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Sire Ma & William Chak have 'dating' chemistry
May 18 2012
Sire Ma & William Chak have 'dating' chemistry
Thursday May 17, 2012 Hong Kong
Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/
In the latest TVB costume series House of Harmony and Vengeance, Sire Ma and William Chak develop a relationship and have created lots of romantic sparks! In the series, Sire plays a dancer and has a crush on her image adviser William. "Because William and JJ [Jia] also have a relationship, and at the time my role thought he liked JJ's type of girls. So I always had to be like JJ, put on heavy makeup and wear sexy clothing. I created a lot of trouble!"
Sire also praised William's diligence in real life and that he knows how to look after the people around him. She said: "I remember we had a scene, where I had to jump into the hot spring. The hot spring had disinfectant added into it, so when I was immersed into the water, it made my throat feel uncomfortable and I felt like coughing. But because the scene was about me passing out, William knew to give me a little shake when he carried me out and that helped blur my appearance on camera, otherwise we would have had to retake the scene several times!"
William frankly expressed they are both under the same manager, so they know each other well in private. He also praised Sire is a good actress and she has an easy to get along personality. In the series, William plays ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
Oscar Leung relieved his 'rape case' rumor clarified; New series 'Ferris Wheel Happiness' costume fitting
May 18 2012
Thursday May 17, 2012 Hong Kong
Source: Mingpao, The Sun
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/
Yesterday Linda Chung, Jason Chan, Oscar Leung, Lin Xiawei and Cilla Kung attended the costume fitting for TVB new series Ferris Wheel Happiness. When the 23 year old TVB female artist rape case was mentioned, Oscar expressed: "I feel the Heaven is helping me clarify the previous rumor that I was involved in a rape case." In regards to the earlier rumor that he was involved in another rape case of a female artist, he expressed its a story created out of nothing, but the rumor has affected him because after the report came out, the public misunderstood he violated the law. It was also rumored he paid a 'shut up fee' to escape the issue. In reality, if there is a case, the police will handle it and nobody can stop the news or privately settle it themselves. Oscar now feels relieved, but he doesn't know who the female artist victim is nor does he know the person. He hopes she'll win her justice back soon.
Linda Chung has also taken a photo with Lee Ming Ho (person accused of rape) before, she expressed she has taken photos with too many people before and does not have an impression on him. She will have to ask the other staff if she knows Lee Ming Ho. It turns out when she released her debut album, she went to his recording studio before and have also rehearsed for JSG there. However, she does not know Lee because she didn't have ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
Selena Li - Reverse Success
May 18 2012
Thursday May 17, 2012 Hong Kong
Source: Next Magazine Issue#1158, TVBChannel
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/
As rumor says, Selena Li is pursued by many, that's not surprising. That is related to her appearance. Selena majored in accounting, perhaps she is well qualified in HK's Central, but the place she works at is called TVB City, who isn't beautiful there? That is related to attitude. Selena initially came from a wealthy family, but her father eventually went bankrupted. When she participated in Miss Hong Kong, she won Miss Photogenic, but in the end she didn't even make it in the top five. She opened a beauty makeup school, but gets involved in a pyamind scheme scandal. All of that was worth drinking to forget the trouble, chug down two glasses of whiskey and vomit all over the floor, is what local young girls are likely to do. Selena wipes off her sweat and said: "For anything, should look a bit further, then you will realize there's a lot of the so-called misfortune in life, but actually that is a gift. The misfortune allows you to be stronger when greater future challenges come before you." Such an optimistic and active person, it's rare in this world.
It's a pity that Selena is said to only like second generation wealthy guys or even wealthy first generations, making the oridinary people take a step back. "I had a boyfriend, named Patrick Tang. We were together for 5 years."
At age 6, Selena moved to Toronto with her mother. They lived in a ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
Kim Jun-su dresses for androgyny
May 17 2012
Kim Jun-su won't be defined by gender norms, he said at a press conference to promote his new album "Xia Tarantallegra" yesterday.
The entertainer, best known for being a part of K-pop trio JYJ, said that he was tired of being perceived as "cute" by the public, and that he will completely reverse his efforts to be perceived as masculine by dressing up as a woman.
"By nature I'm quiet and reserved. Until now, I've tried hard to be seen as masculine to do away with the cute image", Kim said at a hotel in Sogong-dong, central Seoul. "I know that to dress up as a girl will be controversial to say the least at first".
A desire to break away from his JYJ group identity and pursue a career as a solo performer partially motivated his desire to cross gender lines, Kim said.
In a photo to promote his new solo album "Xia Tarantallegra", he is pictured with ghost-white skin and nearly colorless hair.
"The concept of the new album is an androgynous wizard", the artist explained.
CN Blue Take Taiwanese Charts by Storm
May 17 2012
Korean boy band CN Blue have raced to the top of Taiwan's major music charts with their new album, "Ear Fun." The album swept the top spot on six charts including the J-Pop weekly chart of G-Music, the country's largest music site, as well as the Chia Chia Records chart and ezPeer, the group's agency FNC Entertainment said on Wednesday.
The album also ranked first on the monthly album sales chart, according to data compiled by Taiwan's online bookstore Books.com.tw from April 13 to Sunday.
CN Blue are gaining an immense following in Taiwan, with all 10,000 tickets for their "Bluestorm" concert in Taipei on Feb. 28 selling out in less than 15 minutes of being made available to the public.
Chosun Ilbo
The singer also revealed that a new album is in the works and will be released soon
Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai was asked at an event on Wednesday if she thought model Vivian Dawson was marriage material when she starting dating him. The singer did not deny that he was indeed special, but replied coyly, "Don't think too much into it!"
On Mother's Day, Jolin was seen at a Japanese restaurant with her family and Vivian. It looked like Jolin's family had accepted Vivian as part of the family. Jolin's father was seen driving the couple back to Jolin's residence after the meal.
When asked how she would react if Vivian proposes to her, the 31-year-old claimed that she had never thought about it. Asked how her parents thought of her boyfriend, the singer went coy and said it was personal. Jolin was visibly happy when answering questions relating to the model.
Jolin, who had been away from the music scene, also revealed at the endorsement event yesterday that she is currently preparing for her new album which will be released in summer.
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Yao Yuan Hao moves on after relationship mess
May 17 2012
Actor Yao Yuan Hao, who was entangled in a messy relationship with Sonia Sui and Cyndi Wang, seems ready to put his love woes behind him.
The actor was spotted at a night market in Hangzhou together with his co-stars from his new Chinese drama. His manager and other crew members stopped reporters who approached Yuan Hao. He expressed that he will not make any more comments as he had clarified all in his statement released last Tuesday.
According to the actor's friend, the 30-year-old had been battling with stress from the breakup, his mother's illness and the burden from taking on the male lead role for his new drama.
It was revealed that Yuan Hao kept his silence because he did not wish to go head-on with Sonia, letting on that there is no third party in the eight-year long relationship with the actress. Yuan Hao also expressed that he didn't know if Sonia and him might reconcile.
In other related news, responding to netizens' slams that the relationship mess had been exaggeratedly "acted out", Sonia replied angrily that "there isn't any job or movie that is worth this much energy."
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Group Big Bang will finally hold its solo concert at first dome concert in Japan as their first time.
YG Entertainment announced today that Big Bang will hold 'Big Bang Alive Tour 2012 in Japan Special Final in Dome' on November 23 at Osaka Kyosera Dome and Tokyo Dome on December 5.
Originally Big Bang planned to have 10 performances in 5 cities of Nagoya, Yokohama, Osaka, Saitama, and Fukuoka only. However due to overflowing demand with more than 1 million applications to reserve Big Bang concert tickets the group expand their concerts to 13 performances.
However, additional 3 concerts' tickets were sold out within very short time, local fans requested very strongly to have more concerts. Therefore, YG Entertainment decided to have another 2 dome concerts in Osaka and Tokyo.
According to YG Entertainment, 255,000 will gather only from first leg on Japan in their tour, and is expecting a total of 605,000 to be attending Big Bang's tour in 25 cities in 16 countries of Asia, North America, South America and Europe.
Big Bang kicked off their tour in Japan on May 17 at Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, along with world popular producer Laurieann Gibson, session band, and staff from group's ' Big Bang Alive Tour 2012' in Seoul last March.
credit: kpopstarz.com
TVB signals it may use courts in license battle
May 17 2012
Television Broadcasts (0511), which enjoys a quasi-monopoly over Hong Kong's free-to-air market, said it may take legal measures to prevent the government from issuing more licenses.
TVB made the announcement after its much weaker existing competitor, Asia Television, lost a similar legal bid last month to block new entrants.
TVB group general manager Mark Lee Po-on said more operators will threaten the sustainability of "some" stations.
"Advertising revenue for the two free-to-air television stations was about HK$3 billion in 1996. It was about the same in 2011, after 15 years," Lee said after the company's annual general meeting yesterday.
"Operators in such a narrow market will face even bigger difficulties if the government introduces competition, and some may even go broke."
Hong Kong's two pay-TV operators - PCCW (0008) and i-Cable Communications (1097), along with broadband provider City Telecom (HK) (1137) - are expected to win free-to-air TV licenses.
Lee said that some of these may use their existing broadband networks to deliver the new service, while TVB and ATV will rely on more conventional means.
But he insists licensing procedures are questionable.
"Why is it that a company with no track record of TV operations and resources can apply for a license? Does that mean there will be thousands of TV licenses in the future?" he asked, presumably referring to City Telecom.
Last month, City Telecom announced it will sell most of its telecom business for more than HK$5 billion to focus on the new TV venture.
Source: http://thestandard.c...3024&con_type=1
Shu Qi no longer with Lee Hom?
May 17 2012
Shu Qi, who was rumoured to be dating Lee Hom, was spotted with a mysterious man, speculated to be the actress' new love interest, at Hong Kong's IFC Mall on May 1.
The 36-year-old was dressed casually, donning a pair of sunglasses, when seen shopping at IFC Mall with a middle-aged man. The actress was recognized by fellow shoppers but paid no attention and continued her date with the mysterious man before heading to a café when the pair was seen sharing stories over snacks.
Shu Qi appeared shocked when she realized that they were followed by the paparazzi. She then went separate ways with the man. The couple met up a while later again before heading to the actress' residence together.
The man is reportedly working in the finance sector and Shu Qi, who has always wanted to start a family, started seeing him after breaking up with Lee Hom whom she was rumoured to be secretly dating for the past six years.
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