse of the Royal Harem.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

TV Queen Sheren Tang attended the Watson's Health & Beauty Awards 2011. She reveals she is currently discussing a new series in Mainland and if all goes smoothly, she will be leaving HK in November to start shooting the series. At the time, she won't be able to participate in the TVB Anniversary. She said: "I actually rarely participate in the anniversaries. (Do you feel the TV Industry has recently been a huge mess?) I don't care. I usually place myself in other matters, so I don't think this is related to me. (Did you received a poach call?) I don't know, you need to ask my manager. I'm not just about the money when I work, I also want a good role like Jewels in the Palace. A role that can encourage the youth and people in difficulty. Giving back to the audience is much more meaningful."

Sheren laughed and said a good role does not necessarily have to be with old partner Wayne Lai. She said: "Let's change partners! Leave those earth-shattering love stories for Wayne."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

TVB game show What the Face? hosted by Christine Ng and Louis Yuen was recording the final episode last night. The two switched roles, Christine appeared as a man, whereas Louis appeared as a woman. For the final episode, Nat Chan, Kenneth Ma, Bosco Wong, Koni Lui, Nancy Wu and Mandy Lieu were invited as guests to pop the champagne for the celebration.

A few days ago, Joel Chan attended the blessing ceremony of his new series held at TVB City. He expressed he wanted to personally apologize to Christine in person, but he eventually changed his mind and said its not the right time yet. He will settle the issue in private later. Christine didn't give a damn about it: "I just feel the incident is over. I don't want to be talking about this forever. Aside from What the Face ending, I hope this topic ends too. (Joel Chan said you were once upset with him for a month?) Please do not talk about this, I have no comment."

What the Face initially had 15 episodes, but now 3 episodes were added and the show will now end with 18 episodes. Christine said she feels happy and that she will miss the show. She said: "I have always been the 'Queen of Guest', and this is my first time actually hosting a show. Although it was difficult, I am grateful of producer Chin Kwok Wai and Louis Yuen, giving me so much leeway to display myself. I hope there are more hosting opportunities in the future." Christine expressed after this show ends, she will continue working on her Beauty Salon business. She will also be discussing a contract with TVB, which just lacks the details now.

It was rumored because Kenneth Ma wasn't invited to shoot the Triumph in the Skies II sales presentation clip, people suspected he isn't part of the cast. Regarding this, Kenneth said he's unsure, but does not mind at all. He said: "The Sales Presentation has always been done for the advertisers, the cast is unconfirmed. Although TVB hasn't talked to me about TITS2, but I heard I will be participating. Of course I do hope to be part of the cast." Asked when the series will start shooting? He reveals he heard from an informed person that there are still some issues, so probably not too soon.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

TVB artists and staff are being poached by City Telecom's Ricky Wong. According to sources, TVB's managing director Mark Lee and general manager Stephen Chan takes action through their new plan, where they personally try to persuade and provide professional legal advice in hope the staff will reconsider. Their sincerity has touched the hearts of many TVB old timers.

Also, yesterday each staff had one-on-ones with their department manager, to discuss a 20-50% pay raise. Many of the staff who planned to sign with Ricky Wong decided to stay. Looks like there is a turn around in the poaching crisis! Regarding the 'Stephen-Mark Plan', Ricky Wong declined to comment, and was only willing to say: "Up until now, I don't see anything that is influential."

It was said Stephen Chan personally met with the staff who signed with Ricky Wong. TVB Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs, Tsang Sing Ming, expressed TVB is just trying to provide professional legal advice, he said: "We are just providing professional legal advice and provide the necessary assistance because after all some of our staff did sign a contract with another company. TVB is just providing small legal advice to them. During this period, whether if it's Mr. Stephen Chan or Mr. Mark Lee, have talked to many colleagues of different hierarchy and departments. They have also successfully kept many of the staff, the majority of them planned to stay and do not plan to leave."

Decides to shoot in Hengdian

Also, Ricky Wong is planning on investing great amount of resources and talents in order to produce high quality dramas. It has always been said TVB is unwilling to invest the money in their productions, but this time for War and Beauty 2, TVB plans to shoot in Beijing and for the grand production The Great Eunuch later this year, TVB already planned to shoot in Hengdian in February. Compared to the usual series, this time TVB is investing 40% more resources. Producer Law Wing Kin said frankly Wayne Lai will play The Great Eunuch, while Maggie Cheung will play Empress Dowager Cixi (Chee Hei). The other cast includes heavily promoted Ruco Chan and Raymond Wong, both will play eunuchs.

Wayne praised Maggie Cheung's momentum to be Empress Dowager Cixi: "She is beautiful in costume dramas, very suitable role for her. (Earn more with her as a couple team?) Of course I hope to! We are in on this together." As Maggie's contract with TVB ends later this year, she expressed she will have to wait until her manager finishes the discussions before she decides: "It is a great challenge being Empress Dowager Cixi. I hope we will be able to collaborate." Ruco expressed he is very happy to be able to participate.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Even though it has been 8 years since Hong Kong singer/actress Anita Mui passed away, her mother Mrs. Mui (Tam Mei Kam) continues to voice her unhappiness almost daily over the way Anita’s assets were divided. Earlier, Mrs. Mui accepted an interview with nowTV’s "E+Focus" program. During the interview, Mrs. Mui expressed that for the past 8 years, she has been greatly distressed, claiming that Anita’s close friends have been plotting to frame her ever since her daughter passed away. She also angrily criticized the courts and the lawyers involved with the inheritance case as being incompetent, denying her the right to take back her ‘beloved’ daughter’s assets. Towards repeatedly losing her case in HK courts, Mrs. Mui expressed that she was extremely dissatisfied and even threatened to take her case all the way to Beijing in the hopes that Li Ke Qiang could take care of the matter. [TN: Li Ke Qiang (李克強) is a high ranking government official in China’s Communist Party – his title is ‘Vice Premier of the State Council’]

Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

Last week, 43 pieces of jewelry belonging to late Cantopop Queen Anita Mui were auctioned off by the executors of Anita’s estate, bringing in a total of 6 million HKD. During the auction, Anita’s brother Mui Kai Ming unexpectedly showed up at the location and expressed that all of the auction items were Anita’s ‘cherished possessions’ and also threatened to call the police and ‘seek justice’ from those responsible.

Prior to her death from cervical cancer in 2003, Anita Mui had established a trust fund to manage her assets and estate. Last week, the trust fund commissioned a third party company to auction off a collection of Anita’s jewelries and watches on their behalf. Amongst the 43 items auctioned, the item that sold for the highest price was a necklace and earring set that Anita had worn during her 2003 farewell concert – that item alone sold for 1.58 million HKD. In all, the entire collection sold for a cumulative amount of 6.81 million HKD -- the proceeds from the auction will be used by the trust fund to pay the living expenses for Anita’s mother Mrs. Mui (Tam Mei Kam) in accordance with Anita’s will.

During the auction, Anita’s brother Mui Kai Ming, who was once involved in the court battle to seize control of his sister’s assets, suddenly appeared at the location. When asked why he was there, he stated: “I came to see how the auction is going, as I need to answer to the court. I’ve already submitted my papers, tomorrow you guys will find out the details.” Brother Mui went on to blast the trust fund, emphasizing that all of the auction items were Anita’s ‘cherished possessions’ and should not have been auctioned off, but rather given to her fans instead. Also, he claimed that after Anita’s death, a lot of her jewelry and personal possessions all of a sudden ‘went missing’.

Asked who he was planning to sue and for what reason, Brother Mui vaguely responded: “You will find out soon. I’m suing ‘the person responsible’.” He refused to name anyone, however he claimed that he did have a list of a dozen names – all close friends of Anita’s – which he already turned over to the police to look into.

In related news, dozens of Anita’s fans from her official fan club showed up at the auction to support the cause, with many of them even bidding on the items that once belonged to their idol. Altogether, the fan club paid close to 1 million HKD for 10 precious items, with the fan club’s chairwoman Miss So personally bidding 110,000 for one of Anita’s diamond watches. Miss So expressed that on the upcoming anniversary of Anita’s birth (October 10th), the fan club will be holding an event in her memory and will consider displaying the items from the auction at that time so that other fans can share in the memories. She also advised that the fan club is working on building a second school in Guang Xi (China) in Anita’s name and she hopes that in the future, they can continue to build schools for underprivileged children in their idol’s honor.

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In court papers filed last week, Mui Kai Ming claimed that the trust fund (and temporary executors of Anita's estate) sold Anita's jewelry and other possessions without permission; he also claimed that the trust fund carelessly auctioned Anita's expensive jewelry and watches for a low price. In his court documents, Mui Kai Ming is requesting that the high court demand the temporary executors of the estate to apologize to all of Anita's fans worldwide and also pay him punitive damages of 1 billion HKD.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

Director Oxide Pang Shun and two lead actresses Angelica Lee Sinjie and Charlie Yeung Choi Nei yesterday attended their new film SLEEP WALKER 3D's press conference. The director admitted that this time the special part was no ghost as the film was purely a murder mystery. This time was already his third collaboration with Sinjie. Sinjie said that the biggest challenge was both were demanding. She even hoped to have a breakthrough. Luckily after everyone communicated she thought that the character still had a lot of potential. With her good friend Choi Nei's support she felt very warm.

This time was Sinjie and Pang Shun's first collaboration after their marriage. Many silver couples did not want to work together to avoid any argument that might affect their relationships, Sinjie said that she liked to work with her husband very much because they both liked films. They could exchange like two good friends. In addition they were highly self aware, when they reached a certain sport they knew to respect each other and would not argue. She also said that after marriage the director although understood her even more but also asked for more from her. He hoped to force her to do something that he has never seen. She
said, "Once I worked until I really wanted to die, but I couldn't cry. Thus when he said OK, I immediately started crying. Yet I was happy because the sense of accomplishment was huge."

As for Choi Nei she said that she never saw them argue on the set. Sinjie also said that although her husband looked relaxed but actually was very demanding. She even broke her past record this time with 27 to 28 bad takes. She said, "My child co-star had no more energy to say her lines. I was very sorry, midway through I had to go out for a breather." They said that they were at ease when they worked with Pang Shun, because they performed poorly he would not let them go. Choi Nei also said that this time she and Sinjie had any real scene together, which she regretted.

In coordination with the film's theme, the event yesterday arranged for a dream interpretation master to interpret the director's dream. Actually the director for over a decade had the same dream, which made him think that after he killed someone he would even hide the corpse in a bag. The master pointed out that he only had a side that he did not want to face. At the same time the two lead actresses drew their dream lover, Choi Nei actually drew a cat.

Source: takungpao, mingpao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

The Patrick Kong (Yip Lim Sum) directed HONG KONG GHOST STORIES (MANG GWAI OI CHING GOO SI) had many beauties like Chrissie Chau Sau Na, Stephy Tang Lai Yun, Jeana Ho Pui Yu and others, but everyone had to "die".

In it, Chau Sau Na would appear in a portrait of the deceased, Tang Lai Yun even had to "die tragically". Jeana and Sammy had to play paper dolls. Because paper dolls had no way to show cleavage, the film company arranged for her to play a busty paper doll with a lot of padding to make Jeana's figure "stand out" more. Even Sammy joked that he has never seen such a "3D" paper doll! Because the film shot late at night at a funeral home, it was memorable for Jeana. During the shoot she often had the chill to her heart.

Source: on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Rose Chan Ka Wun and Dennis To Yu-Hung two nights ago attended the film THE WOMAN KNIGHT OF THE MIRROR LAKE charity advanced screening to raise fund for Mainland lepers. To Yu-Hung said that in two days he will go to Wudang for the movie, his character could be either good or evil. Chan Ka Wun also said that she will work in Hengdian and continue to be an action actress. Was she tired of fighting? She said, "Not yet because I started with studying Wing Chun. For this film for example I was able to learn swordplay. I liked to learn as I worked, and learn more martial arts." To Yu-Hung also hoped to try different characters. "Then it wouldn't be so tough. Actually I am OK with comedies."

Source: on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Yesterday EAST MEETS WEST 2011 (DUNG SING SAI JAU 2011)'s nine leads Kenny Bee (Chung Chun To), Eason Chan Yik Shun, Karen Mok Man Wai, Dior Cheng Yi Kin, Jaycee Chan (Fong Cho Ming), William So Wing Hong, Stephy Tang Lai Yun, Huang Yi, Tan Weiwei's individual posters were unveiled. Each character had an eight Chinese word slogan that revealed the character's uniqueness. Chan Yik Shun was dressed in a suit and was describe on the poster as "gentleman crocodile, either good or evil", which stressed the character's split personality. Mok Man Wai dressed with a lot of style. "Left over Fairy, failure is not an option". According to the earlier announced story, each character would be mortals descended from Heaven. As for the relationships between characters, the posters did not reveal anything.

Source: singtao
Translated by: hktopten

Famous director Derek Yee Tung Sing's mother Hung Mei, originally named Law Chun, on October 12 passed away at the St. Teresa Hospital on Prince Edward Road at the age of 93. Yee Tung Sing revealed that at the time four generations of the family were by her side. He stated that due to Mother's age the family has been prepared long ago. After the news was announced, many film professionals and fans began memorial online.

Hung Mei was a famous actress during the Hong Kong Mandarin film era. A Manchurian, her family originated from Beijing. At age 12 she left home and started her career in Shanghai in the 40s. In the 50s-60s in Hong Kong she participated in many Mandarin film performances like PEASANT TAKES A WIFE (SIU YI HAK GEIT FUN) and MID-NIGHTMARE (YEH BOON GOR SING). In 1993 she received the Golden Horse Special Achievement Award. Her sons Paul Chun Pui, John Chiang Dai Wai and Derek Yee Tung Sing are all famous Hong Kong actors and filmmakers. Chun Pui and Chiang Dai Wai were Hung Mei and Yim Fa (originally named Chiang Hak Kei)'s sons, after Yim Fa passed away she married Yee Kwong and gave birth to Yee Tung Sing.

Source: takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

Aaron Kwok Fu Sing could not be busier this October. Preparing for a concert he originally had no time, but because a film script and character were very attractive he took it. He would rather sleep a little less and made time to rehearse after the film shoot.

Earlier Sing Sing used a photography studio for a dance recruitment. 800 were selected for the first round. 150 would be in the final round and received Sing Sing's personal evaluation. Those with potential would be able to dance at Sing Sing's concert in December.

Source: takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

Yesterday Chilam Cheung shared his feelings on his visit to Vietnam earlier this February as the 'ORBIS Children Ambassador'. He expressed when his son gets older, he will take him along on these trips. When speaking of TVB new series Triumph in the Skies II, Chilam said: "It's all just depends on time. I will definitely shoot the series if time permits. I have always liked HK productions and allowing viewers enjoy shows. However, I don't have a contract with TVB, nothing is confirmed yet." It was said he will soon become 'TVB's Godson' Hacken Lee and have just as many jobs as him. Chilam said: "I am honored to be Hacken Lee, I became a successor for no reason. I'm very grateful for TVB giving me the opportunities to sing and be in series." Chilam expressed the TV industry should not be described as 'a war', it is more like a hundred flowers blooming together.

Chilam said he will only shoot TITS2 for now, all other jobs will depend time. As for his salary, Chilam expressed it is not convenient for him to randomly talk about this matter because the tax bureau might come after him. Chilam said: "I want to be a pilot, just hope I won't be compared with Francis Ng when the time comes." He suggested TVB to shoot in locations such as Korea, Maldives and Spain. The beautiful scenery will be much more attractive.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Angela Tong and Wong Cho Lam were in Tseung Kwan O recording for the game show What the Face? Regarding the recent fallout between Joel Chan and Christine Ng, Angela was asked if Joel phoned her to 'break off the relations' too? Angela smiled: "No, he's just playing. I haven't seen him in a long time, he is busy dating. I'll see him later when we start a new series in the studio later. If he doesn't say hi to me then, then he will know."

This time for the show, Wong Cho Lam did not disguise himself as a woman. He said he's been indistinguishable from a man or woman for a long while now and fears if he continues being a woman, people will wanna vomit. Cho Lam's new series Super Snoops have been receiving ideal ratings, it was rumored TVB is planning on a costume series version. He said: "Hope so, still discussing now. Next year we all hope to have different jobs, Johnson wants to do films, while I want to stick with musicals."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Moses Chan and Aimee Chan were at the blessing ceremony for their new series Ladder to Heaven. This was a perfect time for the other cast members to tease the couple. The others told Moses and Aimee to "first bow to the heaven and earth". (TN: couples do this in traditional Chinese weddings) Asked if they tease Aimee by calling her "Ah So" or "Mrs. Chan"? They said: "Wasn't called that, but we were prepared to get teased, it's nothing special and we don't mind."

Getting teased by his colleagues, Moses expressed: "As long as they aren't teasing us like how the media does." Aimee smiled and said: "I like your statement." The couple were echoing one another, showing off their love.

Aimee's two series Forensic Heroes III and Super Snoops are currently broadcasting, therefore her exposure rate is doubled. Asked if she's fighting herself? She laughed: "Nope because both characters are different. One is a serious role and the other is a comedic one. In fact, in all my roles, I hope to give viewers a different feel. I will do homework on the styles and work on my vocals."

Aimee is grateful of the opportunities TVB gives her: "I'm happy I have no chance for a vacation because opportunities are hard to come. There was once a person who tried to convince me to go back into design because my personality doesn't suit this industry, but now there are people who acknowledge my acting, I believe my decision was right."

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

Earlier in the music scene, Mag Lam challenged her senior sister (See Jeh) Joey Yung's HK Pop Diva status, and this time she challenges her See Jeh once again in EEG's new film DIVA. This Joey-tailored film is produced by Chapman To and directed by Heiward Mak. The filmmakers asked Mag Lam to take on the second female lead role.

Joey has already locked down her Pop Diva status in the music scene, but new talent Mag Lam has been well supported as well. Since she entered EEG, it was rumored she's on par with her senior Joey. This time the two encounter for the first time in this new film and should be able to create a lot of sparks. In reality, Mag has always seen Joey as her goal to strive for, and this time in the film she also plays a fan of Joey. First time collaborating with her idol, Mag feels very happy.

Director Mak expressed she saw Mag's potential in acting, so she cast her in the film. Mag plays a girl who loves singing and often enters different singing competitions. Eventually she was spotted and entered the entertainment circle. She is basically portraying her true self. Although Mag has been in the Lunar New Year film 72 Tenants of Prosperity, at the time she didn't have any romantic storyline, but this time she will be giving her 'first time' to Carlos Chan. The two will have intimate scenes.

Director Mak expressed she hopes to make Mag become the HK version of Cheer Chan (Yee Ching). She feels that Mag can not only sing, but also has her own style and has the potential for acting. She has the potential to develop become a Diva one day, and even have the chance to be Joey's successor as the next Diva. It was said Joey will have many scenes opposite of Mag, when the time comes they can have a formal confrontation. It will definitely be a good watch.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

We are seeing less and less TVB FaDans and in reaction to this, TVB executives have already started promoting the second line of FaDans. Kate Tsui was fortunate to be one of the heavily promoted actresses this year. The year hasn't even ended yet and she has already had 5 series broadcast, her exposure rate is over the top. However, behind the success, Kate's health is getting worse by the day.

Kate has been a police officer 5 times already, this time in new series Forensic Heroes III, she is finally promoted to OCTB's Senior Inspector. Kate laughed and said the crew would shoot on the mountain top so often, there was a time she thought she was shooting a costume drama instead. However, at the time she was shooting two series simultaneously, so on camera she may look hot, but off cameras, she was suffering from illnesses. Kate said: "From the start, I already had a waist injury, the doctor said the disk on my lower backbone was shifting. I didn't even know I had an accident and along with my old injuries, I had to go get acupuncture. It was a very difficult period for me. The makeup room is far from the studio, there was a time I had to crawl my way and with heels on too!"

When her condition on the waist was getting better, she falls ill again and gets a hoarse voice. Since she cannot drag on the filming progress, Kate took her hoarse voice with her and continued to shoot. Fortunately her good partner Ron Ng was willing to help her with her lines. She laughed: "He really is a good buddy. He saw how I had a man voice and getting off tune when I talked, although he did laugh at me, but he still went to discuss with the director about accommodations for me, so I don't have to talk as much. So, viewers out there if you happen to catch this part, please forgive me."

Kate has collaborated with Ron numerous times and off the back they just have too much chemistry. It does not take long for them to complete a scene, but the playful Ron still loves to tease her.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

2011 China Top Ten Benefiting Laureus Sport for Good award ceremony took place in Ningbo, Zhejiang. This year's ceremony invited many sports and entertainment heavyweights like Yao Ming, Feng Xiaogang and Andy Lau Tak Wa.

Lau Tak Wa and Feng Xiaogang were guest presenters who presented the special achievement award to Deng Yaping and the Outstanding Contribution Award to Yao Ming. The host said that on this rare occasion when three giants of sport, film and music shared the stage, what did director Feng Xiaogang think about Yao Ming trying his hands on directing? Feng Xiaoming joked, "Leave something for us!"

What did Wa Jai think if Yao Ming tried his hands in music? Wa Jai said, "It would be very hard because the award show cameras couldn't reach Yao Ming's head." Wa Jai and Feng Xiaogang on this rare chance to meet Yao Ming asked for a photo before presenting the award. They even humorously stood at the top of the stage in hopes of making up for their height differences. They also asked for an upper body only photo.

Source: takungpao, singtao
Translated by: hktopten

Johnnie To Kei Fung's film LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE (DUET MING GUM) earlier held an advanced screening. The response was overwhelming as the cinema was sold out. Although the director did not appear at the cinema, after the screening the audience applauded for three minutes. It was rare for a Hong Kong screening.

To Kei Fung humbly said that everyone gave "too much face" when he learned about the audience reaction, but he personally liked this film very much as well. In addition he thought that the film displayed the Hong Kong economic bubble 100% as a complete satire. He hoped that this film would be a big hit in Hong Kong. As the audience's praise of Lau Ching Wan's acting, many who have seen the film thought that he absolutely had the potential to win Best Actor. Ching Wan said that he did not think too much about Best Actor. Instead when To Sir asked him to perform he would coordinate fully. At first when he took this film he only knew that he would play a mob figure. To Sir's movies often took a long time to make, thus he worried about his shape the most instead. He was afraid that he would get fatter and lose continuity during the shoot.

Source: takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

The Jingle Ma Chor Sing directed, Angelababy Yeung Wing and Eddie Peng Yu-yen starred romance LOVE YOU YOU (HA YUT LOK YAU YAU). Recently lead actor Peng Yu-yen came to Hong Kong to be interviewed with Baby and director Ma Chor Sing. Ma Chor Sing said that this film has been in preparation for over a year. He admitted that at first the biggest problem that he ran into was finding a suitable beach. Many would compare this film's location with the Sammi Cheng Sau Man and Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai) starred SUMMER HOLIDAY (HA YUT MOR MOR CHA). Ma Chor SIng said, "At first I couldn't start production because I couldn't find a suitable beach, but later very fortunately on the eve of the production start I discovered this location. It truly is heaven's will." Baby also said that for the rain scene, the director originally planned to use a rain machine to create the rain effect but during the shoot real rain came. They were very lucky.

Working with Peng Yu-Yen for the first time, Baby praised that he was a very hard working and humorous actor who constantly cheered up the team. Peng Yu-yen also praised Baby's cheerful personality. They had fun working together. As for his performance, Peng Yu-yen honestly said that at first he was not used to it because the director's rhythm was very fast. Ma Chor Sing was asked about working with Baby. He praised Baby was a rare Hong Kong female star with potential in the next ten years. Her emotional scenes were decent. Peng Yu-yen was a very hard working actor and would also be very successful. Did Baby and Peng Yu-yen have any intimate scene? She said no. This film was very innocent and they only had a hand holding scene. Did she regret that? She said, "It's OK." Ma Chor Sing joked that he would wait until a category III film for an intimate scene. Baby joked, "The director is a very innocent man." Would Peng Yu-yen feel any regret about the lack of intimate scene? He joked that like the director he too was very innocent. He said that his relationship with Baby would not need intimate scene for everyone to sense that feeling.

Source: takungpao, singtao
Translated by: hktopten

In recent years, ATV have often been faced with precarious financial situations. In August 2011, ATV announced a series of big moves through the release of several programs produced in-house. Now, a new turbulence erupted, as ATV filed for bankruptcy yesterday afternoon. ATV’s majority shareholder, Tsai Eng Ming’s subsidiary, Norwares Overseas Inc. applied for ATV’s bankruptcy at the Hong Kong High Court .

In 2008, Taiwanese billionaire, Tsai Eng Ming, Chairman of Want Want Group, injected cash assistance into ATV to become its majority shareholder. Despite this, ATV was rumored to be on the brink of bankruptcy once again in 2010. ATV’s two majority shareholders, Tsai Eng Ming and Payson Cha, had an open war of words last year over the company’s equity issues.

How will the filing of bankruptcy impact ATV? A representative from ATV responded, “Mr. Tsai’s company’s $150 million HKD in convertible bonds and interest were returned last year, while Mr. Tsai applied for a court injunction prohibiting the release of $23 million in convertible bonds of the company. Now, Mr. Tsai used these grounds to withdraw his stake from ATV. For the sake of the overall situation, ATV agreed to let Mr. Tsai redeem this portion of the funds.” According to the interpretation of a legal professional over the matter, under Hong Kong law, shareholders can apply for bankruptcy on the grounds of insolvent funds, regardless of how many shares were held.

Repeated Financial Difficulties

A reader revealed that ATV did not pay outstanding lease amounts on the automobiles used by the ATV news department. If ATV did pay the vehicle lease amounts by the deadline this weekend, the automobiles will be towed away. ATV’s Public Relations department did not respond on the matter. On September 29th, ATV released an internal circular that due to the local typhoon, employees’ monthly paychecks will be postponed from September 30th to October 3rd. An ATV Public Relations spokesman explained that the remittance came from the mainland, thus the issuance of employee paychecks were delayed due to the typhoon occurrence.

In addition, there were rumors that more than a dozen ATV production staff were poached [by another television station]. Yip Ka Boa stated, “In the past, there were also employee departures, however, no one paid attention to the matter. ATV will not take the situation lightly, but will instead strengthen the scriptwriting department. As to whether salaries will be increase in order to retain employees, this will be dependent upon the circumstances. We do not wish to increase salaries simply due to the departure of staff. The company already made annual pay adjustments in the middle of the year.” Asked whether ATV will follow TVB’s issuance of letters to employees warning of the poaching crisis, Yip Ka Bao noted that each company had its own practices. Since the licenses for the three free television broadcasting stations have not been issued yet, ATV will not heed other television stations’ practices.

Amidst Increased Competition, A Bleak Future Ahead for ATV

In the past decade, equity disputes at ATV persisted and coupled with frequent high-level management changes, ATV was at disadvantage in competing with rival, TVB. ATV now faced another heavy crisis ahead. Due to the Hong Kong government’s intention to expand free public television, urban telecommunications, as well as cable broadband, free television licenses were announced in December 2009 to become available.

Currently, Hong Kong had two free television stations, ATV and TVB, along with four fee-based stations. Three new free television broadcasting stations are expected to enter the market in 2012, including Ricky Wong’s City Telecom, Richard Li’s PCCW, as well as I-Cable TV.

The increase in competition in the free television broadcasting market may pose additional financial difficulties for ATV. Associate Professor, Feng Ying Qian at the City University of Hong Kong School of Journalism and Communication, noted, “ATV was different from TVB and Shaw Brothers in the aspect that ATV did not have real estate and other fixed assets.” ATV shareholder, Payson Cha, openly stated that free competition in the television broadcasting industry was a negative development for ATV. Mr. Cha stated, “For the audience, more competition and more choices are good things. However, for ATV, it was very bad.”

Source: Sohu.com
Translated by: Jayne @ JayneStars

Donnie Yen Chi Tan yesterday attended a baby car seat press conference with Alex To Tak Wai, Qi Qi, Christine Auyeung Miu Chi and Sofie Rahman (Lee Ka Wai).

After half a year off Chi Tan had a son and a daughter but would like two more. He said, "My wife thinks it would be tough, but that is very hard to say!" He complained that his wife thought he was not mature enough and would wait until he was more obedient. "My wife wants me to spend more time at home. Although I already took half a year off, I still have to work on movies later." Chi Tan admitted that his children also have their wishes. "Little brother wants a brother, Sister wants a sister, but twins would be good too." He is currently working on the Lunar New Year film EIGHTH HAPPINESS 2012 (BAK SING PO HEI), which he will stay in Hong Kong for and also asked to leave work by 7:30PM as much as possible. He said, "I have to spend a lot of energy to play with my children, then I have to chat with my wife. I don't sleep until 1 or 2AM." As for the difference with action films, Chi Tan joked, "Actually comedy is also very tiring, as I constantly have to be laughing madly and talk as loud as (Eric) Tsang Chi Wai."

Source: takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

Michael Tse is famous for his Laughing Gor role. First he had the film Laughing Gor Turning Point then the series Lives of Omission and now he's starring again on his second film Laughing Gor: Potential Criminals. Yesterday Michael was a guest on Fung Mei Kei and Margie Tsang's food program May Invites. He reveals the other cast of the film includes Liu Kai Chi, Lau Siu Ming, Lam Suet, Francis Ng, Kara Hui, Bosco Wong, MC Jin, King Kong and Kate Tsui. Michael is, however, unsure if the female lead is as rumored Miss HK winner Rebecca Zhu, but Michael hopes the lead actress does have the good acting skills. When asked if newcomer Rebecca is not suitable for the role then? He said: "It's hard to say, some people just have the natural talent!"

So far, whether if it's the Laughing Gor film or TV series, the female lead have always died. Michael hopes the story in this new film won't have the female lead die again and leave Laughing without anybody. He laughed: "Why not change the ending to me dying instead! (If Laughing dies, then no need to continue on?) I don't know how to ending will be this time. (Is this the last part or will there be more?) I just hope to end it while it's good and leave a beautiful memory, don't overdo the role."

[WARNING: SPOILERS] Laughing Gor: Potential Criminal Plot revealed

As for the first promotional poster for Potential Criminals appeared on Weibo, Michael expressed the poster is fake.

The film hasn't even started shooting yet and the storyline is already out. Following Lives of Omission, Laughing Sir murdered So Sing Pak (Bosco Wong) and is jailed. In jail, Laughing meets a college professor who is also a drug dealer, played by Francis Ng.

It turns out that So Sing Pak's murderer was in fact someone else. The police took advantage of the current situation and made arrangements for Laughing to investigate the case in jail to see if the murder was related to a triad mole in the police force. During the investigation, Francis uncovers his identity to Laughing, revealing that he is also an undercover. He taught Laughing how to escape from prison. After the escape, Laughing continues investigating and discovers Francis was actually the true mastermind behind everything. Laughing decides to fight with him to the end.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translator: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

As HK's Pop Diva, Joey Yung have not been in many film productions, but the majority of her previous roles have left a deep impression on viewers, including the 'Silly Madam' in Crazy n' The City and the 'Tomboy' in Demi-Haunted. To create a true breakthrough for Joey in the film scene, EEG tailored a new film DIVA for the diva. The film is directed by Heiward Mak. Although Joey play herself, a diva, but it's not relaxing at all because she will have to sacrifice her pure image and appear half naked on the big screen. Lead actor, Hu Ge will be giving Joey a reckless massage on her jade back. As a pop diva, this is a huge challenge for Joey.

Earlier Joey announced she wanted to reach a higher level in the film scene, so this time she cannot neglect her 'half naked' special mission. Recently, Joey has already started preparing herself by doing facial on her back and even turned down 8 figures (~10million) job offer in order to take on this new challenge.

Joey was asked if she feels very nervous going half-naked on the big screen for the first time? Joey said: "We haven't started shooting yet and I'm already really nervous. Mentally, I have really put in a lot of effort to prepare for the shoot. In fact, Hu Ge prepared more than I did. He especially went to learn about massage and even told me I could just relax."

When asked if she's getting an attractive paycheck for this film that she's even willing to turn down jobs worth 8 figures? Joey said with mischief: "I've always been about the heart, not about the money." Joey with her natural beauty, 'boasted' that she doesn't need to do any special slimming for the half-naked appearance: "I am already very fit. As a singer, I don't want to be too fat."

The day before, DIVA officially started shooting. Producer and actor, Chapman To was often on Weibo updating the progress. In the film, Joey will have an affair with Hu Ge. Although it is the first time he's collaborating with Joey, the two quickly got familiar and would often secretly take photos together on the set. Looks like they got a lot of chemistry.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translator: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Wayne Lai, Maggie Cheung, Aimee Chan and the rest of the cast to Forensic Heroes III (FH3) gathered in TVB City for a celebration. At the celebration, it was announced FH3's premiere averaged 34 points and peaked at 35 points, becoming 2011's highest rated premiere. When Wayne and the cast opened the champagne, he declared if next week's ratings reaches an average of 37 points, he will pay for everyone's trip to Cheung Chau. He laughed: "I'll supply the ferry tickets and two nights at the best hotel in Cheung Chau."

Wayne said for the high ratings, the cast will take turns treating dinner to the cast and crew. He also said when it's Aimee Chan's turn, she can ask Moses to help her pay for the meal. Asked if he feels the episode where Aimee appears in her bra will increase the ratings? Wayne joked: "Perhaps it will rise to 38, 24, 38! I am just talking about the ratings though, but if there is good selling point, the series will be good no matter what. I hope Producer Miu Siu Ching will break a record and becomes the producer with three-time highest rated series. As for myself, if I become three-time TV King, I will just leave it to fate!"

As for Sheren Tang, who told him to leave the award for the younger generations? Wayne said: "She should be the one yielding the award for the youngsters. I am still young, can't yield anyone. In fact, I want to compete with the youngsters. She is earning so much Chinese Yuan, of course she can yield anything. However, I do agree to what she said. Artists' salaries shouldn't be lifted up so high."

Maggie expressed Wayne will pay for the hotel and she will pay for the seafood. With FH3's good ratings, does her confidence for TV Queen increase? She said: "I will actively put myself in the competition and welcome the anniversary. There will only be good atmosphere if there is competition. Initially I only had 70% confidence, but now I am the same as Wayne, I have 80% confidence." Asked if she'll be participating in War and Beauty 2? She said: "I hope so! My contract ends soon though, nothing has been confirmed yet. My manager is currently discussing of the new contract with TVB."

Aimee was asked about her bra-revealing scene, does she have confidence for high ratings? She said: "I'm afraid too! I hope the ratings won't drop." Will she ask boyfriend Moses Chan to help her pay for the dinner celebration? She laughed: "He is not part of this. Wait until episodes 4, 5 and 6. We will have our chance. Let the lead actors treat the meals first."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translator: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Yesterday, Aaron Kwok’s (郭富城) girlfriend, Lynn Hung (熊黛林), turned 31-years-old. In past birthdays, Lynn had celebrated with Aaron in a high-profile manner. Although Lynn did not have a big birthday celebration this year, she happily posted a photo of her “entire family” in which she hugged her two dogs, Cookie and Cocoa. On her blog, Lynn wrote, “I have an extra princess now. Cookie gained weight again!” Lynn noted that she had an enjoyable birthday on her blog, “I had a very happy birthday! Thank you everyone for your well wishes. I got them all!”

Aaron Kwok Wishes to Get Married Before 50

Earlier, there were rumors that Aaron Kwok would marry Lynn Hung this year. Appearing at a Guangzhou promotional event, Aaron indicated, “I have always placed marriage in my life plans. However, I still feel that there is a small wish inside my heart which has not been fulfilled. I do want to fulfill the responsibility of being a husband and a father. I will get married before 50-years-old. It is also possible that I get married after I turn 50. Many of my friends got married after the age of 50.

Born in the year of 1965, Aaron Kwok was 46 years-old this year. From a conservative estimate, Lynn Hung may have to wait another 4 years before officially tying the knot with Aaron!

Source: Sohu.com
Translated by: Jayne @ JayneStars

On July 10, 2010 Jessica C. was withdrawing money from an ATM in Tsim Sha Tsui and took the HK$600 left behind by the person before her. The whole incident was captured on the bank's security camera. The day before, Jessica was arrested and charged for 'stealing'. She spent the most terrifying night at home and yesterday she resume work, heading out to Taiwan to shoot a new film. At 6:35am, Jessica stepped out of her residence in Causeway Bay accompanied by her assistant. Wearing sunglasses, Jessica walked out and was welcomed by over 20 reporters surrounding her for interviews. At first she maintained a smile and waved: "Good Morning!" She appeared relaxed and stood still to allow reporters take pictures. Jessica cooperated and said: "I want to talk more too because this is a huge misunderstanding. I am still handling the situation now and hope you all accept my apology. This incident made me really unhappy. (Did you regret it and will you apologize to the victim?) If I upset or hurt anyone, I am willing to apologize. (Are you afraid your reputation might be affected?) You will understand me, thank you all."

When asked about her taking the HK$600 from the ATM machine that the person before her left behind, Jessica had no comment. Her assistant expressed she does not want to discuss this matter, and the two left in a 7-seater van. Reporters took 4 cars to chase after Jessica, then her driver suddenly drove aggressively. Sometimes he drove slowly, sometimes he drove fast. Quite dangerous driving.

At the airport, Jessica got out of the car and walked through the crowd of reporters with the help of her assistant. When reporters tried to interview her again, Jessica became impatient. When asked if her family is worried about her, Jessica started tearing up. She said: "I'm really sorry. I do hope to tell you more, but I really can't. I'm sorry everyone." With a shaky voice, Jessica apologizes again for the 4th time.

Her manager, Christine, reveals Jessica is heading to Taiwan to shoot an action film, but did not reveal who she will be working with. Jessica will return to Hong Kong in November. When asked how Jessica is feeling? Christine said Jessica's emotions still hasn't recovered: "This year, she hasn't been in HK for long, of course she's not feeling well. I think, give her some time to handle the situation. At this point, she has put her emotions behind her and focuses on her work."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translator: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Triumph in the Skies (TITS) was a hit when it broadcasted in 2003. TVB has intentions to shoot a sequel next year with Chilam Cheung, Myolie Wu, Ron Ng, Kate Tsui, Bosco Wong, MC Jin and Miss HK Rebecca Zhu. Yesterday morning, the group arrived at the airport to shoot the Sales Presentation clip.

Part of the original cast, Myolie Wu expressed she has not received the script yet, so she's not sure if it's an actual sequel. Sitting on a wheel chair, Myolie plays a disabled ground crew and was quite familiar with controlling the wheel chair. She even got high and started rolling here and there as if she was dancing, Myolie said: "I've done wheel chair dances before, so I can control the chair. It is a challenge to portary a person with disability because the mentality is different." She expressed she hopes her 'lover' Francis Ng from part 1 could make his comeback, so she can learn more from him. However, she laughed and said she didn't have his phone number. As for rumored boyfriend Bosco Wong didn't appear until 2 hours later, the two were unable to be on location together.

Ron Ng also hopes the original cast could take part in the sequel: "Even with 70-80% of the original cast is good. I want Francis Ng to come back. He's so appealing. As for Flora Chan and Sammul Chan, they may not participate again. (A pity?) Last time, S4 was very successful. I believe this time, the new cast will also create new sparks." Ron and Rebecca were shooting a breakup scene. This is Rebecca's first time shooting a sales presentation, so she was extremely nervous. Even if she only had 1 line to say, she would already be so nervous she couldn't eat.

Also, it was rumored Chilam Cheung would get HK$800,000 per episode for TITS2. Towards this, Chilam laughed: "Not that little! However, I haven't decided to shoot this series yet, look at the script first! (Late work hours though!) Usually, I try my best to avoid it, but if I really accept the series, I won't mind." As for MC Jin, he was dressed as 'Pilot Jin' with the other 'young pilots' William Chak and Daniel Chau . They were excited to shoot their first flight scene.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translator: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

TVB new series Forensic Heroes III premiered last night. The average premiere rating was 34 points and peaked at 35 points. For now, FH3 is the leader of the highest rated premiere in 2011. TVB is holding a celebration today to boost the momentum.

Lead actor Wayne Lai learned of FH3's high premiere rating and felt very happy. He believes the ratings will continue to rise, and may have a chance to reach 37 points on average. Wayne expressed if the average rating is 35 points, he will treat everyone for a meal. Earlier Wayne only had 50% confidence to get TV King depending on FH3. Asked if he has 90% confidence now? Wayne laughed: "Nope! About 80% confidence."

FH3 producer Miu Siu Ching said she felt surprised that FH3 is this year's leader of highest premiere rating. She had confidence for the series to lead with a "3" (30+ PTS), but didn't expect it to reach that hight of 35 points. She felt it's amazing and thanked audience for all the support. Miu Siu Ching is the producer for the Forensic Heroes trilogy and expressed FH3 is the highest rated among the three. Compared to the production a few years ago, this time the series was able to incorporate high tech equipment. She said Kate Tsui used real Kung Fu to do her fighting scenes and didn't use a stunts double. Earlier it was rumored she and her husband (Producer Lau Ka Ho) were planning to leave TVB to develop in China? She expressed she is currently busy with Prosperous Father and will focus on completing the production before considering other matters.

Maggie Cheung reacts to Netizen's Tablet computer complaints

Also, Netizens have been comparing Wayne's FH3 with Bobby Au-Yeung's FH1 and FH2. There are also criticisms that the heavy use of Tablet PCs are overwhelming on the eyes. Lead actress Maggie Cheung saw the comments and replied on Weibo: "Tablets are used for work, why the big reaction? I thought for a long time, its baffling. What is the difference between a tablet PC and a laptop? This is very common in today's world. Don't tell me you are all still living in the stone age? Or perhaps still pursuing the 80s TV series"

Source: Oriental Daily, Mingpao
Translator: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

The other night, news broke out that TVB's souls Mona Fong, Stephen Chan, Norman Leung and Chan Kwok Keung gathered in TVB City to hold a special Board meeting. Under the poaching crisis, the behind-the-scenes employees were slowly leaving. Although TVB successfully kept them, it is still a sensitive period, therefore the executives decided to hold a meeting to discuss how to counter this crisis.

After the meeting, Norman rushed over to the dinner celebration with the Lives of Omission cast. Stephen Chan and Virgina Lok were present as well. Norman stressed that the meeting earlier that day was not a Board meeting. When asked if they were discussing business secrets? He joked: "Of course we cannot make business secrets public. Even if you point a gun at me, I won't say it." He said he has confidence that TVB can handle the poaching crisis. Asked if everyone in the company will get a pay raise? He said: "We will give raises when appropriate." When speaking of Steven Ma upset Life and Times of Sentinel didn't have a dinner celebration for high finale ratings, Norman said it is one of his goals to personally treat him a meal.

Norman also expressed TVB does not have many resignations, if Andy Lau didn't leave, then how will there be a Raymond Lam or Ron Ng? Also there are still opportunities to collaborate with the ones who left.

At the dinner, Bosco Wong reveals he encountered a major loss during the shooting of Triumph in the Skies II Sales Presentation. He said: "I dropped a several carat diamond earring. It's worth about HK$100,000. At the time I put it in my pocket, it's all Ron Ng's fault. He's the one who told me to take it off." Reporters teased him, suggesting he should ask Myolie Wu to buy him another one. Bosco laughed and said: "It's ok."

Michael Tse said he had 3 celebrations for Lives and is the series where he had the most celebrations. When speaking of Forensic Heroes III premiere ratings peaked at 35 points. Is Wayne Lai a threat to him in the race for the TV King title? Michael said a good series will have supporters. This year, he had 3 series broadcast and the ratings were pretty good. He isn't sure of his chances of getting TV King, but he is certain he put in all the effort he got in his performances.

Source: Oriental Daily, Mingpao
Translator: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Since Raymond Lam’s (林峯) bed photos with busty ex-girlfriend, Mavis Pan (潘霜霜), were leaked in March 2011, followed by his old friend from Xiamen, Angel Fong (芳芳), offering an online tour of his house, Raymond’s image plummeted. In a recent interview, Raymond revealed that Mavis broke his heart in their former relationship.

Mavis countered in a blog message, “Do not pretend to be innocent and say that you were ‘heartbroken.’ Look at the extent that you hurt others (and in mercilessly manner too). Let’s interfere with each other, okay?” Although she did not scold Raymond directly in her message, it was obvious that she blasted her ex-love in pretending to act innocent.

Asked by the reporter from Apple Daily regarding Raymond Lam bringing up their old romance in a recent interview, Mavis said angrily, “It’s disgusting; this will be the death of me! It makes me wonder what he is up to? Do not disturb me; it is not a good idea. I will certainly speak up!”

Over the past few months, Mavis sealed her lips and refused to speak about Raymond Lam, choosing instead to heal her love wounds by focusing on work. Unexpectedly, Raymond spoke about their old romance in a recent interview again. Mavis stated, “I do not wish my name to be attached with his name. I do not want there to be any ties at all.” Mavis explained that she never used Raymond to promote herself, “He never helped me with any matters.” Asked about her current love life, Mavis said with reservation, “Let things run their natural course; I do not wish to discuss too much about the matter.”

Source: Apple Daily
Translated by: Jayne @ JayneStars

In TVB series, Men With No Shadows "不速之約", Raymond Lam (林峰) received good reaction towards his devil role. Last week’s ratings averaged 29 points, while last Friday’s 2-hour finale averaged 32 points, peaking at 36 points, with approximately 2.3 million viewers tuning in to watch.

Despite the good ratings, the Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority received several complaints from the audience regarding Men With No Shadows, citing a suicidal scene involving the jumping from a building and argument scenes which may have negative impacts upon children.

In its first week of broadcast, Liza Wang’s (汪明荃) Super Snoops "荃加福祿壽" averaged ratings of 28 points, with approximately 1.79 million viewers who watched the series. This marked a decline of one rating point in comparison to River of Wine "九江十二坊", which was broadcast in the same time slot last week.

In addition, several audience complaints were filed against Shirley Yeung’s (楊思琦) variety program, Paw Love "寵愛有家". The audience found the scene in which roaches, lizards, and white mice were fed to a snake to be unsettling.

TVB’s 45th Anniversary Lighting Ceremony, which was broadcast last Monday, received 27 points in ratings, with approximately 1.7 million viewers watching the program. Although there were a lack of popular celebrities at the lighting ceremony, the ratings were quite good.

Source: On.cc
Translated by: Jayne @ JayneStars

Last night, many TVB artists and singers including Joyce Cheng, Mag Lam, William Chan, Jade Kwan, Lee Heung Kam, Kenneth Ma and the group of The Voice singers attended the Yan Oi Tong Charity Show press conference.

Joyce reveals she will be releasing a new album in November. She will be sending her songs to the charts one by one and this increases her chances for the newcomer award at the annual music awards. When speaking of Mag Lam, is she her strongest opponent? Joyce expressed she admires Mag greatly. She said: "I've paid attention to her songs too, she sings pretty well, but we have different styles. We each have our special aspect. I have confidence in myself." Earlier it was implied Lee Heung Kam was said to have Alzheimer's disease, Joyce felt as people get older, memory loss is inevitable, but it may not necessary be as serious as Alzheimer's disease.

Yesterday Lee Heung Kam appeared at the press conference full of spirit. Although Kenneth Ma had to help her on stage, still maintained good speech and even teased herself. She said: "Kenneth and I will duet '萬水千山總是情', unfortunately sometimes I suddenly blank out. What I fear most is forgetting the lyrics when I'm singing. When the time comes, I will have to count on Kenneth to teach me and remind me!"

William & Ah Sa's first anniversary, hearts intimately connected

William expressed he was a tad surprised that the public remembers it is his and Ah Sa's first anniversary since they started dating. When asked how they will be celebrating? He said: "The actual date was a few days ago, we had a low-profile dinner. After 365 days, we are still very happy together, even though thick thorns we were able to get through it and we got support from everyone. I will continue to work hard on my jobs and make the most of each day." He also said he's often giving his girlfriend small gifts and for their first anniversary, both gave each other new clothes.

Asked if they'll be wearing matching outfits? William laughed: "We can do that in the house, but rarely outside. Also our boss gave us a diamond couple's watch." Asked how they will be spending their birthdays next month? William said his birthday is only a day apart from Ah Sa, when the time comes, there won't be a party, just hope to spend the time together with just the two of them.

Also, Ah Sa wrote on Weibo yesterday: "Today is a special day for me, a day where I was able to start a new life...."

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

Yesterday Sheren Tang, Moses Chan and Ada Choi were shooting the War and Beauty 2 (WAE2) Sales Presentation clip. Ultimately, the original cast Bowie Lam, Charmaine Sheh and Gigi Lai weren't able to participate. Ada Choi is newly added to the cast.

Yesterday Ada was dressed like a palace maid, she laughed and said she's starting from the bottom and work her way up. If she were to be the Empress from the start, then it would be meaningless. Asked if she's the confirmed cast for WAE2? She expressed she's already participating in the Sales Presentation, so of course she hopes to be part of the actual series, but the details have not been discussed yet. She only knows she'll be having a lot of scenes opposite of Sheren Tang. Since it is very likely WAE2 will be shooting in Beijing, will Ada be able to look after her daughter? Ada said: "Bring her along! My daughter isn't in school yet! But yesterday when I came to shoot the sales presentation, my daughter was crying for 2 hours. My husband sent me a picture of her, but I am happy too because this proves my daughter needs me! I cannot not work, I still need the experience in these type of situations! (Have you been poached?) I already had a contract before I had my daughter, I will not ask TVB for more work because of the poaching!" Ada reveals she still signed a contract for 3 series before she had her daughter, since WAE2 is 40 episodes, it is like she already 2 series.

Back then, Sheren was the big villain in WAE and had caught the audience attention. She does not know if she will continue as Yu Fei, but she hopes to participate in the sequel. Asked if its because Rosy Business 3 (RB3) was aborted that she agreed to shoot WAE2? Sheren expressed Producer Lee Tim Shing for RB3 hasn't contacted her, the writer Cheung Wah Bui hasn't returned. She just knows producer Jonathan Chik invited her to WAE2.

Moses Chan was unsure if he's going to be continuing his role from the last series, but he still hopes for the chance to bring the original cast back. Asked if he feels pressured to be in a grand production? He expressed the more artists participating in the series, audience will enjoy it more. When speaking of new series Forensic Heroes III, his girlfriend Aimee Chan will have a bra-revealing scene? Moses said he knew beforehand, Aimee is an artist, so he shouldn't oppose of her performances, but he will personally skip over that scene and not watch it.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Miss Hong Kong Rebecca Zhu later will reportedly star in the TVB film TURNING POINT EXTREME (LAUGHING GOR ji CHIM JUI FAN) as the female lead. She said that she was waiting for the company's arrangement and did not have the details. She did not know whether she will be in a lead or supporting role. However she looked forward to her first film and would definitely properly grasp the chance. Some said that because she looked like Fala Chen she had this chance. Did she feel unhappy about that? She said, "It's both good and bad. Ultimately I am still new, Fala is the big sister, I hope the audience would recognize me as Rebecca Zhu and not as someone's clone!"

Source: on.cc
Translated by: hktopten