Amber Ann tops Five Music album sales chart

Otaku goddess Amber Ann topped the Five Music album sales chart on its first week. With a 48-page photo book free with the preorder version, it sure got the otakus rushing to buy the album. However, some netizens suspected Amber’s company of buying the placement on the chart since her album was just released on the 26th; many found it hard to believe that the album would get first place after just one day of sales.

Amber’s record company Wonderful Music emphasized, “We never pay to get first place on the sales charts. We started selling the album a day earlier (25th) at Five Music’s retail locations. Furthermore, instead of charging the regular price of $400 TWD, we sold the album for $299 and it comes with a free poster. It was a great bargain for the fans.”

Claire Kuo also released her album this past week and her new single, "Thinking Of Her While Being With Me", is first and second place on ezPeer and KKBOX digital singles charts respectively.

Here are the pop charts:













Source: Appledaily, pop charts as labeled
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Yen-j Reveals MV for "Celebrity's Love"

It's tough when one's love life is under the scrutiny of the masses every moment of every day.

Yen-j seems to understand this as he chronicles what it is like to be a star in love in his latest music video for "Celebrity's Love", a track off his album "Not Alone"

Check it out!



What do you think?

Source: binmusictaipei @ YouTube
Translated by: silverlining @ jpopasia

Ming Dao becomes the oldest male idol who has yet to enlist

31 year old Ming Dao (real name Lin Chao-Zhang) has just been accepted to Chungyu Institute of Technology’s Media and Visual studies program at Keelung. Back in June, Ming Dao was suspected of avoiding his military duties; the vice principal of Tungnan University, where he was studying, suggested that Ming Dao was using the school as a way to avoid his duties. Ming Dao reportedly applied to a different school as he felt uncomfortable of the way Tungnan handled the situation. Yesterday, his manager restated once again, “Ming Dao will not avoid his military duties. He will be enlisted next year.”

Ming Dao has changed to five different schools in his eleven years of study (and counting). Although he is two years away from turning 33, where it would be mandatory to accept enlistment, he has surprisingly just applied to a four-year program at Chungyu. However, his manager expressed that switching schools has nothing to do with avoiding military service. His manager further said that Ming Dao applied to Chungyu because he has an interest in media and visual studies, which is a new program that just started this year. He may go back to continue his studies after fulfilling his military duties.

Nonetheless, Ming Dao is using his remaining time to make money; after completing the filming to the TV series “The King’s Women”, he will be releasing a photo book shot in Italy; he will be heading to the mainland to promote his photo book.

Apple animated news celebrates male celebs who are avoiding enlistment with a special MV:

Source: Appledaily, aluba1069's channel
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Selina Jen Refusing to Wear Short Skirts

According to her fiance, he stated that keloids have formed on her knees and ankles resulting movement restrictions. Doctors have advised against undergoing surgery as they felt she's not ready for it! Most likely, she will not wear anything that will expose the lower half of her body as there's a lot of scars and bruises. She's still self conscious about it.

We hope that she can recover well!

Source: intuned
Translated by: Anna @ jpopasia

Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse has enormous pressure from 200 Million Gun Fights

Emperor's 2012 heavyweight new film THE VIRAL FACTOR (YIK JIN) paired up Jay Chou (Chow Kit Lun) and Nicholas Tse Ting Fung in a film for the first time. Earlier in the Jordan short film, they personally performed many chase and gun fight scenes. In coordination with the Jordan location and tanks, fighter jets and battleships that were rarely seen in Hong Kong film, the film created a Hollywood action film feel that was new to Hong Kong's eyes and ears. Jay honestly said that the pressure was enormous during the shoot.

The Emperor hit films BEAST STALKER (JING YUN) and STOOL PIGEON (SIN YUN) director Dante Lam Chiu Yin directed new film THE VIRAL FACTOR cost HK$200 million. The locations even reached Jordan, Malaysia and China. After the Jordan trailer was released earlier, Jay's cool sunglasses look, Ting Fung's mysterious prisoner look and the film's many gun fights and explosion scenes led to many raves on the streets. Many left praised on YouTube and the cast and the crew did not feel their effort was wasted.

Jay honestly said that he had to handle a lot of gun fight and action scenes. Although the pressure was huge, he had quite a sense of satisfaction. He said, "The director put an effort into how every actor held the gun before the shoot. He wanted us to give the audience a professional impression. Finally every time I shot a scene with a gun, I asked workers with military experience on hand whether my posture was correct. I looked forward to seeing the entire VIRAL FACTOR very much."

Ting Fung with STOOL PIGEON won the Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor. Working with Lam Chiu Yin again, he said, "THE VIRAL FACTOR's story was more crisp and clean with its positioning and pacing. I like my opening scene very much and appreciate very much such a thoughtful arrangement from Director Lam Chiu Yin."

Source: on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Weng Tzymann to release album at end of year

Weng Tzymann appeared at a special event yesterday wearing a dress made of receipts. Besides recently hopping over to host “Apple Entertainment News”, she revealed that she will also be releasing an album at the end of the year. When asked what she thinks about other entertainers like Amber Ann, Tia Li, and Makiyo who have released albums, she replied, “They’re all very good and have different styles.” The answer was obviously not enough to satisfy the media so they requested for her to sing on the spot, but she rejected by saying, “I’ll sing for you guys another day.”

Weng Tzymann has already begun recording her album and told the media that there will be both fast and slow songs. Since she often goes to sing KTV, when asked if she would usually sing songs from her rumored boyfriend JJ Lin, she answered timidly, “Yes, yes...they’re all very good, so I would usually sing them.” But when asked if she had asked JJ to write any songs for her new album, she said, “No, no...He’s very busy.” Nonetheless, JJ still called to give her advice, which indicated their close friendship.

Weng Tzymann's sudden resignation at TVBS’ entertainment news show led to rumors of her and TVBS’ high level executive’s relationship turning hostile. However, she denied the claims. As for the show’s rating going up after new host, Hua Hua, took over, she expressed that she won’t feel pressured about it, “I think we should all work hard. I do care about the ratings too. Ratings are not that bad for the part I host.”

In related news, actress Michelle Chen also has plans to release an album. Check out her song below:



Source: Appledaily, UDN, magazine1023's channel
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Kenji and Rhydian cook up recipes of love

Kenji Wu and Rhydian Vaughan held a special promotional event for their upcoming drama, “Love Recipe” (formerly known as Together Forever). Although Kenji and Rhydian were rumoured to be on bad terms, they had friendly interactions during the event in front of fifty hot girls that attended to show their support. Kenji laughed, “When you’re too into your role during filming, it’s hard to avoid some fire.” Rhydian added, “Because of these things, our friendship has gotten even stronger! We understand each other more.”

Both Kenji and Rhydian play chefs in “Love” and they each have their own views on cooking and relationships. Kenji expressed that he likes girls who cook because they look sexy wearing an apron, but he quickly retracted and said in a serious manner, “If she only has a great body, great looks, and only wants to 'cook fried rice' (have sex) every day, that won’t do!” He feels that being with someone who is easy to talk to is important. Rhydian on the other hand, likes to do the cooking himself and hopes that his girlfriend will praise him for it. In regards to relationships, he keeps an open mind and won’t know what it’ll be like until he meets her.

Kenji expressed it’s his first time being involved in a “guy” relationship in a drama and it feels weird. In contrast, Rhydian feels that it’s fun and relaxing. When the media asked Rhydian between Ethan Ruan and Kenji, which costar he liked better, he said that Kenji is too shy. Kenji immediately responded, “This is even more embarrassing than asking about love rumours. You want to be picked, but then it feels awkward.”

The drama will be premiering on CTV on September 4th.

Source: UDN
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Claire Kuo Clears Up Plastic Surgery Speculations

What was meant to be a press conference for her new album turned into one that was focused on clearing up Claire Kuo's plastic surgery rumors instead.

The singer who was clearly frustrated at the on-going speculations banged on her jaw, and even invited the media to pinch her nose, in an effort to prove her point.

She said, "My nose and jaw are inherited from my parents; I often practice hot yoga, if I did have plastic surgery, it would have all melted by now,".

"I really haven't gone under the knife," she clarifies.

Source: InTuned
Translated by: silverlining @ jpopasia

Rene Liu heads for Pusan

The just married actress Rene Liu (Lau Yeuk Ying), Harlem Yu Ching Hing, child star Xu Jiao and Taiwan new comer Chen Hui-Min starred STARRY STARRY NIGHT (SING HUNG) has been officially selected to compete at the 16th Pusan International Film Festival. The film will hold its global premiere on October 11 in Pusan. Director Lin Shu-Yu will lead Lau Yeuk Ying, Xu Jiao, Yu Ching Hing, Chen Hui-Min and others to attend the event.

STARRY STARRY NIGHT is a live action film based on a Taiwan illustration book. Earlier its first trailer was released. Golden Horse award Best Actress Zhou Xun was deeply touched. "It's like the beautiful life that we all have experienced." NO PUEDO VIVIR SIN TI director Leon Dai Lap Yun said, "STARRY STARRY NIGHT enters a painting with the starry sky, enters a dream with childhood, and loves like the first time."

Source: on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Han Geng has a hard time with leaving the character

Barbie Hsu (Tsui Hei Woon)'s MY KINGDOM co-star Han Geng stated that after the film he had a hard time with leaving the character. Everyday he would wield weapons and even when he drank water he felt like a martial art actor.

Source: on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

“You Are The Apple Of My Eye” grosses over a hundred million after four days

Giddens Ko’s (or better known as 九把刀, ‘nine knives’) new autobiographical movie “You Are The Apple Of My Eye” (那些年，我們一起追的女孩) has already grossed over a hundred million TWD at the box office in just four days; it has surpassed “Monga” and broke the record by reaching over a hundred million in the shortest time for the past ten years - the movie has now reached a hundred twenty million after five days.

In regards to the movie’s box office success, lead actress Michelle Chen shouted in joy, “It’s like winning the lottery!” The 28 year old actress debuted on the big screen with “Hear Me”, where she played a hearing impaired swimmer. Although she did not win at the Golden Horse for best newcomer, even veteran actress Maggie Cheung praised her acting.

Michelle and her newcomer costar Ke Zhen-Dong celebrated the good news by eating ice cream. Michelle even sat on Ke Zhen-Dong’s lap to pose, acting as a loving couple. Although it's 20 year-old Ke Zhen-Dong’s debut role, he is already getting a taste of fame. However, he expressed feeling awkward when he sees passers-by talk about him. He revealed when they first started shooting the movie, he thought about pursuing Michelle as he thought she was very pretty, “But afterwards I found out that her thoughts are usually one-sided, and she is very bad with directions...probably just too dumb...” Michelle immediately responded, “I never thought about it (dating him) either! It’s all because he has low intelligence! He is like my little brother. I like guys who are more mature.” Interestingly, Ke Zhen-Dong’s dad, who also played his dad in the movie, has just become Michelle’s godfather a few days ago (godfather in Chinese culture is a man whose position is roughly equivalent to a foster father and without religious or legal complications). Thus, instead of sparks of love, the two are more like siblings calling each other names.

Quarreling aside, the two stars recalled their past relationships. Ke Zhen-Dong has been through four relationships and expressed that he is not a romantic guy; due to filming the movie last year, he neglected his girlfriend, thus, they broke up. Michelle broke up with her university boyfriend due to long distance, she expressed, “I cried for a year and nine months. When we just broke up, I lost 4 kg in a week.” Even now, she still keeps the handwritten letters he wrote to her.

Here is a little trivia: Giddens Ko is a famous online writer who also wrote “The Killer Who Never Kills”, which Jam Hsiao stars in the movie. The movie has grossed 45 million TWD at the box office after two weeks.

Source: Appledaily, LibertyTimes
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Lollipop F to battle Super Junior on Star King

Dance group, Lollipop F, will be heading over to Seoul Korea on the 27th. They will be going on the popular variety program, Star King, to have a dance showdown with Korean group Super Junior. For the big event, Lollipop F has already practiced for a hundred hours in just two weeks. Leader Owodog said, “I’m thinking about it even when I’m dreaming.”

In related news, Lollipop F’s fourth single “Gong Xin Ji” from their last album “Four Dimensions” which was released back in November 2010, has suddenly risen up on the digital singles and KTV charts; it has increased 60% from July. Owodog expressed happily, “The staff told me about it too. It’s probably due to me being in the popular movie, ‘You Are The Apple Of My Eye’.”

Source: CNA, UDN
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Jay Chou photographed with new J-girl Hannah Quinlivan (finally)

Back in February, Next Magazine exclusively reported that President Chou (Jay Chou) was going out with Australian-Taiwanese model Hannah Quinlivan. At the time, President Chou responded to the media, “Let’s talk when you have a photo.” And indeed, Next Magazine really came back with a photo of the two intimately together this time.

Next Magazine received a tip that led them to the couple at Marseilles harbor in France. On the 14th at 5pm, President Chou was spotted wearing a black knit hat under 33 degrees Celsius while lining up to get off the boat. He suddenly took out his right arm and grabbed Hannah from behind until they exited. A passer-by recognized President Chou and went up to talk to him, which gave him a fright. In regards to being photographed holding Hannah’s shoulder, President Chou’s record company, JVR Music has not yet responded.

Check out the news clip below:



Source: Appledaily, ttvnewsview's channel
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

“Office Girls” celebrates high ratings on their premiere

SETTV/TTV’s “Office Girls” premiered last Sunday with an average rating of 2.78%, reaching 4.25% among the female working class group. The series won its time slot and the cast including Roy Qiu, Alice Ke, James Wen, Tia Li and others celebrated; they each wrote their wishes on wishing cards and fought to hang them on the tree first. Roy Qiu, who is in a leading role for the first time, was waving some scallions (青蔥 Qing 'Cong') around in excitement, which signified ratings soaring high (向上衝 Xiang Shang 'Chong').

After the first episode, the most talked about among netizens was actually Roy Qiu; some praised, “He’s just like Kimura Takuya with his rough personality accompanied with his good looks.” Viewers also praised Roy’s comedic talent; the scene where Roy’s credit card didn’t work when he wanted to pay for dinner raked in high ratings of 3.78%. In regards to recent rumors of Roy having gone under the knife, he denied the claims, “I’m an athletic person. I don’t do girlie things.”

Although “Office Girls” came on top, second place drama “Love Keeps Going” (Mei Le, Go) was only 0.39% behind. The producer of “Love” pointed out, “We won for the age groups from 4-14 and 15-24, which is the most prominent demographic for idol dramas. I’m confident that the placement in ratings will be shuffled next week.”

Source: UDN
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Vivian defends Jolin in being an Angry Bird

Jolin Tsai and her boyfriend Vivian Dawson are becoming more and more open about their relationship. When Vivian appeared at the Hamilton Watch event yesterday, he did not avoid talking about it. In regards to the media saying that Jolin looks like an “Angry Bird” off stage, Vivian defended, “(She) doesn’t look like it at all.” He revealed that he will be giving a very memorable gift to Jolin for her birthday; he already has thoughts about it, but has yet to prepare it.

Jolin will be holding a birthday party with fans on September 15th, using cosplay as its theme. When Vivian was asked what he would wear if he got to participate, he answered, “I want to be Son Goku from Dragon Ball.” He emphasized that it has been his dream since he was little. As for the media suggesting Jolin to dress as an Angry Bird, he laughed, “That won’t be good.”


The media believe that Jolin resembles an Angry Bird.

Vivian revealed that when he and Jolin went for hot pot the night before, the paparazzi appeared to snap photos; they even went into the restaurant to get better shots. Vivian expressed, “You can take pictures if you want to, but please don’t disturb other customers.” He then joked that the paparazzi should say hi to them before taking photos so that they don’t have to secretly take them.

Since Vivian was at a watch event, the media asked when he and Jolin would start wearing couple watches. He expressed that every couple would want to have something representing their love, so he won’t rule out the possibility of wearing matching watches with his girlfriend in the future. He further revealed that he already owns five brand name watches, and indirectly admitted that Jolin had given him a watch as a present before.

Vivian told the media that he and Jolin usually talk in English because Jolin wants to practice her English. However, he asked the media to help let Jolin know that he actually wants to practice his Chinese more.

Source: UDN, Appledaily
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Ella and Hebe attend catwalk event in Guangzhou for charity to the delight of fans

Taiwanese superstars Ella Chen and Hebe Tien of girl group S.H.E were recently in Guangzhou for a catwalk event to promote a fashion brand and to hold a live auction of signed new clothing with proceeds from the sale donated to charity. The catwalk event, held in the evening, was an energetic and romantic-themed affair which included one segment where six models wore masks that hid the two Taiwanese celebrities before unmasking themselves and being introduced to the audience with shouts of their names. While on the catwalk to the flashes of camera lights, Ella and Hebe donned clothing specifically tailored from the fashion label’s chief designer with the aim of exuding personality and self-confidence for a sexy and modern urban image.

While Ella and Hebe were being interviewed by the media at the event side-by-side, Ella remarked that she was currently filming for a movie production alongside Taiwanese celebrities Vic Chou and Xiao Xiao Bin, where she will be playing a tomboyish role. Ella’s current acting activities comes in the midst of bandmate Hebe’s active singing activities of her upcoming solo album My Love for a September 2nd release, almost exactly a year from her debut solo album To Hebe. S.H.E’s third member Selina Jen was unavailable at the catwalk event, but continues to be in the media spotlight with her microblog post announcing news of her approaching wedding, and has been keeping busy with her rehabilitation from a horrific movie set explosion accident ten months prior and preparations for the wedding event to be held in the end of October.





Ella and Hebe continued to spend part of the event entertaining their fans by having close interactions with them and posing with a variety of happy poses to the excitement of fans. The two S.H.E members then ended the event with a successful auction of their signed clothing items and bringing in a generous sum to be fully donated to charity, capping off an evening with a happy ending.

Translated by: Pauli @ CpopAccess

Jay is Ready to Become a Father

Jay Chou has been all smiles about his personal life lately. Looks like his rumoured relationship with Hannah Quinlivan is sailing smoothly. At the arrival hall from his vacation in Europe with Hannah, the lovebirds were spotted with "matching bags" fueling speculations of their relationship. Obviously, he can't avoid the media waiting on his arrival. Instead of "hiding", he took out his phone and filmed the paparazzi! So it seems that he's in high spirits. Is it because he's got a surprise for us?

Hang on, so you're still reading this and wonder whether he's about to be a father to his "pregnant" girlfriend? Oh, I kid!

Well during an interview, he expressed his desire to be a father as quoted,

"Sometimes when I hold my friend's baby, I thought to myself that it'd be great to have a child of my own. I don't want to wait till I'm 40 as I'm worried there'd be a generation gap! When I have kids, I will ask them to sing for my fans."

He's ready to settle down soon?

Source: intuned.com
Translated by: Anna @ jpopasia

JJ Lin Sings Theme Song for "Love You You"

JJ Lin sings the theme song for an upcoming movie starring Eddie Peng and Angelababy, titled "Love You You".

Appropriately, the ballad used as the theme song is also titled "Love You You". Check out a short snippet of the movie as well as the song!



The movie is set to premiere on September 30th.

What do you think?

Source: InTuned
Translated by: silverlining @ jpopasia

Wu Chun relieves stress with video game

To coordinate with MY KINGDOM (DAI MO SUN)'s September release, Celestial Entertainment announced the first Chinese film game app for iPad so viewers could learn more about the film through the game. As soon as Wu Chun learned about the iPad version release could not wait to try it for himself.

Wu Chun said, "I downloaded it to play on my iPhone. Rarely playing games, I thought it was very fresh and interesting. In the end maybe because I was too involved, my hands were somewhat sore from playing, now the iPad version release to me is good news. Because I am very busy at work, sometimes I really need to play games to relieve some stress."

Speaking of taking a break, Wu Chun recalled the MY KINGDOM production. "When waiting for places with actors, we would think of ways to relax a little. Not only can we ease the tension but also improve our relationships. For example when I am in the Monkey King make up, I would drag Han Geng into playing Sun Wukong" Wu Chun and Han Geng did not let go of the change to work with magician Liu Qian. They asked him to teach them minor magic tricks during breaks. However magic was truly too complicated and they both failed in the end.

Source: takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

Jerry Yan injured on set for filming of “My Wonderful Life” in Shanghai

Taiwanese idol Jerry Yan, who is currently filming for the upcoming mainland drama My Wonderful Life alongside mainland actress Yedda Chen, recently sustained minor injuries during a fight scene which required a trip to a hospital while on the set of his latest drama. The injury follows a short series of physical hiccups stemming during the filming of Jerry’s latest role including a loss of 15 lbs (7 kg) since filming started, a jaw injury sustained from an accidental punch from co-start Yedda during a scene, and a pulled muscle from physical strain earlier in the filming.

The drama is coincidently directed by famed director Cheng Ming Zhang (Fated to Love You, Prince Turns to Frog), whom previously helmed the ill-fated drama I Have a Fate with Spring that horribly injured Taiwanese idol Selina Jen. Fortunately, Jerry’s recent trip to the hospital revealed no serious problems. Jerry’s manager responded to the Taiwanese star’s latest injury that filming for dramas come with risks of injury: “Jerry is currently being frequently looked after. Due to his good intentions at the request of the director, all his punches in the drama are real!”

Translated by: Pauli @ CpopAccess

Taiwanese model Amber Ann releases campus-themed MV for her latest energetic tune

The highly popular Taiwanese otaku goddess Amber Ann, famous for her various modeling roles and active television appearances, is forging ahead with her rookie music career with the release of her latest MV for 戀愛應援團 (Love to Help Society), the latest track off of her debut album. The song for Amber’s latest MV is a youthful and energetic song that that produced and choreographed by veteran entertainment industry personnel to help the aspiring model-turned-singer.

Shooting for Amber’s latest MV took place throughout various locations of a school campus in a single day spanning from five in the morning to midnight. As Amber was moving around the campus for the MV shoot, she commented on the nostalgia of being in a school environment by saying, “When I was a child, I used to think these school desks and chairs were so massive and heavy, but I now discovered that they’re so much smaller that I can lie down on top of five of them. I really did grow up.”

The MV’s director picked a dodgeball theme for the MV that pitted guys versus girls in a friendly match as a backdrop for the song’s focus on falling in love. The Taiwanese celebrity remarked that she was afraid of getting hit from the ball due to her memories back during her school days when getting hit was painful, but she felt more at ease during when she found out that the balls used in the shoot were of the softer variety.

Throughout the shooting of the MV, Amber was asked to dress in a variety of revealing clothing such as short shorts to show off her legs. In one scene though where the otaku goddess was asked to wear a bikini top without a supporting pin during a group dance, she expressed not only how she felt awkward in wearing it in a scene alongside many people, but also how she was afraid that the bikini top would slide off during the dancing routine. But the crew was able to convince Amber to go along with the bikini dance scene when a colleague asked for an example of what other celebrity previously did a bikini dance, which one of the dancers responded by saying Lady Gaga. In addition, Amber commented that she felt that the entire crew on set were professional, so she was able to happily dance during the group dance scene and forgot all about feeling awkward.

Amber Ann's "Love to Help Society" MV



Translated by: Pauli @ CpopAccess

Ethan Juan makes breakthrough performance

A Gucci fashion show took place two nights ago. Attendees included new figures Joel Chan Shan Chung, Florinda Ho Chiu Wan and Cecilia Cheung Pak Chi, as well as Julian Cheung Chi Lam, popular Taiwan idols Ethan Juan (Yuen King Tin) and Jiro Wang (Wong Tung Sing).

Siu Tin praised Pak Chi's performance as "Great!" He recently has been busy with the Doze Niu Chen-Zer directed new film LOVE with Shu Qi. Yet he was unwilling to reveal their relationship in the film. He only said that they would have a breakthrough performance. Would he perform in the buff? He said that everyone would know when they go to the movies. Ultimately it would not be the usual him. This time he played something that others would not do. Siu Tin also revealed that the director had bad luck during the shoot as he often ran into the director's chair.

Source: takungpao, mingpao
Translated by: hktopten

Park Jung Min lands in Taiwan for drama filming, attends movie premiere with Rainie Yang

Korean pop idol Park Jung Min of boy band SS501 fame recently came to Taiwan for a long-term stay in order to film for Taiwanese director Angie Chai’s (Meteor Garden, Devil Beside You, Hi My Sweetheart) still-untitled upcoming drama. In addition to taking part of filming that day, Jung Min also took advantage of the evening to attend a special showing of the Taiwanese nostalgic-era movie You are the Apple of My Eyes starring Ko Chen-tung and Michelle Chen (Miss No Good, Channel-X), an adaptation of the hugely popular novel of the same name. The Korean singer-turned-actor attended the special movie showing alongside veteran Taiwanese actress Rainie Yang to a huge waiting crowd of Rainie fans whom were there to cheer on their favorite Taiwanese idol.

Both celebrities of their respective countries walked the red carpet with fans on both sides of the aisle screaming with warm welcomes as they made their presence known in the movie screening. When approached by reporters regarding her association with Jung Min, Rainie responded, “This is my second time meeting him. The first time was at Harlem Yu’s concert. His Chinese has really improved!”

Sure enough, Jung Ming demonstrated his improved fluency in Chinese when he greeted to the crowd a phrase taught by Rainie Yang to him in Chinese, “’You are the Apples of My Eyes’ will sell well!”, which brought responses of huge cheers from the crowd.

Translated by: Pauli @ CpopAccess

Aska Yang mistaken for a corpse

After three years in showbiz and eight months of training from veteran musician Jonathan Lee, singer Aska Yang is finally releasing his second album, “Pure”, on the 26th. Universal Music revealed the album cover yesterday; all that can be seen is Aska lying on the beach and his face is not even showing. Not only the fans are dissatisfied with the album cover, even Aska’s management company was displeased, “What is this? He looks like a corpse that floated up to the shore. It must be changed!”

Aska’s new song, “Bearing a Pearl” (懷珠), signifies his talent and persistence in music style. However, his album cover has received many criticisms with the majority requesting it to be changed. Some fans even questioned, “Does Universal Music hate Aska so much?”

As a result, Universal Music held an urgent meeting to decide whether or not to change the cover. If they do, it will cause a delay on the album release date for the 30,000 preordered copies, and cost the company a million dollars to get them reprinted. Aska’s management company expressed their frustration and said they had no idea that the cover would be like this; they believe it deserves all the criticisms it is getting and insists that the cover should be changed for the better.

Aska's "Pure" album is now available for preorder at YesAsia!

Check out Aska's "Bearing a Pearl" MV below:



Source: UDN, universaltwn's channel
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

JJ Lin sings "love you you" for Eddie Peng's new movie

After signing a record and management contract with Warner Music, JJ Lin is already helping Jingle Ma Cho-Shing’s new movie, “Love You You”, as its music director. In addition to composing scores for the movie, JJ also performs the theme song. “Love You You” starring Eddie Peng and Angelababy will be premiering on September 30th.

Check it out below:



Video: JJFO1218
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Jiro getting pressured by mother to marry, stresses that Fahrenheit has not disbanded

Taiwanese pop idol Jiro Wang recently embarked to Hong Kong that included business matters regarding his clothing brand investment there. And with the days counting down to the visiting star’s upcoming 30th birthday, Jiro’s mother has been continuing the yearly tradition of pressuring her son to marry. The Fahrenheit member’s mother is so eager for grandchildren that she would even consider Jiro being an unmarried father, and even going so far as encouraging Jiro to find someone to bear children without marriage. In response, Jiro expressed that if he finds the right girl, he will immediately introduce her to his mother.

Jiro’s mother okay with Jiro having a child without marrying

With August 24th marking Jiro’s 30th birthday, the Taiwanese star hopes to hold an early birthday celebration with his fans. When asked about his birthday wish, Jiro admitted that he hopes to find a girlfriend, because in the past he wanted to have children by age 30 like what her mother thought before those plans were put on hold due to his workaholic approach in the entertainment business. Jiro also stated, “My mother’s already urged me to get married, and also said that if I don’t tie the knot, it’s also all right to have a child. But I won’t do that, because I want to get married first. I’m not chasing after anyone now. Will anyone introduce me to someone?”

Jiro stresses that Fahrenheit still together

In addition, Fahrenheit will hold a meet-and-greet in Tainan, Taiwan on August 20th, which would be the group’s first time promoting together as a group since news of the group’s disbandment by the media. After spending the past few years hearing news of Fahrenheit’s eventual breakup by the media, Jiro voiced out to clarify, “We [Fahrenheit] haven’t broken up! We’re just doing working separately! (asked to Jiro: “And Wu Chun going solo?”) He hasn’t! We’re just doing separate projects. Wu Chun’s becoming a manager/producer, and everyone also still working together often. We haven’t disbanded!”

Investing in his own trendy clothing brand

Many artists have their own clothing stores in Taiwan, and Jiro admitted that competition will be stiff back home, but he stated that he felt suited in his art classes back in high school, and that designing his own clothing line was a dream of his. The Taiwanese idol continued by saying that it was something he always thought about, that he’s fine with working hard to make his dream into a reality, and hoped that he can plan on the specifics like the fittings and the fashion mannequins.

When a reporter asked Jiro whether or not he plans on designing clothes for his girlfriend, to which he responded, “I don’t have a girlfriend now. Back in school, I made a sketch for my girlfriend. If I have the chance, I hope to design a wedding ring for my girlfriend and other items like a bracelet to put around her neck." The reporter quickly followed up by asking, “Will that include lingerie?”, to which Jiro responded with, “I haven’t thought about that, but if she feels that it’s awkward, I won’t learn how to design that.”

Translated by: Pauli @ CpopAccess

Hebe gets washed away by tidal wave

Hebe Tien is about to release her second solo album titled, “My Love”. For her latest MV, she not only had to step into the mud and rain, she also had to be washed away by a man-made tidal wave. However, the man-made wave was a little too much to handle, which sent Hebe 10 meters away; it ripped her clothes and shocked a few staff members.

It’s Hebe’s first time filming at the National Theater and Concert Hall, and she is also the first pop star to do so. She wore a long white lace dress and expressed that the song is about going through hardships before meeting your destined lover. She further added that everyone should learn from the subject.

Hebe's "My Love" album is now available for preorder at YesAsia!

Check out the MV below:



Source: Chinatimes, NOWnews, HIMservice
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Calvin Chen and Weng Tzymann to host Next TV’s entertainment news show

“Apple Entertainment News” (蘋果娛樂新聞) will be premiering on the 29th; its grand cast of seven hosts went to set their wardrobe styles yesterday which included Calvin Chen, Smile Weng Tzymann, Jing Wong, Yuan Ai-Fei, JR, Cynthia Wang, and Vickie. Calvin Chen arrived early at 12:30pm, but spent two hours fixing his hair. His partner Tzymann waited patiently for him and as soon as he entered the studio, he joked, “I was afraid that my nipples would show, so I had to adjust my boobs.” Then he explained, “Guys care most about their hair.”

As a perfectionist, Calvin gave a lot of suggestions to his hairstylist, and also concentrated a lot on his eye makeup. He closely faced the mirror and carefully applied his double-eyelid tape. Just when he was about done, he decided to redo his hair. Even the female stars can’t stand his pickiness. Calvin defended himself, “It’s because today is the first day so I tried two different styles. I wanted to see which one looked better.”

Tzymann plans to try new roles in showbiz this year and she just signed on to co-host “Apple Entertainment” yesterday. She expressed, “Besides it is something new to try, they’re willing to accommodate me on my schedule, which was the biggest deciding factor.” For the show, Tzymann will be partnering up with Calvin and Jing Wong on different days. The moment she saw Calvin, she said, “It’s quite interesting, the first MV I filmed was Fahrenheit’s!” Calvin described Tzymann, “She was very youthful before, now there is a tint of maturity. Since we’ve worked together before, we already know how we’re like and each other’s personality.”

The seven hosts will all be doing the show in pairs. When asked if they would feel pressured about show ratings, they all answered, “Showbiz has always been ruthless. Anyhow, if we don’t see someone the next time, it just means that he or she was eliminated.”

Source: Appledaily
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Selina Jen Confirms October 31st Wedding

A few weeks ago, Selina Jen said that she would decide in the coming weeks whether or not she was physically ready to get married in. The S.H.E. member has announced that she will in fact be getting married to fiance Richard Chang!

The singer will be getting married on her birthday, October 31st. Although she still can't stand for long periods of times, Selina is hopeful that in the coming months she'll be recovered enough for the wedding ceremony. She also joked that the deposits and wedding invitations were already so they had to get married.

Richard Chang has stated that they will keep the wedding simple in consideration of her condition. Some of the traditions will be cut out, and there will also be no after party. He promises the wedding will be grand nonetheless!

Fellow S.H.E. members happily microblogged their feelings about the wedding announcement. Hebe stated, "Wa, Wa, Wa! It seems like I'm even more excited than the bride-to-be! I'm so happy! Yeah the wedding news has finally been announced! I'm anticipating it! I love you my wife!" while Ella wrote, "I believe you will be the most blissful bride!! Wife, you are going to be someone else's wife soon but we will always see you as our own wife and continue to love you!! Kiss kiss!! my love!".

Source: intuned
Translated by: james.gatmaitan @ jpopasia

Van Ness talks about latest album, hopes for F4 reunion

It has been three years since Taiwanese celebrity Van Ness Wu was last a guest on mainland Chinese program Top Chinese Music, but since that time the singer/actor has made huge strides in the entertainment industry. Following a string of successful acting roles and several album releases including his latest album C'est La V, Van Ness took the time on the show to talk introduce his recent album release and various tidbits behind the album.

Amongst the songs from Van Ness' latest album that he brought to the show was rhythmic song Is This All, where he was in a good mood to discuss the details on the album's production after just having celebrated his birthday on August 7th. One of the topics discussed was the inclusion of Grammy Award-winning American artist Bruno Mars for writing the song Knockin" for Van Ness, which is also in his latest album. In addition, Van Ness spent some time talking about close friend and fellow F4 bandmate Vic Chou's first time rapping for Van Ness' other album song Do It. For the recording of Do It, Van Ness remarked how he originally had the impression that Vic would not be that articulate prior to recording of his rap part for the song, but was proved wrong by Vic when he finished the recording under an hour and demonstrated a remarkable sense of rhythm.

Speaking of Vic, Van Ness admitted that he and the rest of the members of the famed F4 group regularly contact each other in the hopes that they can reunite again at the right time. The Taiwanese superstar also hoped that fans are supportive of his own work and development, and that their support is most valuable to him.

In addition to recording for the album, Van Ness also discussed how Chen Hui Ling, whom directed Van Ness in Taiwanese mega-hit drama Autumn's Concerto and also directed Van Ness' recent MV for album song Aiya, requested that he be reunited with former Autumn's Concerto co-star Ady An for the MV's adorable coupling.

Friends supporting of Van Ness remarked that Van Ness does not slack off when it comes to work, and once spent eighteen full hours dancing without a break in preparation for his latest album. Van Ness also admitted that the work of his album has been mentally brewing inside of him for a decade, and that he put 100% effort into it.

Van Ness Wu - Destined 命定 (MV)



Translated by: Pauli @ CpopAccess

Hebe Unleashes "My Love" MV!

The wait is finally over! Songstress Hebe is back and she has unleashed upon the world her brand new music video for title track, "My Love"!

Enjoy her wonderful vocals and the whimsical MV that is chock full of symbolism below:



Hebe will be releasing her second album come September 2nd!

Source: HIMservice @ YouTube
Translated by: silverlining @ jpopasia

Daniel Chan shows off his six pack for album photo shoot

Material Queen costar, Daniel Chan, will be releasing his new album, “So Hot”, at the end of the month. He especially went to the Maldives for a photo shoot. He generously showed off his toned abs and pectoral muscles after having worked out for three months. Daniel reasoned confidently, “I heard that it will be the hottest summer in Taiwan this year. Since the Maldives is located right at the equator, the sun is brighter, and whoever wears clothes will surely have a heat stroke.”

On the day of the shoot, the crew also booked a yacht, the Landaa Summer, from the Four Seasons Resort to set out to sea. Daniel laughed, “There was actually nothing blocking the sun, so we had to work quickly to avoid being burnt.”

The photographer not only praised Daniel’s great body, he also commented to Daniel, “Your tanned body and the white sand create great contrast, so there’s no need to add lighting.” However, after working under the sun for six consecutive days, Daniel was starting to feel the strong heat, “I almost got a sunburn. I’ve already used up 20 bottles of sun screen lotion, but since the Maldives is right at the equator, it’s no use no matter how much you put on.”

Daniel's "So Hot" album is now available for preorder at YesAsia!

Check out his new single:



Source: Appledaily,kadon's channel
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Claire Kuo Reveals MV for "Thinking Of Her While Being With Me"

Taiwanese pop princess Claire Kuo reveals her latest music video to sad ballad "Thinking Of Her While Being With Me"!

Check out the music video starring popular idol You Sheng Qiang.



"Thinking Of Her While Being With Me" is a track of her upcoming album "Another She", which is scheduled to be released sometime in September.

Source: D12244 @ YouTube
Translated by: silverlining @ jpopasia