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Michelle Yeoh Learns Burmese To Play Aung San
Feb 04 2012
courtesy of singtao.com
The Michelle Yeoh (Yeung Chi King) starred THE LADY yesterday held a press conference. Yeung Chi King, French director Luc Besson and producer Viriginie Silla attended. Yeung Chi King said that before receiving the script she already wanted to play Aung San Suu Ki. Yeung Chi King said, "The hardest was the research, the shoot was very easy. When I arrived at the house I already treated myself like I was Aung San Suu Ki. David who played my husband and I had a lot of chemistry. Aung San is a good woman. She not only is a Myanmar hero but a world hero."
Yeung Chi King said that she spent six months to learn Burmese. She said, "An actress has to do her homework. My character has to speak English, Burmese, and play the piano, so I hired instructors to learn from. Learning Burmese was truly very stressful. Before waking up I was already nervous enough to deliver the lines." Yeung Chi King said that seeing Aung San's release she was truly happy for her.
She has been under house arrest and has not seen her mother in ten years already. Her release was an inspiring miracle. Yeung Chi King also was very happy to have the Thai government and kingdom's support to make this film. THE LADY took 13 months and before its release counterfeits already appeared. Director Luc Besson said, "For places that don't have cinemas, counterfeit isn't a problem, but in places like France and Hong Kong, everyone should go to the movies."
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Source: Mingpao
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(Kenny & Patrick have a gay relationship in 4 In Love)
(Vin Choi and Choi Ho's transsexual marriage)
(Kenny & Janet Chow's meal on the bus)
Immediately following TVB's 'offending' producer Jonathan Chik and editor Chow Yuk-Ming's When Heaven Burns that stirred up controversies, the latest romantic comedy 4 In Love (Let It Be Love) is another one of their 'twin' productions that breaks through audience comfort zones. The four love stories makes up the backbone of the entire series. In the series, Kenny Wong's role as the sports news anchor starts a 'brokeback' relationship with the married journalist Patrick Dunn.
In episode 1 of 4 In Love, there was a scene where Kenny and Janet Chow were eating their meals on the bus, which had already led to complaints that its a violation (*See clip). However, the 'surprises' keeps on coming. In episode 3, there was a scene about Andy (Vin Choi) and transsexual Annie (Choi Ho) getting married, which foreshadowed Patrick Dunn's 'gay' relationship. Alvina Kong, who plays Patrick's wife, was shocked to learn the bride (Annie) was a transsexual, but her husband Patrick had an envious expression in his eyes as he watches the two marry.
Patrick's role is a wooden and gentleman, who is very attentive towards his wife, but in fact he's a homosexual. For 4 In Love, Patrick offered his first on-screen 'gay' relationship. Yesterday reporters contacted Patrick to ask about how the story develops, when will his ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
Source: Oriental Daily
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Since the King of Gambler's daughter Florinda Ho and Joel Chan started dating, the couple often shows off their love in public. A few days ago during Lunar New Year, Joel especially went to send new year greetings to his girlfriend's parents and then accompanied her to watch fireworks in Macau. He later posted the photo on Weibo to show off the love.
The relationship seems to be getting more and more stable. The couple will be celebrating their first Valentine's Day since their relationship was made public. In fact, last year they have already secretly celebrated together, as Florinda excitedly posted photos of 99 roses, cake and champagne on Weibo.
It was said Joel greatly values Valentine's Day this year, and especially spent 6 figures to prepare a 'loving' gift for Florinda. He wants his girlfriend to have a memorable and surprising Valentine's Day. Joel admitted he is preparing a gift, but when asked what the gift is, he remained mysterious: "Of course I can't tell you!" Joel expressed they will be in HK to celebrate the holiday.
In recent years, a “marriage boom” swept through the entertainment industry among actresses. Considered to be a “Diamond Leftover Bachelorette,” Charmaine Sheh (佘诗曼) was not worried about being unable to find a marriage partner. This year, Charmaine intended to widen her social circle and change the scenery in her love life. On the other hand, since Moses Chan (陈豪) admitted to dating Aimee Chan (陈茵媺), he received everyone’s blessings, which improved the pair’s relationship.
TVB Producer Jonathan Chik’s (戚其义) new television drama, Let It Be Love < 4 In Love> featured four short stories in its narrative. In one of the stories, Mongkok local, Moses Chan fell in love with Asian superstar, Charmaine Sheh. The story resembled Hollywood movie, Notting Hill. Moses said, “The character is very down to earth; the portrayal will be authentic as long as there is no pretension. The character is quite rude and as I have years of experience playing triad members, I can handle it.” Moses worked hard to expand his acting range in recent years, playing a psychotic serial killer in the upcoming Psychological Warfare <心戰>. “The greater changes in the character, the better it is, as I can satisfy my acting craving and stretch my bottom line. An actor needs to play different roles. The team of Jonathan Chik and Zhou Xuming (周旭明) gave us the opportunity to change this time.”
In Let It Be Love, Charmaine’s character was an Asian superstar that was tired of leading her lifestyle in the entertainment circle. In her heart, she wanted to retire, possessing a desire to be her true self and not wear a mask in front of other ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
Former TVB actress, Noel Leung (梁小冰), has been married with ATV actor, Gary Chan (陳嘉輝), for 12 years, leading a peaceful marriage. Yesterday, rumors surfaced that Noel was intimately involved with former I-Cable host, Brian Wong <王志海>. Noel and Brian were photographed sharing an intimate exchange on the street! Apparently, the pair started their relationship in August 2011 and often exchanged flirtatious messages on their Weibo blogs. Regarding the allegations, Noel and Brian were reluctant to respond.
Forty-two-year-old Noel Leung met 50-year-old Gary Chan in 1992 while filming TVB series, Being Twins <兄兄我我>. The couple dated for 8 years before getting married and have a 5-year-old son together. A 1990 Miss Hong Kong second runner-up, Noel was known for her performances in Duke of Mount Deer <鹿鼎記> and Thief of Honor <血璽金刀>, Noel had a good career until slowly fading from the entertainment industry after getting married. Last year, Noel became more involved in theater projects instead. Noel possessed a virtuous image; both Noel and husband, Gary, were devout Christians. Due to lack of negative rumors over the last several years, the public was under the impression that the couple possessed a happy marriage.
However, a report emerged yesterday that claimed Noel Leung was intimately involved with former I-Cable host and current Japanese restaurateur, Brian Wong. Aside from being caught meeting outside on several occasions, Noel reportedly helped Brian wipe his sweat. The pair was spotted entering a building one after the other, arousing speculation regarding the nature of their relationship. The tabloid report claimed that Gary Chan was extremely upset over the incident.
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Source: Oriental Daily
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The war between the free TV stations can happen any moment now. Ricky Wong's new television station, CityTelecom's (CTI) license will be formally issued soon. Since last year, Ricky had been poaching TVB artists and employees and because of the high degree of freedom and good pay, it was said many Siu Sang, FaDans and the Green Leaves have been considering to switch over. Among them includes TV Queen candidate Maggie Cheung, who is confirmed to move over to become Ricky's valued artist!
Maggie's series War and Beauty and Old Time Buddy are well acclaimed series, and in 2003 she was crowned TV Queen for her role as Lui Sei Leung in King of Yesterday and Tomorrow. After an unfortunate brief hiatus due to an illness, Maggie returns to TVB, but her value in the company does not compare to the past. Earlier she participated in new series Ladder to Heaven, but her limelight was stolen by the 'fresh new couple' Moses Chan and Aimee Chan. She quickly felt the need to leave, so last year although she made it on the Top 5 for TV Queen at the TVB Anniversary Awards, the discouraged Maggie did not attend the ceremony.
It was said, Ricky has great appreciation for Maggie and that he moved her by offering her HK$14,000 per episode. This is 7 times higher than what she gets in TVB. A palace-themed drama has also been tailored for her to start in August and air in November in attempt to incite TVB during their anniversary. She will have a great ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
Joan Lin celebrates her 60th birthday
Feb 03 2012
Son Jaycee Chan surprise the former actress with a performance
Recently, former actress Joan Lin celebrated her 60th birthday. Her husband, kungfu superstar Jackie Chan, stayed with her throughout the celebration, which was secretly arranged by their son Jaycee Chan.
Joan had shied away from the limelight after she married Jackie at the height of her career in 1982. Their marriage brought forth son Jaycee.
On Jan 30, Jaycee attended his entertainment agency's annual dinner, of which mum Joan was in attendance.
At the dinner, Jaycee surprised his mother with a birthday celebration and performance. The singer-actor had especially penned, composed and performed a birthday song to convey his gratitude to mum that night.
Jaycee then promised his mother that he would work harder at finding a girlfriend and have kids, moving Joan to tears.
Jackie, who was busy filming in Japan, also took time out from work to attend the surprise event. He even stayed on to accompany wife Joan for the entire evening.
Smiling widely during Jaycee's performance, father Jackie commented in mocked jealousy, "My son has never celebrated my birthday before."
When probed on what birthday gift they had prepared for Joan, the father-son pair replied in unison, "Top secret".
Jaycee later jokingly shared that he had even prepared lyrics to his self-composed song before his performance as he knew that his father would not comprehend the words in his song.
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Ron Ng's mother rushes him to buy a home; Linda Chung no fear of limelight stolen by Mandy Wong
Feb 03 2012
Thursday February 2, 2012 Hong Kong
Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/
Ron expressed when he was young, he lived in a 400 square feet home with his family before. He said: "I slept in the living room when I was young, but that time life was great, I always go out to the hallway to play ball and table tennis. Kids nowadays have so many video games to play with, such a luxurious life." When reporters teased they thought his family was rich, Ron became tense and said: "Of course not, did you get the wrong person! (It's Raymond Lam?) All he plays with are model [toys]."
Ron said his mother's greatest wish is when he's able to buy his own house, and does not hope he rents. Ron said: "The best is to live with my mother. When I get home from work, I get to have good soup and a nice dinner. For lunch, I get a nice lunchbox. There was a period of time when my mom had to go help my sister babysit, I felt so meaningless that time, had to rely on my domestic worker and only had noodles. (Get yourself a wife!) I'm not at an marriageable age yet, still have to buy a house and earn more money."
Linda is very happy to hear L'Escargot is getting positive response. She is also very happy that Mandy Wong as "Kwan Yee So" is rising in popularity from this role. "She is an artist with high flexibility, but I am not afraid she will steal my limelight. I just hope the series ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
Thursday February 2, 2012 Hong Kong
Source: Mingpao
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'ATV's Big Sister' Alice Chan switches over to become TVB's FaDan. Yesterday she had a meeting to discuss the contract ('per series') at TVB City and will be officially picking up the pen soon. In April, she will be participating in new series Justice Attack (法網追擊). In 1996, after Alice won first place in the Miss Asia pageant, she joined ATV and had been heavily promoted to become ATV's Big Sister. In 2008, she married Taiwanese businessman (James Yen) and her acting career faded off since then. Alice has now become bored of being a wealthy wife and plus she's craving to act again, so she decided to make a comeback. The 38 year old decides to join TVB.
Alice praises her new company: "I look for the best work team, TVB is the only option. I'll be shooting new series Justice Attack in April, where I will be playing a strong businesswoman." In the past, Alice was ATV's Big Sister, and now that she switches to a new environment, she does not mind rankings. The most important is to gain recognition for her work and the pay is a 'comfortable price'.
Lately, TVB FaDans and Siu Sangs have been leaving TVB one after another and the company also has to make way for their current artists to have opportunities to make the extra Chinese yuan up north. Because of this, there has been a lack of artists. TVB's Production & Resource Director, Virgina Lok, can only go out and start recruiting new artists. Miss ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
courtesy of on.cc
Angelababy and Mark Chao (Chiu Yau Ting)'s film FIRST TIME wrapped before the Lunar New Year. They not only had a kiss scene in the film but also her first bed scene. However Baby stressed that the kiss scene and the bed scene were all innocent.
Baby said, "Earlier I heard (Stephen) Fung Tak Lun said that once he was in a kiss scene with an actress and she actually stuck her tongue in. Thus I was very curious whether a kiss needed to be tongue on tongue? Yet this year with Chiu Yau Ting only our lips touched, it wasn't so passionate." Could Baby accept tongue on tongue? She said that would depend on the co-star and the script. As for who she would be willing to perform with, she said that she never thought about it. However, since she has not performed many kiss scenes, she did not know about proper oral hygiene before the shoot. When she worked with Chiu Yau Ting she saw him brushing his teeth, then she realized that she overlooked it and felt that Chiu Yau Ting respected his co-star very much. At first she thought Chiu Yau Ting was very serious, later after awhile together he actually was very easy going. Once his father visited the set and she thought Father Chao was very handsome.
Did Baby inform her rumored boyfriend Huang Xiaoming in advance about the kiss scene? She said that since both were in this business, when he had an intimate scene he would not notify her either. They knew ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
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