[2010.07.20] VIVIAN CHOW CONSIDERS WILLIAM CHAN A KID

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After 13 years away from the silver screen, Vivian Chow Wai Man teams up with Sandra Ng Kwan Yu on the Ann Hui On Wa directed romantic comedy ALL ABOUT LOVE (DUT HAN CHAU FAN). The film recently has been chosen to be the 5th annual Summer International Film Festival opening film. Reportedly in the film Vivian has many daring kiss and bed scenes with Kwan Yu and William Chan Wai Ting. Aside from a bath scene with Kwan Yu, she also passionately kisses William from the kitchen to the bedroom.

Vivian is so daring with the first strike of her comeback completely because she has always admired and trusted the director. In addition this time she plays a lesbian, a very challenging character with a lot of potential. In order to playing the character convincingly, Vivian before the shoot already did a lot of research on gay sites and even occasionally went to some gay bars in Lan Kwai Fong at night with the director and exchanged romantic experience with lesbians there. "Because I haven't made a movie in a very long time, inevitably I was more nervous about my performance. In order to get into character to make myself a real lesbian, I often hypnotized myself to like women. During the shoot I would constantly converse with Kwan Yu. After work I would call her too like a real couple, thus the kiss scenes with her felt very natural. Instead the bed scene with William was more awkward for me because he really was like a kid."

[2010.07.20] BARBIE HSU ASKS RICHIE JEN FOR MATCHMAKING

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Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai) and Barbie Hsu (Tsui Hei Woon) yesterday promoted their new film DRAGON PHOENIX INN (LUNG FUNG DIM) in costume. Siu Chai wore a dragon robe while Big S was dressed like Sister Li Feng. During the event Law Kar Ying joked, "If Siu Chai wasn't already married with children, I believe Big S would truly fall for him!" Big S awkwardly said, "With so many people here what do you want me to say? Brother Siu Chai is great, I really want to ask him to set me up with a boyfriend."

Siu Chai said, "Big S is very gentle and really knows how to take care of people. (She asked you to set her up with a boyfriend.) If she doesn't mind me with a wife and kids I am available! I am just joking!" Siu Chai revealed earlier by accident he matched his ACCIDENT (YI NGOI) wife Yoyo Han Yuqin with an outside the industry CEO buddy. Later many friends wanted him to play matchmaker. Did he have any rich friends? Siu Chai said, "I have many around, Big S is a good girl who really knows how to take care of people. Whoever is her boyfriend is very lucky." If Big S is so great, everyone is curious why she does not have any boyfriend? He said, "I don't feel right about asking directly. Maybe she is too busy with work, which has a little effect." Would he accept matchmaker laisee? He said, "No, last time I paid a lot. I even paid for meals. I can open a marriage intermediary company." As for the saying that stated "it's good for three generations not to be a matchmaker", he said, "I didn't charge any salary, as I constantly do losing business. This isn't my profession, it's no big deal."

Big S pointed out that earlier when she promoted in the Mainland, the media asked Siu Chai to help with boyfriend recommendations. She said, "Everyone also felt that he was a very reliable matchmaker." Big S stated that she was only looked for someone who was happy and healthy.

Would he have to keep up with her upkeep? Big S said, "No, I can take care of myself. This year I wish to be able to have real peach blossom, but now is already July and I still don't have any. It's time to open up. In the past I would resist boyfriend set ups, now I should give it a try." Big S honestly said that because she is getting older she did not want to have a child too late. Thus she would accept set up dates.

[2010.07.19] FAMOUS SINGING TEACHER DAI SI CHUNG PASSES AWAY

Daughters Dai Wan Wai and Dai Sun Wai announced the news

Dai Si Chung, Faye Wong

TVB THE VOICE 2's Brian Tse Tung Man was Dai Si Chung's final student. He visited two days ago at the hospital.

Brian Tse (third left) stated that he just met with Dai Si Chung two weeks ago

Alvina Kong Yun Yin who studied with Dai Si Chung and was a close friend of his daughter Dai Wan Wai stated that he never was after money and treated students great.

Dai Si Chung, Nicholas Tse Ting Fung

Dai Si Chung, Daniel Chan Hiu Tung

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Daniel Chan returned to Hong Kong too late to see his mentor for a final time

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Mrs. Dai Si Chung and Daniel Chan Hiu Tung

Lam Lei and Mrs. Dai

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Dai Si Chung and his family

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"Music Godfather" Dai Si Chung due to acute coronary heart disease complication passed away at the age of 69. Two days ago Dai Si Chung suffered a heart attack at home and lost consciousness. He was rushed to the Ruttonjee Hospital and passed away at 8:35AM yesterday. Dai Si Chung's wife, daughters Dai Wan Wai, Dai Sun Wai and family as well as his student Lam Man Lung and Lam Lei were by his side. Unfortunately his most successful student Faye Wong and Daniel Chan Hiu Tung could not return in time to see Mr. Dai for a final time; Faye Wong originally planned to return from Beijing yesterday morning to visit her mentor but before getting on the plane she received the news of his passing and cancelled the trip; she will return to Hong Kong for Dai Si Chung's funeral. Chan Hiu Tung tearfully said that not being able to see Mr. Dai for a final time was the regret of his life.

The 69 year old Dai Si Chung in 1958 went to junior high in Fujian. In the 60s he once studied machinery transport engineering. Upon graduation his first dream was to study music, so he joined the China literature and art work group to study vocal music and sing male baritone. In 62 he immigrated to Hong Kong and began to produce film theme songs for film companies like Shaw's and Southern as well as singing behind the scene as a substitute singer. Thus he often worked with Joseph Koo Ka Fai. In 74 he even studied music in Japan for two years. In 77 upon returning to Hong Kong he became a singing teacher and cultivated many superstar successors for the music industry.

Mr. Dai's piano and good instructional method over 30 years have instructed various students. The best known ones were Anita Mui Yim Fong, Faye Wong, Leon Lai Ming, Andy Lau Tak Wa, Aaron Kwok Fu Sing, Takeshi Kaneshiro (Gum Sing Mo) and Charlie Yeung Choi Nei; at the same time Daniel Chan Hiu Tung, Kevin Cheng Ka Wing, Lui Fong and others also came from his school. Actually his first student was MY CHINA HEART's Cheung Ming Man. He constantly said that he was happy just to see his students succeeded. He even felt that singing was the secret to his health, because it required breathing and air circulation it was a type of Qi Gong.

Among Dai Si Chung's numerous students, his favorite was Faye Wong. When Faye Wong came to learn singing from him, everyone thought that she was too uncouth and no record company would sing her. However Mr. Dai never gave up on his recommendation because he felt Faye's voice was exotic. He persuaded Cinepoly to sign her and the rest was history. They stayed in contact all along. He felt that Faye had love and loyalty and thus always praised Faye Wong in front of others.

Dai Si Chung stressed that his relationship with his students were like father and son, but lately he has been involved in several singer contract disputes. In 1992, Dai Si Chung founded a management company and signed Daniel Chan Hiu Tung and Kevin Cheng Ka Wing among others. When they first appeared on the scene Dai Si Chung gave them a hand. Ka Wing even called Mr. Dai "Old Man" like father and son. However, both due to contract and commission issues ended their relationships with him. Chan Hiu Tung reportedly was asked for 10 million to terminate his contract early. Dai Si Chung denied the accusation and called Tung Tung a "traitor", then called a press conference to end their relationship. In recent years they forgave each other.

Cheng Ka Wai after a few years in music was "exiled" to Taiwan as Dai Si Chung sold his contract to a Taiwan company and their relationship ended. Later Ka Wing returned to Hong Kong and made a name for himself at TVB. Dai Si Chung immediately asked for Ka Wing to obey their contract that charged 10% commission. Dai Si Chung said that back then Cheng Ka Wing thanked him with the contract as a gift. After the matter blew up, Dai Si Chung settled the matter to keep peace. Last year Dai Si Chung sued magazines for slander and reportedly suffered from depression. Since then he rarely appeared in public.

[2010.07.19] FENG XIAOGANG ASKS ABOUT XU FAN'S INJURY DAILY

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Feng Xiaogang, Mr. and Mrs. Derek Yee Tung Sing, Xu Fan, Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Zifeng (front)

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The film AFTER SHOCK yesterday held its Hong Kong premiere. Actors Zhang Jingchu, Xu Fan, Li Chen, Zhang Zifeng and director Feng Xiaogang attended. On stage Zhang Jingchu said that she felt wronged when she made this film because of her character's fate. The director wanted her to control her emotions and could not excessively expose her emotions, which made her felt like she was tied down. Feng Xiaogang was asked why he chose the Great Tangshan Earthquake as his film subject. He felt that modern life was too intense and had strong demands on relationships. Hopefully after watching the film everyone would think more about their families and love other more.

AFTER's little girl Zhang Zifeng played the female lead for the first time. Feng Xiaogang praised her as smart and kind. Very friendly to everyone, she had a natural acting talent. Which scene was the most memorable for him? Feng Xiaogang said, "From the first scene to the last scene they were all very memorable. Zifeng was incredible. Actually it is very dangerous for a professional actor and a child to work together. Because children's acting is very natural, the adults have to more natural to be able to coordinate." Zhang Zifeng said that the film was very tough but even so she had to persist, because she has always dreamt about being an actor. In one scene she was crushed under a big rock. Was she afraid? Zhang Zifeng honestly said that she was very afraid. Actually every scene was memorable for me. When asked in comparison to Xu Fan who played her mother whose acting was more amazing? Zhang Zifeng said, "Mama definitely plays better than me."

Xu Fan said that everyone performed well. The worst for her was her knee injury because she had to keep running and keep falling. Her husband Feng Xiaogang said, "On the first day her kneecap was already broken but she still fell everyday. My heart was aching! (Did you give her any reward?) This film's box office is the best reward." Xu Fan also said, "As long as Husband is full focused on the shoot I am fine. If he just took care of me then instead I would feel even worse. I didn't want to distract him, but he still asked me everyday whether I was fine." Feng Xiaogang shyly explained, "It's only because she was shooting summer scenes and had to wear short dresses. If she put something to cover it then it would be wrong."

In addition, Zhang Jingchu revealed earlier the AFTER cast went to promote in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places. When they returned to Tangshan originally the sky was dark and everyone was worried about rain, but rain did not arrive until after the entire event was over. It was truly incredible to her. Zhang Jingchu said, "At the time 15,000 people were present. Workers distributed parkas and took rain prevention precautions for the equipment, but someone from Tangshan told me that rain definitely wouldn't come. Finally five minutes after I left in my vehicle rain came, it was truly unbelievable. On my way back to Beijing the storm was wild. Workers also said that rain reached their calves. Perhaps even Heaven was touched, I was even more in awe of nature!" Zhang Jingchu also said that when AFTER was released in Guangzhou, it has already created a box office miracle as it already made 100,000 yuan RMB box office with one show, 75,000 yuan more than FOUNDING OF A REPUBLIC earlier. Reportedly she could not leave her character. Zhang Jingchu honestly said that at first she did not sense a problem. After a month and a half she remained very unhappy. When she posed for photos she wanted to cry even from listening to dance music. Thus later she worked on some comedy to have a little fun.

[2010.07.19] VIVIAN HSU LANDS ON JAPANESE MAGAZINE COVER

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Vivian Hsu (Tsui Hei Suen) appeared on the Japanese beauty and fashion magazine BEA'S UP to promote her second Japanese single released on September 1. She landed on the magazine cover this month, the first Chinese to do so.

Speaking of her acting experience, Vivian honestly said in order to be closer to her character, she would work hard to remove her true nature. For example earlier for the Ang Lee produced JULIET in which she played a woman with polio, she not only forced herself to be 100% focused but also when she was not on the set she tried to stay in character. She said, "For characters with personalities that are very different from my own, the process may be tough but is also very enjoyable and very fun." To concentrate on her record preparation, Vivian lately not only stopped her acting job but also has been running, swimming and going to the gym to train.

[2010.07.18] ANTHONY WONG GETS HEAT RASH FROM POLICE UNIFORM

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A group of filmmakers and actors including Anthony Wong Chau Sun, Cheung Tat Ming, JJ Jia (Ga Hiu Sun), Lam Ka Tung, Teddy Chan Tak Sum and Josie Ho Chiu Yi supported the Hong Kong film industry by discovering more talent and new comers to join the industry. Yesterday they attended a "film production new blood recruitment film professional training project 2010" press conference. Chau Sun expressed, he came to support the film industry at Lam Ka Tung's invitation so he took time to urge even more new comers to join the industry. Isabella Leong Lok Si recently gave birth to a pair of twin boys. Wong Chau Sun expressed that he heard the news from the papers. When asked whether he called to congratulate her, Chau Sun joked that he had no idea where she was and she often changed her numbers. Chau Sun said, "Congratulations to her to having three children in three years. I believe Richard is very happy. After just giving birth she should let her body recover, for now I haven't had the chance to see her and give presents to her."

Chau Sun pointed out that currently he has been busy with Johnnie To Kei Fung's new film CHEH SAU (CAR HAND). Because in the film he played a traffic cop, he had to wear a heavy traffic cop uniform. Chau Sun said, "During the shoot I was soaked from the heat, I got heat rash from wearing that pair of pants. After work I stank like salty fish." Chau Sun earlier criticized "young models", some of whom expressed that they would visit the Book Fair. Chau Sun pointed out that everyone could visit the Book Fair but telling people their underwear color was indeed strange behavior. Chau Sun said, "What I said earlier and what they said were two completely different matter. I didn't describe them as prostitutes, I only made an analogy. I could've used Joan of Arc as an analogy too. If they like they could treat themselves like Joan." Ga Hiu Sun expressed that over her seven years in the business, she kept on learning and gradually knew how to act. She said, "Even Best Actresses have to raise their worth and break through themselves. New comers have to work hard like that." JJ expressed that currently she has been working with To Kei Fung's new film SINGLE MEN AND WOMEN (DAN SUN NAM NUI).

[2010.07.18] ALEX FONG HOPES FANTASTIC WATER BABES WOULD BREAK 5 MILLION

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Alex Fong Lik Sun yesterday promoted his new film FANTASTIC WATER BABES (CHOOK SHUI FU YUNG) and gave away HK$10 cash coupons. When asked why Siu Fong did not promote with Gillian Chung Yun Tung, he said that Ah Gil was working on a movie in Beijing. Because he thought the film was great, he did as much as he could. He said that earlier when he gave away coupons at another cinema, some viewers originally wanted to see TOY STORY 3 but changed to watch his movie instead. He was very touched and his three cinema visits paid off.

Speaking of the opening box office was only 120,000, he honestly said that he knew the opening was not too great. However the opponent TOY was too strong. Was he worried about losing by a block? He said, "Definitely, I predict FANTASTIC will be between 3 to 5 million, which is already decent in this slot. However this time we won something -- the confidence for Ah Gil to face people."