The Off-screen S.H.E Was as Adorable and Lively as the Girl Next Door

Although they are honored as the number one female group in the Mandarin Chinese music world, but for the last seven years, S.H.E had miraculously maintained an ordinary person attitude without any display of megastar-like haughty manners. Yesterday, they were busy promoting their new album {FM S.H.E} in Shanghai. They were so busy that even meals were dealt with casually during spare moments and the menu that the staff had prepared for them only consisted of McDonald’s chicken wings for lunch and hamburgers from a café for dinner.

Only Jolin Tsai Would be Picky about Food

The travelling schedule in China for promoting this new album {FM S.H.E} was not a long one. The record company had prepared different promotional costumes each day for S.H.E. As a result, the three young ladies were busy changing in and out of clothes each time as they rushed from one job to the next. In comparison to the “big budget” in clothing, the items on the menu of the trio could be described as “meagerly” – If not fast food then it was food from cafés. They had absolutely no time to even try the steamed crabs that were pre-ordered for them in Shanghai and had no choice but to bring them back to Taipei to enjoy later. Selina said , "It is particularly easy to be hungry while working. When we are hungry, we just want to eat. What type of food is not as important." Would they not worried about getting fat eating like this? Ella with an unperturbed expression , "I am pretty fat to begin with anyways."

Other than the proper meals, each time S.H.E had to travel for promotion duties would also prepare a box of snack food. Inside the box, other than little snacking items such as dried mango, it was filled mostly with instant noodles, which was another supposedly food taboo for artists. However, Hebe said with a mischievous expression , "Only Jolin Tsai would be that picky."The food items they presented from the snacking box were all necessities to all three of them. Although that did not really looked like a “megastar”, but all three indicated simultaneously , "in the last seven years, we had always taken the road of an ordinary person."

Answer Each Question As If for the First Time

The secret of the ordinary person attitude of S.H.E was always giving their utmost efforts as if they were newcomers. Almost every promotion staff that had worked with them would agree that they were the easiest artists to work with because they did not require anyone to serve them. Basically they were available whenever needed and always gave 100% in their efforts. Ella said , "In the last seven years, the achievements of S.H.E were never faked. We fought hard for all of it one step at a time. We do our best in each interview and take great pains to answer questions that had been asked hundreds of time as if we were answering for the first time, because that is our work. Only through this hardworking process that S.H.E would feel that we did not cheat our fans."

There was one detail that was particularly memorable. The new song concert in Taipei, as soon as the performance ended, Ella left the stage and cried with her brother who was part of the production crew for the concert. It turned out that she had some problem with her voice that day. Ella was upset with herself over her poor performance. Unexpectedly, the normally rational Hebe similarly cried over her imperfect performance when she returned home afterwards. "In these seven years, we had set high standards for ourselves. Therefore even if it was only a small mistake, it would still feel like a disappointment to us."

Plans to Consider Marriage Two Years Later

S.H.E’s ordinary person attitude was also in the fact that no matter how brightly they shine on stage, off stage, they were simply three normal young women. They said that the reason behind presenting the new album in the format of a radio station was hoping to borrow the omnipresent electronic waves to sooth people that had experience pain and suffering this year. Because the stock disaster had caused them to encounter economic losses, so they themselves became “listeners” as well. The three of them were of one mind in indicating that they hoped to be married two years later. Although they did not want to get married too early but they also worried that having children too late would not be good either. With regards to whether S.H.E would still exist after they all married, even they were at a loss themselves.

To the people around them, the three young ladies from S.H.E could unpretentiously express their concern and love. Ella said this reporter , "I once said to our make-up artist that in the future, if you did not get marry and have no children, we would take care of you like family. This is for real. In the future, when we are no longer artists, we would build a big house. Everyone would live together with love and harmony. This is what we truly thought. This is our attitude towards friends."

Perhaps it was precisely this feeling of being an ordinary person that accumulated such great popularity for S.H.E. As soon as the new album was released, people from neighborhoods in Taipei actually purchased the album on their own and asked the administrator of the region to personally bring the money to them. In times like this, the sight of this truly moved the three of them for a long time.

translated by : wyn0602 of CEFC
credits : CEFC and sina.com

*I feel like crying after reading this article , especially reading Ella's words in here.. Ella , you're far from being fat..it's just that sometimes people may see her a bit meaty since Ella always have water retention problem everytime she's not well ..but then nowadays she's already skinnier than before .. hurm ,I've always known S.H.E as a very unpretentious and hardworking girls ..they worked really hard in order to make their fans happy ..reading how they cried thinking they didn't perform well that night make me sad too coz I can say that they definitely gave excellent performance that night ..and I know that they talk about marriage a lot recently , especially Ella.. frankly speaking , though I really want to see all of them get married and happy with their families , but then I still wanna see them perform on the stage in the future ...I think I would be very sad to see them leaving the e-circle for good one day ....
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Yesterday marks the debut of KBS’s “The World They Live In“, a highly anticipated drama on television drama production casting Song Hye Kyo and Hyun Bin. And in this premiere episode, there was already a kiss scene between the two leads that left viewers thrilled, creating a buzz on the internet after the broadcast.

Jung Ji Oh (Hyun Bin) and Joo Joon Young (Song Hye Kyo) are both directors of a television station, with Ji Oh a senior while Joon Young is the newcomer but with a desire to achieve perfection in filming. They were previously lovers for 6 months but broke up in the end. A flashback scene was shown in the midst of argument between Song Hye Kyo and Hyun Bin. The flashback shows Song Hye Kyo and Hyun Bin sitting side-by-side at a busstop waiting for the bus to arrive. Hyun Bin turns around after Song Hye Kyo gave a tap on his shoulder. However little did he expect that Song Hye Kyo then inches forward to give him a peck on his lips.

After the broadcast, netizens flooded the official forum and left comments like “Song Hye Kyo is too charming, especially after she did that ’sneak attack’ to Hyun Bin”, “The shocked expression on Hyun Bin after the kiss is extremely cute”, “They are very compatible”, etc.
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KAT-TUN member Jin Akanishi will be making his big screen debut with a starring role in a movie titled "BANDAGE." The film, set in the early 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, will be the first fictional film directed by music producer Takeshi Kobayashi.

In the movie, Akanishi plays Natsu, the leader and vocalist of a 4-member rock band called LANDS. The story follows the ups and downs of the members' friendship as they aim for fame.

In addition to directing, Kobayashi is producing the film and handling the music. He was chosen as director by Shunji Iwai, who wrote the movie's script. The pair have worked together before - Kobayashi did the music for Iwai's "Swallowtail" (1996) and "All About Lily Chou-Chou" (2001), and most recently they are both involved with Eriko Kitagawa's "Harufuwei." Kobayashi previously directed the 1995 documentary "es" about the group Mr.Children, but this will be his first time in charge of a movie with actors.

As music producer, Kobayashi is planning to write at least five songs to be performed in the movie by LANDS. The songs will likely see a CD release in the future.

Fans will have to wait until 2010 to see the movie, but filming begins on November 3.
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Released on the 22nd is their Japanese album debut "NUMBER 1". Their japan tour starts on the 28th, and all the tickets were sold out in one day for the first show at Osaka's Kinyakan (?), showing how their popularity in Japan is rising. Member SOL (20)'s PR: "For this live, all the songs from the album can be seen. Osaka's live show will be fun. Please look forward to it." The live for the USA in the coming year has been confirmed. The unstoppable force which is "The Explosive Sales (?) BIG BANG" won more than 10 awards in Korea last year.
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The Variety entertainment news source reports that Warner Brothers and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way production company have acquired the live-action adaptation rights for Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Ninja Scroll action anime film from the Madhouse anime studio. Kawajiri wrote this tale about a wandering ninja fighting a conspiracy of demons, and he also directed the original anime with ultraviolent yet fluid animation. Alex Tse (Watchmen, The Illustrated Man) is slated to write the live-action version, but DiCaprio himself is not planning on acting in the film. Appian Way's Jennifer Davisson Killoran and Mike Ireland will produce with Madhouse itself.

Warner and Appian Way have already acquired the rights to produce two live-action films based on Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga. Killoran is also planning to produce the Akira project as well.

Manga Entertainment released the original 1993 Ninja Scroll anime film in North America, while Urban Vision helped produce and later released the 2003 television series adapation. The American publisher WildStorm created its comic book take on the story in 2006. Madhouse revealed at Anime Expo 2008 that it was still planning a sequel to the original anime film.
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The Hong Kong actress-singer lay nude on a sofa for the album cover of her 1996 Cantonese record, Karen Mok In Totality. Her 2001 Cantonese album Golden Flower also featured publicity shots of her wrapped only in cellophane. Raunchy concert costumes are also the norm for the 38-year-old, who is of Chinese, Welsh and Persian descent. She opened her 2005 concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum clad in body stocking, her modesty protected only with some strategically-positioned gold lace.

So it was no surprise when Karen launched her own lingerie line, Passion Play, in Hong Kong early this year. Naturally, she fronts the ad campaign. 'Who else?' Karen joked to The New Paper over the phone from Hong Kong, speaking in her crisp British accent.

The album cover for 2006's If There Wasn't You showed her in a bra, her back to the camera.

The leggy star revealed she has a huge private lingerie collection that includes corsets. Karen said: 'You name it, I have it.' But when it comes to bedroom wear, it seems modesty and comfort are more her style. 'I actually wear pyjamas with cartoon characters,' she said, adding that there was a time when she was so obsessed with the animated TV series South Park, she filled her home with merchandise from the show. Karen said: 'I had its slippers, drank from its mug and wore it to sleep. 'I'm also a big fan of Snoopy and penguins.'

So does her extensive collection of intimates ever see the light of day? A coquettish Karen said: 'I guess it's the same for everyone. Only the person closest to you will see you in it.'

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She said: 'Asian women tend to focus on more tangible stuff like bags and shoes. I don't think we have paid enough attention to perfumes. I think wearing one is an essential element of beautifying oneself. 'I have tons of perfumes at home, but I've never finished any. I'd use one intensively for a week and it'd fall out of favour. There just hasn't been the right scent.'

Yummy

Karen described her perfume as being representative of Asian women. It is refreshing and fruity, but not sickeningly sweet. She said: 'At the heart of the fragrance is honeysuckle, jasmine and lily of the valley. Overall, it's absolutely yummy.' And she hopes to introduce all Asian women to her fragrance.

'I'm hoping the perfume will hit stores in countries like Taiwan, China and Singapore by the end of the year. I think fragrances make excellent Christmas gifts. 'I know my girlfriends will be getting one from me for Christmas this year.'

And with the recent announcement that Hollywood heavyweight Creative Artists Agency will be representing her, Karen says that the perfume is a great vehicle to project her fame beyond Asia. The actress, who has more 30 films to her name, made her first international big screen appearance in 2003's Around The World In 80Days. In the movie, she plays villainess General Fang, alongside Jackie Chan.
Since 2005, Ella and Selina became property-owners successively. Until last year, Hebe also purchased a new house. With her low profile, if she was not captured on camera by reporters, she would probably still keep mum about her house-owner status.

Having purchased a new house for her family and keeping hush for a year, she was proud when probed, “I am super low profile! But since you all discovered it, there is no need to keep it a secret anymore.”

She is currently staying alone as her parents are in Xing Zhu. However they would visit her occasionally. “I always wanted a place in Taipei so that my family can live more comfortably when they visit me.” The locality of her new place is accessible and quite safe, but it was not her ideal. “Actually this district is not my prime choice. I actually wanted to purchase a place near Shi Da road, and be Ella’s neighbor. However the property prices soared too quickly. The price of the initial house that I wanted rose by $10,000,000 within a year, and I could only give it up as I could not bear to buy it.”

The trio shared the same ambition. They had stayed together in a girls’ dormitory when they first entered the entertainment industry. However the trio is concerned about their family and would always put their family’s welfare before themselves. Now, being proud property-owners, their main reason is really still for the sake of taking better care of their family. Among the trio, Ella is the first to own a house. She felt that it would offer a sense of security and save her the hassle of moving every other year. She explained, “One reason is that I really have too many things at home. It is very troublesome to move them around; hence getting a house would be more stable.” She added, property investment is considered one of the more stable ventures. “Despite property prices falling, compared to stocks and shares, the risks are still relatively lower!” Given Ella’s shrewd acumen, she definitely does not appear like just another pop idol-singer. She analyzed further from a professional viewpoint, “I thought, rather than paying rent to another person monthly, it would be better for me to be paying off the installment for the house instead. At the end of the installment payments, the house would be mine. Won’t that be more worth the while?” Her thinking also influenced S and H subsequently. 2 years ago, S spent $20,000,000 in Tian Mu to buy a place for her family and subsequently, a smaller apartment in Jian Guo Bei Road. However she only got the house this year and was even spotted by the media when she meet her new boyfriend there. In the twinkle of the eye, S has already become the proud owner of 2 houses. She shared that her father advised the trio to invest in property; as regardless of property prices, they could still use the property to earn rental.

The trio shares a closely knitted relationship and hopes to become neighbors. But Ella said, “It’s a pity that we each have our own considerations - preferences and needs when it comes to choosing a house. It is difficult to find the ideal house that meets all our requirements.” Ella requires a large house in view of her big family. On the contrary, Selina prefers a smaller place as she is timid and afraid of ghosts, especially if the place is too big. Meanwhile, Hebe has simpler requirements in choosing a house.

Even before their thirties, the trio already owned houses. Each of them has different likings, such as Ella prefers a large hall so that everyone could gather around to catch up or watch television programmes together. As her family runs a restaurant, H prefers to a beautiful and functional kitchen. As for Selina, she prefers a house fully equipped with convenient functions.

When on the topic of houses, the trio could not hide their excitement just like if they were addicted to purchasing houses and were planning to invest further on property. S said, “There is a sense of achievement when you see your family living comfortably.” She even fantasized, “I think there is a place that fits all our bill. It is Di Bao*! Each of us will have one mansion and we can live together!”

New Look in Selina’s Fringe Brings Unexpected Good Luck in Gambling
Known for her favorite pastime to play mahjong, S has been on a winning streak since she had her new haircut. Even she was stunned at her good luck!

Since entering the industry, she always maintained her long hair without fringe. But during her recent trip to Hang Zhou, while in transit at Hong Kong, she purchased a Japanese fashion magazine and was tempted to follow a Japanese model’s hairstyle. Despite her rush and packed schedule in Hang Zhou, she insisted for her hairstylist to trim her fringe accordingly before performing.

Different from Hebe’s girlish fringe look, Selina’s new fringe look has a more layered feel with a touch of sexiness and maturity. She said proudly, “Now I am a sexy lady!” She had not counted on her new fringe to bring forth good luck until she played mahjong when back in Taipei. Her streak of 10 straight wins got everyone so stunned that even she felt queasy. Subsequently she continued to win the other 3 parties all the way!

In fact Selina has good luck in gambling all along, even Ella and Hebe said she would win 9 out of 10 times. Therefore the 2 of them do not like to play with her. However Selina’s recent winning streak got herself pleasantly surprised too and she was puzzled. Upon reflecting, she realized, “It must be due to my fringe! I did not change anything else except that, and it’s the first time I encountered such successive wins!” Thus, she was full of praise for her new fringe.

*Not sure what Di Bao really means but could refer to extremely high-end residential properties (??)


translated by : syyang of Baidu Ella Forum
credits : Baidu Ella Forum and miolife
original source : http://www.miolife.com/miolife/41/n-329541.html

*S.H.E are very fillial daughters and very responsible towards their family ... smile.gif . I love seeing Ella's bonding with her family , especially with her mum and her second sis ..her way of thinking influences Selina and Hebe to buy houses for their families too . now all of them have their own houses .ekeke..and in one of their interview with Sohu the other day ..Selina , Hebe and Ella have already mentioned that no matter how busy they are , they won't delay their plan to get married before/when they are 30 ..huhuh.. Ella said that she doesn't wish to get married too late and Selina also said that it's every girls dream to get married ..Ella also added that even if they are already married and have their own children , if there's still S.H.E around and people is still willing to accept them, they would continue working.. smile.gif .I just can imagine now how the 3 of them being mothers and bring their kids along when they have to perform together on the stage . uhuh.
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Maki Horikita just reached 20 the day before, having an advantage in her entertainment career on an innocent image. But in her newest photo album "S", she flashed her entire back to the camera, proving that that she has grown and matured. Based on the sales, she has a very high chance of standing out from her peer stars and become the new big hit.

In the past few years child stars have been filling the big screen, and Maki Horikita is one of them. Her innocence and youth used to be one of the selling points and she gained many popularity through that. But as soon as the controversial "S" has hit the market, sales have gone up and has made the top ten in the chart of the Japanese Photo Album Sales. Some even auctioned the albums at incredible high prices, as much as twice the original price and fans are still crazily bidding over them.

Although some rumors about her having plastic surgery said that she had overdone the "job“, it doesn't seem to be affecting her popularity and marketability. She's now also the leading role in Fuji Television's iconic drama "Innocent Love"; her long time competitors Nagasawa Masami and Erika Sawajiri are also declining in popularity, making way for Maki Horikita to be a notable figure in the new generation of idols.
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On the afternoon of Oct. 28, the five-member girl group Wonder Girls (SunYe, Sohee, SunMi, YeEun, YooBin) opened Leaving Love volunteer activities at the Korea Welfare Foundation’s One Love Village located in GwangJu.

This year is the 6th “Nong Shim Leaving Love Corps” where the entire nation’s youths participate in a variety of volunteer activities and practice “leaving love” wherever they go. Today, the students of SuJi High School participated with the popular group, the Wonder Girls. The girl group with the high school students will help children with impediments and/or serious diseases for one night and two days in a variety of activities: bathing, feeding, cleaning, laundry, etc.

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