Hebe Wishes Fans a Happy 2012

Songstress Hebe doesn't forget her fans, as she thanks them for a wonderful 2011, and wishes them a happy 2012.



She says in the concert footage, "To my loves, thank you. Because of all of you, who came especially to hear me sing, I am able to fulfill this girl's dream of singing. Thank you,"

Want to see more of Hebe's live performances? The live concert DVD will go on sale January 20th.

Source: InTuned
Translated by: silverlining @ JpopAsia

Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse turns Kuala Lumpur train station upside down

The film THE VIRAL FACTOR (YIK JIN) shot in Kuala Lumpur for two months. Aside from street scenes, they also shot at the Kuala Lumpur Central train station. Shooting at the national traffic center, early in the application process they ran into a variety of obstacles. Luckily they received the government's support. The team however could not request for the station to be shut down for the shoot. At every moment they had over 1,000 onlookers. With the over 100 extras, director Dante Lam Chiu Yin admitted that everyday they were in the middle of the madness.

In the film Liu Kai Chi with his grand daughter Crystal was chased to the train station. Jay Chou (Chow Kit Lun) followed them to help their escape. Nicholas Tse Ting Fung also arrived. They in order to lure away the enemies created a small explosion at the train station. During the shoot passengers had no idea about the shoot and screamed; Chow Kit Lun later even grabbed the girl and ran.

Uncle Chi in the film played Chow Kit Lun and Ting Fung's father. Chow Kit Lun said that Uncle Chi was an actor was very strong influence. His performance kept the younger folks on pace. The girl played Ting Fung's daughter. Before the shoot she would whine to Ting Fung. Chow Kit Lun even played magic tricks to cheer her up; both two Heavenly Kings melted at her hands.

Source: Mingpao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Joseph Chang celebrates birthday with Sex and Zen

Joseph Chang turned 28 yesterday. Just the night before, the media spotted him jogging alone and then going to the video rental store to rent the erotic costume drama film, “Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy”, with his two buddies at late night. Besides “Sex & Zen”, they also rented “The Man From Nowhere” starring Won Bin, and “Your Highness” starring Natalie Portman, which were also restricted movies. There were no hot girls or cake to celebrate his birthday, except watching DVD rentals with his buddies. When asked if he had a good time, he expressed through his manager that it had been a long time since he last celebrated his birthday in Taiwan due to work, “It feels great to be able to celebrate with my friends this year!”

Left: Joseph jogged for 5 km. / Right: Joseph coming out from the video rental store.

Although he broke up with his 5-year girlfriend Crystal during the summer, recent rumors suggest that they are back together again. However, Joseph’s manager stated that the two are now friends and feel less pressure than before. But it’s hard to tell what will happen in the future.

Source: LibertyTimes
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

RAWR! Jay Chou Turned Green Eyed Monster

So you've all heard so much about the young pretty model he's been dating. Yes, it's Hannah Quinlivan. Yet, it's not been officially announced and they are the most talked about couple in Cpop showbiz.

According to sources, Hannah was the lead actress in the MV produced for Taiwanese rock band, "LiveMachine". There's one scene in the MV where she had to kiss the lead actor's forehead and that concept went downhill because producers were afraid to offend the 'Cpop King' citing that "she came from an influential background and it's not good to offend the senior when you're in showbiz."

In the end they decided only to allow her to hold hands and make eye contact with the lead actor. Rumour has it that she's got to get "approval" from Jay prior to accepting projects as she's not allowed to wear any revealing nor can she be intimate with any male celebs onset.

Source: Jay Chou Fansite
Translated by: xaosmx @ JpopAsia

Jay Chou bids farewell to action films

Jay Chou (Chow Kit Lun)'s first Hong Kong action film THE VIRAL FACTOR (YIK JIN) will be released in January during the Lunar New Year. He at the same time witnessed for the first time the Hong Kong film fighting spirit, which also affected his effort. Thus he personally performed many dangerous stunt in the film. He also felt though that he was older and stressed that this time was the "one and only".

Chairman Chou meant that THE VIRAL FACTOR should be his final action film. "From now on I should just stick to romance and singing in movies. I am older, I can't." He even admitted that he was afraid to die and would not put himself in danger again. Working with Nicholas Tse Ting Fung this time in the film, Chairman Chou said that he only met once with director Dante Lam Chiu Yin. After hearing the story he agreed right away. He knew that every one of Director Lam's film challenged the limits and would have many dangerous stunts. He said, "Finally this time I witnessed the might of Hong Kong film. Actors personally performed almost all the dangerous stunts. Sometimes the director would personally demonstrate them. Even he was like that, how could I use a double?" He remembered that in one scene he jumped from the plane. After the director's demonstration he hesitated for a long time before toughing it out. After he jumped his mind went blank, leaving him completely helpless. "This should be my bottom line, action films truly are too dangerous. I can't help getting older now."

Chairman Chou in order to keep his mother from worrying during the shoot did not dare to call her at all. He joked, "For the movie I dropped my idol baggage. In the past no matter the stunt I would see if I looked bad? Was the stunt cool enough? Yet this time no one should be able to recognize me. However, the director felt that this was actually the best way, I was seen completed as an escaped convict." Although the film had two lead actresses, they did not have many scenes with him. "One was gone as soon as I appeared, so we had no exchange at all. Any rumor should be impossible." He joked.

Chairman Chou later will direct the romance, the sequel to SECRET (BUT NUNG SHUET DIK BEI MUK). Would he invite his rumored girlfriend to be his lead actress? He joked, "I probably would look for a new comer. I hope to be able to find a lead actress with Kwai Lun-Mei's aura."

Source: Takungpao, Mingpao, Singtao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Jay Chou Gets Sued!

According to AsianCrunch, Jay Chou has been sued for not paying royalties. The woman who sued Chou stated that she co-wrote the three books he released during his career. One of the woman's demands was that Chou would pay the royalties and give her receipts and bank statements to make sure she got the adequate amount for her "work".

However, Chou stated that the only book he collaborated with anyone on was the first book and it wasn't with a woman, but with good friend Vincent Fang. The court responded to the woman's request stating she didn't have enough proof and she hadn't even payed the referee fee. Since the woman didn't respond to the court's notice, the demand was overruled and no actions will be taken towards either the woman or against Jay Chou.

Suing artists seems to be the new "thing". What you're opinion regarding this?

Source: InTuned
Translated by: elenko94 @ JpopAsia

Military Service may start anytime for Ethan Juan

Two nights ago on Christmas, Ethan Juan (Yuen King Tin) and director Doze Niu Chen-Zer attended a Taiwan promotion for their February film release LOVE.

How did Siu Tin spend Christmas? He said that this year was the coldest Christmas. He knew Taipei's restaurants and cinemas would have many people, so he went to Northeast Coast where it was truly super cold. What did he give his girlfriend Tiffany Hsu? Siu Tin said, "We kept each other company, giving her a complete companion was already the best gift."

Earlier reportedly Siu Tin applied to military service exemption because he was flat footed. Siu Tain said that it was not like he could apply just because he wanted to, the departments had to make a decision.

Director Doze also clarified for Siu Tin and said that Siu Tin has always looked forward to his military service. Over the years Siu Tin always said that military service should not be avoided. To him military service was a great life experience. Director Doze continued that sometimes Siu Tin's friends would use some great opportunities to tempt him into keep delaying his military service. Actually now Siu Tin might report at any moment.

Director Doze hoped Siu Tin would be able to promote LOVE with him before the miltiary service, but Siu Tin was not in charge of the decision. He himself did not want to postpone it anymore as he wanted to face this matter as soon as possible. Siu Tin also reiterated that at work for now he did not have much planned. Before his military service he would promote LOVE and hoped to reach as many places as he could.

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

Jerry Yan fans build primary school hostel for Jerry’s 35th birthday

High popularity Jerry Yan 35th birthday will be coming soon on New Year 2012. Fans from all over the world celebrated for him by doing charities. They donated to Yan Cheng Xu Chun Lei School to build a hostel. The hostel is now completed. It is his most special birthday present this year.

Jerry's father passed away in his early years and he is raised by his mother. He had mentioned before that his childhood deepest impression was his mother's back view because his mother was always in front of the sewing machine everyday to sew clothes to sell in order to raise his sister and him. And he insist and hope that for his birthday every year, his fans will do charities instead of buying gifts for him.

Fan club Yanchengxu.net had donated RMB200 000 (TWD 960 000) in year 2008. They established Yan Cheng Xu Chun Lei School in Anhui, China. Consecutively, they have been donating funds to the school. They had also contributed funds for building Yan Cheng Xu Chun Lei School Hostel which was also completed on December 14,2011.

The Hostel provides for the students who stay at the remotes areas. With the hostel, they would not need to travel long distances to go to school. The school published and uploaded a video previously which captured cute and happy faces of the kids holding pillows in the hostel running around. There are more than 400 hundreds students in the school currently.

Jerry Yan fans did even more charities this year.Hong Kong fans sends 70 bags of gifts to charity units. 61 Japans fans contribute JPY 122 000 to World Vision. Taiwan fans donated materials to Miao Li St Francis Love orphanage. Jerry was touched by their care and love.

Jerry who has injured his hands recently, was very touched with everything that the fans have done for him. This year, he will not be celebrating his birthday as usual. Jerry will be filming for the movie Hua Yang/ Scarlet that day.

Source: UDN, TVBS News, ETtoday News & SOHU News
Translated by: Shernice @ yanchengxu

Siwon gets a new voice for Skip Beat!

After two weeks of broadcast, GTV has decided to replace Kun Da, who has been dubbing Siwon's voice, with a professional voice actor. Netizens have been criticizing Siwon’s dub since the start of the broadcast, saying, “Siwon’s character, Dun He Lian, is mature, but Kun Da’s voice is too cute.” Due to SJ fans voicing their dissatisfaction towards the dubbing non-stop, it has caused Kun Da’s fans to feel very unhappy; the two fan groups are even bickering at each other online.

As a result, GTV announced on their official Facebook that they will replace Kun Da, but expressed thanks for his hard work. However, Darren of The Drifters will remain as Donghae’s voice.

Source: LibertyTimes
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Giddens Ko focuses on writing

With his rising popularity due to YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE, Giddens Ko yesterday attended a Christmas book fair in Hong Kong and held a forum. Giddens Ko pointed out that this time he came from Beijing to spend his second Christmas in Hong Kong. Originally he wanted to hold another event to promote the film box office, but the team wanted to celebrate Christmas Eve and he did not want to bother them.

The APPLE box office has already broken 60 million and would likely become the Chinese film box office champion of all time. Giddens Ko said that the film was still 500,000 away from this mark, but he thanked Hong Kong cinemas for their support and still continuing the run. Yet he revealed that he will not make another film in the next two or three years as his profession was writing novels. He would not starve to death if he did not make movies. In the future he will continue to write books.

This Christmas Giddens Ko was in Hong Kong and did not have time to be with his girlfriend. On New Year's Eve he had to translate a friend's wedding. He joked that this friend had problems to wed on this day as everyone would have to count down with him. He would make time to be with his girlfriend though. He also joked that his friend was getting married due to pregnancy. Would he follow his friend's footstep? He said that he would not because he has always been very safe. Reporters joked if he has taken safety measures? He joked, "What kind of rotten question is that? We are a normal couple!"

Source: Takungpao, Mingpao, Singtao
Translated by: hktopten

Nicholas Tse and Jay Chou find brotherly love hard to abandon

In the Nicholas Tse Ting Fung and Jay Chou (Chow Kit Lun) starred Emperor film THE VIRAL FACTOR (YIK JIN), Ting Fung played a criminal and Chairman Chou a police officer. Their characters opposed each other but they were brothers. Ting Fung said, "Actually I was very surprised that we would have such a chemical reaction, which was very rare. I felt very familiar when I was working with Chow Kit Lun, which was very wonderful. He and I have never worked together before and did not know each other too well, but I felt like I had to protect him. I felt like I had to protect my little brother."

Chairman Chou also stated that the most challenging for him in this film was the unbreakable family crisis, having to choose between the two would always be the cruelest. He said, "From the starting he looked for my biological brother as a mission. His mother wanted him to so he went. Yet in the end, from what we saw, family actually truly was very hard to abandon. If he had no feeling at all for his older brother, he wouldn't have to suffer and didn't have to make a decision between two tough choices."

Source: takungpao
Translated by: hktopten

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year 2012!

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Amber Ann grabs Amber Guo’s endorsement

Yesterday, the sexy Amber Ann grabs Amber Guo’s 3-year watch endorsement. Amber Ann’s endorsement fee is TW$ 1.2 million which is half of Amber Guo’s TW$2.4 million fee. The manufactures released a new watch and named it after their new endorser, “Amber” however the manufactures’ former endorser is also named as Amber. Amber Ann was recently voted as the “Mens' Goddess”, she commented: “Everyone is a goddess and I’m an ugly woman.”

Source: Chinatimes
Translated by: demoiselleQ @ CpopAccess

Doctors Find Tumor On Kenji Wu's Liver

Kenji Wu recently went to the doctor's office when he wasn't feeling good. What started as a simple visit quickly turned into a nightmare when doctors discovered a small shadow on his liver.

Kenji returned to the hospital to have it looked at again. Doctors conducted an ultrasound scan and determined that the shadow was a 6 cm tumor on the right side of the singer's liver.

The singer will go in for an MRI scan to help determine more details about the tumor before deciding on a treatment plan.

When Kenji's mother found out about the news, she broke down into tears at the thought of her son having liver cancer.

Kenji admitted that the news was terrifying at first, but he has since calmed down and is keeping a level head during these difficult times.

Source: Intuned
Translated by: Aysohmay @ JpopAsia

ELVA invites Show Luo to be concert's special guest

ELVA will be holding a mini concert on Christmas Eve this Saturday and Show Luo will be her special guest. He especially turned down two performances in the mainland to support ELVA, giving up approximately six million dollars.

ELVA’s new album will be released in two days and she will perform her new songs at the mini concert. She will be singing and playing the piano for one of the songs. Thus, when Show visited her during the rehearsal, he gave her an “electric piano hand roll” as a gift, “I know that ELVA will be performing on the piano at the concert. I’m giving her this electric piano hand roll so that she can practice when she’s in the car or waiting for the next recording.”

Since Show is known to be mischievous, he especially told his assistant to prepare an actual hand roll (sushi) beforehand. Knowing that ELVA was waiting to receive his electric piano as a present, he took out the hand roll and teased, “This is also a hand roll! It’s lunch time, aren’t you hungry?” His prank really caught ELVA by surprise while the staff and the media fell in laughter.

Show Luo takes out a yummy hand roll.

Source: Appledaily
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Rainie Yang Pressured by Media Regarding Rumored Boyfriend

Rainie Yang and Sunny Wang were said to be dating each other not long ago, however it seems like the spark has faded, if one even existed in the first place that is. According to xinmsn, Wang and Yang has thoroughly denied all rumors that they have been romantically involved.

Sunny Wang even stated that many will fall for her (Rainie Yang) but he's not one of them. The press was also pressuring Yang concerning who she would choose between if it came down to Sunny Wang and her former (rumored) boyfriend Joseph Chang. However, Yang refused to give a clear answer, stating both are fantastic in their own way.

However, the press didn't stop there, during the time they pressured her for more information, a rash began to appear on her neck and chest. Many speculate this rash is due to stress and together with a weight loss of 4-5 kg many blame it on this rumored relationship.

Source: InTuned
Translated by: silverlining @ JpopAsia

Michelle Chen feels honored to be "Close" to god like Stephen Chow

The Giddens Ko directed film YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE after 57 days in release in Hong Kong (as of December 15) accumulated HK$ 60.41 million at the box office to become this year's highest grossing Chinese film and only 870,000 from breaking the highest grossing Chinese film in Hong Kong, KUNG FU HUSTLE (61.28 million). In order to break Stephen Chow Sing Chi's KUNG FU HUSTLE record, YOU's goddess Michelle Chen yesterday came to Hong Kong for two days to promote the film.

Michelle Chen was very happy about YOU being such a hit in Hong Kong and said that she grew up on Hong Kong films. She truly never imagined that her movie would be so popular with the Hong Kong audience. Her box office guess was less than half of the current amount. She admitted that at first she worried whether Hong Kong viewers would be able to accept the Taiwan storm.

Was she confident about breaking Sing Yeh's KUNG FU HUSTLE record? She said, "I like to watch Chow Sing Chi's movies very much. He is my idol. He has already reached god status. To be so close to god is quite a honor. Whether the KUNG FU HUSTLE record can be broken the audience will determine that. With YOU's current performance I am already very touched."

Caught with Joseph Cheng Yuen Cheung and Tony Yang (Yeung Yau Ning), Michelle Chen admitted meeting them but denied dating either one. She pointed out that they were only good friends. She often went for hot pot casserole with a big group of friends. Was Ko Chen-Tung the real deal? She said no, currently she was single. Because work has been too busy she did not have time to be with a boyfriend. Would they have any chance to develop into a couple? She said that life was full of infinite possibilities and admitted that they were all her type. If she did not like their type she would not be friends with them.

Source: Mingpao, Singtao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Mayday's Ashin and Monster compose new tracks for Xiao Gui's new album

For Xiao Gui (Alien Huang)’s new album, “Break Heart, Black Heart”, Mayday’s Ashin and Monster will each compose a track. Perhaps because both Monster and Xiao Gui are Scopios, they happen to be big fans of “Naruto” and even incorporated part of its story in the new song, “漩渦” (Uzumaki / Whirlpool); staff members teased that they spent more time discussing about the anime than actually singing the song.

Mayday and Xiao Gui used to be in the same record company. When Xiao Gui released his first album, “Love & Hero”, Ashin and Monster collaborated and wrote him the hit pop rock single, “Screwed Up” (搞砸了). Thus, when Xiao Gui asked them for help this time, they immediately agreed to it.

Although Ashin was in Japan busy preparing for Mayday’s new album, he called Xiao Gui over the internet to teach him how to sing the new song, “澀谷” (Shibuya), since Ashin is the producer for it. Xiao Gui also decided to write the lyrics for the song himself and edited it 20 times before coming up with the final version.

The three of them met on 100% Entertainment a few days ago. Ashin and Monster expressed that they are both confident of the new songs that they wrote. Xiao Gui will be performing in Malaysia on New Year’s Eve. With all the invitations he has received to perform, it is estimated that he will make close to 5 million TWD by end of the year.

Xiao Gui's album is now available for preorder at YesAsia!

Source: UDN
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Selina Ren's Wedding Round 2

Selina Ren and husband Richard Chang held another wedding banquet in Changhua yesterday. The first one was held in Taipei earlier. This time in husband's hometown, S.H.E reunited again and sang together and Ella also rapped. The bride was wearing a dress with crystals and was smiley all night.

Because Selina still cannot stand too long, she sat most of the time throughout the night. She was carefully taken care of by husband. He fixed her dress and held her when it was necessary, proving to be a caring husband.

Source: UDN
Translated by: Kay's @ Kay's Entertainment

Calvin Chen asks Wu Chun about rumored child

Although Wu Chun denied the rumors of him being married with kids, the media continues to ask about it every time. He went on Apple Entertainment News show to promote his new movie, “My Kingdom”. Host and fellow Fahrenheit member Calvin Chen used the audience’s curiosity as an excuse to ask Wu Chun directly, “May I ask what your child’s name is?” causing the atmosphere to become awkward; Wu Chun later expressed that he wasn’t upset but said, “Those who ask about it are not human.”

The rumors have gone on for a year now; on Apple Entertainment News, he said while feeling frustrated, “I’m not upset, but this question is not related to work. I’ve been asked about it so many times, does everyone not believe me? If you ask again, I’ll really hit you!” Although he said he was joking, it was obvious that he was at his limit soon.

His previous costars Ella and Rainie Yang have both been in the news recently regarding their love lives. Ella is rumored to get married in April of next year; Rainie’s rumored relationship with Sunny Wang ended after just two months. Regarding the two of them, Wu Chun said in surprise, “Really? (about Rainie) I didn’t hear about it. I didn’t know at all, but I did hear that Ella has been engulfed in happiness lately.” When the media asked if anyone has asked him to keep some days free (for Ella’s wedding), he laughed, “Nope. I’ve only been hearing stuff from others. It’s very hard to tell whether it’s true or not.” As for how much money he would put in the red envelope when she gets married, he said, “The amount is not important. It’s the thought that counts.”

News clip:



Source: Appledaily, red6374's channel
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Selina's Rehab Photo Leaked!

In the picture she's seen wearing a skin coloured, tight fitting outfit that covered her from head to toe. This was to help treat her scars but, it was so uncomfortable that she commented she'd rather live with her scars than put it on.

Click on the picture gallery to view the pictures.


Source: yahoochina
Translated by: xaosmx @ JpopAsia

"Skip Beat!" to premiere this weekend

Super Junior members Donghae and Siwon visited Taiwan for 6 hours to promote their first Taiwanese idol drama, “Skip Beat!” (Extravagant Challenge). Since the story is based in show business and the two play rivals, when asked if they also compete with each other off screen, Siwon replied, “Honestly, it’s hard to avoid disagreements between fellow actors, but I always try my best to listen to other’s opinions.”

Donghae and Siwon spent 4 months in Taiwan to film the manga adaptation, and the series will finally air this weekend, taking over “In Time With You’s” slot. The two confidently said that they are not afraid of being compared to the previous. Interestingly, Siwon’s character’s voice will be dubbed by his costar Ivy Chen’s boyfriend, Penny (Kun Da). After watching the preview at yesterday’s press conference, Siwon commented, “Very interesting. The dub is very cute and lovable.” Donghae’s chacter will be dubbed by Darren of The Drifters; Darren promised to give the fans a surprise if ratings surpass 5%.

Although Ivy’s scenes have been edited out from the Black & White movie, she is the star of “Skip Beat!” and has more scenes than the two male leads. She laughed, “There isn’t a scene without me in it.”

Source: Appledaily
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

Pop charts: Sodagreen takes over first place on G-Music's album sales chart

On this week’s album sales chart, Sodagreen’s “What Is Troubling You” takes over the number one spot on G-Music. The members expressed their thanks for the fans’ support through their record company Universal music.

Sodagreen’s lead vocalist Tsing Fong revealed that he wrote the titular track to express the troubles from different work sectors. However, he added that if there were no troubles, you wouldn’t feel the happiness that comes after resolving it. He hopes that the song will encourage his fans that have many things troubling them.

Jay Chou continues to be at number one on Five Music’s album sales chart for four weeks in a row. It’s been three years since Mayday has released a new album. Their new album will hit the stores on the 16th; their new single, “Starry Starry Night” has also reached top 5 on ezPeer+.

Check out the rest of the pop charts below!

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

Ariel brings luck to Bo Lin, kissed 9 times

Ariel Lin and Chen Bo Lin starred in FTV & GTV's "In Time With You" ended last night with a bang, with ratings going up to 5.51%. Finally after 12 weeks of ratings war, the series won over SETTV's "Working Girls". Ariel and Bo Lin ended the series with kisses, netizens counted a total of 9 kisses; an estimated 2.743 million of people watched the last episode. Chen Bo Lin wrote in his facebook: "Finally have beautiful results in the last episode.”

In the last episode of "In Time With You", Ariel and Bo Lin kissed from the furniture store to the airport, in the airplane, in Singapore, on their wedding, a total of 9 kisses. Netizens counted that for every 7 minutes there was a kissing scene, netizens commented: "TV turned white.", "forgot to wear sunglasses."

In "In Time With You", Chen Bo Lin's "Li Da Ren" became the ideal man, increasing his popularity and proving again Ariel's ability to increase her co-actor's popularity. Some netizens are creating their own version of the ending and requesting for a film version hoping to see more of Ariel and Bo Lin.

Photo & Source: Liberty Times
Translated by: demoiselleQ @ CpopAccess

Mayday will sing their way to 2012

After nearly three years, Mayday will release a new album, "Second Round" to be issued on Friday, their album reached a total of 129,958 per-ordered copies. Mayday will also have a New Year's Eve concert at Taipei Arena, but on the same day they will have a free show. Fans who purchased tickets for the Taipei Arena concert complained. Yesterday, Mayday said Taipei Arena’s New Year's Eve concert will start around 9:30pm where the song list and the stage is different, singer Ah Xin said: "It is absolutely fair."

2012 is said to be the end of the world, as they named their album “Second Round”, Ah Xin said: "We did not believe the end of the world, but with the Wenchuan, Japan earthquake and continuous natural disasters in recent years, there is only a thin boundary between end of the world and an ordinary day, if the end of the world did not come, then everyone could live a “Second Round”.”

Japan recording cause headache

They went to Japan in April this year, after the Japan Earthquake 311, where water, electricity are limited. Ah Xin recalled: "Initially there are still aftershocks during recorded, but after a while we have gotten used to it."

Mayday have been singing for the New Year’s Eve concert in Taipei for 10 years, but on the day itself they also have a ticket concert. They will sing the first 40 minutes in a free show organized by the city government. Fans complained as they have to purchased tickets and the Taipei Arena New Year's Eve has been postponed to 9:30 concert. Mayday expressed that they have asked the permission of the government to extend their concert pass midnight.

Photo & Source: Apple Daily
Translated by: demoiselleQ @ CpopAccess

Mayday releases MV for Nowhere World Tour 2 0 1 2 theme song

After 3 years, Mayday is back with their new album “Second Round”. The first single off their album entitled “Nowhere” is also the theme song of their Nowhere World Tour 2012.

The song is composed by Ma Sha and lyrics by Ah Xin. The music video shows the possible situation of the end of the world.

Check out the music video below!



Translated by: demoiselleQ @ CpopAccess

Selina releases MV for Dream

After 400 days of hardship, Selina is about to make a comeback in the music industry with her new single, "Dream A New Dream" to be released on December 16. The single included songs made by Wang Lee Hom, JJ Lin and Jay Chou.

"Dream" is a second collaboration Selina and Jay work together, where Jay composed the song and Selina wrote the lyrics.

Check out the music video below!



Translated by: demoiselleQ @ CpopAccess

Rainie and Sunny relationship short-lived

Yesterday was the first time that Sunny Wang appeared at a public event since the news of him and Rainie Yang dating broke out. He attended his cousin’s new clothing brand Crystal Wang’s press conference, and the media grasped the opportunity to ask him about the relationship.

Sunny appeared at his cousin Crystal Wang's press conference for her new clothing brand named after herself.

His 15-day trip to New York with Rainie was exposed when a reader snapped a photo of them. Thus, the rumors of them dating began to spread. However, both stars have yet to respond about their relationship directly. At yesterday’s event, Sunny did not confirm whether the girl who was sitting next to him in the photo was Rainie. He expressed that he had not seen Rainie since he got back from New York. Sunny said, “Honestly, this news has made me rather embarrassed. If I see her at the company, I’ll feel a bit embarrassed.” His ex-girlfriend ELVA has also been chased after by the media for her input on Sunny and Rainie’s relationship since they’re all from the same management company. Sunny expressed apologetically, “I’m really sorry to ELVA. This whole situation has caused everyone to feel a bit embarrassed.”

Sunny went to play basketball after the press con. Ironically, he was on the same team as ELVA's other ex-boyfriend Jacky Chu.

Although Rainie told the media to give her “room for friendship” a few days ago, implying the possibility of a love relationship, Sunny said frankly, “Many guys may fall in love with Rainie, but so far I haven’t.” But he added, “She’s very lively and has great acting.” Rainie’s manager responded on the other hand, “From start to finish, it was the media that was making up all the rumors. They are just good friends. Thank you for everyone’s concern.”

Rainie-Sunny relationship timeline

2011/09: the two attended a friend’s party and started dating in the beginning of October.

11/21: a reader spotted the couple flying to New York for. Sunny’s friend also confirmed their relationship with Appledaily.

11/29: after their relationship was exposed, Rainie announced her early flight back to Taiwan. Sunny also returned earlier than the originally planned 15-day trip.

11/30: Rainie expressed to the media that “no one knows what will happen in the future,” and asked to be given some room.

12/11: Sunny expressed, “Many guys may fall in love with Rainie, but I haven’t,” indicating that their relationship came to an end after two months.

Source: Appledaily
Translated by: fufu @ CpopAccess

EXILE's Atsushi collaborates with David Tao and Jay Chou

Besides collaborating with singer-songwriter David Tao for his upcoming album, EXILE’s lead vocalist Atsushi performed with Jay Chou at EXILE’s Tokyo Dome concert on the 9th. With fifty thousand fans at the show, Atsushi and Jay sang “Said Goodbye ~Real Valentine~” together with Jay playing on the piano.

Atsushi spoke about the collaboration, “I met Jay Chou two years ago and began to like his songs very much. Being able to sing a remake of his song as well as performing with him is like my dream came true.” Jay said on the other hand, “I was a little nervous when I went on stage because I had to remember the new music arrangement and also think about what to say in Japanese afterwards.”

EXILE’s solo album will be released on January 1st. Other than Japan, the album will contain Atsushi’s remake of Jay’s song, “Said Goodbye ~Real Valentine~”, and a remake of Faye Wong’s classic, “I’m Willing”, which he will sing in Chinese as a duet with David.



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

Wu Chun Talks About His Latest Movie Release

In an exclusive interview with Wu Chun on Friday (December 9th), Borneo Bulletin reported that the Brunei-Taiwanese born actor is back in Brunei.

Wu Chun talks about his latest movie release - 'Magic To Win'. The movie is about magics and superpowers, an action comedy in which he plays as an Earth Magician.

In the interview, Wu Chun explained how he usually studies and read script carefully before accepting any role in a movie, but he did not bother to think twice in accepting to play the role in this movie. Wu Chun said that,

"What made me interested in accepting the role in this movie was mainly because of the director, Wilson Yip. I have a passion for and strong belief in the work of Mr Wilson Yip, who once directed 'Ip Man' movie."

Meanwhile, Wu Chun recently was awarded as the Best New Actor from MTV China in Beijing.

Source: intuned
Translation: farah.aqilah @ JpopAsia

Ivy Chen missing from Black & White movie trailer

A new 17-minute trailer was revealed at the press conference for the upcoming movie, “Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault”, directed by Tsai Yueh-Hsun. 30 million TWD has been spent on special effects which includes a suspenseful helicopter explosion scene with Mark Chao and Huang Bo. But interestingly, Ivy Chen had zero scenes in the trailer and was also missing from the poster. (Right photo: a new still of Ivy was just released several days ago)

The movie has met many obstacles; Vic Chou withdrew from the movie shortly after its announcement; the script was edited more than ten times. Last year October, 1.5 million TWD was spent on a press conference to announce its leads: Mark, Huang Bo, Ivy, and Angelababy. In February of this year, Ivy and Mark held a press conference and there were rumors of Angelababy being downgraded to a supporting role with Ivy becoming the movie’s sole female lead.

There were scenes of Angelababy and Terri Kwan in the new trailer, and the poster also featured Ah Ken, Na Dou, Alex To, and others, except Ivy. Producer Yu Xiao-Hui explained, “There may be a drama and an action version of the trailer. Her character is different. We’re saving her as a secret weapon.” Director Tsai Yueh-Hsun said on the other hand, “We’re limited by the movie length. She might not be in the final version.” However, she is still considered to be the “female lead,” which puzzled many.

The poster.

Ivy’s manager responded, “Director spoke to Ivy after editing. Ivy feels that she has completed her job as an actress. On the other hand, we do feel a bit unfortunate about it.” When asked if her scenes were cut because she hadn’t renewed her contract with Prajna Works, Ivy’s manager explained, “Why would the director spend so much money just to edit out the scenes anyway? Even if you don’t like someone, you wouldn’t let your money go to waste.”

Mark will continue to play “Ying Xiong” (Hero) in the movie, while Huang Bo will be his new partner. Mark said, “A lot of people are sad that there won’t be Pi Zi (Vic Chou), but it will be new and refreshing. Working with the new Pi Zi (Huang Bo) was very interesting. I on the other hand haven’t changed much. I continue to be the very annoyed and non-smiling character that always shouts at everybody.”

The movie will hit theaters on January 13th and it will also be up against Vic’s new movie, “Perfect Two”.

Mark attended the press conference yesterday.



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

JJ Lin Shares Thoughts on Love + Full Audio of "Never Learn"

JJ Lin fans, your wait will soon be over! The singer will soon be releasing his upcoming album "Lost N Found" on December 31st (pre-orders for "Lost N Found" start on December 14th!).

To give you a first taste of what to expect, JJ has premiered the full audio to lead track "Never Learn" via Warner's official YouTube channel!



He shares, during intervals in the song, saying, "It's easy to like someone, but to fall in love and to maintain that love, I've not quite learned how,".

Any thoughts? Are you looking forward to hearing what else JJ has in store?

Source: InTuned
Translation: silverlining @ JpopAsia

Jimmy Lin credits Cecilia Cheung as a born race car driver

Jimmy Lin has dual roles as actor and racing technical advisor in the movie Speed Angels. He taught Cecilia Cheung, Tang Wei, and Rene Liu racing skills a month before filming started. Jimmy credited Cecilia as a born race car driver. Tang Wei picks it up very fast and Rene Liu emphasizes practical skills and studies the details. Their driving styles are like their characters.

When Speed Angels was still on the drawing board director Jingle Ma wanted Jimmy Lin to get involved. The once “Asian Little Whirlwind” is the first professional race car driver among Chinese actors and has won numerous international racing trophies. In the beginning Jingle Ma only hired Jimmy as the technical advisor and racing coach for the three actresses. By the time filming started Director Ma realized it was a waste of Jimmy’s talents to put him behind the scenes so he offered Jimmy the role of the racing coach in the movie. Jimmy was busy racing and didn’t appear on the big screens in the past 6 years. He accepted the offer wholeheartedly and said Director Ma is a very good businessman to hit two birds with one stone.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: l_coco @ AsianFanatics

Pop charts: Andrew Tan tops KTV chart for a year

Although there have been just about the same amount of albums released from male and female singers, the top five places have been predominantly male. Not only the top 4 places of the KTV charts are all male singers, Andrew Tan’s “Queen” has been in Holiday’s first and second place for a year.

The Malaysian singer released his album, “Queen”, last year in October. At the time, he was unable to promote in Taiwan due to problems obtaining a work permit. However, it didn’t affect the song’s popularity. His new duet single with Bii, “Shi Zai Bi Xing”, which was released in September, has risen to top 5 on the KTV charts. The song is also in the top 10 of Malaysia’s “My Astro Music Chart”.

During Andrew’s autographing and mini concert event on the 4th, he especially made a phone call to Bii, who is currently in the military, to inform of the good news. Andrew thanked the fans for their support and promised that he will release a photobook next year. He previously promised that it would be shot “by the beach without using any objects to block the view.” He added, “Releasing a photobook has been my wish since I was little. There will definitely not be any issues with skin exposure.”

Check out the rest of the charts below:

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

Jay Chou & Lady Gaga to Collaborate?

According to a rumour that xinmsn got news about, Lady Gaga might decide to use Jay Chou's dancers for her own upcoming Asia tour next year. Why? Well, apparently Jay Chou's latest album 'Exclamation Mark' has hit a home run with the international star and she was greatly impressed with him and his dancers unique hip-hop dance routine.

According to the rumour, the two of them have met and discussed the possibility of a collaboration. The choreographer of Jay Chou's dance routine said through JVR music that they have indeed received an invitation overseas, but they got no idea if it is from Lady Gaga or not.

An official from JVR music has denied these claims and stated that if they had met it would be big news, but alas they haven't.

What do you think? Is it plausible that a big international star such as Lady Gaga wants a joint collaboration with Jay Chou?

Source: intuned
Translation: erika @ JpopAsia