Michelle Yeoh (Yeung Chi King) upon arriving in Myanmar’s Yangon airport was deported. The authorities stated that she was already blacklisted and would never been permitted to enter the country. Yesterday Yeung Chi King through her assistant issued a statement to the media and said that she was shocked and extremely saddened to be deported, but would not refuse to comply. She would continue to like Myanmar and the people of Myanmar.

Yeung Chi King was suddenly deported and blacklisted by the Myanmar government. Although the officials did not explain, the outside believed that she angered the Myanmar government with her portrayal of the Myanmar “democratic symbol” Aung San Suu Kyi in the French film THE LADY. In order to play the character well, Yeung Chi King at the end of December visited Myanmar and dined with Aung San Suu Kyi and her son to understand her thought process and gestures.

Yeung Chi King’s statement said, “On June 22, 2011, I was deported from Myanmar. When I arrived, the authorities were very friendly. However without clarifying the reason or showing any proof, they deported me. I was very shocked and extremely saddened. I would not refuse to comply with this matter and would continue to like Myanmar and the people of Myanmar. I hope to see this nation to continue to progress on the road to peace and democracy, at the same time I hope that day will come soon.”

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The Wayne Wong directed women epic film SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN caught attention as Li Bingbing and Gianna Jun Ji-Hyun earlier appeared on the July U.S. edition of VOGUE. The most recent time Asian film stars were on the pages of U.S. VOGUE was six years ago with MEMOIR OF A GEISHA’s Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi.

Recently Li Bingbing and Jun Ji-Hyun appeared in a Mainland fashion magazine cover as well. In the film their tragic lives made people cry. This couple also were much more open to satisfy the audience’s imagination. Li Bingbing not only put her arm around Jun Ji-Hyun’s shoulder but also wore a transparent silk top and black undergarment in an embrace with Jun Ji-Hyun. They even lay on the carpet in elegant clothing and played with flowers.

Starting July 8, the film will be released in almost 40 nations around the world and land in North America on July 15. Li Bingbing and Jun Ji-Huun in mid July will head to the U.S. to attend the New York and Los Angeles premieres with producer Wendi Deng and director Wayne

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Hong Kong director Wai Keung Lau’s upcoming film “Mei Li Ren Sheng” (“Beautiful Life”) is gearing up for a release during the summer movie season, website qq.com reports.

Actress Shu Qi from “If You are the One” plays opposite “He-Man” lead Liu Ye in the film.

Yu Dong, President of film distributor Bona Film Group, said on Sunday that the movie resembled the 1996 film “Tian Mi Mi” (“Almost A Love Story”).

In “Mei Li Ren Sheng,” Li Peiru (Shu Qi) drifts to Beijing from Hong Kong to make a living but ends up falling in love with Fang Zhendong (liu Ye), a local policeman. Shu Qi plays an opportunist who takes advantages of Liu Ye for financial gain.

Other actors in the cast include Anthony Wang, Tian Liang and Sa Ri Na.

The film will be released on May 20.

Source: CRI.English

Charmaine Sheh disappointed, Moses Chan won audience heart

The night before, Moses Chan lost the “My Favorite TV Male Character” award, and was said to have won the ‘pork award’ “Best Professional Performance Award”, even he did not understand why he got the award, no wonder he expressed that he lost the award, but more importantly he won audience hearts. As for Charmaine Sheh, she expressed that she feels disappointed, and hopes that next year’s results can satisfy people!

Having so many TV fans supporting him for “My Favorite TV Male Character” Moses accepted a phone interview and expressed that he knows a lot of people support him, he is happy and touched: “Most touching was receiving text messages even if I didn’t win the award, received even more messages than when I got the award. It’s not important to lose the award, but winning audience hearts is the happiest.” Asked if rumored girlfriend Bernice Liu has given her support? He said: “Yes! Yes!”

Coffee as a metaphor

Moses used the ‘coffee theory’ as a metaphor, he expressed that he enjoys the process of brewing coffee, although it may not suit everyone’s taste, still can move everyone: “The cup of coffee may not be liked by everyone, but I will keep on insisting, hope to make a cup of coffee that everyone will like.” Moses also said that filming Can’t Buy Me Love already benefited a lot: “Getting awards and filming advertisements outside is already won half the word win. Of course, if I get the award it is even more perfect.”

About the “Best Professional Performance Award”, Moses was clueless as well: “I don’t understand why this award was presented to me, was voted by insiders, well winning an award and being able to go on stage to give a thank you speech is already good enough, treat the award as a piece of candy.”

Winning “My Favorite TV Female Character Award” Charmaine Sheh flew back to Wuxi to continue filming, the crew there celebrated for her! When speaking of the controversy of the awards, Charmaine said over the phone: “Everything has been decided, it is a fact that cannot be changed, I hope next year the results will satisfy people!” (From TVB Weekly #702) The other night at the ceremony, when the My Favorite TV Male Character Award was about to be presented, Charmaine looked at the screen and shouted: “Ah Mo! (Moses).” As she did not win with her partner Moses, the award went to Raymond Lam instead, Charmaine is just as happy for him: “Ah Mo is my partner in CBML, of course I have to support him, but Ah Fung (Raymond) getting the award, I am just as happy, he’s my good buddy.” Charmaine also expressed that she was even happier than winner her own award when CBML’s producer Miu Siu Ching won Best Series.

(From TVB Weekly #702) About losing the Best Actress award, Charmaine has participated in several years of award ceremonies and is not unhappy: “I am a little disappointed for not winning Best Actress, but I won’t be unhappy, every year there are many good artists, there are only a few who can win awards, so I will not give too much pressure to myself. Every role I will try my best to do, also it is most important to have audience support. I will continue to work hard and look forward.”

Source: The Sun, TVB Weekly Issue #702
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/

The finale of “Can’t Buy Me Love” averaged 42 points, and peaked at 45 points. 2.87 million viewers tuned in to watch the three couples’ marriage scene. The average overall of “Can’t” is 34 points, and it has surpassed the 32-point average of “The Mysteries of Love”, becoming this year’s highest-averaged series. In third place is “A Pillow Case of Mystery II”, averaging at 31 points.

2.87 Million Viewers Watched the Finale of “Can’t Buy Me Love”
Monday October 4, 2010 Hong Kong
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Karena Lam is probably quitting showbiz since she’s married and pregnant now. Her film and commercial released recently become her last works. In a recent Neutrogena commercial, she plays a confident city woman, applying the company’s product in her comfy home. According to the agency, Karena probably knew she’s pregnant after shooting the commercial, because there wasn’t signs of pregnancy during that time.

In addition, the agency expressed they once invited Karena to come to Taiwan to promote, but completely lost contact with her. They didn’t know about her pregnancy and marriage until photos of her in Canada exposed.

Source: Mingpao / By: KAY @ Kay’s Entertainment

In new film “La Comédie Humaine,” Chapman To has a different kind of performance with Wong Cho Lam. Besides having “bed scenes” with Cho Lam, Chapman also showed up topless, trying to fight against the popular “lang mo.” In the film, the two have a close and ambiguous relationship. Chapman said: “Because the scene is about I fainted due to a fever, he saved me and brought me home, he helped me to take off my shirt, releasing some heat, he also applied medicated oil on me and fed me congee.” Asked his feelings of filming bed scene with Cho Lam, he said: “Not embarrassed, just two men. It’s good that during filming he didn’t do ‘Fun With Liza and Gods’ yet, didn’t have Angelababy this pretty look, otherwise I really afraid I would have physiological reactions.” Looking at his chest measurement, it’s not bad compared to lang mo, he said: “After I quit smoking, I did get fatter, but doctor said I’m healthy and it’s normal.”

Source: Oriental Daily / Translated by: KAY @ kays-entertainment.blogspot.com

TVB held the costume fitting for new series, Female Fist <女拳> starring Liu Xuan, Bosco Wong Chung Chak, Kenneth Ma Kwok Ming, Fala Chen, and John Chiang Dai Wai.

In Female Fist, John Chiang will play the role of master arts master, Wong Fei Hung. Since the characterization is more relaxed and strays from previous portrayals by Kwan Tak Hing and Jet Li, John felt a measure of anxiety. He has been preparing two months for the physical requirements for this role.

Olympics gymnast, Liu Xuan, will be filming for TVB for the first time, with production commencing in July. Liu Xuan found it amusing that her wooden clogs, which make a clacking noise, announce her presence to the production crew. She fell sick for a full month earlier. Being exposed to the sun for a lengthy time makes her feel nauseous as well. The weather in Hong Kong and Beijing are very different and Liu Xuan is having difficulty adjusting to Hong Kong ’s humidity.

Fala Chen’s character resembles deceased actress, Dik Na’s, assertive and strong personality. In Female Fist, Fala will not have any sexy performances. Since this is a fictional character and does not bear any parallels to Dik Na’s life, Fala did not feel any pressure.

Source: the Sun
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Rosamund Kwan hasn’t appear that much on the movie screen these years. Lately she attended to a legal aid service fund event in Mainland. Besides donated two million to the fund, she also officially announced her retirement from showbiz. During the event, she expressed she filmed more than 100 films since her debut: “I tried almost all types of character. As an actress, I think I passed.” Rosamund said earlier many people approached to her about filming, but she rejected them all: “From now on I don’t think I would film any film.” Already a rich woman, she has been working hard for charity. Besides donated more than two million during Sichuan earth quake in China, she also built elementary schools in his dad’s name in Guizhou. She expressed in the future, she would put more effort into her charity career.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: KAY @ http://kays-entertai…t.blogspot.com/

BEIJING, May 29 — Jay Chou, Taiwan’s pop king, will sing the theme song for Jet Li’s new movie “Ocean Heaven.” It will be their second collaboration since Chou sang for Li’s 2006 movie “Fearless.” Guey Lunmei, Taiwan’s star and leading actress in the movie will also sing for the movie.

Dubbed as Jet Li’s first non-action work in his career, the movie tells a touching story between a father and his only son. When the father finds out that he is terminally ill, he decides to teach his only son, who is autistic, to live on his own.

Though viewed as a non-mainstream piece, it has attracted a group of big names to take part, including Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi and award-winning cinematographer Christopher Doyle.

Source: Xin Hua