[2013.10.02] WU CHUN ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS MARRIED AND HAS A DAUGHTER

Wu Chun's former Fahrenheit teammates send their well wishes
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Wu Chun admits to having a wife and a daughter to be a responsible man

Wu Chun will officially discuss his marriage at his book release press conference

Wu Chun announces his marital status on his official site
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Taiwan group Fahrenheit's former member Wu Chun yesterday revealed that he and his first love of 18 years have wed in Brunei and played a role that money could not buy -- a happy super Papa. The 33 year old Wu Chun revealed his identity as husband and father on the eve of his new book release IGNITE COURAGE.

Although Wu Chun has kept the secret from fans for years, he remained faithful to his wife. He and his wife Lam Lai Ying were high school classmates. They met when they were 16 and have been together for 18 years. His wife was 10 days older than him. Turning 34 on October 10, Wu Chun chose yesterday to announce his marital status as an important birthday gift to his wife. He gave her public recognition. Reportedly Lam Lai Ying's father was the masseur and nutritionist of the fourth brother of the Sultan of Brunei and was rather famous there.

Wu Chun could not hide his joy about becoming a father in the book. "My persistence for that love has never changed. Once confirmed it is forever. For love and for our life in the future I will work hard. Now I have a role that money cannot buy -- a happy super Papa! The real me is someone who would gladly share my joy. I believe people who have always supported me would feel this point from the posts and photos that I have shared on my blog. Thus not being able to share a beautiful event that has changed my life like becoming Papa, to me it is not easy at all."

Wu Chun admitted that his other half has been with since age 16, for 18 years she has been with him through countless rises and falls: studying in Australia, the passing of his mother, the departure of his friend, and taking of his Brunei business. "When I first start working in show business, actually I have introduced her to several friends. Yet as more and more people knew me, gradually she expressed that she did not want to expose our relationship She was someone who did not hope to catch the attention of others, and did not know how to face a lot of news topics in show business. I understood and respected this decision, because with her 100% support I was able to brave face all the difficult challenges in my life and show business career. She even often reminded me, saying that I really was a very lucky person because over the years I had so many fans who fully supported and loved me. I could not count how many times she has said 'Without them Wu Chun wouldn't be here today'."

In the past few years Wu Chun was mostly in Brunei. He slowly understood that he had to face it, especially after having a daughter. He really wanted to share the joy of being Papa. In the end Wu Chun asked for understanding from the outside. "This share truly came very suddenly......perhaps some people will need some time to digest and understand it! No matter what the reaction will be, I will understand......I can't help it, everyone please understand."

[2013.10.02] JUST FOR FUN: CHINGMY YAU BRINGS HER HUSBAND TO A FRIENDLY GET TOGETHER

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Although Chingmy Yau Suk Ching has been retired from film for years, she often got together with her friends in the business. Cecilia Yip Tung's husband Louis Tan (Chan Kwok Fun) two nights ago posted a photo from the event. Yau Suk Ching and her husband Shum Ka Wai, Rosamund Kwan Chi Lam, Fan Keung, Yolinda Yan Chor Sin got together for a group photo.

[2013.10.02] TONY LEUNG CHIU WAI FACES TWO KA FAIS FOR THE GOLDEN HORSE AWARD

Shu Qi

Stephen Chow

Nick Cheung

Zhang Ziyi

Susan Shaw

Crystal Lee

Juno Mak
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Tony Leung Ka Fai (COLD WAR), Tony Leung Chiu Wai (THE GRANDMASTERS), Nick Cheung (UNBEATABLE)

Jimmy Wang (SOUL)

Zhang Ziyi (THE GRANDMASTERS), Sammi Cheng (BLIND DETECTIVE), Cherry Ngan (THE WAY WE DANCE)

Kwai Lun-Mei (CHRISTMAS ROSE)

Shu Qi (JOURNEY TO THE WEST)

Wong Kar Wai's THE GRANDMASTERS receives 11 nominations

Susan Shaw (TALES FROM THE DARK)

Eddie Peng (UNBEATABLE)

Vicki Zhao won the Golden Rooster Director Debut Award with SO YOUNG

Juno Mak's 2 years in planning, half year to produce directing debut RIGOR MORTIS nets him a Best New Director nomination
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The 50th Golden Horse Award yesterday announced its nominations. The Wong Kar Wai directed THE GRANDMASTERS (YUT DOI JUNG SI) received 11 nominations to become the focus, crushing UNBEATABLE (GIK JIN) with its 6 nominations. Leads Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Zhang Ziyi received Best Actor and Best Actress nomination respectively; Wai Jai will face the "Ka Fai Twins", the Shanghai International Film Festival Best Actor, UNBEATABLE's Nick Chung Ka Fai and the Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor, COLD WAR's Tony Leung Ka Fai. The other two opponents will be SOUL's Jimmy Wang Yu and STRAY DOGS' Lee Kang Sheng. Zhang Ziyi along with BLIND DETECTIVE (MAN TAM)'s Sammi Cheng Sau Man, JOURNEY TO THE WEST CONQUERING THE DEMONS' Shu Qi and last year's Golden Horse Award Best Actress, CHRISTMAS ROSE's Kwai Lun-Mei faced the challenge from THE WAY WE DANCE (KONG MO PAI)'s first time nominee Cherry Ngan Cheuk Ling.

Although THE GRANDMASTERS defeated UNBEATABLE to represent Hong Kong for the 86th Oscar Best Foreign Film nominations, but at the Golden Horse Award it will face strong competition in the Best Feature Film and Best Director categories; the Jia Zhangke directed Mainland film A TOUCH OF SIN is strong and solid. Taiwan's Tsai Ming-Liang directed STRAY DOGS just won the Venice Film Festival jury award. The Chung Mong-Hong directed SOUL also represented Taiwan for the Oscars nomination; director Johnnie To Kei Fung's DRUG WAR surprisingly was nominated despite its Mainland target market; Singapore film ILO ILO is new director Anthony Chen's work, who knows if it will be able to run away with the Best Feature Film as the dark horse?

The Shanghai International Film Festival Best Actress, UNBEATABLE's young actress Crystal Lee, this time was "demoted" to the Best Supporting Actress nomination with TALES FROM THE DARK (MAI LEI YEH)'s Susan Shaw Yam Yam and LONGING FOR THE RAIN'S Xue Hong, ILO ILO's Yeo Yann Yann and TO MY DEAR GRANNY'S Lin Mei-Hsiu. Eddie Peng Yu-Yen successfully broke out with UNBEATABLE to face JOURNEY TO THE WEST's Huang Bo, AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA's Tong Dawei, 1942's Li Xuejian and ILO ILO's Chen Tianwen for Best Supporting Actor.

Two time divorcee song queen Faye Wong's TO YOUTH for her buddy Vicki Zhao Wei's film SO YOUNG and Kenny Bee (Chung Chun To)'s OLD LOVE SONG for TOGETHER were both nominated for Best Original Film Song. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to veteran actress Chen Chen.

Director Wong Kar Wai said after learning that THE GRANDMASTERS was the film with the most Golden Horse nominations this year, "Thank you Golden Horse Award jury for your recognition of this film. To receive as many as 11 nominations, it is an enormous encouragement for the entire team." Lead actor Wai Jai only said about his Best Actor nomination, "Thank you for everyone's encouragement, recognizing our hard work of five years. I feel very happy for the entire team!"

Chung Ka Fai did not think too much about winning. "I am not selfish, as long as a Hong Kong actor wins I would be the happiest! Actually no one would think he has too many awards. If I don't get it this year, I will work hard again next year. It's not like I am retiring!" Instead Leung Ka Fai had the most confidence. He said, "I am very happy to be nominated, every nominated actor is very strong. I hope COLD WAR will succeed. Thank you everyone for your support!"

Sammi Cheng Sau Man was more reserved about her Best Actress nomination. She said, "Thank you Golden Horse Award for nominating me. Thank you Wa Jai, Director To Kei Fung, Director Wai Ka Fai, I will keep working hard!" Shu Qi happily said after her Best Actress nomination, "I am too happy! To be nominated with a comedy, being recognized by everyone with a comedy is very rare, so I already treat it like a victory! Actually comedy is very hard to play, the mood and the pace both have to grasp very properly. This time the competition is pretty strong, the battle will not be easy." New comer Ngan Cheuk Ling was just as excited after finding out about her Best Actress nomination. She said that the nomination was already a victory for her. She was very honored to be nominated with 4 elders and would participate in the award presentation as a learning experience and with THE WAY WE DANCE's no matter win or lose spirit.

THE 50TH GOLDEN HORSE AWARD NOMINATIONS

Best Feature Film
Ilo．Ilo
A Touch of Sin
The Grandmaster
Stray Dogs
Drug War

Best Short Film
Downstream
The Busy Young Psychic
A Breath from the Bottom
Butter Lamp

Best Documentary
Boundary Revelation
Pusu Qhuni
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Beyond Beauty, Taiwan from Above

Best Director
CHUNG Mong-Hong (Soul)
JIA Zhang-Ke (A Touch of Sin)
WONG Kar Wai (The Grandmaster)
TSAI Ming Liang (Stray Dogs)
Johnnie TO (Drug War)

Best New Director
Anthony CHEN (Ilo．Ilo)
ZHAO Wei (So Young)
Longman LEUNG, Sunny LUK (Cold War)
Juno MAK (Rigor Mortis)
Hsu Chao-jen (Together)

Best Leading Actor
Jimmy WANG Yu (Soul)
Tony LEUNG Chiu Wai (The Grandmaster)
Nick CHEUNG (Unbeatable)
Tony LEUNG Ka Fai (Cold War)
LEE Kang Sheng (Stray Dogs)

Best Leading Actress
Cherry NGAN (The Way We Dance)
ZHANG Ziyi (The Grandmaster)
GWEI Lun-Mei (Christmas Rose)
SHU Qi (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons)
Sammi CHENG (Blind Detective)

Best Supporting Actor
CHEN Tianwen (Ilo．Ilo)
Xuejian Li (Back to 1942)
Eddie Peng (Unbeatable)
Bo Huang (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons)
TONG Dawei (American Dreams in China)

Best Supporting Actress
YEO Yann Yann (Ilo．Ilo)
Crystal Lee (Unbeatable)
Susan SHAW (Tales from the Dark 1)
LIN Mei-Hsiu (To My Dear Granny)
XUE Hong (Longing for the Rain)

Best New Performer
Shu-yau Kuo (Step Back to Glory)
KOH Jia Ler (Ilo．Ilo)
YANG Liang Yu (A Time in Quchi)
HUANG Shao-Yang (Together)
DONG Zijian (Young Style)

Best Original Screenplay
Anthony CHEN (Ilo．Ilo)
JIA Zhang-Ke (A Touch of Sin)
CHU Yu-ning (To My Dear Granny)
WAI Ka Fai, YAU Nai Hoi, RYKER CHAN, Yu Xi (Drug War)
ZHOU Zhi Yong, ZHANG Ji, Aubrey LAM (American Dreams in China)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Liu Zhenyun (Back to 1942)
LI Qiang (So Young)
Stephen CHOW, Derek Kwok, LEE Sheung Ching, Y. Y. Kong (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons)

Best Cinematography
NAKASHIMA Nagao (Soul)
LU Yue (Back to 1942)
YU Lik Wai (A Touch of Sin)
Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster)
LIAO Pen Jung, SHONG Woon Chong, LU Qing Xin (Stray Dogs)

Best Visual Effects
CHANG Hong Song (Back to 1942)
PIERRE BUFFIN (BUF COMPANY) (The Grandmaster)
In-Ho Lee, Jong Pill Kim, Ken LAW, Wing Tsang (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons)
Enoch CHAN (Rigor Mortis)
CHAU Chi Shing, Chas, CHAN Chi Ho, Lewis, Johnny LIN, Shaun Su (When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep)

Best Art Direction
CHAO Shih Hao (Soul)
SHI Hai Ying (Back to 1942)
LI Yang (So Young)
William CHANG Suk Ping, Alfred YAU Wai Ming (The Grandmaster)
Penny TSAI Pei-Ling (When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep)

Best Makeup & Costume Design
Tim YIP (Back to 1942)
William CHANG Suk Ping (The Grandmaster)
Bruce Yu Ka-on, Lee Pik Kwan (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons)
Miggy CHENG, Phoebe WONG, Heidi Chun, Kittichon Kunratchol (Rigor Mortis)
Dora NG (American Dreams in China)

Best Action Choreography
Jackie Chan, HE Jun, JC Stunt Team (CZ12)
Shing MAK (The Way We Dance)
YUEN Wo Ping (The Grandmaster)
LING Chi Wah (Unbeatable)
Stephen CHOW, KU Huen-chiu (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons)

Best Original Film Score
Ricky HO, LIN Ching-tai (Beyond Beauty, Taiwan from Above)
Patrick Jonsson (Bends)
LIM Giong (A Touch of Sin)
WU Rui-Ran (A Time in Quchi)
Owen Wang (Zone Pro Site)

Best Original Film Song
I Love You
Lyric : Spark CHEN
Composer : Spark CHEN
Performer : Sleepy Dads
( Rock Me To The Moon )

Make a Film
Lyric : Ah Di-zai
Composer : Ah Di-zai, LIAO Wei Chieh
Performer : One Two Three
(Forever Love)

To Youth
Lyric : LI Qiang
Composer : Dou Peng
Performer : Faye Wong
(So Young)

Jin Ma Mo Un

Lyric : Ma Nien-Hsien
Composer : Ma Nien-Hsien
Performer : Ma Nien-Hsien
(Zone Pro Site)

Old Love Song
Lyric : Sonia Sui, Suming．Rupi
Composer : Suming．Rupi
Performer : Kenny Bee (Together)

Best Film Editing
Matthieu Laclau, LIN Xudong (A Touch of Sin)
William CHANG Suk Ping, Benjamin Courtines, POON Hung Yiu (The Grandmaster)
Azrael CHUNG (Unbeatable)
David Richardson, Allen Leung (Drug War)
XIAO Yang (American Dreams in China)

Best Sound Effects
WU Shu-Yao, LEE Yu-Chih (Pusu Qhuni)
TU Duu-Chih, KUO Li Chi (Soul)
Robert Mackenzie, Traithep Wongpaiboon (The Grandmaster)
Phyllis CHENG (Unbeatable)
TU Duu-Chih, KUO Li Chi (Stray Dogs)

Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year
YEH Ju-Feng
LIAO Ching-Song
Tsai Ming-Hsiu

Lifetime Achievement Award
CHEN Chen

[2013.10.02] JUST FOR FUN: GIGI LAI "MAKES AN APPEARANCE" ON HER 42ND BIRTHDAY

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With the recent YOUNG AND DANGEROUS (GOO WAT JAI) concerts, everyone inevitably would miss "Smartie" Gigi Lai Chi. Yesterday was the mother of three's 42nd birthday and she finally appeared online. "Time flies, nostalgia remains, simply said lol, thank you for you well wishes. I wish everyone a Happy National Day." Lai Chi remained pretty as if she was a beauty frozen in age. Will Dior Cheng Yi Kin be able to persuade Smartie to appear at the Hong Kong Coliseum?

[2013.10.02] SAMMI CHENG WILL WED FIRST BEFORE ANNOUNCING IT

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Sammi Cheng Sau Man's TELLING MARIA interview will soon air. Actually on the program she admitted that she used to be very hard to take, arrogant and highly demanding of herself. When she could not achieve her demand she would throw tantrums at those around her, which earned her an ugly nickname; later she experienced a lot and discovered the world was very large. She would instead ask herself whether it was better to be called an ugly nickname or "All Grins Cheng"? When her relationship with Andy Hui Chi On reached a bottleneck, they broke up after 10 years because she felt that they seemingly would not wed. Her career came first so anything that hindered her had to go; then they just broke up. As for getting back together, Sammi described that since they dared to start this relationship, when they wed they would not notify anyone and would wait until they are married before publicizing it.

The host Luisa Lai Chi San yesterday promoted on Metro Radio. She admitted that she was very nervous about the rating and felt stressed. The program went from 20 episodes to 35 episodes, thus she is still busy inviting guests. However for now she would not reveal the guest list as she was afraid that it would die from exposure.

She also planned to turn the two seasons into a book for a Book Fair release next year. However she has thought about winning the Best Host award again.

[2013.10.01] WHEN HUANG XIAOMING MEETS FIONA SIT

Huang Xiaoming appears in black for his new film

Fiona Sit signals her assistant to raise the umbrella

Fiona Sit's eyes look a little swollen from working all night
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Top Mainland star Huang Xiaoming just won the Best Actor Award with AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA at the 22nd Golden Rooster Hundred Flower Film Festival and the 29th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award two days ago flew to Hong Kong for a Derek Yee Tung Sing produced new film.

Around midnight yesterday, Xiaoming arrived at the Wanchai production location. Although it was raining, Xiaoming did not ask his assistant for an umbrella. He only kept his hands in his pockets, chok and smiled when he saw reporters. Then the crew accompanied him to a nearby restaurant. Then Fiona Sit Hoi Kei arrived. When she ran into reporters she signaled her assistant to raise the umbrella for them to take photos.

After winning Best Actor Xiaoming received many offers. Reportedly, later he will work with a famous Hong Kong on a film. With many films on his hand already, he would cautiously select scripts because he has been so busy.

Fiona yesterday morning posted a black and white photo with Huang Xiaoming. "We worked until after 7AM, I also wrapped up another film. I hope everything goes smoothly for you who are still shooting." Fiona yesterday attended a radio interview. "In the past three months I already finished three films. Later I will go to Europe for location shoots for a new film, I will go with Mommy for a dozen days or so."

[2013.10.01] ZHANG ZIYI PLAYS COSTUME FETISH WITH WANG LEEHOM

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International film star Zhang Ziyi and Wang Leehom's new film MY LUCKY STAR earlier unveiled its trailer, which featured their physical contact scenes. The theme was 'My lucky 'sex' life with a god'. Playing the silly lady Ziyi in the film had a lot of expression. She was also very convincing in the kiss scene with Leehom. In one scene Ziyi tried her hand on costume fetish as she put on a nurse uniform and a wig and dance erotically. Leehom also went topless and showed off his chest.