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TVB News: Ruco Chan Not Willing to Accept an Award Until Its Well Deserved

2013-10-11T21:47:00.003+08:00

Source: HKHeadline
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Ruco Chan Not Willing to Accept an Award Until Its Well Deserved

Recently Ruco Chan has been rumored with his Brother's Keeper partner Ankie Belkie, but both of them have denied. Ruco said she is just a friend and there is no opportunity to develop further. Ruco is still single and his career isn't rapidly moving either. He just grabbed the "My Favorite TVB Male Character" award at the Singapore StarHub award, but is not looking forward to the TVB Anniversary Awards, he rather save up enough experience and be like Wayne Lai, climb up to the TV King seat.

As a "suen poon", Ruco was photographed in the same car with Ankie Belkie as they went together to see Louis Cheung's concert. Their rumors started from there and plus they're often flirting on Weibo. Ruco firmly denied: "We are not dating, just good friends."

This year Ruco has reached a good place in his career, not only does he has Brother's Keeper, but also Reality Check and Slow Boat Home, along with three other series that hasn't aired yet. Will this help him seize an award at the TVB Anniversary Awards this year? Ruco was not hurried at all, he made it clear he didn't want the "Most Improved Actor" award. "I really don't want this award because I've been in the industry for 20 years, this is an award to encourage newcomers, I don't want be hindering others from getting this award!"

Ruco's goal is placed on the "Best Actor" award, he modestly explained: "I really think I am still far from getting an award. I rather spend a few more years accumulating experience, portray more different roles and really have the skills, just like Wayne Lai, before I get an award. When everyone praises and agrees, then the award is meaningful. Also this year, there is Chilam Cheung and Francis Ng, how am I qualify to compete with them!"

TVB News: Oscar Leung Hurried to Get Married, "Double Happiness" Anytime

2013-10-11T21:43:00.004+08:00

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Oscar Leung Hurried to Get Married, "Double Happiness" Anytime

34 year old Oscar Leung (Wai Wai) has been promoted by TVB in the past year. Last year he won the "Most Improved Actor" TVB award, at the time he announced he's going to marry his 31 year old girlfriend Tina Lok in which he currently cohabits with. The couple had been together for 11 years. Today, he is filming series after series, it was rumored he and Tina successfully made a baby. The couple will be welcoming a third member in the family! On Monday (10/7th), Oscar and Tina secretly registered for marriage. Congratulations!

Although Wai Wai has had nonstop rumors since his entry in the industry, first it was rumored a female star "knocked on his door", and earlier it he and Christine Kuo had rumors. Fortunately, Oscar ultimately got his girlfriend Tina's trust and agreed to tie the knot! Yesterday [Oriental Daily] called Oscar who is on vacation with his fiance in Thailand, he expressed he is ready to be a father anytime. He laughed over the phone and accepted the blessings: "You guys are amazing, I am getting married, but I'm not secretly doing it. I've planned the marriage for a long time. Thank you all for the blessings. (The Thailand trip is an early honeymoon?) Nope, I finished shooting Tiger Cubs II recently and had a few days off, so just going to eat some good food and go shopping. I'll be heading back to HK soon for promotions."

The couple suddenly decided to get married now, it was rumored Tina is pregnant. Oscar said stuttering: "We don't have a baby yet, but working hard on it!" After reporters pursued the question, he said: "If I have good news, I'll let you all know. I don't have to say anything and you all will be checking on me anyway. (Do you want to have a baby soon?) I hope so. If we do get pregnant, I think the happiest would be my wife because she wants a child!" A few days ago, Oscar expressed he supports a "No Shark Fin Banquet" on Weibo and hopes to hold a 50 table vegetarian banquet. He said: "We are looking at a few places now, but haven't decided yet. Actually there are many things I hope to attend to, the most important is our guest having a good time. Money is a problem too, the banquet tables are so expensive now!" Oscar expressed he hopes to hold a wedding banquet either next year or the following year.

TVB News: Aimee Chan's Baby Boy to be a Christmas or New Year Baby

2013-10-09T11:40:00.002+08:00

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Aimee Chan's Baby Boy to be a Christmas or New Year Baby

Yesterday the 7 months pregnant Aimee Chan appeared at the TITONI Swiss Watch event, where she was offered 6 figures to appear as a ribbon-cutting guest. Aimee wore a black dress that clearly showed her bulging belly and showed off her sparkly wedding and engagement ring. During the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the firecrackers suddenly went off and scared Aimee. When asked if she's carrying a boy or a girl? Aimee said: "The baby is a boy. He will be either a Christmas or New Year baby."

Aimee expressed she will remain in HK for childbirth: "Only women can have this experience, I hope to really enjoy the progress, thus I won't choose a date to go into labor. He (baby) can choose whatever date and time he wants to come out. This responsibility, I'll leave it for my baby." She smiled and said her husband Moses Chan will accompany her into the labor room and cut the umbilical cord: "He is always pretending to be a doctor, I think he won't be afraid of blood." Although the ribbon-cutting ceremony only lasted for 10 minutes, the pregnant Aimee still felt tired and it will depend on fate whether she will appear in other future events.

Aimee said Moses does not have preference for a boy or a girl, but for her, she is especially happy: "I will be my son's only woman for a period of time." Aimee expressed her baby is healthy and that she's already passed the stage of pregnancy where she 'embraces the toilet' constantly vomiting. She said her appetite has not changed, but she already gave up on raw foods, coffee and is not eating much chocolate. She laughed: "Sometimes when I want to make myself happy, I would eat a little, must have a balanced diet, then my baby won't be a picky eater in the future." When speaking of her car accident earlier, she said: "Someone crashed into me, it's not that serious, but I still went in for a check up. I'm fine. After the accident, everyone urged me to drive less." Aimee stayed at the event for about an hour, then walked out to her 7-seater van accompanied by her parents, four bodyguards, manager and other staff. As she walked with 10+ people surrounding her, she waved to the audience and looked just like a Queen.

TVB News: Fala Chen Promoted to TV Queen, No Pay Raise: “I’m a Bargain”

2013-10-09T11:34:00.002+08:00

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Fala Chen Promoted to TV Queen, No Pay Raise: “I’m a Bargain”

Yesterday Fala Chen, Linda Chung and Grace Chan attended a MAX&Co event. Fala just got back from Macau after taking home HuaDing’s Best TV Actress award. She frankly expressed she's overjoy and when she got home last night, she called her family in the US immediately to tell them the good news, she said: "I didn’t get to sleep until 5am. When I called my mom, our conversation got very emotional. My mom thought my acting isn’t that matured yet, so she told me I absolutely cannot get too proud. I must continue to put hard efforts into my work and strive for the best, and more importantly to get enough rest. My mom thought the best part of my speech was when I said I will take good care of myself and get rest. As a parent, of course they hope their children are healthy. " Asked whether Fala is more expensive now that she got the TV Queen award? She said: "Nope, I'm a bargain. I hope to gain appreciation from more directors and challenge different types of roles." As for her former "sister in law" Margie Zhuge being 7 months pregnant, Fala said: "I didn't pay attention to the news, but I heard about it before. We haven't seen each other, but congratulations to her. (Will you buy her a gift?) Heh, congrats to her! It won’t be that fast for me!"

This is Linda's first event after her arm injuries from Tiger Cubs II filming. The event organizer gave her long gloves to cover her injured arms. When Linda got to the event, she embraced Fala, but it turns out they were just greeting one another, she didn't know Fala won TV Queen at the HuaDing Awards. Linda expressed she does not know when she'll become TV Queen, but she does have confidence and hopes to hear good news at the year-end awards. She said her competitors this year are pretty good. Fala expressed she and Linda are good friends of many years, Linda entered the industry a year before her and she hopes Linda will get the award soon.

When asked of Linda's injuries? She said: "I'm a lot better now. (Boyfriend Philip Ng's heart aching?) Many people felt sorry for me, especially my parents. All my friends were worried about me. He (Philip) also showed his concern, because he does have a martial arts background, he reminded me to bring protective padding next time and taught me how to position myself to prevent serious injuries. Actually he taught me that long ago, but I didn't pay much attention to it."

Introduction: Will power 法外風雲

2013-10-05T22:28:00.001+08:00

Brief summary:

The two well known laywers YU YING WAI (Wayne Lai) and LEE MING YEUNG (Moses Chan) are against each other in court. Because YING WAI wanted to win a case, it almost cost him his life and after that incident, he had a new view on life. Experienced lawyer LO SAM BO (Elliot Ngok) viewed the changed WAI differently, and recruited him to join his law firm as a probate lawyer. Due to his debt, YEUNG was forced to go back and work at his mentor SUM YIK WOR (King Sir) law firm and collaborates with his daughter and lawyer SUM YUT KAN (Fala Chen). KAN had been in a relationship with the wealthy SUNG KA YIU (Vincent Wong) for many years, but YIU loves merit too much and had no interest in ambitions, which gave YEUNG an opportunity to win KAN's heart. When the hearing for a case involving a will began, the judge happened to be WAI's ex-wife and YEUNG's ex-girlfriend LUK SZE YING (Christine Ng), the two heroes meet again, but together they discovered there was another side to the case. The person involved just happened to be WAI's apprentice CHING KA MING (Jason Chan), whom had a huge connection to the case. The actions of the lawyer lifted a crisis of life and death...

My thoughts:

Seems like a good plot, please let this series be serious and not something like awfully lawful... Oh and it's Fala last series in TVB.

TVB News: Fala Chen Put to the Side @ TVB Lighting Ceremony, Loses Interest Leaves Early

2013-10-05T22:14:00.001+08:00

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Fala Chen Put to the Side @ TVB Lighting Ceremony, Loses Interest Leaves Early

Last night the TVB Anniversary Lighting Ceremony 2013 was held at TVB City. The cast of anniversary series Will Power and The Hippocratic Crush II as well as currently airing Brother's Keeper, Telling Maria 2 and Voice of the Stars attended. The artists in attendance included Moses Chan, Wayne Lai, Tavia Yeung, Kenneth Ma, Lawrence Ng, Fala Chen, Eliza Sam, Ruco Chan and Linda Chung appeared in their costumes. This year's Miss HK winners Grace Chan and Sisley Choi kicked off the lighting ceremony with TVB Chairman Norman Leung.

This year, TVB didn't follow traditions and decided to do a live broadcast of the ceremony which resulted in many mistakes from the artistes. Even the MC Nat Chan made some mistakes. Ronald Law had a singing and dancing performance, but got off the beat. Linda Chung and magician Louis Yan forgot their lines when introducing the show.

As for the standing positions, Nat Chan and Dodo Cheng were in the center, followed by the cast from the two anniversary series and then the Brother's Keeper cast. But as Will Power's lead actress, Fala Chen, is no longer a TVB artist, thus she just got a position on the side next to Ruco Chan. Fala was asked whether she thought TVB was being too realistic? She said: "Nope, I'm happy to see my colleagues and its a lively atmosphere. I will be coming back again later for the series first promotional event. Anything after, we will have to schedule it. (No longer a TVB artist, feels different?) Nope, feels the same. It has nothing to do with the contract. (Sign the contract in exchange for TV Queen?) No such thing. Awards and contracts are two separate things. (Has TVB actively tried to get you to come back?) Not recently. We've just been discussing the series promotions." But, Fala left the ceremony before it had ended.

This year's TV King battle is probably between Moses and Wayne. Wayne said: "Well no, there is still Sam Gor (Francis Ng) and Cool Mor (Chilam Cheung). Although I'm not sure if TVB will do audience voting this year, this is a big factor in determining the winner." Moses said he feels pressure competing with Wayne, but it also gives him a driving force. He praised Wayne: "He has the style of a King and I'm.... (Want another good news by getting an award?) I'm already very happy this year. Hope what you said comes true!"

Also, Patrick Tse was at the ceremony and gave Dodo Cheng and Marie Tsang a hug. He also took pictures with the Miss HK winners. This year he participated in the TVB Anniversary preparation show, did he request for beautiful female companions? Patrick said: "You want me to die! I have a girlfriend."

TVB News: Chilam Cheung & Kevin Cheng Compete to be HK's "Hanzawa Naoki"

2013-10-05T22:10:00.000+08:00

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Chilam Cheung & Kevin Cheng Compete to be HK's "Hanzawa Naoki"

Popular Japanese drama Hanzawa Naoki ended a few days ago and the TV ratings reached 42.2% in Japan, defeating the record holder Beautiful Life (2000). Hanzawa Naoki is the highest rated drama in the century. Following the trend, of course TVB isn't going to lose out. It was understood, a large group of TVB artists are Hanzawa Naoki fans including Dodo Cheng and the TVB producers, scriptwriters and executives. Hanzawa Naoki is a story about a man working for the largest bank in Japan and the obstacles he faces from upper management as he moves up the ranks. Many average Hong Kong workers feel physical resonance to the story. It was understood, TVB executives are planning to make an adaptation of this remarkable drama, but tailor it to fit closer with what's actually happening in Hong Kong.

Netizens have been actively helping TVB with the casting. Some suggested Roger Kwok or Michael Tse, but TVB already have candidates in mind. The first is Chilam Cheung, who has recently been very popular after his role "Cool Mor" from Triumph in the Skies II and the other candidate is two-time TV King Kevin Cheng. The TVB executives feel Chilam and Kevin can portray Hanzawa's gentle side and agitated side.

Chilam expressed he's welcome to take on Hanzawa's role, but he will have to see the script first. "I will have to take some time to do some research first. I know this drama has been a big hit, a highly rated drama, but I've only seen about 10 minutes of it and haven't finished the drama yet. (Any interest in portraying Hanzawa?) If they really do cast me, then I'll decide! (Pressure?) I will use my own acting style to create the character and also collaborating with different artists will create new sparks."

Kevin expressed he has not watched Hanzawa Naoki, but he is interested in participating in the HK adaptation of it. "I heard the script was written very well. If they really do cast me, then of course I'll be happy! If I'm the male lead, then I'll be even more honored. Actually whatever role it is, just as long as I get to participate."

Also, those who haven't had the chance to catch Hanzawa Naoki will have many chances soon because TVB has already got the broadcast rights from the Japanese TV station TBS. The drama is currently scheduled to broadcast on November 16th on TVB Pay Vision, just in time for the TVB Anniversary celebrations.

TVB News: Kate Tsui Feels Unhappy Audience Can't Accept "Sniper Standoff"

2013-10-05T22:01:00.004+08:00

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Kate Tsui Feels Unhappy Audience Can't Accept "Sniper Standoff"

Yesterday Kate Tsui, Eliza Sam, Steven Cheung and the rest of the cast of TVB series Sniper Standoff attended the promotional event. The cast played games on stage, but when Kate was asked to have two guys lift her up, so she can make a shot, she declined because she was wearing a short shirt and kept saying, "can't do it" and then added, "it's too dangerous!" Miki Yeung took over for Kate, who also had shorts on. Steven didn't hesitate to lift rumored girlfriend Eliza Sam up with the help of Nathan Ngai.

In the series, Kate has many action scenes, but all of her explosion scenes didn't do anything to her. Not even the most severe explosion could kill her, Netizens crowned her as the 'superwoman' and made a video with all her explosion scenes in the series. However, Kate didn't know how to smile and sighed she feels helpless that the Netizens still can't accept the story line. "I feel a little unhappy because we put in so much effort into filming the series, all those difficult scenes, and I did a lot of research myself. I watched foreign TV series and I just feel helpless the audience can't accept it. I hope they will slowly accept a series with an original story again!"

Kate's costume from the series had also been a hot topic lately, Netizens were saying its illogical for a Madam to be wearing high heels on duty. Kate expressed she discussed this matter with the producer and director: "I have a friend who is an actual Madam, she wears high heels while at work. We did all our homework and I hope the audience can show some understanding for us! (Next time wear a bikini?) I'm an old lady, leave that for the young women! I think I'll scare away the audience and get even more complaints. I'll break records!"

A few days ago Steven and Eliza were spotted shooting a hand-holding scene, which sparked rumors between them. At the promotion, the two did not avoid one another and took pictures together. Eliza laughed: "We are still in our costumes, proves the success and I just think of it as promotion." Steven dragged Eliza's other rumored boyfriend, Alan Wan, into the water and joked: "Alan and I are the actual pair! He didn't come today, I kind of miss him!"

TVB News: Charmaine Sheh & Friends In Baby Costumes for "Super Trio" Halloween Episode

2013-10-04T00:55:00.005+08:00

Source: Mingpao, Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Charmaine Sheh & Friends In Baby Costumes for "Super Trio" Halloween Episode

Yesterday Charmaine Sheh and her best friends Toby Leung, Janet Chow, Annie Man, Angela Tong, Sherming Yiu and Margaret Chung were on a team against the Tiger Cubs guys including Joe Ma, Him Law and Oscar Leung on TVB game show Super Trio Maximus's Halloween episode. Charmaine and her friends dressed up as pink "giant babies". Although some had injuries, while some were already married and are parents, the group still played hard and crazily. In regards to Charmaine's baby costume, she said: "It feels so fresh. I never been dressed like this, not even for the anniversary shows. Artists should give everything a try, the most important is having fun."

Eric Tsang introduced the girl group out as the "middle-aged women" and "7 witches" group, but Charmaine and her friends attacked back chasing after Eric calling him Daddy. Charmaine and Joe, who had an arm injury, were paired to go against one another. The two were very good at the wasabi eating game, but Charmaine ends up losing and had to eat the wasabi-filled sushi. She then went over to King Kong trying to entice him for help, but unfortunately King Kong, whom had just announced his romance with Yuri Chan, rejected her. King Kong said in a serious tone: "Its useless! I already have a girlfriend." Charmaine miserable got the "lemon" from King Kong, she covered up in embarrassment and took her punishment.

The 'Tiger Cubs' guys couldn't avoid getting attacked due to their built body figures. Oscar, Him and Benjamin Yuen were said to have "bulging nipples" and Eric went to touch them. Him was teased to have very long armpit hair.

During the Ping Pong game, the group were very opened and didn't try to keep any distance from each other. Him played the hardest, he ended up touching both Toby and Sherming's lip while trying to get the ping pong. Timmy Hung was against his wife Janet Chow, the ping pong ended up going into Janet's mouth. Eventually Timmy got a hold of the ping pong and transferred it back into his wife's mouth, the couple were kissing nonstop! Eric shouted: "Disgusting!"

As one of the hosts, Chin Ka Lok, watched his wife Angela Tong play the ping pong sucking game with Jack Hui. Chin Ka Lok "threatened" the guys not to kiss his wife and Jack ended up losing the game. Chin Ka Lok joked: "I will tell Miss Lok to contact you."

Also, after Joe's accident from Tiger Cubs II filming, did his wife not allow him to shoot another TVB series? Joe said: "I won't pick and choose where to film series, but I hope next time I can be in a lighter and relaxing series."

TVB News: Roger Kwok & Joey Meng Disclose "Inbound Troubles II" Filled With Surprises

2013-10-02T20:12:00.005+08:00

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Roger Kwok & Joey Meng Disclose "Inbound Troubles II" Filled With Surprises

Yesterday afternoon Joey Meng and Roger Kwok were shooting for the TVB 2014 sales presentation trailer of new series Inbound Troubles II. Joey disclosed her role in the sequel will make everyone go "wow" and its going to be very different from the first season. Wong Cho Lam expressed Joey will have scenes opposite of Roger Kwok, and also another artist that is unexpected. Joey is looking forward to this series.

Roger expressed the sequel is a completely new story and will bring surprises to the audience. He portrays a very special role, whom actually exists in real life. This will be a huge challenge for Roger, even more challenging then his "Ah Wong" role back in the day. Roger's role has a gentleman and a scum side, and audience will have a good time watching him. Asked if he provided any input into the series? He said he absolutely respects the production and has confidence in Wong Cho Lam. It was rumored Roger has been unhappy while shooting new series Semi-Evil Person, and was displeased by "Sai Sai Lap" May Chan disrupting the filming progress because she's always eating. Roger expressed there is no such thing, but joked he had told Sai Sai Lap not to eat too much because he's worried about her health.

TVB News: Joe Ma Carries Linda Chung Away from Explosion and Drops Her, Sobs In Pain

2013-09-30T18:38:00.002+08:00

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Joe Ma Carries Linda Chung Away from Explosion and Drops Her, Sobs In Pain

Yesterday Linda Chung, Joe Ma and Nancy Wu were filming the ending scene for TVB new series Tiger Cubs II. The scene was about the villian Nancy Wu holding Linda captive, she hanged her up high and Joe Ma rushed to rescue her. Joe was able to get Linda out before the huge explosion, but unfortunately encountered an accident. Before the cameras rolled, Joe was just leisurely chatting on the phone, then he and Linda tested the positions twice before Joe picked Linda up and the cameras started rolling. Joe carried Linda as he ran away from the explosion, but after 4-5 steps, Joe tripped, dropping Linda and the two tumbled on the ground. Joe got some light scraps on his right hand, but Linda had injuries on both her hands and thigh.

When Linda saw a piece of her skin peeled off on her left hand, she shouted that it was painful and couldn't stop her tears from coming down. The staff quickly went over to clean her wound. After the two took a break, they went back to filming and to prevent distractions, the crew asked everyone to clear the set and once filming completed, Joe and Linda were sent to the hospital for a checkup.

Joe Apologizes to Linda

Linda took a 20 minute break after the accident, and then forced herself back to filming, she clearly hadn't recovered from the accident yet. When asked about her teary eyes at the time of the accident, Linda expressed it wasn't painful. But asked if she was still really scared and if she could handle it? Linda couldn't stop her tears again, she nodded and quickly went back to filming. Joe expressed he just got minor scraps and a small pain on his shoulder. He believed it was purely an accident, action scenes aren't considered too difficult for artists. Asked whether he lost control because he had a leg injury? Joe said: "No, it was a natural response from the feeling of weightlessness of moving forward. I have to apologize to Linda, I caused her the injuries and we had to film the scene again. I hope she's okay."

After they finished the scene, Linda went to the hospital immediately and got her injuries bandaged up. She said: "No need to worry, I am fine. I'm ok! I will get better soon." She posted a photo of her smiling and told fans not to worry about her.

As for Nancy, she had to hang on wires too and it all went smoothly for her. She was seen coming down carefully to prevent another accident. She stressed every time there is a dangerous scene, she's very careful. Also, Nancy admitted she's currently cohabiting with her boyfriend, but she's not in a hurry to marry him.

StarHub TVB Awards 2013 Results (28 September 2013)

2013-09-29T01:09:00.000+08:00

StarHub TVB Awards Winner List:
My Favourite TVB Actor: Bosco Wong

My Favourite TVB Actress: Tavia Yeung

My Favourite TVB Drama: Triumph in the Skies II

My Favourite TV Male Character: Raymond Lam, Bosco Wong, Chilam Cheung, Kenneth Ma, Moses Chan and Ruco Chan

My Favourite TV Female Character: Nikki Chow, Michelle Yim, Tavia Yeung, Kate Tsui, Myolie Wu and Linda Chung

Best on-screen couple: Bosco Wong and Nikki Chow (A change of Heart)
Everlasting Glow Award: Linda Chung Most Glamorous Female Artiste Award: Kate Tsui

Best newcomer Actor: Jason Chan Best newcomer Actress: Christine Kuo

My Favourite TVB theme song: Little Something (Seasons of Love) by Mag Lam Most Improved Actor: Him Law Most Improved Actress: Mandy Wong My Favourite Mega Variety Specials: TVB Golden Viva Spectacular Star of Perfect Poise Artiste: Raymond Lam

Most Outstanding Red Carpet Walk award: Linda Chung Most memorable TV character: Michael Miu *Photos copyrighted to the respective owners

TVB News: Ada Choi Opens Kidswear Store Offering Her Own Designed Clothing

2013-09-27T12:21:00.002+08:00

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Ada Choi Opens Kidswear Store Offering Her Own Designed Clothing

Yesterday Ada Choi became a business owner, she and her good friends started a new company called Motion Picture (MP) (童夢工場 Children Dream Factory). Motion Picture offers designer kidswear and accessories, which were personally designed by Ada herself. Ada's husband and two daughters, Lawrence Ng, Flora Chan, Jessica Hsuan, Teresa Mo, Eileen Yeo and Mary Hon were all there to support her. As a business owner for the first time, Ada expressed she felt very excited when people called her "Lo Ban Leung" (female boss). She said: "I invested 7 figures into this business with two other friends. I will have to work harder to earn more money and open second store next season. I hope my business will make it in the stock market. (Your husband gave you the money to start this business?) We made this investment as a family of four, there is no distinguish of you or me in a family."

When speaking of Ada's "kidnap" incident in Mainland, she immediately stopped reporters from mentioning the terrifying event. "My lawyer and manager are handling the issue. (Will you work at Mainland again?) Of course! (Hire bodyguards?) This isn't about being careful or not, I've already done all my safety measures." She expressed she will teach her daughter to be aware of kidnappers and joked: "I will also teach my daughters to take up the responsibility as a [role]model, otherwise they won't get dinner." Yesterday Ada self-promoted her clothing brand on Weibo, while her husband reposted and joked: "Mrs. Choi, will family members get a discount?"

My thoughts:

I wonder what happens when her kids grow up, will there be a chain of toddlers, children, teenagers and adult wear? haha

TVB News: Raymond Cho's Dream Come True Opens His Own Ice Cream Shop

2013-09-27T12:16:00.002+08:00

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Raymond Cho's Dream Come True Opens His Own Ice Cream Shop

While Ada Choi had her children clothing store opening ceremony, Raymond Cho's new ice cream shop held its opening ceremony as well. Good friends Wayne Lai, Ben Wong and Timmy Hung were there to support him. Raymond's in-laws John Chiang and Lee Lam Lam, Nancy Wu, Sharon Chan, Charmaine Sheh and Tavia Yeung sent flower baskets to congratulate him.

Raymond expressed he wanted to open an ice cream shop 30+ years ago, "But I never thought of putting the idea to practice and coincidentally my brother and his partner opened a new restaurant, so I decided to join them." This time, not only is this a dream come true for Raymond, it also gives him an alternative. He said: "I'm just trying to give myself another path to go on because my kids are still in school and its difficult to make a living. Friends can also have another place to hang out. (How much did you invest in this business?) Each person invested 7 figures." He disclosed he will open another restaurant in the same location: "Because I invested in two shops, but still haven't decided what type of restaurant yet. (You're thinking of opening a food chain?) I don't dare to think that big, but even though I started my own business, I'll still concentrate my work on acting. (When will you have time to be with your family?) I'll try my best. If don't work harder, can't make enough money."

TVB News: TVB Establishes Own Record Label Entices Raymond Lam to Renew Contract

2013-09-27T12:14:00.000+08:00

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

TVB Establishes Own Record Label Entices Raymond Lam to Renew Contract

Back in the day, due to the broadcasting regulations, TVB was not allowed to touch anything outside of television broadcast business, thus the company was forced close record label Capital Artists. However, today the restrictions have been relaxed and plus TVB had excavated a great number of talented singers through their singing shows The Voice and Voice of the Stars. TVB feels they qualify to nourish talents in the music industry and thus decided to establish their own record company called Star Dream Entertainment Limited "Star Dream" (星夢娛樂有限公司). Star Dream will not only help artists launch music albums, but will also help them open concerts, manage their work in showbiz and protect their reputations. Furthermore, the artists are absolutely not permitted to perform in something that will damage their image and hope to give them a balance in acting and singing. TVB music producer CW Tang (Tang Chi Wai) will be the main person in charge of the record label's productions. To date, the majority of Raymond Lam's songs were produced and composed by CW Tang.

It was understood, Raymond Lam, Fred Cheng, Linda Chung and Myolie Wu will be TVB's "Big Four" trump cards for the new record label. Other "Voice of the Stars" contestants like Ronald Law, Grace Wong and Shirley Yeung have hope in joining the music industry. Recently it had been widely rumored TVB Siu Sang Raymond Lam intends to leave the company, but TVB is still actively trying to make him stay and plans to make him Star Dream's "First Brother" in hope he'll change his mind. As for Fred Cheng, nicknamed the "High Score King", responded yesterday. "I don't mind which company I sign with. I'm waiting for TVB to make the arrangements. (How will you choose between singing and acting?) I've been acting in TV series for over 10 years, I really like acting, but if I had to choose, I really can't do it! Let TVB make the decision. (Do you think there is better success in singing?) I haven't thought about it that far. I want to concentrate on the October 12th and 13th Voice of Stars final first."

Linda still has a contract with Star Shine, in regards to returning to TVB's embrace? She said: "I'm from TVB, there is no say on who is my maternal home. Of course I will support TVB establishing their own record label. Its a good platform to let artists develop their talents, but I don't know how to plan because I still have several years left in my contract with Star Shine."

TVB News: Linda Chung Asked to Give "Protection Fee" in Mainland

2013-09-23T17:15:00.001+08:00

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Linda Chung Asked to Give "Protection Fee" in Mainland

Yesterday Linda Chung, Kristal Tin, Ruco Chan and Edwin Siu attended TVB new series Brother's Keeper promotional event. During the games, Kristal pretended to kiss Linda; Ruco and Edwin embraced pretending to be gay. When speaking of Ada Choi's "kidnap-like" incident in Xi'an, Linda thought it was very terrifying: "I will have the highest level of alertness when I'm working in Mainland. I usually have my manager with me, but I've once encountered a small mishap too, someone tried to get 'protection fee' from the crew." It was said she could get rumored boyfriend Philip Ng to teach her a few defensive moves, Linda said: "Its useless to know martial arts when you don't have the physical strength."

Due to No. 8 Typhoon Usagi hitting Hong Kong, Linda's original schedule of shooting Tiger Cubs II promotional clip and a commercial were cancelled. She took all her safety measures and hopes the typhoon will keep viewers at home to watch Brother's Keeper premiere and bring high ratings.

Edwin was very pleased Brother's Keeper brought him more jobs. He laughed and said he still needs several years to save up enough "wife savings". He is currently busy shooting Wong Jing's series World of Turbulence in Mainland. Wong Jing paired him and Yiu Yiu together, Edwin hoped they can be as comedic as Stephen Chow and Sandra Ng, but unfortunately they don't have any kiss scenes. Edwin's most memorable scene was when he danced with sexy girls. "It was awkward, they were swinging around, their hair were flinging here and there. It felt like a ghost went into my body, luckily I was able to withstand it." As for TVB's HK$900,000 anti-competition fine, Edwin said: "Joey Yung said it well, if we weren't asked to speak Mandarin, our Mandarin wouldn't have improved so fast."

TVB News: Fred Cheng "High Score King" Falls Back, Regains Position with Mother's Support

2013-09-23T17:11:00.000+08:00

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Fred Cheng "High Score King" Falls Back, Regains Position with Mother's Support

Fred Cheng and Corinna Chamberlain were recording for The Voice of the Stars last night. Two new contestants Hinson Chou and Candice Chiu joined the competition in this episode. The "High Score King" Fred Cheng fell back a little last time as Ronald Law and Corinna defeated him. Last night with his mother mother supporting him in the audience, he was able to regain himself and get back in first place. Corinna was in second place and Ronald Law was in fourth place. As for Hinson and Candice, they were defeated and were both eliminated.

Last week Fred's harsh mentor Eric Moo gave him a lower score. Fred expressed: "Last time Corinna performed very well. I try my best on my singing, do my own part and just enjoy being on stage. Tonight each contestant was a strong opponent. (Your mentor Eric Moo isn't around, so you feel at ease?) Whoever is here, I will feel nervous. Today there is Mr. Mark Lui here, which gave me some pressure. Actually my mentor explained to me why he gave me the low score. Of course I'll accept it." Facing the last four episodes, Fred expressed he intends to ask his mentor for some advice on selecting a song, but Eric is currently in Beijing and he's unsure whether the No.8 Typhoon had affected his flight schedule back to Hong Kong.

Corinna frankly expressed getting the highest score last week certainly gave her a lot of encouragement. She said: "Today I will have some dancing, to me it is something new to try. Actually each time there is a low score, it is really about the judge, the song selection and the state of mind. Last time Fred came to perform without getting any sleep, that really caused a huge impact." She said she will be flying over to Gentings with the Inbound Troubles cast for a concert, but still hasn't had the chance to talk about the script (for the sequel) yet. She just hopes to keep eating good food and believes the sequel will be an all-new story. The current schedule is the sequel will start shooting in March 2014.

As one of the judges, Eric Kwok said the Hong Kong music industry has already been perceived as 'dead'. He said: "I discuss the HK music industry with a very close friend of mines, I don't publicly talk about it because I am apart of it. I have the responsibility to make the industry better. Its easy to destroy it, but very difficult to build it. As for whether the HK music industry is dying, nobody knows. After it dies, it can even come back to life. After all I am still making music."

Justvb's 4th Anniversary! Feel free to leave your greetings. =D

2013-09-21T00:43:00.001+08:00

Yay, a new banner consisting of almost all tvb artistes' names. I made this banner while I am still on holidays as I know I have no time to do it during September and I was right. Hope you like the banner! ^_^ How times flies and this will be my final semester in university, feeling pretty relax but will be busy as usual.

Some updates on what is currently happening in this website. If you haven't notice, there is this block of messages painted in red just below the banner indicating that this website received a lot of DMCA's notice. I wonder if ultimately this site is going to be abolished by Google or not? I have not even get any ads pay-outs from Google despite the 4 years. It is dreading wait... But of course, I do not blog for the monetary incentive but my interest in disseminating updates on TVB plays a bigger motivation factor.

I am glad that all those Justvb's readers out there didn't abandon this site and continue to support it! Regular Justvb visitor? Leave your greetings message at the comment section to show your 4 years support. I will be happy to read it if any. haha. As usual, you are strongly encourage to input any views or suggestions about Justvb's website or social media channels before the opportunity is over.

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To reflect back to the past where Justvb's first started, you are welcome to visit.

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Introduction: Brother's keeper 巨輪

2013-09-17T02:16:00.001+08:00

Brief summary:

KO TIN SAN (Ruco Chan) an LAW WAI SHUN (Edwin Siu) are half-brothers, same mother different father. Due to fate, they were not only separated into Hong Kong an Macau, but also grew up in different backgrounds that have caused serious conflict between the brothers. Their mother CHOW YUK MUI (Louise Lee) brought her youngest son WAI SHUN to Macau and lived in a black market. WAI SHUN strived hard to get through all the hardships and challenges with the help of his good friends YIU MAN YING (Kristal Tin) and LONG FEI (Louis Yuen). Ultimately, WAI SHUN set foot on a successful path in life. Living alone in Hong Kong, TIN SAN took shortcuts in life, he partnered with a gangster KEUNG YUNG (Louis Cheung) from the triad and had an affair with a wealthy girl. His actions broke his girlfriend CHEUK JING's (Linda Chung) heart. She eventually losses her beauty and possessions.

My thoughts:

The period setting is slightly different from other dramas. So glad to see Ruco back on the screen, it has been a long while, isn't it? Heard that the Edwin Siu's role was supposedly to be Moses Chan role but at that time Moses chose to participate in another drama with Wayne Lai and thus lose the chance to be part of this series.

TVB News: Wayne Lai Praises Louisa So a Strong Co-Star, Collaborates Again After 10 Years

2013-09-13T19:45:00.003+08:00

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Wayne Lai Praises Louisa So a Strong Co-Star, Collaborates Again After 10 Years

Yesterday Wayne Lai, Louisa So, Jennifer Shum, King Sir and Tony Hung attended the costume fitting of TVB new series Men Getting Married. Wayne laughed and said the series plays with uniform enticing, he'll be playing Louisa's driver. Wayne expressed the last time he worked with Louisa was over 10 years ago in TVB series Anti Crime, where they played a bickering pair. He's happy to collaborate with her again.

Wayne said: "After 10+ years, we've had our experiences and Louisa is a good actress. Its rare to get such a strong co-star, I'm look forward to it. At my age, its difficult to find a partner to match me. If this pairing does well, then I'll have more to choose from and not just Sheren Tang."

It was reported Sheren Tang thinks she has a tumor in her neck, Wayne expressed he does not really keep in touch with Sheren. Its been several months since they last seen each other, but last time he didn't feel she had any issues. Will he tell Sheren to relax a little? He said: "Sheren working with me is a joy because I am quite laid back. (Will you call her to show your concern?) I'll have to see what the situation is like first. I always tell her to open up. I know she gets anxious about her work, whereas I am more relaxed. I've always seen fame like its a floating cloud."

Louisa wanted Wayne's Son to Marry Her

Louisa was very pleased to have the opportunity to work with Wayne again. She said this year is an enriching year for her because she got to work with Gardner Tse, Anthony Wong and Wayne, three smart men from three different industries. She feels very blessed. "I've already got the script for 6 episodes, its great. I'm really excited." What's most exciting to Louisa is that she gets to work with her stage play mentor King Sir. "We collaborated before in stage plays, but its strange, after so many years at TVB, we have never collaborated in a series before. Fate has come, I will really take advantage of it." Louisa recalls she used to joke around with Wayne's son in the past. She would tell his son to marry her when he grows up. "That time I called Wayne and his wife my in-laws. I heard his son is now all grown up, I look forward to meet him."

TVB News: Joe Ma Do Everything to Protect "TV Queen" Linda Chung

2013-09-13T19:39:00.002+08:00

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

Joe Ma Do Everything to Protect "TV Queen" Linda Chung

Yesterday Joe Ma, Him Law, Mandy Wong and Matthew Ko were at TVB City shooting for an action scene for new series Tiger Cubs II. The scene was about terrorists invading the Special Duties Unit (SDU) base and the SDU members did everything they could to stop them. Matthew Ko incurred an injury and ends up on the ground.

Joe's wife complained earlier on Weibo that its a painful wait for her husband to come back from work and have dinner with her. Now that the series is wrapping up, Mrs. Ma is probably the happiest one? Joe said: "No worries, she knows filming series is difficult. The happiest should be me, I get to take a break after this. I'll be heading back to Mainland for a new drama at the end of the month. My earliest TVB series won't happen until mid next year." He disclosed the next scene is about him rescuing Linda Chung. Reporters teased asking if Linda is the hot favorite for TV Queen this year? Joe joked: "We're talking about TV Queens that fast? Wish her the best, I think she will get it. Brother's Keeper hasn't aired yet and its already a bit hit. The momentum is strong. I will do everything I can to protect the TV Queen, I can sacrifice myself."

Him revealed he did the photo shoot for the TVB calendar earlier with Oscar Leung, Vincent Wong and Tracy Ip. The theme was swimwear. As for his body figure beats all the girls? Him said: "I'm not the main lead. Haven't measured my figure lately, I used to be more fit."

TVB News: "Tiger Cubs 2" Big Explosion Scared Residents, Called The Police

2013-09-09T20:10:00.003+08:00

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net

"Tiger Cubs 2" Big Explosion Scared Residents, Called The Police

Yesterday Joe Ma, Linda Chung, Him Law, Nancy Wu and Mandy Wong were shooting a big explosion scene for TVB new series Tiger Cubs II. The crew chose to shoot the scenes near a large government stadium in Causeway Bay. The scenes started out with Linda opening fire at Timmy Hung, then Nancy drives a car into an office building and threw a grenade. The SDU heard the loud bang and rushed to the scene.

Before the cameras rolled, the cast were relaxed and chatted happily, but once the staff shouted to clear the location, they ran over to their positions for this big scene. Linda, Nancy and Mandy ran over to their distant positions in 9 seconds!

Because the explosion was too severe, the staff asked all artists to take cover to avoid injuries, but among the female artists, Linda had the best treatment. She got to sit in the car and enjoy the big explosion scene in the car. The others had to stand there or crouch besides the car! At the moment of the explosion, the blaze was extremely fierce and not long after the dark smoke filled up 5 stories in the building. The people in the nearby buildings thought there was a real explosion and called the police. Results, several fire marshalls and the police came to the scene. Producer Lam Chi Wah said: "So sorry, the loud explosion sounds frightened everyone. We followed all the procedures and finished shooting the scene in the designated area."

Linda got special treatment from the staff, allowing her to sit in the car during the explosion. Linda was asked if she was in a great panic? She laughed: "I wasn't that scared because the biggest explosion scene I've done was actually in Brother's Keeper, so I had the experience. (Why did you hide in the car?) I'm the most well behaved, the staff kept telling me to get in the car, treating me just like a real BB. Actually I really wasn't that scared. (The explosion scene got the police involved?) Proves how realistic the scene was, we want to show the audience the best. The crew had done all the registrations and applications beforehand, but if the loud scene disturbed other residents, really sorry about that."

Joe expressed Tiger Cubs II filming is ending later this month, and praised the HK Police Force really does work efficiently, they came right to the scene when reported, but he was sorry the explosion caused disturbance to the nearby residents.

Him Captures "Evidence" On Camera

Him expressed he ran to the best place to take over and used his phone to take a picture of the scene. He shared the picture with everyone around him. Him disclosed this is not his first time shooting such a big explosion scene, so he wasn't as frightened as the female artists. He said: "Just now after we completed the scene, I immediately took off my helmet and put up a 'YEAH!' hand gesture to prove that I was in the scene. (Wasn't afraid the heat may melt your phone?) So that's why I used another staff's cell phone to take the pictures, haha!"

Nancy Felt Face Heating Up

Mandy and Nancy expressed this is their first time shooting such an intense explosion scene. Mandy laughed: "I felt scared, but at the same time I wanted to see it. Its so exciting, but when I got up, the explosion already happened. Luckily there were many other people on the set. Just now the camera man said he was filming a similar scene, but ended up losing all his hair. Just hearing that scared me, so I kept my head as low as possible during the explosion. (A resident thought it was real and called the police!) I saw the police come, but we were just filming. If we disturbed the residents, so sorry!" Nancy exclaimed: "It was such a strong explosion. I felt my face heating up. The staff told me to be careful and stand further away!"

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