Jolin and Elva are beauties that come in a box?

Jolin Tsai’s latest music video “Honey Trap” has been a hot topic ever since its release. Not only were viewers left in awe by her incredibly flexible joints, but they also noticed there was something similar to ELVA Hsiao’s “Shining Love” video – Both came in a box!

In “Honey Trap”, Jolin played a dancing robot who was delivered to her owner's home in a box. Her owner didn't seem realize that no assembly was required as he flipped though the assembly guide with his sunglasses on. He thought he could control her with a remote control, but the Jolin-bot has a mind of her own and expressed herself (or “Myself” in her case) by “voguing” after he walked away.

After “Honey Trap” premiered, some netizens pointed out that ELVA was also trapped in a box last year in her “Shining Love” video. She wasn’t a dancing robot but rather a doll by the name of “Barble”. In accordance with the lyrics from her song, “I don’t my love to be like a knock-off, breaking down suddenly”, Barble’s man was not “Ken” but “Kan” instead.

Their similarity is probably just a coincidence since the concept has been used many times in the past. As Warner Music explained, the Jolin-in-a-box idea came from their Korean director Che Eun Taek, so it’s unlikely that he has seen ELVA’s video before.

There is no word yet on whether Jolin or ELVA will hit store shelves eventually. In the mean time, let's take a look at other stars that are available for sale in a box:

Leehom Wang aka Music Man (note: 2nd doll from the left comes with 1 nipple)



Jay Chou the MP3 player



Mayday with permanent dark eye circles



And how could we forget "Donnie"...



Source: UDN with images from Libertytimes, Mingpaonews, Moov, Suntwist
Translated by: PA @ CpopAccess

Jay Chou, Gary Cao, Ella lend a hand for Yao Yao's upcoming album

Otaku goddess and pop singer Yao Yao (real name: Guo Shu Yao) will soon release her upcoming album titled "Guo Shu Yao's First Self-Titled Album Honey", and work on latest album involved a star-studded lineup including Yao Yao's idol Jay Chou, whom agreed to pen an emotional song for her. In response to Jay's offering, the model/singer cried out, "Unbelievable!" With feelings similar to that of having a dream come true, Yao Yao replied, "I didn't think that on the first day of being a 20-year old that marks the end ofu my youth, that I would at last be given the best gift in becoming an adult."

The killer production team involved in penning songs for Yao Yao's self-titled album includes singers Gary Cao, S.H.E's Ella, as well as Jay Chou, and the top creativity team in the industry will also be at hand to help along in putting everything together.

The debut single "Honey" for the new album, which is a cover of a song originally sung by South Korean girl group KARA, continues the sweet bubble gum pop that started with her previous hit sing "Love's Hug". Pre-orders for the album will begin on August 5th, and first-day sales will start on August 21st. "Honey" recently premiered on broadcast radio yesterday on Hit FM.

Yao Yao's "Honey" track:



Yao Yao singing "Honey" in the recording studio:



Kara's "Honey" MV:



Source: UDN
Translated by: Pauli @ CpopAccess

Ariel Lin's London Trip, Uses Camera to Write Diary

Preorder of Ariel Lin's new book "A Wonderful Journey" started yesterday. She went all the way to London to find views. The team spent eleven days shooting and estimated of shooting thousands of photos. In this trip, Ariel also finished the filming of two MVs from her new album. Preorder of new album also started yesterday. Ariel said: "London is always my favorite place. I hope one day I can study in England." Photos in her book this time are different from her usual cute image; they need to show her mature side and other different flavors.

Source: Liberty Times
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

Richie Ren Crowns 'Best Actor' in 14th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival

Richie Ren won "Best Actor" with movie "Fire of Conscience" (火龍) in the 14th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Richie was nominated along Leon Lai and took this award in the end. As for the past two years "Best Actor" in Puchon International Film Festival are taken by Hong Kong actors, including Ekin Cheng and Shawn Yue, who won "Best Actor" together with movie "Rule 1: There are no ghosts". Last year, Nick Cheung won this award with movie "The Beast Stalker." Richie expressed on Weibo, winning this award this time, must thank everyone's support.

Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

"Fated To Love You" to be animated!

SETTV’s original production, “Fated To Love You” will become animated! Yesterday, the sample drawing of the main characters Chen Xin-Yi and Ji Cun-Xi was revealed at the press conference. The animation production will begin at the end of the year and it’s estimated to take a year and a half to complete, costing $140 million (NT). Ethan Ruan, who played the original Ji Cun-Xi, expressed his interest in doing the voice acting for his own character in the animation.

SETTV’s vice general manager Su Li-Mei foresees great development in the animation industry, “Taiwan’s idol drama is the most representative of Taiwanese culture. We want to make use of this to create new works.”

In addition, she also plans to bring these original idol dramas onto the big screen. SETTV hopes to collaborate with mainland investors to make movies out of hit drama series, which are “Lavender”, “Autumn’s Concerto”, “My Queen”, “Westside Story”, “Fated To Love You”, and “Green Forest, My Home”. Su Li-Mei expressed, “Maybe because I’ve been working a lot with Teacher (Wang) Hsiao-Ti (director / screenwriter), so I feel that I have responsibility towards (developing) Taiwan’s creativity.”

The “Fated To Love You” animation is estimated to premiere in 2012.


Left: Su Li-Mei, the vice GM of SETTV / Right: Ethan Ruan, the original Ji Cun-Xi.

Source: UDN
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Will Pan not only successful entertainer, but also shrewd businessman

Taiwanese entertainer Will Pan recently accomplished breaking the million dollar profit mark with his side business, including a shop he runs that is located at the site once home to a previous location of Hong Kong entertainer Edison Chen's clothing line stores. Opening with a single shop of his own, Will has opened up a new shop that has been approved at a Japanese department store, and has also invested in an online business for women's fashion that resulted in raking in profits many times over. Morever, Will Pan will be launching his own brand named "Undisputed" next month.

Will's current store "New Project Center (NPC)" recently celebrated its anniversay, which was originally one of the locations for Edison's clothing line store "Juice". But since the contract for the original store had expired without being renewed, Will and his friends took over the location. Not only will his store will expand to Beijing, but it recently set up shop in Japan's famous Isetan department store for a limited three-month run selling unique products.

Will said about launching his brand in August and scoping out an online TV drama: "I keep on wanting to have my own brand, but I haven't had the time yet. Not until I open my own store." But he will achieve his dream next month, when he will launch his brand "Undisputed". About selling merchandise at his current store, even though the styles are limited, Will personally participates in the designs which show off his creativity and true self.

What is even more staggering is that Will has been quietly operating his online business site "IVIVI" for the past three years with an initial investment of US$90K, but his investment currently has a market value of over tens of millions of dollars. The position of his website is clearly understood, as it is primarily geared towards fashion that women are interested in, comestics, and skin care products. Will replied, "Someday in the future, I will shoot an online TV drama and will collaborate with a different platform. It will have even more of an effect."

Will's side project has not been a resounding success, but it has nevertheless had an amazing run with the creativity good coming completely from things he likes to do. And although Will frequently travels between his three locations in Taipei, Beijing, and Shanghai, Will stated, "My job as an entertainer is still the core of me."

Source: Apple Daily
Translated by: Pauli @ CpopAccess

Patina Lin Has No Experience, Kisses Huang Xiao Ming In Hurry

Because Patina Lin didn't know too much about the TV industry, she embarrassed herself during the filming of "Summer's Desire." The director even made fun of her: "Why are you in hurry? Are you this thirsty?"

FTV/GTV's "Summer's Desire" tonight (tomorrow) is going against TTV/SETTV's "P.S. Man" finale. Of course the plot of "Summer's Desire" must be "heavy-flavored." Because of her brother's disease, Da S Barbie Hsu asked Peter Ho to sleep with her. In order to prove her love to Huang Xiao Ming, Patina Lin kissed him forcefully outside a pub.

Before officially filming this kissing scene, the director asked the two to act out the scene and test the position. But Patina threw herself at Huang Xiao Ming immediately and kissed him. In the end, Huang Xiao Ming was confused and the staff were shocked. Patina felt so embarrassed and said: "I didn't know you just need to pretend you've kissed during testing. I feel so embarassed!"

Source: UDN
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

Wu Zun Tells Ella to be Careful of Her Boyfriend

Wu Zun became the spokesperson for a female facial cleaning product lately. Yesterday he came to Hong Kong to attend to a promotion event in Tsim Sha Tsui. He played games with hundreds of fans and performed magic.

Wu Zun expressed as a male, he didn't get to know facial care in depth in the past and never put on facial mask with girlfriend together. However, he praised he is pretty good at cooking. He is best at making pasta and western dessert. His girlfriends also praised him after trying the food he made.

S.H.E's Ella is said dating a rich guy. As her good friend, Wu Zun said because he has been busy filming in Shanghai and Okinawa, he hasn't returned to Taiwan for two months. He never heard Ella talking about it before. But next time when they meet, he would definitely ask her about it. He said: "If it's true, I would congratulate her. She also hope to find a right person. It's a good thing to have boyfriend/girlfriend."

Wu Zun joked he saw picture of Ella's boyfriend and felt they look good together. He also know Ella stresses on inner beauty and believes the boyfriend she picked must be the best. But talked about Ella's boyfriend is said hugging hot girls, whether he would tell Ella to break up with her boyfriend? Wu Zun said: "Never heard of that. If the guy is not good, she should be careful."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

Peter Ho has another "big package"

Peter Ho may be highly successful in the entertainment industry, but does not have the best of luck on the basketball court. After fully recovering from a broken rib on a previous occasion, Peter accepted an invitation to play basketball with his friends yesterday, only to "score" big by busting his left big toe, making it all brusied and bloody. His luck continued as when he went home he managed to trip over a suitcase, splitting open his toenail and reopening the fresh wound. He then received much attention for posting a picture of his injury on his Facebook, captioning the photo "a big package".

Previously when Peter filmed underwear ads his crotch was also famously called "the big package", which also led to his nickname "Big Eagle" by his co-star, Da S. After posting the photo, people wondered whether Peter actually enjoyed the attention he got for his nickname since he had enough sense of humor to caption his picture with the title. In response to concerned fans, his publicist explained that the abnormally large foot in the picture was not due to swelling from his wounds but from the layers of socks he wore, leaving fans to giggle even more that Peter would pretend to have "a big package".

However, even despite his injury Peter made sure to use the opportunity to promote his drama. He joked that because he was "seeing red" from his bloody foot that it was a sign from God that his hit drama "Summer's Desire" would also "become red" (a Chinese expression that means something will become extremely popular), illustrating his immense dedication to being a good producer and actor.

Source: Apple Daily
Translated by: alee @ CpopAccess

Nick Chou successfully attracts 3000 fans to his debut concert

Yesterday, Nick Chou held his “debut” concert and successfully attracted 3000 fans to attend, winning him the chance to release an album with Warner Music. His album will finally be released on the 16th of this month. Like a proud mother, Billie (Nick’s mom and celeb), went on stage to give Nick some flowers, then joked, “I’m Nick’s older sister!” insisting everyone not to call her his “mom,” making her sound old.

Billie thanked Nick’s fans, “He is a newcomer and doesn’t know a lot of people. I’m a stay-home girl, so this is all (happening) because of your power and support to him.” Nick later expressed that he thought he wouldn’t be able to attract 3000 fans and was on the verge of tears before the show began.

Although Nick’s mom appeared on stage, his father watched from afar on the stands (Nick’s parents divorced 13 years ago). Nick’s father did not forget to show his support and commented, “(I’m) very satisfied with Nick’s performance. Billie should be proud of him.” He also revealed that he gave Nick a massager as a present, hoping that it will help relieve some of his stress.


Nick's father was spotted by the media despite he was wearing a mask.

Source: Appledaily
Credits: fufu @ CpopAccess

Elva does charity work in Kenya

Elva Hsiao stripped herself from her stylish looks, into something more casual, a T-shirt, and jeans. She represented 30 sponsors for her one week trip to Kenya. She did wear any foundation, nor false eyelashes. But with the depths of her heart to "decorate" herself, she seems even more fashionable.

First time flying economy:

Her family was quite generous under 10 years of protection from the company, allowing her to fly economy to Africa, "the black piece of land". She told her assistant that, "This trip is very important in my life. You guys don't have to take care of me." Her group had to change flights three times before arriving at their destination, Moya Lei. Midway in their flight, they has to board a small plane with very strict luggage weight rules. According to records, luggage is suppose to be in a weight range before boarding the plane.

She spent 10,000 yuan to buy stationary, and toys for the local children. Her breakthrough was "not wearing false eyelashes". The guards at the airport asked her to not wear them and if she was not use to it. She laughingly replied, "No, actually when I don't have work, I look like this, but I give a swipe of mascara now and then."

Source: tw.nextmedia.com
Credits: giggles @ CpopAccess

Dong Cheng Wei release new album, Jiro Wang buys 200 copies first

Rock band "Dong Cheng Wei" have been lying low for 5 years but yesterday they finally released their new "Dong Cheng Wei Mini Album". Their good friend and former bandmate Jiro Wang also came to support them, he not only used his own money to buy 200 copies of the album but also gave them 4 big radishes to bring them good luck and successful start. The members were all very touched and carried him like a newlywed bride.

Dong Cheng Wei is a rock band consisting of 4 members: lead vocalist Jie (also rhythm guitarist), leader Xiu (guitarist), bass guitarist Deng and drummer Meng. They have waited 5 years to release this album and expressed, "We've waited a long time for this day, it's really corny for men to say sensitive words but we really appreciate this opportunity and we hope that more people will listen to our music now that our album is released."

All four members of Dong Cheng Wei acted in idol dramas "K.O. One" and "The X-Family", their loyal fans span across all of Taiwan and Hong Kong; yesterday they held an event at XiMenDing for their album release, all four members carried a "chewing gum prop box" but they were really selling their new album, leader Xiu said, "All long as we can sell our album using legal methods we are willing to go for it." They managed to attract 500 fans to come and support them, at once the albums were sold out and they had to rush to other stores to get more stock.

Of course, their good friend Jiro Wang had to come to witness this moment, he specially got some free time off work and carried 4 radishes to the location and when everyone looked confused, Da Dong laughed saying, "I thought about it for a really long time, I can't just give you guys cash so I've decided to give Dong Cheng Wei these radishes for good luck, I hope that the album is a success and you make lots of sales." "Dong Cheng Wei Mini Album" was released yesterday.

Source: UDN
Translated by: catalie @ AsianFanatics

Fan Zhi Wei Tries to Kiss Tiffany Hsu

Fan Zhi Wei, Tiffany Hsu, and Alice Tzeng held an online meet last night. It was CTV's first time using online meeting to interact with netizens. The event started at 9:30PM but netizens went online at 6PM already to take their spot. During the online meet, the highest number of user online is more than 400 people. Fan Zhi Wei was too excited, whether he did it on purpose or just want to play, he suddenly reached out to Tiffany, who is Ethan Ruan's girlfriend, and tried to kiss her. Tiffany was scared and blocked him with her hands.

After the slip of a tongue incident, Fan Zhi Wei frankly said he worried at first netizens would ask sensitive questions, but he was well prepared. When the meet began, some netizens said they didn't like his beard look; some also gave him positive encouragements, making Fan Zhi Wei felt very warm inside: "There are must be netizens who are mad at the previous incident. I don't mind accepting criticism. If I can restart everything, I definitely won't choose to do the same thing. This incident didn't affect me much, but affected greatly to the crew, I'm very sorry."

Source: China Times
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

Ethan Ruan and Mark Chao Both Lost at the 12th Taipei Film Festival

Ethan Ruan and Mark Chao are nominated "Best Actor" in the 12th annual Taipei Film Festival with movie "Monga." Outsiders pointed out it's a fight between the two. During the presentation, director of the this movie Douze Niu said he worried once one of them walked onto the stage, the media would have many things to make up; later he said his biggest worry is neither of them would win this award. In the end, 11-years-old Bi Hsiao Hai beat the two and won the award.

Ivy Chen Yihan and Amber Kuo won "Best Actress" and "Best New Actor." Because she didn't prepare much, when Ivy was giving her speech, she didn't know what to say and even asked "good brother" Mark what she should do, should she cry? Originally working on her new album, Amber arrived at the event immediately when she knew she won her award. Maybe she was too emotional, she gave her speech in tears: "I have identity as a singer and actor, it's very hard to be acknowledged in both fields at the same time."

Source: UDN & NowNews
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

Nan Quan Mama becomes duo, Jay Chou says, "F***ing cool you can still manage!"

Taiwanese band Nan Quan Mama (NQMM) went on the offense as a "completely new group" with their revamped new look and musical style, prompting the band's manager and famed international entertainer Jay Chou to exclaim, "It's very rare to have this kind of band, having transitioned to the next generation from four people to two people. They can still continue to break through the music industry, while also remaining persistent in their own music theory and wanting to keep on producing." Jay continued by saying, "F***ing cool!"

NQMM's new album "Battling Bach" is the latest music diligently put forth from duo Devon and Yutao, which contains elements of the band's most favorite music genres of hip-hop and rock & roll mixed in with classical music. Devon said, "Even though the strength of dividing work between four people was huge, the strength of cohesion with two people was even greater." The two also joked that the biggest change was that they do not need to split the announced costs in so many way!

At their press conference, the group received blessings from good friends in their inner musical circle such as Jacky Wu, Frankie Gao, Nicky Lee, and especially from Jay Chou and Patty Hou. Yuhao's father also took the opportunity to dress up as Bach and having a piano duel with his son for Bach's "Ave Maria". Yuhao also wrote a song that infused "Ave Maria" with hip-hop beats and produced improvised lyrics to the song for the mood of the press conference.

Nan Quan Mama's "Battling Bach" MV:



Source: NOWnews
Translated by: Pauli @ CpopAccess

Yun-jing Chang's "love options": boy or girl?

Taiwanese singer Yun-jing Chang has recently released her second album "The Opposite Me", and since filming her "Love's Options" MV with veteran Taiwanese singer Cyndi Wang, both Yun-jing and Cyndi have become good friends. Previously, when a media firestorm hit with news exposing Cyndi as having dated fellow Taiwanese actor and now ex-boyfriend Viter Fan, did Cyndi feel she made an error in judgment on her romantic options? Yun-jing nodded, "I hope that she can find someone to make her happy."

As for Yun-jing's own love options, and if she will choose to date a guy or girl in the future? Yun-jing gave a profound response, "I'm also still researching these 'love options'. And if I'm actually the one deciding, other people would also be choosing you." In the end, Yun-jing quipped, "I would actually only choose work now! One week won't pass in Taiwanese time on Auguest or September, and I won't be able to choose. I can only choose restaurants."

Yun-jing's title track "The Opposite Me" emphases that everyone has a rebellious side, and Yun-jing confessed that when she was an elementary student, she got spanked by her grandmother for bringing over several classmates home to play with without permission. Yun-jing was so upset at your grandmother after that, but nowadays she regrets it, especially now that her grandmother is bed-ridden. "I really hoped that she didn't get sick at that moment, and that she could keep on hitting me."

Yun-jing Chang's "Love's Options" MV:



Source: The Liberty Times
MV Source: JingCastlesubs
Translated by: Pauli @ CpopAccess

Idol drama dialogues: The lamer the better

Summer's Desire

Their pretty faces come and go. Their hair is often regrettable. But their mushy dialogues never go out of style! Ah….the reason why we love idol dramas. Here is a closer look at these unforgettable yet cringe-inducing words of love from UDN.

Mothers always tell their girls not to fall for sweet talk from men. But in the world of idol dramas, when men confess their love, their choice of words are as mushy as one can get.

Hailed as a modern day Chiung Yao-drama (Top-selling romance novelist who penned Princess Pearl), GTV’s Summer’s Desire unleashes endless lines of mushy dialogues with no hesitation. Lead actors Peter Ho and Huang Xiao Ming behave as if they are suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, but it is really all for their love of Barbie Hsu (Da S).

In the drama, Peter Ho said to Da S, “You will only be mine from now on”, “Wear the green lace that I gave you, you can only let your hair down when you are in front of me.” Not to be outdone, Huang Xiao Ming said to her, “Wishing to put you in my pocket and take you away, remember to think of me, don’t turn off your cell phone, don’t leave me not being able to find you!”

The traditional “I love you” would have drawn tears from female protagonists in the past. However, it’s not so simple nowadays, as male characters are expected to show their literacy flair. Like Huang Xiao Ming's character said of Da S, “I know I can’t kiss her like that. She is like poison. Knowing clearly that she is lethal, I still can’t let her go. Even if (I) die, (I) want to die kissing her.”


"Poison"

And that wasn’t all, he looked at her and said, “Missing out on a late night snack is nothing. What's important is that I can’t go on another day without seeing you. (Holding Da S in his arms) Give me 10 seconds! Add 5 more!”

Over at TTV/SETTV, the P.S. Man himself also found it much easier to win his woman's heart with sweet talk rather than his coolness. He said, “I want to open the love that has long been sealed within me. I will use the span of my life, to show her my heart” or “Love is a gift from Satan, after opening it, your life will never be able to recover.”


P. S. Man

Is the audience convinced by these “words from the heart”? A big "Yes" by the looks of the Summer's Desire live chat. Whenever a male lead recites his lines of love, netizens immediately react with messages like “so touching”, “so handsome”. Meanwhile, fans of P.S. Man would always raise the white flag and rally around the couple whenever their guy makes a confession.

Comments like “All girls want to be loved” and “sometimes imagining this secretly” can truly explain the power behind these lovingly melodramatic dialogues. Then again, when a male protagonist directs his confession, not to the female protagonist, but rather to the those watching in front of the TV, it's no wonder why every girl has the right to dream.

Source: UDN, Webweaver
Translated by: PA @ CpopAccess

Newcomer Bii films MV, misses his mother in Korea

Watch out Harry from Da Mouth, there’s a new Taiwanese/Korean mix in the entertainment industry!

This newcomer, named Bii, released his debut EP on the 7th , has garnered attention from fans for looking like a Show Luo/Daniel Chen/Nicolas Tse mash-up and for daring to have a name similar to Korean superstar Bi Rain.

The 7th was also a significant day for the singer as it was his 21st birthday. His first gift from fans was a large box of condoms, causing him to laugh so hard he tears streamed down his face.

In order to film his new MV for “What can I do”, the director especially traveled to South Korea just to take a life-sized photo of Bii’s mother wearing a traditional Korean hanbok. For the MV, Bii was instructed to sing to his “mother” and “lie” in her arms, causing Bii to cry on set from homesickness.

When asked what he said to his cardboard-cutout mother, Bii shyly replied, “I told my mother her crow’s feet were beginning to show, and that she’s really getting old now, but I still don’t have the ability to carry her burdens for her yet.”

Bii is under Eagle Entertainment and has his own youtube channel. Below is an introduction video(he apparently can speak 4 languages), MV of his first single “Bii my love”, and MV footage from “What can I do”







Source: UDN, Bii's youtube channel
Translated by: alee @ CpopAccess

Cherrie Ying Celebrates Jordan Chan's 43th Birthday

Jordan Chan turned 43 yesterday. His wife Cherrie Ying invited good friends to celebrate with him together. When Jordan was making a wish, Cherrie made a pout mouth and pretended to kiss him. This scene was captured and her good friend posted it on Weibo, laughing Cherrie was messing around.

Cherrie replied, joking it's always her style. She praised her bare face isn't so bad. The couple also took a sweet picture together, showing off happiness.

Source: Mingpao (pictures from Weibo)
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

Jolin Tsai Attends to Sister's Wedding, Wants to Get Married in 5 Years

29-years-old Jolin Tsai attended to older sister Jo Tsai's wedding yesterday. Jolin wore a long blue gown to be sister's bridesmaid and this is actually her first time wearing long dresses. When the bride's escort was happening, she didn't rest because family and friends from both families saw this queen in the music industry, and kept asking her to take pictures with them. Jolin didn't reject them and was laughed by her manager: "She's just like a human-size board!"

When she saw her brother-in-law arrived, Jolin jumped out to be the host. She needed him to pass physical tests like push ups and sit-ups, at the end she asked: "Say 5 reasons why you love my sister!"

At the wedding dinner, Jolin was the wedding singer and sang several songs. After she sang "My Dependence," she cried and said: "They really let me believe in love. It seems like I'm more suitable of singing 'Dancing Diva.' I hope I can finish this dream [get married] in five years."

Source: Apple News and UDN
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

Ming Dao Has Been Thirsty For 3 Years, Peeks at Cheryl Yang's Boobs

Ming Dao exposed he has been single for 3 years. He doesn't care Cheryl Yang and her rumored-boyfriend Harry Chang, even when Cheryl's skin was covered up, Ming Dao still peeked at her boobs, seems like he is very thirsty.

In TTV/SETTV's 「鍾無艷」 ("Chong Wu Yan"), every character has his/her flaw. Ming Dao self-reflected he is too emotional, and it's inheridital: his mom is just like that. He said because of that he gave love, even when he goes out to eat he is afraid he might be photographed, so he must be careful when picking his date, he said: "Must have a heart of must-die, I also want to have dinner with Cheryl, but afraid might get photographed." Ming Dao can only focus in working out, but he doesn't like to have visible muscles, and isn't dared to offend other male artistes.

In addition, Wu Kangren's rumored girlfriend Alice Tzeng is photographed dating with other people. Yesterday he said: "I only talk to her on the phone, plus going to see a movie is very normal. In this world, there are just boys and girls, she can't just only watch it with girls!"

Source: Liberty Times
Translated by: Kay's Entertainment

Terri Kwan's explosive new album image, complete with sizzling lyrics

Terri only had a towel covering her breasts on the cover of her new album, and wore a 5kg red-lipped hair accessory while balancing a tiny red sandal on her foot. Within ten minutes, she complained of a headache, and said "There's so many challenges in becoming a singer! This is just too much! It's very traumatizing for me!"

Actually, Terri has always loved the red-white sandal, and loves going to the nightmarket, contrary to many people's belief that she refuses to wear anything that isn't a brand name label. She loves to mix and match nightmarket finds with her brand name clothing to create a style entirely her own! In addition to having a sense of fashion, she is a multi-faceted artist and socialite on the outside, and warm and soft on the inside. Terri has always wanted to have a music career, and therefore has taken pains to show that she isn't just a money-loaded socialite a la Paris Hilton. She will depend on herself and work hard to build up a rep worthy of Lady Gaga's approval.

Nicknamed "Rebellious socialite", in late June she passed the tests and challenges set by Golden Typhoon Records, and confirmed that she will be releasing "Unkept Secret" (TN: Not exact) in late July, an album set to challenge the Chinese music industry. Golden Typhoon Records has chosen to release her album in the heat of summer, and with her English name being "Terri Kwan", they have decided to string an acronym "3K Queens" to associate her with their other artists, British singer Kylie Minogue and American Katy Perry. Golden Typhoon Records hopes that with this ultimate card, the three ladies will be able to have an explosive presence in the summer music market, and have also given Terri an unbelievable opportunity with such a prestigious lineup!

Yesterday, Terri worked on her MV from 8 am to 12 am, so Golden Typhoon's workers ordered a specially designed red-lipped cake to match the one in her MV to celebrate her hard work. When she saw the cake, Terri exclaimed, "I totally forgot that my birthday is coming up!" Then she choked, "I was just about to ask the Director why he wouldn't start filming yet, after making me wait so long, turns out they wanted to give me a big surprise!"

Source: nownews
Translation: casablanca-- @ AsianFanatics

Elva heads to Kenya with her luggage crammed with snacks and gifts

Elva Hsiao appeared in the foyer at the airport dressed casually, carrying candy, Monopoly, soft-chews and cup noodles. Her favourite is Taiwan's traditional sugar plums, and although she is worried that the African children may not like the sour+sweet taste, she hopes that they can still try this childhood favourite of hers.

Deeply involved in charity work, one could say that it is a basic rule set down by management for all their singers, but because Elva observed her mother's charity work from a young age, she immediately decided to dedicate herself to the 30 Hr Famine by visiting the children in Africa. Thus, fulfilling a long wish of hers.

She also purposely brought a camera in the hopes of capturing many good photos. Other than opening her eyes to the world, Elva hopes to share all that she sees with the citizens of Taiwan, in the hopes that they too will find a sharing heart in themselves. Her resolution is due to past hardships, and Elva is returning the love by helping these children who need it, completing a cycle of help in the society.

Source: nownews
Translation: casablanca-- @ AsianFanatics

Show Lo Films Ad; Fear of Ending Lineage, $50 Million Insured Sacks

Show "Xiao Zhu (Little Pig)" Lo was in Beijing to film a commercial for instant noodles, joking commented that the director sees him as "Jackie Chan of the Music Industry" because in the commercial, after editing, he'll be flying and jumping from building to building, besides having to jump around constantly during the filming, he had to do some hurdling/hopping over things. For this, his management had especially insured his crotch area, $50 million for his "sacks," because he's an only son, so they were in fear that his "little little pig" would accidentally get injured.

A No-Go for a $200 Million House

The script for the ad was set that he'd be at a concert, and suddenly catching the smell of the instant noodles, and he darts out to find the source of the scent. In one scene he jumped over railings about 120 cm high, and in case of "injuring sacks," they had insured $50 million, but the management expressed, "This is just normal accident precautions, no one should think too much about it."

This year, he's accepted 10 ads, and also began his world tour. With a wealth of money rolling in, he wanted to buy himself a new house. But he had previously gone to Da Zhi Ming Shui Road to look at a house, and found a tower with a riverside view, but he got scared away by the price of $2.1 Million per ping, 95 ping totaling $200 million; then he continued looking in Da An, only to find that it was even more expensive there, $2.2 Million per ping. (*ping is about　36 sq.ft.)

But actually, ever since 2006, he's already been rolling in more than $100 million, and over the past 4 years, he's already well surpassed "Cape No. 7 Hundred Million," so it's not that he can't afford this kind of mansion, but he still felt that houses are overly priced at the moment, so he'll be withholding his plans and look around first for the time being.

Translated by: o_ost1nao_o @ http://love4show.forums1.net/
Source: NextMedia

Will Pan confesses falling in love many times, doesn't mind worshipping money

With blind date television shows currently in vogue, even quite a number of celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan have become loyal fans. Last week, while in Shenzhen attending a fan club event as a beverage spokesperson, Taiwanese pop star Will Pan divulged that he himself would love to go on a blind date show. Moreover, Will hopes that he could find a girl who worships money and has a nice reputation, while he stating frankly, "I also hope that I can be with a girl whom has a stable career and will have little struggle for a decade."

Divulged having fallen in love 7-8 times

Will expressed that he hopes to have his new album released by December of this year and said, "My feelings are more heartfelt now, and the love songs (on the new album) will bring out my story. Through my songs, I show my feelings of me going through love. First love, lost love, one-sided love, declarations of love, it's all there." When asked if he's been in love numerous times, Will divulged, "Seven or eight times in my life, I'm getting close to thirty years old. That's normal at that age." When the interviewer pushed on and asked if he has watched blind date television programs, Will said, "Yes, I have. It's because I haven't been on a blind date, and I want to see how other people go on blind dates. Every time the girl turns down the guy (lit., extinguishes the flames), I get so worked up! Actually, I want to go on a blind date show, and I hope the girl doesn't turn me down and gives me some faith."

Regarding girls on those blind date shows that "worship money", Will felt that it is one aspect that results from the show. "I don't think every girl's like that. Obviously, a girl probably wants to be with a guy who has a steady career. I also hope that I can be with a girl who has a steady career and will have little struggle for a decade, but I'm not saying to worship money more. Instead, if you want to be with someone, and if you don't want there to be that much of a hassle, then it's a good thing. Yet, I feel that if you're in a relationship with someone who wants money, it doesn't matter whether you're rich or not. If you're with someone who strives for success, that's more important."

Wanting to play a villain in a movie

Activities that day included traveling out to meet with fans in Shandong and Hubei, which had Will in a good mood. When talking about his recent developments, Will replied that he will be filming another idol drama with famed producer Angie Chai (Meteor Garden, Devil Beside You, Hi My Sweetheart), with whom he had worked with previously in Miss No Good, while also hoping to work together in the future with fellow Taiwanese actress Sandrine Pinna (Summer x Summer, Poor Prince Taro). "[The new idol drama] will be funnier and different from Miss No Good. I will act with with a more dynamic personality, and with characters whose lives will have many twists." Will also revealed that he wants to play a villain the most, because "I've never did any evil deeds before, and I want to experience some for myself in my life."

Will's fan club event was also held the same day as the Golden Melody Awards, a major event in the Mandopop music industry which Will himself has never been nominated before but his good friend JJ Lin has for the Best Mandarin Singer category this year. Will responded quite proudly, "I can't (get myself nominated) because my music's not remarkable, and every award worth caring about is too tiresome. To be honest, me releasing albums for so many years is definitely an achievement for sure."

Translation: Pauli @ CpopAccess
Source: sina.com

Jay Chou wants to be remembered for being "cool"

On the left: Jay Chou in Beijing.
On the right: Jay Chou visits "Jay Chou" (Jiu Kong) on the set of Big Party.

Jay Chou seems to be in a great mood these days in contrast to the bad luck-Jay who was troubled by D-list female stars, as well as box office and TV ratings woes just a few months ago. Not only he made headlines with the epic Double-J reunion, his latest album and the trailer of his first Hollywood movie have also been getting excellent response.

Sony Music held a press conference earlier this week to announce that his album, The Era, has sold over 1 million copies since its release, making it the best selling Chinese album in the first half of 2010. Jay Chou was in Beijing to celebrate the great news and also premiered the latest music video off his album, “自導自演 (Self Directed and Acted)”. He said, “(I) can’t dance as well as other people, so (my) car has to be cooler than the others.”

As for sales figures in Taiwan, JVR Music announced that the album has sold 120,000 copies in just one month, and stressed they achieved this without any repackaged version. Jay Chou was asked if they are suggesting Show Luo’s 150,000 copies of Rashomon was done by releasing multiple repackaged versions. He said, “After all, Show Luo has debuted for a longer period of time than I did. He works very hard. If (the numbers) are real, I’m very happy.”

He added, “The two of us actually went out together yesterday. He was in Beijing to film a commercial. We happened to stay at the same hotel.” Show Luo’s manager responded, “The record industry is under great difficulty, placement is not the most important anymore, it is rather the effort of the two (singers) in trying to present something good to the audience.” Although Jay Chou’s “Honest Campaign” (of not buying charts and not reporting faux figures) hasn’t had much success, he said, “I don’t mind that it’s not effective, as long as people remember that I started it, it’s very cool.”

President Chou also caught the attention of many with the trailer of his upcoming movie, The Green Hornet. Some netizens commented that he stole the show, while others said his English was better than expected. He said, “After finishing this movie, my dream of 10 years is complete. If (I) can be a bit arrogant, I hope in future I can leave the word “屌” at the Hollywood (Walk of Fame)!”

When asked how he would translate “屌” in English, he paused for a moment and said, “It’s about the same as ‘Cool’.” Jay Chou will be travelling overseas to promote the movie later this year. If it does well in the box office, he hopes to make a sequel.


Baby-J is a rocker!


It's hard not to laugh at this alien baby.

In related news, Appledaily published a very “屌” composite photo of Double J’s baby a few days ago. Jay Chou was shown the picture, to which he laughed, “How can this be so funny, it’s pretty fun indeed.”

Source: Appledaily, UDN
Credits: PA @ CpopAccess

Barbie Hsu shows off some skin in her new movie

Strange but true, Barbie Hsu plays a "perverted killer" in her upcoming movie Reign of Assassins (劍雨), which is set for release this fall. New stills from the John Woo movie show a scantily clad Da S waiting for her prey. Her character is said to be a killer with quick moves and has a pungent personality. In one particular scene, she says, “What’s good with being a man, it’s better to be a woman, because toying with men is more fun.” Reign of Assassins features 12 A-list stars from across Asia including Jung Woo Sung, Michelle Yeoh and Wang Xue Qi. It is expected to hit theaters this September.

Michelle Yeoh and Jung Woo Sung:

Source: Nownews, Sina, 163.com
Credits: PA @ CpopAccess