China Showbiz 2012/10/28

Wang Lee Hom Covers "Men's Uno"

Source: Sina Entertainment
Carolyn Murphy Covers "Numero" China

American actress and model Carolyn Murphy Covers "Numero" China
Japanese actress and model Okubo Mariko Covers "GQ" Taiwan

Japanese actress and model Okubo Mariko Covers "GQ" Taiwan
British actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Covers "FHM" China

British actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Covers "FHM" China
Sexy photos of Chinese model Wendy Lee

Sexy photos of Chinese model Wendy Lee (Source: china.org.cn)
These Years, These Boybands
这些年，我们一起追的男团

boybands are like reeses cups, you don't really want one until you had that first bite, then you can't help but be a little greedy and reach for a second… and a third…

Boybands are usually the fastest and easiest way to make money for any record company, so it's no surprise that <a href="after 4 years, with only a few surviving boybands, the music industry is back again with a new batch of groups.

The Oldies

(c) eeMedia via hunantv.com

Top Combine is basically the first major mainland cpop boyband to have a successful debut and career in China. The boys helped each other through their tough debut days, when unreasonable kpop fans targeted the boys with endless flow of hate due to DoRiMi's lack of originality. What these antis didn't know is that the members are living on one take out meal a day, borrowing money from friends to pay the water and electricity bills, traveling to events on public transportation because the company were unwilling to invest in a car for them so early in the game. Despite all odds they pulled through only to be faced with another uncertainty. The group came face-to-face with the possibility of disbandment after the departure of Li Mao and Xiao Wu's possibly enlistment; however, they pulled through again and is currently working on their new album.

Top Combine's recent appearance on HNTV's Day Day Up cr. sjzsugarcane@youtube

(c) TRMusic via sina.com

The M.I.C. boys have apparently turned into this site's new favorite bias. It's been two years since the groups debut and have just released their second album. Of course the members put in a lot of hard work before making their first public appearance; the boys when through 4 years of boot camp training together (with many other hopefuls) on the Chinese countryside.

MIC's "Dialogue" MV cr. MICtianya@youtube

(c) Haotian Entertainment

HIT-5 members all started out as net-idols, picked for their pretty faces and nothing else. Needless to say I didn't have high expectations for them, and did not expect them to last long. But their growth, perseverance, and ability to adapt turned me into a fan. But I still feel like they are lacking in their own sound, perhaps it's because of their change of company in the middle of their career… Nevertheless, I'm glad to say all 5 original members just celebrated another year together.

HIT-5′s (not so recent) new song "Fight" cr. sjzgloria@youtube

The Newbies

(c) 平行时空的苍穹 @ tieba

Previously a 3 member group called J3Boys, Jason and Leo were shut away for two years for intensive training after the group disbanded. But the duet made the best of those two years and came back with a BANG! Twin JL (Jason & Leo) debuted with a self-composed and self-produced EP, which is a pretty big feat even for some experienced idol musicians. Leo attended Shanghai Theater Academy majoring in ballet, while Jason attended Guangzhou Institute of the Arts. Their MV ranked at #3 the day it was released on yinyuetai, which quickly gained them many casual fans (of course Jason's endless shuai, meng, and just plain weird selcams on weibo helped). Twin JL performing their self-titled debut song for the first time at their debut showcase here.

JL's MV for "Us" cr. sjzgloria@youtube

(c) Giewu Media

The first time I heard about 4ROM was from a post on weibo by M.I.C.'s Yuehan, apparently (some of) the members of 4ROM used to train with M.I.C. at that countryside boot camp. So I checked out their music and it is surprising refreshing, as in I've never heard this particular style in cpop before. As you can see from this BTS footage, the members seems to be in charge of their own music. An untranslated news article on the group and the newly formed company they are under.

Audio of 4ROM's debut single "FROM" cr. sjzgloria@youtube

(c) HNTV/Johnny/AVEX/ect.

RTA Youth is made up of 4 underage members baby faced leader Xiho, singer-songwriter Liu Junlin, Shanghai Theatre Academy student Zhu Yuanbing, and 186cm middle school student with a mature voice Jerry Zuo.

RTA Youth's MV for "Loving You Through Time and Space" cr. RainbowCandyRTA@youtube

(c) HNTV/Johnny/AVEX/ect.

RTA Teen has their own songwriter and choreographer, but none of them have been able to demonstrate their skills thus far. The group doesn't seem to have done much since their formation, but I guess unlike RTA Youth the two Japanese members need to learn Chinese before any promotion activity could be scheduled. On top of that, the current China-Japan relation doesn't present a friendly atmosphere for the Japanese members, so it's probably not a good time for the group to be in the public eye too much right now.

RTA Teen's MV for "Why" cr. RainbowCandyRTA@youtube

0086 placed 7th place at CCTV-3′s Star Boulevard in 2011

0086 performing their new song "BAHA" on Star Boulevard 2012 cr. CNTV@youtube

(c) Joy Media

J-ONE is trained and managed by Joy Media (a subsidiary of C-JES), so they can do synchronized dancing but its their more melodic song I prefer such as "My Lady"

The rehearsal video for their debut single "Too Hot" via thejoymedia@youtube

A List of Names (because I have nothing interesting to say about them but others might find them interesting),
- SD5: Somehow they managed to kidnap Joey Yung for a feat in one of their songs.
- Fighter: Poor kids (their average age is 19), their company decided to use a similar style a song kpop group and the members get hated on. And their fan is immature and decided to bash a bunch of kpop groups the members suffers…
- TimeZ: They are signed under Top Combine's old manager's new company.
And The Departed

(c) eeMedia/HNTV via weibo.com

Actually, I'm not sure if 8090 disbanded or not. But they were the MAIN FOCUS of Superboys10 but failed to impress (actually they did impress, just not Wu Yi's fan girls), starred in their own drama but failed to air, and saw the departure of the two main vocals…

8090 performing "Let Me Sing a Song For You" on Super Boys 2010 cr.The8090love

(c) Huayi Brothers via sina.com

BOBO </3 enough said.

Jing Boran's "Little Me" via Jing Boran Official Youtube
Fu Xinbo's "Myself" via sinapremium@youtube
陳怡蓉
Chinese sexy actress Zhang Xin Yu (Viann)

Name: Xin Zhang
English: Viann
Gender: Female
Nationality: China (Mainland)
Occupation: model actor
Place of Birth: China Kunshan, Jiangsu Province
Birthday :1987 -03-28
Constellation: Aries
Height: 169CM
Weight: 49KG
Measurements: B89/W61/H88
Description:
Xin Zhang, currently the mainland rising popularity of models Reds, "China football baby", "online games beauty" is laudatory, the endorsement "Cross Fire" Biochemical baby. Xin Zhang is still popular drama "when the youth", "banner Heroes" have held up quite well, and recently took part in the Hunan TV "Happy Camp" program, the popularity rose again.
Liu Yan low cut exposed breast show sexy hot body

Chinese name: Liu Yan
English name: Ada
Nationality: Chinese
Place of Birth: Hengyang City in Hunan Province
Date of Birth: 11/8/1980
Occupation: host, actress, singer
Graduated: Hunan Normal University Chinese Language Institute, undergraduate
Brokerage firm: light culture media
Zodiac: Monkey
Constellation: Scorpio
Blood Type: A
Height: 163cm
Weight: 48kg
Measurements: 825,892
Favorite color: orange
Favorite season: summer
Most favorite thing to do: go to bed
Most can not stand things: being deceived, betrayed
Favorite snack: no snacking habits, likes to drink water
Like most weight-loss tips: eat snacks
Favorite countries: still love my motherland
Greatest wish: to achieve the aspirations of the whole family

Liu Yan, born in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, well-known host, actress, singer. Guang Xian cultural media first female anchor, the new generation of Chinese popular popular female anchors.
Presided over the game "Fu Mo Zhe" conference in Beijing October 23, Liu Yan, an explosive milk installed debut sexy halter burst milk, cordial photo with the fans, but also almost emptied.
Kevin Cheng Gets 10 Stitches On his Eye

The other day, Kevin Cheng injured his right eye, bursting the blood vessels, while shooting for Mainland drama Ip Man. He immediately stopped working and flew back to HK for surgery and treatment.
Virgina Lok appeared at the Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital to handle the paperwork for admitting Kevin into the hospital. She said: "I got a call and learned of Kevin's injury. He's a little frustrated, perhaps because he's in a lot of pain and has to come back to HK alone." Because of the accident, Kevin loses over a million HKD worth of canceled jobs.
Yesterday at 1pm, Kevin was wearing an eye patch and sunglasses as a white car pulled up to the hospital to pick him up. When reporters asked about the accident and what exactly happened? He did not respond. Kevin later accepted an interview over the phone, "I got 10 stitches, the doctor said he used a very thin thread for the stitches and the scar should be very small. That's why I had to get more stitches. I think by next week, when my eye stops swelling, I can start working again. There will bound to be accidents in filming, luckily filming for the series is almost complete. I'm in a hurry, I want to go back and finish it up. (Worried you might be disfigured?) Can't worry or think too much. It has already happened, just got to deal with the circumstances!" Virgina expressed Kevin did not have to do a resurfacing surgery, but will have to go in for a followup visit next week to remove the stitches. Good friend Ben Wong accompanied Kevin to the hospital, he expressed Kevin is doing fine and is still handsome despite the 10 stitches.
Alex Fong No Standpoint: There Will Be Double TV Queens This Year

Alex Fong and the cast of A Great Way To Care II had an end-of-filming dinner yesterday. Some of the cast including, Tavia Yeung, Aimee Chan, Edwin Siu and Yoyo Mung were absent. Alex joked: "Aimee is in Malaysia having coffee and Yoyo went to some island in the South Pacific to do something I don't know! Tavia went to Australia for work. (Is Yoyo and Ekin Cheng planning their wedding there?) I don't know!" However, it was understood Yoyo is just working in Shanghai. Alex expressed now that he has completed this series, he is going to take a break and spend some time with his family. When speaking of the TV Queen battle? He said: "I've been working in Mainland in the past two years, haven't been following! (Tavia or Kate Tsui?) Pretty good, maybe we'll have two TV Queens this year! (Film more series and join the TV King competition?) I'm not a TVB Son, didn't sign a contract with them. How can I be TV King?!" It was rumored, Tavia was out partying while she was working in Mainland? Alex supported his partner: "She is professional. Besides the drinking incident she had earlier, she gets to work on time every day. (Were your frightened by Tavia's Pinocchio nose?) Didn't really pay attention to that, I don't know!"
Gigi Wong: TVB Highly Disrespects "Green Leaf" Veteran Artists

Yesterday Gigi Wong was on a radio interview and groaned, "TVB is extremely disrespectful to the older artists (veterans). No matter how great their acting is, TVB will not mention them. That's why there are so many people leaving!" When asked if she has considered moving over to CTI? She said: "At least they treat the veterans like humans and artists. However, when we were discussing Divas In Distress, I found out I get to collaborate with Liza Wang and forgot about it! (You mind turning from a FaDan into a housewife?) All goddesses will get old eventually, I accumulated experience and for every age, I want to portray a role that matches my age."