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Jay Chou invites her to dinner; Judy Chiang touched: "very compassionate"

2009-01-20T20:45:00.001-08:00

source: Apple
translated by: http://www.jaychoustudio.com

After news broke of Taiwanese heavenly queen Judy Chiang having to pay the debts of her older sister, reducing her years of hard earned money back to zero, yesterday night she wrote a blog titled "I'm the richest person in the world", she thanked her friends and fans who tried to make her laugh, she expressed her gratitude and contentment. Yesterday night Jay Chou held his 30th birthday party, he especially phoned her to invite her to dinner, even though she didn't go because she wasn't feeling well but she constantly said: "Jay really is very compassionate".

Because Judy Chiang appreciated the first song Jay Chou and Vincent Fang did together, they always have her in their hearts, last year Judy Chiang held a concert, Jay Chou went to support her onstage, after hearing Judy has to start from zero again, yesterday he said at his birthday party: "Going to have to give her some caring." On the night he asked a colleague to invite her for him to dinner.

Jay Chou will be going to mainland China tomorrow, besides holding the press conference for "Ci Ling", according to reports he will have a chance to perform at the Beijing Spring Festival Gala for a third time, yesterday Sina reported that the director of the Gala Kun Lang has already revealed that Jay Chou and Song Zhu Ying will be doing a duet on "A Herbalist's Manual", towards this news his company JVR Music was as usual low key, they stressed all that is accurate will be announced officially.

Jay Chou celebrates his 30th birthday; takes a fancy to $88million sports car

2009-01-18T22:53:00.001-08:00

source: UDN
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Jay Chou yesterday celebrated his 30th birthday. Although he is still single, and ex-girlfriend Patty Hou and rumoured girlfriend Jessie Chiang has not yet sent text messages to wish him happy birthday, he did not feel lonely at all, as he was accompanied by over 800 fans. Right now, all he can think about is that he wants a new car, especially because recently, he’s taken a fancy to the 20 limited edition - Lamborghini Reventon. Importing plus tariff, the total cost is estimated to be 2,000,000euros (88,590,000NT). He says that this car has moved his heart, however his mother Ye Hui Mei was the first to shake her head, using her index finger to make a ‘No!’ gesture, crushing Jay’s birthday wish on the spot.

Ever since Jay entered the industry, his rumours have never seemed to stop. He revealed: “Now that I’m 30, I can properly choose, find someone to be my wife. That way I can get married at 35!” Being an Asian superstar, he says that it’s very hard to get to know girls in private. Only through his directed films, MV auditions does he get the chance to make new friends, but he stressed: “This is not Princess election!” He rushed to clarify: “Casting is very important, even the guest roles, I willl hand-pick them myself, you guys have to write that I am very precise as a director!” Jay revealed that he actually has quite a few movie and dinner dates but he does not dare to one-on-one, even when he goes out with his assistant, he has to be very careful.

Yesterday, staff members prepared a tower of 30 red eggs, and a ‘2009 Flush’ poker birthday cake. As Jay blew out the candles, he made his birthday wish: “I hope my supporters will be in good health, like my grandma is almost 90 years old, but she won’t be out of breath when she climbs stairs, very healthy.” Afterwards, his grandma went onstage to kiss him, and he was very shy.

Mentally, Jay is like a big naughty boy and he wishes to ‘continue to be childish/naïve,’ and can play around with creative ideas. Jay has a strong sense of competitiveness, and he wants to lead in both music and films. In the entertainment industry, there is fierce competition and he says: “Don’t know how long I can still sing for, but when it becomes unsuitable, I’ll retire to backstage.”

This year, besides his new film ‘Ci Ling’, he will also enter the idol drama field and will direct ‘Panda Hero.’ Jay smiled saying that this idea is very humourous, he really hopes to create a Chinese-style hero. If he wants to play, then he’s gotta play big; each episode is estimated to cost millions of NT, and the special effects will be like in ‘Hot Shot’ and ‘Symphonic Valentine's Dream.’

Yesterday, his $5.5million MV of ‘Dragon Knight’ also premiered and Jay did not forget to add: “Other people have the money to buy charts, we have the money to film MV.” Lately, Jiang Hui has hit a financial crisis, and Jay caringly said that he will take his ‘2nd sister’ out to relieve her stress.

Yesterday, Patty Hou and Tian Xin attended a fashion event, and when asked whether she has bought a birthday gift for her friend, she replied: “Birthday? Oh is Mr Jay right? He has everything he wants, I wish him happy brithday and good health. A friend’s birthday, I will text him to wish him happy birthday la.”

Jay Chou puts effort into filming MV; bruises ass

2009-01-16T22:29:00.001-08:00

source: UDN
translated by: http://www.jaychoustudio.com

Jay Chou spent 5.5 million and 4 months of filming to finish the MV for his new song "Dragon Knight", the mysterious veil will be revealed at his birthday party this week, during the filming Jay Chou put a lot of effort into it, the explosion scenes were very powerful, he only found out his ass was "bruised" after going home!

Jay Chou is being very generous on his birthday as he books the movie theatre in Xi Men Ding, he's also letting his fans be the first ones to see his fantasy MV "Dragon Knight". The MV is anime movie production styled full of a fantasy world in the future, just a short 5 minutes of scenes took 4 days of filming, the post production was as along as 4 months, it has also broken the record for the most times Jay Chou has done martial arts, special effects and wiring in an MV.

Under the perfection seeking of "Director Chou", during filming he had it rough going, besides martial arts scenes and flips, there were many scenes where he had to match explosions, Jay Chou was hurt when he did the scene where he saved the female lead, he joked saying: "The sacrifice for this time's explosion is quite big, I want to tell everyone, if you don't have such a tough ass please don't film explosion scenes, I only found out my ass was bruised when I went home, it felt like I had that cupping treatment, I wanted to say when I looked in the mirror, I have such a dark birthmark?"

During filming, Jay Chou's back problem flared up, father Chou personally came to the set to give him antibiotics, Jay Chou said: "My dad's funny, when he saw me the first thing he did wasn't to give me the medicine, but was to ask "Are there any roles I can play", you can tell he really wants to make it big." When mother Chou came to visit, Jay Chou was afraid she would worry so he ordered the staff not to mention his back problem.

Genie Zhuo feels like a "soft porn actress"!

2009-01-16T22:28:00.000-08:00

Genie Zhuo feels like a "soft porn actress"!
Yahoo News

Taiwanese singer Genie Zhuo breaks away from her usual sweet-girl image to take on a sexy vibe for her new album. Zhuo says she is still getting used to her new image with lesser to wear now; striking alluring poses has got her feeling like an AV Girl!

In order to strike out convincing poses, a self-proclaimed conservative-minded Zhuo had to overcome her psychological barrier and study sexy pictures of women as homework. To get the hearts of her male fans throbbing, Zhuo even bares her shoulders and parades her slender legs; a bold move considering her usual wardrobe which is lacking in mini shorts and sleeveless T-shirts.

However, hard work is required to present the matching body that drapes the sexy clothing. Zhuo revealed, "I have to control my diet and refrain from starchy food. I will start abstaining from food four hours before going to bed."

For the sexy look, Zhuo paid special attention to her legs. In fact, she has always been unsatisfied with her own figure and is resolved to be a "paper-man" (as thin as paper). "I'm now at my slimmest state in recent years but I hope to reduce my weight to 30kg."

Zhuo admitted though that there was a time when her slimming diet caused gastric problems. Claiming to be an easy weight-gainer, she even tried "starvation" to lose weight, but ended up eating more and growing fatter due to the hunger.

She admitted to her mistake courageously and hopes to remind her fans she was a negative role model; people seeking to lose weight should not push their limits or do the extremes as they may end up hurting themselves.

Jay Chou king of industry with "Capricorn" sales, Mayday resides next with Jolin Tsai falling out of the charts

2009-01-14T19:43:00.001-08:00

Source: Apple

Recently the various record publishers have been tallying up the sales of the Mandarin albums in Taiwan, even though the different companies have varying numbers, but all the companies have shown that Jay Chou's "Capricorn" sold about 150,000 copies, Mayday assaulted the campus market with "Poetry of the Day After", their sales were also good, but the prices were fluctuating, estimates have ranged from 150,000 to 200,000. This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com

S.H.E.'s "My Radio" and the OST to "Cape No. 7" battled for 3rd and 4th, first time album releases from Jam Xiao and Aska Yang were about equal so were 5th place. According to statisticians you can get into the top 10 if you sold 47,000 copies, Jolin Tsai dropped out of the charts as she only released an English book album, she didn't match it up with promotion, her agent Jiang Cheng Jin said they sold 30,000 copies.

Jay Chou's parent company JVR Music's promotion supervisor Zhang Lan Yun said: "In each of the sales chart from the different companies, Capricorn has sold 150,000 copies, there isn't any exaggeration, it shows the sales number we announce are honest."

SONY BMG Starts This "No-Buying-Charts" Wave Just So Lee Hom Wang's "Sales Record" Would Beat Show Luo's?

2009-01-14T19:41:00.001-08:00

SONY BMG Starts This "No-Buying-Charts" Wave Just So Lee Hom Wang's "Sales Record" Would Beat Show Luo's?

01/14/2009

Lee Hom Wang claims himself a music man, but when his album was released, his sales record seemed to be trudging a bit. Reportedly, SONY BMG's "No Buying Charts Press Conference" was only to help Lee Hom Wang defeat his "rival" Show "Xiao Zhu [Little Pig]" Luo !? Perhaps because this album "Heart Beat" is Lee Hom's deciding key of his contract renewal with SONY BMG ; And since SONY BMG has no other pop king on hand, they can only think of any way possible to keep their last ace.

To secure this pop king, even before the album was released, SONY BMG had already called Show Luo and Fahrenheit's promoters/companies, who were planning to release albums at the same time, hoping that they would release their albums one week later, so Lee Hom Wang would have a chance to sit upon the #1 ranking, but they were rejected. Thus SONY BMG could only turn around to accuse Show Luo of buying out the charts, and then started the "No Buying Charts Press Conference." But the companies efforts was not appreciated by Lee Hom. With the thoughts of only presenting good music, he doesn't even care about album sales championing, so he had already clearly stated the day before that he would not be attending the press conference.

Lee Hom isn't attending! What could they do for the event then? Good thing they had Jay Chou coming to help, reportedly, Jay Chou was only coming to "support," but right before he arrived at the venue, he was suddenly told that Lee Hom wasn't attending due to illness. Jay Chou, who was originally the supporting role, became the main attraction at the event. Besides this, "Yi Zhou Kan" [weekly paper] also went and checked the charts that stood part of the sales charts, 5-Music and G-music, and Show's album sales record was clearly greater than that of Lee Hom Wang's, almost twice as much! Thus SONY BMG's incentive of Show Luo buying out the charts has people doubting them.

Source: NOW News
Translated by o_ost1nao_o @ Show Lo's International English Forum

A-mei hoping to take relationship with Sam Ho to another level

2009-01-14T19:40:00.001-08:00

A-mei hoping to take relationship with Sam Ho to another level
Yahoo News

Taiwanese diva A-mei made an exception and spoke of her relationship with basketball player Sam Ho on an interview with Phoenix TV, expressing wishes for a good outcome in this relationship. She also assured the audience that she will not withdraw from showbiz even after marriage.

Relationships and scandals used to be taboo for the diva, until Ho came along. She revealed in a China TV interview that she is currently basking in love and that she feels much more at ease with herself now than before. Despite having doubts in everlasting love, she hopes for this relationship to bear its fruits.

"However, this is not the right time to talk about marriage. I've not thought about it," she said.

A-mei also admits that her singing career is an interest which she will not give up even if she were to get married.

Leehom Wang and S.H.E encounter an "explosives panic" while flying back to Taiwan from Beijing

2009-01-13T19:54:00.001-08:00

Source: http://ent.163.com
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net

According to Taiwan's ETTV online news report, at 2:30pm on the 13th, an EVA Air plane travelling from Beijing directly to Taoyuan Airport was rumoured to have suspected explosives causing security staff to be considerably nervous. Artists S.H.E, Leehom Wang, Mayday, Zhang Yu Yan (张玉嬿) and others were also on the plane. Security immediately asked the plane's 230 passengers and also one infant to get off the plane for inspection. Luckily in the end it was confirmed to be a false alarm.

As soon as they saw that the problematic plane flew down to the ground, security staff were all very nervous. They sent a car of explosion prevention people to be alert beside the plane and even the explosion prevention workers were not allowed to be unoccupied in the departure lounge area because it had been rumoured that this EVA Air plane from Beijing might have explosives, causing many artists to wait painstakingly for a long time.

Leehom Wang expressed, "I don't know, I don't know. Originally we thought that taking a direct flight would allow us to arrive very early. Now coming back, everything has been delayed." S.H.E then said, "The plane was about to take flight and was already speeding along the tarmac when suddenly we were told that there were problems with operations on the ground. So everyone was to get off the plane and have a full body safety check." The plane suddenly had to stop just before taking flight, making S.H.E very impatient and nervous because this time returning to Taiwan, they were supposed to attend a company cocktail and now all their hopes have been dashed

Besides Leehom Wang, S.H.E, Mayday's Ashin and also actress Zhang Yu Yan, the plane had approximately 230 passengers and an infant - all were asked to enter a small room for safety checks. In the end it was confirmed to be a lie and all passengers were asked to board the plane once again. The 2:30pm flight finaly left Beijing airport at 5:18pm for Taiyuan Airport. Even though there was a 3.5 hour delay, at least it was a false alarm. What's most important is that everyone returned home safely.

Terri Kwan curses Jerry Yan saying he is stupid, mutually retaliates during love scenes

2009-01-13T19:53:00.001-08:00

source: chinatimes
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Jerry Yan & Terri Kwan have very different personalities. Jerry thinks too much, while Terri doesn’t like to think. However, the 2 are pushed together to film PTS’s new idol drama ‘Starlit’, and creates some explosive conflict. Terri revealed that the 2 would often bicker with each other, but now looking back, the whole filming process was very memorable, because “the gunpowder outside filming, turned into sparks during filming.”

Main cause of conflict; likes to snatch lines

‘Starlit’ filmed in Shanghai for one month and a half. Terri challenges the role of a patient with a rare disease - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and has the most scenes with Jerry. Initially, there were rumours saying that Jerry had got angry at Terri’s assistant, and this lead to their relationship deteriorating to the highest point. However, Terri said: “Salt (her nickname for Jerry) didn’t la! The real reason for us bickering was because he kept snatching lines, and wouldn’t let me finish talking.” Their most serious argument was once when Terri even cursed Jerry saying he is ‘stupid’ and ‘excessive’.
　
Not hard to please; just has high standards

Terri & Jerry would constantly fight and then make-up, during their cold wars, the 2 would take advantage of the love scenes in the drama to mutually retaliate eg, Jerry would be especially rough when grabbing her collar, and Terri would use a lot of strength when having to beat his chest. Everytime they argue, Jerry’s reactions are not the same, sometimes he will argue back, sometimes he will apologise. Terri said: “I don’t think his reactions are called ‘hard to please’, it’s just that he has high standards for himself.”

Throws slipper; director is even more fierce

There was once, when Jerry wasn’t happy with his own performance, and he roared at the sky, like an orangutan, and when asked Terri whether she got a big fright, she replied: “No la, because Director Lin was even more fierce! The director would throw blue-and-white slippers at me, and he has very good technique, it’ll just graze past my face, it won’t hit me.”
　
Terri has collaborated with many male stars; she was worked with Jerry and Ken Zhu, both from F4. She analysed: “Male idols are too polite, there was a great sense of distance between me and Ken, but collaborating with Jerry gave me a sense of big challenge.” After the drama finished filming, she especially thanked Jerry: “If it wasn’t for you, I would never have stayed in a 5-star hotel!”

Wu Chun's Chinese is poor, drags Calvin Chen down with him

2009-01-13T19:52:00.000-08:00

Source: http://marukoisme.blog17.fc2.com/ , UDN Late News
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net

Fahrenheit recently accepted an interview by "Azio Channel" and on the show they played a language game. After ten questions, Jiro Wang with his achievement of six questions, became Fahrenheit's king of literature and language knowledge; Aaron Yan came second with five questions; coming from Brunei, Wu Chun usually has an accent when he speaks and only answered three correctly. He who was told that his achievements in the national language were not good, dragged Calvin who also only answered three correctly, down with him, stating that he was on the same level as Calvin Chen who graduated from the Senior High School of National Taiwan University so Calvin had no choice but to apologise to his senior high Chinese teacher in front of everyone.

During the Azio Channel show, questions included "delicate smoke from kitchen chimneys" and "to yearn day and night"* where Fahrenheit members were required to complete the expressions, one character each. Wu Chun unexpectedly wrote the "delicate" in "delicate smoke from kitchen chimneys" as "bird", and the character meaning "wind around" in the phrase "to yearn day and night" as "win". He even explained to the host that he hadn't written the wrong word, it's just that he couldn't even understand the phrase so he just wrote words that he knew.

* The phrase "to yearn day and night" (魂牽夢縈) literally means "soul and dreams winding around hand in hand".

More Taiwanese singers drawn in dispute on payola

2009-01-13T06:21:00.000-08:00

More Taiwanese singers drawn in dispute on payola
Yahoo News

Dispute between Taiwanese singers Lee-hom Wang and Show Luo on the issue of payola is taken to the next level as singers Jay Chou, A-mei and boy band Fahrenheit backs up Wang. Rainie Yang, who has close ties with both Wang and Luo, found herself in an awkward predicament; Jacky Wu found the dispute a senseless debate.

Wang hinted (fran's correction : it was SONY that hinted) that Luo's record company spent money on getting his songs up the music charts after the latter announced that his new album topped the charts; thus sparking the dispute on payola. As more new singers join the industry, the issue of payola heightened.

The recent dispute began when HIM International Music sent out a release, claiming that Luo's record company used underhand methods to get his songs on the top of the chart for two consecutive weeks.

Chou also led singers Alan Kuo and Rachel Liang, and representatives from Sony Music, JVR Music, etc, in a press conference in Taipei on Jan 8 to campaign against payola. Though Wang was absent from the press conference, he was represented by his company in showing support for the cause. Queen of Mandopop, A-mei, also expressed her support by saying, "Competition should be fair in all arenas."

Yang, who is under the same record company as Wang and artiste management as Luo, is caught in a spot. She expressed her stand that she believed Wang is absolutely honest in his music career, and that Luo's albums are selling very well. To avoid embarrassment, she was quick to mention that she had been in Hong Kong recently promoting her own album, and have little knowledge about the campaign against payola. She emphasized that good and bad music can be easily differentiated by ears, and need not be determined by sales or charts.

King of variety, Wu, on the other hand, described the campaign to be senseless and pointless. He said the unhealthy trend of payola began 15 years ago and also admitted to have resort to this method when promoting Kang Jing Rong's (or commonly known as Kang Kang) album. He added that only Chou's albums truly received support and sold well. In his opinion, the music charts are merely promotional tools and do not matter as long as singers are unaffected.

Gold Typhoon Entertainment, Luo's record company, has also sent out a battle invite to Wang to hold a music showcase at the same time and place as the former on Feb 14, to compete their album sales figure during the period of the showcase.

Jay Chou wins awards at Chinese Music Awards, boasts about birthing great children

2009-01-13T03:47:00.001-08:00

Source: Chinatimes

Jackie Chan, Jay Chou, S.H.E. and others attended the Beijing Chinese Pop Music Awards ceremony on the 11th, on the red carpet Jackie Chan was complaining that he never won any music related awards even though he's sung so many songs, this was until he received the Special Contribution award, only then did he happily say: "I've finally won a music award." Jay Chou won the Best Producer with "Capricorn", he ridiculed himself saying he hadn't won a producer award for a while, at the end he was a smooth talker, praising the judges for their excellent taste.
This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com
In order to make fans understand the composition and arrangement, Jay Chou compared composing to birthing a child, arrangement is the make stylist helping him put on clothes, even if the child isn't born good looking, if beautiful clothes are worn awards can still be won. After winning the producer award, he said with a proud look, he's birthed a very beautiful child (reference to his album).

Jay Chou wins All Round Artist Award, praises Chinese Music Awards for being fair

2009-01-13T03:46:00.001-08:00

The 2008 Beijing Chinese Pop Music Awards ceremony was held today at the Beijing Workers' Stadium, Jackie Chan, Jay Chou, Eason Chan, Xu Wei, S.H.E. and others all attended. At the ceremony, Jay Chou won The All Round Artist Award of the Year in Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as other awards, when he was being interviewed, Jay Chou praised the awards for being fair.

Not too long ago Jay Chou attended an "anti-piracy" press conference, he appealed to give music back some pure space. Winning at the Chinese Music Awards this time, he praised the awards for being fair "To be honest, in fact for some of them beforehand I knew afterwards what awards I would get, this one is completely different, we wait offstage. I don't really mind whether I win an award or not, I think it's quite nice, I won't get nervous."

Jay Chou has already been confirmed for the Spring Festival Gala this year, when asked what performance he would be doing, Jay Chou expressed they still haven't announced it yet. We let him recommend his favourite album, Jay Chou said: "The favourite one is "Fantasy", and also "Capricorn" sold the best." When reporters expressed that they wanted him to recommend other artists' albums, Jay Chou ridiculed himself: "I'm a bit narcissistic."

Jolin Tsai caught secretly meeting up with Show Luo; in talks of collaborating in ad

2009-01-13T03:44:00.001-08:00

source: sina
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Yesterday, Jolin Tsai was caught secretly meeting up with Show Luo at the Grand Formosa Regent hotel in Taipei for 1 hour. According to sources, the 2 are secretly planning to film an ad together to snatch money. With the 2’s King and Queen status, the pay for their first collaboration together, is at least $2,500,000rmb.

Yesterday, Jolin was caught catching a taxi from her management company to the GFR hotel. When she arrived, she immediately headed to the lounge on the 19th floor. 10 minutes later, Show also appeared at the hotel, and the 2 were together for approximately an hour. Manager revealed that, the 2 are indeed negotiating details for the ad.

Will collaborate to film ad

After a speedy interview yesterday noon, someone witnessed Jolin heading to her management company to get some rest. Afterwards, left and with the freezing wind blowing in her face, to the extent where it made her face turn green, she caught a taxi to the GFR Hotel and headed to the lounge on the 19th floor. Approximately 10 minutes later, Show also appeared at the entrance of the hotel, and when he saw the media had already arrived, he said alarmedly: “How come you guys are here!” The 2 were together for 1 hour, and seemed to know that the media were guarding outside. First, they got the hotel staff to act as bodyguards to walk them out, and then Jolin’s manager sheiled Jolin, and they left quickly.

Manager Jiang Chen Jin yesterday expressed that Show and Jolin were meeting with the manufacturers, to discuss the content of the ad, but he was not willing to reveal what kind of product endorsement it is.

how Luo says he should change his nickname to 'cockroach'

2009-01-13T03:43:00.000-08:00

source: chinatimes
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Show Luo held a ‘Gao Xiao’ [Comedy] KTV big competition yesterday, and when the topic of ‘buying charts’ was brought up again, he lamented that no matter how hard he tried, in the end, he is still unable to get everyone’s approval. He feels very hurt, but he says that after entering the industry for so long, he understands to use laughter to cover up any heartache. In the end, he states: “I should change my name to ‘cockroach’, the cockroach that can’t be killed.”

As the theme for the event was ‘Comedy’, the 19 participants used every means to achieve this. Afterwards, there was also a bonus question where they had to cry within 10 seconds. Show immediately said a cold joke, and made everyone in the audience laugh. Afterwards, he revealed that in the past, the very first time he filmed a crying scene was in Director Xu Jin Liang’s ‘Young Brothers’ where he was scolded to the extent of crying. After this, whenever he had a crying scene, he would smack his own nose, so that his nose would ache and reduce him to tears.

Jay Chou to celebrate 30th birthday on the 18th, entertaining 300 fans

2009-01-09T02:46:00.003-08:00

Source: Liberty Times

"Capricorn" Jay Chou is going to be 30, on the day of his birthday he has booked a movie theatre so he can celebrate it with his fans.

Jay Chou has finished his travels across America and Canada and has returned to Taiwan, on the 18th of this month he is celebrating his 30th birthday, his agent company has booked a whole movie theatre in preparation to premiere the MV for "Dragon Knight" which cost 5.5 million to produce, the quota limit for people taking part is 300.
This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com
In 2004 Jay Chou went to America to perform, he slipped on the stage, thinking back at it he feels it was embarrassing, at the end of last year he went to hold a concert in America again, this time he was very careful, he didn't fall or embarrass himself, the performance was smooth.

But there was a bit of an incident that happened after he finished his performance in Toronto in Canada and was flying to Connecticut to perform. He came across the biggest snowstorm for 30 years in the region, the plane couldn't take off, so he had to go on the bus with the rest of the crew. They moved forward at a turtle's pace as they endured the storm, it took them 15 hours to get there, Jay Chou said: "I consider it a very hard to come by experience"

Arriving in gambling city of Connecticut, Jay Chou tried his hand at "blackjack", he didn't think he would be so lucky to win. When asked how much he won? He mysteriously said: "I won back the amount I loss back in Macao." Last year he held a concert in Macao and lost TW$80 thousand, this time he must have won at least 80 thousand upwards.

Producing and starring in Pandaman, Jay Chou advances into idol dramas, fully supporting Nan Quan Mama

2009-01-09T02:46:00.001-08:00

Jay Chou has once again made a surprising move in the new year, he is going to step into the domain of idol dramas and work with people from Mainland China, he will be producing, directing and starring in it, he will film the fantasy based idol drama "Pandaman", he is going to strongly support Nan Quan Mama, which he helped develop, by making them the main stars.

According to reports, both sides have decided to film a 20 episode idol drama "Pandaman" (temporary name) which combines fantasy and sci fi. In order to support his own people, besides arranging for Nan Quan Mama to play the leading roles, he himself will also be the producer and he will be guest starring in a role, Jerry Yan, S.H.E. and Zhou Xun and others will also make guest appearances.
This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com
Yesterday Nine Continents Film Production from Beijing confirmed this news, the general manager of Nine Continents Du Da Ning said: "Jay Chou especially likes alternative topics, at the time he suggested a lot of views towards this script, he thinks no one has filmed a sci fi fantasy idol drama, so it should be especially attractive."

As to Jay Chou's fee, Du Da Ning said: "He's the producer, the money is easily negotiable." This drama will be filmed in Mainland China and Taiwan.

Due to the fact the news hasn't been made official yet, JVR Music was very low profile towards Jay Chou's venture into idol dramas, agent Zhang Lan Yun conservatively replied: "Jay has always been thinking about filming an idol drama, it's still in discussions, but the initial time frame hasn't been set yet." Regarding the new drama having Nan Quan Mama as the leading stars, Zhang Lan Yun stressed, Jay Chou has always been very caring to people by his side, this point isn't unexpected.

Jay Chou is stood up at Leehom Wang's 'buying charts' press conference

2009-01-09T02:44:00.000-08:00

source: UDN
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

The ‘buying charts’ storm has become more and more intense! Leehom Wang’s SONY music yesterday had the general manager of the China District to hold a ‘refuse to buy charts’ press conference, calling for a pure space in music, and they expressed that this is not directed at any specific artist or record company.

But the paradox to this is that the night before yesterday, Leehom suddenly developed acute gastroenteritis and had to stay home to get drip, hence he was unable to attend the press conference. Jay Chou was also invited, and he who had a bad cold, ended up having to hold up the scene. He first sung ‘Dao Xiang’ to warm up the awkward atmosphere, and while onstage, he said: “Originally, I’m supposed to have come with Leehom, don’t know why it’s just become me now?”

Jay, who had a sore throat, self-ridiculed saying should take money to buy car and not chart. Jay attended the event because of his good friendship with Leehom and he said: “If even a modest person like Leehom has come out to say something, then this means that it must be very serious.” Jay believes that human nature is good, “but managers are not necessarily good.” When asked whom this is directed at, Jay replied that it’s not directed at anyone. He also said that he had to watch the news to find out the insider information about buying charts.

Leehom yesterday morning was constantly vomiting and diaarhoea, hence had had to stay home to rest and to get drip. Through SONY, he apologized and expressed: “I am an artist, not a businessman, and I am not clear about the behind-the-scenes of the buying charts situation.” He added: “If you ask me which chart has the most credibility, I can only trust the record company’s professional judgements. The entertainment industry has always had healthy competition, this is a good thing, and it will benefit the fans, but we shouldn’t use any dishonest manner such as buying charts.”

Towards this, Show Luo’s ‘Gold Typhoon’ record company expressed their support, and they invited Leehom to attend their new songs concert on the 14th of February. At the event, they will be selling CDs, so to show the credibility of their retail sale figures. However, SONY issued a statement saying: “We are not directing this at any personal case.”

Jay used magic as an example: “Magic is a beautiful lie, because it makes people happy, but putting this on a singer, eg record company buying charts, will let a singer forever live in lies, unable to get grips with reality.”

Jay Chou meets Hebe, revealed to have surprising understanding with Jolin Tsai

2009-01-01T01:05:00.001-08:00

Source: QQ

The night before Jay Chou attended "Music, Love" in Beijing with a whole host of other artists, he was at the same venue as his rumoured girlfriend S.H.E. member Hebe, it was revealed that he had a surprising understanding with Jolin Tsai, he was also praised by Jackie Chan so he felt loved and alarmed at the same time.
This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com
Even though Jolin Tsai didn't attend but she was still linked with Jay Chou's name, because when Jay Chou was interviewed he said he really wanted to film a sci-fi movie, similarly Jolin Tsai recently expressed her interest in trying out new types of movies, but Jay Chou was generous towards having similar tastes with Jolin Tsai, he even pointed out Jolin had a bit more of a "western" look, she's suitable for filming movies with old Shanghai as a backdrop, when asked if he would mind working with her, he said: "If she likes Chinese style too, a collaboration wouldn't be bad!"

S.H.E. member Ella revealed that a guy friend of hers set his ringtone to Jay Chou's greeting, this caused many funny moments, she said: "Every time I call this guy, I would think I've called Jay by mistake!"

Four Princes back at "One Million Star" as co-hosts

2009-01-01T00:59:00.001-08:00

According to recent reports, Taiwanese Diva A-mei's guest appearance as co-host on Taiwan variety show, One Million Star Season Four, have been highly well-received. The average TV ratings hit 2.93, which is about 1,953,000 viewer-ships. This is coming down as pressure for the "Four Princes of Superstar Avenue" as they take over the baton as co-hosts.

The episode broadcasted on the second last week of 2008 evoked polarizing comments from viewers. Netizens pointed out that A-mei was not as good a host as compared to Dee Hsu and Momoko Tao; however, her on-stage performance as a singing artiste is simply dazzling. Producers are also considering inviting A-mei back to host future episodes should arrangements permits.

One Million Star Season Four's PK rounds will be shortly followed by the revival round. The "Four Princes of Superstar Avenue" - Yoga Lin, Judy Chou, Peter Pan and Stanly Hsu - most outstanding contestants from season one's competition will be returning to the very stage they competed on, to co-host season four with Kevin Tsai.

As they take over from the much acclaimed A-mei, the four princes expressed their anxiety. They have started memorizing names of contestant, so as to not cause a blooper during the show; they have also suggested wearing the "Trainee Host" tags throughout the show. The four princes have also prepared themselves, mentally, for negative feedbacks from viewers.

The revival round was set for Wu Dehong, Hong Qianhan, Fang Youxin, Xu Yurou and Liang Yizhen, to fight for placement back in the competition. Xia Zhengfeng, who was originally in the revival running, had decided to forfeit the competition as he felt he was not truly prepared for the competition. Liang was thus given the opportunity to take his place instead.

The revival ended with Liang, Fang and Wu earning placements back in the competition.

source:Yahoo!SG

Lee-hom falls prey to Diva

2009-01-01T00:58:00.003-08:00

Diva Jolin Tsai has a new love. He is "Music Man" Lee-Hom Wang!? The two were caught on camera, behaving intimately at a snooker club. Well, not really unrehearsed.

The duo was invited to endorse a shampoo and the intimacy was all for the advertisement. In the ad, Tsai is a snooker expert but pretended to be a "noob", scheming for Wang's attention. As Wang held her hands and taught her to hit the balls, they exchanged seductive glances and went on to interlock fingers.

When asked if she will scheme for a man's attention, Tsai said, "Girls do not really need to intentionally charm the guys they like. Tiny movements like exchanging glances, tossing their hair or even just the fragrance from the hair would all work.

"Pretending not to know everything is quite useful in attracting guys; men like to feel that they can protect their girls," she adds.

In response to the plot for the advertisement, Wang said, "Girls these days are very brave; they dare to take initiative and pursue their loves. In fact, boys and girls alike should take more initiative. People in the olden days keep feelings to themselves and lose opportunities for love to blossom."

source: Yahoo!SG

'Double J' onstage together? Jay Chou supports Jerry Yan

2009-01-01T00:58:00.001-08:00

source: Liberty Times
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Jerry Yan has joined Jay Chou’s management company JVR’s first work ‘Starlit’ and this will air later this month on PTS. Outside rumours suggest that at the press conference, Jay will personally attend, ‘Double J’ making appearance together; indeed is attracting a lot of interest.

'Starlit' press conference to be held on Jay Chou's birthday

Upcoming idol drama ‘Starlit’ starring Jerry Yan, Terri Kwan and Alice Tseng will air on the 24th of January. The press conference will be held approximately one week before that, currently is set as the 18th of January. Coincidentally, that day will be Jay Chou’s birthday, and since this drama is also JVR’s first work, outside rumours suggest that the production crew is persevering to get ‘Double J’ on the same stage, so to ‘bless’ the drama.

Jerry likes to play ‘surprise’; at every promotional event, noone knows whether he will really appear or not, and ‘Starlit’ is not an exception. Jerry’s manager Fenny expressed: “We’ve freed up that day, but is not confirmed.” And will Jay really attend? Fenny laughed saying that they have to wait till the date is confirmed before they do any follow-up arrangements.

Jerry’s 32nd birthday; receives presents from around the world

2009 New Year’s Day is also Jerry 32nd birthday. Jerry says his birthday wish is that he “hopes his family and friends will be in good health.” He, who doesn’t have the habit of celebrating his birthday, this year spent his birthday in the recording studio, doing preparations for his new album. However, at night he will go to eat dinner with his mother. Although there’s no celebration, Jerry’s fans from around the world had long prepared their birthday gifts. Earlier, Jerry mentioned he likes to eat soba noodles, so Japanese fans specially sent a box of soba noodles to JVR. Korean fans like to give ginseng, Chinese fans gave him herbal medicine, Hong Kong fans bought a full-page advertisement in the paper to wish him happy birthday. Fans from all over the world also raised 300,000NT to donate to World Vision, specially for Jerry’s birthday, indeed giving their idol a lot of face!

S.H.E Prepared Snacks for Travelling , Ella Addicted to Hair-Plucking

2009-01-01T00:56:00.002-08:00

S.H.E Prepared Snacks for Travelling
Ella Addicted to Hair-Plucking
credit:wyn0602
It had been three years since S.H.E celebrated the New Year in Taiwan. Yesterday, from Taipei to Tainan, they had prepared a full box of snacks, including crackers and instant noodles so that they could replenish their energy at all times. Ella even carried a pincher with her and helped to pluck Selina’s eyebrows on the spot!

Recently Ella got interested in DIY such as plucking hair, picking pimples and even cutting hair. Her make-up artist gave her a pincher with light bulbs which she was showing off to everyone excitedly. She boasted that her handiwork was good and can help pluck unwanted hair for others whenever she had a bit of spare time during travelling. She even spent NTW$ 2000 to purchase a complete set of scissors. Both Selina and Hebe’s dogs became subjects of her experiments. Hebe was quite satisfied with the results but Selina complained: [My Pinky ended up looking like an old soldier with fluffy hair on the body but a crew cut on her head!]

While Hebe was singing [Chinese Words] during the New Year countdown show, the top of her white dress accidentally slipped and was struck on her black belt. Luckily she had a silver T-shirt on the inside and did not expose herself. But it was still quite embarrassing. As soon as she finished the song, she immediately rushed backstage to fix her clothes before going back onstage again.

translated by : wyn0602 of CEFC
credits : CEFC and Chinatimes
original source : http://showbiz.chinatimes.com/Chinatimes/E...0100260,00.html

related clips :

S.H.E @ 2009 New Year Concert in Taipei

Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56zOT6mYMZs
Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGSNp1JYbn0
Part 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TliK_SLCDR

S.H.E @ 2009 New Year Concert in Tainan

Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJqwvP8vp84
Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbK5KPnMXSI
Part 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5aBzpzwHCA

credits : ellahkfc

Getting geeky with Wang

2009-01-01T00:56:00.001-08:00

Getting geeky with Wang
By TASH AW
Source: http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.as...4&sec=music
What do you get when you put an erudite author who loves music and an intelligent singer in love with language into a small room together for two hours? An intriguing pop literary analysis!

AND then there are the parallel minor seventh leaps, which I think are the most accessible to Asian ears … yes, absolutely, there’s a universality in aesthetics….”

He goes on eagerly, “Do you know Bernstein’s Norton Lectures? ... Oh, it is a challenge in Chinese because of the lack of the stressed and unstressed … but the eubonics of Mandarin….”

American-Taiwanese singer/songwriter Wang Leehom is really in his element now. After a slightly cautious start to our interview, he begins to open up, and we talk freely about a huge range of subjects about which he seems absolutely passionate: composer Leonard Bernstein’s famous lectures at Harvard in 1973, Chinese vs English linguistics, cultural dichotomies, his early hatred of German composer and music theorist Paul Hindemith.

It’s fascinating stuff, but as he hits his stride and the ideas start to flow thick and fast, I must admit to feeling just a little bit unsettled.

As a professional writer, I’m accustomed to long intellectual discussions – it’s almost as if that is what people expect from writers even if we would rather be talking about football or rom-coms.

But with Wang, it’s different. This guy is, after all, a bona fide pop star, one of the few pan-Asian pop icons around. Frankly, you don’t expect a major pop celebrity to toss Hindemith casually into the conversation (let’s face it, Hindemith isn’t exactly a household name!).

But then again, Wang is not your average celebrity.

Genesis of a conversation

For some time, I have been discussing possible subjects for an article for StarMag. As my entire existence seems in one way or another to be devoted to literature, I wanted to branch out and write about something or someone who was not directly related to books, but was in some way deeply involved in the creative process – a filmmaker, perhaps, or a playwright.

I was interested in people who are representative of contemporary Asian culture, whose work reflects the fascinating mix of cultures in a rapidly globalising world.

Although I had long been a fan of Wang’s music, it was his role as the idealistic young nationalist Kuang Yumin in Ang Lee’s 2007 masterpiece, Lust, Caution, that first made me sit up and think about Wang’s work as a whole – not merely as a singer, but as a creative performing artist.

In a world where artists are, like everyone else, falling victim to the pressures of spin and marketing, Wang’s ability to retain his artistic integrity fascinates me, as does his seemingly effortless capacity to translate his appeal across borders.

So on a recent visit to Taipei, I asked if I could speak to him about these and other things. He very kindly took a couple of hours out of his hectic schedule to chat with me. Here are some extracts from what turned out to be an entirely surprising and illuminating conversation.

It’s such a pleasure to meet you. There’s so much I want to ask you, and I’m not quite sure where to begin. All I know is that I don’t want to ask you questions like, “What’s your favourite colour?”

“Oh, really? (laughs – maybe nervously – and looks a bit worried?). I get asked that a lot!

I was thinking maybe we could just start by talking about your music. There are one or two of your songs that hold particular interest for me, but maybe you’d like to pick one first.

Hmm, okay. How about Kiss Goodbye (from Wang’s 2006 album, Heroes of the Earth)? There’s a symmetry in that song that comes from Leonard Bernstein, who’s one of my favourite composers. Are you familiar with his work?

Yes. I think he’s very under-rated nowadays. Many people tend to think of him as a light-classical composer, not up there with the greats, but in fact he’s a genius.

Absolutely. He’s a big influence on me. What he uses a lot, and what I used for Kiss Goodbye, were these parallel minor seventh leaps, which I think are very accessible to the Asian ear.

There are all kinds of subtle leaps – intervallic and tri tone leaps. I used small measures all the time in this song – in the very first phrase and then they continue throughout.

I find that interesting: the borrowing of Western classical composition techniques to construct a modern Chinese pop song.

Yes, but I prefer to see it as something universal. There’s a kind of universality of aesthetics, which Bernstein speaks about in his Norton Lectures. He was very concerned with language and the universality of sounds and gestures ...

... Meaning that certain sounds and words transcend cultural and temporal boundaries?

Absolutely. Some things are the same in any language, any culture. For example, the word for “Mother” is always a variant of “ma” – the sound, if you like, of a baby reaching for its mother’s breast. In terms of ideas, big is always better, small is negative.

It’s interesting that – musically, at least – you think in what seems to be a universal way. Do you think that this is partly an explanation for your success? I mean, you’ve just mentioned the universal concept of “Big is Better”, and certainly, there is a sense that your work is destined for a big audience. The scope and ambition is almost palpable.

Yes, I guess so. My early musical ambitions always involved big-scale music-making. I’ve always wanted to communicate with a large audience. I guess I’ve always believed that there’s something there in society, brewing, waiting to be tapped into. Music can be a very powerful tool – like writing.

Did you ever believe that things would turn out this way? I mean, that you were going to be a pop star?

(Laughs.) At some point I realised that I had to give in to my fate. I guess it was quite early. I thought: “This is what you’re going to be doing for the rest of your life”. And it felt natural.

I’m guessing that your musical education was pretty formal, very rigorous.

Yes, totally. I started conservatory very young – I grew up in Rochester, New York, where there’s one of the most famous music schools in the world, the Eastman School of Music.

Then at college I studied ethnomusicology and took a special interest in composers like (early 20th century classical music composers Bela) Bartok and (Claude) Debussy – people who changed the way we listen to music. By realising that ethnic music could define sound, they changed musical theory itself.

Of course, there’s a direct parallel between Bartok’s investigation of gypsy folk music and your own work. Could you talk a bit about this?

Absolutely! A number of years ago I travelled through Tibet and Mongolia recording the music and songs of ethnic minorities. It was a very rich experience. I wanted to incorporate those sounds into contemporary music to try and change the way we approach the contemporary form.

You used this to stunning effect, I think, in your 2005 album Heroes of the Earth. I remember being completely blown away the first time I heard Hua Tian Cuo (translated roughly – and unsatisfactorily – as Mistake in the Flower Field). To me, it seems to capture the spirit of East Asian pop culture today.

It was so musically innovative – the erhu (Chinese two-string violin) was totally unexpected, as was the vocal line making reference to Beijing opera. It’s really not what you’d expect in a Chinese pop song. It’s a breath of fresh air – even today. Did you set out to be consciously innovative with that album?

Very much so. It’s interesting that you picked up on the vocal line, because there’s a lot of melisma (the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession, as heard in plainsong or the blues) in that song.

I wanted that melismatic line to refer to traditional Beijing opera and kunqu (traditional Chinese theatre) because language is something that’s really important to me. I like to explore the potential of the Chinese language, to see how it can offer a more satisfying experience than English.

With Hua Tian Cuo I asked to study with some of the greatest Beijing opera singers to study their technique, but these guys don’t teach in the formal Western sense. They just imitate their teachers at first, then develop their own style.

It’s very hard training, because it isn’t structured, and by the age of 50 their voices are gone! There’s a lot of pain involved, physical and emotional.

I’m interested to know how the music industry regards such innovation. I’m presuming that your name and reputation buy you quite a lot of leeway, but how do the marketing and PR people react when you go to them and say, “My next album is going to involve a load of traditional instruments”?

(Chuckles.) Yeah, that’s always tricky. I’ve just always had a resistance to marketing, to pigeon-holing. Human beings are eclectic, and music should be too.

I’ve always just wanted to be a pop guy who does what he wants, just like all the artists I admire – Prince, R. Kelly, Outkast, Missy Elliot. They’re people who make the music they want. They leave the marketing to others.

Okay, to be honest, I did feel the pressure when the market was healthy. But with the world’s economy as it is now, I feel very liberated. As long as I can get by, just making the kind of music I want to, I’ll be happy.

Look at R. Kelly. He’s always going to be around – maybe never as present as someone like Kanye West, but he’s always doing interesting stuff. Whether writing or producing or performing, he always just doing his own thing.

I guess there’s always going to be pressure on creative artists, not just from the marketing people but from within. It’s a balance between wanting to communicate with an audience, wanting to be heard or read and understood – and wanting to innovate. Creativity is essentially a personal thing, but we have to recognise that we live in modern times, driven by market forces. It’s hard.

I understand completely. I see myself as a writer too, whatever style I’m working with. When I write and compose, there’s a certain degree of ambiguity. My work is quite metaphoric, which is very common in Chinese culture, I think – but it’s also dangerous and exciting because it’s ambiguous.

Getting literary

Could you talk a little about innovation and language? Because there’s a really strong sense of the importance of language in all your work. You mentioned R. Kelly, who is playful with his lyrics, isn’t he?

Yes! He shows how you can mutate and mutilate words and language, but at the same time, everyone can understand what you’re saying. Think of Bump and Grind (1994), for example.

There used to be an obsession, in Chinese-speaking countries, with correct pronunciation – much less so now, which I find fascinating and exciting. It offers so many possibilities for rhymes and experimenting.

Chinese is evolving faster than we realise – every six months you’ll hear some new expression. Not slang, exactly, just a different way of saying things. In my new album, there’s a song called Ai de De Ti …

… Which, roughly, means The Primness or Correctness of Love? Or Love’s Chastity?

Yes, “de ti” meaning “prim and proper”. But “de ti”, also sounds like “dirty” in English, especially with your British accent! So there’s a play on words, with a more adult subtext. Everyone will know what it’s about. It changes and subverts the meaning of the lyrics. I think of it sometimes as the eubonics of Mandarin – I like the idea of an evolving language.

“Slang” often has negative connotations, but often these off-shoots of conventional language are essential to the vitality of the language itself. You can see this in Malaysia very clearly. Malay and English, and even Chinese have a very strong identity in their everyday spoken form. We identify through our own brand of spoken Malay or English. No one else in the world speaks these languages like we do.

It’s so fascinating. My bass player is British, a Cockney, and he was teaching me that slang … like, what do you call it?

You mean rhyming slang?

Yeah – it’s so weird! But also great. There are words for everything, like feet, what was it?

Plates of meat.

What?

Plates of meat: feet.

(Laughs.) That’s so funny.

You were talking about subversion. Well, rhyming slang is a very good example of how rude things can be said in polite company, and how certain words are used by people all the time when, really, they mean something very, very crude.

Oh really? (Sits up attentively.) Such as?

Berk. You sometimes hear people say, “He’s a berk”, meaning he’s stupid. It sounds inoffensive but it’s actually rhyming slang for something rude. And now it has passed into ordinary language without anyone noticing it.

So what does it rhyme with?

Um, maybe we shouldn’t go there….

Well, if you say so ... but I think you should tell me!

(A brief explanation follows. I can’t actually bring myself to say the word to one of Asia’s biggest pop stars, and it wouldn’t be published in a mainstream newspaper anyway, but it’s pretty clear what it is!)

That’s funny! I didn’t know that.

Okay, moving swiftly on! Still on the subject of language, and since you mentioned eubonics, can you talk a bit about writing rap in Chinese? How big a challenge is it for you?

A huge challenge. I can make it work, but I have to try very hard. I have to push and train myself the whole time. I mean, a Mandarin freestyle rapper is not going to have a big career!

In English, the ability to rhyme multi-syllabically is such a huge advantage. Authority-majority-sorority. The rhythm is there. In Mandarin you have to work your ass off to get the same effect! But what I’ve done is to make dense rhyming schemes in Chinese, which is something you can’t do in English.

Away from rap, do these linguistic aspects constrain or affect your songwriting? I’m just curious to know if someone like you, trained essentially in the Western tradition, senses any need for adjustment.

Yes and no. I don’t feel limited by them, but I do have to recognise certain differences. For example, the lack of consonant endings in Mandarin. Every word ends with a vowel – it starts with an attack and ends with openness. In English you have the reverse, clearly seen in exclamations – “What!” or “F…!” (Laughs.)

These sounds are very important in recording. They effect volume and frequencies. The sibilants are much more pronounced in Mandarin, and you pick these up when recording.

Breaking rules

Listening to your music, there’s a sense that you’ve come to grips with your voice over the years. I think you’re more assured on the higher notes now, and more relaxed on the lower. In 2007’s Xing Qi Liu De Shen Ye (rough translation: Saturday Midnight, from the album Change Me), for example, the really intimate style of recording allows us to hear the slight rough edges on certain notes, as if you deliberately left them in to give a sense of familiarity and loneliness.

Absolutely. I started training when I was a child, classically, and I’ve been doing it ever since. It’s fundamental. You’re right in that I think I know this voice very well now. I know what it can do and what it can’t, and I’m more comfortable with it than before.

The song you mentioned was something I just recorded late one night. I just went in the studio, composed, played and sang, just like that. On my own. I didn’t force my voice, I just sang.

In my latest single, however, my style is different. It’s punk rock, like almost screaming. It has divided opinion – some people love it, others really, really hate it. I want to break new territory with my voice – no one sings like that in Chinese, in an almost Kurt Cobain or Sid Vicious style.

(Later, I’m given a copy of the new single, “Yao Gun Zen Me Le?” – “What’s Up, Rock?” – and it’s a marked departure from his previous work. I won’t describe it here, but simply suggest you look up the brilliant video on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=bOhtGL_ayZ4.)

I’m fascinated to hear that you think your classical training enabled you to sing punk rock! And I agree entirely. With any creative art form, I believe that you have to know the rules before you can break them.

Exactly! I’m always seeing young guys in Asia who are all attitude and want to do their own thing – and that’s great too – but it often takes them a long time to find out that really suits them.

Lust-ful experience

Speaking of pushing boundaries, was the experience of working with Ang Lee on Lust, Caution something that stretched you?

That was just amazing. It made me more ambitious and more courageous. Definitely. It made me want to experiment and look for new things.

There’s one scene in particular, when a fight ends with you and your compatriots stabbing another character repeatedly, and then you follow the dying man down some stairs and break his neck with your bare hands.

It’s one of the most horrifying scenes in modern cinema because of the starkness of its emotions – the camera never flinches and there’s no music. Incredibly powerful. How on earth do you prepare for a scene like that?

(Sighs and looks down at the table.) You don’t. You can’t. You can’t prepare because it’s not acting any more. I don’t know how he does it, but Ang Lee makes everything seem real. I mean, I was crying for a long time afterwards – a long time. It was incredibly powerful, even for the actors.

I was really taken aback by this loss of control. It was something else that the film taught me – that there were so many things that I didn’t know. Ang Lee changes things. He’s an idealist, and he keeps pushing. That’s what I learnt from making that movie. I’m a lot less scared of failure now.

That’s very interesting to hear, because a lot of people would be tempted to say that you’re someone who’s always been in control, who’s never known failure.

But I have! I experience failure all the time! As a writer, you must know this. Failure is part of the job if you’re an artist. People just don’t see it, that’s all. It doesn’t mean that just because you’re a respected and well-known artist, life becomes easy.

You have to keep on working. That’s the most important lesson you can learn. I’m going to keep on auditioning for films – some I’ll get, others I won’t. It’s not going to stop me.

And it’s the same for my music. People like Ang Lee inspire me. Idealistic, rabble-rousing people, like Stevie Wonder – the sun is brighter when he’s playing in my headphones! It’s this optimism and energy that I hope I can project too.

Living famous

Do you think that talent competitions and reality TV shows are a good thing for young performers?

Well, on the one hand, they allow young people a way in, but the downside is that they make you believe that there is a right way and a wrong way to sing, and that is based solely on the opinions of the judges. They can destroy your confidence, and that’s not a good thing. And they also focus on the celebrity aspect rather than the music.

Recently, in Britain, there was a survey of children aged seven to 14, who were asked what they wanted to be when they grew up. A shocking percentage – I can’t remember how many exactly, but at least 50% - said “A Celebrity”. They didn’t say “actor” or “singer” or whatever, because that wasn’t important. The only important thing was to be famous.

(Laughs.) I shouldn’t laugh – that’s scary! And sad, too. If only they knew....

How bad is it, really? Is the celebrity thing just an annoyance, or does it profoundly affect your life?

(Shakes his head.) It’s terrible. I can’t tell you the number of times I wish I had that Harry Potter cloak, you know, the one you can just put over yourself and become invisible. It’s a nightmare.

I have to draw my blinds 24/7, and every time I go in and out of my building there are cameras and paparazzi waiting outside. And the rumours … they’re the worst. People just say stuff about you, as if they know you. They just make it all up.

Thanks very much for your time, Leehom. I look forward to your new album – oh, wait, one more question, please. The readers will want to know this.

Sure.

What’s your favourite colour?

(Giggles, looks confused – too simple a question for this young man, obviously!) Um.…

Only joking! Shall I just make it up?

Rainie Yang joined the entertainment circle when she was 16 to pay her family's 10 Million Dollar debt

2008-12-31T01:50:00.003-08:00

Rainie Yang joined the entertainment circle when she was 16 to pay her family's 10 Million Dollar debt
Source: The Sun
Translated by: Firesheepy @ http://asianfanatics.net

The day before yesterday, Rainie Yang was interviewed by the magazine about kinship, love and also her declaration of happiness. Rainie joined the entertainment circle when she was 16 to help pay the 10 Million dollars debt her family owed, but she didn’t feel that it was tough, but rather she was grateful for her mother to work a few jobs to feed the family in order not to let her sister and her suffer, last year after she finally cleared the debt, Rainie bought a big house for her mother to enjoy.

As for love, Rainie’s dream relationship is to be sweet and have sparks occasionally; she also wants her boyfriend to respect her job. As for her dream lover, Rainie disclosed that she really cares about look, thus her boyfriend must be handsome, and if possible, he must love himself, be mature, humorous, filial and intimate, just like a perfect man. As for her Rainie, she felt that ‘contented and happy’ is her declaration of happiness, Rainie is not a greedy girl, she is very contented with what she has, and if she sees that the person she loved is happy, she would feel very happy.

Show Luo french Kisses with Alice Ceng, Wife fans accuse him of having an affair.

2008-12-31T01:50:00.001-08:00

Show Luo french Kisses with Alice Ceng, Wife fans accuse him of having an affair.
source: chinatimes
translated: JPOO @ asianfanatics.net

羅志祥 Show Luo (Xiao Zhu) and 曾愷玹 Alice Ceng's kissing scene in show's new MV (搞笑) "Joking around" was way too over, the overly sentimental "french kiss" scene made the fans very angry and jealous, because in the past Xiao Zhu would call his fans his "wives" and he would call himself the "husband" never thought that these intimate names would give himself trouble, his fans called the kissing scene an affair, and last weekend when he had a concert in GuangZhou there was even a fan who wrote a big poster protesting, demanding show to not kiss Alice Ceng again!

In the middle of this year, Xiao Zhu and Alice Ceng collaborated in a shampoo advertisment, and now he asked her to starr in his MV and even gave his first MV kiss to her and their interactions were also very intimate.
From what we know, the day of kising scene, the sounds of them kissing were so loud even the staff surrounding them were embarrased just by listening, and in the MV you can also see how wild their spark is together.

Xiao Zhu's been in the industry for 10+ years but he's only had a kissing scene with 葉安婷Ye An Ting in 蘋果咬一口"Expect A Miracle" which was cut out and in "corner with love" with Da S but it was an innocent kiss which didn't make his fans have too big of a negative response. Xiao Zhu who has always acted disgusting as in the way of amusing was always in harmony with his "wife fans".

But this time, his fans made big posters protesting, and were also criticizing on the web, they keep on saying Xiao Zhu and Alice Ceng's french kiss was over the top! and he didn't even care one bit about his Luo wives' feelings, someone even suggested to pretend to be blind, and pretend that it never happened, now obviously after Xiao Zhu's one kiss it has made his "husband" status very unstable, towards this Xiao Zhu softly appeased and said that him and Alice Ceng are both professional actors, fans please don't think too much.

Joe Nieh's lover apologizes to Vivian Chow

2008-12-31T01:48:00.000-08:00

Source: Yahoo Singapore, Channel News Asia

Miffty Zhang, girl involved in scandal with Hong Kong writer Joe Nieh, sent out a press release through her lawyer in Hong Kong on Monday, expressing her deepest apologies to everyone affected.

The scandal was exposed on tabloids when they were caught in passionate kisses at a nightspot and created a drama for Nieh's relationship with girlfriend Vivian Chow. Both Chow and Nieh announced their break up on Dec 11; four days after the photos were published. On Dec 18, Nieh surprise the public by announcing that he has successfully proposed to Chow and is currently amidst their wedding preparations.

In Zhang's press release, she said:

"The incident at Lam Kwai Fong happened about a fortnight ago. I am just a 22-year-old student who is in Hong Kong to pursue my studies. I am not a public figure and I cannot handle the fictitious reports and criticisms on various media. I chose to return home, reflected on my behavior and sought my family's opinion on the matter.

It seems that the matter lost control. Media fabricated stories and various blogs passed off my identity, conjuring untrue reports and messages, affecting my family, friends and school. I am deeply regretful for my actions or behavior which has brought pressure and trouble. On accepting my family and friends' advices, I am now facing up with responsibilities and hereby, I would like to express my sincere apologies and clarify the misunderstandings the public have of me. This will be my one and only response regarding the matter."

However, a Hong Kong weekly magazine reported that Zhang has been bombarding Nieh with SMS and phone calls after knowing that he has chosen to marry Chow. She also threatened to end her life if he continues with the wedding. To avoid staging a tragedy, Nieh has persuaded Chow to postpone their wedding.

Ayu confirms Kohaku appearance

2008-12-31T01:47:00.000-08:00

The rehearsal for NHK's 59th Kohaku Uta Gassen took place on Monday. Ayumi Hamasaki was absent due to her injured right hand, but her agency announced that the injury won't be stopping her from appearing at Kohaku on Wednesday. Avex also confirmed that Hamasaki will still be doing her two countdown concerts at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Hamasaki was reportedly determined to go through with her performances, and her doctor agreed to let her as long as she doesn't put too much strain on her hand.

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Jay Chou: want to put my songs forward to Jackie Chan, Jolin Tsai very Western flavour

2008-12-30T00:14:00.001-08:00

Source: Sina

The "Music - Love" 2008 M. Music was held on the night of the 28th with many stars from all 3 regions participating. Backstage Jay Chou expressed that the ringtone he uses is the theme song to "Huo Yuan Jia", he's been using it for a while, because he has always liked the Chinese style.

When asked about whether he would write songs for Jackie Chan because Jackie said he admired Jay, Jay Chou said: "If I was to write a song for him I would write Dragon Fist. Because I like Chinese style, plus he's the leader in terms of martial arts in China, for my song to combine with his martial arts, if we get together we can attract foreigners to listen to Chinese music, because he's been abroad all this time. I would also consider writing movie songs for Jackie Chan, actually I've written many theme songs before, the theme song to "Beggar So 2" is written by me. I really want to get a chance to put myself forward to him, I might say to Jaycee Chan: Hey, make you father listen to my songs, it's Chinese style, very diao.
This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com
Jay Chou expressed that this time he talked to Leehom Wang a lot of questions in terms of music "I think everyone should learn from each other's strengths, I'm very honoured at the high praise Jackie Chan has given me, if he wants to work with me I'm very happy to agree. But I'm just not very confident with my martial arts movies. But after filming "Beggar So 2" it's improved a lot, I've got confidence to go and try it out.

Leehom Wang worked on a song with Jane Zhang in his new album, has Jay Chou thought about working with a Mainland China artist, for example Chris Lee? Jay Chou said: "Before I've only worked with Fei Yu Qing. Because I'm very eccentric when it comes to making music, I'm used to doing my own thing, when I work with someone else I always like to meddle with them, so I'm scared of getting into arguments with others, so I rarely want to work with other artists. If it's someone I'm very familiar with such as Nan Quan Mama then we work well together. If it's acting in a film, I like playing the knight or hero in a martial arts or sci-fi movie."

Before Jolin Tsai has said she also likes to act in martial arts or sci-fi movies, would you work with her? "If it's Chinese style, of course I'm willing to work with her. I think Jolin Tsai has a lot of Western flavour, she's even more suitable for that old Shanghai style. For instance wearing Qipao or a Tang dress will be even more suitable." When asked if he wanted to work with Zhou Xun, Jay Chou said that originally they had a chance to collaborate in "Beggar So 2", but it's a pity they don't have any scenes together, he hopes that if they get a chance in the future they can work together, and try out the "double Chou group".

'Double J' unable to reconcile; Jolin Tsai collaborates with Leehom Wang

2008-12-30T00:13:00.000-08:00

source: chinatimes
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

‘Double J’ has again become a hot topic; on the 28th, the 2008 Wireless Music Awards were held and Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai has once again sat on the throne for highest annual sales for the second consecutive year. The funny thing is, when Jackie Chan won ‘Best Loving Song’ for his song ‘Death Can’t Keep Us Apart’, he joked that even a person like him who can’t sing can get an award, Jay Chou and Leehom Wang should watch out!

Intially, Jay wanted to express his wish to work with Jackie through his son Jaycee Chan, but unexpectedly, the 2 met backstage at the awards, hence Jay expressed his wish to write songs for him, wanting to combine his Chinese style with Jackie’s martial arts, so to attract more foreigners to listen. When Jackie heard this, he was extremely surprised but happy and afterwards, he especially phoned Jay to ask him to be the vice chairman for his ‘Volunteer Foundation’, having equal status with Andy Lau.

Jay’s JVR company yesterday expressed: “Jay did receive Jackie’s phone call. Actually, he has long been sustaining various public welfare activities, so of course he has accepted Jackie’s invitation. In the future, Jay will focus on getting uneducated children back to school, and use his work status to offer love to children all over the world.”

On the night of the awards, Jay also met up with Leehom Wang backstage. Leehom joked: “We haven’t taken a photo together in 10 years!” forgetting that they had taken a photo together during ‘Secret’ s premiere last year.

Although ‘Double J’ were unable to get together as Jolin did not attend, she earlier collaborated with Leehom in a new shampoo ad. In the ad, the 2 play pool together, under the guidance of Hong Kong champion Ye Yun Han. Jolin laughed saying: “I give 100 points for Leehom’s handsome posture, but his accuracy does not differ too much from mine!” This ad tells of Jolin being an expert pool player, but she gets Leehom to teach her, so to create an opportunity for close interactions. Jolin expressed that sometimes, pretending to be a little girl that doesn’t know anything will give guys a feeling of wanting to be protected, and girls using this method will often be successful.

Magazine report claims Joe Nieh is forced to postpone his wedding date due to death threats from Miffty Zhang

2008-12-30T00:12:00.000-08:00

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: Matchbox @ mediachamber.net
While Joe Nieh held hands with Vivian Chow in high profile and showed that they are happy. Third party Miffty Zhang still didn't give up and sent death threats to him. Today Hong Kong's magazine "Oriental Sunday" published a report that stated in order to avoid any tragedy from happening that Joe and Vivian decided to postpone their wedding date.

"Oriental Sunday" reported that Joe (Nicknamed tumour) and Vivian (Crazy in love V) will still have many arguments because Miffty is having an emotional breakdown. She attempted to commit sucide by cutting her wrist twice and even sent death threats to Joe that stated "Come and see me, talk to me." The shocking sentence was "When I'm gone you can send me lillies." This line gave out a threatening message.

The magazine reported that Miffty had constantly been calling Joe on the phone to find out what was going on, however was only transferred to his mail box. This made her go mad and sent threatening SMS messages in order for him to return her calls. A friend revealed "When Joe saw Miffty's threatening messages of wanting to die due to love, he found it very scary. If anything happens and it causes a loss of life then it will be really hard to deal with in the future."

As well as having to consider delaying the wedding date to avoid Miffty's actions, he also ordered a pair of "Tiffany" silver wedding rings so that he could appease both sides.

Jackie Chan: No matter who sings, he/she would still be awarded; Appreciates Jay Chou & Wang Leehom the most

2008-12-30T00:11:00.001-08:00

Jackie Chan: No matter who sings, he/she would still be awarded; Appreciates Jay Chou & Wang Leehom the most
Source: Sina
Date: Sunday December 28, 2008
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
On the 28th, the '2008 Wireless Music Awards' was held in the Beijing Workers Stadium, with top singers from all parts of China attending it. Big Brother Jackie Chan's (成龙) presence was the highlight of the night. Backstage, he accepted interviews from the media.

Jackie expressed: "To tell you the truth, when I got the invitation to come, I was very surprised. This is the first time in 15 or 16 years that I've been to a music event. Right now my ringtone is 'Believe Yourself' (相信自己), before this I've used 'Legend' (神话) and 'Chain of Life and Death' (生死不离), all my songs (laughs). I am not a singer, many of the invitations I've received are all foreign, and I've never been to them. One of my more popular songs last time was 'Understand My Heart', but that was a long time ago." He humbly expressed that no matter who it was that sang 'Chain of Life and Death', it would still get recognition, because anyone would get touched by it during the time of the disaster.

Asked about his appointment as Vice-Chairman of the Film Society and his views on the future of movies, Jackie said: "I only got to know the news yesterday when I stepped off the airplane. I have very big confidence in China's movies. These few years, China's movies have been growing more than 30-40%. However, if we could alter the price for those in farms and second-rate cities, it would be even better as more people would be able to watch them. It will also be more suitable to release the DVD of the movie a few months after it premieres. But right now more and more people are visiting the cinemas, so there is a rather bright future ahead."

Who are the singers that Jackie appreciates the most? "The male singers I appreciate most are Wang Leehom (王力宏) and Jay Chou (周杰伦), and I really want to work together with them, because they have so much talent - they can play the piano so well, write songs, sing... all-rounded. They are the outstanding ones in the new generation of singers, hence I want to work with them. If I want to film a new movie, I would also want to work with the two of them."

2008 Wireless Music Awards; Jackie Chan & Jay Chou praise each other

2008-12-29T02:08:00.001-08:00

source: QQ
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Yesterday, the ‘Music-Love’ 2008 Wireless Music Awards were held in Beijing and Jay Chou won 3 big awards – ‘Best-Selling Film Song’, ‘Best Singer-Songwriter’ and ‘Best-Selling Male Singer’. And his previous rumoured girlfriend won ‘Best-Selling Female Singer’ with 16163451 downlaods. However, she did not attend the awards ceremony, and this ‘golden couple’ missed out on the chance to be nostage together.

Busy: Jackie Chan & Leehom Wang rushing to attend events

On the night of the awards, many stars were gathered together, such as Jackie Chan, Jay Chou, Leehom Wang, Karen Mok, Li Yu Chun, Jane Zhang, S.H.E, Wilber Pan and other artists. Good things come in bunches, big-time stars rarely have the opportunity to come to Beijing, naturally their schedule is very full.

When Jackie Chan arrived in Beijing yesterday morning, he immediately rushed to attend ‘Volunteers – True Yao Zhong Hua’ charity event and he personally donated $1,000,000. At night, he attended the awards ceremony and competed for awards against the younger generation. When he accepted his ‘Most Loving Song’, Jackie laughed saying: “Jay Chou, Leehom Wang, watch out!” On the other side, Leehom Wang lost count of the number of events he attended that day. In the afternoon, he held a fan-meet event to promote for his new album, however even when he accepted an interview, he appeared to be very weak and tired. At night, he then had to attend the awards ceremony, but he accepted his awards in high spirts; evidently his professionalism can be seen.

Praise: Stars flatter each other

At night, during interviews with various artists, when talking about the singers they most admire, the names Jay Chou, Leehom Wang and Jane Zhang seemed to be a common answer, even big brother Jackie Chan was not an exception: “The male singers I most admire is Leehom Wang and Jay Chou. I really wish I can have the chance to work with them, because they have a lot of talent, can play piano, compose, sing, very all-rounded. Even for films, I will want to work with them.”

Coming from the new generation of Chinese singers, Jane Zhang was the artist, which people most wish to work with from mainland China. Leehom Wang and Wilber Pan also both expressed their admiration for Jane, and they hope to have the chance to work with her. When asked about his impression of Jane, Leehom replied: “Because I really like her songs, the first time I heard her song was in ‘Impression West Lake’. And Wilber said that Jane is a very good singer, and he hopes to have the opportunity to work with her.

Diao: Jay Chou wants to write song for Jackie Chan

Jay Chou says: “If I write a song for Jackie, then I will write ‘Dragon Fist’.”

Jay expressed that he himself really likes Chinese style, and since Jackie is the leader of martial arts in China, “my song and his martial arts can combine together, and we can attract a lot of foreigners to listen to Chinese music, since he’s always overseas.” I would also consider writing a film song for Jackie, actually I’ve written many film songs in the past, like the theme song in‘Beggar So 2’is written by me. I really wish to find the opportunity to recommend myself to him. Maybe I should say to his son Jaycee: “Hey, tell your father to listen to my songs, it’s Chinese style, very diao.”

Mike He and Joe Cheng both appear like strangers

2008-12-29T02:07:00.001-08:00

Mike He and Joe Cheng both appear like strangers
Source: hoonews
Translated by: indescribable @ http://asianfanatics.net/
The 28th is Mike He (Xiao Mei)'s 25th birthday, yet he still has to spend it at work, filming a commercial with good friend Joe Cheng (Xiao Zhong) and Chen Qiao En at Taipei's Yehliu coast. This is Xiao Mei and Xiao Zhong’s first collaboration after their past 'Brokeback' situation. They and Chen Qiao En went very early in the morning to Yehliu; the story is that Xiao Zhong drives a convertible sports car first, carrying Chen Qiao En, and Xiao Mei rides a motorcycle, then the three play together in the sand on the beach.

Hong Kong's [Sing Tao Daily] reported that from what was seen on the scene, Chen Qiao En deliberately gave Xiao Zhong the cold shoulder, but chatted and could not stop laughing with Xiao Mei, leaving Xiao Zhong no other choice but to play on his own at the side, looking depressed. There are rumours that Xiao Mei's pay for filming the commercial is up to $8,700,000NT, higher than Xiao Zhong's $5,800,000NT, but the duo denied that they were not getting along well because of this, and also emphasized that they do not know each other's salaries. When the topic of the two's thinning friendship was brought up, Xiao Zhong's manager He An Li explained that because the filming schedule is very packed, during break times everyone would return to their own cars to rest, so there is no opportunity to chat. The manager of Xiao Mei also indicated that they also took the advantage of the opportunities to chat; there is no discord at all.

S.H.E Recalled Experience of Fooled by Ringtone Listed Mainland Artist They Most Wanted to Work With

2008-12-29T02:06:00.001-08:00

On December 28th, top singers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China gathered at the Workers’ Sports Center in Beijing for the 2008 Wireless Music Award. Backstage, Sina interviewed S.H.E.

All three members of S.H.E indicated that they liked using ringtones. Most of their ringtones were their own songs and they would request their families and staff members to use ringtones to promote their songs. Ella said: [The ringtone my father uses is the song I wrote “Wifey”. I feel so happy each time I call and hear this song. My own ringtones are “Face to Face” by Sandy Lam, and our own “Say you Love Me”.] Hebe’s ringtone was a song by Norah Jones because she liked the feeling of jazz music. Selina’s ringtone was “Still Would Be Lonely”.

Ella even described an interesting experience on the spot: [I have a good friend who uses a very funny ringtone that says “Hello, I am Jay Chou” and it really was Jay Chou’s voice. It made me wonder every time why it would be Jay’s voice. Actually it was from a recording my friend had made and even though I knew that, but I still was fooled each time.]

When asked if they would like to collaborate with artists from mainland China, S.H.E expressed that there were many mainland Chinese artists that they liked. Selina said she had paid special attention to Chen Chu-sheng, really admired his vocals and all aspects of his talent and felt that his singing sounded very nice. Hebe said that she liked Jane Zhang Liang-ying’s voice and kept praising that [Drawing Heart] was a really good song. Hebe revealed that she most wanted to be able to collaborate with Faye Wong, however, she did not know whether such a chance would still be possible. Ella said that she most wished to collaborate with Han Hong: [Her vocal range is very high and mine is very low, so the effect would be very interesting. Selina had previously collaborated with Leehom Wang. If in mainland China, we most wanted to work with Anson Hu Yan Bin, because we are very good friends with Anson Hu, know him very well, so well that we call him “Little Bin Bin”.]

translated by : wyn0602 of CEFC
credits : CEFC and sina.cn
original source : http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2008-12-28/22352318642.shtml

Wang LeeHom Takes Advantage of Father's Free Time; Asks Him To Help Him Lyricize

2008-12-29T02:05:00.000-08:00

Wang LeeHom Takes Advantage of Father's Free Time; Asks Him To Help Him Lyricize
Date: December 28, 2008
News Source: Yahoo! Taiwan, ChinaTimes, http://asianfanatics.net/forum/
Translation Credit: tammiest @ http://asianfanatics.net/
Wang LeeHom just finished a 12-hour trip, flying from Taipei to Shanghai, and then to Hong Kong, holding album release press conferences in all three places. On the 27th, he returned to Taipei and held an autograph concert at Xi Men Ding. He's certainly been traveling non-stop!

At the autograph concert, LeeHom performed his new song, 春雨洗過的太陽 [Chun Yu Xi Guo De Tai Yang] [The Sun, Cleansed by The Spring Rain]. He explained that this song, following 搖滾怎麼了!! [Yao Gun Zen Me Le!!] [Rock 'n' Roll What's Wrong With Me!?] is the second time he has collaborated with his own father. In his opinion, his father's Chinese is extremely good-- it's just that, in the past, his father was too busy. Now that LeeHom's younger brother has graduated from college, his father has much more free time. Thus, he was able to persuade his father to help him lyricize. When asked whether or not he would revise or alter his father's work,LeeHom laughed and said, "If necessary, I'll still revise it a little."

2008 Wireless Music Award Recipients

2008-12-29T02:03:00.000-08:00

Awards for the Songs Category:

Best Selling Film Music:
Jay Chou's 周杰伦 [Rainbow 彩虹], downloaded 2739206 times

Best Selling Duet:
Wang Leehom 王力宏 & Selina's [You're the Song of my Heart 你是我心里的一首歌]
2008 Wireless Music Award Recipients
Source: Jay CN
Date: Sunday December 28, 2008
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
Best Selling Hip-Hop Song:
Wilber Pan's 潘玮柏 [Playing Cool 玩酷], downloaded 656088 times

Best Selling Rock Song:
Wang Leehom's [Change Myself 改变自己], downloaded 1296800 times

Best Selling Sentimental Song:
Chen Chu Sheng's 陈楚生 [Has Anyone Told You 有没有人告诉你], downloaded 16564460 times

Best Selling Title Track:
Guang Liang's 光良 [Left Side 右手边], downloaded 3762369 times

Best Selling Debut Album:
Li Yu Chun's 李宇春 [China Youth 少年中国], downloaded 2028549 times

Song with Most Love:
Jackie Chan's 成龙 [Chain of Life and Death 生死不离], downloaded (for free) 174691 times

Best Selling Single:
Liu Huan 刘欢 & Sarah Brightman's [Me and You 我和你], downloaded 11455314 times

Most Influential Olympics Theme Songs:
Xiao Ke & Lin Xiang's 小柯、林夕 [Bejing Welcomes You 北京欢迎你]
Huang Xiao Mao & Chris Babida's 黄小茂、鲍比达 [Ignite Passion 点燃激情]
Peter Kim & Chen Shaoqi's 金培达、陈少琪 [We Are Ready]
Chen Qigang's 陈其钢 [Me And You 我和你]
Lin Xiang's 林夕 [I Am A Star 我是明星]

Awards for the Singers Category:

Male Newcomer with Best Potential:
Jam Hsiao 萧敬腾, downloaded 1708498 times

Female Newcomer with Best Potential:
Joanna Wang 王若琳, downloaded 561784 times

Most Popular Cross-Border Singer:
Huang Xiaoming 黄晓明, downloaded 137001 times

Most Popular Male Singer:
Wilber Pan 潘玮柏, downloaded 684565 times

Most Popular Female Singer:
Jane Zhang 张靓颖, downloaded 548839 times

Most Popular Singing Group:
S.H.E, downloaded 290574 times

Singer with Most Downloads:
Wang Leehom 王力宏, downloaded 563181 times

Best Singer-Songwriter:
Jay Chou 周杰伦, downloaded 35719873 times

Best Selling Male Singer:
Jay Chou 周杰伦, downloaded 35719873 times

Best Selling Female Singer:
Jolin Tsai 蔡依林, downloaded 16163451 times

Best Selling Group:
S.H.E, downloaded 14000665 times

Outstanding Singers for Olympics Promotion:
Jackie Chan (成龙), Andy Lau (刘德华), Liu Huan (刘欢), Karen Mok (莫文蔚), Sun Nan (孙楠), Tan Jing (谭晶), Wang Feng (汪峰), Emil Chau (周华健), Jay Chou (周杰伦)

Mike He is concern about his wardrobe; doesn’t want to lose to Joe Cheng

2008-12-28T00:36:00.001-08:00

Source: Appledaily
Translated by: Kassy@asianfanatics.net
Mike He (Xiao Me), Zheng Yuan Chang (Xiao Zhong) and Chen Qiao En were filming a commercial for Mainland China’s Kang Shi Fu’s product yesterday; but in the set, rumor has it that because Xiao Mei thinks that Xiao Zhong’s wardrobe looked much better then his and has immediately [started to become difficult] by saying the wardrobe that the production team has prepared for him is not good enough and he has to get his own stylist to make another image for him. Delaying the progression of the work, the crews were grumbling because of it.

Yesterday Xiao Mei’s manager Wu Zi Yi immediately explains: [This rumor is too exaggerating, the size for the wardrobe is too big, the stylist for the production team said they only have one size so they were unable to change it for him, that’s why we have to go and look for a stylist that we know to help us out.]

Stating they are busy with work; still in good terms
About rumor has it that Xiao Mei and Xiao Zhong are not in good terms and didn’t interact in the set? Wu Zi Yi said they were playing around during the cover shoot of the advertisement and they are still in good terms. While Xiao Zhong’s manager An Li said: [Today everyone is busy with their work, there’s no time to fool around from the start.]

Fans Poked Fun at Idols’ Romantic Rumors S.H.E Did Not Mind: As Long As Everyone is Happy

2008-12-28T00:35:00.000-08:00

Recently, Taiwanese girl group S.H.E came to Hong Kong to perform in a Christmas show. Yesterday, they attended the [SHE Universal Party] and spent Boxing Day with 1500 fans. The event held a contest for imitating S.H.E. Some fans poked fun at their idols’ romantic rumors. There was even a male fan that cross-dressed and ruined their idol image but S.H.E did not mind any of these and watched the whole thing happily.

S.H.E continued to stay in Hong Kong after attending the countdown party on Canton Road. Yesterday, the trio also took time out to meet with their Hong Kong fans. They would not be leaving Hong Kong for Beijing until tonight. During the fan meeting yesterday, other than watching the fans’ imitation contest and acting as judges, S.H.E also performed three songs and brought the atmosphere to high excitement. The fans of S.H.E came up with all sorts of ideas in imitating their idols, not only on clothing and styles but also paid attention to their idols’ news and daily life details.

Grimacing at One Point

One team of fans imitated Show Luo, Jay Chou and Wu Chun who were romantically linked with S.H.E respectively. However when S.H.E saw the way they were presented, they could not resist a grimace. Later there were another three male fans who cross-dressed by wearing stockings to imitate S.H.E. The effect was startling. There were even some fans that were very bold, singing and stripping at the same time. However, what made S.H.E most happy was one team of fans that presented them with mandarin oranges and oranges. They sat on stage, eating and watching at the same time. The way Ella ate was quite candid, fearless of having the fans seeing her spitting pits. Afterwards, S.H.E chose the team whose performance was most “despicable” as winner.

Male Fans Cross-Dressing

Afterwards, S.H.E was asked how felt about the fans imitating them. They laughed and said that they had lots of fun watching and felt that the fans were well prepared. Although they did not really understand Cantonese but they still knew that the fans put a lot of effort into it. However, would they mind that the fans poked fun at their romantic rumors? S.H.E felt that as long as the fans were happy would be fine and perhaps they also forgot that there were reporters at the scene. Ella also laughingly said that normally they would even poke fun at each other’s romantic rumors. With regards to male fans cross-dressing to imitate them, Hebe expressed with a laugh that it was pretty scary. The fan who imitated her even had a big belly. They laughed: [They only wore stockings but not dresses or pants to hide that big pack of theirs. (Would you be afraid to look?) No, we were seriously looking at them. They dare to do it, we dare to watch.] However, S.H.E believed that the male fans who were willing to come out dressing like this must liked them very much. In Taiwan, there had been male fans cross-dressing to imitate them as well but this time was the most exaggerated.

Mandarin Oranges Are Delicious

S.H.E coming and spending this Christmas with the fans in Hong Kong, would they not fear that the Taiwanese fans be mad? They expressed that they would not because they would be back in Taiwan and celebrate New Year with the fans there. When speaking of them eating the mandarin oranges and oranges non-stop on stage, Ella laughed and said that it was because they were hungry and the mandarin oranges were really delicious. As for spending Christmas in Hong Kong two nights ago, S.H.E went shopping at Causeway Bay. Although there were fans following them and they were recognized by the people passing them but they still enjoyed it very much. They felt that although they were working, they should also enjoy some relaxation so they went shopping and ate a delicious Christmas meal at night. After the performance on Christmas Eve, they had a party with their staff and exchanged presents. Ella drew the high-heeled shaped jewelry box from Hebe that could be used to store rings. Hebe drew a scarf from one of the staff. Selina drew a pair of cell phone strings from Ella that had “Love” and “You” written on them which she hoped to give to her other half in the future. Also, the fans who attended yesterday’s function must purchase tickets. The ticket price for fan club members was HK$290 each and for non-members was HK$320 each.

translated by : wyn0602 of CEFC
credits : CEFC and Takungpao News
original source : http://www.takungpao.com/news/08/12/27/UHK-1010328.htm

S.H.E rely on Twins' absence to win awards? Ella gets angry

2008-12-28T00:33:00.000-08:00

source: chinatimes
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

On the 26th, S.H.E attended the ‘Metro Radio Hits Music Awards’ in Hong Kong and won 4 awards. Initially, they were very happy, but then Ella was asked whether they only got so many awards because Twins did not participate? Hong Kong media reported that Ella got extremely angry by this, and glared her angry eyes at the media, stressing that S.H.E has won awards everywhere, and told the reporters to go back and check their sources.

Afterwards, Ella stressed that she did not get angry; she was just trying to explain things in a serious manner. It’s because previously, the Hong Kong media twisted their words, hence they do not want another misunderstanding, but unexpectedly, another misunderstanding arose.

At the awards, when S.H.E went onstage to sing with the other singers, Ella stood beside Ah Sa, and the 2 were chatting non-stop.

Jolin Tsai joins Warner Music for 1.2 hundred million? Wishes to work with Alan Luo and Jay Chou

2008-12-19T01:32:00.000-08:00

Source: Tian Jin Daily

Jolin Tsai said frankly that she is interested in filming movies, due to the fact Jay Chou likes directing movies, she was asked would she be willing to give her first time to him, she said: "If the script's good I cannot rule out this possibility, the role I want to play the most is superwoman and someone who can't get hurt. (What about if Jay Chou directs and Alan Luo is the male lead?) That's OK, when you film movies you want to learn new things, I've done a drama with Alan Luo before, but I haven't done anything with Jay Chou, every person has something amazing!"

Da S surprised at Vivian & Joe's marriage news; 'can't say dead' about her & ZaiZai

2008-12-19T01:30:00.001-08:00

source: XiaMen Hotline
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Yesterday, Da S arrived at an arts centre in Beijing. Recently, she has been signed to be the ambassador of COTTON USA, and hence, she specially wrote a poem in support of nature and environmental protection. At the event, the media told Da S about the news of Vivian Chow and Joe Nieh getting married, and when she heard this, she was extremely surprised, but offered her congratulations. At the same time, when she answered a question about her relationship with ex-boyfriend ZaiZai, she said, “Can’t say dead,’ showing that there may still be the possibility of a reconciliation.

The theme of the event was associated to ‘Natural Story’. From the universe – natural world is the beginning. Then comes Earth, soil, sky, rain, wind, sun, water, trees and the beautiful land which we live on. Being the endorser of the cotton brand, Da S wore a pure cotton angel dress, and looked naturally beautiful.

Da S says that in her own life, she loves cotton products: “Natural, comfortable and healthy is a life I pursue.” And as the ambassador for COTTON USA, Da S is rather professional. She, who loves shoes, not only personally designed a pair of pure ‘cotton’ shoes as a souvenir, she also personally wrote a poem to support nature, and environmental protection:

Some people say, Earth is blue, like the colour we see from the depths of the universe
Some people say, Earth is transparent, as if we can see each other in the air
I say, Earth should be colourful
Blue, like the magnificant blue sky
Green, like the grass infront of our house
Deep, like the ocean with no end in sight
Yellow, like the fertile ground
White, like the pure cotton field in our dreams
Earth was indeed colourful when we were a child
But don’t know from when, Earth became bleak
One hundred years later, what kind of Earth will our children see?
Can they still possess the dawn of hope?
Can they still embrace the ocean, praising the magnificant coastline?
Can they still play in the woods, like how we did when we were children?
Can they still guard the precious cotton fields, living a comfortable and natural life?
For the future of our Earth,
And for our future,
From today,
Let us go back to nature, cherish nature
Because only with nature,
Do we have a future

Along with this poem, Da S also took a number of pure and fresh photos. In the photos, so to portray the universe, Earth and sky etc, she went to many places to find the scenary. At the event, Da S shared her extraordinary photoshoot experience with everyone: “Many of the photos look really beautiful, but filming was actually quite dangerous! Like there is one photo of me sleeping on a rock, we shot this photo on Monkey Island. At the time, there were many monkeys playing on my head, and this scared the workers and they rushed to shoo them away. And as for me, I just lay there, too scared to open my eyes, persevering to finish the photoshoot.”

Show Luo films ad; makes girls feel very comfortable

2008-12-19T01:29:00.002-08:00

source: Liberty Times
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Show Luo really is a girl’s ‘best friend’, endorsing female supplies, his value is now 5 times more than it was 5 years ago!

In 2004, Show filmed an ad to promote female supplies. Back then, he was paid 800,000NT. 5 years later, he is now paid 4,000,000NT, which is 5 times more than before. During filming, the female lead leans on Show, and this made his heart beat rapidly. He said: “It’s been a long time since I’ve smelled a girl’s hair.” The female lead had big clear eyes, and with her long black shiny hair, she really was Show’s ‘dish’. He immediately made the most of this opportunity: “Next time, we can collaborate again in a MV,’ expressing his good impression of her.

Show really knows how to make a girl happy. Afterwards, the female lead said: “He is very good-looking, very friendly, makes me feel very comfortable.” When Show heard this, he laughed: “Comfortable? This is the first time a girl has praised me like this, it’s quite special, but still I feel very happy. How about you just say I’m a sanitary pad!”

Lee-hom Wang Talks to CNN about Conductorial Debut

2008-12-19T01:29:00.001-08:00

Lee-hom Wang Talks to CNN about Conductorial Debut
CRIENGLISH.com

Singer-songwriter Lee-hom Wang was interviewed recently by CNN about his upcoming conductorial debut of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HKPO), sina.com reported.

The American-born Chinese music talent, who has made his mark in the Chinese mando-pop music scene over the past decade, now plans to show off his abilities in classical music. He will conduct the HKPO in Hong Kong Cultural Centre from December 22 to 24.

In his interview with CNN's "Talk Asia" program, also a third such interview in three years by CNN, the singer said that his collaboration with the HKPO is an experience he holds dear, and he will try his best despite the tension he's feeling.

Ahead of his first-ever experience in the role, he says a conductor has to convey to the listeners his own interpretation of the music, just as a producer does for an album or a director for a movie.

He will also introduce to the audience a classical piece "Sui Bu" (or "Tiny Steps")by Huang Ruo, a new-generation mainland classical musician.

The tickets for the three concerts were already sold out in two days, thanks to Lee-hom Wang's unfading popularity.

JJ Lin used Cantonese to coax Charlene Choi

2008-12-19T01:28:00.001-08:00

Won’t let Ronald Cheng find bad luck, JJ Lin used Cantonese to coax Charlene Choi
Source: The Sun
Translated by: Firesheepy @ http://asianfanatics.net

Talented musician, JJ Lin Jun Jie, has been in Hong Kong recently to promote new song 《小酒窩》 [Xiao Jiu Wo; Little Dimples] with Charlene Choi (Ah Sa), and the romance song had been promoted until it could be heard anywhere, even SoSo Jie’s friends had been asking about JJ! Speaking truthfully, JJ is not very good looking, but the crew had praised that he’s Nice and is a good person, it turned out that he loved meeting girls, and even let Charlene off! Did he shock Ronald Cheng?

Speaking of that, one night when JJ and Charlene were having an interview, the director asked JJ to say some Christmas wishes on camera, because the director knew that JJ’s Cantonese wasn’t good, thus he asked JJ to use mandarin to say, but JJ looked at Charlene with love and said in Cantonese “No! I want Charlene to hear my Cantonese!” When Charlene saw that he was sincere, she immediately starting laughing!

But JJ was actually quite embarrassing, when the director told him to repeat; the confident JJ said “Wish (Pig) everyone a Merry Christmas (Voice)!” Everyone started laughing immediately, Charlene corrected JJ’s pronunciation and he could finally get it right in the third round, and Charlene and the crew applauded him for his effort.

Ethan Ruan has many endorsements; the stallion can't endure any longer and shouts 'I'm tired'

2008-12-19T01:27:00.002-08:00

Ethan Ruan has many endorsements; the stallion can't endure any longer and shouts 'I'm tired'
Source: Chinatimes
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net
When Ethan Ruan became popular, the endorsement events he had to accept were neverending and he also had to film Sahlih's new idol drama "Defeated Queen" (敗犬女王). Even a stallion-like body that was younger and stronger would not be able to endure this and he couldn't help but to shout tired. However this one shout also made Sanlih very concerned, afraid that they are making him earn too much money and that it may affect the quality of the drama.

Ethan is a drama and fashion favourite; when fashion's busy season arrives, he must attend at least 3 events in a week. These few days he has already requested for a holiday twice; once to attend Beijing's QQ.com award ceremony and another time was to attend a video game endorsement press conference. Furthermore, Ethan also has school work to deal with and can only rely on breaks between filming to sleep. His agent Ma Sheng Wen said, "He really is so tired that he can go into a deep sleep at anytime. However, Ethan has many scenes so as soon as he isn't there, the filming stops. That's why we are already accepting less events now."

"Defeated Queen" female lead Cheryl Yang is also a queen of events; the filming group has become very flustered trying to organise the time of these two people. The drama official Chen Yu Shan said, "When filming, Ethan is very suitable and suits the role very well. We worry about him because we hope he won't tire out his body."

New Year countdown concert in Beijing, FLH challenges ‘Shuang Jie Gun’

2008-12-19T01:27:00.001-08:00

Fahrenheit will be holding a countdown concert at Beijing Capital Indoor Stadium on 31 December. Yesterday the four members revealed that besides singing their own oldies, they will see a Fahrenheit version of ‘Shuang Jie Gun’ (Nunchaku) and their seniors S.H.E songs on that day.

Fahrenheit is constantly working hard to break the image of being ‘Flower Boys’, hence in the third album ‘Loving More and More’, they added in rock feel for the first time in their song. At the concert this time, Fahrenheit will restructure a rock band, Jiro Wang will play the guitar, Wu Zun will show his drums skills, Aaron Yan plays the piano, and Calvin Chen performs B-BOX.

Fahrenheit revealed that they will sing their new song at the concert, but the concrete new song to be sung is still kept under secret. As for the other songs, Fahrenheit said that most of the songs will be songs which fans like in the previous albums, it can also be counted as a reviewing and combing themselves after debuting for three years. Besides, Fahrenheit also plans to perform a Fahrenheit version of ‘Shuang Jie Gun’ (Nunchaku) and their seniors S.H.E songs at the countdown concert.

Yesterday, the stereoscopic effect chart of the concert stage was officially revealed. The organizer invested a huge amount of money to make a rectangular stage which is 45m long and 15m wide. Besides the four LED colour panels above the stage, the stage floor is also put together by super large LED colour panels.

translated by : jastan87 of CEFC
credits : CEFC and CE Baidu Bar

Fahrenheit arrived in Singapore last night; 300 fans crazily chase

2008-12-19T01:26:00.000-08:00

Fahrenheit arrived in Singapore last night; 300 fans crazily chase
Wu Chun felt unwell but still smiled towards fans
Source: zaobao
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net
Illegally entering the departure area, hired cars to chase, staying at their hotel, 300 fans welcome them enthusiastically at the airport! Last night Fahrenheit arrived in Singapore; Wu Chun felt unwell but still smiled towards fans while Jiro was ecstatic and was busytaking photos!

Yesterday "Popular idol group" Fahrenheit took flight SQ877 at night fall from Taipei to the Lion City [i.e. Singapore]. In the morning, at Changi Airport the area for awaiting arrivals no. 2 had been completely empty but as Fahrenheit's arrival in Singapore approached, more and more fans appeared there until 7:15 - the moment when Fahrenheit appeared in public, then there were about 300 fans there. The place was filled with continuous screaming but the fans welcoming them seemed to be less than before. A fan was interviewed and said, "They were meant to arrive on Thursday [today], but suddenly changed their schedule so many fans weren't aware."

Last month Fahrenheit "three less one", came to Singapore to promote their concert. At the time, because Jiro Wang's (Dadong) leg injury had not yet recovered, had to be absent at the event at the last minute. Last night, fangirls from Dadong's Singapore Forum "Dong Cheng Rise Again" rushed to the airport to get a good "Feng Shui position". With flowers and also large banners, they were very thoughtful and as soon as they saw Dadong, they could not cover up their excitement, screaming from all around!

It was evident that the four Fahrenheit boys were in a good mood; even though they were not dressed up [very formally], they allowed videos and photos. When they walked through the departure gate, Jiro was ecstatic, busily taking photos and talking with nearby "pretty girl" fans. Less than a month since the last time he was here, Arron Yan who has recently been filming seemed considerably skinnier. Yesterday he wore a black, sunglasses and boots - a very cool outfit causing many fans to sigh: so handsome! On the other hand, Wu Chun who is usually very enthusiastic, seemed particularly quiet and shy. "Chun is not feeling too well, headache. So his condition isn't too good, but the other three are feeling great."

Also, it was reported that in one breath, Fahrenheit fans over 10 taxis pursuing their idols all the way to the hotel. In particular, a few fans even checked-in at the hotel, in the hopes that they would be able to "interact all day" with the four guys!

Fahrenheit return to hotel and eat lots

Before the concert, they don't go on a special diet; once Fahrenheit returned to the hotel, the workers were busy buying food: chicken rice, laksa, pizza, etc.

Tomorrow night will be their first concert here in Singapore and it is reported that besides attending an exclusive event today, they will start rehearsing for the concert. Usually a singer will "forbid certain foods" and go on a particular diet before a concert, but Fahrenheit has come to the Lion City "fine food heaven" so obviously they can't resist the enticing fine food here. Very early in the morning they already ordered food: chicken rice, laksa, pizza, char kuey teow and so on!

Furthermore, when they arrived in Singapore yesterday, Wu Chun who is known for his love of food, received cake and snacks from many of his caring fans; ever since he cut his hair short, Calvin has been receiving caps the most and last night was no exception. As to Arron's fans, their gifts were all very creative and yesterday a fan gave him a pillowcase with his portrait on it!

10 fans entered the boarding area illegally

Since the lawsuit that took place when Jay Chou fans bought plane tickets to enter the boarding area but did not board the plane, yesterday again about 10 fans did the same thing in order to get closer to Fahrenheit.

More and more crazy actions of fans are emerging following last year when two fans in order to catch a glimpse of their idol Jay Chou's elegance, did not hesitate to challenge the law and purchased a one-way plane ticket to Kuala Lumpur so that they could enter the boarding area but not get on the plane, instead walking in to meet Jay. They were caught and arrested by airport police as well as immigration and customs officials, bringing a lawsuit against them for entering a protected area; in the end they were fines $1000.

Yesterday, again there were Fahrenheit "pretty girl" fans who did the same thing; it is reported that there were about 10 of them who bought plane tickets but did not register, just so that they could be in close proximity of Fahrenheit in the restricted area and give them gifts, etc. The promoter also said, "Fans are very well-mannered; when they see Fahrenheit they'll ask first: 'Can I shake your hand?'" On the way, fans managed to talk with the four guys. Some were holding "Dadong" banners, some were enthusiastically walking beside Fahrenheit and departing with them.

Under the laws of the conservation district, anyone who enters unauthorised, can be fined $1000 or face up to 2 years in prison, or both.

Tomorrow afternoon's poster exchange event; fans plan to line up very early

Tomorrow Fahrenheit's poster exchange event will begin at 3pm and fans plan to start lining up at 7am.

In order to reward Singaporean fans for their support, the music company will be holding an exchange event for limited Fahrenheit posters. As long as fans have their preorder receipts for Fahrenheit's new album "Loving More and More", and their Fahrenheit Fantasy Lion City concert entrance tickets, they will be able to exchange for a large limited edition poster. It is reported that the hosting company has not hesitated to print about 2000 posters.

Yesterday at the airport a fan expressed that even though the exchange event will start tomorrow at 3pm, Dadong's fans plan to get seats at 7am, "This is nothing! Last time that had an event at IMM, we lined up one week before!"

A-Mei reveals her relationship is stable; if she wants to get married she would say so

2008-12-17T22:42:00.003-08:00

A-Mei reveals her relationship is stable; if she wants to get married she would say so
Source: 163.com
Date: Thursday December 18, 2008
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
Constellation experts estimate that A-Mei Zhang (张惠妹) is likely to be ‘forced to marry’ next year. Though she denies having such plans, she did reveal that she feels that what Kelly Chen (陈慧琳) did, announcing her marital plans in her concert was ‘very cool’. Hence fans can look forward to a ‘surprise’ in A-Mei’s added concert next year on the 28th of March.

During Christmas last year, A-Mei heated up Taipei’s ‘Little Giant Egg’ stadium with 3 of her concerts. After much urging from her fans, she will add another concert in March next year. Her total of 4 concerts match up to Jacky Cheung (张学友) and Jiang Hui’s (江蕙) records in the stadium. Yesterday she was in high spirits, inviting fans to break records with her by adding more and more concerts.

In the press conference, a constellation expert was invited. She calculated that next year A-Mei’s luck will be prosperous and flourishing. From March to July, her career, purchases, investments and love life will be prolific. After July, it will be suitable for her to get married. This is the first time she had a fortune telling session, and A-Mei laughed saying: “I got scared, this is the first time I’ve felt that I cannot control my own life and luck, but after I heard that I was very happy.” When the host Mickey Huang said the three words ‘He Shou Zhen’ (何守正), A-Mei laughed and stared hard at him. Later on she admitted that the two of them were progressing steadily.

A-Mei also admitted that she is a woman who likes being pampered. “In a relationship, I am the ‘little woman’.” Though the outside world always mistakes her brother’s and sister’s little children as her own, she is still not in a hurry to have her own family and children. “Up till now I haven’t thought of all these. If I want to get married, I will take the initiative and tell the other person.” Would she learn from Kelly Chen, who announced that she was getting married in her concert? She said: “This method is rather cool.”

2008 China Wireless Music Awards: Jay Chou will PK Leehom Wang

2008-12-17T22:42:00.001-08:00

source: sina
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Yesterday afternoon, ‘Music-Love’ 2008 China Mobile Wireless Music Awards held its press conference in Beijing. Production team of ‘Beijing Welcomes You’ – Xiao Ke, Yu Ping Han, Chen Shao Qi and young singer Chen Chu Sheng were all invited to attend the launching ceremony. Original singer of 2008 Olympics title track ‘Me and You’ – Chang Shi Lei also sung the title track for this event – ‘Music-Love’

These awards have gathered together the top singers and musicians from around the country. The awards will take place on the 28th of December and artists such as Jay Chou, S.H.E, Jackie Chan, Guang Liang, Wilber Pan, Joanna Wang, Gigi Leung are all among the invitation list.

Yesterday, the awards list was also announced on the big screen. Among them included ‘Best-Selling Film Song’, ‘Best-Selling Duet’ and 10 other song awards. Also included are ‘Best-Selling Male Singer’, ‘Best-Selling Female Singer’, ‘Best-Selling Group’ and 11 other singer awards. There will also be several special awards – ‘Most influential Olympics song’and ‘Most Loving Song' etc.

Among this list, ‘Best-Selling Male Singer’ has the biggest competition. Jay Chou has been nominated under 6 categories, and Leehom Wang is trailing slightly behind with 5 nominations. The 2 have become the most popular to win this award.

Show Luo and S.H.E become super fans at Aaron Kwok's concert

2008-12-17T22:41:00.003-08:00

source: sina
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Earlier, Aaron Kwok held 2 concerts in Taipei and his performance onstage was absolutely exuberant. Many Taiwanese artists attended, among them was Show Luo, who is famous for his Aaron imitations. After the concert, Show especially went backstage to visit, and also shared a hug.

Aaron’s 2 concerts in the Taipei Arena have successfully come to an end. Besides the arrival of Jay Chou, which created a big stir, many other popular artists attended including Jolin Tsai, Rainie Yang, Blackie, Lin Zhi Ling, Janine Chang, Faith Yang, Mavis Fan and Wu Zun etc all became honoured guests. Good friend Idy Chan especially flew from Hong Kong to Taiwan to offer her support.

Aaron’s charm onstage was unstoppable, many popular artists became little fans, and would constantly stand up to yell and cheer for him. S.H.E’s Ella and Hebe completely disregarded their idol status, and during the handshake period, they rushed to the front with fans and when Aaron came, Ella excitedly grabbed his leg and wouldn’t leg go. She exclaimed: “Aaron really is super hot! His dancing almost made me faint!”

Other than this, Show Luo, who is famous for his Aaron imitations attended both concerts, and afterwards, he specially went backstage to visit his idol. He expressed: “When thinking of having the chance to take a photo together with my super-idol, I really feel quite shy.”When they met, they even exchanged hugs, and Show praised his concert to be very successful, and Aaron told Show to work hard and jia you!

Afterwards, Aaron invited everyone to go and eat spicy hot pot together, and he made a toast to all the workers and dancers. He revealed that he is about to head to Guang Zhou to rehearse.

Aska Yang is setting off from the "stars", concert soldout and extra shows added

2008-12-17T22:41:00.001-08:00

Aska Yang is setting off from the "stars", concert soldout and extra shows added
Source: UDN
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net

Aska Yang is finally holding another concert! Under the warm support from fans, Aska Yang will be holding a small-scale concert at Singapore's Ark Cafe (新加坡民歌餐廳). Due to the dispute with his management company in October, this is the first time it was announced that Aska would be performing overseas so fans from everywhere were considerably excited and hence news [about this concert] was leaked. The tickets were immediately soldout so the hosts immediately announced additional shows.

Holding this concert, the hosting company has admitted that they are a little worried that they will receive a letter of warning from Aska's agent. However, they still remain committed to bring Aska's good voice to everyone.

Furthermore,the host expressed that before holding these two concerts, they had already discussed the matters with Aska's lawyer. His lawyer expressed that there should not be any problems. For the fans, besides fully satisfying his audience, Aska will only be accepting a price of friendship for his singing. Previously he took part in a "business" performance where one hour cost $NT1,000,000 but this time, he is only accepting $1 million yuan for a two-hour performance.

During the concert, besides singing his new songs, Aska will perform "Cun Ai" from his album for the first time, and will also bring many songs by other singers including Jacky Cheung's "Forgot To Cry" (忘了哭), Lin Yi Lian's (林億蓮) "Shadow of a Lover" (影子情人), Chen Xiao Juan's (陳曉娟) "Admiration" (羨慕) as well as Andy Lau's "A Home To Return To" (歸宿), etc. adding up to 13 songs.

David Tao and Anson Hu will perform together in Jiangsu TV's New Year Concert

2008-12-17T22:40:00.001-08:00

David Tao and Anson Hu will perform together in Jiangsu TV's New Year Concert
Source: Sina
Date: Wednesday December 17, 2008
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
David Tao (陶喆) and Anson Hu (胡彦斌) will perform together in Jiangsu Satellite TV's New Year Concert. Regarding this arrangement, the both of them feel it will be extremely interesting. "I've known Anson for very long, but we haven't got the chance to perform together on the same stage. This time it has finally come true, and I am very happy." David expressed that even though Anson is the 'after 80' new generation, he has already achieved success in the music industry, even David himself admires this.

The both of them are originally artistes under EMI, and the number of times they bump into each other is not small. David had already heard earlier that there is a junior whose music style is very similar to his own. Until a few years later they were at the same performance venue and met each other backstage. David was surprised and said: "Such a young singer, and he can already mix with R&B with such ease, the younger generation can surpass the older!" At that time, when Anson Hu heard that, he couldn't help but feel pleased with himself, giving a feel copies of his album to David and hoping that he would give him some tips and advice. This time they were invited to attend the New Year Concert, and when he got to know that he was to be performing together with Anson, David felt that that was certainly something to remember. "To be able to sing from 2008 to 2009, this honour is not something just any other singer can get. Especially since for me, Nanjing is where I was from, hence I am anticipating this!"

Workers revealed that when Anson knew he was going to perform with David on the same stage, he was delighted for very long. He made use of time to practice furiously, as he is scared that in the concert he would lose to David. "To me, this New Year concert is a very rare opportunity. Actually I don't really care about PK-ing with big brother David, the most important thing is that I must learn from him, as he has always been a role model to me!"

Jolin Tsai signs contract in Water Cube; Mentor Sam Chen gives paintings

2008-12-17T22:38:00.002-08:00

Jolin Tsai signs contract in Water Cube; Mentor Sam Chen gives paintings
Source: Xinhua Net
Date: Wednesday December 17, 2008
Translated by: Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
Yesterday night, at 9.10pm in Beijing’s Water Cube stadium, Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) officially announced that she was entering Warner Music. There are rumours that the sum Jolin will be getting for transferring contract is 30,000,000 yuan. However in yesterday’s event, being the first person to hold a press conference in the Water Cube, Jolin repeatedly emphasized that the numbers are not important. The fact that Warner is spending money so recklessly surprised many, because other than the fact that there is an increasing financial turmoil, the album business is not doing well. The biggest winner in all is Jolin’s management company, Mars Entertainment Co. Ltd.

Sam Chen gives painting

For the signing of the contract, her company specially chose the time 9.10 to start the ceremony. The main reason for that is ‘Jiu’ (9) stands for ‘Jolin’, while ‘Yi Lin’ (10) stands for her Chinese name ‘Yi Lin’. Even Jolin laughed saying that this is the first time. It was held at the Water Cube, where the Olympics was held earlier. Because the rent was extremely expensive, for a single day the rent is as high as 700, 000yuan. The workers in charge of setting up the stage came at dawn yesterday for work; they were very scared that if they came a few hours earlier they would have to pay for another whole extra day. When her mother and sister heard that it was going to be held in the Water Cube, they immediately put down their work and flew with Jolin together to Beijing.

Yesterday Jolin was wearing jewelry costing tens of millions, hinting at the 30 million sum she got for transferring to Warner. To that, Jolin expressed that numbers are not important, but rather they cooperate happily. She also said that the main reason why she transferred to Warner was that she saw that their music quality is very high.

Sam Chen (陈泽杉), the current president of Warner’s China district and who worked together with Jolin many times, gave her a painting done by a famous French artist, Edward Degas. The painting shows a ballerina jumping, which symbolises Jolin’s requests for perfection in her singing and dancing. When she saw the painting, she was surprised and delighted: “I know the road before me poses greater challenges, with beautiful responsibility. Thank you all who gave me all this, I can’t wait to get to work again.”

Show Luo will not follow Jolin

During the event, all Warner artistes sent VCRs to congratulate her, hoping that Jolin would go up a whole new different level in Warner. Mainland China’s big sister Natasha Na (那英) specially came to support the event. The words of Stanley Huang (黄立行), who is in the same management company as Jolin, made the audience laugh. He said: “In EMI last time, you went in earlier than me; you were the senior, I was the junior, so you were on top, I was at the bottom. Now I am in Warner, and went in earlier than you. I am the senior, you are the junior, so I am at the top, you at the bottom. Don’t worry, I will treat you well.” Added on to the fact that before, the two had dance intimately together at a concert, the ambiguous feelings went up high.

Another thing worth mentioning is that the outside world is guessing that other than Stanley Huang and Jolin Tsai who left Gold Typhoon, there would be another one joining them – Show Luo (罗志祥), who shares the same management company as Jolin. The relationship between Show and Jolin has always been good, and the last time he followed Jolin to EMI as well. This year his contract with Gold Typhoon will expire, hence there are rumours that he will transfer together with Jolin. However, in yesterday’s press conference, a reporter found out from an insider that Show will be continuing his contract with Gold Typhoon, and the conditions were as good as the time he transferred from AVEX.

The album business is not doing well, added to the increasing economic turmoil; many artistes lower their prices to earn money. However this record company still spent money recklessly at this point. People like Show Luo, Jolin Tsai and Stanley Huang are still firmly in the hands of their management company, Mars Entertainment Co. Ltd, so you can say that no matter which record company these artistes decide to go to, the real winner at the end is still the management company.

Edison Chen's 'Sniper' will air next year during Easter

2008-12-17T22:38:00.001-08:00

source: sina
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Due to the nude photo scandal that was exposed at the beginning of this year, Edison Chen publicly announced that he would exit the Hong Kong industry indefinitely. Now, his film ‘Jump’ has already arranged for another actor to replace his scenes. However, his other film ‘Sniper’ is about to give up the China markets, and will air in Hong Kong next year during Easter.

Both of Edison’s films ‘Jump’ and ‘Sniper’were unable to get the airing permit from China and hence still has not aired yet. Columbia company which invested in ‘Jump’ and producer Stephen Chow had earlier decided to replace Edison, and has chosen Taiwan actor William Li, and filming will commence next month. Sources reported that after Edison found out about this, he was extremely disappointed. But on the other hand, Lin Jian Yue, the boss of Media Asia company, who invested in ‘Sniper’ has decided to give up the China markets and instead, has arranged for the film to be aired in places outside of China next year during Easter. They will also arrange for Edison to do promotions outside of Hong Kong.

Edison, who is currently in America, besides constantly looking for new film opportunities and regularly taking acting classes, has been striving to look for a business partner for his fashion business. Lately, he has successfully drawn Colt and Play Station into a collaboration to launch a PSP clothing line, and to increase the effectiveness of publicity, he has personally modelled many of the promotional photos.

Showing off upper body for a commercial, Jay Chou thinks it's humiliating

2008-12-17T22:36:00.000-08:00

source: NOWnews
translated by: http://www.jaychoustudio.com

Jay Chou is still regretting showing off his upper body when he was young for a mobile phone commercial, even now he thinks it was humiliating.

When asked how far he will go for filming a movie? Jay Chou said that the kiss with Alice Tzeng in "Secret" is the furthest he'll go. Jay Chou also said regretfully, when he was young he filmed a commercial showing off his upper body, when he sees it now he thinks it's humiliating.

Jay Chou thinks that if you're going to film a kiss scene it must be logical, a lot of kissing scenes in foreign movies are very forced, the kiss with Alice Tzeng in "Secret" was very reasonable, if it didn't happen how would Xiao Yu become angry? But Jay Chou also expressed this was the furthest he'll go.

Will he ever want to be like Tony Leung in "Lust, Caution" and do a daring performance? Jay Chou thinks it's not possible, he always has to think of his image, Zhu Yan Ping laughs at his side, maybe when Jay Chou reaches 40 he'll want to film it.

Jay Chou mentioned in the past he took off his shirt to film a mobile commercial, it was put on buses too, he thinks it's really humiliating, Jay Chou said that when he was a newcomer he didn't know much, it's really humiliating for a grown man to show off his chest on a bus.

Actually it wasn't just on a bus, all the major mobile stores had the poster at the entrance, right now this poster is still being auctioned online, it seems Jay Chou will have to be humiliated for a bit longer.

Alec Su denies comeback of Little Tiger

2008-12-16T03:18:00.002-08:00

Alec Su denies comeback of Little Tiger
Yahoo News

Member of boy band 'Little Tiger', Nicky Wu, reveals hopes of their return next year. However, fellow band member, Alec Su's manager says, unless the band is able to re-create a peak, they should not put their fame at risk by making a comeback.

This year is the 20th anniversary of 'Little Tiger' and rumors of their return and concerts are getting the heat. The three "tigers" were seen gathered for hotpot in Beijing on Oct, at the same time secretly planning their comeback. Wu also expressed hopes of the band's return in 2009.

With respect to this rumor, Su's manager says the trio has maintained good friendship all these years and dinner together is absolutely normal; but the meal has nothing to do with the comeback. He also clarifies that media reports on the secretive planning of the comeback are pure fabrications.

Su's manager also says that the trio does not have intentions of getting back together as yet. "The glamorous history which 'Little Tiger' had created is a wonderful piece of memory for everyone. If they flop at creating another classic, that will be too hurtful. They are better off developing their individual careers," she says.

In 2009, Su will be heavily involved in the movie industry, starting off with an art film and three mainstream movies.

George Lam, Sally Yeh living separately

2008-12-16T03:18:00.001-08:00

George Lam, Sally Yeh living separately
Yahoo News

Even though Hong Kong singer George Lam has expressed that things are fine between him and wife Sally Yeh, according to reliable sources, the couple is now living in different units on different stories of the same building.

61-year-old Lam and 47-year-old Yeh has been in an 11 years marriage; recent reports reveal their marriage to be on the rock. Lam was caught shopping alone while Yeh was reported to be seeing a young badminton coach. There were also rumors of their uncoordinated lifestyle; Yeh has revealed to the media earlier that she is unable to get used to Lam's early morning golf sessions so they have been sleeping in different rooms.

In recent years, the golden couple, who has created much sensation on stage, has decreased appearances on stage as a couple. Since their last performance on Toronto in December 2007, they have declined to appear on stage together.

When they were in Singapore to attend their friend, also 1977's Miss Hong Kong, Loletta Chu's wedding in end Nov, they were seated at different tables at the banquet and subsequently returned separately to Hong Kong.

In September this year, the couple moved in to a condominium at Happy Valley in Hong Kong; but to different units - one on the fifth floor and another on the sixth. According to sources, they chose such arrangement to avoid meeting each other. Yeh is also said to be maintaining status quo despite differences, so as not to worry her parents, especially her sick father.

Eason Chen out to clinch the Top 10 awards again

2008-12-16T03:17:00.000-08:00

Eason Chen out to clinch the Top 10 awards again
Yahoo Taiwan

Ten singers made their appearances on the press conference of the Hong Kong "Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards". Among them include Eason Chen, Miriam Yeung and Hacken Lee.

Last year, Chen took down two big awards in the male categories; this year, he hopes to clinch the same awards for the second year running, but the most important thing is to be a good singer who shows consistence performances.

Host Eric Tsang reveals to admire Yeung for her diligence; though she has never received any awards, she attends the ceremony without fail. This time, she even attends the press conference.

Yeung smiles shyly and says, "I'm here to get the most hardworking artiste award!" She also expresses thanks to Tsang for his compliments and acknowledging her spirits.

When asked about a magazine's recent allegation of her spending a six figure sum of Hong Kong dollars on the higher management of TVB, to ensure she clinches the "Best Asia Pacific Female Singer" award, Yeung admits to have yearnings for the award but adds that she needs to release a Mandarin album before being able to openly compete for the award.

Nominee for Best Newcomer Award William Chan faces stiff competition and has low confidence in clinching the award. In his opinion, the person with the best chance is Det Di.

Wu Chun talks continuously, making flowers prettier and food taste more delicious

2008-12-16T00:57:00.003-08:00

Wu Chun talks continuously, making flowers prettier and food taste more delicious
Source: China Times
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net

Fahrenheit's Wu Chun has a secret skill which can make flowers look prettier and food taste more delicious, much like bewitching, he talks nonstop to these things!

Fahrenheit's new MV "Loving More and More" reflects their own feelings about love, being a famous celebrity and meeting a girl you love but not being able to say anything. Arron Yan acts as the shy male star and through the encouragement of Wu Chun, Jiro Wang and Calvin Chen, he finally gives her flowers and reveals his feelings.

Also, this bouquet of flowers have been given Wu Chun's "added support" because when not filming, he was mumbling continuously to the flowers, causing people to become puzzled, up until they filmed the flower scene. Then he explained, "As long as you keep telling the flowers, 'You're very beautiful' - they will bloom even more beautifully!" As soon as Calvin heard he laughed and continued, "So that's why when you say to your food 'it's delicious', it's because you want the food to become even tastier!"

In the MV, they can't express their love and in reality they also wish love would arrive quickly. Both Calvin and Wu Chun have intentions to get married and to have a stable relationship, while Jiro Wang who is single, wants to find a girl that his mother will also like. Arron also said, "I'm still waiting for the right person to appear!"

Jay Chou's new movie 'Ci Ling'; Wants Zhou Xun as partner, not Bridgette Lin

2008-12-16T00:57:00.001-08:00

Jay Chou's new movie 'Ci Ling'; Wants Zhou Xun as partner, not Bridgette Lin
Source: Sohu
Date: Tuesday December 16, 2008
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
For his new movie 'Ci Ling' (刺陵), Jay Chou (周杰伦) searched many countries for a 'J-Girl'. He said: "She musn't be taller than me, preferably Chinese, able to communicate with me. She should understand the magic I perform, Zhou Xun (周迅) would be a very good choice, we even have the same surname. The most important thing is that if there were rumours between us, no one would believe them."

Taiwan's Chang Hong Group and Mainland China's China Film Group has invested RMB100 million (about TWD$408.4 hundred million) in Ci Ling. Yesterday Jay organised a large press conference. Chang Hong's boss, Wu Dun (吴敦) looked for a female lead all over Taiwan, including Japan and Korea. He already has some people apparent in mind, but he purposely kept it from Jay. He said: "I'll see which one Jay feels is best, then I will pick her." Director Kevin Chu (朱延平) said: "Who asked Jay to be young, I'm scared later on there would be a older girl-younger boy relationship."

Many people are in favour of Korean actress Kim Tae Hee (金泰希), but Jay has a soft spot for Zhou Xun. He said: "We met before at the Venice Film Festival, and we just collaborated in Yuan He Ping's Beggar So. Her image and acting skills are both very impressive, and I'm good friends with her boyfriend, Li Daqi (李大齐)." Jay expressed that he completely doesn't understand how the term 'J-Girl' came about. He said: "I've only heard of Bond Girls."

Ci Ling includes action, adventure, literature and manga, and Jay will be wearing both ancient and modern costumes. The wushu choreographer Cheng Xiao Dong has already come up with extremely difficult actions, even giving him many cool weapons. Kevin Chu said: "When Jay is films action scenes, he doesn't complain at all. The last time when we were filming Kung Fu Dunk, he was hung in the air for the whole afternoon. This time I want to shape him to be more 'man', more tough." Jay feigned coolness and said: "The last time, it was because there were many fans looking at me."

'Secret' and 'Kung Fu Dunk' didn't get recognised in the Golden Horse Awards, Jay said: "Do movies with action immediately get classified into commercial films? Does it mean only films with plain text only is considered art? What type of movies get the recognition of the judges? This deserves some thought. I feel action movies are the hardest. Especially since I am not Bruce Lee (李小龙) or Jet Li (李连杰), who started training very early. So for me to act well mean I have to put in extra effort."

Jay Chou has been receiving endless offers for movies. Next year he will film Ci Ling first, later on he will direct his second movie. But if there is a movie with a good script, director and team asks him to act, Jay said: "I will take it first." He will need time to consider if it requires very intimate scenes. He says: "Because 6,7 years ago, when I first debuted, I filmed a cell phone commercial without my top on, and it was pasted all over the streets. I really regretted doing that. If in the future it is required for a movie, it must make sense, then I will act in it."

Wilbur Pan and Jessie Chiang held hands while making a love nest.

2008-12-16T00:56:00.001-08:00

Wilbur Pan and Jessie Chiang held hands while making a love nest.
Date: Monday 15 December
Source: UDN.com
Translated: JPOO @ http://asianfanatics.net
Yesterday Jessie Chiang (江語晨) and her senior Wilbur Pan(潘瑋柏) (Handsome Pan 潘帥) both baked a gingerbread house together, 2 hands as one (meaning they worked together just like one pair of hands), eating as they work, they got teased saying the two of them were making a romantic love nest.

Jessie was staring at Wilbur whilst he was putting on the cream for the lid of the gingerbread house, the cream went all over his hands, and Jessie had to say "Senior, i'll help you squeeze it" Wilbur heard and his eyes beamed and said ambiguously "Squeeze where?"
All the staff burst into laughter, and Jessie immediatly turned red and said "Squeezing the cream!"

Jessie who hasn't even been in the music industry for over a month, thanked Wilbur for writing her a song by celebrating christmas with him earlier, and when they were making the gingerbread house, she even fed cream to Wilbur, this made Wilbur smile happily.

Recently a web-user posted in a forum calling wilbur "Pan Shuai has changed to Pan Sai" (潘帥變潘塞)[Handsome Pan has changed to Pan Poo] (sai in Taiwanese dialect means Poo 屎) and questioned him as being fake (Leg not really broken, Just propoganda).

Wilbur who is known to be very sporty, has recently come across many misfortunes, firstly in his performance in BeiJing he fell and broke his left leg's ligament, and had to cancel his New York trip to rest, but yet a web-user is questioning him as "Leg not really broken, Just propoganda" and they also said even though he's injured he can still go shopping with a model, and perform very lively in the V power concert, dancing along.

Wilbur said bitterly "My friend also mocked me and asked if I was lying." When Wilbur fell it actually took him at least 5 minutes to be able to stand up because of the pain, and during the V power concert he was keeping all the pain into himself, after he got of the stage he even had to lay against the staff, he is going for a surgery in one month's time.

Rainie Yang pole-dances sexily, got told that she's quite manly off-screen

2008-12-16T00:55:00.000-08:00

Rainie Yang pole-dances sexily, got told that she's quite manly off-screen.
source: Eastday
translated: JPOO @ http://asianfanatics.net
Rainie acted in "Miss No Good" as Jiang Xiao Hua, this was widely accepted by the audience.
On the 14th of december they held a "Jiang Xiao Hua party", Xiao Hua's best friends in the drama Dou Zi (Shi Yuan Jie), and Jo Jo (Xiao Call) also attended to increase the liveliness.

Rainie re-danced her pole dancing scene from the drama, she used Shi Yuan Jie as her human pole, she would stick out her tongue, flick her hair and twist her waist, this made Shi Yuan Jie get really embarassed, and his face turned red he kept on shouting: " I'm going to enter the army soon! i'll be a soldier, I can't take this!"

Even though Rainie was showing off her sexiness and charm, but when Shi Yuan Jie saw her, he actually shouted out: "Chen Ge!"(Chen as in rainie's name and ge as in brother)He said that Rainie acts like a boy off-screen, and he always called her "Chen Ge" this made Rainie really angry.

Zhang Ziyi Takes on 'Horsemen'

2008-12-16T00:54:00.002-08:00

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is seen in "The Horsemen", a Hollywood thriller which also stars Golden Globe-nominated actor Dennis Quaid. Zhang plays a serial killer, a very different role from her typical on-screen persona.
[Source : Crienglish.com]

About the movie : Starring Dennis Quaid, the film follows a recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death until he discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Ziyi Zhang, Clifton Collins Jr. and Patrick Fugit co-star. Lionsgate has picked the film up for distribution and will offer it a limited release on March 13th.
[Source : Shocktillyoudrop.com]

"Ip Man" Grabs 1.4 Million Yuan on First Day

2008-12-16T00:54:00.001-08:00

"Ip Man" Grabs 1.4 Million Yuan on First Day
CRIENGLISH.com

The Hong Kong action movie "Ip Man" took in about 1.4 Million yuan on Friday, the first day of its release, the Tianjin-based Morning Post quotes the movie's production side as saying.

The film also has won acclaim from audiences and critics over the weekend.

A review published in the Beijing Times said the calm and graceful Ip Man played by Donnie Yen, was even more charming than Li Mubai (Chow Yun-fat) in the award-winning film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

"Ip Man," directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Wilson Yip, retells the life story of Ip Man, the grand master of Wing Chun martial arts, who is known internationally as Bruce Lee's teacher.

Red Cliff II Posters Unveiled

2008-12-16T00:53:00.001-08:00

Red Cliff II Posters Unveiled
CRIENGLISH.com

The posters of the second installment of director John Woo's epic movie "Red Cliff" have been published in Taiwan.

Reported to be the most expensive film so far in Asia, the first part of the grand production raked in more than 300 million yuan in its first month of screening in July, making it the highest-earning Chinese film ever.

Based on the Chinese literature classic "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", whose characters are household heroic names among Chinese, the flick rallied the shiniest stars on the Chinese silver screen, including award-winning Hong Kong actor Tony Leung, mainland actress Zhao Wei and Taiwan actor Chang Chen.

The sequel, which is said to re-present the best known historical battles in 208 AD in China's Three Kingdoms period, will premiere in cinemas on Jan. 15 during the busiest year-end season.

Shin performs magic to thank Jessie Chiang for guesting at his concert

2008-12-16T00:52:00.000-08:00

source: epochtimes
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

To thank Jessie Chiang for guesting at his concert, Shin specially showed off a magic performance, and this made Jessie happily laugh!

Is Shin becoming a magician? Earlier, Shin performed some magic to Jessie. He held a thin branch in his hands, and as he walked up to Jessie, he shook his left hand, and suddenly a rose appeared. Because Shin did not know what to give, he ended up making many interesting things appear. He said seriously: “I initially was planning on a big bouquet of flowers, but then I realized my skill is not great enough.”

Jessie was quite shocked at Shin’s magic skills and she said: “I’ve seen other peoples’ magic before la! But Shin’s performance was very good, this will definitely win the hearts of many girls.” She also added: “I’m very happy that Shin invited me to guest at his concert, my first time, and it’s with him, I feel very happy.”

Shin also expressed that he will definitely support Jessie in the future: “I think she has a lot of potential, hopefully not too long after, she will also hold a very big concert, and I will definitely agree to be her guest too. Maybe I can even show off some magic.”

Shin, who is always overseas will not spend Christmas in Taiwan this year. He hopes that through this concert, he can let everyone celebrate an early Christmas, and he wishes everyone to have a merry Christmas and happy new year.

Fans forced Yoga Lin and Ashin to sing together

2008-12-15T02:27:00.000-08:00

Fans forced Yoga Lin and Ashin to sing together
Source: udn
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net/
On the second day of Mayday's concerts, Yoga Lin was invited as a guest. As a diehard fan, he especially chose to sing "A Future With You", admitting that at one time, Mayday was a necessity to him - he couldn't be without them. Having heard this, fans shouted "come together with Ashin"!

Even though Ashin has been in the entertainment industry for 9 years, he still feels very nervous before each performance. He didn't expect his agent to mention that when the concert concluded, some of the audience said, "Mayday have suffered a lot to earn their money." This confirmation moved him and he even said mockingly, "We don't suffer to earn money, we don't earn money! We want to earn the emotions of fans."

Last night Mayday performed the never-before released "Big, golden coloured street". As they had become aquainted with each other in secondary high, they also especially found 50 students from that school's guitar club to sing "Simple-minded Person" (憨人), encouraging fans to make the most of their youth and pursue their dreams with courage. "Perhaps the next Mayday is already here (in the crowd)."

Perceptual Ashin said, "If we are an idol group, perhaps we would have disappeared long ago. I hope that in 8 years time, Mayday can have a concert here again!" then asked fans to hold hands and toss their colourful victory ribbons together. At once, a magnificent ocean of blue was created. The scene was spectacular, the atmosphere was touching.

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Jay Chou gives up his first time being an audience member to Aaron Kwok

2008-12-14T22:51:00.001-08:00

Source: Apple

Jay Chou has been out for 9 years, he's held countless concerts, yesterday night was the first time he went to watch someone else's concert in Taiwan, he went to support Aaron Kwok. A few days ago Jay Chou just finished filming the movie "Beggar So" in Beijing, while he had some free time before going to Toronto in Canada and Connecticut in America to hold concerts he went to Aaron Kwok's concert in the Taipei Arena.
This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com
In fact Jay Chou and Aaron Kwok have quite a friendship, before he wrote the song "Love" for him, last year Aaron Kwok was a guest performer at Jay Chou's Hong Kong Coliseum concert, the two heavenly kings danced "Love For You Never Ends", it was unforgettable for fans. Afterwards Aaron Kwok came to Taiwan and Jay Chou took him around the town in his 38 million yuan sports car, he wanted to show off to his idol, yet he wasn't aware that Aaron had a 50 million collectible car, afterwards he felt a bit silly. Jay Chou arrived at the concert at the very last minute, this was his first time "watching" a concert, what attracted him? He said smiling: "Because he's heavenly king Kwok!" As to which part he wanted to watch the most, he said: "Of course it's the Guinness World Records (referring to the 450 degrees rotating stage)!"

Aaron Kwok shows off his abs in Taiwan concert; Earns 6.5 million

2008-12-14T22:49:00.000-08:00

Aaron Kwok shows off his abs in Taiwan concert; Earns 6.5 million
Source: Sina
Date: Monday December 15, 2008
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
On the 13th and 14th of December, Arron Kwok (郭富城) held his 'Da Show Reel' concert in Taipei's 'Little Giant Egg' Stadium. Even though Arron is only holding two concerts this time, his ability to earn money is still strong, successfully earning TWD26 million (about 6.5 million RMB)

In the concert, other than dancing and singing, he engaged the audience and intensified the atmosphere. He shouted out to the Taiwanese fans: "We must surely beat the record in this stadium, as our voices are the loudest." All the fans present gathered together and their shouts almost shattered the stadium. Arron also played the piano, but as he wasn't skilled in playing the piano he often made mistakes. He made the entire audience laugh by saying: "Please give me another chance. I am not Jay Chou (周杰伦). The piano is so difficult to play." However Jay Chou, who was also present, praised Arron saying that his skills were already not bad.

Other than making mistakes when playing the piano, Arron also mispronounced the words 'Xiao Xin' (be careful) as 'Xiao Qi' (little seven). His spoken mandarin is getting worse and he mocked himself, saying: "My spoken mandarin is like what it was 18 years ago when I first debuted, how bad!"

Yesterday night, Jolin Tsai (蔡依林), Elva Hsiao (萧亚轩), Ella, Hebe and Faith Yang (杨乃文) came to attend the concert. The outside world is guessing that she deliberately tried to avoid Jay Chou, but she expressed that she completely did not know that Jay was coming, saying that the only thing she heard was that Arron had trained a set of very impressive abs and she didn't want to miss that. Her mother is also a big fan of Arron, and she revealed that many years ago she also brought Jolin to watched Arron's concert.

This is his first concert in Taiwan in 12 years, and after it ended, Arron had insomnia and could only fall asleep at 7 in the morning. He even asked for a massage for him to relax. He said that he is suppressing all his excited feelings just to let his second night be more exciting and he would perform with abandon.

Arron is leaving Taiwan today afternoon by Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Flight KA481.

Lollipop and The Flowers Member Film New Movie

2008-12-14T22:48:00.002-08:00

Source: Sina
Translation: http://cfensi.wordpress.com/

Filming began on the 14th for the movie Re Xue Tong Meng, starring Flowers member Da Zhang Wei, Lollipop member Aoquan, and Teresa Fu, with a guest appearance by Lollipop’s Ah Wei.

The movie will be about a group of teenagers who became friends due to their common interest in martial arts. Ao Quan will play a rich and rebellious martial arts kid. Da Zhang Wei (Zhang=Last name, Wei=First name, Da=Suffix aka Big) will play someone similar to himself in real life- a lively goofball.

Da Zhang Wei, "Our movie is a combination of family, fighting, romance, and shock. I'm in charge of shock, and Teresa's in charge of family."

Aoquan says that practicing martials for this drama is way of releasing all the pressure from the day's work.

Show Luo holds fan meet & forgets lyrics; pushes blame on Aaron Kwok

2008-12-14T22:48:00.001-08:00

source: chinatimes
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Show Luo held a fan meet in Ximen yesterday, and he sung his new song ‘Strong Reasons’. His dancing had full momentum, but halfway through the song, he suddenly forgot the lyrics. Show hastened to yell stop, and requested to sing it again. Afterwards, he clarified: “The night before yesterday, I went to Aaron Kwok’s concert, and now my brain is still full of flashing images of him, that’s why I forgot the lyrics,” pushing the responsibility to Aaron!

Yesterday, member of national Taekwando team Yang Shu Jun made a guest appearance, and she revealed that 5 years ago, she went on ‘Youth Corps’ that was back then hosted by Show. She said that when they were playing a game, Show would grab her leg, and not let go, and this almost resulted in her suffering spinal injuries. After hearing this, Show was extremely shocked. He did not realize that a little fun game, could have resulted in damaging her career.

Designing Styles for Female College Students S.H.E Laments No Time Off for Year End Holidays

2008-12-14T22:47:00.003-08:00

S.H.E who became endorsers for women fashion early this year certainly demonstrated their huge popularity and successfully achieved an impressive sales increase for the clothes line. The manufacturers were so happy with the result that they decided to hold a “Christmas Change of Fashion Show ~ S.H.E My Personal Stylist” function to show their appreciation to the consumers. Thus, allowing all S.H.E fans a chance to interact with S.H.E in close proximity.

This focus of this function was to create fashion styles suitable for the three big year-end holidays including Christmas, New Year and Chinese Year New, so that all young women could be dressed in a fashionable style similar to that of S.H.E for these special occasions. In order to achieve satisfactory result befitting of being stylists, S.H.E already had discussions on the various styles suitable for the various occasions so that everyone can attend these most important year end events in high fashion. Yesterday (Dec 13th), in order to increase interest for the function, the organizers invited several popular female college students from the show [College Students, Are You Ready?] to appear as models so that this fashion show in which S.H.E will be acting as stylists for the first time would be a huge success. To no one’s surprise, the styles created by S.H.E enabled the college students to look fashionable even in casual sports wear. They were so satisfied with the look that they wanted to go to holiday parties dressed like that.

However, the incredibly creative S.H.E lamented that basically these three big holidays meant no time off for them because as they got closer to year end, their working schedule became even tighter, so they had to be satisfied with creating styles for others to go partying. However S.H.E also expressed that they had not spend New Year’s Eve in Taiwan for many years, finally this year there is a chance for them to do so in Taiwan. Although they still had to work and even must take the rapid transit to rush to locations at the opposite ends of Taiwan, but at least afterwards, they could go home and spend New Year’s with their families and they would even be able to count down the New Year with Taiwanese fans. This would be their greatest satisfaction.

translated by : wyn0602 of CEFC
credits : CEFC and eastday.com
original source : http://enjoy.eastday.com/e/20081214/u1a4043948.html

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Mayday Rocks Taipei with 50,000 Fans

2008-12-14T22:47:00.001-08:00

Source: Crienglish

The first of pop-rock band Mayday's concerts in Tapei on Saturday drew thousands of fans who lined up the night before in hopes of securing prime space at the open-seating event, the Tungstar news agency reported.

Tickets for the concert were attached to the band's latest album, "Poetry of The Day After," which was released on October 23, and were not numbered, so that those who arrived at the concert venue first would get their pick of seats. Fans hoping for the best seats started to queue overnight outside the Zhongshan Soccer Stadium in Taiwan's capital.

The concert opened with a three-minute fireworks show, which cost about 600,000 Taiwan dollars (more than 800 U.S. dollars), according to local media.

The five-man band received screams as more than 50,000 fans sang along to their hit single "Love I-N-G" and other songs from the new album.

The second concert will be held this evening in the same venue.

Premiere of his new song 'Heartbeat'; Wang Leehom reveals that he doesn't like clingy girls

2008-12-14T05:24:00.000-08:00

Premiere of his new song 'Heartbeat'; Wang Leehom reveals that he doesn't like clingy girls
Source: Sohu
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
For Wang Leehom's (王力宏) new album 'Heartbeat' (心·跳), due to be released on the 26th, his company found a sexy nurse to measure Leehom's heartbeat. It measured with 82 to 90 beats in one minute, Leehom laughed saying that he purposely looked straight in front, and hence managed to control his heartbeat. There was a surprising rumour that he was going to leave the entertainment industry, but Leehom clarified and denied that: "My words were twisted and made a little too exaggerated, of course I didn't have that thought."

Leehom is extremely private, and only through music does he show a glimpse of his love life. His new song 'Heartbeat' described a real-life relationship. He honestly admitted that after a break up, he would feel like he had been thrown into a deep ocean - a really terrible feeling. Also, the reasons behind the breakup is extremely complicated, hard to make clear, and there would always be regrets. There are rumours that he was actually thinking about his breakup with Shu Qi (舒淇), but Wang Leehom denied it: "Why must you bring in other artistes?"

'Heartbeat' describes a relationship between two lovers that experiences a bottleneck, the sweetness after the tears and fighting, later on regretting the relationship and wishing that they could go back to the beginning. The lyrics talks about someone who doesn't like to fight, yet is unsure of how to apologise - Leehom admits that that is his indeed his own character. After being asked who he was talking about, he thought for a long time before saying: "I'm not comfortable announcing about my private life.", preferring to keep quiet.

Leehom expressed that he had been extremely stressed about his concert in September, and after the thunderous applause he got on stage, he went home alone and heard his heart beat, giving him the inspiration to write the lyrics. He is usually going all over the world for his concerts, and is used to living alone. Someone replied that being his girlfriend would be hard, and Leehom agreed with that, saying "My girlfriend shouldn't be too clingy."

His new song 'Everything' is also another touching love song. Leehom revealed that he was writing about his friend's story. His friend is a university student whom had asked him to help him pick an engagement ring, as he plans to propose to his girlfriend in Australia. However he didn't expect the girl to have no plans for marriage at all, and in the end the wonderful arrangement ended in heartbreak. Luckily the friend had left all the sadness behind and got a new girlfriend, though Leehom said that right now he himself is concentrating on his work, and doesn't want to get into a new relationship too quickly.

Jay Chou to duet with Song Zhu Ying at the Spring Festival Gala

2008-12-14T01:49:00.001-08:00

Source: Csh

After the second check of the language events at the 2009 Spring Festival Gala, the events for dancing went into the third check a few days ago. Reporters found out from insiders, the director of the Spring Festival Gala intends to get Song Zhu Ying and Jay Chou to do a duet. It's been reported this is a request from Jay Chou, he wants them to either sing "Spicy Girls", or a new song he will write for them to sing.

The idea of getting Jay Chou and Song Zhu Ying to do a duet has been around for a long time, ever since it was discovered that the melodies to "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Spicy Girls" were similar, the collaboration of the two has become something every party organiser anticipates.

Yesterday reporters found out, when the 1009 Spring Festival Gala crew sent out an invitation to Jay Chou, he proposed a duet of "Spicy Girls" with Song Zhu Ying, if the crew could not agree to this point, there's an alternative, which is for him to write a song, but the song must be sung by him and Song Zhu Ying. According to reports, once the crew agree to this proposal, Jay Chou will invite his old partner Vincent Fang to write the lyrics. This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com

According to reports, the Spring Festival Gala crew are right now considering Jay Chou's proposed request. Song Zhu Ying herself also admires Jay Chou's talent a lot, but everything is down to the Spring Festival Gala crew's arrangement.

Rumours with Jay Chou as soon as coming out, Jessie Chiang: don't have that dating feeling with Jay

2008-12-14T01:47:00.000-08:00

Source: NOWnews

Ever since coming out Jessie Chiang has had Jay Chou's name linked with hers, she released her new album "Teru Teru Bozu" in November, in reality, her personality is one of positive and healthy. She's been rumoured to have become the new "J Girl", besides feeling helpless, she admitted the rumours were good and harmful for her.

Is Jessie Chiang and Jay Chou's relationship more than meets the eye? Jessie Chiang accepted the questions from the presenter Wang Zu Shou on "UFO 1 O'clock" in November, she expressed, when she went out with Jay Chou privately for the first time, it included other friends, they all went to play basketball, she didn't think that after just one day it was all over the news, she said frankly: "At the time both me and my family were shocked! Because it was the first time we went out, I couldn't have thought they were write it like that."

After being labelled "J Girl", Jessie Chiang became the new love of the media, she was constantly chased, even the workers by her side were often photographed at the same time. Even though she felt perplexed by this, but Jessie Chiang has a carefree attitude, she'll politely joke with them: "Would your parents shout out happily: "Wow! My kid is in the news!""

Jessie Chiang's attitude is just like the Teru Teru Bozu, she's lively and open, when she was being interviewed, her bright laughter could be heard in the recording studio. Towards these news that's made up from thin air, even though she feels helpless and tired of them, but she said frankly: "Actually with these rumours, afterwards I found out they are good and bad, the good thing about them is that when I release an album, I get everyone's attention fast! (bright laughter straight after this)" This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com

Jay Chou and her other good friends in the company, including Nan Quan Mama's Devon, her seniour Wilber Pan have helped her make her new album. It reminds people of when Jolin Tsai was doing "Magic", Jay Chou strongly supported her, the rumours came soon after; for the release of Jessie Chiang's album this time, Jay Chou has called on many people to help out, he himself has helped her write two songs, it's no wonder people are suspecting they are doing another "double J relationship".

It's been rumoured that the writer, "Chen Shao Rong", of "My Theme Song" and other songs in the "Teru Teru Bozu" album, is actually just Jay Chou's alias. Jessie Chiang strongly clarified: "There is indeed someone called Chen Shao Rong, no matter if this rumour is good or not, it's actually very unfair to Chen Shao Rong." So what is the relationship between Jessie Chiang and Jay Chou? Is it "more than friends, but not quite lovers"? She said: "Our relationship isn't that close, I think we are "less than friends", and then...there is no "love"."

Xiao Zhong wipes off sweat dressed up as a bear; nearly getting a heat stroke Source: Liberty Times Translated by: indescribable @ http://asianfanatic

2008-12-14T01:46:00.000-08:00

Ariel Lin falls ill, [Xiao Zhong] Joe Cheng substitutes [Wife] and dresses up as a bear for work! Wearing the teddy bear costume for the first time, the bear’s head was stuffy, the bear costume very thick, and during filming there was a high 30-something degree temperature; Xiao Zhong almost received a heat stroke; once the scene was finished his legs immediately gave out beneath him!

In CTV and GTV's idol drama [Love or Bread], Xiao Zhong dresses up as a bear. Standing at 185cm high, with long arms and long legs, when wearing the bear costume, the pants were not long enough, and he would even accidentally expose the bear's feet. Seeing him dressed as a bear, because it is just too cute, the crew members teased: "We have never seen such a slim, slender bear!" and even joking that he is a [role model in the bear world]. A group of people raised a commotion about wanting the [Bear] to do a fashion runway walk, provoking Xiao Zhong to say in an angry tone: "I already have not walked the runway for a long time!"

Although praised for being very cute dressed up as a bear, Xiao Zhong was in too much suffering and could not speak. On the day of filming, high temperatures made it blistering hot. Wearing the filming costume and putting on the bear head, from head to toe it was so stuffy that no air could circulate, Xiao Zhong immediately sweated and soaked his back, almost getting a heat stroke. Thousands of people have worn the costume, and with the inside a mixture of many people's sweat and body odour, he cried out frankly that he could not stand it: "Even if I don’t die of heat, I will die from the smell!" Sigh, "money is difficult to make"!

Love relationships difficult for gods; Wang Lee Hom accepts fate; Sandee Chen’s MV premiere, familiar online friends gave her a pleasant surprise

2008-12-14T01:45:00.002-08:00

Love relationships difficult for gods; Wang Lee Hom accepts fate; Sandee Chen’s MV premiere, familiar online friends gave her a pleasant surprise
Source: China Times
Translated by: indescribable @ http://asianfanatics.net
The self-directed and acted music video of Wang Lee Hom (王力宏)’s new song (心跳), which he based on his own experiences, and Jay Chou (周杰倫)’s (我不配) music video filmed last year have different tunes but the same essence, both about the story of "love relationships difficult for gods", also ending in tragedy. He said he has not seen Jay Chou’s music video, but is also not afraid of being compared to. "We are 'colleagues' from the same generation, have had the same kind of experiences; will inevitably project those feelings into songs and music videos."

In the music video, Wang Lee Hom presents the contradictions and conflicts of pursuing love relationships as a popular artist. He said, he has always been very into making his music, but does not want to admit that he is the kind of person who puts career ahead of love, just seeing love as unimportant because of work. He said: "I’ll just accept my fate!"

The night of the 12th, Sandee Chen (陳珊妮) held the premiere of the (離別曲) music video at the Dun-Nan Eslite. The atmosphere was just like a sermon by a religious founder, even she said with a laugh: "This kind of time feels like a mysterious gathering." Due to her often meeting with fans on the PTT network, during the autograph signing, many fans introduced themselves with their online nicknames, making her look up pleasantly surprised: "Oh, so it is you."

Tomorrow she will be a guest at the Mayday concert, and as for the "Christmas Eve Concert" held at 7:30PM on the 24th at the Taipei International Convention Center, there are not many tickets left. Fans who have not bought them yet can purchase tickets through the ERA Ticket system.

Aaron Kwok holds concert in Taiwan; Taiwanese artists show their support

2008-12-14T01:45:00.001-08:00

source: Liberty Times
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Aaron Kwok came to Taiwan to hold his concert yesterday, and Taiwanese artists all showed their support, including Jay Chou, Lin Zhi Ling, Show Luo; they all have a never-ending love for ‘Cheng Cheng!’ (Aaron)

Before the concert started, the organizers held an ‘Open Party’ and almost 30 artists attended. Lin Zhi Ling said: “He is everyone’s idol, of course we have to come.” Reporters had sharp eyes and noticed that the diamond ring on her ring finger was missing, and when they questioned her about this, Lin Zhi Ling pretended to look stupid, and did a ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about’ expression, and she quickly left without replying. As for Show Luo, Aaron is his forever, biggest idol in his heart, and yesterday, although he had an event, he still rushed to attend Aaron’s concert. Show said that the workers specially arranged for him to be able to finish watching the concert, and Show said he had been looking forward to this for weeks.

Jay Chou appeared at the last minute, just as the concert was about to start. This is the first time he has attended a concert in Taiwan, and he expressed that Aaron’s concert will definitely be original: “Because he is King Guo, of course I have to come see his Guiness World Record.”

Other artists that attended included Ariel Lin, Blue Lan, Sonia Sui, Bianca Bai, Aska Yang, Tsai Chiu Feng, Zhang Xuan, Hong Kong star Idy Chan etc.

Rainie Yang changes her looks for her album and refuses men with good qualities

2008-12-14T01:44:00.003-08:00

Source: Eastday.com
Date: 11 December 2008
Translated: JPOO @ asianfanatics.net

Rainie attended a interview in Hong Kong yesterday, she said she had to change her looks alot for her new album, she was previously worried that everyone would reject it, but fortunately the sales for her new album aren't bad.
Rainie also said, she would like to be in a relationship any time, but at the moment she hasn't got anyone in mind, she's been to blind dates, but non of them are right for her, she has also been introduced with men with superb qualities, but she feels that men with good qualities are dangerous, so no thanks!

Regarding her idol-drama "Miss No Good" which failed to break "Fated To Love You's" ratings she said "the two dramas broadcasted on different times, when our drama broadcasted it became first and that was enough.
Do I think of myself as the ratings guarantee? the ratings are depended on the audience's preferences, noone would be the ratings guarantee(r ) forever, but being able to be a nominee for the Golden Bell awards was really unexpected, never ever thought that I would get a prize.

Danson Tang spoils his niece, spending over $NT500,000

2008-12-14T01:44:00.001-08:00

Danson Tang spoils his niece, spending over $NT500,000
Source: Apple Daily
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net

In the entertainment circle, Danson Tang is known for spoiling his niece, little Maiya. As soon as he is overseas and has time to shop, he will go to the children's department first. Little Maiya is only 6 months old but he has spent over $500,000 on her. He even once bought a large coat for her from Hong Kong costing $HK10,000 (approx. $NT43,000). He said, "When I bought it it was summer but my mother and I insisted that she wear it so we could take photos, it was too hot for her."

When little Maiya was born, Danson was overseas so as soon as he got off the plane, he rushed immediately to the hospital. As soon as he saw his niece, he got emotional and his eyes went red. He even said, "Uncle will love you just like a girlfriend."

Likes to dress her up
Danson's other hobby, is dressing up little Maiya in different styles. Recently when he was in Japan, he bought woollen clothing from the children's department and said, "Woollen clothing is very cute and also very warm in winter."

On Danson's birthday, his sister and mother even specially brought little Maiya along to surprise him.

Wang Leehom's new song about his failure in love; deliberately mystifies by refusing to talk about Shu Qi

2008-12-14T01:43:00.001-08:00

Wang Leehom's new song about his failure in love; deliberately mystifies by refusing to talk about Shu Qi
Source: TOM
Date: Saturday December 13, 2008
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
On the 12th of December, Wang Leehom (王力宏) attended a press conference for the release of his new album. His new song 'Heart Beat' (心跳) is the true story of one of his breakups. He described the song as the saddest one in his entire album. However, when the reporters started asking him if the girl he was talking about is Shu Qi (舒淇), he went back to being on guard and said: "Why must you bring up other celebrities' names?" being deliberately mysterious and refusing to answer the question directly.

His love life is something the outside world is curious about, however Leehom still puts his career first. Now he has no time or heart to get into a relationship. Does he regret experiencing this relationship? After pondering for a long time, he said: "I do regret a little, but you can say I'm more sorrowful about it."

Leehom laughed and expressed that when he wrote this song, he already knew that he was going to be asked about his love life, hence all his detailed answers are in the lyrics.

Jessie Chiang dresses up as angel; will spend Christmas with fans

2008-12-14T01:42:00.000-08:00

source: sina
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Yesterday, Jessie Chiang attended a Christmas event at ‘Toys R Us’ in Taipei. She dressed up as a Christmas angel and decorated the Christmas tree inside the shop.

Due to religious beliefs, Jessie expressed that Christmas is very important to her and her family. When asked what her favourite present is, her answer was very unexpected.

Being a new singer that has just entered the industry, Jessie revealed that this year, she will spend Christmas with her fans, and she is looking forward to it.

Tears flow at Zax Wang & Ji Qin's wedding; 5566 were not present

2008-12-14T01:41:00.000-08:00

Tears flow at Zax Wang & Ji Qin's wedding; 5566 were not present
Source: Sina
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
Yesterday, on the 11th of December, Zax Wang Ren Fu (王仁甫) finally married Ji Qin (季芹), the woman who has borne him two children, in Guam Island. However, the result of too many good things at once is that weird things would start happening. Guam's weather has always been good, but just on that day, it saw it's first heavy thunderstorm in 8 years. The rain and wind was the hardest from the start of the ceremony to the end, with their relatives and friends all taking shelter in the church as they were all afraid of getting soaked. In the ceremony, both Zax and Ji Qin's faces were bathed in tears. However, there were no celebrities present in this wedding, not even 5566 members.

Yesterday afternoon, people spotted Zax changing into his white tuxedo, then walking to the church next to the hotel. It is rare that he would dress up so nicely, and around him there were many photographers taking pictures.

This time Zax went to Guam as a groom, and he was extremely nervous and impatient. He asked Ji Qin repeatedly: "Where are the rings? Is the hair and makeup OK?" At first Ji Qin said that she wouldn't cry, however when she saw her husband cry, her tears began to fall of their own accord.

Zax carried their daughter Le Le, and son Ya Ya into the church, and Le Le was the one who gave the rings to the pastor. After Ji Qin walked in hand in hand with her father, her father said to Zax: "I'm going to hand over to you my most beloved daughter!" After hearing this sentence, Zax couldn't hold back anymore and starting crying; even the relatives and friends present had to wipe away their tears.

The person who created the most entertainment that day was Ya Ya. Maybe it was because he wasn't acclimatized to Guam yet, but in the first 3 days he didn't empty his bowels. Only when his father and mother were getting married did he produce a whole sack of 'yellow gold'. Zax said: "This is a good omen." Ya Ya's sister Le Le didn't just sit around either, she kept jumping up and down, almost tearing Ji Qin's veil. Luckily her grandmother (Zax's mother) managed to carry her away in time, before a crisis occured.

The weather in Guam has always been pleasant, hence it was strange when, at 3pm when the ceremony was supposed to start, the sky suddenly turned grey and dark. The wedding team hadn't even left the hotel before it started to rain, so the 'Ji Fu Wedding Team' had to brave the rain to get to the church.

The mood in the church was full of cheer, with people happy and celebrating, while the rain continued to pour outside. The church got them a foreign pastor, and even in a few sentences into his speech, the two's 'noses started to ache', and together with the rain pouring outside, God wept together with the new groom and bride. It was only 1 hour later when the ceremony ended that the sky was clear again.

Ethan Ruan will name his children Ruan Mian Mian and Ruan Pa Pa

2008-12-12T02:29:00.001-08:00

Ethan Ruan will name his children Ruan Mian Mian and Ruan Pa Pa
Source: UDN
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net/
Ever since he entered the entertainment industry, relationship rumours circulating around Ethan Ruan have never stopped and this has also made the outside world have a playboy impression of him. However, when Ethan was promoting his new book on Entertainment @ Azio (東風娛樂通 an entertainment show), his good friends Ah Jun and Mark jumped out and ensured that "Although he chooses romance over friendship and won't answer our phonecalls when he is with his girlfriend, he is very committed to his girlfriend."

Ethan Ruan, who hopes to have children once he gets married, has even chosen a name for his daughter, he said seriously, "My daughter will definitely be very cute, I want to name her Ruan Mian Mian."

Ethan Ruan is not only committed to his girlfriend but also very considerate. If his girlfriend wants to go out at night, not matter how late it is, Ethan will be her chauffeur with just one phonecall. Ethan expressed, "I think that my girlfriend will be quite pretty so when we are out at night, I tend to get worried. Also, it doesn't take much effort to drive her and at the same time I can also protect her, isn't this just right?"

However, Ah Jun and Mark feel that Ethan values romance over friendship: "As soon as Ethan doesn't answer our calls, we know he has a girlfriend!" However, not only did Ethan not mind his friends' accusations, he even seriously expressed, "Valuing romance over friends is a must! If you're my friend, it's not too much to wait a while for me!"

Besides willing to be his girlfriend's chauffeur, if there are prawns being served at the dinner table, Ethan will also peel the shells for his girlfriend. Even though he explained that when two people eat prawns together, as long as one person's hands have the taste, it's enough, his good intentions were clear.

Ethan who wants to have children in the future, revealed that he has already thought of a name for his daughter, "I want to name her Ruan Mian Mian. It sounds so cute as soon as you hear it!" The crowd laughed and said since his daughter will be called "Ruan Mian Mian", then his son should be called "Ruan Pa Pa".

Fahrenheit crazily buying houses except Wu Chun

2008-12-12T02:28:00.000-08:00

Fahrenheit crazily buying houses except Wu Chun
Source: Liberty Times
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net/
Since Fahrenheit is endorsing Taiwan tourism, Calvin Chen has considered to prepare $US300,000 (approx. $NT9.99million) to buy a house for his parents in America; Arron will buy a grand residence worth $10million for his family including decoration costs; Dadong also wants to buy a house leaning towards the path of a landlord; Wu Chun has the finance but doesn't want to purchase a house but instead, travel everywhere overseas with his father.

Enjoying life, he wants to take his father travelling overseas

To Fahrenheit, this has been a profitable year. With their wallets very full, the four of them talked of the economic outlook and how much they would have in the new year. Wu Chun said unmarried people in Brunei aren't required to hand out red packets [refers to Chinese tradition of money wrapped in red as a gift esp. during new year]. On the contrary, they can receive red packets and with money, can buy a car, holiday or enjoy life. Currently, he still doesn't want to buy a house and although being single, he doesn't need to give out red packets, he is the boss of a gym so he still must give workers red packets as a reward for their hard work. This has been predicted to cost about $NT500,000.

Dadong gives red packet and doesn't compare himself to Show Luo

This year Dadong plans to wrap an enormous 7-digit sum red packet. When asked whether is will exceed Xiao Zhu's [Show Luo] $5million that he gave his mother, he mumbled, "All the money I earn, I give to my mother." Arron Yan, who doesn't like using credit cards, has a typical cash ideology. He says he is afraid that if he had a credit card, he would use it too much so this year he plans to wrap a 6-digit sum red packet.

Calvin Chen said, "Everyone thinks that we've earned a lot. Even the administrator of residence asked me this and I replied to him, if I really earned that much, would I still be living here?" In regards to his parents immigrating to California, he revealed that he is currently searching for a house online. He will also prepare $US200,000 for his parents to show filial respect and put some effort in for his family. In previous years, the red packets that Calvin has given his parents have always been a lucky sum such as $68,000 or $88,000 (Note: this is because the pronunciation of 8 in Chinese sounds like the word: to get rich).

Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng’s emoticons win fans

2008-12-12T02:26:00.001-08:00

Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng’s emoticons win fans
Source: UDN
To enter the youth market, more and more idol dramas are using MSN emoticons, including SETTV’s ‘Invincible Shan Bao Mei’ (無敵珊寶妹) and GTV’s ‘Love or Bread’ (我的億萬麵包). For the main actors Ariel Lin (林依晨) and Joe Cheng (鄭元暢), ‘Love or Bread’ is collaborating with MSN to come up with 10 different emoticons for the fans of the show to download. Even heavenly king Jay Chou (周杰倫) is no exception. Recently he collaborated with KK-Box to come up with his own personal emoticons. All these let the world of MSN emoticons be another place for idols to compete over.

According to statistics, any blog which contains idol’s emoticons would have over a million hits per day. In mainland China, even video downloading on the Internet offers adorable idol emoticons, becoming another way of getting ratings. For one downloading website which main target group is youths, because of these emoticons, ‘Love or Bread’ became the number one ratings hit that day.

Jay Chou sings Chrysanthemum Flower Bed, Lena Park and Wyclef Jean help sing

2008-12-11T21:34:00.001-08:00

Source: LibertyTimes

Yesterday night Jay Chou performed at an event held by a wine company in Shanghai, the main organisers arranged to have Wyclef Jean and Lena Park duet with him, Jay Chou said happily: "It's super diao!"

Wyclef from the Fugees, who has been acknowledged as he has won a Grammy, played accompany piano music while looking at Romanization to duet with Jay Chou on "Chrysanthemum Flower Bed", even Lena Park joined in, even though Wyclef and Lena Park's Chinese aren't up to standard, but the scene of 3 artists from different countries collaborating touched guests offstage.
This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com
Jay Chou said his English isn't good, but he believes music can break through any language barrier, the performance from last night was the best evidence for this. In the middle third of this month Jay Chou will be holding a concert in Toronto in Canada and Connecticut in America, he hopes to attract more foreigners to learn Chinese songs.

Jang Nara once was Jay Chou’s concert guest; new image is pretty and lively

2008-12-11T21:32:00.000-08:00

Jang Nara once was Jay Chou’s concert guest; new image is pretty and lively
Source: People
After Korean star Jang Nara (张娜拉) released her album ‘Dreams of Asia’(梦想) which contained songs in three different languages, other than going for promotions all over Asia, she is also busy with endorsements and acting in commercials. Not long ago, she was a guest in Jay Chou’s (周杰伦) concert. In the concert she gave all the thousands of fans present a surprise. In total, she sang four songs, letting everyone hear how much her mandarin had improved over the years. Her new album, ‘Dreams of Asia’ will be a great gift to her all her fans.

Jang Nara is now busy with endorsements, and recently her new photo diary has just been released online. This diary let her fans see a lively, fresh and pretty Jang Nara. According to Korean media reports, in the photos, she showed off her long, beautiful black hair in a braided plait. As Jang Nara has been furthering her career in China, she has put in a lot of effort to learn mandarin, just so to bring more excellent works to everyone.

Promoting environmental protection with Jay Chou, Angela Zhang caringly offers Christmas cow doll

2008-12-11T21:30:00.002-08:00

source: Hunan TV
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Christmas is coming soon! Jay Chou, Angela Zhang and Wilber Pan take up the role as fashion consultants, and have sent their best wishes for Christmas, by raising awareness of environmental protection.

Jay Chou: No deer, no Christmas

First up is Jay Chou, and dressed in black and red plaid, he gives off a very English sense of Christmas. He also has a cross necklace around his neck, again giving off an appropriate embellishment. Jay says that without deer, then there is no Christmas, so if everyone wants to have a happy Christmas, then they need to protect, and don’t let deer become extinct. This way, nature can have a feeling of full vigor and vitality. Being a well-known artist, really should make the most of every opportunity, and always remember to convey the concept of environmental protection. Endorsing the new brand of this season; recycle (green) bag also happens to coincide with the central theme in Jay’s heart.

Wilber Pan: Let text messages and e-mails replace greeting cards

Also wearing a plaid outfit, Will chose a black and red plaid jacket to wear on the outside of a black-and-white striped sweater, giving off an even stronger English style. Wilber proposes that this Winter, everyone should use text messages and e-mail to replace the original paper-based greeting cards. This way, will increase environmental protection, and let this Christmas be more meaningful.

Angela Zhang: Safe Christmas Eve

Angela’s condolences are always especially caring, she only has a simple sentence to say and that is: ‘have a safe Christmas Eve’. Matched with Angela’s unique charm in her eyes, there will already be many people that fall in one’s knees under such a powerful eye charm.

Besides wishing that everyone will have a happy, safe Christmas, the 3 fashion consultants also specially brought along their limited Christmas cow doll, which the endorsement company had prepared. The funny design makes this little doll especially popular and liked among everyone. Plus, with the help from the 3 big-name fashion consultants, this doll will definitely become the most popular gift this Christmas!

Top 5 Mandarin Albums (Nov 28 - Dec 4)

2008-12-11T21:30:00.001-08:00

Top Five Mandarin Album (Nov. 28 to Dec. 4)
Taipei Times

Album chart compiled from G-Music (www.g-music.com.tw), based on retail sales

1. Mayday (五月天) and Poetry of the Day After (後青春期的詩) with 31.67%
2. Judy Chiang (江蕙) and Jia Ni Lan Lao Lao (甲你攬牢牢) with 11.74%
3. Yida Huang (黃義達) and Dedicated to Myself (給自己的歌) with 9.29%
4. Original sound track from Cape No. 7 (海角七號) with 3.53%
5. Jing Huang (黃靖倫) and Jing-Jing’s Note (倫語錄) with 3.48%

Rainie Yang blocked at Hong Kong customs due to pepper spray; begins signing autographs

2008-12-11T21:28:00.000-08:00

source: chinatimes
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Rainie Yang yesterday headed to Hong Kong to attend the ‘2008 YAHOO Popular Search Awards’ and she won the international female singer award and international female actresss award. When returning back home, she passed the Hong Kong customs, but suddenly got stopped, and 4, 5 custom officers surrounded her. This made her so scared she turned pale, and she thought she had committed some big crime.

Actually, it was because of her pepper spray, which she always carries by her side, as defense. However, suddenly an officer recognized her and exclaimed: ‘You are Jiang Xiao Hua from ‘Miss No Good’!” As a result, all the officers surrounded her again, and they caringly asked whether her cold has gotten better, and finally, she had to sign autographs for each of them, and then handed over her pepper spray. Rainie breathed a sigh of relief: “Lucky it was a false alarm.”

Ip Man press conference, Wilson Yip thinks Jay Chou should play Bruce Lee

2008-12-10T02:34:00.001-08:00

Source: Sina

Raymond Wong expressed at the press conference they are going to film the sequel to Ip Man, concerning this matter, when Wilson Yip accepted interviews from the media he expressed that the boss Mr Wong was very confident in the movie after seeing it, "Anyway for this chapter we've only filmed up to Ip Man going to Hong Kong, we haven't added in Bruce Lee's character yet, that's why we think there's still more to film." When he mentioned adding in Bruce Lee's character, the media immediately perked up, they wondered who Wilson Yip planned on getting to play Bruce Lee? "Bruce Lee is irreplaceable, but I want to get someone with a unique temperament to play this role, I think Jay Chou is very suitable for it." BUt Wilson Yip expressed this is only his own thinking, "I think among the younger generation of stars, Jay Chou is the most suitable, but this is only my own thinking. If we were to get someone else to play the role, perhaps the best thing would be to find someone new globally." This article is translated by http://www.jaychoustudio.com

Jessie Chiang & A-Lin will guest at Shin's concert; all drink 'Sea Horse Energy Soup'

2008-12-10T02:33:00.000-08:00

source: TOM
translated by: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

On the 12th - 14th of this month, Shin will hold three concerts in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung, and he specially invited A-Lin and Jessie Chiang to guest. For the first time, he will also play piano to accompany Jessie singing and when she heard this, Jessie was afraid that she would wreck the concert atmosphere.

This morning, the 3 specially went into the recording studio to practise singing, and to improve their tacit understanding. Shin believes that Jessie has a very good voice, and specially practised with her so to accompany her while singing her title track ‘I’m Too Well-Behaved’ (Wo Tai Guai). Because this is the first time Jessie would be performing with an orchestra, furthermore, with extremely talented Shin, she actually felt quite nervous, and was afraid that if she would wreck the concert atmosphere. But Shin encouraged her, saying, “You won’t la, your voice is so good, what are you afraid of!”

Lately, the weather has been very cold, and A-Lin specially prepared a secret ‘Sea Horse Energy Soup’ for the 3 to drink to nourish themselves. A-Lin said, “This soup will make blood active, and is a special soup that will give energy, I drunk a big mouthful just then, but then after I saw the sea horse, I thought it looked like earthworm, so then I completely lost my appetite.”

And Jessie also expressed, that she had never thought of using sea horse as a type of food, and she felt sorry for those cute sea horses! Shin, who loves food and appears to be quite bold, surprisingly also was quick to turn his back: “Every morning, I will drink Ginseng Tea to nourish myself! Don’t need to eat sea horse, sea horse looks like a gecko, very not OK!”

Looking handsome underwater, Van Fan chokes

2008-12-10T02:32:00.000-08:00

Looking handsome underwater, Van Fan chokes

Source: UDN
Translated by catalie@asianfanatics.net
Van Fan risks his health for his concert, on a winter's day he still must put on a cool expression and look handsome at the bottom of a diving pool, causing him to immediately shout that it really is a bit exhausting.

After being busy with the Golden Horse Awards, Van Fan puts his heart and soul into preparations for his concert. Besides having to be familiar with the singing style and guitar tabs for newly rearranged classic songs, he even specially found free time to film a VCR that will be played at the concert. Being so busy with rehearsals, he had no time to inquire about filming details in advance. Only when he arrived at the filming location and he discovered that there was no script, did he ask the director. Who would have though that the director would say, "Everything is a secret."

After filming solo scenes in front of a bluescreen, Van Fan thought his work was complete. He didn't expect that a large group of people would then drag him to the diving pool of Nangang Athletic Centre (南港運動中心). He immediately asked with panic, "Do I have to go into the water? Do I have to take off my clothes? I didn't bring swimming trunks!" The director immediately commanded him to go into the 5m deep diving pool with one jump and he also had to look like he was slowing sinking to the bottom of the pool. Then he had to suddenly wake up and swim back up with all his effort.

He tried several times one after the other but the director was not satisfied so he had to refilm it time and time again. A few times in order for the scene to look more realistic, he even accidentally choked on the water. As he watched the beauty emerge from the scene, he immediately cried, "Even though it was very exhausting, it was very worthwhile."

Jiro Wang receives millions for filming CF, dreams of transforming into "Muscly Arnold"

2008-12-10T02:31:00.002-08:00

Jiro Wang receives millions for filming CF, dreams of transforming into "Muscly Arnold"

Source: NOWnews
Translated: catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net
Fahrenheit's Jiro Wang (Da Dong) has filmed two Taipei government CFs for a seven-digit sum. In the CF, Da Dong switches between four identities: tennis player, band member, superstar and wearing a long coat to resemble a gambler. Dadong revealed that being able to act as the lead singer of a band was perfect for him. Only for tennis, Jiro had to practise a lot to get the actions right. "I even learnt how to act as a professional gambler with the long scarf, but I held a matchstick in my mouth rather than a toothpick. To smoke a moist matchstick handsomely is not easy!"

Recently Jiro Wang filmed 2 CFs for the Taipei government to promote High-Definition television and these will eventually be broadcasted on televisions everywhere. In the future, HD digital televisions will provide the viewers with clear images and other functions, allowing every detail to be seen clearly. Jiro laughed and said that he didn't mind his face being zoomed into by the HD television screen. However if HD had virtual capabilities and could "transform" him onscreen, Dadong expresses that he would most like to become "Arnold Schwarzenegger".

Jiro said, "Since I have been interested in physical exercise recently, I'd like to be like the four Hokuto brothers in Fist of the North Star [online game Hokuto No Ken] or Goku from Dragon Ball Z. I most want to have their full body of muscle. If virtual television could immediately give me muscles, I wouldn't have do so much workouts."

Hearing her father’s last words, Patty Hou’s tears collapse

2008-12-10T02:31:00.001-08:00

Hearing her father’s last words, Patty Hou’s tears collapse
Source: UDN
Date: Wednesday December 10, 2008
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
Yesterday was the 7th day of Patty Hou’s (侯佩岑) father, Hou Shi Hong’s (侯世宏) death. At 9 in the morning, she rushed to Fukuzuwa Park to pay her respects, wearing all black and chanting. When she talked about how her father wouldn’t let his sons and daughters know that he was in the hospital, she was in tears. After the ceremony, Patty followed what her father told her before: “Don’t neglect your work”, and rushed back to Taipei to film. When she heard about how her father instructed her brother to look after her properly, she immediately started crying: “My brother treats me very well, even if my father didn’t tell him to do so, he will still take care of me. I’m already counted as very fortunate.”

Patty’s mother Lin Yue Yun (林月雲) was not present yesterday. Patty said sensibly: “I am here in place of my mother, and at the first moment she heard about my father’s death, she asked a priest to chant for my father.” The death of her father has also affected her mother’s mood. Patty was determined and said: “I will definitely take good care of my mother.” Hou Shi Hong’s funeral is scheduled to be held on the 24th in Tainan Municipal Funeral Parlor, during which not only people from the entertainment industry will attend, but also people from the police force, political and business circle will come to pay their last respects.

In the ceremony, Patty faced her father’s portrait and read a memorial letter. The letter contained everything she missed about her father. When she was studying in a university, she would usually write letters to her father. When she saw how her father would keep her letters carefully in between books, she immediately started crying again. In the afternoon, she rushed back to Taipei to film her show ‘Azio Entertainment’. In the studio, she hugged reporters and thanked them: “Thank you for everyone’s concern, but this is what everyone has to experience in their lifetime. This has let me understand the importance of filial piety and doing good deeds. I originally told myself not to cry, but now I really cannot help it.” She told of how, when she was young, she fought over a toy with her neighbour, and her father punished her by making her kneel – this is her only memory of her father punishing her.

While Patty was mourning her father, her hosting partner Jacky Wu (吳宗憲) revealed that on Friday he specially got up extremely early in the morning to send her messages of condolences. He said: “Like the four seasons, life goes up and down. You have to let it happen. At this time, what Patty needs a boyfriend.” He also used Patty’s story to encourage children, saying: “This should let them realize how lucky they are.”

Ayumi Hamasaki to sing theme song for Hollywood's 'Dragonball' film

2008-12-10T02:30:00.001-08:00

TOKYO —Ayumi Hamasaki, 30, will sing the theme song for Hollywood film “Dragonball Evolution” which is based on Japan’s popular manga “Dragonball” series. Hamasaki will release an original song, “Rule,” for the live-action version film which will be released in Japan on March 13. The release date for the song will be announced later.

Hamasaki will perform the song in Japanese and it will be used in every local version of the film in more than 60 countries. In an official comment, Hamasaki said, “I hope both old and new fans of ‘Dragonball’ throughout the world will enjoy the film.”

japantoday

Turtle Rainie Yang Want to Drive "Jia Hui" on the Road

2008-12-10T02:29:00.000-08:00

Source: China Times - YAM News
Translated by Cmiley @ http://asianfanatics.net
Rainie Yang's starring role in "Miss No Good" ended stylishly, with the popular role of trendy Jiang Xiao Hua, to match with Jiang Xiao Hua's drama scooter bike "Shu Hui", she duplicated a mini van for promotions, she laughed having to name it as well as "Jia Hui 甲惠", using the Taiwanese sounding word "Jia Hui假會" is planning to be "Jia Hui's" driver, to take fans on a nice drive.

Rainie is quite interested in trying "Jia Hui" on the road, but was immediately stopped by the staff, because even with a license, she has driven in 4 years, 4 years ago she learnt because of an idol drama, after earning the license, and asked the already passed away friend Hsu Wei Lun how to drive, Hsu Wei Lun generously offered her car for her to drive, who would have thought once she got on the road; and seeing the cars coming by she started screaming, thinking the cars are charging at her, causing Hsu Wei Lun to nearly faint, so she's actually "Gui Su 龜速" driver, not even near the speed of 30km, so everyone urges her to just not drive, to avoid distrupting the traffic pattern.