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On the night of the 20th, Ah Sa 阿Sa (Charlene Choi), Jimmy Lin (林志颖) and Chi Lam (张智霖) accepted the invitation of the brand Chivas and appeared on the stage of the Chengdu Century City Exhibition Center. After finishing her performance in the musical 'Knight Stars', Ah Sa accepted an interview with reporters. She revealed that right now, Ah Jiao 阿娇 (Gillian Chung) is working very hard with the company, waiting for the chance for a come back.

Her earnings have increased

Because of reasons well known, Ah Sa became the main focus of the reporters' attention. However, she is already used to this, and answered all their questions. When talking about the prize she recently won, '2008's Most Popular Brand Award', Ah Sa looked extremely excited. She expressed that this is the first time she got the glory of being the Queen of Endorsements, and the fact that the King was Andy Lau (刘德华), and she got to share the award with him - this is something she is very proud of. A reporter asked, "Is this a blessing in disguise after going solo?" Ah Sa shook her head and said, "Twins has not disbanded, this is only a period of adjustment. Indeed, this year I have more than 10 endorsements, and my earnings are a little bit more than last time, but this is because last time it had to be split among two people. However, the amount I've earned more is not a lot, because in the past the fee for two people was higher than for one, and at that time we had our own personal endorsements."


Handling Ah Jiao

In the past, everyone thought that Ah Sa would dodge all questions regarding Ah Jiao. But wen the reporter questioned her, she was very cooperative and said: "Ah Jiao is still living in the shadow of that incident, right now she is working very hard and cooperating with the company in various events. All of us are anticipating for a chance for her to come bacl. However this needs patience, and when the opportunity comes, Twins will return."

"How is Ah Jiao now? What is her condition?" Ah Sa revealed: "After she left for a while, my work schedule was still packed. Of course she helped me with some stuff. Do you all know, right now Hong Kong has lot of big sales, I don't have time to buy clothes, but Ah Jiao spent an entire day helping me to look at the goods. Whenever I need them, I would call her and ask her to help me buy many great looking outfits." She also said that maybe because of shopping for an entire day, Ah Jiao's mood was rather good recently.


Jimmy Lin: Forever 17 Years Old

Even though he has debuted for more than 10 years, Jimmy Lin hasn't decided to be more mature. No matter what he wears or the expression he has, he still looks youthful. When having the interview, he sat side by side with Ah Sa. His head was even smaller than Ah Sa's. A reporter couldn't hold herself back and asked, "You've debuted for so many years, why don't you change your image?" After hearing this question, Jimmy smiled saying: "Not long ago, I starred in an idol drama, 'My Lucky Star', which in Taiwan had high ratings. This shows that the audience recognises me. If everyone still likes me this way, then I have no need to force myself to make more changes to my image."


Chi Lam: Earn money to feed his family

While Chi Lam was having the interview, he was exceptionally humble. Because the place was extremely noisy, whenever the reporters asked a question, he would lean forward, trying to hear the reporter's question clearly. The thing he loves talking about most is his family. Chi Lam expressed, that after having his own family, his attitude has matured a lot, as a family takes up a lot of his time. Like his son - being his father, "I need to make sure he lives life happily." He said, "Now my son is 2 years old, and doesn't need me to spend too much time with him, hence now I must come out to earn money for my family, and earn 'milk powder money' for him." Chi Lam expressed that starting from next year, him and his wife would officially come back, to earn money for their family.
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13 days after writer Joe Nieh's affair with student Miffty Zhang has been exposed, Nieh surprises the public with news of his marriage with Vivian Chow. The wedding is now rumored to be taking place on Jan 5 and will be a simple affair with just both families and close friends. The couple is now amidst wedding preparations.

Unlike the general public who usually apply for marriage registration online, Nieh chose to make a trip to the registry of marriage personally on Dec 18. It was reported that he had wanted to catch the media's attention with action. However, his plans failed as he was too early for the media. Nieh later sent a press release to "remedy the situation".

Under Hong Kong's marriage legislation, the earliest date for marriage registration is 17 days after both parties sign the marriage notice. It can be deduced, then, that the earliest date for Chow and Nieh's wedding will be on Jan 4.

According to sources, the wedding will be held on Jan 5 and solemnized by a lawyer. The venue will somewhere seclude, away from the harassment and sight of the media. Nieh is currently sourcing for a suitable location.

Due to the rush, the wedding will be a simple affair with just four to five tables at the banquet for families and close friends like Leo Ku, Cheung Tat-Ming, Vincent Kuk and Jo Kuk.

Chow's manager Ambrose Chan says, "The wedding has not been arranged. I will not be involved in the preparations because I'm busy with other stuff."

Though the public has been criticizing Chow's decision to marry the unfaithful and disloyal man, it does not bother her. Despite having people who are against the marriage, Chan says there are also many other friends supportive of it. Chow has no plans to announce the wedding publicly in person.

The 21-year-old Zhang, who was caught locking tongues with Nieh at a nightspot, is still missing in action. However, there are reports quoting her blog which reveals plans to expose Nieh's intimate photos taken with her.
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Will Zhou Xun (周迅) and Jay Chou (周杰伦) collaborate together? This hasn't been confirmed yet, but Zhou Xun already has another 'Zhou-Zhou' (周粥) collaboration - with a fat rabbit, Zhou Zhou (粥粥), in a comic that promotes environmental awareness.   

Using comics to promote environmental awareness

Zhou Xun acted as the UNDP Goodwill Ambassador for China, and she was responsible for introducing the theme 'Our Part'. In the 'Your Illustrated Home' paper, she introduced her comic column, continuing this serial for a year to promote environmental awareness. The first comic is written by a cartoonist, fat rabbit 'Zhou Zhou' whom is currently very popular in the country. Different stories are brought about with the adorable rabbit, and 'Miss O' in the comic is modelled after Zhou Xun. 'Zhou Zhou' will be drawing six comics for Zhou Xun, and in the future there will be other artists joining in. Hence Zhou Xun named her set of comics as 'Our Part Tips All Star', using the idea of a 'full star', calling for more people to join in.

  
Wishes to collaborate with new generation cartoonists in the country
  
Zhou Xun expressed that recently, cartoonists have enjoyed the support of youths. If they could promote environmental awareness in a comic setting, maybe it will influence more people to become 'green'. When choosing cartoonists, even though many people introduced foreign cartoonists to her, she still insisted on finding young cartoonists within the country to work with, whom are full of vitality. She hopes that this arrangement would enable her to work with young cartoonists whom already have the power to influence. This also tallies with the slogan 'Our Contribution', with everyone having the chance to contribute.

Fat rabbit 'Zhou Zhou' whom helped Zhou Xun draw the comics is also a 'live music pioneer'. In 2007, he was chosen as 'China's Music & Family Role Model'. After hearing about Zhou Xun's designs, he immediately agreed to join in. He laughed aying: "Becuase my whole family are fans of Zhou Xun, so of course I must join." He revealed that the character 'Miss O' is modelled after Zhou Xun's special features. He said that in fact, modelling a character after a real person is very hard, hence he tried using Zhou Xun's big eyes, and the hairstyle of hers that everyone usually sees to create the comic character Zhou Xun.

The collaboration between Zhou Xun and 'Zhou Zhou' could be said as the first 'Double Zhou' collaboration. However, in the 'Ci Ling' press conference, Jay Chou expressed his hopes to work with Zhou Xun. This is another 'Double Zhou' collaboration that is worth anticipating. Zhou Xun expressed that she has always admired Jay, and while they were filming his 'Besieged on all sides' MV, she noticed that Jay put many of his own creations in the MV - he is another young person with lots of talent. Though the two of them acted in 'Beggar So', they didn't have scenes together. If there is opportunities to work together in the future, she hopes that they would.
Yesterday, Elanne Kong and junior, ‘Square’ was visiting and distributing gifts elderly at Pak Tin. Elanne Kong, who was ill, had intestinal flu which results in vomiting and diarrhea, but the doctors thought that she was pregnant, making the scene hilarious. Elanne said “The doctor asked when was the last time I had menstrual, and asked whether there’s any chance of me having BB, and I thought it was really funny!” Elanne disclosed that the doctor wanted her to hospitalize for observation at first, but because she didn’t want to affect her work, she insist on having a jab and continued with her job. Member of 'Square', Rex, was on the same boat as Elanne, he laughed and said that Elanne spread the virus to her assistant, and her assistant spread the virus to him. In order not to spread the virus to others, he wore a mask, but the other member of ‘Square’ still discriminate him and insist of keeping their distance. Gary laughed and said “‘Square’ might disband because of this!”
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NTV has announced a new drama series for next season titled "Mousou Shimai," starring Mahiru Konno, Michiko Kichise, and Mai Takahashi.

The three actresses play sisters living together, though they have very different personalities, leading them to believe they have different mothers. One day, they each receive a letter from their dead father, with each indicating the title of an erotic novel. Believing that the letters are hints about their mothers, they begin reading the books, and before they know it, they start imagining themselves as the novels' heroines.

The series is planned to run for 12 episodes, with each actress being the primary focus of a 4-episode arc. The show will air late at nights on Saturdays (12:55am), starting on January 17.
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Even with the addition of a new couple in Super Junior member Kangin and actress Lee Yoon Ji to MBC star wedding variety We Got Married, the rating for the show continued its slump instead of rising yesterday evening.

According to TNS Media Korea, the rating for We Got Married yesterday clocked in at only 12.0%. In the aftermath of Hwang Bo - Kim Hyun Joong departure last week, the new couple of Kangin - Lee Yoon Ji who was making their debut did not bring about a rise in ratings. In contrast, the rating dropped by 0.9% compared to Hwang Bo - Kim Hyun Joong farewell trip (12.9%) last week.

In contrast, competing tv staton SBS Family Outing saw a healthy increase in its rating, achieving a whopping 29.1%, almost hitting 30%. The main reason being the guest for this episode was actor Jang Hyuk who rarely makes any appearance on variety shows. Combined rating for KBS Happy Sunday (IMC, 1N2D) was 17.5%. 1N2D single rating was not available at time of writing.

Lee Yoon Ji and Kangin met for the first time at a local university library. Their concept was to act as a college couple. After making contact, they went for their first date, eating spicy rice cakes. Later on, they went around asking 50 people for their signatures, to be acknowledged as a make-believe married couple and then get married at Dongdaemun in a simple wedding ceremony.

The latter will be shown in the next episode.
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Bosco Wong: Dancing & Singing is harder than Filming

Yesterday Bosco Wong held an autograph session for his own personal debut album "In Love with Bosco", attracting more than 100 fans to support him. Bosco performed his fast song and danced. He also played games with the audience and even taught them to dance. First time holding an autograph session, Bosco expressed that he is quite nervous because this is the first time he's dancing live in front of the audience and did not have enough time to practice. He said: "Earlier when I practice, it would take 6 hours, yesterday my dance teacher on practiced with me for 30 minutes. Dancing and singing at the same time is so hard, it is harder than filming."

Myolie wins an award, celebrate together

As for the Music awards are around the corner, Bosco said that this year's newcomers are strong, he doesn't really have confidence, but if he's lucky to have win it, he will celebrate. As for rumored girlfriend Myolie Wu's success in the music industry has been good, if she invited him to celebrate together will he accept? Bosco said: "Her new album has our duet in it, celebrating together is normal. If I could invite her to sing a song in my album in the future, will have to look at my company's arrangements."
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hikgaek star Kim Kang-woo (or Kim Gang-woo, if you like) is set to topline Marine Boy, an action- packed thriller about drug smuggling (no, not a biography on Olympic gold medallist Park Tae-hwan).

Kim Kang-woo (30) plays a swimming instructor named Cheon-soo who gambles everything away. His moneylender suggests that he become a “marine boy”- smuggle drugs to Japan by swimming across the ocean. He decides to take up the offer to pay off his debts.

To complicate matters, there's a love triangle between Cheon-soo, his moneylender and Yoo-ri (Park Shi-yeon), who actually harbours a grudge against the cluelss Marine Boy.

Kim spent 5 months training for the role. His sculpted physique is also the result of a strict diet. By the way, the image of the teaser poster above has received quite a lot of attention from fangirls.
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Seo In-young has kissable lips – thanks to Maybelline New York's latest range of Watershine lip colour.

The Jewelry member is currently the face of Maybelline New York in South Korea. She was selected as the brand's ambassador in June 2008.

The new lipstick range, which hit stores on Dec 21, comes in 4 shades namely Baby Nude, Coral and Pop Pink, as well as Burgundy Red.
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JYP will be choosing 3 new trainees to become his next big stars at his fourth "open auditions."

JYP Entertainment will be holding online auditions via Cyworld video uploads and will be looking at vocals, dance, instrument players and VJ/MC talents to select a group of trainees. Who will then receive 3 weeks of training and then perform at the end of February for his "final stage" try outs, in which he will then select 3 individuals to join the JYPE team.

Considering JYP's last online/offline tryouts consisted of approximately 15,000 candidates, that makes your chances.