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Working on his second micro movie, Pakho Chau just worked on a goyeah.com micro movie. Pakho felt that this job was completely different from movies that everyone saw on the silver screen because micro movies had to tell the entire story in 10 minutes or so, like shrinking a movie down. To directors, writers and even actors it was extremely difficult.

This time Pakho would connect the stories of six different girls, including "note girl", "bubble wrap girl", "Miss Highlighter", "TB Buddy" and "Miss Micro Movie". Different female leads would play friends and young sisters around Pakho.

Was Pakho who has always had a healthy image afraid that playing such jerks would affect him? Pakho did not mind at all because he felt that now viewers very clearly knows that in the film he is only playing a character. At the same time it would not affect his other jobs. He joked, "If I play a killer should I kill someone? I don't mind how the character is and how people see me."

Do his numerous romantic characters in micro movies and even movies represent his view on love? Pakho admitted, "In my romantic view the result is the most important. I want marriage and children. I want to have my own family so I wouldn't date casually. Maybe you would feel I am very practical about love. Although before dating I wouldn't know how she thinks and whether she would see me as someone she would marry, we communicate. Because when I look for the other half I want her to be mature and love to communicate with me, it really is very hard to communicate with girls who are younger than me. Thus I don't mind finding a girl who is older than me. Now I am so busy with work that I don't have enough time to be with the other half. If I have a girlfriend now, she also has to be extremely understanding."

Source: Singtao
Translated by: hktopten

Aaron Kwok Fu Sing after working with Charlie Yeung Choi Nei earlier on Yim Ho's FLOATING CITY (FAU SING) again worked together on the film CHRISTMAS ROSE (SING DAN MUI GWAI), but this time Charlie has been elevated to directing. Sing Sing in order to fulfill his buddy's directing dream worked on the film for a friendly rate. In the film he even played a lawyer for the first time, often appearing stylishly in a sharp suit during the shoot. Making her directing debut, Charlie even invited Taiwan goddess Kwai Lun-Mei and new actress Wan Qian to match Sing Sing so they could set off new spark.

Earlier Sing Sing, Kwai Lun-Mei, Wan Qian and Theresa Lee Yi Hung worked on Wellington Street at Central. Around 4PM, Sing Sing and Wan Qian worked on a sweet dating scene. A simple shot took Charlie over 30 minutes as she tried to be perfect. Later the production team went to a store in Kau U Fong and transformed it into a design company. As the store was being transformed, Charlie too the time to shoot another shot with Sing Sing and Wan Qian as Sing Sing drove to pick up Wan Qian. She also explained the scene to them. After shooting that scene, Wan Qian completed all of her scenes and the team applauded to send her off. Sing Sing opened his arms to give an enthusiastic hug to his new partner. When Wan Qian left, she gave a 90 degree bow to show her thanks to all of the workers.

While waiting for the shoot, the team brought a lot of beverage in push carts and said that this was Sing Sing's manager Siu Mei's "treat". Lee Yi Hung often chatted with workers. Director Charlie and a child actor watched the playback at the control center; Kwai Lun-Mei walked over to Charlie to discuss the later shoot. After that, Kwai Lun-Mei even passionated hug Charlie and asked her assistant to take a photo of them.

Around 7PM, two water trucks arrived in the Kau U Fong location in preparation for the man made rain shoot. In pajamas Kwai Lun-Mei sat in a wheelchair. Sing Sing drove to the design company. Without an umbrella he awkwardly pounded on the door. Kwai Lun-Mei answered in her wheelchair. During a bad take, the crew immediately fixed them up and dried them completely. Charlie was not sloppy at all during the shoot. Not only was she after perfection but also took care of the actor's actual condition.

Source: Singtao
Translated by: hktopten

Sexy star Wylie Chiu Shek Chi after realizing that she was in love with a married businessman Danny immediately ended the relationship. The heartbreak did not affect them. Earlier she led pretty girls with outstanding figures Angelina Zhang (Cheung Woon Nga), Celia Kwok Wing Yi and Eva Lee Mu-Ching to work on the film poster for YUT LO HEUNG SAI (A ROAD TO THE WEST). Before the shoot they drank red wine for courage.

During the shoot Chiu Shek Chi with her long career line carried the banner. Lead actors Gregory Wong Chung Hiu was on top of Lee Mu-Ching. Pseudo model ancestor Chiu Shek Chi said that the ladies got along harmoniously and did not fight over positions. She said, "Everyone is a good friend. I am grown up, what haven't I see. I have been mad and I have been scared."

Kwok Wing Yi this year will release a photo book and admitted that in the film she performed in the nude and had no bottom line. Cheung Woon Nga said that in the film she had to pleasure herself, thus she rented some adult videos to study and practice at home. Lead actor Justin Cheung Kin Sing also pointed out that in the film he battled four beauties. Although he used athletic support when he removed the tapes he would hurt the worst pain for a man. Jeana Ho Pui Yu did not attend the shoot and needed a stand in for later addition.

Source: on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Maggie Q and Brigitte Lin (Lam Ching Ha) Yesterday attended the ROYAL STYLE: QING DYNASTY AND WESTERN COURT JEWELRY special exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Ching Ha explained why her handbag never left her hand, "Because I am carrying!" The crowd was surprised at her announcement, thinking she was pregnant. She smiled and added, "I am carrying a belly, I have to have a bag to hide it."

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

Kate Tsui entered the industry in 2004 after being crowned Miss Hong Kong and has been in a number of series since. In 2007, she debuted on the big screen and won the Best New Performer Award at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in Johnny To's Eye in the Sky. She also has pretty good 'peach blossom luck' as she was rumored with several male artists like Ron Ng, Joe Ma and Kenneth Ma. It turns out she only has feelings for smart men outside of showbiz, and intends to retire after marriage!

Best Way to Get Along is to have Same Taste

If you meet your Mr. Right will you go for a lightning marriage?

Kate: "This is an interesting concept, but I never thought about what I'll do when I get married. When I was teenager, I told my mother I'm not getting married because I didn't know what the purpose was. I'm not saying I'm resisting marriage, but it's just I haven't met someone that really matches and that I feel I could be with.

Just now I mentioned I won't find a boyfriend in this industry, it's not because I met an incompatible partner before and won't like people in showbiz again, rather I just don't like to be in the same work environment as my boyfriend. It's just like a couple working in the same office, don't really know what to do. In a relationship, a pair should have lots of topics to talk about. If you and him are working in the same office and know the same people, then topics narrow.

If we end up being in a series together as the lead actor and actress, then I cannot accept that. I want to keep work and private life separate. Kiss scenes are inevitable in acting, if my future boyfriend minds, then he should tell me, but after marriage I won't be working and will probably retire. I have this idea, but my thoughts usually never come true, haha. Perhaps I won't be able to retire. We never know what's going to happen next year, so just leave it to fate. Deliberately trying to plan will do you no good."

Longs for a True Love Romance Series

Kate started off as a Miss HK, and has played many different roles in TVB series, including a policewoman, lawyer, wealthy lady and more, you can say she has high flexibility. Today, she hopes be in a simple romantic story, bringing out a 'true love' side of her.

Kate: "This year my big work plans are to actively shoot series. All the series I've completely previously all broadcast around the same time and I'm afraid I won't have anything this year. So even with all my efforts, there will just be one series that will release. I've done films in between and have always been working in both the TV and film industry. However, this year I have no plans to release a music album, just focused on acting. Actually, I'm always doing different things, this year I want to do more series on romance, those true love types of stories. I have previously done too many hardcore roles like being a policewoman and boring the audience. Fans complain too, they all think I'm grown up, and can start doing other type of roles now, so I want to be part in a simple romantic series. Recently I've been shooting Highs and Lows, my role was initially a bar tender, but after several twists and turns, I end up in drug trafficking. She's a character that stops at rock bottom. In acting, I don't have times where I can't get out of the negative emotions. It's just if it was a rainy day, then I would feel sad. I'm a person that really needs sunshine!"

No Energy to Play with Young Men

There has previously been several actors rumored with Kate, but it turns out she really opposes dating someone in the industry. She believes a couple working in the same industry, then there would be less topics between them and lose the sparks. Kate longs for her future other half to be someone outside of the industry and she hopes he'll be able to teach her lots of things. She admits, at this moment, she really wants to be in a relationship!

Kate: "Being in this industry, must have a peach blossom. 'Audience fate' is a type of peach blossom too. Dating or not, leave it to fate. I'm actually pretty desperate to date myself because I feel it's about the time I should be in a relationship. A lot of my female juniors and seniors are getting married and having children, I'm really happy for them, but also audience nowadays are more accepting to artists finding their other half. They have a very open mind. Humans are humans, should have a balanced life and dating is just a part of life. At this stage in life, I do have pursuers, but I have to look clearly first. My pursuers are people outside of this industry, I don't like people in showbiz. That's boring. We're all in this industry, it's hard to match our schedules, for example, you're shooting in the morning, and I'm shooting at night. The times can't be regulated, it's hard to accommodate. The main point is, I hope my other half can teach me things. If we are both in the same profession, we see the world the same way and that's just not good enough.

I didn't say I especially like men from a specific profession, the key is to have common hobbies and taste. It would be the best if he's handsome, and looks smart, a clever guy and can communicate with me. He should be older than me too. I'm not saying how much older he has to be because I never dated someone over 10 years older than me, so I don't know if that works. But, I think it shouldn't be too big of an issue. Among my ex-boyfriends, the oldest one is only a few years older than me. We were only together because we had the same taste. If the age gap is too big, that's not going to work; if he's younger than me, he'll probably be always playing, I don't have the energy to play with him. Should I go down to the park with him to kick ball? Haha. Those in their 20s do those things, so the boyfriend I choose should be close in age, personality and taste with me. That's how we have common topics."

A Sexy Goddess? Thanks to Mom

A lot of men think Kate is the 'Sexy Goddess', but she did not dare to admit.

Kate: "Sexy is just a feeling. It's just other people calling me sexy. My definition of sexy is like this, people think I am, I won't be annoyed. I cannot control others' impressions. I don't know if its an innate quality, but my mom thinks its strange, why would her daughter be sexy? Haha, because she always saw me as a clear and bright little girl. She can't associate me with the word sexy. You think I'm sexy, I could only thank my mom. In fact, my standard of sexy is if other girls see a girl to have the sexy appeal or let me put it this way, this is very natural. You feel someone is very attractive, but that may not necessarily be in the eyes or mouth, it could be the personality or speech."

Epilogue: Charisma Attracts Rumors

Females who have a gentle voice, a foolish feeling and a sweet appearance had always been attractive to the opposite sex. However, during this interview, Kate was very straightforward, answered questions quickly and had quick reactions. She is no way a gentle and sweet girl. Why does she attract so many rumors then? Turns out, when Kate take pictures, she can immediately put away the tomboy side of her and display a sharp eye expression. Then she can pose in the most feminine way. This just proves straightforward and clever girls, just as long as they put out their feminine side at the right time, they can still attract men.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

As a notable TV King, there are no doubts in Roger Kwok's acting. He currently hopes to reach another peak in his career, but how could he make a breakthrough? He will have to make a change.

ROGER: "Many people have asked me if I've reached the highest peak in my acting career? In fact, I think I could reach another peak, but I may not necessarily have to rely on comedies, but rather a very concrete and strong character, just like Last One Standing or Wax and Wane. Looking back at my achievements, I actually feel quite indifferent on awards. In this industry, the words 'deserved' is not just given to you because of awards, but actually through the eyes of the audience. I know how much effort I put into something, and I'm not trying to wait for luck to come. Back then, when I got the TV King award, indeed I gained a lot more fame, jobs and income. Thereafter, I consistently had more jobs and every series great reaction. Even today, people are still giving me jobs for stage performances and commercials, so I do believe awards help in the career, but in the long-term, it all comes down to yourself and how much effort you put into the work.

I can say I've been with TVB the longest. Although I did leave for 3 years, but I eventually came back. It's not that TVB employees aren't hardworking, just that the Hong Kong market is small. The well-being just can't be compared to foreign countries, at least there's a labor union to support newcomers. I heard they are paid based on how many words they have to say. Fala Chen has told me before, we don't even know how much a freelance actor that has lines in the US is paid. But, we can't blame this on TVB, the market is just too small. How can they split one cookie with 3,000 employees. You want the bigger share and want to eat more, then you have to count on your own hard work!

There are people each year that have asked me to 'leave' [TVB], and there has been a lot more recently. Even Ricky Wong has approached me. I told him I still have some years left in my contract with TVB and don't want him to waste time on me. I'm not fussing, no one knows the future and I just don't want to waste people's time, but I'm very happy to have met this friend. I entered the TVB big family when I was 22 years old and have developed a relationship with all the directors, producers and even the makeup artists. Money can't buy these relationships. At the moment, I never thought of leaving, unless TVB doesn't want me anymore or perhaps TVB stops shooting series!

Epilogue: True Nature, Zero Hiding

In reality, Roger Kwok definitely doesn't personify 'Ah Wong'. He speaks clearly, concisely and doesn't beat about the bush. He is natural, direct and doesn't conceal anything. When speaking of his family, he unexpectedly revealed a very blessed expression; When speaking of his bitter times and a significant person that has helped him in life, he took a moment and really thought about it. He got very emotional when thinking back and slight redness was forming in his eyes. What we can be certain is that Roger Kwok is a person who has rich relationships.


Source: The Sun
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Sharon Chan, Sammy Leung, Patrick Tang and Otto Chan were busy shooting for TVB new series Justice Pursuit & Attack. In the series, the four are police officers and were shooting a funeral scene honoring the death of their fellow colleague at Wo Hop Shek Cemetery. It was sunny and hot that day, but they still had to be in all black suits and dark shades, and could only wipe away their sweat in slow motion. During the breaks, Sharon took out an umbrella for shade and a fan to cool herself down.

Busy shooting nonstop, Sharon was sick for a period of time, but still handled the action scenes with no problem. When reporters mentioned many of her good friends are having babies, Sharon insisted she must have one too, but for now, work comes first: "I'm in a stable relationship now and may get married at any time. But I must wait for good health to have a baby, for now I haven't had time to maintain my health." Sammy made huge sacrifices for his first TV series, as he turned down several jobs and losing 6 figures due to his busy schedule. Fortunately the producer's enthusiasm has sparked his interest in acting. He expressed: "For the next time, I really want to do something like Man of Wisdom, can be unpaid too!"


Source: The Sin
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

The Jacky Cheung ½ Century World Tour Concert 《張學友1/2世紀演唱會》recently held its finale performance in Hong Kong. The concert tour started back in December 2010 and a year and half later, in May 2012, it [came] to a close with a final count of 146 shows – which breaks the record for total number of [world tour] concert shows performed by a HK singer. Last year, in April 2011, Jacky had held ‘part 1’ of the Hong Kong leg of his tour at the HK Coliseum; this year (May 2012), ‘part 2’ was held at the Asia Expo Center – a venue that allowed for a wider stage, more far-reaching views, and better lighting effects. For the finale shows, Jacky invested a lot of effort and thought into the process – in a few months time, he will be achieving another ‘first’ amongst HK singers: he will be the first artist to release a concert DVD completely in 3D.

The name ‘Jacky Cheung’ itself is already a ‘beautiful voice, beautiful songs’ guarantee, however this time around, Jacky took his concert to new heights by incorporating elements that would allow audiences attending the concert to enjoy the best visual effects possible: a huge high-definition [HD] LED screen, multi-colored laser lights, a transparent glass stage, a heavy weight specially tailored outfit made of crystal beads, etc. For the anticipated release of the concert DVD, Jacky wanted the concert to be filmed using the highest level quality method possible – other than the usual HD and Blueray, what other option was there? After a little thought, an idea suddenly came to him – with the recent trend of many Hollywood grand productions being filmed in 3D, why not apply that same concept to his concert? With that thought, Jacky decided that he wanted to release a 3D concert DVD.

Filming in 3D is actually 4 to 5 times more expensive than filming in regular 2D mode – a 70 person filming crew had to be hired and from an equipment perspective, filming required 3 times the number of cameras that would normally be used. In addition, cameras had to be installed in various places throughout the arena in order to capture the performances from multiple angles. With everything that had to be done, filming only the very last show was virtually impossible – therefore, filming had to take place over the course of 3 shows, with the equipment running for 3 nights straight. The production was definitely taken very seriously.

Our [Mingpao’s] reporter watched the 138th show (a lucky number), which was one of the shows where the special filming took place. That night, a gigantic HD camera was set up in the arena’s control tower and each time concert producer Florence Chan (陳淑芬) had to leave or enter the area, she had to bend over slightly when walking in front of the camera so as not to block its view. She expressed: “A few nights ago, we watched some of the 3D trial footage of the concert and it truly did feel as though things were flying out at us from the screen! Definitely a very three-dimensional feeling.”

As soon as Jacky expressed his desire to film in 3D, Florence Chan immediately set the preparations in motion. Knowing that each shot would be very clear and crisp, which meant that even one speck of dirt would be captured by the cameras, Mrs. Chan had to arrange for an entirely new set to be made for the stage, with each crevice [of the set] carefully lacquered and polished to perfection. Even Jacky’s concert outfits had to be newly made, as there were quite a few heavy dance numbers scheduled throughout the show -- since Jacky usually sweats a lot during these performances, an additional 3 sets of the same-style outfits were made so that he could change into brand new outfits each night that filming took place. Mrs. Chan expressed: “With each white-colored outfit, we were afraid that even a speck of powder [from the makeup] on the collar would be visible!”

Due to all 10 of the finale shows being completely sold out, concert organizers specially added an additional section of seating in the hopes of reaching audiences who were not able to buy tickets earlier. These $200 HKD seats are on a slightly slanted incline on both sides of the stage and the view is partially obstructed majority of the time, however each time Jacky walks onto the suspension bridges on both sides to perform, the distance to him is especially close – definitely something for the fans purchasing these tickets to consider!

Source: Mingpao Weekly, Issue 2272
Translated by: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics

Angelababy and Mark Chao (Chiu Yau Ting) two nights ago attended the FIRST TIME premiere in Taiwan. Aside from the leads, Chao Shu-Hai and Cindy Yen (Yuen Wing Lam) also attended. Baby's two "new flames" Ko Chen-Tung and director Giddens Ko also supported her in person. Baby earlier became good friend with Ko Chen-Tung after working together on their new film TOGETHER. Director Giddens Ko saw Baby as YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE goddess. After they watched the film, they could not wait to advertise the film, saying that FIRST TIME and YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE were both movies that were romantic to the end.

At the premiere, as soon as the actors stepped on the red carpet fans immediately shrieked. In the film Chiu Yau Ting constantly rode a bicycle to take Angelababy around. In order to bring back this romantic scene, the event found a bicycle. They made a variety of intimate poses on the bicycles. Fans screamed, "They are too beautiful."

On this rare reunion of the four, they even talked about the production. Chao Shu-Hai and Chiu Yau Ting played father and son for the first time. He joked that on and off screen they could not be separated as they were like father and son. Jay Chou (Chow Kit Lun)'s junior colleague Yuen Wing Lam not only wrote the theme song for the movie but also participated in the performance. Her poor Chinese caused a lot of comedy, even Chiu Yau Ting could not help but laugh at her.

Director Han Yan praised Angelababy as the counterfeit of the female lead. In order to play the character well, she was all bruised from practices for a dance scene. Baby said that for this film she gave a lot. The film company also made four cakes with the film's title so the four actors could decorate the cakes with thier idea of the sweet taste of first love and again campaigned with the Taiwan viewers.

Source: Takungpao, Singtao
Translated by: hktopten

The Media Asia film MOTORWAY (CHEH SAU) will be released on June 21 in Hong Kong and the Mainland simultaneously. The 2012 Locarno International Film Festival received this film's European premiere right. MOTORWAY will be screened in Locarno's largest Piazza Grande, the venue could occupy 10,000 viewers. Soi Cheang Bo Shui, Anthony Wong Chau Sun, Shawn Yue Man Lok were very excited. They said that they have never watched a movie with 10,000 people and wanted to try it; yet because they will be working in August, they for now cannot confirm whether they will be able to meet the audience in Switzerland.

70% of the film are car races and chases that took over several dozen cars to complete. The actor who drove the most was Yue Man Lok. In the film 80% of his time was in the car. Wong Chau Sun joked that he was very lucky that he did not have to drive because he was not interested in cars. Lok Jai on the other hand loved cars and thus director Cheang Bo Shui arranging this character for him made him very happy. Yue Man Lok said that at first before he read the script, the director said him that his character was a cop and he was very disappointed. He thought, "Police again?" Later when he realized that actually he would be an invisible driver, he was rather interested. He said that men love cars just like women love diamond. They would be loyal to the end, perhaps it came from the desire for control.

Lok Jai personally performed most of car scenes in the film. He wanted the audience to experience the highest sense of realism, which gave director Cheang Bo Shui a big headache. In case of accident he not only would have to worry about actors but also the cars. If the cars were totaled, he had to immediately call someone for a replacement and the production cost would increase. The two car race on the Kennedy Town Pier even had a martial art duel feel. The director asked for two cars to brutally crash to add to the excitement in order to achieve the bumper car effect with real cars. Lok Jai also was hurt during this scene, luckily it was only superficial. The director however was scared half to death.

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

Fala Chen, William Chan and Sherman Chung were recording on JSG last night. Fala appeared in a back-revealing long dress: "Because this is my first time on JSG as a singer, and I have to perform live, so I'm treating this as a grand occasion. (Nervous?) Yes, so I practiced the song several times."

Fala frankly expressed it's quite a challenge for her to perform Cantonese songs and high notes. When she was recording, she got off-key the first two tries and couldn't reach the high notes. Although Fala barely got it on the third try, the executive at her record company wanted perfection, and asked her to record the song another time. Later, Fala explained: "I was a little nervous singing live for the first time. While I was singing, I got too into the song. I thought of the lonely feeling conveyed in the song, and the tears just came out! (Are you satisfied with your performance?) OK la! (How would you score yourself?) I don't know! There aren't any scores on JSG." Did her boyfriend give her any advice? Fala said: "Nobody has heard the new song. It is important that I rely on practicing the song myself and not on getting advice from others. If I wanted to ask, I would ask my teacher, producer or boss for professional advice."

Fala's debut album is scheduled to release in July, when asked if she knows her 'sister-in-law' Marie Zhuge is also releasing an album? She coldly said: "I haven't heard, ok!" When asked again if she's afraid of the competition? She generously responded: "Why would that be? There are so few singers in the HK music industry nowadays, I hope the industry will flourish with healthy competition." She also said she's not afraid that the public will compare her to Marie: "It's enough to do my best on my own part."

For his new song Empress, William Chan actively worked out for the MV: "There’s not much clothing on me! But because of all the recent Lau Ding Sing news, my initial costume was dropped, it's a pity." When asked how sexy his costume was? He laughed: "There's just two straps on the upper part of my body, accompanied by semi-transparent leggings."

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

(Left to Right: Steven Ho, Glen Lee, Rachel Kan, Kenny Wong, Dia Yiu Ming)
In TVB series Master of Play, there are five strange and weird demons who revolve around Moses - Kenny Wong, Rachel Kan, Glen Lee, Steven Ho and Dia Yiu Ming. The Housewives were all clueless when they first watched the series, but it turns out the five characters each represent evil, lust, treacherous, violence and conscience in Moses' demonic heart.

'Evil' - Kenny Wong
Kenny said the storyline was kept secret because they wanted to spark audiences' interest. In the past, the main character's innermost feelings were all conveyed through their thoughts, but this time five characters are used to convey Moses' inner world. It was said Master of Play is a reflection of Sean Lau's film Mad Detective? Kenny said he believes the film may have been an inspiration during the production process, or perhaps the series is related to another film Fight Club, but television is different than movies. TV series describes the story in detail and have careful arrangement.

'Lust' - Rachel Kan
Rachel used several foreign actresses as a reference for her role, in hope to put out the best feminine feeling. She laughed and said if her role wasn’t disliked by audience, then that's considered lucky. There will be even more lustful scenes in the series later. Although she’s seen with other demons in the series, but actually she only has Moses.

'Treacherous' - Glen Lee
Glen said producer Jonathan Chik initially didn't tell him that his role was a demon. After he found out, he started reading many books to reference. During the filming process, Glen got too into character and often displayed the dark side of him, frightening his wife.

'Violence' - Steven Ho
While shooting, Steven ends up losing his voice and injuring his waist. As he has many topless scenes, the producer told him not to relax his muscles and he has to work out daily to keep fit. Results, he ends up injuring himself and had to rest for over two weeks.

'Conscience' - Dia Yiu Ming
Dia is a crucial character. He was murdered shortly after the series started, but later comes back to life and stops Moses from committing crimes. He said: "It’s touching Moses’ heart, but it's hard to be a good person. I’m only able to roam behind him trying to convince him to stop doing harmful things.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Yesterday TVB's TV King Wayne Lai and Natalie Tong attended the blessing ceremony of their new series Detective Columbo. In the series, Wayne and Natalie are a pair of childhood lovers. Does Wayne feel his female co-stars are getting younger and younger? He joked: "I kept it well, but they (the actresses) are deteriorating fast! There aren't many people in TVB, got to give any kind of pairing a try. Tim Gor (Producer Lee Tim Shing) won't just force us together, at first she had to put on makeup to make her look older in order to accommodate me."

Natalie plays both the mother and daughter in the series, which is a great challenge for her. Also, the role suffers from a mental disorder, and she gets beat by several people. Wayne also admits Natalie got a difficult role: "The character goes through extreme changes, in hope to give audience a different feeling when the seriesl airs."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Kenneth Ma and Selena Li appeared as a 'Rumoured Couple Partnership' for the ribbon cutting of Just Gold's new shop. They appeared as newlyweds; Kenneth also put on a $400,000 worth two-carat wedding ring for Selena, but did not kiss the 'bride'.

Selena said that [they] already kissed when filming. She wants Kenneth to give a diamond ring the most, and also highly praised him as being the industry's hot property: "We haven't collaborated for a while...also miss him a bit". It has been rumoured that she has become acquainted with a number of wealthy friends...received a diamond ring or not? Selena said, "None. Friends would not give gifts out of nowhere. If accept something, must pay a price, so I would not accept gifts so easily. Kenneth laughingly said, "If Selena agrees to marry me, then I will give [her] a ring. She actually has many pursuers...it's just that it's difficult to win her over". When asked whether he dares not to pursue another because he misses ex-girlfriend Nancy Wu, Kenneth said, "Never thought of these. I also do not know whether Nancy is single or not. Back to being friends now...has always been very comfortable". He expressed that he has never given diamond rings to females...giving jewellery at most.

Source: mingpao, the-sun, and Weibo
Translated by: hyn5 @ Fortunate City

On 9 May, Andy Lau’s wife gave birth to a daughter, Hong Kong’s Sudden Weekly reports that he would be bring his wife and daughter to Malaysia to celebrate the baby’s 2nd month, they would be staying at a bungalow worth HK$60 million, this is the present Andy gave Carol, meanwhile for the old apartment was stayed by Andy’s sister as his younger brother was also photographed taking bus everyday.

The report stated that at the end of the month Andy intended to bring his wife and daughter back to Malaysia so that relatives and friends can take a look at the new born “little dragon girl”, thus he did not took Cathay Pacific which can be easily tracked and opt for lesser known airlines, he even leaked out news that he would be bringing his daughter to Canada, this is his plan of bringing his family to Malaysia. Around one month ago, he had bought a bungalow at Kuala Lumpur’s Ampang area, spending HK$60 million to buy 2 bungalows, intending to link them up, renovation workers revealed that from outside the house could see the huge and beautiful baby room on the second floor. It’s also alleged that he donated HK$1 million to Kaoshiung Fo Guang Shan as blessing for his daughter.

Since the birth of his daughter, to prevent his wife and daughter to be seen in public, he stayed guarded by their side, the Hong Kong media can only wait outside his Kadoorie Hill apartment, but there was no sight of Andy, surprisingly managed to catch his elder sister and younger brother visiting their parents. His elder sister did not put on any makeup, she either took bus or walked to Andy’s old apartment, she does not look like the relative of a superstar. Andy’s younger brother is also a workaholic as he would took the bus at 9am every morning to work and back home at 10pm.

Sudden Weekly’s reporter disguise as flower delivery to the alleged Manhattan Hill penthouse in Hong Kong that Andy bought for Carol, the alerted security did not discover the surname of the owner of the penthouse, it seems that they had been reminded not to leak out any news.

It’s close to one month since the birth of Andy’s daughter, nobody seems to know how the baby looked like, other than the announcement that he made on his website that his wife and daughter discharged from the hospital, there are no news from him which is common for his low profile behavior. Although it’s alleged that he will have a 100 days celebration for his daughter but it can’t be confirmed by Andy.

Being traditional, Andy has already started distributing ginger-vinegar to his friends to share his joy of becoming a father. It’s reported that the couple being Buddhist, thus they ordered vegetarian ginger-vinegar.

Andy’s bowling buddy Carlo Ng Ka Lok had already received Andy’s gift as he uploaded the ginger-vinegar on his blog as he also wrote his wishes: “Many thanks to brother Andy Lau, wish his family healthy and the baby could grow up soon.”

Meanwhile, tomorrow is the anniversary celebration of Andy World Club, which is an annual event for the club, Andy already has a date with his fans, this would be his first appearance after becoming a father, coincidentally it’s also the first month of his daughter, the fans will be celebrating for him and presents for him. The club members has to wear AWC 2012 uniform and could arrive early for the Best Actor Charity Photography Area as they could take photo with Andy’s award, all proceedings will goes to Andy Lau Charity Fund.

Source: Apple Daily News Taiwan, Sing Pao, Headline Daily, Ming Pao
Translated by: AndyLauSounds

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Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Soon to be business owner, Suki Tsui 'ditched' her two daughters and went on a trip to Europe with her husband. Suki's trip was primarily to learn how to make perfume, but the couple went out shopping to relax while they were there. Yesterday Suki and her husband Kenny (Wong Ho) continued their journey in Italy. When they were leaving the hotel in Rome, one of the staff helped them move their luggage to the trunk of the car. When Kenny was getting ready to start the car and take off, the trunk light remained on, so Kenny had to go back to fix the luggage since it wasn't put in properly.

At this time, Suki, who was sitting in the passenger seat of their rented Mercedes Benz, saw about 10 husky men in hoodies from a distance. The men had their eyes fixed on their Mercedes. Two of them started walking towards the driver's side of the car as if they were about to make the move. Suki was greatly frightened as she quickly shouted for help: "Husband, come back here! They want to start the car!" Kenny heard his wife's scream, and quickly got in the car, locked it and drove off.

After the incident, Kenny and Suki accepted a long-distance phone interview with [The Sun]. Suki was still very frightened: "At the time, I was really scared. My husband said he never seen me so mean and agitated before. It took a brief moment before I could calm down!" She expressed after that incident, she didn't dare to go out randomly: "I was very scared after, and didn't dare to get out of the car to see the scenery. I just remained in the car to watch, and just wanted to leave as soon as possible."

When Suki mentioned how she almost got abducted, she was very emotional: "Yeah! At the time if the men got in the car, I would definitely jump out of the car! (Did you hire bodyguards to protect you?) I had plans before, but I heard from a friend, there may be crooks working with the bodyguard to commit robbery. I haven't been this scared in my life!" As if she'll cut her trip short and get back to HK as soon as possible? Suki said: "Because I already booked the airtickets and hotel, so I can't cut the trip short."


Source: The Sun
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Rapper MC Jin is a father! He announced on his website that his son "Chance" was born on June 1st in the US. Wrapped up in a blanket, Chance has a round chubby face and little eyes rolling around, very cute. MC Jin especially flew back to the States and accompanied his wife through labor. Celebrating his 30th birthday on June 4th with a 'family of three' for the first time, it was a memorable birthday for MC Jin. He shared a photo of him with a birthday cake on Facebook.


Source: TVBChannel
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

The Raymond Wong Pak Ming produced, Vincent Kok Tak Siu directed, Ronald Cheng Chung Kei, Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, Raymond Lam Fung, Lynn Xiong (Hung Doi Lam), Karena Ng Chin Yu and Hai Qing starred film NAM YUN YU YI FOK (MEN ARE LIKE CLOTHES) earlier held a press conference in Hengzhou. The film would shoot on location in Hong Kong and Hengzhou and be scheduled for a National Day holiday release.

In the film Mo Shun Kwan, Ng Chin yu and Hung Doi Lam played underwear and fashion designers. In order to get the god class designer Hai Qing's advice, the trio along with Cheng Chung Kei, Lam Fung and Wong Pak Ming went to Hengzhou to look for Hai Qing. To coordinate with the fahsion design theme, the event yesterday arranged for Wong Pak Ming, Cheng Chung Kei and Lam Fung to walk the catwalk at the press conference. Cheng Chung Kei said that with just one tee shirt he could beat Lam Fung. "I may not be able to beat Ah Fung in chok, but now that I am a father I have a group of baby age fans!" Lam Fung also joked, "I will use my trump card and make his daughter switch teams!"

Although they did their best, they seemingly were unable to win the actresses over. Sister Mo joked that it had to be fixed. "Actually Ah Fung is handsome, Cheng Chung Kei is cute, but Brother Pak Ming is our boss. He gave us sisters a living, of course he is the best!" Lynn originally wanted to choose Boss Wong, but in the film Lam Fung was her boyfriend so in the end she still chose Lam Fung. Cheng Chung Kei though joked, "You of course would choose (Aaron) Kwok Fu Sing! Haha!" Lynn only awkwardly laughed. Finally, the event gave an extra large pair of golden boxers to Wong Pak Ming.

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

Jaycee Chan (Fong Cho Ming) succeeded his father for the first time as he worked on the new Taiwan director Chang Hsun-Wei's new action comedy DOUBLE TROUBLE (BO DOH SEUNG HUNG). Two nights ago a premiere was held in Beijing. Father Jackie Chan made an exception and personally appeared on the red carpet to cheer on his son Cho Ming. He also gave Cho Ming barley, a metaphor for the film to be a big hit. Cho Ming smartly went on one knee to accept his Old Man's gift. He said, "I kept thinking he is lacking here and there. He isn't as hard working as me, as determined as me. Since I felt he isn't as good as me in anything, if he achieved a score of 80, I would like him to get 100."

Jackie Chan pointed out that now he has begun to encourage his son. "Many people thus yelled at me, saying that Cho Ming has already done very well. I shouldn't keep scolding him. When I got home, I would get yelled at (Joan Lin) too, blaming me for being like that. When I was making THE KARATE KID, how Will Smith treated his son made him realize that I had to change my old way of thinking. From now on, I will say Fong Cho Ming is the best." However, Jackie Chan on the stage still could not help but strictly "criticized" Cho Ming. When he heard his son shedding tears after an injury on the set, he repeatedly said that he was too shameful.

Cho Ming personally performed almost all the stunts in the film. Director Chang Hsun-Wei complimented how much risk he took on numerous occasions. Jackie Chan said, " After seeing the film in Cannes I was very pleased, I thought from now on I wouldn't make this type of big action films and leave it to Siu Fong Ji. POLICE STORY 6 or what, I would leave them all to him. I will just make 2 YOUNG 2 (JO SHOOK 2), BREAK UP CLUB 2 (FUN SAU SHUET OI NEI 2)." Jackie Chan even said that Joan Lin (Lam Fung Giu) kept reminding him about the event at night since they woke up. He also said in the end, "Thank you everyone for supporting Fong Cho Ming. You are the best! I said that for his mother."

As for the sudden support and praise from his father, Cho Ming said that he was very scared. He joked, "Suddenly hearing such praise I was highly frightened. Just now on stage my heart beat very well." Cho Ming joked that he did not know actually Mama's words were so useful. yet he would not make a film as dangerous as POLICE STORY. He believed that his Old Man was just joking and promoting the film.

Source: Takungpao, Singtao
Translated by: hktopten

Miriam Yeung Chin Wa two days ago gave birth. Her husband Real Ting Chi Ko has been with his wife at the hospital. Yesterday Chin Wa's parents and Ting Chi Ko's mother and grandmother all visited the grandson. Ting Chi Ko and his mother have already named the baby after Chelsea's handsome soccer star Torres but no Chinese name yet. Chin Wa due to pain still has not been able to leave the bed yet, but she has attempted breast feeding.

Yesterday morning around 20 to 30 reporters waited outside the hospital. around 1PM, Ting Chi Ko's mother, grandmother and Chin Wa's parents arrived. Chin Wa's father held reporters' congratulations and was all smiles. He thanked the reporters in return but he said that he still has not seen his grandson yet. The elders stayed at the hospital for a hour. Chin Wa's parents left first. They said that their grandson resembled both parents but they did not have a chance to hold the baby yet. As for Chin Wa, they said that she was great and thanked the media for their concern. Later, Ting Chi Ko's mother and grandmother also left the hospital. They both smiled very happily. Have their held the baby? Ting Ko Chi's grandmother was caught off guard somewhat. Ting Chi Ko's mother replied, "Not yet." Would she reward her daughter in law? other Ting only said that she was very happy. When asked about the baby's name, she said to ask her son.

Yeung Chin Wa's record company spokesperson said that the baby's English name would be Torres like Chelsea's handsome soccer star. The name came from Ting Chi Ko and his mother. The Chinese name has not been set yet. Chin Wa's Cesarean section wound still hurt so yesterday she was still in bed. Yet Chin Wa said that holding her son felt very special. Yesterday she also tried breast feeding, but Chin Wa joked that she did not know whether her son was able to suck any. She would try hard to feed him. The spokesperson also said that the baby like his mother Chin Wa liked to sing and was very cute. Chin Wa and Ting Chi Ko were very attentive, Chin Wa's assistant yesterday broken three big boxes of cakes and beverages to reporters outside the hospital. Due to the heat, the hospital crew also provided water and fans for the media outside.

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

The film LAN KWAI FONG 2 (HEI OI YEH PO 2) two nights ago held its wrap banquet. Director Wilson Chin Kwok Wai earlier was caught with "pseudo model" Pak Wan in Singapore. Wilson and rumored girlfriend Calinda Chan Yuen Wai ran right into each other. Wilson as usual denied everything and appeared awkward in front of Chan Yuen Wai. The media had to beg him several times before he reluctantly pulled other actors to be in a photo with him and his girlfriend. He joked that he was an idol and declined to publicize his romance.

The cast appeared, including Kelvin Kwan Chor Yiu, Shiga Lin Si Nga, "Ma Model" Mia, Chrissie Chau Sau Na's boyfriend Avis and others. The "pseudo models" all "pushed up" for attention. The always lucky with the ladies director Chin Kwok Wai earlier was caught with Pak Wan while shooting BATTLE OF THE SENSES in Singapore. Two nights ago Wilson was prepared. "Just one? Come on! Actually eight monsters were all in my room every night!" He joked about how tough it was to fight one against eight and revealed that every night the monsters came over to eat his room service. When they were broke they would come over to Wilson's room to make calls.

Wilson appeared to be relaxed by himself, but after his rumored girlfriend Chan Yuen Wai was dragged into the interview, Wilson appeared to be flushed and shy. He reiterated that they were not dating. She was asked about her rumored boyfriend's "room incident". "If that girl was truly caught, that's good for him. I would wish him well!" Chan Yuen Wai asked him to remember to invite him to his wedding and obviously gave him a vote of confidence. Reporters joked that Wilson refused to recognize his girlfriend. Wilson mischievously said, "I plan to move to the front of the camera later, why would an idol publicize his romance?" Later he was asked to pose for a photo with Chan Yuen Wai, but he dragged in Mia.

"Ma Model" Mia two nights ago said that this was her film so she "pushed up" out of respect. She revealed that she was thinner so her clothes was a little lower. She has already taken the full precautions and had tapes 360 degrees around. Speaking of her passionate bed scene with Chau Sau Na's boyfriend Avis, Mia thus was invited to DJ with Avis in many Mainland night spots. However, she said, "Let him first improve his DJ skills first! (Are you afraid of Sister Na being mad at your couple money grabbing?) No! We are very well defined. Last time he was said to go to my home he walked me to the elevator door and not to my door like a gentleman."

In addition, Lin Si Nga arrived late. Since her intimate photo incident she promoted the film for the first time. She said that her spirit has improved and work has been scheduled until August. She said, "My workload has never been reduced." Her intimate photos seemed to have helped with film promotions. Lin Si Nga said, "The character in the film is different from me and isn't related. I have never been a rich girl or had any abortion."

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

The KEKEXILI and CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH director Lu Chuan directed Emperor new film THE LAST SUPPER (WONG JI SING YIN) starred Daniel Wu (Ng Yin Cho), Liu Ye, Chang Chen, Qin Lan. Yesterday lead actor Ng Yin Cho as Xiang Yu in a "hegemon armor" costume still was unveiled for the first. Ng Yin Cho wore the around 40 pounds Xiang Yu "hegemon armor". Reportedly the entire armor was completely hand made, from inside out it followed strict orders and based on recovered heritage standards. Produced in six layers, when Ng Yin Cho put it on he only had a pair of shorts. The outermost layer had a soft leather and a heavy armor layer. The heavy armor was made from gold plated bronze and was particularly precious.

Ng Yin Cho at first did not know that he had to appear in the armor, thus when the "hegemon armor" frightened him during the costume fitting. The armor's complex design made him suffer. The outdoor location temperature reached 40 degrees Celsius. He even had action scenes. Thus he joked, "Every time as soon as the director yelled cut, everyone fought to remove their costumes. Everyone sweat out at least 2 liters." Later Ng Yin Cho decided to work out everyday to handle the physical demands that the shoot required. During the shoot many on and off camera personnel collapsed due to heat stroke, Ng Yin Cho was able to handle it at will. Playing Xiang Yu's concubine Consort Yu, He Dujuan spent 2 full hours to complete a scene in which she put the armor on Xiang Yu. She said that being able to dress the man she loved into a mighty general truly felt like quite an achievement. She was very able to experience the love between the Hegemon-King of Western Chu and Consort Yu.

Director Lu Chuan said that THE LAST SUPPER hopefully would be able to stick to a type of "return to actual history" realistic attitude. "We hope viewers will be able to experience historical visuals with a solid sense of time, we also hope to prove one point that history should be worth respecting."

Source: Singtao, Mingpao
Translated by: hktopten

The Taiwan media earlier revealed that director John Woo (Ng Yu Sum) has cancer. Ng Yu Sum personally called the media and said it was only a small tumor in his neck and not cancer. Because Ng Yu Sum needed to recover, his film LOVE AND LET LOVE (SUN SEI LUEN) has been postponed until March. Louis Koo Tin Lok who has already been confirmed to be a part of the film yesterday revealed online that Ng Yu Sum's condition has improved.

Ng Yu Sum's LOVE AND LET LOVE would be star studded, including Zhang Ziyi, Song Hye-Kyo, Chang Chen, Zhang Hanyu and others. Earlier Koo Tin Lok has already been confirmed to join the cast and would hopefully play a couple to Zhang Ziyi.

Yesterday around 0:23, Koo Tin Lok posted about Ng Yu Sum's condition and said that his condition has already improved. Later he will be able to make LOVE AND LET LOVE. He said, "I believe all the Goo fans know that I will work with director Ng Yu Sum. Yet because the director earlier was ailing, for now he will rest first. Many media friends asked about the condition. Now I know that his condition has already improved. I think later he will be able to work. Now I only want the director to test more. Hopefully all the media friends would not disturb him for now."

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

Jackie Chan's son Jaycee Chan (Fong Cho Ming), model Jessica C. and Mainland actor Xia Yu two days ago attended the film DOUBLE TROUBLE (BO DOH SEUNG HUNG)'s Shanghai press conference. In the film they had many action scenes, some of which were shot in the "green screen" room for post production later.

In the film they struggled on the road. During the shot JC and her female companion got more and more excited as they fought. They worked together to tightly strangle Xia Yu with the safety belt. Before the director yelled cut Cho Ming was very worried. Luckily the director accepted the take in time and Cho Ming breathed a sigh of relief. JC said that action scenes in the "green screen" room was very tough. Yesterday the film held its Mainland premiere and Jackie Chan attended in support of his son.

Fong Cho Ming's film theme song music video WHICH ONE was also unveiled. In the production highlight his hilarious expression was exactly the same as his father Jackie Chan. Cho Ming said that he never thought about taking the baton from his father as he only wanted to be the best of himself.

Source: on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Congrats to Miriam Yeung for becoming a mother! Yesterday Miriam gave birth to a 7.6 pound baby boy at the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital. The moment Miriam entered the delivery room, she was a little nervous, but when she saw her baby for the first time, she was touched to tears. As for Real Ting becoming a father for the first time, he was just as excited and got very high. He praised his son is a hybrid of him and his wife, looking very handsome. The baby has long arms and legs, big eyes like Miriam and a face shape like Real.

Miriam was expected to due on June 18th, but she already revealed earlier that there is a great chance of her getting a C-section. In fact, she and Real had already decided to delivery the baby yesterday via C-section. Yesterday morning, Miriam was secretly admitted to the hospital with her husband to accompany her. Shortly after, Real couldn't help himself and disclosed on Weibo: "The weather is beautiful today, I'm happy!" According to the source, Miriam feared the news would leak and attract large groups of reporters, so the couple decided to keep it a secret. Mr. Ting expressed they booked bed spaces in three different hospitals. It was rumored Miriam was actually admitted to the hospital later that afternoon and gave birth at 4pm. Mr. Ting announced the news first thing: "Super thanks to my wife, RMB is born!" RMB is the nickname for their son representing Real and Miriam's Baby.

Since Real is afraid of blood, he couldn't decide whether to cut the umbilical cord himself or not. Ultimately, he just allowed the doctor to do the honors and cut the umbilical cord, he laughed: "When I first saw my son, I thought he was so handsome because he looks like me! In fact, our son looks like Miriam too, he looks like a hybrid of us." Although Miriam was exhausted after giving birth, she still didn't forget to say to everyone: "I have to tell everyone, I am a mother. Thank you all for the blessings."

[Mingpao] During Miriam's pregnancy, she still had an itch to record a new song called Parent (親). Yesterday the song released for radio airplay, coincidentally on RMB's birthday.

Parent (MV) is a song written by Miriam's close friend Lam Chik and composed by Tsui Gai Chung, conveying the thoughts of parents. As a mother for the first time, Miriam tells her child that [his/her] mother is willing to be their friend, listen to what the child has to say and won't dislike her nagging. The song reflects on the communication style of today's parents with their children.

When Miriam was recording this song, her unborn baby was constantly kicking her, so now everyone is teasing that even her baby wanted to 'duet' with her. Surely, this must be the coolest duet.


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

Bloody murderous TV series Master of Play has been named "TVB's Most Flavorful Production in History". Although last week, the series lost the housewives audience, resulting in a 3 point rating drop down to 24 points, still there are Netizens supporting the series. Aside from the two attractive main leads Adam Cheng and Moses Chan, senior police inspector played by Matt Yeung and Iva Law, appearing in only two episodes as the sexy undercover, both caught Netizens attention as well.

Matt Yeung and Iva Law play a couple in the series; both have been in the industry for over 10 years. When Matt first debuted, he was fortunate that TVB heavily promoted him, but unfortunately back then he didn't cherish the opportunity and even became the first TVB artist in history that had to repeat the Artistes Training Class. The most miserable was when he had no income for six months and practically lived on seeds.

Retakes the TVB Artistes Training Class

31 year old Matt Yeung entered the industry 14 years ago, but all along, he only had minor roles. Last year in TVB sitcom Be Home For Dinner, Matt's role as Tin Hoi got him on the rise again, and he finally gets recognition in his latest series Master of Play (MOP). In fact, Matt graduated from the 1998 TVB Artiste Training Class, the same year as Raymond Lam and Tavia Yeung. Soon after, Matt rose to popularity when he portrayed a role intimating Nicholas Tse in Screen Play and was heavily promoted by TVB. Unfortunately, back then he didn't know how to cherish, always went for late night partying at the nightclubs and got in trouble with the law. TVB had to set him aside before he could wake up and start behaving.

In 2005, his career was almost game over when he was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) and criminal damage. This time, he had the rare opportunity to portray the serious senior police inspector in MOP and make a breakthrough. Matt said: "Initially when Ah Chik (producer Jonathan Chik) came to me, I was afraid I couldn't do it, and there was no script, each day it was all last minute scripts, so I was really nervous. Before, I didn't know how to cherish my opportunities, I liked to play and cause trouble. Five years ago, I even became the first TVB artist in history to repeat the Artistes Training Class. In between, I actually wanted to give up as I had absolutely no jobs during that period. I was hopeless for 6 months."

If Matt didn't want to go homeless, then he really had to find something to do, but unfortunately he failed. Matt continued: "That time I tried to save up and start a business, a clothing store. Once I had time, I would go stock up on merchandise and do everything myself, but the store only lasted for a short period. I couldn't handle the business, so I had to close it down. I then tried selling mitten crabs in Jordan, but that only lasted for a season (3 months). At the time, I didn't know what to do anymore, one day I looked at myself in the mirror, and couldn't help but say to myself, 'You hell boy, misbehaved and wasted all your opportunties.' All along it was due to Catherine Tsang giving me all the opportunities that I was able to continue acting!"

Today, Matt knows better and is well-behaved. Last year, he announced on Weibo that he plans to marry his girlfriend (Joanna) at the end of the year. The couple have been dating for over two years.

Iva Law - Sexy Undercover Marries German Boyfriend

Iva Law entered TVB 12 years ago, and had only been playing naughty young girls or prosititutes. This time in Master of Play, she plays an undercover cop. Although she only appears in two episodes, she still grabbed attention by her sexy short skirt and long legs. She 'poisoned' all the guys, as they watched the scene before her death over and over again. It turns out this sexy undercover already married her German I.T boyfriend last year. Iva said: "Although I have thought of giving up, but it is not because of what roles I get, rather it is safer to be an all-round artist. So, in 2006 I studied makeup in Japan to increase my value and came back realizing that I really do like acting. Luckily TVB let me come back. (Does your husband mind that you get so sexy on-screen?) Haha...I just do it first every time, then I tell him afterwards. If I tell him beforehand, he definitely won't allow it! My husband owns an I.T company, not considered wealthy, but I don't have to worry about the finances. Acting is realy just my hobby!" In 2003, Iva sparked love after collaborating with Lawrence Ng, 15 years her senior, but unfortantely the relationship only lasted for about a year before ending in a break up.


Source: FACE Magazine
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Kelly Chen, Annie Liu, Eric Tsang and Andy Hui took part in the recording for the first episode of Grasshopper's new TVB game show Around the World Star Competition (環遊世界明星賽). The group were guests on the show. Kelly frankly expressed it's been two years since she's been on TVB due to the earlier royalty disputes with the Big 5 record companies. Besides the air conditioning still being really cold, Kelly expressed she noticed a lot has changed in TVB, but she laughed and said she's not exaggerated as Alan Tam, needing a guide dog to help give directions around the company because TVB is just too big, even if it was two years ago, she still didn't really know her way around. She reveals later she will collaborate with TVB in secret and is currently planning her comeback show, as her first postnatal stage performance. However, she won't consider bringing her son along to watch her show because he can't sit still.

The winner in the show could win two tickets to travel the world, Annie Liu expressed if she wins, she will definitely go with her mother. She said: "Although I'm not in a relationship now, and I'm not sure when I'll find my other half, but maybe there be love at first sight and I'll go for a lightning marriage. When I'm married in the future, I really won't have too much time to spend with my mother."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Dramas

House of Harmony and Vengeance - 耀舞長安 (EPS 21-25) - 29 PTS

Master of Play - 心戰 (EPS 06-10) - 24 PTS (Peaking @ 26 PTS) [Related News]

Come Home Love - 爱·回家 (EPS 11-15)　- 24 PTS

Variety Shows

Battle Of The Senses - 五覺大戰 (EP 13) - 26 PTS
Master So Food - 食得峰騷 (EP 07) - 23 PTS
Neighborhood Treasures 4 - 千奇百趣高B班　- 20 PTS

(CSM Media Research: 1 point represents 64,070 viewers)

Source: Apple Daily, CSM
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

TVB series Master of Play produced by the creators of When Heaven Burns Jonathan Chik and Chow Yuk Ming had already stirred up controversies even before its broadcast. There were nearly 100 complaints on the premiere week and that did not help the ratings at all. On the second week, the ratings dropped to 24 points, losing about 20,000 of the housewife audience. (The premiere week averaged at 27 points)

Initially both Master of Play (MOP) and When Heaven Burns (WHB) were suspected to have implications to the Tianamen Incident of 1989 (June 4th Incident), but TVB denied. Yesterday morning, writer Chow Yuk Ming expressed on Weibo that the ending scene, 'balance through space', was an implication of his feelings on the June 4th Incident. However, a part of his Weibo entry got 'river-crabbed' (censored) by Weibo administrators.

When MOP first started broadcasting, there were already several murder, suicide and terrifying bloody scenes, which was disturbing to audience. On the first week, the Broadcasting Authority received a total of 92 complaints, and TVB received 11 complaints. Although not much happened during the second week, the BA still received 13 complaints, and the ratings rapidly dropped 3 points compared to last week. Many family audience criticized that the complicated storyline is hard to understand. However, there are also a large group of supporters as well, expressing the depth of the storyline is worth pondering over and that Adam Cheng's performance is outstanding.

Yesterday on Weibo, Chow Yuk Ming revealed the meaning to WHB's final scene. What the final scene conveyed is the message of "What If", bringing out his feelings towards the June 4th Incident. Chow wrote: "The meaning to WHB's finale scene is 'What If'... If that night, the authorities chose to forgive and opened up, then perhaps today there would be less national per capita income, but I believe we'll be mentally richer; Perhaps there is a lack of aircraft carriers, but I believe there would be higher international status; Perhaps we would eat less, but I believe we would be eating more peacefully; Perhaps children lack advanced technologies to play with, but inevitably have longer life... all this, is the 'what ifs' I have on that night."

Chow had another part in his Weibo entry, but it got 'river-crabbed': "The gossips in history is often a frail matter, simply too easy to bury, modify and forget. Please everyone remember this, must grasp the future, we need more understanding of the past. Tonight Mainland Weibo friends, I truly hope you all can see this paragraph of mines." A Netizen told Chow to wait until MOP finish broadcasting before commenting, otherwise the series may get banned again. He denounced the Netizen's ignorance.


Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

[The Sun] exclusive interview with Roger Kwok on his experiences of being a father:

My wife Cindy Au and I tied the knot in 2006, and had our first child, Brad Kwok in 2008. In 2011, we went for another girl, Blair Kwok. I became a father at age 43, and within my plans of having children, I do have worries of when I'm old, there may be a generation gap between my children and I. My parents were already gone (passed away) when I got married and never got to witness my marriage, I feel some regret. Now that I'm a parent myself and have such a large generation gap with my children, I would think when they get married in the future, will I still be around? If my son gets married late, I really can't live for another 40 years!

I have 5 brothers and 3 sisters, since youth my father was out making a living and my mother was a housewife. My elder brothers and sisters took care of me the most, so I lacked childhood education that I could use as a model for my children. I have to create my own model on educating my children. I'm not really an autocratic, I don't think everything needs to be distinguished between black and white. To act according to convention can actually create the generation gap. I see my children as friends, parents should not be strict, I advocate for no social class.

After my oldest son Brad was born, my life changed a lot. At first, I was really scared! Before he was born, I was already mentally prepared, but in reality, everything differed tremendously from what I had expected. It was then, I truly felt that I had stepped into another stage in life! I thought I could face it with ease, but turns out that I couldn't do it! My deepest memory was when Brad was around 7 or 8 months old, one night he had a high fever, my wife and I were so freaked out we didn't know what to do. He was crying nonstop and didn't know how to talk, so we quickly sent him to the hospital. At the time, I was thinking a baby that young, why does he have to suffer such torment? He also had nose allergies, one time his eyes were swollen as big as chicken eggs. I could feel he was really scared himself. Fortunately my wife and I are both Christians, and believe that parents shouldn't be the ones to blame for their children falling ill. We mutually encouraged one another to leave our son with God.

I changed diapers and gave them baths. In the future, when they get married, I have handy pictures to prove that their parents have contributed for them. They must continue the tradition and treat their children the same way. I don't long for my children to succeed in life, just hope they grow up healthy. We didn't choose a famous school for them to go to nor is it necessary to move homes to accommodate them. The kindergarten had about 2,000 children registering, and during the interview, my son cleverly gave the teacher a kiss. Brad is very cute, and really displays the true side of a child. On the first day of school, he was crying like the world was ending, but on the second day, he didn't cry at all and went into the classroom himself. Then on the third day, he was crying again, but it turns out he thought he only had to go to school for two days!

I have had quarrels with my wife because of our children, but the most important is that when we both calmed down, we were able to resolve the issues. I often take Brad to school and pick him up myself, hoping to spend as much time as I can with him through his growth. I don't want him to be a Hong Kong child! He's very clever now, he knows how to put on his own shirt, pants and socks. I accompany him in and out because I'm afraid he may rely too much on the domestic worker, I want to train him to do things himself. Earlier there were kidnapper rumors which had troubled me, but luckily, the reason was possibly due to a misunderstanding in a family dispute and it's not considered a societal issue! [Before] I was so worried I couldn't sleep, I stayed up late at night to read what people are saying online. We were very worried, but I didn't tell my son about the kidnapper, I don't want him to know there are so many bad people in the world.


Source: The Sun
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Yesterday Kristal Tin, Ruco Chan and Natalie Tong attended TVB new series No Good Either Way's promotional event. In the series, Kristal and Ruco play a married couple, Kristal laughed and said her role is kind-hearted and worships her husband. She said she was just being herself and placed her real life into the role. Ruco didn't say she was hard to bear, but Kristal is actually worried he won't be able to find another wife like her. Kristal reveals her husband Chapman To's condition has recovered 90% and he'll be resuming work mid-July. Tomorrow, she and her husband will be heading to the US to celebrate their 7th wedding anniversary and take two week lessons on Buddhist seclusion. Is she worried Chapman might get the '7 year itch'? She joked her husband often gets itchy on different areas, so she'll have to seal off his whole body to be able to stop his itches.

Although Ruco isn't married yet, he still felt very comfortable playing a married couple with Kristal. He joked he's also worried he can't find a wife as good as Kristal. He reveals there were unavoidable bed scenes with Kristal, but those scenes were just limited to sitting and chatting on the bed. Asked if he and rumored girlfriend Eunis Yiu are only chat-limited too? "In acting, my girlfriends are always changing, but in reality, I have a girlfriend too!"


Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum