Wu Zun Practices Sword ~ Kicking Even While Dreaming

Wu Zun pratices the sword and remebering the steps, at the end a huge headache. Wu Zun goes to Shanghai to train for the movie "Kungfu Lovers"; gets a whole body of pain from training.

For the filming of the movie “Kungfu Lovers” Wu Zun flew to Shanghai to get apprenticeship anxious for sword training, squatting position “Iron legs”, his mind was full of different styles, his mind nearly blew up. But after returning to Taiwan, his spirits was fully energetic, admits straightforwardly: “In the future I’m going to tell my son to go train as well.”

Wu Zun and Ah Sa collaborates in the movie “Kungfu Lovers”, he hasn’t seen her yet, but has already gone to Shanghai to sword train with martial arts director Qing Xiao Dong’s assistant, this master is also the trainer for Hollywood’s macho man Vin Diesel. Wu Zun has a sports background, the trainer has accomplishment while training, so he kept adding more, causing him to rely on recording it on DV, the most exaggerated is even in the dream while sleeping he was still using his steps, and even flipped and kicked, after waking up he realized he was rolling around in bed only.

To increase the progress, Wu Zun starts training everyday from 9am-6pm, using the squatting position as the base to do other movements, at the end the butt was in too much pain, he couldn’t even walk like regularly. But since is the first movie, and it’s ancient costume, he’s very happy, especially emotionally, action and the lines are all a first time and must be in line, he thinks he has gained a lot.

Everyday after training, its Wu Zun’s crazy eating time. He is always stuffing big mouthfuls, sneaking into some restaurant’s private booth in Shanghai, but with the staff happily seeing their prey, each dish is brought out by different people.
Wu Zun’s luggage contained many different snacks, including cookies, oatmeal, and a separate desktop monitor screen. Actually his laptop’s screen malfunctioned for a long time, until now it still hasn’t been brought in for fixture, so Wu Zun has to stuff his monitor in his luggage, others could only stare and speechless.

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Wu-Zun-Practices-Sword-Kicking-Even-While-Dreaming-talk525311.html

Holding a concert in Macao, Jay Chou tries out gambling and loses

Yesterday night Jay Chou's world tour concert moved its way to the Venetian at Macao, it's rare for him to hold a concert at a casino so Jay Chou tried his hand at blackjack, but he lost HK$20,000, he laughed saying that it was the pocket money his mother gave him to let him experience the atmosphere there, but gambling is not a good thing, indeed you will lose 9 out of 10 times, he advised everyone not to gamble.

Jay Chou's first performance ever at the Venetian attracted 130,000 fans, the ever filial Jay Chou brought his mother along, even his grandmother went onstage to show off her dance skills, director Andrew Lau, Eric Tsang and Florinda Ho were all guests.

The interesting thing was the performers the organisers invited, they included Celine Dion who is a foreign artist, the fans listened to her quietly, for this time's Jay Chou performance, the organisers were worried the atmosphere might get too high and fans will start throwing light sticks, thus they set down a lot of rules in the venue, when the audience enter the venue they must have their bags checked, food and light sticks were banned, the atmosphere was very different to that of Mainland China concerts, even Jay Chou felt bored.

But, there were still fans who smuggled them in, Jay Chou happily praised: "You guys secretly brought in light sticks, not bad!" When he was performing drumming, he deliberately pretended he didn't bring his drumsticks and asked fans to borrow a pair of light sticks, the passionate fans immediately responded and collectively threw light sticks onto the stage, they were stopped by security, the naughty Jay Chou said: "Don't worry about the security, security out." These words were accompanied by applause from the audience.

After two encores in the concert, Jay Chou appeared at the small stage behind the audience, this made the whole audience race madly to the back, the scene was a bit chaotic, the Hong Kong media told Jay Chou there were quite a few foreign hotties offstage, he said: "Really? I didn't see them, oh, should have asked them on to the stage for a duet!"

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Holding-a-concert-in-Macao-Jay-Chou-tries-out-gambling-and-loses-talk525245.html

Jay Chou: "in love" with Kim Tae Hee's beauty, praises SJ being cute

Question: How's it feel being a screenwriter and director for the first time?

Jay: Having been the director of my own MVs, those experiences have really helped for filming movies.

Question: The part in the movie where you play the piano has become a big talking point online in Korea.

Jay: Because I started learning the piano at a very early age, so I was very confident with the piano playing part in the movie, because it's a love movie I had to consider that it would be too bland without a special prop so that's why I arranged for this piano scene. I chose to play the piano because I'm confident playing the piano. If I was better at something else, for instance dancing, I would have arranged this part to be dancing.

Question: When did you start wanting to become a movie director?

Jay: I never thought about being a movie director when I was young, I only started wanting to become a director when I became an actor.

Question: What help did having worked with director Zhang Yi Mou in the past have on you as a director?

Jay: Director Zhang Yi Mou turned into a director from being an actor, after I got to know him I thought about what it would be like to learn how to be a director earlier than he did when he was young.

Question: How many times have you been to Korea? What's your impression of Korea?

Jay: This is already my fourth time in Korea, when I was little I once vacationed here with my mother, the last time was 2 and a half years ago when I came to film a toothpaste commercial.

Question: Due to your appearance and being an actor and singer, you are similar to Rain, you are called "Taiwan's Rain" in Korea, what do you think of this?

Jay: I know Rain very well, but no matter music style or the direction of our acting, the difference between us is very big.

Question: What similarities and differences are there between Taiwan's culture and Korea's culture?

Jay: Korea's culture is a bit more groovier than Taiwan's, BOA, Rain and others' music are good representatives of their music. If we're talking about culture, I've come in contact more with Korean movies than Korean music, the movies "The Host", "Volcano High" have both left deep impressions on me, "Old Boy" as well, I hope I have a chance to work with this movie's director Park Chan Wook.

Question: As a director, which Korean actor/actress do you want to invite the most to be in your movies?

Jay: I want to work with Choi Min Shik, Yoo Ji Tae and the other main cast of "Old Boy", if we're talking about female actresses than it's not too good to choose, there's too many popular Korean actresses in China such as Song Hye Kyo, Nara Jang and many others, recently I've often seen Kim Tae Hee in mobile commercials, her beauty leaves me with a deep impression.

Question: There's been reports saying "Secret" was adapted from your real life experience?

Jay: That news is a bit exaggerated, even though the backdrop of the movie is indeed the place where my first love happened, but the story in the movie is not my story.

Question: Your age in Korean terms is already 30, did you not think it was hard playing a high school student at this age?

Jay: Age couldn't stop me from playing this role, because I fully understand the feelings of the role in the movie, so there wasn't any really hard places.

Question: Can you reveal a few of your "secrets"?

Jay: I don't have any special secrets and anyway if I did I couldn't make them public. If I have to say one, I'm scared of things like ghosts because I'm not brave.

Question: Can I ask you about your next movie "Kung Fu Dunk"?

Jay: The movie is very different from the manga, it's a movie about kung fu and basketball, I personally did the basketball match scenes in the movie because I've liked basketball since I was little, I hope it can become a movie young people like.

Question: I hear that you expressed in the past that you hoped to meet Moon Geun Young?

Jay: In the past the Taiwan newspapers reported that Moon Geun Young really liked "Secret", after I saw this report I was really happy, so that's why I want to meet her if I get the chance. Moon Geun Young's acting in "An Autumn's Tale" really moved me.

Question: There's been a lot of discussion about "Secret" online in Korea, what special meaning did you have behind the ending of the movie?

Jay: I filmed the ending the way it is because I hoped to stimulate the curiosity of the audience, this movie has quite a few hidden secrets, if you watch it a few more times you'll discover things you didn't see the first time round. About the ending of the movie, I want to say this to the audience, my work is about expressing the feeling of something full of hope and not a tragedy.

Question: In today's programme you were on the stage with Korea's SJ, what do you know about them?

Jay: I know they are a very popular group in Korea, among the members I know Shindong, I think he's really cute.

Question: The last question, as an singer, actor and director which profession do you see as the most important?

Jay: I think no matter what I am a singer.

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Jay-Chou-in-love-with-Kim-Tae-Hee-s-beauty-praises-SJ-being-cute-talk525226.html

Carina Lau Shows off Wedding Ring

Hong Kong film star Carina Lau shows off her wedding ring at a fashion event in her Shanghai bar on Saturday, April 5, 2008. Lau, 42, has confirmed she will marry her long-time actor boyfriend Tony Leung.

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Carina-Lau-Shows-off-Wedding-Ring-talk525219.html

Chow Yun-Fat's new film arouses controversies

"The Children of Huang Shi," has already proven to be a box office hit since its debut in Chinese theaters on April 3.

However, the role of the Chinese commander played by Veteran Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-Fat has aroused controversies, the Beijing-based newspaper, "The First" reported.

The audience said the commander, one of the main characters, is different from a typical soldier during the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s for he has stylish hair, a romance with a nurse and speaks fluent English in this movie, although Chow's performance is great.

Roger Spottiswoode, director of this epic war film based on a true story, explained that he tried to create a soldier in that period in his own eyes.

This movie is not a traditional Hollywood production, not a movie with cruel war settings and a happy ending. The director's ambition is to explore humanity in the war and to promote humanitarianism, according to the company that is in charge of the movie's distribution.

The movie tells a story of a young British journalist who saves a group of orphaned Chinese children with the help of an Australian nurse in late 1930s.

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Chow-Yun-Fat-s-new-film-arouses-controversies-talk525217.html

Joe Cheng thinks Patina Lin Jia Qi is too tall; didn’t interact with her

Magnets that are sharing the same poles will repel, even sharing the same height will have the same result. On 5th April, Zheng Yuan Chang (Xiao Zhong), Patina Lin and the well known twins models Yu and Gin had attended the A/X Armani Exchange Electro Sounds party in Shanghai.

Maybe because they are from different modeling agency so they are not well acquainted with each other, from the beginning until the end, Xiao Zhong and Patina Lin, this gorgeous pair, didn’t share a single picture together, no interaction, Xiao Zhong even blur out: [(Patina Lin) is very beautiful, but she’s too tall, she’s even taller than me after wearing high heels. I don’t like girls who are too tall!]

During the event, Xiao Zhong was busy sharing a conversation with the twins who share the same modeling agency, and Patina Lin didn’t mind at all, she said that she seldom collaborates with Xiao Zhong and don’t really knows him that well, and she feels that: [He should be like the guy next door type.]

While Xiao Zhong, who said he doesn’t like tall girls, talks about his own love life, he said that his company didn’t actually against it, [But I’m definitely not going to reveal it because it will be very troublesome; when the relationship is really, really steady or even until the stage of getting married, then only I will reveal it.]

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Joe-Cheng-thinks-Patina-Lin-Jia-Qi-is-too-tall-didnt-interact-with-her-talk525213.html

Refused to have the shame of retaking his subjects; Joe Cheng studies very hard: The exam was OK

“HSing Wu College Gang” ZaiZai’s 2 years course has turn into 6 years course and finally calls it quits. Last year, “Xiao Zhong” Zheng Yuan Chang almost failed to be eligible to take his exam due to his high absence rate. This year, he is more hardworking, in the middle of his busy filming schedule, he still able to attend his classes most of the time. The day before yesterday, he had attended a fashion event in Shanghai and said: [Homework and exam are still under control, still ok.]

These two years, Zheng Yuan Chang gets to take part in quite a lot of series and also getting quite a lot of invitations from oversea events, just within this month he has frequently travels to Shanghai for several fashion events; have become Mainland’s newest favorite among the fashion and advertisement lines.

His classes are mostly schedule on his day off; will it interferes with his studies? His manager An Lee said: [At the moment the college is having Spring Break, so it does not has any interference, the college had an exam last week, Xiao Tian (Ethan Ruan) and him have passed the exam. We are very concern about this, will obtain the necessary credits that require to achieve and will study hard for every exams.] She also reveals that, the day after the exam, Ethan Ruan even shouted: [I did good.]

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Refused-to-have-the-shame-of-retaking-his-subjects-Joe-Cheng-studies-very-hard-The-exam-was-OK-talk525207.html

Vicki Zhao is a Liar, Ruby Lin Loves to Step on Others - “Pearl Princess” Director Reveals All

Vicki Zhao is a Liar, Ruby Lin Loves to Step on Others - “Pearl Princess” Director Reveals All

“The Pearl Princess” series made Vicki Zhao, Ruby Lin and Fan Bing Bing into superstars overnight. Yesterday, the series’ director Suen Shu Pei talked for the first time about the people he himself had created into superstars, he criticized all the main cast members, Fan Bing Bing was the only person who received praises from the director.

Never Contacted the Director After Getting Famous

Director Suen told reporters, when “Pearl Princess 1” was filming, the writer of the novel Qiong Yao never bothered to visit us on set because her attention was all focused on another series that she was making at the time. It was only after the huge success of the first series, she bothered to visit us onset while we were filming the sequel.

Last year was the 10th anniversary of when “Pearl Princess” first aired, many reporters wanted to interview me, and asked me whether there were going to be any celebrations, I only had two words to say “cold & lonely.” Apart from Fan Bing Bing, not a single one of the cast bothered to keep in contact with me.

Vicki Zhao Caught Lying

Mentioning “Little Swallow” Vicki, director Suen remembered that once a TV program called him to ask whether Vicki had kept in contact with him, although in reality Vicki had never contacted the director, the director still tried to save her face and answered that Vicki had contacted him on one occasion. Little did he know that after the TV program talked with him, they called Vicki straightaway to ask whether she’s kept in contact with the director, and Vicki’s reply was “I call director Suen all the time, I would ask him for advice on acting tips.”

Ruby Lin Loves to Show Off and Step on Others

In 2004, Ruby Lin appeared on a talk show where she criticized her male co-star in “Pearl Princess” Zhou Jie, she said when they were filming, he would try to grab all the attention and even forced her to French kiss him. Director Suen replied “I’m not sure about Zhou Jie forcing Ruby to kiss him, but I think Ruby loves to exaggerate the things she say, she likes to step on others in order to make herself look good. At the time of filming, Qiong Yao did not want Ruby to be part of the show, it was me that defended her and let her stay in the show, but she has never bothered to keep in touch with me, never mind receiving any thanks from her.”

Zhou Jie is too Hotheaded, Made Alec Su Angry

Zhou Jie was recently in the news for injuring some people, director Suen said “Zhou Jie is always doing wrong things, he is too hot-headed, loves to grab attention and very arrogant, he made Alec very angry with him. I heard that people from other series also don’t get along with him, his personality is not suited for the entertainment circle, you can see his career has been going downhill.”

Fan Bing Bing is Most Grateful to Me

Fan Bing Bing is the only one got praised by the director, he said “Fan Bing Bing only played a maid in the series, compared to the others she had the least scenes, but she was still grateful to me, every festival season she would give me a call. All the rumours about her are false, some people said she paid me money to be part of the show, but it’s false. And the rumours about her hitting Vicki, Vicki was the female lead while Fan Bing Bing was just a supporting actress, she would never dare to hit Vicki.”

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Vicki-Zhao-is-a-Liar-Ruby-Lin-Loves-to-Step-on-Others-Pearl-Princess-Director-Reveals-All-talk525201.html

Won Bin And Kim Hye Ja to head Bong's "Mother"

'Korean Wave' star Won Bin and veteran actress Kim Hye-Ja have been set as the stars of "The Host" helmer Bong Joon-ho's new pic "Mother." Project was presented, without cast, last month at the HAF project mart in Hong Kong by producer and artist management group Barunson.

Scripted by Bong and Park Eun-kyo, story sees an asocial loser framed as the perpetrator of an horrific murder and his hard-headed mother has to figure out who really did it to keep her son from prison. Pic will be produced on a $5 million budget by Barunson's Choi Jae-won and Seo Woo-sik, with lensing in the fall. CJ Entertainment will handle local Korean distribution and international sales. "Mother" is the first movie for Won since his starring role in B.O. record breaker "Taegukgi" and "My Brother" nearly four years ago.''I want to make the saddest yet most beautiful crime drama ever," Bong said. "At the center of this story is a small and weak mother who stands alone, a woman so determined that she can't even stop herself.''

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Won-Bin-And-Kim-Hye-Ja-to-head-Bong-s-Mother-talk525115.html

Ruby Lin's Younger Sis to Enter Stardom ~ Paired to Godfrey Gao

Ruby Lin Xin Ru's same father step sister Lin Yi Wei (Nana) formally enters the entertainment industry.

Lin Yi Wei 林艾為 and Ruby Lin Xin Ru don't really look alike, but once spoken or smiles, the little tiger tooth is the proof of the sisters symbol (in early years when Ruby started she had the tiger tooth, then later she did correction operation). In the heart of Nana, she has always admired Ruby, she said: "She has always been in a road of hard work and success in the entertainment industry, if I have 1/3 of her will, then I would feel really proud."

Since young Nana has had strong passion for performing, at school she has performed in stage performances, fashion show, but because she had to fulfill the wishes of the parents, she applied to the US University of California, Berkeley to study Business and Mass Communication, to complete her star dream, she worked really hard, after returning to Taiwan through an aunt Liu Rui Qi's help, she signed with manager Qiu Xiu Zhu, making her the younger sis of Lee Wei and Zhang Tian Lin.

Interestingly, before Nana entered the business, her elder sister Ruby gave her suggestion, telling her "Your heart must be strong", once entering the new agency, the staff seeing her in a glance, immediately paired her up with also another returning from the west Godfrey Gao Yi Xiang 高以翔, planning to make them the next best screen couple.

Godfrey has a tall and eye catching appearance, in the past he had many shining performances in many advertisements, and was appreciated by Tsui Hark to ask him to play a big star in the movie "Woman not bad", Nana seeing Godfrey was shy, Godfrey was so happy, the reason was actually, "Finally have found someone that can speak English in the same group."

Godfrey earlier was exposed by Lee Wei and Zhang Tian Lin that he's the most popular every time they go clubbing, all the girls surround him, Godfrey admits when choosing a girlfriend, #1 must be able to speak English. The reporters teased him since its close by, will he be starting up rumors with Nana? The manager quickly jumped out to answer: "He's currently really stressed from filming, there's no thought of falling in love, Nana has just entered the business so she too has to concentrate on her career, they would be good together to film advertisements, not good for rumors."

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Ruby-Lin-s-Younger-Sis-to-Enter-Stardom-Paired-to-Godfrey-Gao-talk525109.html

Angela Zhang back in Taiwan

On April 7th, Angela Zhang appeared for the public for the first time in two months. The event is a promotion for a whitening skin care product. She wore a white Loewe dress worth NT 360,000.

On the issue that she just made her sickness an excuse to have quality romantic time with her "Prince William", she said that this was a nasty report. It was hard enough for her to deal with the sickness, let alone having to hear such reports. The media also asked if she communicated with Wu Zun while she was away, she said that she lost her SIM card and was not able to keep in touch. But she received regular calls from a concerned "Prince William".

Angela spent the past two months in Canada recuperating from heart mitral valve prolapse. She has regained her wait back to 40kg and looks rather rosy already. She said that she has to go for check-up every six months.

Because of the illness, her Singapore concert has been pushed to June of this year. She also had to turn down four advertisements, resulting to loss of income of around 10 million yuan.

source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Angela-Zhang-back-in-Taiwan-talk525060.html