[News] GD&TOP Earn Nomination for Korean Public Music Awards!

The nominees have been revealed! 

On January 18th, the nominees for the Korean Public Music Awards were announced by the Conference Committee of the award show. Among the nominees, which sparked much attention to the public, is dynamic and popular duo of YG Entertainment, GD&TOP. 

The unit falls under the list of "Best Rap & Hip Hop" category. 

"Best Netizen's Choice: Musician of the Year (Group Category)"

Fellow labelmate GD&TOP are also nominated in “Best Rap/Hip Hop Song” for “Knock Out”. Other nominees include Deep Flow for “Welcome to the Club”, Metal and Wreckx for “Yes Yes Y’all”, Verbal Jint for “You Look Good” and J.Tong for “Goo Goo Ga Ga”.

"Best Rap/Hip Hop Song"

Label mates 2NE1 also earned themselves a nomination under "Best  Dance & Electronic Song" for their song "I Am The Best."

Sources: @koreanmusicawards//oh-dara.com

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[News] Donghae and Son Eun Seo are seen holding hands on a double date!\

Super Junior member Donghae was recently spotted holding hands with Son Eun Seo. This comes after the news a few weeks ago that Donghae was one of the Super Junior members being considered as part of a new couple for ‘We Got Married’.

On January 19th, an online community board featured a posting titled, “Donghae and Son Eun Seo’s Amusement Park Date.”

In the photo, Donghae and Son Eun Seo are seen on a double date at an amusement park with ‘We Got Married’s couple Leeteuk and Kang Sora. Both couples were seen holding hands regardless of the large number of onlookers.

Netizens have responded with, “I can’t believe you are already holding hands… Oppa..” , “I guess they have officially been recruited as a couple on ‘We Got Married’.“

On the 18th, this double date was being updated live on various discussion boards, and speculations of Donghae and Son Eun Seo officially replacing couple Kim Won Jun and Park Soh Hyun on ’We Got Married’ began to circulate.

Later in the day, Son Eun Seo was seen on the red carpet of the ’7th Asia Model Awards 2012'posing with a photo of Donghae, which continued to fuel the speculation.

Furthermore, in her speech after winning the CF Model Award, Sohn Eun Seo stated, “I would like to thank Donghae who escorted me to this event”.

Source & Image via Naver

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Raymond Lam, Elaine Ng, Kate Tsui and Ella Koon in new TVB drug series

Yesterday Raymond Lam, Elaine Ng, Kate Tsui, Ella Koon attended the costume fitting for TVB new series Thunderous Drug Raid. Lead actor Michael Miu was absent because he was busy with other matters.

It turns out that Raymond and Elaine's relationship dates back to when Raymond first debuted and worked as TVB8's host. Back then because of the 'Siu Lung Lui' incident, Raymond was able to interview her: "Over 10 years ago, I interviewed Elaine Ng before. It was that incident, which gave me the only chance to see her. After so many years, she is still my senior after all. (At the time did you speak up during the interview?) Yes, actually it was just a surrounding interview because at the time, there were too many other reporters at the scene." Raymond reveals this is his first time portraying a member in the law enforcement, and is fortunate that shooting starts after the Lunar New Year, giving him time for him to physically train himself.

Elaine's last TVB series was Legal Entanglement (2001), and this will be her comeback series after 10 years. She was asked how she became interested in accepting this series? She said: "A 30 episode story is very good. Also, I've been watching my partner Michael Miu's works since The Fearless Duo (1984), many of my female friends are envious that I get to work with him. They also said Michael's looks are better than the past. (Are there any kiss scenes?) I don't know. We do have a relationship in the series, and have a child after the divorce. (Will you refuse to kiss scenes?) Television is different from film. After all there is a limit. Artists don't really have much that they we don't want to shoot, just as long as its not a kiss scene during the time we eat." When speaking of Raymond once interviewed her in the past, Elaine frankly expressed it's been too long that she can't remember. It's been over 10 years, but she does remember one time they had hot pot in Shanghai.

Kate appeared as a pregnant woman for the costume fitting, she expressed she doesn't know who's baby she's carrying yet because the plot has not been fully confirmed. It is possible she's pretending to be pregnant to traffic drugs. Kate said: "I have the most miserable role in this series. In order to raise my younger brother, I had to sell pirated material and work as a 'boxer' at a bar. Later, I become a known 'Drug Queen'. The role really has a lot of room for development, so I must thank the producer. This Lunar New Year, I will have homework to do, since I need to know how to play the drinking game 'chai mui' and have to use a lot of slang words."

As for Ella Koon, not counting the series she guest starred in, it has been 6 years since she's been in a TVB series. When asked if she had to confirm who her partner was before accepting? Ella said: "I trust TVB's selections, feels quite suitable for me to portray. (Will you avoid series with Ron Ng?) This time I'm very happy to collaborate with Raymond Lam because we never collaborated before. Many of my female friends screamed when they learned about this, I will really have to enjoy these 3 months. (Any kiss scenes?) I don't think so, the story is about me having a crush on Raymond, he later chooses Kate Tsui."

Source: Mingpao, Oriental Daily
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Oscar Leung didn't smack the bossy Mandy Wong enough

Oscar Leung and Mandy Wong play a married couple in the currently airing TVB series L'Escargot. Oscar is a husband that suffers from mood disorders, while Mandy plays the bossy pregnant wife. Each had their own outstanding performances. Oscar laughed and said Mandy was so hard to deal with in the series. Friends have said giving her a huge smack on the face is the most satisfying, but unfortunately there were too few of those scenes, it is best that she gets smacked more. Of course, in reality it is not good to hit women. As for in reality, is his other half the same type? Oscar said: "Of course not, just she has too many rules, like when I get home I have to take off my shoes. And if I wear jeans to go out, I can't sit on the couch without changing. She's not considered crazy for cleanliness, but she just likes to be neat." Oscar reveals he's been dating his girlfriend for 9 years, and she is currently Cherrie Ying's assistant.

Source: Mingpao
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Kelly Chen records movie theme song

Trendy mother Kelly Chen Wai Lam in ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL 2012 (BAK SING PO HEI) played a photographer. Because it was her first comedy and the character had potential, she thought it was a lot of fun.

Kelly in the film in order to coax Louis Koo Tin Lok into being her nude model was dressed like Lara Croft in one moment and a beer girl in another. Because Kelly was already pregnant during the shoot, her belly began to grow. However she had to dress up so costumes had to have special arrangements. Kelly said, "After trying on all the costumes, no one realized that I was pregnant." Speaking of working together, Kelly pointed out that they truly set of a lot of spark. "In one scene, Goo Jai only wore nude shorts. I had to cover him up with my head while taking his pictures. It was both awkward and very funny. Seeing his body I really wanted to touch it, haha."

In addition, Kelly will sing the film theme song HUG JOY (PO HEI). Kelly revealed that during its recording, "Mini Juicy Bun" was very excited as well. "During the recording 'Mini Juicy Bun' kept kicking me as if he heard the beat and wanted to dance. I hope he would be more active when he grows up and not to be too quiet. The best would be for him to like sports, kung fu would be good too." Because the theme song is about embrace, Kelly said that the person who she would like to embrace of course was Shrimp Dumpling Kid. Everyday she definitely would embrace him. As for her husband, she said that sometimes they would embrace at home for no specific reason, which felt very romantic.

Source: Takungpao, Mingpao, on.cc
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Louis Koo and Sammi Cheng spend a rare Lunar New Year at home

ROMANCING IN THIN AIR (GO HOI BUT JI LUEN II) will open on February 9. Louis Koo Tin Lok and Sammi Cheng Sau Man earlier already began a series of promotion and shot Lunar New Year photos to wish everyone good health in the Lunar New Year. Goo Jai and Sammi have been busy at work so they would take the Lunar New Year off to rest or to be with their families.

Goo Jai and Sammi earlier shot the promotional photos. As soon as they saw the mini lion head and the big head Buddha props they were very excited. They immediately performed a lion dance for fun. When asked whether they will leave Hong Kong to avoid the Lunar New Year, Goo Jai joked, "It's not like I owe people money, I don't have to avoid them. Actually normally I am really too busy. On (this) New Year I will have a rare day off so most likely I will be at home and spend it with my family." Sammi also said, "I too will mostly likely be at home. From the Lunar 1st to 3rd I will keep eating to gain weight, because on the Lunar 5th I will have to fly to work elsewhere." Will they gamble on the Lunar New Year? Goo Jai said, "At my home it's truly very infrequent because since childhood I thought the sound of mahjong was quite disturbing." Sammi pointed out that if her mother asked she would play mahjong but only for a few rounds at most.

Source: Takungpao, Singtao
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Chrissie Chau Launches Own Bra Line, Helping Women Achieve the Perfect Cleavage!

Many celebrities in the entertainment business have started their own businesses. Earning nearly $20 million HKD last year, Chrissie Chau (???) was recently promoted to be a “boss” as well! In 2012, Chrissie entered the lingerie market in mainland China, investing approximately $10 million HKD to launch her own bra line. Capitalizing on her 32D figure as a live ad for her bra line, Chrissie will likely expand her “gold suctioning” powers in China!

In recent years, Chrissie focused on the mainland market by filming series and advertisements. Serving as a spokesmodel for lingerie brand, Lamiu, in China last year, Chrissie’s earning power was amazing! Aside from earning single men’s money, Chrissie realized that the mainland underwear market was also full of opportunities.

Over A Million Orders

In a joint venture with lingerie brand, Lamiu, Chrissie Chau invested $8 million Yuan (approximately $10 million HKD) to launch her own bra line, entitled, “ShowNa Collection” (????). The underwear was especially targeted young mainland girls. Chrissie was deeply involved in the creation of her underwear line, designing a variety of very sexy lingerie sets!

Earlier, Chrissie modeled her own lingerie line for a promotional shoot. Revealing ample cleavage, Chrissie posed in a various titillating poses in an attempt to attract more customers to buy her bra line.

It was understood that Chrissie’s lingerie line was officially launched in mainland China the day before yesterday. Chrissie’s lingerie collection was available for sale in many places in mainland China. Each bra was priced at approximately $200 Yuan. It was known that on the first days of Chrissie’s lingerie launch, over a million orders were received online! The customer reaction was very enthusiastic!

Becoming A Power Business Woman

In an interview yesterday, Chrissie noted, “I have been considering starting my own lingerie collection for some time. I have always wanted to start my own business. I am very happy that I am able to realize this dream at the start of the new year! Asked whether she had invested nearly $10 million HKD in the lingerie line, Chrissie clarified that the amount was not as enormous as reported in the media.

Confident in her own underwear line, Chrissie said, “Earlier, I invested in shares in my own company, but the amount was not as much as the current sum. Perhaps there is some risk due to the large investment amount, but I am extremely confident in my lingerie business! Through my bra designs, I hope to share my ‘push-up’ secrets with other women. I have experience in this field and know which [cleavage effects] will attract people the most!”

In addition, Chrissie did not forget to thank the support of underwear brand, Lamiu, noting that they collaborated well together. “We have always worked well together. They knew that I was interested in launching my own lingerie brand and immediately extended their partnership. There were no limits on my lingerie designs, which allowed me a great deal of freedom!”

Source: Oriental Daily
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Leila Tong Signs With City Telecom; Rewards Herself With New Car

Since last year, City Telecom’s (CTI) Ricky Wong (???) has been busily recruiting artists to join the new Hong Kong television station. It was rumored that Ricky offered a vast 7-figure sum to persuade former TVB actress, Leila Tong (??), to join CTI recently. Allegedly, Leila’s filming fee increased by $20,000 to $30,000 HKD per episode. It was understood that Leila already signed a contract with CTI last month. In high spirits, Leila was interested in purchasing an environmentally friendly car to reward herself.

The day before yesterday, Leila and her manager appeared at a car dealership in the Wan Chai district. Looking through the glass doors for a lengthy amount of time, Leila finally entered the car dealership to ask some questions. The trio chatted for a few minutes, after which Leila left without test driving any vehicles.

In a telephone interview, Leila admitted that she intended to spend $600,000 HKD on a new car. However, the car that she had in mind, a 7-passenger environmentally friendly car, was not launched in Hong Kong yet.

Asked whether she intended to join Ricky Wong’s CTI television station, Leila indicated that she did not wish to respond on the matter at this time.

Source: Oriental Daily
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Koni Lui implies she's pregnant

Yesterday Koni Lui and Sharon Chan were guest models at a Arts Fashion Show. Koni appeared in a tight sexy dress, showing a little bump in her belly and when she leaned over, her body figure appeared even rounder. It appears as if she may be pregnant.

Koni expressed she will let nature take its course when it comes to welcoming the next generation. When asked if she is pregnant? Initially she said she ate a large lunch before the event, so her belly may look a little bulged. When asked again if she's afraid that the baby is 'sensitive'? Koni laughed: "Yes, there are some things I won't say yet. When I can share good news, then I will share." She is fortunate all her action and chasing scenes for her new series Policewoman's Love Battlefield are completed. When the series filming completes in February, she and her husband will be going on their honeymoon and work hard in making a baby.

Today is Sharon Chan's birthday, but she didn't receive any diamond ring gift from her boyfriend. She said: "We are very practical, my boyfriend renovates homes, so I got some household products as a birthday gift, which I can comfortably enjoy. I don't marry easily, and hope my boyfriend earns more money first." As for her good friend Raymond Lam has been questioned of whether or not he's qualified to win the 'Gold Song Gold Award'? Sharon strongly supported him: "He's very hardworking, and an artist with high EQ, don't ignore his hard work."

Source: Mingpao
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Moses Chan to bring girlfriend Aimee Chan home for CNY greetings

Yesterday Moses Chan attended a Lunar New Year opening ceremony event at a shopping center. Earlier, Moses did physical training to make himself look bigger for TV series When Heaven Burns, he gained so much weight that even he started disliking himself, so he decided to work on losing weight. He said: "Even if I'm not exercising, I will watch what I'm eating, cut off fried and fatty foods."

The Lunar New Year is approaching, Moses expressed his girlfriend Aimee Chan's parents are not in HK, but he will call them up to send them new year greetings. He will also be taking his girlfriend back home for the new years: "My family has a pretty good impression on my girlfriend. (Do they believe she'll be a good daughter-in-law?) Take it slowly! I already thought of how I will handle situations where I'm rushed into marriage."

Source: Mingpao
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[News] SISTAR's members walk around naked in the dorm

SISTAR's rapper Bora shocked fans with her surprising confession.

During the recent recording of SBS "Strong Heart – Couple Special", Bora revealed that all the SISTAR members walk around naked in their dorm.

Bora revealed, "Sometimes, we just come out nude from the showers. No males are allowed in our home, not even our manager can come in." She continued, "However, there is one man here today who has visited our dorm. He is a male idol", arousing curiosity in the studio.

Meanwhile, during the couple special, SISTAR’s Bora appeared with Seo Jun Young. Other guests include Go Eun Ah and MBLAQ's Mir, Kang Seung Hyun and Goo Eun Ae, Kim Min Hee and Ahn Jung Hoon, and more.

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Pregnant Kelly Chen appears in heels

Donnie Yen Chi Tan, Sandra Ng Kwan Yu, Lynn Xiong (Hung Doi Lam), Kelly Chen Wai Lam, Louis Koo Tin Lok, Chapman To Man Jat, Raymond Wong Pak Ming and others two nights ago went to the film ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL 2012 (BAK SING PO HEI) premiere. Also on hand were many guest stars like Ronald Cheng Chung Kei. Coincidentally his wife Sammie Yu Sze Man was the host. When everyone was on the stage for a group photo, he did not appear.

Kwan Yu pushed up three inches of "career line". She explained that because her character was named "Sung Chau Bo" so she had to coordinate. Did she add pads? Chi Tan praised her and said that she did not need to. Kwan Yu told him to stop pretending to be naive. Chi Tan joked, "I am not (Peter) Chan Ho Sun, how would I know? Today I will call him!" Kwan Yu again said that for this shoot she had to at least add two more pads. She did not understand why she did not have a figure but constantly had to act like she did.

Kelly admitted that she did not want to dress too maternity so she wore a fiery red dress and heels. Her belly recently has grown very rapidly. For balance actually she should not wear heels that were too high. Now "Mini Juicy Bun" is already more than six months. Was Goo Jai her guardian? He said of course, he was responsible for helping her up and down as well as what was in Kelly's purse. Kelly took out a pineapple puff, saying that she was prepared in case she was hungry. With the dragon dance and the confetti cannon, was Mini Juicy Bun scared? Kelly said, "The confetti cannon scared me, (Did he kick you?) I can't feel him unless it's very quiet, but he is constantly kicking me like after meals and sleeping. He's even stronger than King Nikochan (Lau Sing)."

As for Lynn she said that she did not know her rumored boyfriend Aaron Kwok Fu Sing was about to call his horse CALL OF LOVE, but thought that the song was very classic. Would it be better if it was named after her? Lynn said that it could not, it would be better if it was called Aaron Kwok. Would naming it after her be very sweet? Lynn said she would worry about it when it happened, as it would feel very severe. She too wanted to watch him lead the horse, she would be willing to take photos for him.

Source: Takungpao, Mingpao, on.cc
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Linda Chung to spend Dooms Day with Family and possible Boyfriend

Linda Chung, Rose Chan and Irene Wong attended an evening banquet last night. Linda reveals her mother just went back to Vancouver. She smiled and said each new year, she would try to toughen her sensibility. Over the last 7 years since she's been developing in HK, she went from crying when her mom leaves HK to this year, she didn't cry at all. It has been rumored that Dooms Day is on December 21st, Linda expressed: "I will take the day off, and definitely go back to Vancouver to spend that day with my family. Family is number 1! (If you have a boyfriend, will you bring him along too?) I hope to bring him with me too!"

Linda also reveals she is a Rat in the Chinese Zodiac, and this year she has good fortune all around. When asked if it would be perfect if she finds herself a boyfriend? She did not hesitate to say: "I think so. (Won't make the relationship public?) See if the relationship is stabled or not. Will have to look at the direction of both sides, and can't be impulsive. (You have always been photographed, but won't announce?) With who? (Philip Ng?) I really don't know, if I can announce or not at that time. The media have to give me more space to meet my other half. (Philip isn't your other half?) For my love life, I hope to retain my privacy."

Source: Oriental Daily
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[News] Japan produces 'Jang Geun Suk bread'

A bread product under the actor Jang Geun Suk's name has been produced in Japan.

On January 17th, Tree J Company stated that Japanese convenience store franchise Lawson has launched a bread product using Jang Geun Suk's name as the brand.

Last year, Jang Geun Suk had signed with Lawson Frau International and Tree-J Company to become Lawson’s product ambassador. As a result, his face is on two types of bread produced by Lawsons.

The product comes in two flavors, mocha coffee melon and bulgogi, while the actor's name and photo are on the wrapping.

The release of the product under his name comes as no surprise since he has been one of the most popular Korean celebrities in Japan. A representative stated, "Jang Geun Suk is extremely popular among Japanese females, and we chose him to endorse our product because female consumers are our target market."

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[news] SM entertainments new office building "YG inspired"?

It looks like YG Entertainment wont be the only agency to be known to have luxurious company building inside and out. SM Entertainment's new headquarters have been revealed through on online community which uploaded photo's and the new building of SM Entertainment showcases luxurious appliances and interior designing.

Only the office rooms have been revealed from the building, the training and rehearsal rooms have yet to be revealed raising some high expectations from fans. However, despite the flashy new building, Netizens seems to be not too impressed and commented, "It's nice to see SM Entertainment has a new office", "YG Entertainment's building is still far better."

Source: Nate news

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[news] SNSD Tiffany covers her face with a bag of chips at the airport

SNSD was recently at the airport on the 16th of January as they arrived from Hong Kong where they held their concert. At the airport, the members were seen with their own airport fashion however, Tiffany was very eye-catching.

Tiffany arrived on the airport bringing expensive Louis Vuitton hand bag and passport cover, aside from that, she covered her face with a bag of chips that she was eating on the way.

Meanwhile, SNSD just successfully conducted their concert in Hong Kong which kick started their Asian tour.

Source: Nate news

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[news] SHINee's Minho wants to do both singing and acting

Recently, SHINee's Minho attended the press conference of the latest SBS sitcom "The Salamander Expert and the Shadow Operation" where Minho made his acting debut. On the press conference, a reporter asked him, "Which do you like best? singing or acting?" Minho answered this question with "By asking that its like your asking which I like better my mother or my father" Minho laughed showing his desire to do both singing and acting in his career.

Minho also shared that he expressed interest in acting for a long time already, however his acting debut kept getting postponed until finally he landed a role on the new SBS Sitcom. Minho shared, "My character for the show is a very serious character, while acting sometimes I could not help but laugh, my character is very chic and cool and I had a lot of fun filming".

He also admitted that at first, it was very challenging at hard but his seniors helped him and made him feel comfortable during filming. He said, "I would make mistakes often at first but step by step I learned and I hope I will gain more experience starting with this show".

Meanwhile, "The Salamander Expert and the Shadow Operation" will be making it's first broadcast on SBS On the 27th of January.

Source: Star Today

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[news] CNBlue's tickets for their concert in Taiwan sold out in 13 minutes

CNblue's oversea's independent concert experienced a tremendous success on their ticket sales. CNBlue will be having a concert in Taiwan this coming 28th of February for their Asia Concert Tour "BLUESTORM" and the tickets for the concert opened on the 14th of January and tickets went sold out in only 13 minutes!

They hold a record breaking time for an oversea's artist for selling out their concert tickets in such a short time. CNBlue's popularity seems to have spread throughout Asia not just in Korea and Japan. This is not the first time their concert tickets for their concert got sold out, last time for their concerts in Korea and Japan, the tickets got sold out for 30 minutes only.

CNBlue's agency FNC Music admitted that the reaction was overwhelming and that it seems that a lot of oversea's fans loves and enjoys CNBlue's music. After the members heard that their tickets got sold out, it motivated them even more to practice harder.

Meanwhile, CNBlue are expected to release their second single in Japan titled "Where you are".

Source: Nate news

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Kenix Kwok & Frankie Lam celebrate their daughter's 2nd birthday

Frankie Lam and Kenix Kwok's daughter Tania Lam, celebrated her 2nd birthday on January 14th. Aside from giving their daughter a ferris wheel birthday cake, Dad and Mom also gave her a kiss on each side. Kenix posted the birthday photo Weibo and showed off her happiness. 2 year old Jeun Jeun (Tania's nickname) was holding a toy microphone and pretended to sing. Kenix teased her daughter that she was hogging the mic and made all the adults so happy.

Source: Mingpao
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Jacqueline Law Suffering From Pancreatic Cancer?

Since marrying Singaporean businessman Liu Zhimin (???) in 2008, 45-year-old retired TVB actress, Jacqueline Law (???) lived the life of a socialite. However, last year, it was rumored that Jacqueline suffered from pancreatic cancer. Fortunately, Jacqueline possessed a cheerful personality and the cancer was able to be controlled. It was understood that Jacqueline recently entered the hospital due to illness. Good friend, Louie Castro (???) visited Jacqueline at the hospital the day before and indicated, “The situation is okay; there is no need for everyone to worry!”

Dating Stephen Chow (???) in the past, Jacqueline Law was frequently frustrated in health and love. Years ago, Jacqueline suffered hearing loss due to a diving accident. She also possessed depression for many years, until she met her husband Liu Zhimin, who helped her to find joy in life again. Unexpectedly, Jacqueline was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year. Due to chemotherapy treatment, Jacqueline suffered hair loss.

Aside from enduring the pain of chemotherapy, Jacqueline also had to wear a wig to hide her hair loss. She continued to face her situation with strength. Asked whether she in fact had cancer, Jacqueline said positively, “There is no need to talk about it. If you see you [me] well, then [I am] well.”

Last month, Jacqueline attended a promotional event with good sister, Monica Chan (???). However, recent news of Jacqueline being re-admitted to hospital, due to serious illness, made everyone worry about her situation.

Source: Oriental Daily
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Michael Miu gets reminder from Jamie Chik about 22nd Wedding Anniversary

How many 30 years are there in a lifetime? As one of the HK entertainment industry’s model couples, actor Michael Miu (???) and his wife [former actress] Jamie Chik (???) fell in love back in 1982 while filming the TVB series “You Only Live Twice” «?????».-- January 9th marks the 22nd wedding anniversary for this ‘golden’ couple who has remained together through thick and think for the past 30 years [TN: they dated for 8 years before getting married in 1990]. Even though Michael is currently filming in Xiamen [China], he does not have to worry about feeling lonely, as his wife Jamie flew over to visit him on set this week. On their anniversary day, the couple celebrated the occasion by having dinner with the filming crew, with Michael giving Jamie the anniversary gift he had prepared for her -- a bouquet of flowers. This loving couple is truly the envy of those around them!

Every year for the past 22 years, Michael has always given Jamie a bouquet of flowers on their wedding anniversary – though this year was no different in that aspect, Jamie pointed out that there actually was one thing different from previous years: “In the past, every year of our wedding anniversary, we would have a celebratory dinner with a few of our close ‘couple’ friends in HK, however this year, we celebrated with a group of young friends in Xiamen. Actually, Michael is pretty good about remembering our anniversary every year – but even if he were to forget, I would surely ‘remind’ him! Like this year for example – one night, on impulse, I wrote the number ‘22’ on a piece of paper and handed it to him with the intention of ‘reminding’ him about our 22nd wedding anniversary. He took one look at the paper and asked me ‘What?’ – then he turned the paper over, looked at it, and asked me again ‘What?’ When he saw me smiling without answering, he then said: ‘Oh! Hey, I remember – you don’t need to remind me!’ See, Michael never forgets our anniversary!” Asked whether she purposefully flew to Xiamen to celebrate with Michael, Jamie replied: “In HK, I don’t have any work obligations currently and there isn’t anyone to keep me company anyway, so I figured why not go to Xiamen and take care of Michael – plus it’s a way of enjoying life!”

Even though they have already been married for 22 years, Michael and Jamie’s deep affection and love for one another is akin to that of a newlywed couple. Towards this, Jamie expressed that their relationship really isn’t much different from ordinary couples – when they were young, they would argue a lot, but after being together for so long, they grew to understand that the key to a lasting relationship involves mutually accommodating one another, being tolerant and accepting of one another, and also respect: “During our youth, when we were dating, we worked together and we also managed a business together. Now our kids [TN: daughter Phoebe is 20 and son Murphy is 18] are all grown up and continuing their schooling abroad, so all that’s left is the two of us to keep each other company. We rely on each other mutually, as we will be accompanying each other on the long road ahead and into the future.”

In their 30 years together, Michael and Jamie have never run out of things to talk about. Towards this, Jamie smiled and expressed that because she and Michael talk about everything under the sun -- even pointless, silly things – they never have to worry about growing distant from each other: “Some married couples who’ve been together for a long time end up running out of things to say to each other – after all, being together for so many years, you’ve pretty much said everything you want to say – so it’s no surprise that the relationship eventually grows distant. But Michael and I are different in that we talk about everything, even unimportant silly things – even with things like TV series and movies, we could go on and on about it! Actually, I feel that this helps to enliven and enhance our relationship as a married couple.”

Currently, Michael is rushing to complete his work in the Mainland and it is anticipated that filming will wrap prior to Chinese New Year. After that, the couple has plans for a trip to the U.S. and Canada to visit their children and will return to HK after the CNY holiday.

Source: Mingpao Weekly, Issue 2253
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Fans shriek as Jay Chou makes fun of Nicholas Tse

THE VIRAL FACTOR (YIK JIN) two nights ago held its Beijing premiere. Director Dante Lam Chiu Yin led Nicholas Tse Ting Fung, Jay Chou (Chow Kit Lun), Lin Peng, Bai Bing, and Andy On Chi Kit in attendance. Ting Fung and Chairman Chou looked exactly liked brothers the entire way and even made the Mr and Mrs Smith back to back gun pose on the red carpet.

The director and the actors went to several meetings before and after the screening, viewers who just finished watching the film seemed to still be in the film as they called them by their film character names. Chairman Chou joked, "If I knew in advance you might as well save us a few seats so we can watch your reaction. When you should cry you have to cry!" Ting Fung said handsomely, "THE VIRAL FACTOR will definitely bring you incredibly exciting two hours!" Ting Fung also took the chance to "beg for mercy" with the director. "Next time can we please shoot at a clean location. In THE VIRAL FACTOR every time after work I had to shower three times, even my underwear had mud in it". Kit Lun also joked, "Then don't wear underwear!" The crowd shrieked.

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

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