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  1. 2008/12/31 SHINee Becomes Disciple Of [C-Are-Us]. Does Free Labour And Worries About Making Losses In Sales.
  2. 2008/12/31 Teaser video “Gee” release on Jan 2nd
  3. 2008/12/31 Raymond Lam As The New Icon (1)
  4. 2008/12/31 Andy and Nan Ying to duet in CNY gala show
  5. 2008/12/31 Deborah Lai confirmed Cecilia's second baby; Patrick Tse wants twins
  6. 2008/12/31 Gillian Chung's "Very Naive and Stupid" is 2008's Golden Quote
  7. 2008/12/31 2008 MBC Acting Awards
  8. 2008/12/31 ATV artists help deliver rice to elderly people
  9. 2008/12/31 Taiwan Lifts Its Restrictions on Mainland Chinese Entertainers
  10. 2008/12/31 Rainie Yang joined the entertainment circle when she was 16 to pay her family's 10 Million Dollar debt
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SHINee Becomes Disciple Of [C-Are-Us]. Does Free Labour And Worries About Making Losses In Sales.

No category 2008/12/31 17:35
Korean young boy group [SHINee] came to Taiwan for a speedy 45 hours, in which they rushed notices nonstop, and even went to Guang Fu Nan Road's C-Are-Us''s bakery to volunteer. The 5 big boys were split into 3 groups, some made bread, some arranged the products on display, while members Jonghyun and Almighty Key who have learnt Chinese before were stationed at the cashier counter, shouting "Welcome!" in Chinese. Almighty Key operated the cash register under the guidance of the shop assistants but accidentally keyed in "40" instead of "44" which prompted Jonghyun to instantly correct him in Chinese saying "It's 44!", showing how scared they are about making money losses.

SHINee, whose average age is 17 years old, may be young, but they all have a loving heart, and even volunteered at C-Are-Us's bakery on christmas. They said "This is the most meaningful christmas." At the same time, they also called out to their fans to donate the money that they use to buy presents for them to charity instead.
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Teaser video “Gee” release on Jan 2nd

No category 2008/12/31 17:35
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Popular 9 member girl group SNSD will reveal the new music video teaser on January 2nd. The teaser can will be posted on www.girlsgeneration.com as well as through various other video sites.

On 31st SM Entertainment said “This teaser video announces the comeback of SNSD and the concept is ‘Awakening’. The 25 second video will feature SNSD members as mannequins in display window then slowly awakening.”

“The Gee posters revealed on 26th have been smash hit with posters running out as people collected them. This teaser video will also excite the fans as it features the pure and bright charms of SNSD members”

This teaser video will be released on the official homepage of SNSD(www.girlsgeneration.com) and also on major portals such as Naver, Daum, Cyworld, MNcast.

SNSD will release the mini album Gee on January 7th.

translation: part09box@soshified.com

UPDATE: Tracklist below -
1. way to go <--- composed by Kenzie
2. let's talk about <------ by Young H.Kim ( who also composed My prayer (BoA), Whatever They Say, 세단마, 크레이지럽 (DBSK) etc)
3. dear mom <----- by Kim Tae Sung
4. gee <------ by E-Tribe
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Raymond Lam As The New Icon

No category 2008/12/31 17:34
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A COOL LOOKING MAN WITH A SINCERE HEART

When I first met Lam Fung, he gave me an impression that he is a cool and composed person, liken to someone who is from the affluent society, so cool that he seemed unapproachable.

Based on the role as ‘Goon Ga Jai’, an undeniable fact is that he has risen to fame.

This would be my second meeting with Lam Fung. In actual fact, he smiles a lot. It’s two totally different person and I was confused for awhile as to whether he is truly being himself. However, after spending 4 hours with him, I can tell you this:

He is not pretentious at all. In fact, he is an affectionate person but give him a slice of your time, slowly but surely, you get to see the warm side of him.

When we talk about Lam Fung, what do we talk about?

Ten Years, he has come a long way

It’s a known fact that Fung came from a well-to-do family, his father, a property developer tychoon, is known as “Xiamen’s Li Ka Shing”. [I was thinking : Even if he has the ‘siu-ye’ attitude, it’s understandable]

As he stepped into the studio, he looked rather tired and he grimly greeted the studio crew and workers. After the make-up artist and hairstylist were done with him only did I muster the courage to approach him. When I approached him, his eyes were shut and when he heard me he suddenly had his eyes opened, he rolled his eyes, trying to stay awake and nodded his head and said : [Yes, you may ask me]. I looked at him, he was still looking tired. When I posed questions to him, I was especially careful and I went fairly slow with him.

The freezingly cold air-conditioned studio suddenly became warm because of Fung’s deep unfathomable voice.

Fung seems to be more noticeable over the last few years. It has been 10 years ever since he got his foot on the entertainment circle as a TV host until the present time, in acting and singing. Along the way, Fung did not seem to be spared from baffling rumours about what he has achieved today was purely owing to his relationship with the top executives in the company.

But in my humble opinion, if he was given special treatment based on his family background and relationship with the company, why did he have to wait for 10 years?

He is a man of few words, does not like making explanations and clarifications to the public to dismiss rumours as he thinks that the truth always stands. Besides luck, it is all his hard-work, persistence and his total commitment towards his job that has got him to where he is today.

Fung: For the past 10 years, apart from the working experiences that I have gained, most importantly, I have learnt about the principles of life and how to be a better person. When I first entered the industry, I was just 18 years old, this is my first job. My learning experiences and my perspective about life that I still carry with me today were all imparted and taught to me by the people around me.

Fung: I would consider myself to be rather lucky, even though there were times I was bouncing back from the ups and downs of life. I am very grateful that I have gotten to know a group of friends who supported and encouraged me during those challenging times.

Acting, There Is No End to Learning

From [A Step Into The Past – Chiu Pun/Yeng Zheng]; [Le Femme Desperado – Chai Fun]; [Heart of Greed – Cheng Leong] to the rating record breaking [Moonlight Resonance – Goon Ga Jai], I believe everyone has seen Lam Fung’s significant transformation in his acting skills. Which TV series would Fung think that he was given recognition and gained acceptance from?

Fung: Everyone has different views and I have not thought about this, but I would like to know the audience/viewers’ opinion about each and every role that I play/played in each series. As for me personally, every series presents itself with a huge space for exploration and creativity, therefore, I put in loads of effort into every series given to me. With that, I am able to learn different things at different levels, for instance, with my collaborating partners, ways of portraying certain roles and so forth.

When asked about what kind of roles that he would like to pull off, he answered assuredly :

Fung: Whether it is my image or the role in the given series, I do not wish to be affixed with a certain image. As a matter of fact, being a TV actor, it’s very easy for us to unknowingly slip into the habitual generalization of acting because when we start filming a series, we film day and night, there is indeed very limited space for us to pause and ponder upon what we can do to explore further and to improvise.

On the contrary, if I am to stumble upon different things with an aim to learn new things, I can work my brain out a little: for instance, if I can portray the same role in different series at different stages, I will certainly acquire different level of understanding and experience about the given role and hence, the outcome may also be different.

I am able to accept the same role all over and over, but I will try to bring it out differently. In my opinion, if you wish to gain acceptance from the viewers, you must first grasp the main gist of the series, put all your heart and strength into it and you’d be amazed when you will finally succeed in drawing the viewers' attention.

There are still a great deal for me to learn and grasp in this industry, needless to mention about the 10 years, give me another 100 years, perhaps I will never finish learning everything. There is no end to learning. As an actor, continuous self-learning and personal development are important, if we do not cultivate a learning attitude, we will be disconnected from the ever changing and advancing society.

Undoubtedly, this statement made by Fung is a useful reminder for everyone at all levels.

Goals – Let things take its own course

Fung is not someone who thinks too far ahead.

Fung: Whatever that I do, I will let things take its own course, letting it flow by its nature but once I have made a decision about certain things, I will persist on. I personally think that the disadvantage of setting a long-term goal would be if what we have set to do becomes unachievable due to some reasons, there will be a loss of motivation to move on. Setting short term goals and achieving them progressively will enable us to continually experience the sense of achievement and I believe our lives will be more fulfilled and happy.

Fung has certainly gained much throughout the 10 years in the industry. I asked him if there is anything that that he has lost with time. He answered without much hesitation :

Fung: I am trying to make up to the lost time-spent with my family members. My family members are currently residing in China and also due to business requirements, they travel frequently. I hope that I am able to spend more time with my family members.

Singing – A Childhood Dream

Fung’s healthy skin tone is very close to that of honey, no wonder he is now an ambassador for Nugeno Men Cool. He is full of spirit and energy, I wonder if he is an active and extroverted person by nature?

Fung: I am an extremist. If I have no job in hand, I can stay home for 5 consecutive days. I love to stay home and laze around because home is the most secure and comfortable place to be.

At the same time, I do love to be around people, sometimes I will hang out with friends, cruising out to the sea, swimming and playing basketball.

With all these seemingly non-challenging questions, Fung started to loosen out quite a fair bit by now and he appeared to be more relaxed. Do not be deceived by his quiet disposition, he used to be an outgoing person during school days and university days, he led in choirs, swimming competition team and others. He started music lessons when he was in junior school and during summer breaks, he took up singing lessons, guitar lessons and even attended dancing classes.

Has he ever thought that his childhood dream would one day become a reality? The fact is, yes, his childhood dream has become part of his career and life.

Towards the end of November 2007, Fung officially embarked onto the music industry and released his first album. His voice left off a deep impression in the minds of the general public. This year, he released his 2nd album (Your Love), the subtheme song of Moonlight Resonance (Love Without Regret) and as you would expect of Fung, this song became a well-known song, sung by many.

Before he left, I grab the opportunity to take a picture with him, he gave me a ‘V’ sign. All's well, ends well too. I will always remember Fung for his noble mannerisms and personality.

You say Fung is cool and distant, I would say, he is an affectionate person but give him a slice of your time, slowly but surely, you get to see the warm side of him.
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Andy and Nan Ying to duet in CNY gala show

No category 2008/12/31 17:33
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From our understanding, Andy Lau and Nan Ying will duet 'Happy Niu Year' in the Chinese New Year gala show, this would be their second collaboration since they duet 'dong Fang Zhi Zhu'.

A crew member express that this segment is tailored for Andy, he said: "Next year is the year of the ox, during the Hong Kong handover in 1997, he duet 'dong Fang Zhi Zhu' with Nan Ying, we're all anticipating they collaborate again."
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Deborah Lai confirmed Cecilia's second baby; Patrick Tse wants twins

No category 2008/12/31 17:30
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Deborah Lai confirmed Cecilia's second baby; Patrick Tse wants twins

Since the "Sex Photo Scandal, Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse's relationship has gotten deeper, and even really wanted to make another baby. After Lucas was born, rumours of another baby came flying in. Now that Cecilia has been pregnant for 3 months, it is safe to announce her pregnancy. (In Hong Kong, before the pregnancy is stable for 3 months, announcing the pregnancy is not lucky and would cause a miscarriage easily.)
Her mother-in-law, Deborah Lai and her mother reported this happily yesterday. Deborah and Patrick Tse both stated that they are happy with either a boy or girl and Patrick even said he would love twins.
Cecilia Cheung, who has practically disappeared from the Entertainment circle, Nichola Tse works hard for milk powder money, and is also able to be at home and teach his kid. Cecilia, who stated that she would like to have as many kids as she could now that she is still young, was recently rumoured to be pregnant. Before her pregnancy had been full 3 months, Deborah had hinted that she would be having a grandchild, smiling quite a lot.
Perhaps they were scared of the fact that it hadn't been three months yet, before, Nicholas and Cecilia were scared to admit that she was pregnant, it was only from small clues from Patrick, saying that he would love to have another grandchild in the cow year. Also, recently, when reporters met Deborah at Central, she indirectly admitted that her daughter-in-law was pregnant. At that time, Deborah and her husband, Kong and two other friends were having tea at The Landmark. Deborah was in a very good mood, laughing with her friends.

Cecilia's mother hopes for a girl

A half hour later, Kong (Deborah's husband) left first, and about 10 minutes after, Deborah and her friends also left the mall. The reporters went up to congratulate her about Cecilia being pregnant again. She just laughed. When asked if she hopes for a boy or girl, she stated: "I like both!" She was smiling very widely when she said that. When they asked if she would go around to play with Lucas during the new year, she expressed: "I always play with him! Wherever I go, I would bring him."
On the other hand, Cecilia's mother announced this news at the same time. Recently, reporters went to a restaurant in Sai Wan opened by her and her husband, Mr. Fung. Not sure if it was because there were too many customers, but Cecilia's mother seemed to be avoiding them. Afterwards, when reporters phoned her, she happily announced, "Yes! Yes!" When asked how Cecilia was, she said: "Everything's Ok!" About if the gender of the baby, although Cecilia's mother said that she wouldn't say, but she couldn't help but to say: "I think a granddaughter would be better for me!"

Patrick Tse: Quadruplets are even better!

When Cecilia's aunt, Carol attended a charity ball the night before, she was asked if Cecilia's mom was happy because her daughter was pregnant and because her food business was very good, Carol stated: "Yes! She has been very happy lately, for other things, ask Cecilia." As for Patrick, who had just returned to Hong Kong from Mainland China, after knowing that Cecilia's mom had already announced Cecilia's pregnancy, he laughed: "Thank you for the news! I don't really care if it's a boy or girl, the most important is that I can have a grandchild. I hope they are twins this time, having four at once would be even better!"
Artists that are born in the ox year are usually very big stars, not to mention Jacky Cheung and Sally Yeh and the new generation's William Chan and Chrissie Chau are also born in the ox year. Looks like Cecilia's baby joining the entertainment circle in the future would be a nice choice!
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Gillian Chung's "Very Naive and Stupid" is 2008's Golden Quote

No category 2008/12/31 17:29
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Gillian Chung's "Very Naive and Stupid" is 2008's Golden Quote

RTHK's "2008 Crisis People Voting" (「晨光第一線2008風雲人物大選」) ended yesterday and the results were released. Gillian Chung who was involved in the sex scandal earlier this year, announced that she was "very naive and stupid", this in which got 23% of the votes making her quote the "Wind & Cloud Golden Line" (風雲金句). As for the Happy Fruit Lydia Shum got 39.8% of the votes in the category of "Wind & Cloud Passed Away Person" (風雲故人). Joseph Lau, Yvonne Lui and Kam Bei were in second place for "Wind & Cloud Pair" (風雲組合). Edison Chen's sex scandal pictures also made a name as it placed in second for "Wind & Cloud Indecent Person" (風雲亵人). Yesterday RTHK posted the results for the voting, Happy Fruit Lydia Shum and Gillian Chung were at the top of the votes.

[*Note: Sorry everyone, I had trouble translating the titles of the voting categories. The "Wind & Cloud" is the literal translation of "fung wan" (風雲)]

Yesterday Hins Cheung and Joyce Cheng were guests at the release of the voting results. Hins felt that the "Golden Line" was a bit embarrassing, as his smile immediately faded. He explains: "Ah Gill is my friend, I didn't know about this Golden Quote voting. In my point of view, I feel that its already the end of the year, don't need to bring up these unhappy things to discuss again."

Edison Chen loses to Taiwan President Chen Shui-Bian

Edison Chen was involved in the sex scandal at the beginning of the year, in the end he made a public apology and announced that he will step away from the Hong Kong Entertainment Circle. It was when he went to the U.S did the situation died down, but turns out that he does not beat Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁)'s corruption. President Chen got 51.1% of the votes for "Wind & Cloud Indecent Person", while Edison recieved 23.8% of the votes.

Joyce: Postively facing the crisis

Joyce Cheng also feels that every person has been wrong before. The most important thing is to try the best, so therefore she did not go online to read about the sex scandal. She said: "They are already very miserable, we shouldn't be looking." When it was announced that Lydia Shum was the "Wind & Cloud Passed Away Person" and when the clips of Lydia's laugh was broadcast, Joyce could not hold in her tears. She thanked everyone for loving her mother, she said: "The whole world has been affected by the financial crisis, but hope that everyone will remember my mom's laughter and become happier to face the crisis."
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2008 MBC Acting Awards

No category 2008/12/31 17:28
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Daesang/Grand Prize: Kim Myung-min (Beethoven Virus), Song Seung-heon (East of Eden)
Top Excellence (Actor): Jo Jae-hyun (New Heart), Jung Jun-ho (The Last Scandal of My Life)
Top Excellence (Actress): Lee Mi-sook (East of Eden),
Bae Jong-ok (Woman of Matchless Beauty Park Jung-geum)
Excellence (Actor): Lee Dong-gun (When Night Comes), Jo Min-ki (East of Eden)
Excellence (Actress): Han Ji-hye (East of Eden), Moon Sori (Golden Age of My Life)
New Actor: Park Hae-jin (East of Eden), Jang Geun-seok (Beethoven Virus)
New Actress: Lee So-yeon (Golden Age of My Life), Lee Yeon-hee (East of Eden)
Popular Actor: Song Seung-heon (East of Eden)
Popular Actress: Lee Yeon-hee (East of Eden)

Golden Actor Award, Miniseries Category: Ji Sung, Kim Min-jung (New Heart)
Golden Acting Award, Serial Drama: Park Geun-hyung (Woman of Matchless Beauty Park Jung-geum and East of Eden), Hong Eun-hee (Don’t Hesitate)
Golden Acting Award, Supporting Actor: Park Chul-min (New Heart and Beethoven Virus),
Shin Eun-jung (East of Eden)
Golden Acting Award, Mid-level actor: Yoo Dong-geun (East of Eden); Song Ok-sook (Beethoven Virus)

Best Couple: Song Seung-heon & Lee Yeon-hee (East of Eden)
Drama of the Year: Beethoven Virus
Special Child Actor Award: Park Gun-tae, Shin Dong-woo, Nam Ji-hyun (East of Eden)
Lifetime Achievement: Choi Jin-shil (The Last Scandal of My Life)
Special PD Award: Lee Soon-jae (Beethoven Virus); Yeon Jung-hoon (East of Eden)

Family Award: I Love You, Don’t Cry
Writer of the Year Award: Na Yeon-sook (East of Eden),
Hong Jin-ah, Hong Ja-ram (Beethoven Virus),
Kim Eun-hee (MBC Special)

Radio Top Excellence: Lee Moon-sae (This Is Lee Moon-sae In the Morning)
Radio Excellence: Kang-in (Good Friend); Kang Seok-woo (Women’s Era)
Radio Rookie Award: Kim Shin-young


So the big individual winners of the night were undoubtedly Kim Myung-min, Song Seung-heon, and Lee Yeon-hee.
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ATV artists help deliver rice to elderly people

No category 2008/12/31 17:27
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ATV artists went to West Kowloon yesterday to deliver 300 bags of rice to a group of elderly people. Belinda Hammett, Erica Yuen, Cindy Wong, Kathy Ng, Angel Ho and Lawerence Lau were doing the delivery together. Many eldery people have started waiting outside the shopping mall the night before.

Belinda stressed that in this economy, they had the support from sponsors to give away the rice to the elderly. She was so grateful for that and she hopes there will be more activities like this one. Belinda said "A lot of elderly people like to eat rice, especially in winter, they like to eat a bowl of hot rice." Belinda also disclosed that apart from rice, they also give them other items. They even offer to help pay the tax bill for them. They had helped a citizen to pay a tax bill of 3000 dollars the other day.

Erica Yuen supports this activity and she is willing to help donating money as well as helping out personally.
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Taiwan Lifts Its Restrictions on Mainland Chinese Entertainers

No category 2008/12/31 17:26
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Anson Hu (pictured) a month ago became an exception to Taiwan's rule that no mainlanders could give solo concerts in Taiwan. Now he'll be one of the many.

Taiwanese Informational Department head announced on the 24th that mainland artists will be allowed to come to to Taiwan to record music, to perform commercially, and to hold concerts. The control of popular music will also be switched from the educational department to the informational department. Mainland artists will also be allowed to apply for permanent residency in Taiwan. In the future, mainland artists will not have to be checked in at the police upon arrival. Furthermore, the number of mainlanders allowed in Taiwanese-funded movies have been increased from two to five.
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Rainie Yang joined the entertainment circle when she was 16 to pay her family's 10 Million Dollar debt

No category 2008/12/31 17:25
The day before yesterday, Rainie Yang was interviewed by the magazine about kinship, love and also her declaration of happiness. Rainie joined the entertainment circle when she was 16 to help pay the 10 Million dollars debt her family owed, but she didn’t feel that it was tough, but rather she was grateful for her mother to work a few jobs to feed the family in order not to let her sister and her suffer, last year after she finally cleared the debt, Rainie bought a big house for her mother to enjoy.

As for love, Rainie’s dream relationship is to be sweet and have sparks occasionally; she also wants her boyfriend to respect her job. As for her dream lover, Rainie disclosed that she really cares about look, thus her boyfriend must be handsome, and if possible, he must love himself, be mature, humorous, filial and intimate, just like a perfect man. As for her Rainie, she felt that ‘contented and happy’ is her declaration of happiness, Rainie is not a greedy girl, she is very contented with what she has, and if she sees that the person she loved is happy, she would feel very happy.
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