Asian heavenly king Jay Chou has been confirmed to star in next year's action adventure movie "Ci Ling", it's rumoured he will be getting HK$20 million, the boss of the production company Chang Hong Wu Dun expressed: "I won't talk about any figures, because of Jay's talent, friendship is priceless."

Yesterday Wu Dun confirmed they have already signed with Jay Chou, the film he is starring in won't be the one everyone has been focused on "Kung Fu Dunk 2", instead it will be an all new movie "Ci Ling" by him and director Zhu Yan Ping. Wu Dun said: "We've already taken the combination of basketball and kung fu to the top in "Kung Fu Dunk", the worst thing for movies is to repeat and not have any freshness, so we are creating an all new movie "Ci Ling" with feelings, action and adventure." There have been rumours of a divide in views between Wu Dun and Zhu Yan Ping, Wu Dun laughed it off saying: "Our relationship is like lips and teeth, no one can leave the other."

Zhu Yan Ping expressed, "Ci Ling" is a story he has had for a few years, he can't reveal too much of the plot, but the main point will be about a pair of young modern lovers, they accidentally fall into a space-time tunnel bringing them back to Mongolia, not only do they start a fight for treasure with a mysterious guy at the tomb of Genghis Khan, there is also a love triangle through time.

Zhu Yan Ping knows that working with Wu Dun and Jay Chou, the script is very important, he's already invited the Hong Kong screenwriter of "Almost A Love Story" Ivy Ho to carefully design the emotional scenes between the characters in the movie. The female lead has been set as a certain Korean heavenly queen who has starred in the Korean drama "Love Story In Harvard".

It is rumoured Jay Chou's fee has risen from the HK$10 million in "Kung Fu Dunk" to HK$20 million, Wu Dun expressed, he wouldn't reveal the exact figure but it has definitely increased, because Jay can direct, he's got charm and has a market for the whole of Asia, he is one of a small number of big stars from Taiwan, plus being in the entertainment circle for so many years he's still all about importance of relationships and comradeship, Wu Dun is very happy to continue to work with Jay Chou. It is estimated they will start working on the scenery in Mongolia at the start of next year in January, they will start filming in March and then the year after it will be released in the Lunar New Year.

Jay Chou's "JVR" company yesterday confirmed, Jay Chou has indeed signed a contract with Chang Hong to continue working together on a movie, as to the figure involved, the company never makes a response.

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Facing a fierce forthcoming box office competition, Chen Kaige's biopic of Peking opera legend Mei Lanfang will open one week earlier than originally scheduled.

"Forever Enthralled," previously entitled "Mei Lanfang," will hit theaters across the Chinese mainland on December 5, a spokesperson for the China Film Group, the film's investor, announced on Monday.

"It's a decision we have just made," Weng Li said, citing box office competition as a reason.

"Forever Enthralled," starring Leon Lai as Mei Lanfang and Zhang Ziyi as his fellow singer Meng Xiaodong, has been promoted as a possible front runner at this year's New Year box office season.

But it faces strong rivals, including John Woo's historical epic "Red Cliff II," a sequel to a film that has become the most bankable Chinese film ever, and romantic comedy "If You Are the One," the latest offering from Feng Xiaogang, who introduced the concept of making a movie to be released to coincide with the new year.

"Red Cliff II" will open on January 15, while Feng's comedy will be released on December 22, the same month as "Forever Enthralled."

Weng Li said that director Chen Kaige had led his crew to work overtime and finished editing on "Forever Enthralled," and Chen was also happy to hear about the earlier release.

The film is highly anticipated not only for its star-studded cast, but also because movie-goers are eager to see if its style is a rehash of Chen's milestone 1993 film "Farewell My Concubine," which also centers around Peking opera performers. "Farewell My Concubine" won the highest honor at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Film award at the following year's Golden Globes, and received two Oscar nominations.
The Japanese broadcaster TV Tokyo has announced that it will begin streaming English-subtitled episodes of the Naruto anime series, about one hour after their Japanese broadcast, to paid monthly subscribers worldwide on the Crunchyroll video service on January 8, 2009.

Crunchyroll will then provide free Internet streaming of the episodes seven days after the paid subscribers see them. This coincides with when the online video services Joost and Hulu are providing their own free streaming of the same episodes via Viz Media. Viz Media announced earlier today that it will also begin hosting free streams of the new episodes on the official Naruto.com website on January 15.

On January 8, Crunchyroll will stop accepting user-submitted videos and other content from individuals, and only host videos approved by copyright holders. Gonzo and Toei Animation are two other major Japanese copyright holders of anime that decided to stream on Crunchyroll. ANN interviewed Crunchyroll founder Vu Nguyen in March.
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Best friends Lin Yi Chen and Rainie Yang are fighting against each other, the fighting intense; friendship also being subjected to a test. Last night, "Miss No Good" beat the premiere of "Love or Bread" slightly by 0.5 percentage points. Rainie Yang disclosed that she wanted to fight against Lin Yi Chen, feeling even more nervous than during the premiere of “Miss No Good”. The Lin Yi Chen who was in Tokyo yesterday said that she and Rainie Yang have both worked very hard, and that she also has a lot of confidence in the “Love or Bread” drama’s future storyline.

The three dramas "Love or Bread", "Miss No Good" and "Invincible Shan Bao Mei" are all light, comedic dramas. After “Love or Bread" joined the battlefield, the three dramas’ ratings seemed to be like tug-of-war, all are 2-point something. However, the TV stations have a habit of wanting to have a [victory celebration no matter what]. "Miss No Good" had the highest overall average, "Invincible Bao Shan Mei" the highest segment rating, and "Love or Bread" celebrates Zheng Yuan Chang’s swimming scene reaching 3.04, Xiao Zhong taking off his shirt having value.

Because “Love or Bread" is the first work broadcasted after Lin Yi Chen won the Golden Bell Award, inevitably it will be focused on. Yesterday the crew of the “Miss No Good” drama said happily: [We beat the Golden Bell queen!] Lin Yi Chen and Zheng Yuan Chang both telephoned Taiwan from Tokyo, concerned about the ratings. What makes her happiest is that the audience believes the two people have completely shed off their "It Started With a Kiss” image, affirming their performance.
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The annual Nail Queen awards were handed out on Monday as part of the 2008 International Nail Expo. In the music artist category, pop star Kumi Koda received the prize, marking her third consecutive win. This places her in the "hall of fame," meaning that she is no longer eligible for future awards. She is third person to do so, after Ayumi Hamasaki and Becky.

Ryoko Yonekura won in the actress category, while model Anne won in the talento category. DAIGO took the men's award, and the women's soccer team Nadeshiko Japan earned the sports award. Actor Peter was given a special prize.
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Tracy Ip whom has suddenly became wealthy has always got negative news surrounding her. As she had accumulated too much of bad reports,she has already been 'frozen' by TVB for 3 months with a hope that she would change her attitude. During this period,Tracy had went to Australia to spend her time as she does not know how long it takes for her to get 'unfrozen' by her company. Having no contacts with the media ever since she was being frozen,Tracy finally updated her blog last friday claiming that she is still having a vacation. However,the lie was exposed by a magazine which had discovered that Tracy is in Hong Kong learning to drive secretly,when Tracy saw the reporters,she looked gloomy and avoided the camera.
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Sharp members Seo Ji Young and Lee Ji Hye were re-united via SBS "Heart Diary (절친노트)," after 6 long years.

Since Sharp's controversial break up in 2002, the two members never spoke with each other. If I recall correctly, I believe these two were constantly fighting and pulling off MMA moves on each other.

In any regards, the heart warming reunion was well received by both parties and the audience, with emotions running wild and lots of crying.
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Last night Bosco Wong was definitely very unlucky, besides leaving the TVB anniversary awards ceremony emptied handed, during the midnight snack, he lost big fortunes! That night, he parked his car on the street and later finds out that someone broke the glass on his car, some property worth $7000-$8000 was stolen.

After the Award ceremony ended, Bosco parked his car on the street at approximately 11pm in Jordan. One hour later, he went to meet up with Virigina Lok, Raymond Lam, Ron Ng, Joe Ma and etc. for midnight snack celebration. He left his bags on the back seat of his car. At 2am, he suddenly received news that someone has broken into his car and stolen his brandname bag valued at $7000-$8000. In his bag he had more than $10,000 cash and his iPhone, it was all stolen. His total losses added up to almost $20,000, Bosco sighed and said: "After this incident, should tell friends to keep an eye on their belongings, fortunately I didn't have any personal photos or phone book in it." Bosco smiled and complained to TVB executive Virigina Lok that he's poor, requested that she help him accept more shows. As for rumored girlfriend Myolie Wu last night, she expressed that she does not know about it: "The losses treat as charity."
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Just days after Xiah Junsu revealed his twin brother, Big Bang member TOP's mom’s picture was let out into the world of the internet.

TOP’s older sister Haeyoon posted pictures of baby TOP and his mom on her Cyworld. Netizens are surprised that TOP still carries a lot of his looks from when he was a baby and how much he resembles his mom, especially their similar eyebrows.
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“Before we go on stage, we do not eat. Even if we drink only water, our stomach pops out,” shared member YooBin with a smile. Leader SunYe said afterward, “Before this comeback, silhouette was on the style list for this concept, so they requested that we manage (our bodies). There are things we unknowingly give attention to.”

SunYe spoke of one of the younger members, “In SunMi’s case, she eats better at night. But even then, she does not gain weight well.”

In response, SunMi honestly said, “It does seem like I eat the most.” The Wonder Girls were at the Cyworld Digital Music Awards to receive the Song Of The Month award for their song “Nobody” on Oct. 27. SunMi also revealed that night that “within five seconds of listening to ‘Nobody’, I said ‘this is it’.”