Hongkong Entertainment 2012/12/30

Steven Ma Tells Raymond Lam: "Don't Waste Yourself"

Yesterday Steven Ma attended The 47th Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo (HKBPE) to promote for the brand 'Han Sang' in which he is the spokesperson for. When speaking of his junior Raymond Lam has plans to retire from the industry due to his TV King loss and take over his father's family business? Steven said: "Actually he has a lot of potential, very suitable for this industry. At the end of the day, don't feel discouraged, awards are just secondary, don't waste yourself! (He said he wants to help his father's business?) Well he can hire other people to help. Just continue acting on one side, while learning how to run a business on the other!"
It was also rumored Kevin Cheng turned down a TVB costume drama Cold Mountain Hidden Dragon because he didn't want to shave his head and TVB is turning to Steven for help? He said: "I temporarily left TVB in February of this year, but we have always been in touched. Catherine Tsang contacted me several months ago, but it is definitely not about this series. The rumor is a beautiful misunderstanding. Ricky Wong and other TV stations have approached me as well. If all goes well, I will have a decision after Lunar New Year. (Siu Sangs are unwilling to shave their heads?) I understand this because we can't accept other jobs for 6 to 7 months! I often shave my head, already 6 times. Although it is troublesome to do other jobs, but for a good script, it's no problem."
Source: The Sun
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum
Moses Chan Won't Make Aimee Chan an "Aged Pregnant Woman"

Earlier Alastair Lam disclosed he dated Bernice Liu before. Last night, he and Bernice's ex-boyfriend Moses Chan attended the same event, the designer brand Hackett London opening in the Hong Kong and China market. However, Alastair appeared to have deliberately avoided Moses. The two did not meet at all during the event and prevented an awkward situation. It was recently rumored Alastair is dating wealthy girl Carol, but she quickly denied their relationship.
Alastair later expressed even if he does see Moses, there will not be awkwardness, he said: "That time, Bernice said had never dated Moses before, so I'm not considered a love rival. I don't know Mr. Chan."
Earlier Moses was spotted spending Christmas as his girlfriend Aimee Chan's house. He admitted he was at Aimee's house, but they were having a party with a bunch of other friends. When asked what kind of Christmas gift he gave his girlfriend? He laughed: "I promised I wouldn't say it. After all, it is very warm and requires money to purchase it. (Personal product?) To me it is personal! (Did you and Aimee each give each other underwear? Does your girlfriend know your size?) Haha! Nope! (When are you two getting married?) When the time is right. (Pregnant before marriage?) That won't be too good, I'm a traditional man, must take it step by step. I won't have a baby before marriage." When speaking of good friend Ada Choi almost got a miscarriage, Moses said he has not heard about that, but will contact her to ask if she's alright later. A female reporter told Moses not to turn his girlfriend into an 'aged pregnant woman', he laughed: "Yes Madam!" Although the couple haven't planned their marriage yet, Moses exposed his mother loves Aimee as if she's a future daughter-in-law. "My mother praised she's a good girl, she's very pleased with her and believes she has promising potential in her acting career!"
Source: The Sun
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum
Andrew Lau: Eric Tsang is rich

Director Andrew Lau Wai Keung and Shawn Yue Man Lok two nights ago attended the film THE GUILLOTINES (HUET DIK JI) VIP special screening. When asked whether he would support Eric Tsang Chi Wai, Lau Wai Keung joked that Chi Wai was rich too and would not be afraid. He felt that the incident was no big deal. "Let it go, take care of it soon for the New Year." Yue Man Lok too thought it was minor and pointed out that his good friend Shum Ka Wai was only assisting with investigation. He said, "It's pointless to talk about it more, all of asking back and forth is too much." Ah Lok this year has not stopped. He admitted that his performance was decent and the year was a full harvest. Has he made 8 figures? He laughed and said, "It's pretty good, but it's not too useful. I still sleep on a bed and eat bowls of rice."
He admitted that the pressure from work was tremendous. "Before the New Year I had two movies to make. Although I am very tired, I would wake up in the middle of sleeping. I really have to see a doctor and improve my health." Someone said that he might be in heat. He joked, "What am I, a dog? I really want to find one, but I really don't have time to meet girls."
The Lau Wai Keung produced THE LAST TYCOON (DAI SEUNG HOI) would be released around the same time. He said that the two films had different genres and was not worried about direct confrontation.
Source: Mingpao
Translated by: hktopten
Joyce Tang
[2012.12.29] ANDREW LAU: ERIC TSANG IS RICH
Gloria Wong
courtesy of mingpao.com

Director Andrew Lau Wai Keung and Shawn Yue Man Lok two nights ago attended the film THE GUILLOTINES (HUET DIK JI) VIP special screening. When asked whether he would support Eric Tsang Chi Wai, Lau Wai Keung joked that Chi Wai was rich too and would not be afraid. He felt that the incident was no big deal. "Let it go, take care of it soon for the New Year." Yue Man Lok too thought it was minor and pointed out that his good friend Shum Ka Wai was only assisting with investigation. He said, "It's pointless to talk about it more, all of asking back and forth is too much." Ah Lok this year has not stopped. He admitted that his performance was decent and the year was a full harvest. Has he made 8 figures? He laughed and said, "It's pretty good, but it's not too useful. I still sleep on a bed and eat bowls of rice."

He admitted that the pressure from work was tremendous. "Before the New Year I had two movies to make. Although I am very tired, I would wake up in the middle of sleeping. I really have to see a doctor and improve my health." Someone said that he might be in heat. He joked, "What am I, a dog? I really want to find one, but I really don't have time to meet girls."

The Lau Wai Keung produced THE LAST TYCOON (DAI SEUNG HOI) would be released around the same time. He said that the two films had different genres and was not worried about direct! confrontation.
Interview with former TVB veteran actor Deno Cheung: The 'spoiled young master' endures with all his might

Having toiled silently at TVB for 18 years, Deno Cheung (張松枝) is best known for his villain roles, which he started playing back in 1999 when he portrayed the role of a spoiled, rich young master in the series Plain Love II (茶是故鄉濃) – since then, that 'spoiled young master' image stuck with him and had become his 'specialty' role of sorts over the years. Fortunately for him, audiences seem to like and appreciate Deno's villain roles – when fans bump into him on the street, they 'chide' him for being 'such a bad person' [referring to his characters in the series], but yet at the same time, they have smiles on their faces. This little bit of 'recognition' can be attributed to the years of hard work and effort that Deno put in to building his career. At one point, Deno reveals his experience of almost going into shock while filming a particularly strenuous scene, yet at the end of the day, he endured it with all his might and successfully completed the filming.
Deno Cheung entered the industry when he was 20 years old. He recalls how he was swimming at a beach in Shek O one day where, coincidentally, a commercial was being filmed – the PA (production assistant) went over to him and asked if he wanted to participate, and just like that, his filming career began. In those first few years, Deno filmed commercials for all sorts of products, including toothpaste, M&Ms, real estate, etc. During the height of the karaoke craze in the early 90s, Deno switched to filming karaoke MVs (music videos) – in 4 short years, he filmed close to a thousand MVs and got the opportunity to work with some of HK's most popular singers at the time, such as Kelly Chen (陳慧琳), Cass Pang (彭羚), etc. Deno recalls those early years with fondness: "Back then, we filmed 4 days a week and sometimes, we would even travel offsite to various locations." Asked about his experience filming the MV for music queen Kelly Chen's hit 'Care Too Much About You' (對你太在乎), D! eno smiled and praised Kelly's down-to-earth personality: "I remember how much she loved talking about food! During filming, she would constantly ask what we would be eating for lunch and where we should eat when we got off work!"
No pay raise for 12 years
It turns out that filming MVs was actually only a 'side job' for Deno – his 'real' job was in mechanics: "My friend had a company that specialized in buying second hand cell phones from Japan, refurbishing them in HK, then selling them in Mainland China -- since I had studied mechanical engineering, I was the one responsible for refurbishing the phones. It wasn't really a full time job, so I still had time to film MVs on the side." So with 2 salaries coming in, life must have been worry-free then? With a slight smile, Deno replied: "Worry-free? Of course not -- in fact, the work was quite arduous! Later on, I joined a certain company [TVB] and in a few years, that 'double income' was gone."
In 1994, through a friend who worked behind-the-scenes at TVB, Deno was introduced to the station's manager of the artists' department at the time, Hsiao Siu Ming (蕭笑鳴). [TN: 蕭笑鳴 left TVB not too long after Virginia Lok took over the Artists' Department in 2004; she is the wife of TVB's production head Tommy Leung (梁家樹) and the mother of TVB actress Toby Leung (梁靖琪)]. After meeting with 'Ba Jeh' (Hsiao Siu Ming's nickname), Deno signed with TVB and with that, started his 18 year 'relationship' with the company. Deno expressed that his early years with TVB were the happiest – at one point, he was practically filming non-stop and participated in so many series that he was able to accumulate over 290 'shows' in one year! However, all of that changed in 2000 when, during the filming of the series Gods of Honour (封神榜), TVB held up Deno's schedule for 7 months, yet only had him film for 3 days – as a result, Deno didn't have enough 'shows' to f! ulfill hi! s contract and had to rely on his meager salary from previous months to survive. Luckily, the next year, producer Lau Shi Yu (劉仕裕) invited him to participate in the series Country Spirit (酒是故鄉醇), which allowed him to 'recover' the lost wages. Deno revealed that for 12 years, he was never given a pay raise, which definitely made life difficult: "Luckily, I consistently had work and was very careful about spending money – at least eating the boxed lunches at TVB helped me save a lot of money on food!"
Filming action scenes in extremely hot weather almost sent him into shock
As the saying goes: 'One minute on stage takes ten years of practice/hard work (台上一分鐘，台下十年功) – this has definitely been true in Deno Cheung's case. Deno expressed that from the moment he joined TVB and filmed his first series, he was already 'learning' from the many experienced artists he collaborated with – one of those artists was actor Michael Tao (陶大宇): "Back when I participated in Detective Investigation Files 2 (刑事偵緝檔案II), I got the chance to work closely with Michael practically every day. Every time we had scenes to film together, I would practice by looking through the script and try to memorize all his lines, then imagine myself filming the scene in his position – when it came time to actually film the scene, I would observe the way Michael did it and see if there were any similarities with the way I practiced it – this was my way of learning. After that, I started doing the same thing with every series and slowly, it helped me learn a lot about acting – more importantly though, it also helped me develop a good memory. I remember back when I filmed Eternal Happiness (再生緣), I had a scene with Raymond Lam (林峯) where my character had 5 pages of dialogue – we did that scene in one take! Another time, when filming a scene for Country Spirit with Paul Chun (秦沛), my character had 3 full pages of dialogue! for that! particular segment. At first, I thought that since I was somewhat of a 'newcomer' at the time, Paul Gor wouldn't pay much attention to me, but then, as I was practicing that particular scene with the director, Paul Gor heard me reciting those 3 pages of dialogue practically in one breath – when he noticed me practicing that scene, he immediately told the people around me to keep the noise level down so that I could concentrate. Seeing him do this truly made me feel very happy in my heart!"
In one of his last series with TVB, 2012's Three Kingdoms RPG (回到三國), Deno played the historical character of Zhao Zi Long (趙子龍) – his performance was very well-received by audiences. Deno expressed that even though he already knew going into it that the character wouldn't have much screen time, it was still important for him to do the best job he possibly could with it: "The action choreographer told me that at the end of the day, I'm the one in front of the audiences and so how much effort I put in to doing the action scenes, the audiences will definitely notice. The 2 days that we spent filming those scenes were very grueling and arduous. Coincidentally, that was also the time when the extras [temporary workers] went on strike – originally I was told that there would be 50 extras filming the scenes, however when I arrived, I found out that there were no extras at all due to the strike. Therefore, the production team had to call around last minute and eventually were able to find 10 students from the acting classes and 5 stuntmen to serve as extras – since we would have to re-use the same people as extras in the other scenes, we couldn't have the cameras focus on them too much, so the cameras ended up being focused more on me and showing them fighting in the background with their backs toward me. This meant that I would actually have to be the one 'fighting' the entire time – throughout the filming, I felt like I had 'died' 4 times because we were filming outs! ide under! extremely hot weather with heavy costumes and armor. In between some of the fighting sequences, I would have to rest for 5 to 10 minutes to catch my breath and drink water – it was so strenuous that I almost went into a state of shock! I ended up drinking 8 bottles of water just filming those scenes alone!" Looking back now, Deno expressed that even though the filming was exhausting, the memory of that collaboration was a happy one, as he was able to work together with the production team to overcome the difficulties and finish the scenes.
In many of the series he participated in, Deno often played similar characters: the spoiled young master, the chap who betrays his triad boss, and other similar 'villain' characters – towards this, Deno laughed and stated: "Sure I would like to play other types of characters such as comical ones for example, but it rarely happened. Actually, come to think of it, producer Poon Ka Tak (潘嘉德) helped me a lot in the beginning, as he was the one who initially gave me the 'good guy' roles to play, such as the ones in Rural Hero (離島特警), Untraceable Evidence (鑑證實錄), The Awakening Story (婚前昏後), etc., but later on, even he started asking me to do villain roles too…haha! In terms of the 'spoiled young master' character, producer Lau Shi Yu (劉仕裕) was actually the first one to have me play this type of role back during Plain Love II (茶是故鄉濃) – from that time on, I continued playing that role." Even though Deno did play a lot of typecasted roles, at least his performances were well-received by audiences – in fact, a netizen recently suggested that Deno should get together with other 'known villains' [artists who regularly play villain characters in series] such as Timothy Cheng (鄭子誠), Ricky Wong Chung Tong (王俊棠), Wong Man Piu (黃文標), and Cheng Kar Sheng (鄭家生) to film a 'battle of the villains' series: "Hey, if you send the idea to HKTV (CTI), there's a huge possibility ! it might ! happen, as there is a lot of flexibility with their series – it could be 5 episodes, 10 episodes, even more! Since there's 5 of us, we could do a 5 episode series and it would only take 1 week to air!"
Source: HK Channel
Translated by: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics
Raymond Lam - Retiring From Showbiz One Step at a Time

Raymond Lam - Retiring From Showbiz One Step at a Time
(Turns down new series, declines to shave head, delay contract renewal)
At this year's TVB Anniversary Awards, it is the first year TVB did an all-citizen public vote for TV King and Queen awards. Everyone thought Raymond Lam, who had the most fans, would certainly get the award, but what was the result? He didn't even get half of an award. What a disappointment. Raymond said: "Of course there is disappointment, but I was already back at work the next day, how can I let disappointment drag me down? But honestly, I did think about what I would say if I got the award. I thought of many people I had to thank. This year, I really have to thank every one of my family members and everyone who loves me. Ai! But it's already good enough to have my family and fans support! There are a lot of news and rumors going around, but actually there is no such thing."
The public is saying Raymond isn't happy with Wayne Lai becoming a three time TV King? Raymond said: "There is no such thing. I've always wanted to collaborate with him, but its unfortunate I still haven't had this opportunity. Wayne came to support me during my concerts and for my upcoming concert, I plan to invite him to come watch too."
But Raymond is only doing one TVB series per year now. It was initially set for Raymond to be part of next February's series Food for Slave with Ron Ng, Wong Cho Lam and ex-rumored girlfriend Linda Chung and he already did the sales presentation for it. However, he told TVB that he's not accepting this series. As TVB is lacking Siu Sangs and the current Siu Sangs like Kevin Cheng and Bosco Wong are already in Mainland filming; Moses Chan and Kenneth Ma are working on other series Transfer of Love Firm and The Hippocratic Crush II respectively, TVB is having a major headache on the casting and could only try to persuade Raymond to accept it.
Tommy Leung: Will Talk to Him Again
It was rumored Raym! ond declined to be part of this series because he was upset that he did not get any awards this year? Executive producer Tommy Leung expressed: "I am really not sure, but that role belongs to Raymond. Of course we hope he can be part of the cast. (But he didn't want to shave his head?) I'm currently on vacation, when I get back I will find out what the situation is. I'll try to talk to him again, there is still some time because the series doesn't start until late February."
Food For Slave producer (Wong Wai Sing) said: "The role has not been fully confirmed yet, many times the sales presentation isn't the final cast. (But its been said TVB intended Raymond to be the first lead?) This role is indeed very suitable for Raymond, it is about a prince becoming an emperor. The role has lots of room to develop and Qing dynasty dramas are very popular in Mainland. We can discuss more and he doesn't necessarily have to shave his head. Just stick on a wig, but the hair on the side must be shaved."
Lost TV King & Turning Down Series Not Related
Raymond admitted he turned down the series, he said: "The main reason is because this is a Qing dynasty series. If I had to shave my head, then I can't do other jobs, such as commercials, sponsors or music. There is no reason for me to be wearing a hat all the time. Also, I have a lot of jobs on hand between February and May. Filming schedules are tight, and at the same time I have two films releasing, Saving General Yang and another TVB invested film, so there is a lot of promotion work to be done. Saving General Yang isn't just promoting in Mainland, it's globally promoted. I feel sorry too, but I actually just want to concentrate on one thing, I don't want to be too distracted. First, that is physically exhausting and secondly the outcome won't be that good. Why should it be this way? Basically, this has nothing to do with me not getting any awards and I'm fussing to TVB about it."
Not An Impulsive Thought
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In the! past, TVB 'biological son' Raymond Lam had always been under the impression that he's 'bleeding TVB's blood', but it was understood Raymond actually only has a year left in his contract and he still does not have plans to renew it. Raymond did not answer directly, he said: "My contract isn't up yet, haven't really thought about it. I'm just focused on my concert. (What is the relationship like?) We've been okay." After some more talk, Raymond finally said honestly: "Ai! I've been confused before and didn't know what direction I'm taking. Should I be continuing to pursue my acting career? Or should I go back and be the eldest son in the family? I eventually chose family, my family. If I continue to be in this field, it is impossible for me to spend time with my family. Actually, I really like to be home and not many people know this. Because there is too little time for me to communicate with them, even my family doesn't know. When I first entered this industry, I wanted to do something I had interest on, something I could make a living off of and not let my family worry. However, there are a lot of unnecessary news that worries them. This reality is far from what I had pictured."
It looks like Raymond could only choose one out of the two, family or acting career. Will Raymond be willing to give up his career and retire from the industry completely? "I only could choose one out of the two. How can I not be willing to? What I'm pursuing is basically not these things, and it is not an impulsive thought. I've been thinking about this deep down for a very long time, my life goal is to go back take up the responsibility in my family. If I spend my life like this for another few years, then what? Since I've entered the industry, my mentality had not changed, my family is still the most important. My Dad is already 60 years old, his rags-to-riches family business, how could I not go back and help him out? That is not filial at all. I'm a family-oriented person."
When will this happen? Raymond said:! "Won't b! e too long, but at what time, I really don't know. When I get to the point where I really don't have motivation to continue pursuing anything (referring to his acting career), I will choose my family." Is it because you lost the TV King award that you feel discouraged? "Absolutely not related. I have always had this thought inside my heart. (Disappointed?) How so? What if I get a lot of awards, then what? My plan, ideals and thoughts are all around me wanting to spend more time with my family. That's it. (Not afraid Fans be unhappy about this?) They love me very much and hope I find my own goals."
Source: Mingpao Weekly, Credit: HKChannel
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum
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Triumph in the Skies 2' Beijing Promotion - Myolie Wu: We're All Matured

10 years after Triumph in the Skies, TVB decided to make a sequel and held a press conference yesterday at CCTV's 2012 China International Film & TV programs Exhibition in Beijing. The cast including Myolie Wu, Fala Chen and Kenneth Ma were there to promote the series. 12 other TVB series for 2013 were featured at the exhibition as well, including Beauty at War, Rosy Business 3, The Hippocratic Crush II, Transfer of Love Firm, The Days of Days, Food for Slave, etc.
When speaking of being part of the same TV series after 10 years, Myolie Wu felt emotional, she said: "So meaningful, I've matured both in and out of the series." In Triumph in the Skies 2, Myolie plays a new role named Summer, who is completely different from Zoe from the first season. She expressed: "Zoe is very nosey and optimistic. Summer is rather quiet, but is very serious about her relationships." Myolie reveals she and Ron Ng will develop a relationship, "At first, he thought I was his sister-in-law, but later developed feelings for me." Because the cast and crew were filming in locations such as Sanya, Taiwan, England and France, Myolie exclaimed it didn't feel like work, it felt more like a vacation.
Fala expressed when she accepted this series, the first thing she did was watch "Triumph in the Skies" and eventually turned into a faithful fan of the series. In the series, Fala takes on the challenge as the female pilot. She frankly expressed for her best performance on this role, she did a lot of research to gain professional knowledge on this field. She said: "I tried to use those special terms as much as I could, so I don't get them wrong." Also, she exposed she and Francis Ng develop an ambiguous relationship, "I had a pleasant collaboration with him, I learned a lot." Kenneth Ma's Mandarin wasn't too good, so he didn't speak as much. He only said there are a lot of relationships in this series.

Fala Complains About Super Crowded Beijing Subway
Also, yesterday morning Fala posted a photo of her in a super crowded subway in Beijing. She said: "After being stuck in a traffic jam for an hour, you might as well just abandon your car and try the subway. But who knew, after waiting for 3 trains, I could only barely fit in the train. Out of impulse, I just walked instead! But, the temperature outside was below 10 degree...ahhhhhh! Beijing!" Fala's encounter at the Beijing subway, attracted nearly 1600 comments from Netizens. The majority of them took advantage to complain bitterly about the subway system. Others regretted that they didn't get to encounter Fala at the subway, but there was also a group who has to go through the jammed packed subways every day to get to work. They shared their painful experience as well: "Those who have never experienced in a jammed packed Beijing subway during the morning and evening rush hours should not be talking about life!" Some teased Fala: "If you're able to take pictures, then it's not that crowded! You should go personally experience it during the early hours of 6:30-8:30am!"; "You're lucky to be able to even stand on the subway!"; "Is it because you don't look as pretty in person as you do on TV? How come nobody recognized you?"
Source: ent.163.com
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum
TITS2' Beijing Promotion - Myolie Wu: We're All Matured

10 years after Triumph in the Skies, TVB decided to make a sequel and held a press conference yesterday at CCTV's 2012 China International Film & TV programs Exhibition in Beijing. The cast including Myolie Wu, Fala Chen and Kenneth Ma were there to promote the series. 12 other TVB series for 2013 were featured at the exhibition as well, including Beauty at War, Rosy Business 3, The Hippocratic Crush II, Transfer of Love Firm, The Days of Days, Food for Slave, etc.
When speaking of being part of the same TV series after 10 years, Myolie Wu felt emotional, she said: "So meaningful, I've matured both in and out of the series." In TITS2, Myolie plays a new role named Summer, who is completely different from Zoe from the first season. She expressed: "Zoe is very nosey and optimistic. Summer is rather quiet, but is very serious about her relationships." Myolie reveals she and Ron Ng will develop a relationship, "At first, he thought I was his sister-in-law, but later developed feelings for me." Because the cast and crew were filming in locations such as Sanya, Taiwan, England and France, Myolie exclaimed it didn't feel like work, it felt more like a vacation.
Fala expressed when she accepted this series, the first thing she did was watch TITS and eventually turned into a faithful fan of the series. In the series, Fala takes on the challenge as the female pilot. She frankly expressed for her best performance on this role, she did a lot of research to gain professional knowledge on this field. She said: "I tried to use those special terms as much as I could, so I don't get them wrong." Also, she exposed she and Francis Ng develop an ambiguous relationship, "I had a pleasant collaboration with him, I learned a lot." Kenneth Ma's Mandarin wasn't too good, so he didn't speak as much. He only said there are a lot of relationships in this series.

Fala Complains About Super Crowded Beijing Subway
Also, yesterday morning Fala posted a photo of her in a super crowded subway in Beijing. She said: "After being stuck in a traffic jam for an hour, you might as well just abandon your car and try the subway. But who knew, after waiting for 3 trains, I could only barely fit in the train. Out of impulse, I just walked instead! But, the temperature outside was below 10 degree...ahhhhhh! Beijing!" Fala's encounter at the Beijing subway, attracted nearly 1600 comments from Netizens. The majority of them took advantage to complain bitterly about the subway system. Others regretted that they didn't get to encounter Fala at the subway, but there was also a group who has to go through the jammed packed subways every day to get to work. They shared their painful experience as well: "Those who have never experienced in a jammed packed Beijing subway during the morning and evening rush hours should not be talking about life!" Some teased Fala: "If you're able to take pictures, then it's not that crowded! You should go personally experience it during the early hours of 6:30-8:30am!"; "You're lucky to be able to even stand on the subway!"; "Is it because you don't look as pretty in person as you do on TV? How come nobody recognized you?"
Source: ent.163.com
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum
Jet Li's foundation to lend Burma help

International superstar Jet Li and his charity foundation will lend their assistance towards the reconstruction efforts post-earthquake in Burma.
As reported on Irrawady, Jet Li's charity organisation, One Foundation, will help rebuild three schools destroyed by the earthquake that occurred last month, although the charity has yet to make an official confirmation.
According to its Director-General, Jiang Yili, "We're still discussing exactly how we're going to provide support, but we hope to help those children effectively."
Jiang continued, "The One Foundation is a charity organisation, and we have a meticulous process. We're still going through the paperwork at the moment, but will continue to put the projects forward."
It was earlier reported that One Foundation will focus on helping the reconstruction of schools that were seriously damaged. The schools will likely be in the township of Thabeikkyin in Mandalay Division, as well as in Shwebo and Kyauk Myaung in Sagaing Divison.
Meanwhile, action star Jet Li is rumoured to be attending a ceremony after the rebuilding efforts.
On 11 November, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake killed at least 11 people in central Burma. About 70 people were injured and more than a thousand people lost their homes.
Source: Yahoo Entertainment
Ada Choi bleeds onboard plane

Hong Kong screen star Ada Choi recently revealed a frightening incident which took place two months ago onboard the plane. Three months pregnant then, Ada was on her way to Taiwan for a holiday with her girlfriends when she felt a little discomfort and was shocked to find herself bleeding uncontrollably.

The 39-year-old sought the air stewardess' help and was sent to the hospital immediately. The doctor verified that there was a crack in her placenta and she had to stay 'bed-ridden' for two weeks.

"You scared mummy to death!" she screamed to her unborn child when the doctor performed an ultrasound scan.

Ada was unwilling to elaborate on the incident when pressed by reporters and quipped, "The baby is now stable and is kicking me harder than before."

To prevent overexertion from work, the actress will only attend a selected number of events for the time being and will resume filming in January.

Ada married Chinese actor Max Zhang in 2008 and they have a 19-month-old daughter, Zoe. Her second pregnancy was announced via a Microblog entry in November.
Jaycee Chan produces theme song for Jackie Chan's CZ12

Jaycee Chan shook off rumours of a father-son discord with Jackie Chan by producing the theme song 'I Don't Want No Trouble' for the director's latest film CZ12.

Refusing to use his father's status to pull strings, the 30-year-old was bent on making a name for himself in the industry with his own talent and efforts. However, he decided to give his dad a self-made present for the very first time by producing the soundtrack for Jackie's final action movie.

It is an especially meaningful gift as Jaycee combined the music from his dad's three highly popular films Police Story, Drunken Master and Who Am I, and added the remix into the new track that he produced for CZ12.

Commenting on his shaky relationship with Jackie over the years, finally broke his silence recently and said, "My dad and I are both hot-tempered so things get heated when we are together."

He added that they share similar personalities and are not people who would express their love verbally, preferring to show their concern via actions instead of words.

Besides Jaycee, big names such as Lee Hom and Wakin Chau also lent their voices to the soundtrack. Nevertheless, Joan Lin rated her son's contribution as the most creative and said, "Everyone did a great job but it's the first time Jaycee wrote a song for his dad."