Hongkong Showbiz 2012/08/28

[2012.08.28] CHAPMAN TO: ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

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The Chapman To Man Jat, DaDa Chen Jing, Susan Shaw Yam Yam starred, Pang Ho Cheung directed film VULGARIA (DAI JOOK HEI KET) after two weeks in release has accumulated HK$23,248,274 as of Sunday. On the 26th the film reached 950,000, 860,000 more than the just released new film LAN KWAI FONG 2 (HEI OI YEH PO 2).

Because of that, Pang Ho Cheung has already rushed into production the theme song music video SLOPPY YEAR, OUR FORTUNE LAUNCH to be shown after the movie. In addition, the film also released 3 iPhone protective covers. Later this year they will be given away for the purchase of two VULGARIA tickets.

Earlier the cast attended a cinema audience appreciation, gave away not only popping candy, career fans and tee shirts but also an Guangxi travel package that was worth over 10,000 yuan to a lucky viewer. Pang Ho Cheung joked, "Flight and hotel are included, but not the donkey and wild game!" To Man Jat joked, "Spending 70 some bucks on a movie and getting a 10,000 buck worth prize, are you serious?" The film will hold another celebration on Wedne! sday.
[2012.08.28] ANTHONY WONG PRAISES GILLIAN CHUNG

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Anthony Wong Chau Sun, Gillian Chung Yun Tung, Timmy Hung Tin Ming and Jordan Chan Siu Chun starred in the film IP MAN THE FINAL BATTLE (IP MAN JUNG GIK YUT JIN), which yesterday began production at the Xiqiao Mountain Film Studio in Nanhai, Foshan. Chau Sun in the film played Ip man. He said that he never imagined this film would be so serious that it constructed an actual Hong Kong set. It was the best birthday present for his 51st birthday.

Chau Sun this time worked with Ah Gil and thought that Ah Gil was truly innocent, lovable and simple. She treat! ed people great. Ah Gil in the film had so many action films that it would be the movie with the most fights in her career. Her arms were all bruised from fighting. How did Chau Sun feel about Ah Gil's fighting? He said, "I was blind. Just joking." He also praised Tin Ming as a great fighter, indeed the fruit did not fall far from the tree.

The Wong Kar Wai directed, Tony Leung Chiu Wai starred THE GRANDMASTER (YUT DOI JUNG SI) will be released in December. Will IP MAN THE FINAL BATTLE be released ahead of it? Chau Sun said that it will not as the film will not be released until next year. However he was not worried about any comparison, to each its own. The subject matter was also different.

Eric Tsang Chi Wai reportedly asked Andy Lau Tak Wa on behalf of TVB to return home for a series. Chau Sun asked what Chi Wai's relationship was with TVB. He felt that friends should help each other. Has Chi Wai asked him to help TVB? He said no.

Chau Sun's god son Edison Chen Koon Hei was rumored to be married to a Mainland rich girl for three years already. Chau Sun said, "Mainland rumors are incredible. Except for being lies nothing is true."
[2012.08.28] JACKIE CHAN CHALLENGES THE IMPOSSIBLE IN HIS NEW FILM

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The Jackie Chan film CZ12 (SUP YI SUN CHIU) is scheduled for a December release. Yesterday the film held a Beijing press conference. The organizer selected an auto race track for the press conference, with Jackie Chan driving a sport cars with two "Lung Girls" Yao Xingtong and Zhang Lanxin.

The trailer shown at the press conference showed Jackie Chan leading a group of international thieves in an operation in Latvia, the second stop of the global treasure hunt. Big Brother who was successfully in the heist shook off the armed soldier pursuit. In a second he took off in a roller suit at a high speed down the hilly Lativan highway..

CZ12 was Big Brother Jackie Chan's 101st film, which went without saying was meaningful. At the press conference, Big Brother was casually dressed as he drove up in high speed with two actresses Yao Xingtong and Zhang Lanxin from outside the venue into the press conference. As the leader of the group in the film, Big Brother humorously described his team members, including the racing expert Kwon Sang-Woo, the strongest hacker Liao Fan, treasure expert Yao Xingtong, cold yet beautiful master Zhang Lanxin. Big Brother described each character, "None of them is a gas saving lantern!"
[2012.08.28] LAU CHING WAN AND LOUIS KOO PLAY FIRE FIGHTING BROTHERS

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The Pang Brothers directed fire disaster 3D film INFERNO (TOH CHOOK SUN TIN) already began production early in the month. The three leads Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo Tin Lok on the first day of work braved a fire to save Angelica Lee Sinjie.

Ching Wan and Goo Jai have worked together on many movies. This time they played brothers for the first time. Ching Wan humorously said, "I heard we are half brothers." Goo Jai joked, "Because our skin is just as tan." Sinjie even revealed that years ago she performed in Goo Jai's music special, so this time was their second collaboration. Goo Jai said, "Really? How come I don't remember that?"
The MHK Pageant 2012 Created A Joke For The Whole City
The Miss Hong Kong Pageant is reaching its 40th anniversary. TVB called for refreshing ideas this year, allowing the audience members to vote for the order of the winners with 10 minutes given. However, the system failed during the tensest moment. The masters of ceremony announced that the voting numbers got too enthusiastic, which caused the system to crashed. The judges determined the results at the end, and audience booed everywhere. Tracy Chu, a favorite to win among the live audience, only placed second runner-up. Carat Cheung became the champion with "zero votes".
Disgruntled netizens complained online after the accident, shouting TVB for having no back-up system to solve the problem. Obviously, TVB deceived the audience by promising to reward one lucky voter a car. That said, people threatened to file complaints to the Office of Communications. Program producer, Chan Yuk Leung responded to the accident after the show, saying that Sandy Yu (TVB's Director of Production) and Tsang Sing Ming (TVB Deputy Director of External Affairs) would explain the details at a press conference later.
Champion Carat Cheung (张名雅) revealed that she learned a lot of things through joining this pageant. Since voting failed, people called the results unfair, but Carat believed in the judges' decisions. First runner-up, Jacqueline Wong (黄心颖) denied comments about her unexpected win, as her performance was stable all long. She laughingly said that she was confident in winning champion if the system did not crash. Second runner-up Tracy Chu (朱千雪) was happy with the results, and didn't think the results were unfair.
Andy Lau praised top 3 as deserving winners, as the results were equivalent to his scores. Unplaced contestant, Cynthia Tsang (曾明俐) was his favorite too. Andy agreed that TVB should investigate the voting system. Carina Lau praised Carat as a reasonable winner. She said, "A Miss Hong Kong represents on behalf of HK, and cannot be impolite. Computer systems can always go wrong, so I was worried about the lines getting jammed. Changes can be made for next year I suppose."
After the competition, Sandy Yu accepted interviews along with Cheng Shin Keong and Tsang Sing Ming. Tsang apologized to Hong Kong citizens and people's disappointment to the voting system. Sandy explained that TVB asked for more than 20 security promises including power outages, hackers, system overload, and etc. prior to approving the voting rule. They have done a number of experiments beforehand, ensuring that the system is capable of handling 100 million votes at the same time. It was unexpectedly estimated that 80 to 100 million voters participated in the election last night, so the server failed to load. They admitted that they underestimated the situation.
(If the winners were determined by the voting results, then why did the judges come up with ranking results?) Sandy said, "TVB asked for many requirements including a back-up plan. We wanted to have the judges' rankings in hands." (Jacqueline hinted that she is confident in winning champion if the audience voted for the winners. Will there be an reelection?) Cheng bluntly said no. Regarding the car prize, TVB will speak with the sponsored company about presenting the award at another variety show. (Why did TVB take the risk if there were so many problems to create the server?) Sandy said, "There is always a first. We had good faith in doing this, and we will continue to do it in the future." (Do you think the MHK 40th anniversary created a joke for the whole city?) Cheng does not think so. As far as who should resign, he said it is too early to say because investigation is still in process. It may have been hacker problems.

Netizens' Comments：
Winglo: It was rumored that Mona Fong liked the car, so the high officials got to work! You see a lot of these cases in Mainland!
arnoknok: Garbage! TVB made so promotional videos calling HK citizens to vote…totally garbage.
sarahyiyan: TVB think HK citizens are idiots! Obviously, millions of people would be able to vote with only 10 minutes given.
goosebuzz: TVB broadcasted the show to other countries. This will be an international joke tomorrow!!!
Source: HK Channel
Myolie praised for her tears in Ghetto Justice 2
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Last night the two hour finale aired, but the Ghetto Justice fans were still actively discussing. It was a happy ending, but some people had doubts on the Law Ba's murder case. In the series, Law Ba killed Dai Chiu Long (Evergreen Mak), but used "self-defense" as a reason, and the court eventually ruled him not guilty. Netizens actively discussed online, stating that there is no legal evidence that this could happen.

Netizens praised Myolie's valuable tears. In the two hour finale, Myolie cried 9 times and cried 9 different ways. She displayed expressions of pain, helplessness, guilt, panic, etc. Netizens said her performance was just perfect.

What do you think about the last verdict? I do think if this was a real scenario, a not-guilty due to self-defense is a realistic verdict. However, you would need a good lawyer to convince the jury to be on your side. Since Law Ba is supposed to be a brilliant lawyer, he probably brought up the right points on why Myolie's mom's life was at risk if he did not react right away. He also had Evergreen's son speak on his behalf to testify that his dad was capable of murder. Although the jury is supposed to decide just based on the facts, they are real people with emotions who might have sided with Law Ba after hearing Evergreen's own son talk about the horrible things. There's a reason that lawyers ask witnesses questions that they know will lead to an "objection!" because if it's removed from the record, the jury can not completely erase it from their mind and that could sway their judgement. Also, this is just a drama so I wo! uld want a happy ending! haha. If the verdict had been guilty, I'm sure there would have been a ton more complaints.

Myolie had previously been criticized for her crying skills, but I think she has greatly improved in that area in the last few years. I actually think a lot of actors currently only have one "cry", in which they are just loud and yelling through their tears no matter the situation. Myolie has been guilty of this in the past, but after the criticism, she worked on her skills since she now knows that you can't be complacent in acting. The last 2 episodes in Ghetto Justice 2 displayed this by portraying her emotions appropriately in the different situations, thus making it more touching when she did cry. I think her performance in this series is one of her best to date.
TVB News: Ron Ng & Tavia Yeung celebrates birthday together with over 100 fans

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Ron Ng & Tavia Yeung celebrates birthday together with over 100 fans

Ron Ng and Tavia Yeung celebrated their 33rd birthday together at a hotel with over 100 fans yesterday. They had a 20 table birthday banquet. To boost the atmosphere, Ron pointed to his cheek signaling Tavia to give him a birthday kiss. However, when speaking of people not accepting ex-girlfriend Viann and her new boyfriend Chen Li? Ron refused to respond: "I"m not commenting on other people! (Feel bad for her?) No. (Call and comfort her?) Not responding."

Ron said he will not respond to any questions relating to Viann anymore and will not comment on whether he will draw a line with her. He stressed he is currently just focused on work and won't think too much about relationships. Ron reveals on the day of his birthday, September 2nd, he will have to spend it through work. Asked if he'll feel lonely on his birthday? Ron calmly said: "It's about the same every year." He also said he hasn't played with Weibo in a long time: "I got a new phone and stopped going on Weibo." He also said he changed all of his personal passwords.

Tavia appeared very excited at the birthday party. When asked how rumored boyfriend Him Law will celebrate with her? She said: "I'm going to celebrate with my mom first. From what I know, Him has to shoot the pilot series [TITS2], he's very busy. (Do you want to get a ring from him?) I can't just accept that, but Ron gave me a ring before. (But you just said you can't just accept rings?) I think of Ron as a girl. (Tell Him he doesn't have to give you a ring?) When it's a suitable time." He's not suitable yet? Tavia immediately changed the subject: "Not sure if it's a good day today?" Also, asked if she'll comfort Ron? She said he's looking good and he gained weight too, no need to comfort him.
Tavia's birthday is on August 30th while Ron is on September 2nd.

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8.26 Carat Cheung Becomes A Three-Titled Winner
The Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2012 held at Tseng Kwan O, TVB City ended on a high note yesterday. In celebration of the pageant's 40th anniversary, TVB has implemented new ideas this year, allowing audience members to vote for the order of the top 3 winners. However, the server experienced an overload failure, which TVB had to rely on the judges' score to determine the order of the winners. Hotshot contestant Carat Cheung (张名雅) became a three-title winner: Champion, Miss International Goodwill, and Aviation Ambassador. Jacqueline Wong (黄心颖) won first runner-up. Tracy Chu (朱千雪) won votes from many live audience members, but only managed to win second runner-up. Hotshot contestant Roxanne Tong (湯洛雯) went home empty-handed.
Eric Tsang, Bowie Tsang, Natalis Chan, and Amigo Chiu were the masters of ceremony. The ten finalists entered the stage wearing night gowns designed by famous fashion designer, Barney Cheng. Then, they answered questions asked by guests including Wayne Lai, Raymond Lam, Myolie Wu, Kay Tse, and etc. Kay asked Roxanne who is her favorite singer. Roxanne became a "bootlicker" referring Kay as her most favorite. Perhaps, she lost some points when she couldn't remember the lyrics of Kay's songs.

Hotshot Cynthia and Roxanne Got Unplaced
Next, TVB arranged a luxurious dinner for the contestants to ask the male guests questions. Since time was limited, they were not able to fully put their talents into use. Cynthia Tsang (曾明俐) carried the best body figure during the swimsuit segment.
After rounds of competition, Tracy Chu, Jennifer Shum, Roxanne Tong, Carat Cheung, Amy Cheung, and Jacqueline Wong entered top 6. The curse saying that the winner chosen for crown fitting will be misplaced read Cynthia's fate. Even though Roxanne made top 6, but she looked half asleep throughout the show.
Champion Carat Cheung's performance was calm and full of confidence. Carat chose Andy when guest Jim Chim asked whom would she rescue if the two fell into the ocean at the same time. Andy laughed non-stop off stage. Dark horse Jacqueline's performance was calm, and her question responses were decent.
TVB implemented a new electoral system this year where the judges' were responsible for selecting three winners for the audience to vote for the champion. Even though Tracy was a favorite to win, but Natalis announced that there were malfunctions in the voting system. It seems that TVB tricked the audience this time.
Source: Wenweipo
PHOTO ALBUMS:
Opening
Dance Performance
Q&A Dinner
Swimwear/Q&A
Top 6 Announcement/ Interview
Top 3 Announcement/Crowning