Fala does not sing at home, no comment from boyfriend

type='html'> Fala Chen was invited as a special performer for an electronic company presentation evening last night. She wore a glitzy shift dress and sang some classic songs. Many guests were more familiar with Fala and her acting rather than her singing. One of the most anticipated TVB series ‘Grace Under Fire’ will be airing soon and Fala has been busy filming and doing promotional work. Therefore the plan for the release of Fala’s first solo album will be scheduled for the latter half of the year. Asked if boyfriend complimented on Fala’s singing, Fala revealed: “My home does not have any sound proofing so I rarely practise singing there and go to my singing teacher’s studio instead.” Asked if she is living with boyfriend, Fala did not give a direct reply. She continued that she does not want to practise singing at home as she is afraid of disturbing her neighhours. She further revealed that her living quarters in Hong Kong are not too spacious. When asked if Fala’s record label is sending her down ‘rich singer path’, she laughed: “Small singer’s path? I am going down the ‘Fala’s path’ and I do not know whether it will suit any dance choreography or going down the sexy route.”

Source: Mingpao
Translated By: Elvina Chang @ TVB News World

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Kate: Accidently going into wrong position is normal

Yesterday, TVB held a blessing ceremony for the new series ‘Forensic Hero 3’. Recently, rumours spread about a lot of finger pointing at Kate Tsui's acting. They claimed that she is careless, go into wrong positions and causing many ‘NG’ and others required to re film the scenes. Kate admitted that she did cause some ‘NG’ but there were not many: “We had been filming till 6am most days, by the pier and it was windy, accidently going into the wrong position isn’t a huge mistake.” She continued: “Please do not stir things up and there is little truth in these. I was working during Lunar New Year whilst sick, so I am a serious actress.”

Wayne Lai defended Kate on the accusations, revealed that the script contained many scientific phrases and even with through revision of the scripts, it was easy to get it wrong. He claimed: “I get it wrong still but I don’t go out of my depth. Kate is doing OK. Everyone says I don’t cause many NG but I still sometimes do.”

Ron Ng appears in the new series and plays the role of a police officer, he spoke about during filming in the studio the other day and he accidently left his iPad, script and some photographs in the toilets and had to offer a cash reward of $500 HK dollars to find them. Asked if he was worried about any photographs being leaked, Ron replied that he was not worried because there were only photographs with friends and nothing too personal.

Source: Mingpao
Translated By: Elvina Chang @ TVB News World

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Tavia Yeung Extols Otaru As Best Dating Destination

TVB’s currently aired series, The Rippling Blossom "魚躍在花見" contains the most exceptional scenery found in recent years. Segments of the series were filmed in Furano, Otaru, Sapporo , Hakodate and other places in Japan . The Rippling Blossom star, Tavia Yeung Yi, admitted that she often frequented Japan during her vacation breaks due to its shopping opportunities. However, Tavia especially loved Otaru for its romance!

Aside from Tokyo , Tavia was unable to visit other parts of Japan in the past. Since the filming of The Rippling Blossom took place in Hokkaido , Tavia was able to enjoy the stunning local scenery. “I was so happy! No words can describe the beautiful scenery in Hokkaido . Although it was very cold during the filming, this did not affect my happy mood.” Tavia also praised the local cuisine; her favorite was seafood and the fresh fruit. Since she ate a lot of food while in Hokkaido , Tavia gained a bit of weight.

While filming in Japan , Tavia took advantage of the opportunity to enjoy the local attractions. Tavia and Myolie Wu Hang Yee filmed at Hoheikyo hot springs for a scene in The Rippling Blossom. While soaking in the hot springs , Tavia took the opportunity to relax. If there is a chance, Tavia would like to take her mother to soak in Japan ’s hot springs in the snowy weather.

Since The Rippling Blossom focused on food-related content, the cast and crew often filmed at the Tsukiji Fish Market. Tavia said, “I’ve never been to the fish market in Hong Kong, so it was quite an experience to see the fish market in Japan .” However, Tavia’s most beloved location in Japan was Otaru. Due to its romantic scenery, lovers would be mesmerized by Otaru’s beautiful locale. When will Tavia be traveling to Otaru with her boyfriend? Tavia laughed, “I can not do that right now, since I do not have a boyfriend. When there is an opportunity to do so, I will let you know! Ha ha!”

Since the Japanese Yen has soared in recent years, Tavia joked that she has to support the Hong Kong economy and do her shopping there. “The clothes in Hong Kong look pretty stylish. Although the prices are inexpensive, it is a shopping haven..”

Source: Singtao
Translated by: JayneStars

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Wong Cho Lam: No Sex Before Marriage

Wong Cho Lam appeared at the taping of talk show program "Fan and Kam" yesterday and talked about his trip to Australia for "Last Paradise Series." It was raining hard earlier in Australia, but when Cho Lam arrived, it became sunny, and that earned him the nickname "Son of the Sun."

The TVB artist went along with his mom but not girlfriend Leanne Li. The host asked why didn't he brought her along so she could learn how to take care of him, and Cho Lam joked she is good enough.

"Good job at work and also in the kitchen!," said Cho Lam.

A reporter then humorously asked whether she is also good on the bed. Cho Lam stressed again there will be no sex before marriage.

"We really have a pair of purity rings. We pledged to monogamous relationship and abstinence until married."

Then when would they get married?

"Depends on God. Wait until she films more series and has a better career!"

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

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Kate Tsui Denies Always NG During Filming

Actors from "Forensic Heroes 3" attended to the blessing ceremony of their drama yesterday. Kate Tsui was reported always NG during filming because she didn't prepare enough. Yesterday she calmly denied the reports and called herself a serious actress.

"Filming lasted until 6AM. It was windy and cold that day. I NG because the wind messed up my hair. I don't have that much NG during filming. I still filmed during New Years even when I had a fever. I'm a very serious actress."

TV King Wayne Lai supported Kate and said even he would NG: "Every actor is prepared for their part, but of course we would NG, because scripts are quite hard to remember. Even I NG!"

As for Ron Ng, he expressed he just lost his iPad; he left his iPad in the restroom when he was washing hands. Asked whether he is afraid of intimate photos leaking, he denied having those photos and the most valuable thing is actually his scripts: "In fact my scripts are the most valuable. I need to download them again."

Source: Mingpao, ON.CC
Translation: Kay's Entertainment

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Koni Lui thinks the 'private dish' rumor with Eric Tsang is hilarious

Koni Lui and Eric Tsang starts rumors. A magazine cover story reported that Koni successfully got close to Eric, so she can get heavy screen time on the film I Love Hong Kong. Eric also publicly fed her food, the headline describes Koni becoming Eric's 'private dish' fo half a year. Towards the rumors, Koni felt that it was hilarious and strssed that Eric is just a senior that she respects.

She said that Eric takes very good care of newcomers, he treats all his juniors well. It was said that the two privately kept in touch for half a year. She said no and felt that the rumor was hilarious. Usually, it's rare that Koni contacts Eric, the most that happens is sending a happy holiday SMS to him during holidays. In the future, will she keep her distance from Eric? She said no, Eric is a very good senior, she respects him greatly.

Source: Mingpao, Oriental Daily (image)

Translator: aZnangel@AEU

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Kevin Cheng beats Myolie Wu in red envelope competition

Kevin Cheng and Myolie Wu went to the States for stage performances during the Lunar New Year. Besides earning 6 figures for the performance, the red envelope luck money was also not bad. Kevin thanked his hat for the help, he received nearly 200 red envelopes and beat Myolie. The best part is that when he went to the casino, he bumped into luck and washed away the black luck. Before when he went to gamble, he would always lose, but this time he won a several hundred US dollars. After being lucky over the Lunar New Year period, he did not forget to share with Myolie, so they can be lucky together.

Before Kevin and Myolie departed to the U.S. for the stage performances, they had bet to see who would get the most red envelopes. Because Kevin was shooting a Mainland series and had to have his head shaved, he put on a hat to cover up the bad look. Unexpectedly, in the end it was all because of the hat that won him the bet. At the time he said: "Are you ready? If you're ready, Myolie and I are coming down." He and Myolie went off stage to shake hands with the audience, the audience were all prepared to give out red envelopes to them. As the audiences were very enthusiastic, Kevin immediately took off his hat to collect the red envelopes in it. He describes the night as the time he got the most red envelopes. Kevin was so exaggerated that the hat wasn't enough to hold his red envelopes, so he took a laundry bag to hold them all in.

Myolie said: "On the 3rd day of Chinese New Year, the atmosphere at Los Angeles was very lively, Kevin used his hat to collect the red envelopes and more than me. He won! I got about US$600 worth of red envelopes. After the stage performances, I stayed for two more days and went shopping at the local stores. I bought 3 hats, it's unlucky to buy hats on new years, but nothing is taboo for me. I also bought a lot of new clothes, and eventually I had to buy another suitcase before heading back to HK. (Did you spend any of your earnings from the stage performance?) No, I didn't earn any money, but Kevin won several hundred US dollars, he woke up and gave me $100. Lucky Money has good meaning." She also said it was very cold there, especially in Canada, the temperature was -20 degrees like a huge refrigerator. When I went back to the hotel, there was a big waterfall, although the water was frozen, it had another type of beauty. Besides that, she also went to the Hollywood landmark to take pictures for memories and got a taste of the local seafood. She reveals that the sea urchin she ate was as long as a finger and was round, just speaking of it makes her drool.

Kevin expressed his new year's wish is for a smooth year. He also visited relatives while he was in the States, rare opportunity to have a family reunion during New Years.

Source: Singtao

Translator: aZnangel@AEU

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Charmaine Sheh offered 15 million yuan, leaves TVB and heads north

TVB FaDans are getting fewer and fewer. Charmaine Sheh entered TVB in 1997 and finally decided that she will not renew her contract when it expires in May, breaking the 14 year relationship. Earlier, Charmaine went to Mainland to shoot series and caught the attention of a Mainland producer offering her 15 million yuan for two years. Compared to TVB's HK$20,000 per episode, there is a huge difference. In addition, there are many Mainland rich men that are pursuing her. Having a new place for her career and love life, the 35 year old Charmaine decided to leave her 'maternal home' (TVB) and head north to develop.

It was understood that Charmaine gets paid HK$20,000 per episode in a TVB series, but going up north to shoot a series, she gets a 5 level jump in price, the Chinese yuan is easy to earn. Also, Charmaine's TVB management contract is ending in May and it's of great importance for TVB to convince Charmaine to stay. TVB Executive Virgina Lok already started discussing the contract with Charmaine last October, but unfortunately there was no news that they will take a step forward, so Charmaine was unwilling to sign the contract renewal. Eventually, she ended up losing the TV Queen title to Sheren Tang at the TVB Anniversary Awards.

TVB offers 10 million for 2 years

At an event earlier, Charmaine generously admitted that she and TVB are discussing of a contract renewal and blurted out: "The Mainland market is huge, there is a need of many artists. The salary for shooting Mainland series are also very high." It was said TVB wanted to foster this biological daughter and spared no expense offering her 10 million for a 2 year contract, but this price still differed from the Mainland producer's offer. No wonder Charmaine delayed on picking up the pen to sign the contract.

Faked the injury?

Although TVB tried all they could and offered a generous price to keep Charmaine, she clearly already made her decision, so he suggested some contract conditions that a basically hard for TVB to accept, then TVB can back up. Charmaine is not afraid of losing TVB, last month she borrowed her arm injury to withdraw from Miu Siu Ching's Forensic Heroes III. Charmaine said herself she need a break for 6 weeks for medical treatment and was afraid to hold up the filming schedule, so she withdrew. However, earlier when Charmaine was out on the streets, her left arm seem pretty flexible and really was not as serious as she described. For this reason, rumors started that she didn't want to shoot the series, so she faked her injury.

Initially When Heaven Burns was scheduled to release in April, but it was recently taken out of the schedule and replaced with Michael Tse's Relic of an Emissary.

Besides the money, Charmaine also hopes to find her Mr. Right soon. In fact, she currently has many rich men from Mainland pursuing her. Until now, she still have not chosen one. Since there are new developments in both her career and love life, so she decided to give it a try.

The day before over the phone, Virgina Lok responded: "We are really still discussing. She suggested some conditions, we are considering it." Yesterday reporters contacted Charmaine to confirm, but she has not responded.

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Tell You What: TVB sons and daughters out fighting for the Yuan.

Myolie Wu and Bosco Wong - Their recent Mainland series in Hengdian was 80,000 per episode, which is 4 times higher than TVB's price.

Kevin Cheng - Last month, he took part in a 30 episode Mainland costume drama Startling Steps in Hengdian

Raymond Lam - Started earning the yuan in the recent year. September 2010, he took part in Ad Mania, portraying a villain.

Tavia Yeung - Following Beyond the Realm of Conscience, she got way into her villain role and was recently invited to participate in Mainland costume drama Harlem with Patrick Tam in Hengdian, she continues to portray a villain.

Sheren Tang - Lat year she participated in a 90 episode long series, New Pearl Princess in Hengdian. She plays the Queen, although not a leading role, still 4 million yuan is safety in her pocket.

Sonija Kwok - In July 2010, she took part in Jade Palace Lock Heart in Hengdian, earning 80,000 yuan per episode and sparked love with Mainland martial arts choregrapher Zhu Shaojie too.

Source: Apple Daily [Credit: TVB Channel]

Translator: aZnangel@AEU

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Michael Tse Denies Being 'Chok'

Another TVB artist accused of trying to be 'chok'?

In his latest drama "The Rippling Blossom," Michael Tse plays a sushi chef who seeks perfectionism and cares a lot about his profession. He is seen frowning a lot and rarely smiles in the drama. Netizens joke that his cool face can be compared to Raymond Lam, who is said to have the number 1 'chok look' in TVB.

However, Michael denied being 'chok' and said he is probably just looking at people from the sides.

Thinking back days when he filmed "The Rippling Blossom," Michael said now he has more knowledge about eating sushi. He went back to the place where they filmed in Japan and challenged eating a bowl of super spicy and hot ramen at a restaurant. He also exposed when they were filming in studios, many artists would pay a visit and eat sashimi, especially Jessica Hsuan.

"Jessica always come over to see if there is anything good to eat."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

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Edmond Leung Sighs "Cigarette is More Expensive than Dinner."

Hong Kong's financial secretary John Tsang recently announced an estimation of Hong Kong's budget; as a smoker, Edmond Leung expressed, "The fact that the price of each pack of cigarette is increased by 50 yuan arouses many complaints. Everyone believes that smoking is more expensive than eating. I will start smoking less. In fact, I tried to quit smoking about 10 years ago; unfortunately, I failed within 3 months. The government's heavily increase on taxes, added on to the ban of smoking in many public areas and my plans on having a baby, all influeces me to quit smoking soon. Fortunately, my wife does not smoke as much as I do, so it isn't that hard for her to quit!"

As for the increased first registration tax, Edmond Leung expressed that it has no effect on him for he never planned on purchasing a new vehicle. However, his close friends who were interested in purchasing a new vehicle lost interested and backed down.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: Michelle @ TVB News World

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Barbie Hsu Says Goodbye to Filming, Just For Now

Been in the showbiz for more than 10 years, Barbie Hsu (Da S) is taking a break right now.

Da S married Mainland millionaire heir Wang Xiao Fei last year after knowing each other for just a few weeks to the max. Currently busy planning out her wedding in March, she expressed she won't film anything for now but will shoot television commercials and ads selectively. Not only is to spend more time with her new family, but also to be prepared to get pregnant.

"Now I'm married, I don't want to work myself to death anymore," she said at an interview. "I hope to have kids soon."

The 34-year-old also confirmed "Kangxi Laile" host Kevin Tsai Kangyong will be her wedding host. It will be a very simple wedding next month. The only thing that is troubling her right now is arranging transportation and places to stay for her guests.

"I'm quite stressed that I thought of canceling the wedding."

Source: UDN
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

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Jay Chou vs. Kobe Bryant in basketball

Jay Chou recently collaborated with Kobe Bryant of the LA Lakers in a Sprite commercial acting as opponents on the basketball court. In the commercial Jay is constantly being blocked by Kobe, ending in him saying, "Kobe is like a wall that I can't get past. Even a person, like me, with so much confidence can also become dismayed."

On Kobe, Jay says, "To collaborate with Kobe is the dream of many. To score against him is naturally impossible. The commercial was very creative in having me make a slam dunk on a skateboard. It was inconceivable -- the more impossible it is, the more fun it is." As for Kobe, he also praised Jay saying, "I knew Jay was a very remarkable all-round Chinese singer. His basketball skills greatly surpassed what I imagined and surprised me."

Not only did Jay and Kobe collaborate for the advertisement, they also sang a new single as the theme for the commercial, "天地一鬥" (roughly "Battle Between Heaven and Earth") Both Jay's and Kobe's names are in the lyrics written by Jiun-Lang Huang. This song, composed by Jay, also contains the most English lyrics out of all of Jay's songs. (Previously, the only English was in "Tornado" where he said "Baby.")

Jay plans on filming the MV in the States, and Kobe held a press conference in the US stating that all proceeds from the downloads of the song will go to charity. Though Jay was not present, through a video he said, "When Kobe is bored, he can listen to my songs. To express the pressure of competition, I have many slow and fast songs. I hope we can play ball together next time."

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Source: UDN, JVRmusic
Translated by: Zahra @ CpopAccess

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Aaron talks openly about girlfriend Lynn

In the past, whenever the media mentions Lynn Xiong in front of Aaron Kwok, it was a tabooed and Aaron will avoid answering anything about their relationship. Yesterday, reporters caught up with Aaron and asked him if he plans to get married. To the reporters surprise, Aaron blurted out that he has no plan yet. Aaron also complimented on Lynn’s sexy appearance and sensitive personality. Consequently, his comments must have made Lynn feel reassured on their relationship.

Yesterday, Aaron, Angelababy and Eason Chan joined the film crew for the blessing ceremony for the start of shooting for the new film ‘Love around the World’. Apart from the usual tradition of cutting a suckling pig, everyone was required to circle around the camera equipment to bless these too. Eason held the large incense sticks like he was Miss Hong Kong, laughing and joking on his year’s rein was over whilst walking around. He also kept calling director, Chan Kwok Fai, by the name of rich man, Chan Kwok Keung. The atmosphere was lighthearted and casual.

Aaron was secretive about his character in the new film and just revealed that his role is a person related to flying. When reporters asked if he played an astronaut, he laughed: “I did not say that!” Someone amongst his midst shouted that he did not look like an astronaut but more as Lynn’s husband. Aaron did not respond to this and just replied: “I am concentrating on this role at the moment, since it is a type of role I have never played before.” Asked if he thought about getting married, he replied firmly: “No, I am definite on this!”

Aaron and Rene Lau will be playing lovers for the first time, Aaron revealed: “I met Lai Chai (Rene’s nickname) at Angelica Lee’s wedding. The married couple were telling everyone about their love story and I saw Lai Chai become very emotional. I think Renee is a very emotional person so I will try and utilise this for our characters in the filming.” When asked if he noticed Rene a lot, he responded: “Don’t be so sensitive, I mean I will concentrate on portraying a lover's emotion for my character. I know how to break away from the character when not filming.” Asked if girlfriend Lynn will be jealous, Aaron laughed: “You are complicating this” Continued to ask Aaron about his relationship, reporters asked if Aaron like more sensitive or sexier girlfriend. He replied that from a man’s perspective, it is best to have both. Does Lynn have both? Aaron without hesitation answered: “Yes!” When asked why he openly decided to talk about his girlfriend, he answered: “Yes I am very open today!”

Aside from Aaron and Renee playing lovers, Eason and Kwai Lun Mei also plays another couple. Their characters are waste disposal man and artist with obsessive compulsive disorder. Lun Mei revealed she is Eason’s fan and when asked if she is excited to be able to be starring alongside her idol, she calmly said: “I am looking forward to it.” Asked on her thoughts over Fan Bing Bing dropping out before she was chosen to play her role, she answered: “I respect director’s decision. I do not feel bad.”

Reporters talked to Eason and asked him if he likes TVB new boss, Chan Kwok Keung and if he wanted to return to TVB to do some singing. Eason laughed: “I was just joking around, his name just came out at a slip of the tongue! However if he asked me, I would be happy to co-operate.” Asked if Eason’s singing contract is due with Universal Records. He replied: “I have an album release today and another one to plan for soon, so my contract is not due for renewal for a while. Not much news there. These days, my wife is the new career woman and working in the Mainland and earning a lot!”

Source: Singtao
Translated By: Elvina Chang @ TVB News World

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Wayne Lai Confident in His 'Chok Look'

Even TV King Wayne Lai likes to be "chok."

TVB's new game show "華麗明星賽" [rough translation for now: The Magnificent Game of Stars] was taping its first episode yesterday and hosts Grasshopper invited Wayne Lai, Anita Yuen, Christine Ng, and Michael Fitzereld Wong as guests. For the warm-up games, guests have to pose along the music being played in front of 8 different cameras. TV King Wayne was being very "chok" at the game. Christine went wild, catwalking and taking off her jacket to do funny faces. It was a little messy for Anita, where she had to fix her shirt during the game because of big movements.

Seemed to enjoy posing "chok looks," Wayne said he was very into it. But asked whether he can be more "chok" than Raymond Lam, he humbly said: "I think we are about the same. I'm an idol now!"

Source: Mingpao, ON.CC
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

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Miriam Yeung Wins Her First 'Best Actress' Award

Miriam Yeung is finally the "Best Actress."

The 17th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards was held yesterday. Cantopop singer Miriam Yeung won her first "Best Actress" award at the ceremony with movie "Perfect Wedding."

Receiving the award from well-known director Johnnie To, Yeung got emotional and dropped tears. She expressed she didn't know much about movies back then, but started to learn a lot gradually. Started off her career as a singer, she is thankful her role as an actress is finally recognized.

"Besides actors' efforts, it's also important to give chances to us. Thank you everyone for giving me a chance to improve. Film critics acknowledged my role as an actress, and that is something I've always wanted it to happen these years."

Yeung is another successful singer-turned-actress in 2000s. She started her movie career in 1998 and a lot of her movies did well in the box office. She has been nominated "Best Actress" in the Golden Horse Awards and currently in a race to win "Best Actress" of this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, which will be held on April 17.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

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Jackie Chan kissing famous Mainland star Jing Lei Xi in car intensely

One of the four famous actresses in Mainland (Jing Lei Xu) was rumored to have had an 'intense kiss' with international star Jackie Chan outside of one of Beijing's 5 star hotels.

Photos of Jackie and Jing widely circulated online. In the photos, Jackie appeared to have both of his hands on Jing and accompanied her to her car. Jing was smiling beautifully, clearly a little intoxicated. After Jing got into the car, Jackie reached over in the car, it appeared that Jackie had both of his hands on Jing's face. Then they started kissing. However a witness expressed that Jackie let go after kissing Jing and the driver sent them home. It was described, at the time, they were both completely drunk. In the car, Jackie started kissing Jing intensely.

Jing's company expressed that Jing was drunk at the time, that night there were many people at the scene, she and Jackie were just politely giving each other a Goodbye Kiss. The rumor on the internet is just too exaggerated.

Jackie's management expressed that they will not respond to Jackie's rumors. They are just regular friends, and greeting friends is a normal thing.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

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Fala Chen does not believe her scenes are cut in new series

Fala Chen, Raymond Wong and Wayne Lai attended the Favorite Chinese Herbal Medicine Brand Awards Ceremony 2011 yesterday. At the ceremony, the 'Health Care Star' Award was presented. It was recently rumored that the producer of Grace Under Fire cut and reduced Fala's scenes to add more scenes for her co-star Liu Xian. Towards this, Fala does not believe that she's being cut from the series for lead actress Liu Xian. She said: "Why would that be! We are just following the script, which came out long ago. Also, it hasn't been long since we completed shooting, shouldn't be too much changes! I don't like to hear these rumors because Liu Xian and I are good friends, don't want to be explaining the rumors. Grace Under Fire is Liu Xian's first series, she did many martial arts films before, and is already very injured, I hope everyone can look at it with an admiring manner."

Raymond refused to reveal when his wife will be giving birth and was unwilling to reveal the sex of the baby. He only said that he prepared all the foods to help his wife recover after birth. As for his new series is shooting until July, he does not have time to spend with his wife before she is due, so they just chat heavily over the phone.

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

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Raymond Wong’s Wife to Give Birth Anytime

Announcing his wife’s pregnancy earlier, Raymond Wong Ho Yin revealed that his wife was due to have their baby anytime. Raymond did not disclose the actual due date nor the sex of the baby.

Since Raymond was busy filming TVB series, My Cruel Lover "我的如意狼君", he could only call home every hour to ask about his wife’s state. After his wife gives birth, Raymond will have one or two days of vacation time to spend with her.

Due to the extreme temperament of Raymond’s character’s personality in My Cruel Lover, Producer Lee Tim Sing has been in daily discussion on the acting approach with Raymond.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: JayneStars

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Penny Tai's Money Stolen By Close Friend (Now Confirmed to be Singer Jet Yi Jie Qi)

A large amount of money was fraudulently withdrawn from singer Penny Tai's bank account. The case was solved as the suspect, who is a close friend of Dai, admitted the crime.

Tai recently discovered $300,000NTD were withdrawn from her bank account 3 days in the row; however, she did not lose her ATM card.

The 32-year-old immediately reported it to the police and viewed the surveillance camera. She later posted the video on her Facebook and called fans for help.

Just a day after Tai posted the video, she received a phone call from a male friend (now confirmed to be Malaysian singer Jet Yi Jie Qi) and he admitted the crime. They went to the police the next day and he returned the money.

According to Yi, he needs money recently and decided to use Tai for help. He secretly took out the ATM card from her bag and went to get the money; then he put it back when he returned. He tried passwords Tai used often for her computer and accounts when withdrawing the money.


The suspect

Because Yi is a close friend of hers, Tai could not believe it and was very upset. However, she decided to forgive and no further action will be taken against her friend.

Some people believe the incident is Tai's way of promoting herself. Tai denied this on Facebook and expressed her helplessness.

"I'm not releasing an album right now, no need for me to promote. Thanks for hurting me again just after this incident!"

Source: Apple Daily, Liberty Times
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

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Da S to hold wedding reception in March

Barbie Hsu and Wang Fei will be holding their wedding reception on Hainan Island on March 22nd. There are rumors saying that Kevin Tsai will be the MC for the couple since he is a good personal friend due to his relationship with Xiao S. Other wedding guests seem to have also already received their invitations.

Source: Nextmedia

Translated by: Zahra @ CpopAccess

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Selina Jen's wedding postponed

After seeing the excessive media reports about their wedding date, fiance Richard Chang decided to step out and clear things up as soon as he returned from his business trip. According to him, he did originally want to go with the wedding date in April. However, Selina is still undergoing painful daily rehabilitation during the day and not being able to sleep at night due to itchiness from recovering. In order to not create more pressure on her, they have both discussed things and they will be postponing the wedding to a future date.

Source: UDN
Translated by: Zahra @ CpopAccess

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Wu Chun drops out of Absolute Boyfriend and remains without contract

It's recently been revealed that Wu Chun's contracts with HIM and Comic had expired at the end of last year and there are no signs of him renewing the contracts after two months. He has stated before that the reason he would stop singing would be for his father. While there have still been promotions for a Fahrenheit album release, all the work Wu Chun has done for it was merely to fill the last of the requirements of his contract.

It has also been leaked that Wu Chun has dropped out of both his upcoming series (Absolute Boyfriend) and movie (Summer Holiday 2) leading to many speculations of him preparing to leave the entertainment industry. As of present, Wu Chun has expressed when interviewed that he has thought about leaving. For his fans, though, he will not depart rashly. However, he will not be putting his whole heart into the entertainment industry in the future.

In the five years he has been in showbiz, Wu Chun has only been able to take a vacation on New Year each year. This has been making him feel ashamed at the neglect over his own family and has previously been made to think about working less and spending more time taking care of his father. Wu Chun's father also hoped that his son did not have to work so hard and go back to Brunei to led a simple life. Thus, at the end of his contract last year, Wu Chun moved back to Brunei, and has been there since.

On February 13th, the third branch of Wu Chun's fitness gym opened and when he was interviewed then, he finally revealed what he was truly thinking. "I have always said that if I was happy doing what I did, then I would continue. If I wasn't happy, I would return to Brunei. Everyone knows that the entertainment industry isn't the only thing I partake in. The company has discussed renewing the contact with me, but I have not made a decision on my future yet, so I've been pushing it off." Wu Chun also emphasized that Brunei is his true home. Seeing how happy he was at being home, he was asked whether he really hadn't thought about leaving the industry to which he answered, "I do want to a little because I really miss my family. Since coming back home, I have been very happy, but also feel a bit guilty because I didn't take good care of my father in the past and wasn't able to accompany him to the doctors for his back and legs."

Thinking about the past five years, he said, "I originally had a pretty good life, but I also had a sense of accomplishment when living a life where I could take care of myself. At the same time, that satisfaction was cut in half. The half I lost was spending time with my family and my freedom. I actually don't have much confidence in my acting, most of the force that pushed me was from my fans, so I won't speak of quitting so easily. I will continue working, but I require a lot of freedom and will only take on jobs I like." Regarding work in the entertainment industry, he said, "It requires sacrifice. I really cherish everything that I learned each day while working. It will be helpful in all the decisions I make in the future. Even if it will be hard, I will face everything with a positive attitude."

Could this really be the end of Fahrenheit?

Source: Nownews
Translated by: Zahra @ CpopAccess

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Pop charts: Will Pan number one in album sales

Will Pan is number one in album sales again after releasing the second edition to his latest album, “808”. The new version contains the 30 minute full extended version of “Totally Wanted” as a short movie, as well as four MVs.

Just one spot down on Five Music’s album sales chart, it’s Fish Leong’s compilation album with 20 classic hits, released by her former record company Believe In Music.

Source: Appledaily, pop charts as labeled
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

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Weekly ratings recap

It took awhile but “The Fierce Wife” finally exploded in popularity three months after it hit the airwaves. The SETTV-produced drama (airing on TTV) scored a series-high of 3.12% last Friday, and then 2.7% for its cable rerun on Saturday. Although “Wife” is nowhere close to taking over first place, it does appear to be making a dent on “Rookies’ Diary” which averaged 6.3% last week. FTV said they are not overly concerned by the recent performance of "Rookies". They believe it's a short-term issue since “Wife” is almost at the end of its run.

Here is a full recap:

Source: Chinatimes, Nownews, UDN
Translated by: PA @ CpopAccess

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Hayate completes its filming

Just a few days ago, GTV’s “Hayate The Combat Butler” completed its filming. Since lead actress Park Shin-Hye had already returned to Korea, the crew all voted for her as the “queen of retakes” at the after-party. But lead actor George Hu felt bad and decided to take on the title as "king of retakes". He explained, “I admit that I caused quite a lot of retakes. I can remember my dialogues but because my Chinese isn’t perfect, I would have to retake.”

Costar and Otaku Goddess Tia Li has been nicknamed “dashing Li” for her busy schedule as she constantly received offers to film commercials while shooting for the drama; she would often dash in and out of the set once she finishes her scenes. In hope to get rid of her nickname, she stayed for the celebration party. After she got drunk and was about to be carried home by her manager, she kept shouting, “I want to continue!”

Wu Hoo member Shao Xiang laughed, "My friends didn't think it was anything when they heard that I was filming with George Hu and Park Shin-Hye, but their eyes became wide open when I said Tia Li." His friends also attempted to get Tia's contact number from him.

Source: UDN
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

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Aarif Lee Dances for an Advertisement, eating dust

Leon Lai's company Amusic's artist Aarif Lee was asked to sing the theme song and be a spokesman for 《啟動科技》(English name is uncertain.). The commercial song was also asked to be composed by Chiu Tsang Hei, causing Aarif to sweat, even the mic was wet, while he was recording the song. Fortunately it did not affect his performance, and was also called "Lee 3 Can" (direct translation) by Chiu Tsang Hei that he got the good looks, he can sing and act, making Aarif very happy. In the commercial, Aarif dances with other dancers, causing dust to spread around. All the staff had to wear masks, but Aarif did not wear any. Not only did dust ends up in his mouth, he also had to hang wires. Aarif, doing such a tough job, said happily: "It feels like I'm in the space walking, it's really fun!" It was said that the commercial costs over a million dollars, and is holding a promotional event tomorrow.

Source: On.cc
Translator: yvonneleung @TVB News World

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