[2013.09.29] MIRIAM YEUNG TEST DRIVES A SPORTS CAR

Miriam Yeung and Gao Yuanyuan are all smiles in the film but have no exchange off camera

Miriam Yeung tries her hands at driving a white Ferrari
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Recently Miriam Yeung Chin Wa has been busy with Johnnie To Kei Fung's new film. Two nights ago she and Gao Yuanyuan appeared on the streets of Happy Valley. The team utilized a white Ferrari sports car. When not in a scene, Gao Yuanyuan sat next to To Kei Fung and poked at her mobile phone, while Chin Wa rested in her vehicle. Chin Wa wore 4 inch high heels. Gao Yuanyuan who originally wore canvas flats changed into high heels as well.

Chin Wa often got into and out of the car, seemingly playing a sales agent Gao Yuanyuan had a large pile of documents, stood to the side and laughed. They finally only needed two takes.

[2013.09.29] HUANG XIAOMING AND ZHANG GUOLI SHARE THE GOLDEN ROOSTER BEST ACTOR

Zhang Guoli and Huang Xiaoming share the Golden Rooster Best Actor

FALLING FLOWERS' Song Jia, the Best Actress surprise

Best Supporting Actor Wang Qingxiang

Best Supporting Actress Wang Luodan
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The 22nd Golden Rooster Hundred Flower Film Festival last night held its award presentation in Wuhan. Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Guoli shared the Golden Rooster Best Actor honor. Mainland star Song Jia with FALLING FLOWERS defeated favorite Zhang Ziyi for Best Actress, a surprising victory; Peter Chan Ho Sun with AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA won Best Director. First time director of the 600 million yuan hit SO YOUNG, Vicki Zhao Wei won the Director Debut Award.

1942 was the big winner with 4 awards: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Sound Recording. The fresh out of the oven Golden Rooster Best Actor with AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA, Huang Xiaoming although had to share it with elder Zhang Guoli still was very emotional. He said, "I never thought that I would be standing on the stage to accept the award, but I believe in hard work. My mantra is I am not the most excellent but I work hard to do my best." He even paraphrased Stephen Chow Sing Chi's line, "I am a good actor!" Zhang Guoli with 1942 won Best Actor. He thanked director Feng Xiaogang for persisting for 19 years for him. When he was younger he enjoyed winning the award, now he wants to experience the character.

Fresh out of the oven Best Actor Song Jia said, "Today's jury is the best jury, giving me such a big pie. Even if it will tossed by mistake, I will still help myself." Chan Ho Sun with AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA won Best Director and defeated strong competition from the likes of Feng Xiaogang and others. The host joked that instead the Golden Rooster (Sandra Ng Kwan Yu starred in the film GOLDEN CHICKEN) was lucky for him. When he accepted the award, he first praised Feng Xiaogang's 1942 as an epic. His AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA was a fast food film and he felt ashamed.

Scaled down this year, the Golden Rooster Hundred Flower Award red carpet lacked star power with only Zhao Wei, Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Guoli and Feng Xiaogang. Mainland sexy star Daniella Wang Li Dan continued to catch attention. This year's Golden Rooster Hundred Flower Award was described as the most deserted year. It also followed the scale back trend and the film festival returned to film itself. However some also said that today the Golden Rooster Hundred Flower Award actually has already lost its charm and had difficulty with making film stars to support it. Thus even Zhang Ziyi who was promoting her own film investment in the Mainland was absent despite being nominated.

Zhao Wei although was not competing for Best Actress received the Director Debut Award, which was even more meaningful. Two big directors Feng Xiaogang and Kevin Chu Yen Ping presented the award. Zhao Wei on the stage thanked the noble and highly regarded jury as well as many people, the performance belonged to everyone and she was very grateful. At the same time, she received a love letter "To Zhao Wei" from a mysterious person. She was so happy that she suddenly kissed the hostess on the lips; because she also saw Zhao Wei as an idol, the kiss caught her off guard and stunned her. She was unable to recover for a long time.

Zhao Wei said that the film took two years to make and everyday was a pleasure. She explained that her sudden kiss of the hostess on the stage expressed what the SO YOUNG craze was. She was not satisfied with her performance as an actress, so in the future she would work hard on doing her part as an actress. Later, she immediately called her husband and daughter, who even cutely congratulated Mommy.

Best Supporting Actor and Actress both went to favorites. Wang Qingxiang with THE GRANDMASTERS (YUT DOI JUNG SI) won Best Supporting Actor. He said that he waited 30 years and this rooster arrived. His dream was to perform better and better, and not more and more, with everyone's help. He thanked Wong Kar Wai for his transition. The Best Supporting Actress went to CAUGHT IN THE WEB's outstanding performer Wang Luodan. She immediately called her mother with the good news. THE GRANDMASTERS won two awards including Best Supporting Actor and Best Art Award for William Chang Suk Ping.

[2013.09.29] LIU XIAOQING ONCE STOLE TONY LEUNG KA FAI'S MEAL TICKET

Liu Xiaoqing is a legend who went from 50 yuan a month actress to a multimillionaire

TELLING MARIA interviews Liu Xiaoqing
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Luisa Lai Chi San's TELLING MARIA on Monday (Septeber 30) will premiere. The first guest would be the legendary Liu Xiaoqing. In the interview, she not only talked about plastic surgery, marriage and tax evasion prison sentence but also the unfair treatment of Mainland and Hong Kong actors back then. She revealed that when she made BURNING OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE she once stole Tony Leung Ka Fai's meal ticket!

When Liu Xiaoqing first started acting she received 50 yuan monthly. Now she is a multimillionaire. When she made movies she suffered a lot. In the early 80s when she and Leung ka Fai made BURNING OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE, she was already a star but Ka Fai was just making his film debut. At the time they even had communication problems. Because Ka Fai did not know Putonghua, she taught him to make some small gestures as hints for her to follow with her lines. Liu Xiaoqing pointed out that back then Hong Kong and Mainland actors were treated unfairly. Every meal she only had a bun while Hong Kong's Leung Ka Fai had catering. Once she finally broke down and cried, since she was still little. Everyone was frightened and asked her what happened; she said that she wanted meat and rice. Sh also said that Leung Ka Fai stayed at a hotel. He had an endless amount of meal tickets, so many that some were ripped up and tossed into the toilet. Once, she stole some meal tickets while Leung Ka Fai did not notice and shared them with three other actors. Leung Ka Fai never found out until she told him later.

Liu Xiaoqing played Wu Zetian in a television series from age 16 to her 80s, a classic performance for her. She said, to her playing young and middle age had no difficulty, but for the aging Wu Zetian she needed a lot of help from make up. She has played many historical figures but did not feel who she resembled the most. Many have suggested publishing a biography for her. Her life seemed to have followed China's development tracks. She too was often played in danger.

[2013.09.29] CHAPMAN TO GIVES HIS WIFE A GOLD IPHONE 5S FOR HER BIRTHDAY

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Chapman To Man Jat, Chrissie Chau Sau Na and Wong Jing two nights ago went to a Tsim Sha Tsui cinema for their film MR. AND MRS. PLAYER (LAN GWUN FU DAU LAN GWUN CHAI) audience appreciation event. How was the box office? Ah Jat joked, "None of my business!" When he heard Wong Jing said that MR. opened with HK$ 1 million. He happily said, "Each time at an audience appreciation event when I see how happy the audience is, it is a type of entertainment for me. Earlier Fat Gor and I worked together on a movie. Fat Gor asked me, who came up with audience appreciation? He said several years ago I came up with it." Yesterday was Krystal Tin Yui Nei's birthday. Ah Jat two nights ago after the audience appreciation event rushed home to prepare the food, because he had to cook personally and invited 12 friends to celebrate with his wife. Tin Yui Nei was the happiest about being able to cut her birthday cake wit her cat. Was birthday present did he give his wife? He said angrily, "A gold iPhone 5s, but it's outrageous. It's been bid up to HK$ 15,000. It's just gold paint not real gold. I don't want to encourage speculation so I asked an American friend to get one."

Sister Na worked on TVB's TAILOR MADE TOUR. Some online perhaps were upset that Ng Yip Kwan's participation and struck at him. Sister Na said that she did not know and pointed out that everyone applied for the tours. They were not arranged. Ah Jat joked that he was upset at Brother Kwan as well. "I have toiled for 20 years before I got a chance to marry Sister Na half a time."

[2013.09.29] LINAH MATSUOKA WANTS TO SUPERVISE ALEX LAM'S INTIMATE SCENES

Linah Matsuoka
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Alex Lam Tak Shun worked on the film LAN KWAI FONG 3 (HEI OI YEH PO 3) and had intimate scenes with Ava Yu Kiu and Jeana Ho Pui Yu, which made Alex who had to perform intimate scenes for the first time very nervous. His rumored girlfriend Linah Matsuoka two nights ago at a charity premiere said that sh would like to visit him on the set and bring treats for everyone. Obviously wanting to supervise, Linah saw him with other women in intimate scenes actually said that it would not be awkward. "He is just working, I hope he can do it and perform successfully. Actually he is very cool, and the actors in the film are all pretty guys and girls. (With you present would you bring pressure to Alex?) Perhaps! Yet if I am present, if they can perform without being affected then they prove that they are professionals." Some suggested for Linah and Alex to rehearse privately and help him getting into the intimate scenes. She sweetly smiled and said, "We haven't tried that!"

[2013.09.28] CHOW YUN FAT HAS HIS FEMALE CO-STARS UNDER HIS SPELL

Kimmy Tong says that Chow Yun Fat feels more like an older brother than a father

Winnie Leung

Michelle Hu

Candy Yuen

Annie Wu

Wong Jing and "chest haired" Chapman To
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Film industry superstar Chow Yun Fat, Chapman To Man Jat, Annie Wu (Ng Sun Kwan), Kimmy Tong Fei and others yesterday worked on a swimming pool scene for Wong Jing's new film FROM VEGAS TO MACAU (DOH SING FUNG WON) in Macau. Ah Jat who has been working out night and day yesterday went topless with a "chest hair look". Although Ah Jat was much thinner, during the shoot because he could not stick out his chest and suck in his gut every time he was not at his best shape.

Fat Gor was known for his professionalism. Even when he was not in the shoot he would remain on the set to help out. Originally Winnie Leung Man Yi, Candy Yuen Ka Man and Mainland star Michelle Hu Yan earlier already finished their scenes, but due to the typhoon they had to postpone the shoot. Yesterday they appeared in bikinis. Being able to work with god class actor Fat Gor, Leung Man Yi praised how nice he was. "Our team dined together, Fat Gor knew that we wanted to take photos with him but didn't dare to speak up. So he came out and asked if we had our phones. Then he used our phones for cheek to cheek photos with us. We were so happy that we could die!"

Playing Fat Gor's daughter Tong Fei had many scenes with Ah Jat and Nicholas Tse Ting Fung. She praised her co-stars as nice. "Ah Jat is really very funny, actually Ting Fung isn't really all that cool either. He was very strong with his impersonations. His favorite was impersonating director (Andrew) Lau Wai Keung's gestures. Sometimes he would even imitate him walking around with the camera."

[2013.09.28] AARON KWOK UNVEILS HIS WAX FIGURE

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Aaron Kwok wishes Lynn Xiong luck with her new romance
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Aaron Kwok Fu Sing yesterday unveiled his film THE MONKEY KING (SAI YAU GEI ji DAI LAU TIN GUNG)'s Bull Demon King wax figure. Sing Sing was very pleased with the wax figure and often took photos with it. Because the costume came from an Italian designers, Sing Sing was called the "most handsome Bull Demon King" in history. He revealed that the film's post production required a lot of time, hopefully it will be released at the end of the year or early next year. He said that most of his fight scenes were with Donnie Yen Chi Tan and Chow Yun Fat. He even confidently said, "Chi Tan is pretty agile, but I am slightly better. He is the Strongest in the Universe, I am the Strongest in the Flaming Mountains. In the film everyone would have a victorious moment."