OCTOBER NEWS ROUNDUP - 01-31 Oct 2005
*** Myolie Wu returned from filming in Nanjing for "Troubled Worlds" and indicated that although she suffered from Tonsilitis
and lost her voice, she is fine and has even put on weight, thanks to the
structured lifestyle there. *** Miss HK Tracy Ip is full of admiration for the fire fighting profession as her father is also a fire fighter. Asked if she'd like a firefighter for a boyfriend, she says she doesn't mind as long as he is a good person. ***
Michael Miu, Anne Heung, Bosco Wong and Shirley Yeung are well underway filming for "Shanghai Legend". Anne was asked how she felt about her ex-boyfriend dating a friend of hers. She is okay, but she said she wouldn't do the same because friends are more important. For her birthday wish, she hopes that "Hidden Treasures" and "Beneath the Charm" will do well. ***
Queenie Chu expresses that she hopes to promote Hong Kong tourism among all the good friends she has made from the International pageants. ***
Gigi Lai celebrated her birthday at a karaoke bar with the cast from "Dancing Flames" and even 'good friend' Charmaine Sheh was present, together with
Bowie Lam and Moses Chan. Partying until 5am, they sung plenty of Gigi's old songs and she even had to duet with Bowie singing 'Poison' from "War and Beauty" before being moved to tears as her cake was brought out. ***
Kate Tsui has been riding around on the MTR to avoid the traffic jams and has been accosted on many occasions by eager fans asking for her autograph. She is happy though and likes the Japanese idea of 'ladies-only' carriages to promote safety. ***
Tavia Yeung appeared at a promotion in a sexy top, showing off her bronzed look and sharing make-up tips. She has kept the sun off her face though in preparation for her rich girl role in a forthcoming ancient series. Tavia says that she loves her 'lucky' shaped nose. *** TVB character actor
King Kong Lam got married recently and his wedding ceremony was attended by many good friends including
Ron Ng, Joe Ma, Felix Wong, Timmy Hung and Lam Nga Sze. Good 'brothers'
Gordon Lam and Johnson Lee protected him from getting drunk and King Kong was particularly touched by Joe and Ron who had flown back to HK especially for his big day. ***
*** Kenix Kwok was asked about her chances of the top female award this year and talking about whether she was disadvantaged because she is not a 'TVB person', she points out that despite her contract not being with TVB, she is still 100% TVB. As for her strong opponent in
Liza Wang, Kenix says that to be opposite Liza in the running is an achievement in itself. *** 'Detective Investigation Files' trio
Michael Tao, Kenix Kwok and Joey Leung were reunited on a show earlier and Joey was asked about being tipped to win the best non-drama partnership award alongside
Hacken Lee this year. Joey says that as this is the first anniversary since his return, it would mean a lot to him. *** Yoga beginner
Joyce Tang was asked to give a demonstration earlier and despite being touched in awkward places by the instructor, Joyce did not feel too embarrassed, saying that we should keep this innocent. ***
Mandy Cho has turned down a number of work offers lately as she has decided to take extended leave to go and study jewellery authentication and design in the States for nine months. She denies retiring from showbiz though, saying that she wants to improve herself through learning. TVB have been very supportive as
Lok Yee Ling indicates that education is a good thing. *** Bernice Liu has had work offers pouring in based on the success of "Into Thin Air". After singing the theme tune, she hopes to improve her singing even more and release an album of her own, so that she can save up to buy a property. ***
Roger Kwok has overcome his fear of the recording studio and successfully
recorded the theme tunes to "Life Made Simple". After his disastrous album in
1993, Roger has had a fear of the studio, but this time he has had the support
of TVB executive Lok Yee Ling and successfully completed the task after three years. *** As a fashion designer herself,
Tracy Ip has designed her own outfit for her appearance in a TVB charity show, proving that her education has not gone to waste. ***
*** Winnie Yeung is looking better than ever after taking a month out to lose
weight following the birth of her daughter. Appearing on Carol Cheng's legal
affairs quiz, she indicates that she still does not trust leaving the baby alone
with her husband, so she is rather worried. *** Michael Miu has become the target of many sponsorship deals after returning to the small screen and he seems to show no concerns about the wrinkles appearing on his posters, laughing that this is proving his maturity and one or two over twenty years is not bad going at all. *** TVB has invited some big names to its anniversary celebrations next month, including
Chow Yun Fat and Stephen Chow, who both started their careers at TVB and 'Dae Jang Geum' stars
Lee Young Ae and Ji Jun Hee. There will also be new awards presented this year for "Most Creative Production" and "Most Popular Male and Female Actors". ***
Sonija Kwok, Myolie Wu and Bernice Liu were invited to the opening of a Ferrari and Maserati showroom to complete the fast car and beautiful women look. Sonija showed off her new slimmed look after cutting her weight from 119 lbs to 107 lbs. ***
Sheren Tang, Jacqueline Law and Melissa Ng all have groundbreaking performances in new series "Hard to be a Woman". Talking about Melissa's comment that she wants to have children before she is 40, Sheren agrees because after this age it will be difficult to look after children, so she says she has given up on becoming a mother herself as she has plenty of god children and some sponsored children now. *** Stars of "Women on the Run"
Joyce Tang, Belinda Hamnett, Christine Ng and Kingdom Yuen filmed a scene in Hung Hom earlier where they were out to land a catch, wearing sexy dresses in a park. Although Kingdom was hte most covered up, she often flirted with the cameras to catch attention. There were laughs aplenty though as the four ladies each did their best to become the centre of attention, with even a few flying kicks thrown in for good measure. ***
TVB held a press event to mark the beginning of their anniversary month celebrations that was attended by over a hundred artistes as well as TVB executives, headed by
Sir Run Run Shaw. All the ladies were carefully decked out in reds and purples to celebrate the happy occasion and
Sonija Kwok was the most eyecatching as she showed off her snake waist.
Yoyo Mung also caught the cameras with her backless dress.
The arrangement of the artistes' placement is always noted as an indication of favour and this year it appears that last year's "Favourite Female"
Gigi Lai has been pushed aside in favour of Charmaine Sheh and Melissa Ng. Despite this, Gigi still showed her devotion, pointing out that she is wearing the company colours red, blue and green to show that she is not only TVB on the inside, but also on the outside. As for Charmaine, asked if she was in favour this year, she replied: "I am not tall enough, so if I don't stand in front, then I will be covered up!" Last year's favourite Sheren Tang was stood in the third row, almost obscured by
Moses Chan and Bobby Au-Yeung, but she did not seem to mind saying that it would be silly to be wound up by these thigs.
Bowie Lam on the other hand retained his top spot, standing just behind Sir Run Run.
*** TVB's wealthiest artiste couple Kenix Kwok and Frankie Lam have recently splashed out on four apartments in the Kowloon luxury homes market, worth a massive HK$50 million. Kenix admitted the purchase, but added that she would rather not discuss it to avoid attention after their burglary last year. ***
Joe Ma and Sherming Yiu were guests at an exhibition of antique shoes and Joe indicated that he has a wish to become an archaeologist because he has a large collection of bronzes and antique violins that he bought in England and Rome. For Sherming, this is not her area of interest and she would prefer to go shopping for new things, but she does sometimes buy second hand fashion items from markets abroad. *** A promotional fashion show was held in Shatin for new series "Beneath the Charm", where the audience were more captivated by a bald
Moses Chan than by the ladies in chipaos as he duetted with Gigi Lai in singing the theme tunes to the show. Asked about his chances for this years anniversary awards, Moses put his vote behind
Roger Kwok, but he hopes that rumoured girlfriend Bernice Liu will take the most improved female award. Gigi indicated she was a little nervous singing live in front of everyone and
Anne Heung revelled on the recent success of "Hidden Treasures". Yoyo Mung
seems to be displaying a little bit of belly from her costume and she admitted putting on at least 10 lbs since filming the show, so she daren't sit down. *** Raymond
Lam successfully proposed to Melissa Ng wearing a smart tuxedo, filming for "Hard to be a Woman", but Melissa indicates that in real life, he would have been unsuccessful because she personally requires four essentials from her boyfriend if he were to propose - these are sincerity, love, flowers and a ring. She says that Raymond did not have flowers or a ring so this would not have qualified. *** The anomoscity between
Sonija Kwok and Steven Ma that built up after filming for "Perish in the Name of Love" was broken down by a genial greeting from Sonija during the start of filming for new series "Throughout the World", which stars Sonija, Steven,
Moses Chan and Tavia Yeung. Sonija openly said that in the show they play good friends, but in real life, they are just colleagues. Despite not speaking to each other for several years, Sonija feels that it is time to put things behind them and show their maturity. Moses hopes that filming will go amicably and smoothly. ***
Charmaine Sheh took part in a 'Sparkling on Ice' fashion show earlier and she indicated that after filming 90 episodes on the run, she will be taking a holiday to Hawaii to visit her mother there, as well as go shopping, swimming and diving to her heart's content. She laughs that with her mother's feeding, she may be unrecognisable when she returns for the TVB anniversary! ***
Melissa Ng, Michael Miu and Bernice Liu promoted "Into Thin Air" at a shopping centre and Melissa was in high spirits as she was asked about her status in TVB. She says that this may be due to her having three series being released recently and she has made some money from this that she will be saving up. After singing the theme song, Bernice indicated that she hopes to become like international superstar
Jennifer Lopez and find success in film, television and music. *** Gigi Lai
and Moses Chan went out to meet the public in a charity poster sale event and were flooded with response from the crowds who surrounded them. One lady fan of Gigi's even donated $500 for a signed poster that was originally on sale for $200. Gigi was a little overwhelmed, but was grateful for her fans' dedication. ***
Vinci Wang celebrated his birthday in style as he took a group of friends out for a meal and a film and was repaid with plenty of birthday kisses from the ladies. Guests to this rather lavish party included
Liza Wang, Cutie Mui, Michael Tong, Fiona Yuen and Timmy Hung. Vinci says that birthday parties don't always have to be at night and although he is 35 years old, he still feels only 20. ***
*** After shooting a 'breakup' scene in the rain with Melissa Ng, Raymond Lam was asked about whether or not he had been dumped by a girl, he shook his head and said that he has only had one serious relationship, but it fell apart because they didn't see enough of each other, so it was an amicable split. ***
Kenneth Ma and Margie Tsang have been reported to have been dating after being spotted acting 'very close' at a hotel bar. Both parties deny the relationship, saying that they were just good friends sharing a drink. 31-year old Kenneth met 40-year old Margie whilst promoting "Scavenger's Paradise" and their friendship developed quickly, with Margie introducing Kenneth to a number of jobs. ***
Roger Kwok, Angela Tong and Bosco Wong were at Ocean Park promoting "Life made Simple" joining in some games with a group of primary school children. When Roger asked the children for a kiss, he was refused several times and even pushed away by one young boy, but as soon as he put on his 'Ah Wong' voice, he won over the young audience and the kisses came pouring in. Even if he receives no royalties, he is pleased about TVB's 'Ah Wong' cartoon strip to promote the series. *** Cast members of "Real Kung Fu" including Yuen Biao,
Timmy Hung, Selena Li and Charmaine Li were promoting the series in Foshan with a display of Wing Chun together with 200 Wing Chun students. In this his first TV series, Yuen is very impressed with the attention paid to production compared to the current film industry and he is interested in taking on future projects. ***
Gigi Lai visited a Po Leung Kuk orphanage earlier, where she became a mother herself after sponsoring three children. Showing her love for the kids, she was the centre of attention as all the children gathered around and tried to play with her. She says that whenever she sees the kids, she starts to feel broody, but she will not have children of her own before marriage. Gigi has previously sponsored kids in the mainland and now that they have grown up, she feels very comforted. *** Preparations are well underway for TVB's anniversary extravaganza with
Maggie Siu practicing with the Chinese spear under the instruction of Yuen Biao.
Tracy Ip is preparing to head to Hainan to enter this year's Miss World pageant and she feels that
Michael Miu and Liza Wang will take this year's top awards. The 9 MC's for this year's event have been confirmed as
Liza Wang, Lydia Shum, Carol Cheng, Eric Tsang, Nat Chan, Joey Leung, John Tang, Anna Yau
and Amigo Chui. Special guests confirmed so far include Lee Young Ae, Ji Jun Hee
and Jacky Cheung. There will be plenty of prizes on offer that evening, including a Mercedes Smart Roadster worth HK$220,000. *** TVB's annual sales presentation will be stepped up a gear this year as a special variety show has been planned for the sponsors to entice them to sign up to dramas, with entertainment from the top TVB stars such as
Jessica Hsuan, Roger Kwok and Ron Ng. Nancy Sit will be leading a group of artistes in a song and dance performance, with confirmed cast members that include child star
Jacky Wong as well as Moses Chan, Bosco Wong, Shirley Yeung and Kate Tsui. ***
Raymond Lam held Melissa Ng at his mercy during the end of filming party for "Hard to be a Woman" earlier as he tickled her waist to screams of "Do you have to tell the world about my weak point?". Melissa sought revenge though by revealing that Raymond had been buying the latest designs of thongs. It seems that this 'odd' couple have become good friends after two months of filming! *** Linda
Chung has recently become the new face of Toshiba in their latest ad campaign. Asked about the news of TVB letting go of veteran action choreographer
Yuen Bo, who was injured whilst rescuing Linda and Shirley Yeung during the filming of "Circus of Life", Linda feels that it is a shame, but she is not in a position to comment on contracts. *** Sonija Kwok
is not optimistic about winning any awards this year after being 'exiled' to China for so long. She hopes that when her big production shows are aired next year, then she will stand a better chance as they are all working with very experienced mainland actors. *** Ron Ng took part in a promotional event where the guests were tested on their heartbeat reactions to comments from MC Jan Lamb. Ron took the top spot when Jan spoke about his kiss from Joyce Cheng in an earlier children's show sent his heart rate soaring and no amount of evasion could hide the result from the machine. Ron will be taking a break of three months after completing "Troubled Worlds" before returning to TVB to film for the sequel to "Triumph in the Skies" together with
Moses Chan, Kevin Cheng and Bosco Wong, who all have to work during this time. Ron will be promoting his EP single due out in December and has been given special dispensation from TVB as he is the first in this co-operation with the record company. Ron will also be doing some promotional activity for TVBI overseas. *** In a cemetary scene for "Forensic Pioneers", there was a releasing of doves for added effect and cast members including
Bobby Au Yeung, Frankie Lam, Yoyo Mung and Florence Kwok continued to brave the scene professionally, despite concerns over bird flu even though the crew members were all covering their noses to avoid any contamination. Bobby indicated that he has had a cold for a while, so he has been particularly careful to look after his health. ***
Bosco Wong has been suffering from a very bad cold recently, but has still begun filming for new series "Strong Sword". Wearing a rather pallid look, Bosco says that he has been to the hospital to seek treatment and has felt better after medication, but as this series has the most action he has ever had to face in a series, it is wearing him out somewhat. ***
Shirley Yeung and Charles Szeto appeared at a fans event earlier and Shirley indicates that she hopes to take part in the forthcoming "All About Women" CD release by TVB, so she has been practising her singing in the shower. Charles has just returned from the National Championships in Nanjing, where he pulled out of the swimming relay through illness. He will be heading out to Macau to take part in the South East Asian games, where he hopes to give a better performance. ***
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