It has been known that 2PM JaeBum has expressed his longing and gratitude to fans during his recent bboy event.

JaeBum was recently taken part in a bboy event on 31st January (local time) in Seattle with bboy team AOM. The group has taken part in this event as the winner of ‘Winter Night’ bboy event in Seattle last December. JaeBum was seen wearing a black tshirt during the event, and it was known that the tshirt is a present from Korean fans.

Fans at 2PM fancafes who have seen the video commented, “JaeBum is expressing his longing and gratitude for fans through his performance”. Also a member AOM team wrote on his twitter recently, “It seems that JaeBum wants to return to Korea. How are things over in Korea?”


Meanwhile, 2PM fanclub Hottest are making collective action to request for JaeBum’s return. It is known that they are currently doing boycott on 2PM related products. ...

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Hong Kong director Daniel Lee has made a music video of romantic scenes from his new movie "14 Blades", and released it as a Valentine's Day gift for movie-goers.

Lee wishes "everybody a Happy New Year plus Valentine's Day," Sina.com.cn cited the director as saying.

Valentine's Day, February 14, coincides with the beginning of the Year of the Tiger on the Chinese lunar calendar, creating a romantic ambiance for the Chinese New Year holidays.

Lee's film, "14 Blades", pivots on a Ming Dynasty secret agent, played by Donnie Yen, who fights to uncover a conspiracy. Along the way, a romance occurs between him and a woman played by Zhao Wei.

Lee's newly-edited video reviews the love story with award-winning folk singer Sa Dingding singing the movie's theme song in the background.

"14 Blades" opened in Chinese mainland theaters on February 4.

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Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu has rated her Hot Summer Days co-star Nicholas Tse’s kissing a big, fat zero.

She didn’t manage to smooch him in the movie, though they played lovers, as Nicholas decided to give intimate scenes a miss, out of respect for his wife Cecilia Cheung.

The film’s promotional event in Shanghai saw 300 couples contesting their kissing skills, and also brought the movie’s ‘missing’ lip locks back into the spotlight.

Nicholas had requested to not kiss his co-star out of respect for his wife, so directors Tony Chan and Wing Shya manipulated camera angles to make the two leads look like they’re kissing.

At the Shanghai event, Nicholas reiterated his stance. “It wasn’t her (Cecilia), but my decision as I respect her.”

The actor, who’s the son of Patrick Tse, also talked about what he finds romantic.
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A handful of young Korean pop idols -- including Minho and Key of SHINee, Dongho of U-Kiss and Lee Jung-shin of CNBLUE -- graduated from their high schools today.

Minho of boy band SHINee attended his graduation ceremony at Konkuk University Affiliated High School, while his bandmate Key received his diploma from Youngshin High School in the city of Daegu.

Minho, who will be enrolling in Konkuk University as a film major next month, was handed not only his diploma but a special award for his contribution in making the school better known to the public.

Key, who returned to his hometown of Daegu for the graduation ceremony, also received recognition for his contribution as well as a high school diploma.

"I am glad and happy because fans are congratulating me on my graduation," the 18-year-old singer was quoted as saying. "Now that I am an adult, I will be more r...

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Group Eight CEO Song Byung-joon has high expectations for his new TV series "Birdie Buddy," saying he hopes the show becomes as big as his mega-hit production "Boys Over Flowers" from early last year.

"I have the desire to shake up Asia again with this drama, our first production of the year," Song said during a press conference held at High1 Resort in the Gangwon Province of South Korea on Wednesday.

"Boys," based on Japanese comic series "Hana Yori Dango," took Asia by storm last year during and after its airing in Korea. The show recorded average ratings of 30 percent while selling to over 10 countries in the region.

"Birdie" is also based on a comic -- this time by famed Korean cartoonist Lee Hyun-sae -- who received a presidential award for his golf series of the same name.

"Female Koreans are the best golfers in the wo...

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Singer K.Will will visit Japan over the weekend, representing Korea at the Asia Pop Festival to be held in the Niigata prefecture, his agency Starship Entertainment said on Wednesday.

"The festival set to open on February 14 will feature performances by many top stars. K.Will was invited to the event because he has an increasing fan base here in Japan," concert producers NHK Enterprise was quoted as saying by Starship.

The Asia Pop Festival, held in commemoration of the earthquake that occurred in Niigata five years ago, brings together artists from the countries that participated in relief efforts. Japanese singer GACKT and Taiwanese singers Jerry Yan and Peter Ho will also be present at the event this year.

K.Will will be performing several of his hits such as "Teardrops," "Miss, miss, miss," and "Love is Punishment" which was the soundtrack for last year's hit TV se...

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Tickets for actor Jang Keun-suk 's fan meeting in Taiwan sold out in just three hours of going on sale, according to his agency on Tuesday.

Fans rushed to Taiwanese music site 'g-music' Sunday to purchase tickets for the event, initially causing the server to crash before all 2,500 tickets were sold, Jtree Company said.

A local media company had also reported, "Online, Jang's fans caused the server to go down while offline, fans from all over the country arrived at the ticket booth three days early to wait in line for the tickets."

The fan meeting is the starting point of Jang's Asian tour also set to take place in China, Hong Kong and Singapore between March and May.

Meanwhile, Jtree also added that the actor is being approached by various companies throughout Asia to be featured in their commercials. "We are currently in the process of signing with a company...

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Hiroshi Abe (45) will star in a new drama series this spring, taking on the role of a police detective. Titled "Shinzanmono," the drama is based on the latest novel in the "Kyoichiro Kaga" series by mystery author Keigo Higashino (52).

The "Shinzanmono" novel is the eighth installment of the "Kyoichiro Kaga" series. Released last September, it has already sold 380,000 copies. Many of Higashino's other works have already been adapted to television in recent years, including "Ryusei no Kizuna" and "Galileo."

The story is set in the Ningyo-cho area of Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Abe plays the detective Kaga, who has just been transferred to the local police station and immediately takes charge of a murder case.

"Shinzanmono" will be aired on TBS in the Sunday 9:00pm time slot. The series begins in April.

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You've got to hand it to Chow Yun-fat when it comes to silencing the press with his wicked sense of humour.

Amid persistent rumours about his mum forcing the Confucius star to procreate at 55, and how the pressure to have an heir is making him seriously considering hiring a surrogate mum (his wife of 23 years, Jasmine, is already in her 50s too), the Hong Kong movie icon could still hold a light-hearted press conference in Taipei, where he declared his love for children.

But he insisted on not having them.

"I love kids, and I would love to have a child of my own," says Fat gor (brother Fat), as the actor is fondly known in the Chinese entertainment industry. "But I can't have a child -- not until the nosy Hong Kong paparazzi sign an agreement with me, assuring me that they will not tail my kid."

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Sam-soon and Shin Do-young -- the female characters in Korean dramas "My Name Is Kim Sam Soon" and "Woman of the Sun" -- are knocking on the doors of Japanese television. Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV has programmed a special "Hallyu Alpha" airtime for Hallyu dramas -- at 2:00 PM, Mondays through Fridays starting January 11. So far, "My Name Is Kim Sam Soon" (MBC, 2005) has ended its run and "Woman of the Sun" (KBS2, 2008) has started airing in Japan since February 1. Although several Korean dramas -- including "Winter Sonata", "Jewel in the Palace" and "Stairway to Heaven" -- had previously aired in the country, it is unprecedented for a Japanese terrestrial broadcaster to set up an exclusive time slot for Hallyu dramas.

Sam Soon and Sam Shik call out love in Tokyo

"Hallyu Alpha" is an example of ambitiou...

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HE got Hong Kong singer Kelly Chen to cry on his show and singer-actress Gillian Chung to reveal her 'naive' love for Edison Chen.

He also got sultry actress Athena Chu to talk about why she left her superstar boyfriend.

In just under four years since he first rolled out Be My Guest, Hong Kong host Stephen Chan has had the hottest stars, plus businessmen - Jimmy Lai, founder and chairman of Next Media, which publishes Apple Daily and Next Magazine and Ronald Arculli chairman of the Hong Kong Exchange - spill it all on his Cantonese talkshow.

Even politicians like Hong Kong's chief executive Donald Tsang, chief secretary Henry Tang and veteran pro-democracy lawmaker Emily Lau have been his guests on the show.

The weekly episodes - which lasts about 50 minutes each - are usually filmed at a restaurant, where the guests enjoy good food and fine wine while they discuss the most i...

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Girl group Kara has successfully hosted two round of “Kara First Showcase in Japan 2010” on Sunday at Akasaka Blitz in Tokyo. The venue was filled with Kara fans of all ages. The showcase began with Kara’s hit “Honey.”

Kara members thanked their Japanese fans for their support, saying that they were eager to come to Japan ever since they received a load of fan letters from Japan. There was a special Valentine’s Day event in which the group members distributed chocolates they made themselves. Kara member Kang Ji-young wrapped up the event with her rendition of “My Love.” At the showcase Kara sang their seven greatest hits, such as “Rock You,” “Mister,” and “Pretty Girl.” They all enjoyed the event and said that they felt a lot closer to their fans.

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The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya film, the first ever film in the Haruhi Suzumiya franchise, opened on Saturday and earned in the range of 100 million yen (about US$1 million) in its first two days. That was enough to rank the 163-minute film at #7 on Kogyo Tsushinsha's weekend chart in Japan. (The Eiga.com website lists Kogyo Tsushinsha's ranking, but also puts the film at #6 in its own tally.) In this Kyoto Animation film, chief director Tatsuya Ishihara and director Yasuhiro Takemoto adapted the fourth Haruhi Suzumiya light novel from Nagaru Tanigawa and Noizi Ito.

The film opened on only 24 screens, which led to long lines and high per-screen averages in box office receipts. The Mainichi Shimbun paper's Mantan Web site reported that about 500 fans stood in line early Saturday morning at Tokyo's Ikebukuro district to catch the first screening at 8:00 a.m.

By comparison, the weekend's #1 film in Japan, James...

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The Hong Kong Film Awards will be held on April 18, 2010

Best Film
1. Bodyguards And Assassins (十月圍城)
2. Red Cliff II (赤壁 決戰天下)
3. Overhead (竊聽風雲)
4. Shinjuku Incident (新宿事件)
5. KJ Music and Life (音樂人生)

Best Director
1. Teddy Chan - Bodyguards And Assassins (十月圍城)
2. Ann Hui - The Way We Are (天水圍的日與夜)
3. John Woo - Red Cliff II (赤壁 決戰天下)
4. Derek Lee - Shinjuku Incident (新宿事件)
5. Alan Mak & Felix Chong - Overhead (竊聽風雲)

Best Actor (Film King)
1. Wang Xuequ - Bodyguards And Assassins (十੍...

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Yesterday announced its nomination list. Of the 19 to be presented award categories, 16 of the 19 nominations, two nominations each in 3 of the categories went to . This broke last year's 15 nominations record, making it the film with the most nominations of the year. This year won 13 nominations. It looks like Wang Xuequ and Sean Lau will be fighting for the Film King Best Actor award, while Kara Hui and Zhang Jingchu are fiercely battling for Film Queen Best Actress.

As for won 16 of the 19 nominations and 2 nominations in 3 award categories, the producer Peter Chan expressed his happiness and honor.

Kara Hui will be depending on her role in for the Film Queen award, even her acting has won approval by the insiders. Earlier she won two a...

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Cecilia Yip and her husband Chan Kwok Hei (CKH) have been married for 21 years. Although her husband has once been photographed kissing Anya and Anita Mui's manager (Wong Man Wai) on the streets, Cecilia still publicly announced her support for her husband, they had always been a loving couple. However, a few days ago the Media discovered that Chan Kwok Hei was again hugging a girl approximately in her mid-30s at the shopping centers in Central. Making sure no one was around, CKH then started brushing the girl's back and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

Although Cecilia and her husband had always been seen as a loving couple, CKH is often spotted with other women at nightclubs while his wife is in Mainland working. He was once spotted with Taiwan actress Anya and Anita Mui's manager Wong Man Wai with their ten fingers interlocked on the streets kissing and hugging. However, Cecilia would always defend her husband sayi...

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Steven Ma and Selena Li were guests at Ocean Park yesterday. When the topic of Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year's came up, Steven says that he will be spending it with his family, and he also admitted to having a girlfriend, whom he has been dating for six years. Although they broke up in the beginning of last year, but the two got back together recently. However, Steven thinks his family is more important than his girlfriend.

Steven rarely speaks about his love life in public, but he had suddenly exposed his love life. Does this mean that he will be getting married soon? Steven says that it is the right time to get married, as they get along very well, and they have a lot of chemistry together. But, he says he has not saved enough money yet. So, he will not make it in time to propose on Valentine's Day. Steven also added that he would like to buy a flat to live with his future wife, but the flats nowadays are...

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Vivian Hsu, Rainie Yang, Cyndi Wang, Kuo Shu Yao, Wong Jing Lun, even Show Luo, and also years ago Yuki Hsu, what do they all have in common? But to face the reality of age, how long can cuteness last? Record promotion veteran says: “Cuteness, the most can run for 5 years.”

Vivian’s cuteness, was once teenage boys dream person; Rainie was called “Guru of Cuteness”, as for Cyndi’s current album it’s also playing “added sweetness, and increased sexiness”; Yao Yao is so kawaii that it has melted the hearts of so many home boys, as for guys; Wong Jing Lun dressed up as Detective Conan singing out “My Mother”, and there’s also Show Luo with cool handsomeness “cool guy”, “dance king” as well, once in a while “chance chance” this type of playing cuteness song.

Rainie and Wong Jing Lun’s management company said, actually from the looks, personality, speech, determines which is the most convincing, so Wong...

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Kelly Chen's new "explosive" hair style

Kelly Chen's new mandarin album 'Glimmer" will be released in March. Recently, she has been spending a lot of time doing the music video in which she appears as the lead singer in a rock band. In order to match the theme of the MV, Kelly has her hair styled looking like a rocker. The stylist spent over 4 hours to do her hair. This is because he has to curl Kelly's own hair first and than add on a piece of wig. The end result is an "explosive" hair style. Kelly's costume was sponsored by Chanel and her thigh has stick-on body tattoo which is the first body tattoo produced by a brand. Kelly told reporter "This type of body tattoo is very popular this year. It is convenience to stick on and also very stylish. I hope this will give the fans a new look." Kelly is hoping she can finish working on her record before the Lunar New Year. She wants to...

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FTV’s latest 10pm drama “Track”; this drama will include the strongest cast from 2 coasts 3 cities (actually Taiwan & Mainland only though): Vicki Zhao, Lu Yi, Ady An, Lee Wei to perform together, this drama’s main depiction is about car racing, Lee Wei has consecutively filmed 3 dramas that included car racing, but once spoken about speeding he admitted of still being nervous, but able to be at Zhu Hai’s professional racing circuit it is a happy thing. This is Lu Yi’s first time filming this type of subject, so he’s especially excited; this is also going to be Lu Yi and Vicki working together again as the role of an on screen couple, it is also going to be Ady’s first time portraying a deaf female, she has gone through a lot to learn sign language! At the moment Ady is in Hang Zhou filming the new drama “Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior”, but plans to return to Taiwan before the Chinese New Years to re...

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Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12


The 29th annual <> will be held at the HK Cultural Center on April 18th – the ceremony itself will be broadcast simultaneously by ATV, Now TV, and RTHK. Yesterday, HK Film Award Association Chairman Gordon Chan, along with Vice-Chairman Eric Tsang, Josie Ho, last year’s Best Actor Nick Cheung and Best Actress Paw Hee-Ching, held a press conference to announce the nominees for this year’s awards.

Gordon Chan admitted that he is not worried about ATV doing to the ceremony what TVB did last year (editing of the show to the point of oblivion) because ATV’s biggest promise in bidding for the show this year is to broadcast the show in its entirety with as few edits as possible. He revealed that for this year’s award show, the association was able to obtain enough financial backing to cover the production costs – in addition to the HKD 5.8 ...

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Leehom Wang accepted to shoot new movie "Little Big Soldier" earlier. In one of the scenes he collaborates with Jackie Chan in battling a black bear that weights over 300 pounds. Leehom felt deeply worried about doing this scene but Jackie promised he would do his best to protect him to avoid getting scratched on his face. Leehom's role is often unconscious or tied up by Jackie to avoid him escaping, therefore he is often lying down or sitting.

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Model Lynne Xiong participated in Wong Pak Ming's new movie "All's Well End's Well Too 2010". She has many comedy moments with Louis Koo. She said "When we first started shooting I wasn't used to it. I felt out of it compared with Louis and Sandra Ng. But the director asked me to release myself and I am satisfied with the outcome. (Do you want to shoot a serious tone ancient movie like Chiling Lin? "Yes, I have watched her in "Redcliff" she is very beautiful. What I find most memorable while shooting this movie is doing a catwalk in ancient costume. I wore over 10 beautiful outfits, as long as it's beautiful I don't feel tired. I also like bed scene with Angelababy who crossdresses in the movie. She is a very goodlooking guy!". (Better looking than Aaron Kwok?) "I don't know, don't ask me that!".

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Jason Chan held an autograph session for his new album "Can't Be Half" the other day. He celebrated and welcomed the year of Tiger early with his fans. He stated that while he was studying in Canada he treated the Lunar new year very serious. He said "I will certainly decorate the house with a new year atmosphere. I will also get red packets and draw divination sticks". The organisers arranged Jason to play games with his fans. He fed a fan sweet dumplings which made her smile sweetly. He also demonstrated writing chinese scrolls with the blessings (Stay Young Forever) and (with no worry about food and clothes).

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William Chan shot his new MV "Do You Wanna Dance" the other day. Despite being busy shooting new movie "Former" and rehearsing for a live music show he still spent 9 hours dancing with 8 dancers.

In order to adapt to the fast tempo of the song, his image consultant prepared colorful outfits for him including a student look and punk rock look etc. Due to his student look looking too cute, a male crew member suddenly flirted with him. Yet didn't take his eyes off him. This made William very embarassed. He complained "Wah! That man kept staring at me. It was like he was staring at a girl. I didn't know what reaction to give him!". He played along by raising his voice higher and replied "Yeah!....He is bad!". The crew all raised their voices higher and replied "Yeah!......

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