Wu Fung almost walked into a hole on stage, Leon Lai embraces reassuring him

Wu Fung celebrated his 80th birthday by opening a show at Hong Kong Coliseum. Several of his god sons and daughters including Sandy Lam, George Lam, Nick Cheung and many more were guest performers. Leon Lai made a special appearance despite being ill.

Wu Fung is quite popular as it was a full house last night. His god sons and daughters, as well as his three grand daughters all went on stage to perform. Among them, Film King Nick Cheung was the funniest as he pretended to be his god father. Wu Fung exposed both of their wives are called "Wing Ho" (referring to Esther Kwan).

Then the rising platform was lowered to allow Sandy Lam to get on stage, but Wu Fung didn't know there was a hole in the middle of the stage. He was walking and talking, and almost fell into the hole. Luckily, the audience all shouted for him to be careful, and it was like Wu Fung just woke up from his dreams, he stopped and avoided the fall. Just a step away and Wu Fung could have fell down below the stage. Coincidentally, George Lam (Ah Lam) had a similar incident happened to him before, so when Ah Lam came on stage, he joked: "You were almost like me just now." Wu Fung laughed: "I don't dare to learn from you... I can't do it. Luckily the audience were calling out for me." Ah Lam laughed: "How come the audience at that time didn't shout out for me? Next time when I hold a concert, I will ask you to help me watch out for those holes."

When Leon got on stage, he went to give his god father a hug to reassure him. However, Wu Fung was not worried at all, but in fact was more worried about his health. Leon insisted to make a guest appearance despite being ill, which touched Wu Fung's heart.

Also, Wu Fung and Lydia Shum, who appeared on the TV screen 'duet' Keep On Smiling. This was Wu Fung's dream 10 years ago on his 70th birthday.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

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HK media: Andy to apply leave from wife to attend HKFA ceremony

The 31st Hong Kong Films Awards will be held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 15 April, since the day where the nominee list had been announced, it resulted several number of movie fans to “spitting at the list”, meanwhile when the nominees photographs were revealed, what’s puzzling is the entourage of Let The Bullets Fly which has 13 nominations was absent, not only Best Actor nominees Jiang Wen and Ge You, even Best Supporting Actress nominee Carina Lau did not appear in the group photo. In comparison, the nominees from A Simple Life were all at the center positions in the group photo, it seems that A Simple Life will be winning awards.

Different from previous years where group photographs of nominees of the same category, in this year’s magazine’s group photograph gathered the nominees in Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress and Best New Artist. Those whom participated in the group photo-taking includes Ann Hui, Tsui Hark, Alan Mak, Felix Chong, Andy Lau, Lau Ching Wan, Shu Qi, Tang Wei, Gao Yuan Yuan, Zhou Xun, Wang Yu, Paul Chun, Lo Hoi Pang, Kenneth Tsang, Kara Hui, Qin Hailu, Guey Lun-mei, Jam Hsiao, Shiga Lin, Zheng Shuang, Karena Ng and Sheng Jian.

Other than Johnnie To who absent himself every year, all nominees from Emperor Group were absent. Let The Bullets Fly which is the hot favorite as it has 13 nominations was absent, not only Best Actor nominees Jiang Wen and Ge You, even Best Supporting Actress nominee Carina Lau did not appear in the photo shoot. In addition, Nicholas Tse who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Shaolin also did not appear in the group photo. As Lau Ching Wan is nominated with Best Actor with two films, with the absent of Jiang Wen and Ge You, thus only two nominees of the Best Actor award appeared in the group photo. This could also be the reason that Hong Kong Film Awards changed its idea of group photo for the nominees of individual award category, because it would be indeed odd for two person for the Best Actor category.

Since without the group photograph of individual award nominees, in the past people would like to guess the “2 right” persons will win award does not exist. Worth mentioning is in this year’s group photograph, seated in the center are nominees for Best Actor and Actress – Andy Lau and Deanie Ip, both from the film A Simple Life, Best Supporting Actress nominee Qin Hailu who is from the same film is also standing at the back row’s center position. It can be seen that A Simple Life is the favorite among all favorites in this year’s award, looked like it’s fixed to win awards.

Currently, Andy’s wife is 7 months pregnant, expected to give birth in June. Being a loving husband, other than promotion for A Simple Life, he had stopped work completely, he had indicated earlier that he might absent himself at the 15 April award presentation ceremony as he would stayed home to accompany his wife. However, insider revealed to Hong Kong media that there’s possibility that Andy would not keep his words.

The Hong Kong media said that Andy had initially informed the Hong Kong Film Awards committee that he would not be attending the ceremony, but the committee managed to convince him and express that A Simple Life has high possibility of becoming this year’s biggest winner, this made Andy who is one of the film’s investor to have a change of heart as he decided to “apply leave” from his wife to attend the ceremony.

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[news] Yoo Ah In and Hyuna of 4minute get's steamy hot for High Cut Magazine

Actor Yoo Ah In of "Fashion King" and 4minute of Hyuna are the "troublemaker" couple for the latest volume of fashion magazine High Cut. Recently, a couple of photo's from the photo shoot were revealed online showing a glimpse on the two teaming up for the magazine.

On the photo's, you can see the two holding hands, lying down on the couch and on the floor with a sexy and charismatic atmosphere. During the photo shoot, the photographer and staff complimented the two that they both were able to grasp the concept of the shoot very fast. At first the two were shy for they have to pose as a couple however the two did well in the end. Check out more photos below:

Source: Newsen
Written by: Blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

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[NEWS] Sandara Park likes Won Bin!

Group 2NE1's Sandara Park has openly showed her interest with actor Won Bin.

SBS TV’s “Strong Heart” broadcasted the second installment of their “YG Special,” on the evening of the 3rd, where YG Entertainment artists appeared in the broadcast.

Throughout the broadcast, Sandara Park showed an interest in dating. But whenMC Lee Seunggi asked, “So you’re not dating anyone right now?” Sandara Parkreadily replied, “No, of course not.” He continued to say, “Surely there’s some man there you’d want to date,” but she replied, “There’s really none, I wish I liked someone,” she replied shyly, envoking laughter.

When the host continued to ask Sandara Park, “There are a lot of great men out there today, there are some who surely come to mind. We’ll help you with him,” he said, showing a helpful mind. But Sandara Park replied, “Ah, really,” but after a while, she revealed, “These days I think that Won Bin-oppa is really cool, I like him,” she said.

When Sandara Park revealed that her ideal type was Won Bin, Lee Seunggiimmediately said, “I don’t think there’s anything I can do to help you with someone like him,” drawing laughter with his response.

Sources: Nate

Translated by: BlackjackBelle@OhDara/ SlaveTranslator@WeLoveDara

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YG Entertainment takes in Yuna Kim

5 Apr – It was reported that "Superstar K3" contestant Yuna Kim has been absorbed into YG Entertainment to become their new trainee.

According to YGunited website, an official revealed, "After being eliminated from "Superstar K3", it was made known that Kim joined YG Entertainment as a trainee. She's determined to become a singer in Korea, and despite having received love calls from other companies, she rejected them all for YG."

The official went on to explain, "Yuna Kim's Korean is still not fluent yet so she was unfortunately eliminated for forgetting the lyrics in the middle of her audition. Considering that she is now under the training system of YG, we're sure that she'll grow to become a better singer."

This is the third "Superstar K" alum that has been accepted into YG Entertainment. Other trainees from the series would be Kang Seung-yoon and Kim Eun-bi from "Superstar K2".

Yuna Kim was a contestant who hailed from the States, who failed to make it into the "Top 10" list of the show.

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Shaw JCube IMAX opens!

5 Apr – Shaw Theatres Singapore have officially launched their second digital IMAX theatre at JCube Entertainment Complex in Jurong East today, following the successful introduction of their first IMAX theatre in the landmark Shaw Lido on Orchard Road last May.

Their newest addition was confirmed to be officially known as Shaw Theatres JCube IMAX. To commemorate their launch, the company had promotional giveaways of 1000 movie tickets in the days leading up to 5 April, boasting a movie lineup of recent blockbusters and foreign films like "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1", "Step Up 3 (3D)", "Legendary Amazons", "Romancing In Thin Air", "The Last Exorcism" and "Drive".

Shaw Theatres JCube also held an Open House ceremony two days before, on the 3 and 4 April, where any members of the public were offered the opportunity to walk in for an IMAX Experience Trial. The trial consisted of a sneak preview of what IMAX has to offer in terms of hall design, sound systems and viewing experience.

In addition, SG$5 discount coupons were handed out to the participants to offset for their next IMAX movie ticket at JCube.

Shaw has revealed that their recent grand opening is merely a taste of more to come. Future developments are already underway for another multiplex at Waterway Point in Punggol, which is slated for completion sometime between 2014 and 2015 and will feature Singapore's third digital IMAX theatre.

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Annie Liu seriously draws the line with Kevin Cheng

Annie Liu, Chilam Cheung and director Patrick Kong attended the ending-of-filming celebration for new film Natural Born Lovers ?????. During the interview, Annie expressed without hesitation that it is impossible to develop a relationship with rumored boyfriend Kevin Cheng, she said: "I hereby clarify that nothing happened between Kevin and I. I say without holding anything back that Kevin and I have not developed anything nor will there be any possibility. The reports earlier, I feel like I was accused."

Annie also denied she's drawing the line with Kevin because he's got a new love interest: "I have limited understanding of him and I don't have that kind of romantic feeling for him." She also denied the reports that she was frightened by Kevin and his ex-rumored girlfriend Charmaine Sheh. She said: "This is totally entertainment news."

Chilam declined to comment on Jay Chou's verbal fight with the Taiwanese paparazzi: "Every individual handles the paparazzi differently. Perhaps I'm more positive, after several years, I have seen a lot and slowly I become part of them, a close relationship. Today, I'm not afraid to see the paparazzi, its like seeing a friend. I wouldn't feel upset or anything, and I understand that this is just the nature of their work. I'm also pleased to know that I'm still news worthy.

Chilam is a gentlman that doesn't lift a fist, and he also teaches this principle to his son Morton: "Years ago, I encountered an extreme reporter that deliberately tried to upset me, but my mood doesn't change too much. The current paparazzi are better, our relationship have actually reached a 'harmonious' stage."

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

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