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Sep 1st 2012, 02:27

Yesterday Yoyo Mung and Alex Fong were at TVB City working on new series A Great Way To Care. First time responding to the marriage news, Yoyo reveals boyfriend Ekin Cheng proposed to her on her birthday (August 3rd). When asked how Ekin proposed? She said: "It was more frightening than surprising. As to what happened, it will be in our memories, I'm not going to tell you. We'll let you all know a few days after our marriage." Coincidentally, that day Yoyo and Alex were shooting at the church, when asked if she's especially nervous? She said: "How so? It's not my first time working at a church. (How is the preparations going?) Haven't done anything yet. (Picked a date yet?) No specific date, December 31st is still next year. Whenever we have time, then we'll just call up our lawyer friend and have them come over and do an impromptu marriage. We may just get marry at home. (Wear a wedding dress?) Nope, keep everything as simple as possible! (Do a wedding photo shoot?) Depending on my mood that day. We should take the wedding pictures on that day, if we take them prior to the marriage, then why not just look back at our everyday life pictures."

Asked if she plans to hold a wedding banquet? Yoyo said: "It's best not to make it too complicated. Where ever there are open seats, then we'll do it. Holding a 2 table banquet won't be too difficult, it's just a wedding. (Honeymoon?) We'll go on a trip if we have time." When asked if they're getting married because of the elders? She said: "In the recent years, my grandmother and mother have already passed away. I only have my Daddy left. I told him I'm getting married and he had no reaction. He just gave me an "Oh", then asked me if I wanted to drink soup." To some extent Yoyo and Ekin are getting married because of the elders, she said: "Perhaps its just our own thinking, as long as we're happy, family will be satisfied enough."

It was rumored Yoyo wanted Ekin to split his assets with her. Yoyo said the author of the report put words into their mouth: "Ekin already denied the rumor before that report was published. The magazine couldn't get any evidence, so they made up some nonsense. It's been written like this for so many years, the only thing I got from him was cat litter and cat poop because his three cats are very important. I'm responsible for picking up their poop."

Yesterday once Alex saw Yoyo, he shouted "Mrs. Cheng". She happily thanked him, but Alex teased: "Finally you're getting married. I'm happy for you two. Next year, you definitely have to let us all know, so we can all come early." Yoyo refuted: "And you didn't notify me earlier?" Alex joked: "Because I don't have enough money, forget about having 2 table banquet." Yoyo joked back and asked: "Will you sponsor a few more tables for me?" Alex replied: "Must make it big, being able to marry at this age is such happiness!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Sep 1st 2012, 02:25

Due to the server crash at the Miss Hong Kong 2012 final, the 'One Vote Per Person' failed to capture HK citizens votes for Miss HK and audience were furious when the TVB judges took over to decide the winners. NOW TV took advantage of the failure and created their own "One Person One Comment, Vote For the True Miss HK" which went from August 30th to 31st on Facebook and their website.

NOW TV announced the results last night. On Facebook, 70% voted for Tracy Chu, Jacqueline Wong got 21% of the votes and Carat Cheung only got 9% of the votes. On the NOW TV Channels 100 and 102, the results were Tracy Chu got 38% of the votes, Jacqueline 36% and Carat Cheung 15%. There were 11% who didn't like any of the top three.

Based on Netizens' votes, Tracy Chu is the true winner as she took a huge lead ahead of Carat on the votes. Gaining so much support from audience, Tracy feels happy and satisfied, however, she feels its good enough that she got the second runner-up title. She said: "I don't think its necessary to overthrow the results. Carat Cheung had performed well all along, she deserved the title. As for myself, I'm already satisfied to know that I'm the winner in audience's hearts. To me, I only participated in the contest because I wanted to get recognition and support."

Tracy and Carat are good friends, and will not feel awkward because of those results. Tracy said Carat took her feelings into consideration, and once asked if she minded the rankings. She also expressed Carat had never complained of her unhappiness in front of her, but she believes Carat also hopes people will accept her and think she deserves it.

Carat: Contest is Over, Meaningless to Keep Talking About It

Carat expressed she will not be upset at Tracy because of these results, but actually she's concerned of her feelings. Tracy's votes were much higher than her's? Carat said: "I haven't paid attention, it's not that I don't want to see it, but actually anything could happen. I'm not feeling annoyed, but I do feel a little unhappy. I'm unhappy because people are just focusing on the votes and not the show itself. Many people said the show was a good watch." When asked if she's worried she won't win the audience's heart? She said there's nothing she can do, but to do her best on her own part, display her good qualities and hope audience will accept her. Did she vote on nowTV too? She said immediately: "No! Actually, Miss HK is already over, it is meaningless to keep talking about it."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by:  aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Sep 1st 2012, 02:24

Fala Chen appeared at the Switzerland skincare brand La Prairie's evening banquet with a hoarse voice. She reveals she's been coughing for half a month and still hasn't recovered yet. However, she's still trying to withstand it, so she could continue shooting her new series (TITS2) and go overseas for stage performances.

Fala said: "Lately, I've been flying all over the place for work. I just got back from Toronto and haven't had time to see the doctor yet. I've just been relying on generic medications. That day, there were 5,000 people watching me perform, initially I was afraid my cough would affect my voice, but luckily Grace Wong, who accompanied me on the trip, prayed for me. When I got on stage to sing, I was surprisingly fine, but after I completed the first song and went backstage, I started coughing nonstop again. Such a miracle!" Is Fala's boyfriend worried about her? She said: "We haven't had time to see each other, but he told me to take care." Fala feels singing with a hoarse voice is a style of its own, therefore even with her sick voice, she still insisted to sing live. She explained: "I've never lip-synced before because matching the lip movements with the song is very difficult. It's risky. I rather just sing live. It's been a month since the release of my album, I was informed earlier that my album has maintained a spot in the top three best selling albums at the HMV CD stores. I'm very pleased to hear this."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by:  aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Sep 1st 2012, 02:23

 There are still three months before the TVB Anniversary, but the TV Queen battle discussions has already started becoming audiences' nightly topics at the dinner table. Last year's TV Queen, Myolie Wu, rapidly gained popularity and started shooting in Mainland more often, giving TVB FaDans a chance to make breakthroughs. So far, Linda Chung and Tavia Yeung's are getting the most noise. The other two FaDans are just accompanying them on the race, this year Kate Tsui only has one series coming out Highs and Lows and Fala Chen had been focused on her singer career and reduced her appearance on the TV screen.

Last year Linda gained heavy support and recognition based on her role 'Miss Koo' in Yes Sir, Sorry Sir. Her extreme cool image left a deep impression on audience. In one scene where Linda cries severely after she found out Moses Chan's character cheated her love, got very positive feedback and Linda's acting was praised by audience. TVB also made a Miss Koo spinoff Witness Insecurity, which had also been well-received.

It was understood, Linda had always had a pure and innocent image, but this year she made a breakthrough in House of Harmony and Vengeance. She played a villain and had several sexy appearances. Also, Linda had always avoided talking about her rumored boyfriend Philip Ng, but recently she started making the relationship known and implied she and Philip met the parents already. She also praised her 'boyfriend' having "an amazing and good looking outer appearance, and is actually very attentive." Aside from House of Harmony and Vengeance, Linda also had L'Escargot, Daddy Good Deeds, Witness Insecurity and she just completed new series Ferris Wheel Happiness. She has 5 series on hand creating strong momentum to get the TV Queen title this year.

Tavia at an Advantage with a TVB Anniversary Series

TVB has another well-behaved 'biological daughter', Tavia Yeung, whom they have heavily promoted, but unfortunately she never had fate to get TV Queen title. This year Tavia has 5 series as well. Aside from the earlier The Hippocratic Crush and Three Kingdoms RPG, she also has the unreleased Justice Pursuit & Attack, A Great Way to Care II and upcoming TVB anniversary series Silver Spoons, Sterling Shackles co-starring alongside veterans Damien Lau and Idy Chan. However, Tavia's latest series Three Kingdoms RPG was heavily criticized and she had little screen time, losing some momentum.

Linda V.S Tavia

Linda
Age: 28
Education: Studied two years at University of British Columbia as an education major.
Debut: 2004 Miss Chinese International winner.
Filmography: Heart of Greed, Yes Sir Sorry Sir, [2012: L'Escargot, Witness Insecurity, Daddy Good Deeds, House of Harmony and Vengeance]
Awards: TVB Anniversary Awards - 'Most Improved Actress' (2006)

Tavia
Age: 33
Education: Form 5 graduate (high school)
Debut: 13th TVB Artistes Training Class
Filmography: The Mysteries of Love, The Other Truth, Yes Sir Sorry Sir, [2012: The Hippocratic Crush, Three Kingdoms RPG]
Awards: TVB Anniversary Awards - 'Most Improved Actress' (2003), 'Best Supporting Actress' (2008), 'My Favorite TV Female Character' (2009)
Potential TV Queens' Love Lives

Linda:
- Ekin Cheng: Rumored in 2005 after collaborating in Always Ready, both denied the relationship.
- Raymond Lam: Collaborated in 2007's Heart of Greed. At the time, this on-screen partner of hers strongly pursued her. The relationship was well-received and the two often attended events as a couple team.
- Philip Ng: Collaborated in the 2007 film Love Is Not All Around. The two were 'acting turned real', and were spotted having Thai food together in Tseung Kwan O. Earlier this year, a photo of them out at karaoke circulated. It was rumored the two ended their 5 year relationship, but actually they just went underground. Recently Linda publicly talks about the relationship and even implied they met the parents.

Tavia:
- Ron Ng: When the two collaborated in Twins of Brothers, it was rumored the two sparked love after they went for karaoke, but the underground relationship only lasted 6 months.
- Nam Wai Kit: In 2004, Tavia and this businessman were dating, but broke up in 2007 because of Chris Lai.
- Chris Lai: After 12 years of friendship, the two started dating. Last year Tavia was spotted going in and out of Tseung Kwan O gates with Chris in her car. Their 3 year relationship was exposed then.
- Him Law: Last year she collaborated with him in The Hippocratic Crush, love sparked as the days went by. They were spotted BBQing together on Halloween and 'transferred love' through SMS.

Source: 3Weekly, HKChannel
Translated by:  aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Aug 31st 2012, 11:02

Two nights ago, Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng returned to the busy streets of Mongkok for location shooting of Johnnie To's Blind Detective. As the shooting was carried out at the busy streets, the shooting crew had done their homework as they prepared everything below asking the two superstars out, but they were once again surrounded by citizens and tourists who took photographs of them, resulting in a commotion which affected the shooting due to the cameras' flashes thus angered Johnnie who was directing the shooting as he seated in a van.

Andy was Sammi's escort as he took good care of her. Due to the chaotic of the previous night, only individual scenes were shot, but their scenes together was finally shot on the night, can considered as smoothly completed.

The shooting started with Andy walking slowly down the streets using a blind man's cane, he then bumped into Sammi who was carrying several bags of take-aways. The shooting of them together then continued, due to the heavy crowd, the crew members had to opened the way for them. However, Andy and Sammi were once being forced to be separated from each other, Andy then nervously told the crew members: "Don't bother me, take care of Sammi." Because Sammi was being pulled away by other crew members onto the car. In the end, they continued shooting the scene together with Andy holding onto Sammi's hand.

Despite the chaotic environment, both of them were not nervous as they allowed the reporters to take photographs of them. Andy even asked the crew members not to block the view of the reporters and allow them to take photographs. Sammi then sing praise of Andy: "When shooting film, the most pressurize for me is to put on makeup for many hours, envy my good partner Andy! He need not put up makeup and his facial features are also shiny, naturally blessed looks!"

Source: Ming Pao, Sing Tao
Translated by: AndyLauSounds

Aug 31st 2012, 10:50

The Johnnie To Kei Fung directed THE BLIND DETECTIVE (MAN TAM) two nights ago continued to shoot in Mongkok. The team constructed a 3 story tall scaffold for the panoramic shoot then divided into two for the close up shoot. As soon as Andy Lau Tak Wa and Sammi Cheng Sau Man appeared, fans began to scream.

Wa Jai and Sammi put on heavy clothes in the heat and traversed on the streets, but they were very professional and did not complain. Two nights ago Chun Wong was also on hand. Soon after the shoot, he was already completely soaked from the heat.

Due to too many onlookers, the scene gradually became hard to control as To Sir began to get frustrated. The crew kept asking people not to use flash photography but to no avail. To Sir threw a tantrum at the crew. Wa Jai and Sammi after the shoot immediately ran off to their vehicles for temporary shelter. The shoot finally was completed late at night.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: hktopten

Aug 31st 2012, 10:48

Chapman To Man Jat, DaDa Chen Jing, Krystal Tin Yui Nei, Susan Shaw Yam Yam, Simon Lui Yu Yeung and director Pang Ho Cheung two nights ago attended the film VULGARIA (DAI JOOK HEI KET)'s second celebration banquet to celebrate its three week box office run toward HK$25 million and a belated birthday celebration for Sister Yam Yam. Sister Yam Yam said that her birthday wish was for the box office to reach 60 million like the earlier Taiwan hit film YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE. At the same time, To Man Jat announced that he, Pang Ho Cheung and the boss will treat the team to a vacation in Tokyo.

To Man Jat said that the trip will have 70 people and will cost around 1 million; since the film made a profit, the boss of course had to thank the team. This time he, the director and the boss paid in proportion to their wealth. Did he ask his wife Tin Yui Nei before hand? He said that of course, his wife definitely would agree for this.

Shaw Yam Yam's friend Gordon Liu (Lau Ka Fai)'s current wife after his stroke reportedly taught their son to ask their father for money and that Lau Ka Fai was a big spender. Shaw Yam yam said that lately she has been very busy and has not have the time to visit Lau Ka Fai. She supported Lau Ka Fai as someone who was very thrifty. She knew that his son has always remained in Hong Kong to keep Lau Ka Fai company. Sister Yam Yam also said that when she would have time she would ask him about it.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: hktopten

Aug 31st 2012, 10:46

Who says romance in idol movies have to have passionate scenes to stimulate the audience's eyeballs? Japanese model Linah Matsuoka and Chrissie Chau Sau Na's junior colleague Dominic Ho Ho Man in their new film played an innocent romance. This pair could not be bother with the other actors' "action scenes" stealing the spotlight. Dominic said, "We don't mind. Everyone's route is different. Ours is a pure love. If a movie only has action scene, too much of it would be tiring. So you have to watch something with drama." Linah agreed, "I feel bed scene isn't necessary. The love story between the DJ and the policeman is very special, and I like it very much too."

Although they did not have any bed scene, kiss scene of course could not be avoided. Yet they were never serious, during the shoot comedy ensued. Dominic said, "She laughed while she kissed, but I didn't what she was laughing at. We ended up having to shoot it several times. Although I didn't feel much, she is a pretty good kisser." Linah seemed to be savoring the moment. she said, "This scene was pretty romantic, I am very satisfied with the result."

They look very well matched. During the interview they could not stop playing. Although Dominic is already with someone, he still praised Linah as a nice girl and was not afraid of any rumor. He said, "I like happy girls, and she is always so happy. People say that Japan are many pretty girls. I say some have come to Hong Kong. She is just one of them." Even so, he did not forget to ease his girlfriend's mind. "However the electricity is just limited to in the movie. Before the kiss scene I told my girlfriend so I wasn't afraid of her misunderstanding."

Source: on.cc
Translated by: hktopten