Aaron Kwok and Zhang Ziyi attends love for life premiere

Aaron Kwok Fu Sing and Zhang Ziyi two nights ago attended the film LOVE FOR LIFE (JUI OI) Beijing premiere. Sing Sing honestly said that in the film their relationship trickled. Unlike the modern young people's romance, its expression was very solid true love. If he was younger and saw the film, he definitely would want to get married sooner. However now he definitely would not get married in a flash because he wanted to make more movies. In addition, Zhang Ziyi said that this summer she might make a movie in Hong Kong, depending on Wong Kar Wai's THE GRANDMASTERS (YUT DOI JUNG SI) progress. She said, "Honestly, now the Mainland platform is rather...

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Candy Lo trembles while hanging 9 floors up

The Anthony Wong Chau Sun, Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai) starred PUNISHED (BO YING) was the 13th Udine Far East International Film Festival closing film, but the leads were unable to attend due to work. Only director Law Wing Cheong attended.Law Wing CHeong on the 7th at 10PM attended the closing film event at the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine and shared his experience with viewers. This cinema was the largest there, with 1200 viewer occupancy. This show was already sold out. Law Wing Cheong also said that the enthusiasm of the Italians were somewhat unexpected, he was inevitably nervous as he did not know how their responses tonight would be.The...

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Charmaine Sheh so dry, wants to be loved

Happiness at hand, hard to avoid the desire for excitement. Charmaine Sheh has been struggling for a year and finally decides to leaves TVB. Coming out of the greenhouse, she is seeking for a new breakthrough in her career. In her career, she can take the initiative to attack, but in her love life she still has a soft hand and will just go where fate leads her to.(The rest is Charmaine speaking...)Career: Fear of being disgusted by the job[When the public speaks of Charmaine, she is not only a good actress that can create new sparks, but she also has this unknown stimulation.]I was in TVB for 13 years, besides gaining fame and fortune, the most...

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Bobby Au Yeung accepts TVB series because of debt of gratitude

Bobby Au Yeung, Evergreen Mak, Myolie Wu, Linda Chung and Sire Ma were at the costume fitting for TVB new series Yue Fu Hidden Dragon. As the lead actor of the Forensic Heroes series, Bobby was unable to participate in the third part. He explained that at the time he was in Mainland and couldn't accept the role: "Going out to shoot series is my interest, coming back is for paying a debt of gratitude. (Coming back, you have a lot of debt of gratitude?) Gratitude could be repaid any day, but too many can be difficult for me."Also, Myolie and Linda said that Yue will need many Extras, but they are not afraid of the minimum wage issue that will affect...

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Kevin Cheng gets punches by real boxer, avoid as much as possible

Kevin Cheng plays a boxer in the new series The Boxing King. He has to handle a series of boxing scenes, but earlier he received training. He said that he can physically handle it with no problem, but facing a professional boxer, Kevin laughs that although he went easy on him, the boxer still got him all dizzy!Earlier, Kevin went with Moses Chan to Singapore for promotions and took the time to share his experiences: "Moses and a Thai boxer collaborated before, he said that even if the boxer is easy on the strength, it is still strong. After a few times, you can feel a little dizzy. For me, after fighting with a real boxer, they don't need to...

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Kate Tsui flirty hitting on the guys on the set

In Relic of an Emissary, Kate Tsui has a daring performance. Earlier it was rumored that she and Ron Ng sparked love and now she's surrounded by gossips. However, Kate was not affected by the rumor. The day before, she was in Central and Causeway Bay shooting with Bosco Wong for TVB new series Lives of Omission. At the location, it was seen that Kate was in a very good mood, besides joking with Bosco, she was smiling the entire time. Then she and a male worker were laughing loudly together. Looks like she made all the men very happy, pushing the rumor aside. As for Bosco, when he was shooting a driving sports car scene, he was eying the red Audi...

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Malaysia agrees to take Australian asylum seekers (AFP)

SYDNEY (AFP) – Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced Saturday that Malaysia has agreed to take hundreds of asylum seekers who land in Australia illegally, in a move described as a "big blow" to people smugglers. Under the bilateral agreement, up to 800 boat people who try to reach Australia will be taken immediately to Malaysia instead, with their claims processed there by the United Nations. In return, Australia has agreed to accept and resettle, over four years, 4,000 registered refugees currently living in Malaysia, Gillard and her Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak said in a joint statement. "This landmark agreement will help take away the product people smugglers are trying to sell -- a ticket to Australia," said Gillard. "The key message this will deliver to people smugglers and those...

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Taliban say bin Laden death will revive Afghan insurgency (Reuters)

KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban have issued a statement acknowledging the death of Osama bin Laden after al Qaeda confirmed its leader had been killed by U.S. forces, but said his death would only revitalize their fight against the "occupiers" in Afghanistan. While other militant groups across the world were quick to denounce bin Laden's killing, the Taliban, who once sheltered the al Qaeda leader, were slow to comment in the hours after his death, saying they needed proof he had been killed. Al Qaeda then issued its own statement on Friday confirming bin Laden was dead, prompting a response hours later from the Taliban. "We received the news of the martyrdom of Sheikh Abu Abdullah Osama bin Mohammad bin Laden, may Allah have mercy upon him, in a surprise attack of the aggressor American...

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Japan wants 3 reactors closed while seawall built (AP)

TOKYO – Officials at a Japanese power company were finalizing a decision Saturday following a government request that it suspend all three reactors at a coastal nuclear plant while steps are taken to prevent a major earthquake or tsunami from causing another radiation crisis. Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday that he had asked Chubu Electric Power Co. to halt its three reactors at Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan until the operator can improve safety measures. Though not legally binding, the request is a virtual order. The government is wrapping up a safety review of Japan's 54 atomic reactors after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. The disaster left more than 25,000 people dead or missing on the northeast coast. The Hamaoka nuclear...

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Singapore votes as ruling party faces tough test (AP)

SINGAPORE – Singapore's ruling party faced its toughest challenge since independence in 1965 as voters in the Southeast Asian city-state went to the polls Saturday for parliamentary elections. Leaders from the ruling People's Action Party spent the last days of the nine-day official campaign apologizing for policy mistakes and perceived arrogance amid growing voter discontent over soaring housing costs and a surge of foreign workers. "There are immediate problems on everyone's minds, like the cost of living and housing," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a televised speech late Friday. "The PAP is dealing with them." Voting was due to end at 8 p.m. (1200 GMT), and initial results were expected to be announced a few hours later. The PAP was expected to win a dominant majority of 87 seats...

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Plane with 27 people crashes in eastern Indonesia (AP)

JAKARTA, Indonesia – A passenger plane carrying 27 people crashed Saturday as it was about to land in Indonesia's eastern province of West Papua, killing at least 15, officials said. Transportation ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan said the Chinese-made Xian MA60 twin turboprop-powered plane belonging to a state-owned company went down just before landing in Kaimana. The flight originated in Sorong, another town in the province. Police Lt. Col. Antonius Wantri Julianto said 15 bodies have been found and rescuers are searching for other victims. Nuno Sampurno, chief of the National Search and Rescue Agency, said the plane crashed into Kaimana Bay, several hundred yards (meters) from the airport. Sampurno said the crash was believed to have been caused by bad weather which limited visibility....

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India govt panel cuts growth forecast to 8.5% (AFP)

NEW DELHI (AFP) – The top economic adviser to India's prime minister has cut his estimate for economic growth in the current fiscal year by half a percentage point to 8.5 percent, citing inflationary pressures. The Indian government has targeted 9.0 percent growth for the year to March 31, 2012, but the battle against stubbornly high inflation is threatening to derail those plans. The "persistence of high inflation is inimical to medium-term growth," C. Rangarajan, chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, said in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires published Friday. His lower growth forecast came after the central bank earlier in the week projected even slower expansion of 8.0 percent for fiscal 2011-12. Hiking interest rates for the ninth time in 15 months, by a bigger...

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Cambodia rejects Thai demands over temple troops (AFP)

JAKARTA (AFP) – Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong rejected a Thai demand to withdraw troops from an 11th-century Khmer temple at the disputed border, saying Bangkok was not sincere about peace. "We never can withdraw our troops from our own territory. That should be very clear," Hor Namhong told reporters on Friday, after a meeting in Jakarta with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa. The Indonesians are trying to broker a ceasefire and the deployment of neutral military observers to the flashpoint area on the Thai-Cambodia border where some 18 people have died in fighting in recent months. The issue is likely to be discussed at a summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders in Jakarta starting on Saturday. Both countries have accused each other of sparking...

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Australia PM mum on 'Pacific Solution' for refugees (AFP)

SYDNEY (AFP) – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard refused to rule out reviving the controversial "Pacific Solution" for refugees, under which asylum seekers were sent to poor island nations. Gillard on Friday said her ministers were pursuing discussions on a regional solution, but would not comment on whether her administration wanted to reopen Papua New Guinea's mothballed Manus Island centre to asylum seekers. "When I've got something to announce arising from those discussions then I'll announce it," she told reporters in South Australia. "We need a regional solution," Gillard added. "We need to be engaged with international agencies like the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. We have been doing that work." Refugees face mandatory detention in Australia as they await their...

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7 injured after horse jumps into Australian crowd (AP)

WARRNAMBOOL, Australia – Seven people have been taken to a hospital after a horse jumped over a high fence into a crowd of about 50 spectators during the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool race track. Banna Strand, without a rider, veered off course Thursday and jumped a 7-foot (2-meter) brush fence into the crowd. The most serious injury was to a 2-year-old girl, who suffered a fractured collarbone. Most of the other injured were treated and released at the hospital. Racing Victoria says it will investigate the incident. View the Original arti...

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China auto market cools as GM sales fall in April (AP)

SHANGHAI – General Motors and its joint ventures sold 203,367 vehicles in China in April, down slightly from a year earlier, reflecting slowing growth in the world's largest auto market. GM said Friday that sales by its flagship venture Shanghai GM rose 7.4 percent to 96,219 vehicles in April. That rise was offset, however, by slower sales growth for its other China operations. GM sales in China in the first four months rose 6.3 percent over a year earlier, a far cry from the double-digit growth seen in recent years. Ford Motor China, meanwhile, says its sales in China rose 3 percent in April from a year earlier, with growth in the first four months of the year up 15 percent. View the Original arti...

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Maldives warns against new protests (AP)

Male, Maldives – The government of the Maldives has said that an opposition-led protest has the potential to become "nasty" and vowed to break it up. Organizers say a protest after Friday prayers in this Muslim nation will highlight the country's economic hardships allegedly after the government undertook some reforms proposed by International Monetary Fund. The country's defense force says the demonstration will be broken up because it is organized at a high security area. Protesters have taken to the streets for five consecutive nights over soaring prices and alleged mismanagement by the government. Foreign Minister Ahmed Naseem told reporters in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, that the opposition is harming the economy. View the Original arti...

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Leung Ka Kei finally got it straight, gets through stress with help of seniors

Leung Ka Kei was once an anchorwoman for iCable entertainment channel. Four years ago, she joined TVB and became an artist. When she first started shooting series, she blamed herself for not grasping the good opportunities that came to her. Fortunately, after working with several seniors, she was able to benefit from them and changed her behaviors. She just recently signed a TVB management contract and is officially a TVB biological daughter. She frankly said that she hopes to have more opportunities to shoot series the most. When speaking of her background in acting school, many years ago she entered iCable and became the lead entertainment...

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Bosco Wong: One Myolie Wu is enough

Bosco Wong, Chrissie Chau, Icy Wong and Shum Chi Ming attended the K-Swiss All New Specialized Store Opening Ceremony Spring & Summer Fashion Show. The guests modeled the all new launch of KS Collection. As for Bosco who was Choking thought out the whole show, kept his distance when taking pictures with Chrissie and Icy. Bosco laughed and said that the organizers wanted them to do the catwalk with chok looks. About keeping his distance from Chrissie, he expressed that she's a hot and sexy goddess and he's does not know them well, so did not dare to look at them directly. As for Ron Ng was said to often be pursuing TVB actresses, Bosco was...

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Selena Li is scared of horses the most

Selena Li and Chris Lai recently visited Panyu, Guangzhou to shoot a TVB show. This time Selena gets the opportunity to get close up close and personal with the animals, like pandas, kangaroos, koala and giraffe. She said: "The most precious part was I saw a pair of twin koalas. The animal that I fear most are horses before when I was shooting a series, I witnessed Steven Ma get kicked on the face. I still have that image in me, I'm afraid the horse will get angry and of course the most important part for a girl is the face." Have always liked to play, Selena was extremely excited for the roller coaster that they had in the theme park. After...

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Lui Fong’s Girlfriend Reveals “Hairy Photo” Online

Since ending his 16-year relationship with Carol Dodo Cheng Yu Ling, Lui Fong became a freely prowling “predator.’ Although Lui Fong thought that no one knew about his underground relationship with 25-year-old mainlander, Zhou Xiaoyan, it was the beginning of a nightmare when she accused Lui Fong in taking advantage of her physically and financially. Miss Zhou accused Lui Fong in cheating $40,000 (Yuan) of her personal savings.Publicly scolded by his former girlfriend, 48-year-old Lui Fong was not picky in choosing his women. Whether beautiful or ugly, Lui Fong continued to be flirtatious towards his latest middle-aged girlfriend....

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Sammi Cheng’s $160 Million Dowry in Marriage to Andy Hui

When Sammi Cheng Sau Man and Andy Hui Chi On were spotted dining at Tai Ping Koon Restaurant, their unification was publicly exposed. Two months later, Sammi and Andy’s relationship became stronger. When Sammi returned from Yunnan province to Hong Kong on April 29th, Andy suggested that they have dinner with her entire family in Wanchai.While Sammi was not in Hong Kong, Andy did not get a chance to relax and accompanied her father on regular physical therapy appointments. After their marriage, Andy also agreed to move to Hong Kong Island near Sammi’s parents’ house. Since his future son-in-law was so accommodating,...

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Fala Chen More Fearful of Tornadoes than Osama bin Laden

Fala Chen attended a Giorgio Armani Optical promotional event wearing glasses. Fala indicated, “I usually wear contact lenses. However, frequent contact wear makes my eyes uncomfortable. When I do not have to work, I normally wear glasses.”How will Fala be celebrating Mother’s Day? “I have to work.” (Did Fala’s boyfriend, Sit Sai Hang, complain?) “I will set aside time to eat together. Since I will not be able to spend time with my own mother, I will be sending her a gift.”Was Fala concerned that her family in the United States will be impacted by Osama bin Laden’s death?) “On the contrary, my parents are more subject to the threat of tornadoes,...

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Ron Ng: "I am not interested in Sire Ma!"

Ron Ng Cheuk Hei attended a bowling game to promote Yes Sir, Sorry Sir <點解阿Sir係阿Sir> with fellow cast members, Moses Chan Ho, Tavia Yeung Yi, and Linda Chung Ka Yan. A recent tabloid claimed that Ron was living together with TVB colleague, Sire Ma Choi, while cheating on rumored girlfriend, Kate Tsui Chi San.Pointing out that he did not know Sire that well, Ron emphasized that they were only colleagues, let alone living together! Ron also emphasized that Sire was not the type of woman he preferred! Why was Ron so blunt? “The tabloids claimed that I was using her money. I do not know whether Sire is rich or not....

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Moses Chan admits to pursuing Aimee Chan

Moses Chan Ho, Ron Ng Cheuk Hei, Linda Chung Ka Yan, and Tavia Yeung Yi attended a bowling game to promote Yes Sir, Sorry Sir <點解阿Sir係阿Sir>. Since rturning fromJamaica after filming a coffee program, Moses has appeared lively and coy. While bowling, Moses continued to hold onto a coffee cup and displayed a “chok” expression.When reporters asked Moses’ ex-girlfriend, Bernice Liu Bik Yee, whether Moses was a good man earlier, she responded, “He is a man that loves coffee!” When asked whether Moses had any response to Bernice’s statement, he laughed, “That’s the way I am!” (Bernice did not praise you as a good man?)...

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Wayne Lai Celebrates 47th Birthday with Overseas Fans

Wayne Lai Yiu Cheung celebrated his 47th birthday with fans from Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Macau on May 4th. Wayne’s fans reserved three tables at a restaurant to have tea together. Since fans from Harbin and Australia were unable to attend, they sent their birthday gifts to Wayne.To thank his fans for their kindness, Wayne promised to film better series. On the evening of his birthday, Wayne decided to celebrate with his family and high school friends. Fortunately, Wayne did not have to work and looked forward to a carefree evening.Source: on.ccTranslated by: JayneStarsView the Original arti...

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Elanne Kong takes on breast enhancement endorsement, career line gets upgraded

Since Elanne Kong's debut, she rarely appeared sexy, but this time she makes a breakthrough and gives a breast enhancement spokesperson job a try. Recently, Elanne is rising in popularity because her series is currently airing and caught the interest of an advertisement company strongly inviting her to be a breast enhancement spokesperson. The conservative Elanne laughed and said she thought it over for a long time. After her manager's persuasion and she learned the company had a positive and healthy image, she accepted the endorsement without hesitation. Elanne exposed that when she got massage treatment, she was extremely embarrassed. She said:...

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Tavia Yeung has swollen looking eyes, wants an eye job to boost her spirit

Earlier Tavia Yeung was suspected to have gotten plastic surgery on her nose. Yesterday when she attended the Yes Sir, Sorry Sir promotion, she denied to have ever done plastic surgery. However, she did not feel upset: "They said I got prettier, that means the beauty salon that I'm spokesperson for is effective. If I wanted to do plastic surgery, I would choose to do it on my swollen looking eyes because usually my eyes look like I don't have energy. (No boob job?) No, having to undergo surgery and put something in there, I'm afraid I won't know what to do if I bump them." In 2010, Tavia's beauty improved, her upright nose bridge is noticeable....

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US urges Sri Lanka to address abuse allegations (AP)

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A U.S. diplomat Wednesday asked Sri Lanka to address allegations of possible war crimes toward the end of the country's civil war and to share political power with an estranged Tamil minority for a lasting peace. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake told reporters that Sri Lanka has promised to address these issues and many others raised by him during official meetings. But he said the "proof lies in results, not in promises." Blake's visit to Sri Lanka followed the release of a U.N.-requested report on the civil war that ended nearly two years ago. It gives credence to allegations that abuses, and potential war crimes, occurred on both sides of the conflict as the government's war against the Tamil Tiger rebels was ending. The report by an expert panel...

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Afghanistan: Pakistan had to know bin Laden there (AP)

KABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan government said Wednesday that Pakistan must have known Osama bin Laden was living in a military garrison town near the capital, echoing international suspicions about Islamabad in the aftermath of the deadly strike against al-Qaida's chief. The two countries have long had tense relations, especially over the issue of Pakistan failing to target Taliban militants using its territory as sanctuary to launch cross-border attacks against Afghan and international forces. "Not only Pakistan, with its strong intelligence service, but even a very weak government with a weak intelligence service would have known who was living in that house in such a location," said Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi. The house where bin Laden lived in the town of...

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Indonesia: Terror suspect went to meet bin Laden (AP)

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Officials here say a top Indonesian terror suspect arrested this year in the town where Osama bin Laden was killed this week was intending to meet the al-Qaida chief, although a senior American counterterrorism official said the two never met and Umar Patek's arrest in Abbottabad "appears to have been pure coincidence." Indonesian and Pakistani intelligence officers said the arrest of Patek on Jan. 25 in Abbottabad by Pakistani officers did not lead to the American raid on bin Laden on Monday, but his arrest there may raise questions over how isolated bin Laden was in his final months. Patek is wanted for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings and trained with al-Qaida in Pakistan before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. He is a key Southeast Asian militant...

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