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The film MR. AND MRS. GAMBLER (LAN DOH FU DAU LAN DOH CHAI) two nights ago held its premiere.  Wong Jing led actors Chapman To Man Jat, Fiona Sit Hoi Kei, Philip Ng Won Lung, new Jing Girl Hu Ran and others in the promotion.  Fiona earlier almost tripped while performing at Wyman Wong's Hong Kong Coliseum concert.  Two nights ago she insisted that she would not feel embarrassed but she had to thank Edmond Leung Hong Man and others for helping her with her shoes.

Two nights ago many artists attended the premiere.  Aside from Fiona's rumored boyfriend Khalil Fong Datong, Jacqueline Chong Si Man, Carlo Chan Ka Lok, Michelle Wai (Si Ngai) and the rumored to be ill
recently Law Kar Ying appeared.  Brother Kar Ying took part in the film.  He kept posing with female artists at the venue and did not appear to have any health issue.  Sit Hoi Kei earlier at Wyman Wong's concert closing tripped on her dress.  Even though Fiona did not fell her high heels flew to the sides of the stage and Leung Hong Man and others had to pick them up for her.  Fiona deliberately laughed off the embarrassment when asked and said, "My long dresses of the previous shows were very graceful, but that night for the last show I switched to sing a happy song.  I too wanted to have more fun .  I wanted to jump up but the revolving stage tripped me up and my high heels went flying."  Fiona said, "I have to thank Edmond, Grandpa (William So Wing Hong) for helping me without my shoes.  Actually the most important is for everyone to have fun!  I didn't feel embarrassed."

Fiona revealed that recently she has been working on a costume film in the Mainland and thus had a little kung fu background.  She said, "The most important is to be able to complete a concert with love."  Speaking of Eason Chan Yik Shun and Denise Ho Wan Si's kiss during the performance of PEERLESS ELEGANCE (FONG WA JUET DOI) Fiona said that she was in make up backstage and did not find out about this until she saw the video later.  She said, "On the stage you have to do something that you normally wouldn't do!"  She stressed that was a type of acting.  Fiona also said, "If the song was right, when the mood was right I would do that too."  To Man Jat said, "The most important is whether anyone would want to see it, if not that it's useless no matter how outrageous it is!"  Ah Jat thought that both parties must communicate before such a gesture.  He said that in the past he and Ah Si kissed in a series, he praised her as decent.  He also said, "Getting to feel up is better than not.  An artist sells art!"

New Jing Girl Hu Ran two nights ago also appeared.  She said that she has signed a multiple year contract with Brother Jing.  She had to wear a bikini in this film.  "After April I will work on MA WING JING, for a martial art action film I shouldn't have to be sexy!"  Brother Jing said that this year he planned to push his Jing Girls like Hu Ran, Tong Fei, Jiang Luxia and male star Ng Won Lung.

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Eric Tsang Chi Wai and Teresa Mo Shun Kwan team up again during the Lunar New Year for the film I LOVE HONG KONG 2012 (2012 NGOR OI HK HEI SEUNG GA HEI).  Mo Mo would even make a sacrifice for art as her most daring sexy performance in her film career was one of the film's secret weapon.  Mo Mo said, "No one has seen me with so little clothing, displaying the career line during an erotic dance.  Everything is real.  During the shoot the set was clear to a certain level.  When the crew saw this scene they were all wowed."  She worried that her revealing performance would frighten her family, thus she would deliberately invite her husband and daughters to the show.

As the producer and lead actor, Chi Wai was unwilling to have his thunder shown and came up with his own pleasant surprise.  He said, "I would have many costumes and dress up as certain characters so the viewers would smile from their hearts."  Mo Mo thought Chi Wai's performance was hilarious.  He did not like to follow the script, he always improvised.  Chi Wai spoke of this Lunar New Year film was made according to the audience demand.  He hoped to add some atmosphere to the New Year.  The script initially had Miriam Yeung Chin Wa and Carol Cheng Yui Ling in mind, but the script was not be written according to their personalities.  With Chin Wa's pregnancy she turned it down.  He then thought of his old partner Mo Mo, along with Stanley Fung Shui Fan, Denise Ho Wan Si, Bosco Wong Chung Chak, Lok Wing, 3F national bust goddess Zhang Xinyu and a group of TVB artists they had a little fun and the result was very satisfying.

Chi Wai praised Ho Wan Si's acting as having her own style and had shades of her mentor Anita Mui Yim Fong.  Ah Si and Wong Chung Chak's kiss scene was the most memorable for him.  Chi Wai joked, "Because I have never seen Ah Si kiss a guy."

Although Mo Mo might be a second choice, she did not mind at all.  "I don't care, I get paid and the role is right for me.  I couldn't agree any faster.  In addition comedy partner is very hard to find, on this rare occasion the co-star is old partner Chi Wai.  We have chemistry so we have more fun."

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Samantha Ko, Bosco Wong

Eric Tsang, Teresa Mo

Zhang Xinyu, Lok Wing

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The Lunar New Year film I LOVE HONG KONG 2012 (2012 NGOR OI HK HEI SEUNG GA HEI) premiere took place last night.  Over 80 actors were on hand.  To match the theme of "joy upon joy", actors Eric Tsang Chi Wai, Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, Bosco Wong Chung Chak, Samantha Ko Hoi Ning and others all appeared in Chinese wedding costumes.  Chi Wai even announced the good news that yesterday the single show box office was 220,000, beating ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL 2012 (BAK SING PO HEI)'s 120,000.

The actors walked the red carpet as the event arranged for lion and dragon dances.  Chi Wai said that everyone was very happy after putting Chinese wedding costumes.  In the past two years, Chi Wai's Lunar New Year films have defeated Raymond Wong Pak Ming's.  Was he confident this year?  Chi Wai admitted, "Wong Pak Ming's new film has a stronger cast, but our friendship comes first.  I hope everyone will do well."  This year did he invite Wong Pak Ming to the premiere?  Chi Wai said that the first year they went to the premiere and became the media focus.  Later Wong Pak Ming's daughter yelled at him for promoting for others.  Earlier ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL 2012 held its premiere.  When he found out the response was decent, he sent a text message to congratulate him.  However he did not reply yet.

Wong Chung Chak and Denise Ho Wan Si in the film played a couple and even had a kiss scene.  Ho Wan Si did not attend so Ko Hoi Ning appeared with Bosco.  Was the switch much better for Bosco?  He said that to each her own.  He even praised Ho Wan Si's mouth was hot and this kiss was memorable.  It was her special move.  Bosco pointed out that during the kiss scene Ho Wan Si stuck to his mouth tightly and he had no way to react.  He joked that he did not mind being called short tongued, as long as his life was not short then he was fine.  However the most wrong was for Myolie Wu Hung Yi to reveal that.

Zhang Xinyu wore a Chinese wedding gown for the first time.  Did she want to get married?  She admitted that she has not thought about it.  Her boyfriend Ron Ng Cheuk Hei has not proposed to her yet either.  Even if he did she would not agree because her career just started.  She felt that girls should have careers.  However she would like to wed before age 30.  Recently Zhang Xinyu was reported as an avid smoker and once worked at a night club.  She thought those reporters were very funny and exaggerated.  The photos were from when she went to a karaoke box with friends when she was 19.  She did not smoke and she was young then, she thought holding a cigarette would look cool.  She also clarified that she never worked at a night spot.  "Is that possible?  Before getting into the business my parents raised me, now I can rely on myself."  Elaine Lok Yi Ling was asked why Ng Cheuk Hei was not invited.  Ms. Lok said that Ng Cheuk Hei was working and was not a part of this film.  He was not avoiding Zhang Xinyu.

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Singer Denise Ho Wan Si in recent years tried making movies and performing on the stage, both had good responses.  Most recently Ah Si participated in the Lunar New Year film I LOVE HONG KONG 2012 (2012 NGOR OI HK HEI SEUNG GA HEI) and worked with comedy veterans like Eric Tsang Chi Wai, Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, and Stanley Fung Shui Fan; which made Ah Si feel very happy, Sister Mo even praised her for having comedy potential.  Ah Si said that she was very dull, loved rotten gags, homonyms, only her usual cool image misdirected everyone.

Ah Si said that usually she looked very cool, so when she played comedy or more exaggerated characters everyone would say actually Ah Si was like this.  Actually this was her true nature.  She said, "Let me try and change to become comedy singer."  In the past Ah Si made the Lunar New Year LOOK FOR A STAR (YAU LUNG HEI FUNG), but that was a romantic comedy.  This was a pure comedy.

Speaking her lackluster performance at the award shows last year, would she make more movies in the future instead?  She said, "Last year's performance was close to my goal, it wasn't bad!  However deep inside I like making movies, but people have to ask me to first.  However I would be choosy as well.  (What movie would you definitely decline?)  For the general public's consideration, more naked scenes I won't take.  Abusing everyone would be pointless.  (Yet this could break through and challenge yourself?)  Ha, challenge the general public's patience?  If one day I would want to retire or mess with my career, then I would do this."

Ah Si said that she took roles based on the director and the script.  She would not anything that was too casual and lacked sincerity.  Some pointed out that the producer this time Tsang Chi Wai was very "rotten".  He often slept on the set.  Ah Si defended him, "He was very serious.  Although he slept on the set, sleeping didn't mean that he wasn't serious.  Once after we finished one or two scenes, he immediately met with everyone to discuss them in hopes of finding even funnier spots.  To me, he was a very serious director and producer."

This time in the film Ah Si had the most scenes with Bosco Wong Chung Chak.  Their kiss scene on Sai Yeung Choi Street made her feel very embarrassed.  She said, "That was the first scene on the first day of work.  I thought the directors were deranged, the most emotional emotional scene and bed scene were shot on the first day.  (Why were you embarrassed?) That was Sunday in the center of the busy city, the whole street was looking.  To keep from bad takes, I kissed with all my might like a squid, so Wong Chung Chak joked that my mouth was like a suckling cup.  However it was an experience.  (Did you discover that his tongue was very short?)  We haven't developed to that stage.  This time we only used lips.  I luckily did not experience his short tongue.  (Too short would be hard to experience?)  No matter how short it's there!  I don't know, it's not up to me to experience.  Leave it for Television Queen (Myolie Wu Hung Yi) to experience."

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Eric Tsang Chi Wai and Teresa Mo Shun Kwan gave their all for their Lunar New Year I LOVE HONG KONG 2012 (2012 NGOR OI HK HEI SEUNG GA HEI).  The former stuffed his pants while the latter performed an erotic dance and showed her career line.  Chi Wai's performance was cut to keep from being a bad influence on minors.  Sister Mo who has never sold being sexy stunned everyone with her swimwear like dance garment.  Because the scene was reasonable, she did not mind displaying her figure and dance routine.

The Tsang Chi Wai, Mo Shun Kwan, Bosco Wong Chung Chak, Stanley Fung Shui Fan, Susan Shaw Yam Yam, William So Wing Hong and Zhang Xinyu starred Shaw Lunar New Year film I LOVE HONG KONG 2012 will open Friday.  Although the film has many comedy masters, most of the attention remained with the pair of Chi Wai and Sister Mo.  Sister Mo who has not made a Lunar New Year film in years had a erotic dance scene in the film.  She felt fortunate the she has already started studying dance two years ago, thus even if the team arranged for a double for her she still could perform herself.  she said, "I was only afraid that I would faint from working all night because I am used to going to bed and getting up early, unlike Chi Wai who doesn't differentiate between night and day.  (Would the dance costume be very sexy?)  Like a swimsuit, although it's low cut it has a thin veil.  At my age if I don't cover up, people would think it's a horror film!"

Yet on the day of the shoot she was a little embarrassed because the dance had a lot of twists.  She said, "If I wasn't used to it when I learned it, I definitely would be extremely embarrassed.  Yet this scene was reasonable so I didn't mind doing that in front of the camera."  Because Sister Mo has always rarely made any provocative appearance, the crew including Chi Wai who has seen everything was stunned.  She joked, "No one has ever seen me wear so little."  Aside from Sister Mo making the sacrifice for the sake of art, her co-star Chi Wai also "stuff" his pants.  However to keep from being a bad influence on children, Chi Wai's performance was cut.  During the shoot though it brought laughter to everyone so it made certain contribution.

Chi Wai admitted that the idea came from YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE.  He said, "With such a rare hit, if I don't use it I deserve to die."  As for YOU being Hong Kong's highest grossing Chinese language film, Chi Wai boasted that he must make a movie to break its record.  This time the film used some classic songs, including the Beatles and Alan Tam Wing Lun, because the Beatles' ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE was very close to the movie's theme.  However the royalty reached US$200,000.  Chi Wai said, "I always thought it was HK$200,000, but it was in American currency.  It really rained on my parade.  Thus the most expensive part of this film was the song royalty.  Because of those royalties the box office would have to make another 6 million more."  Was Sister Mo the highest paid in the cast?  Chi Wai said, "If not why would she dance the erotic dance?  She is showing her career line for the first time, her dance costume is charged by the inch!"

In addition, this film's directors were Chung Shu Kai and Wilson Chin Kwok Wai.  They knew each other long ago during their TVB days, so they had even more chemistry when they worked together.  Chung Shu Kai also revealed that in the film aside from Sister Mo's erotic dance also had several funny moments, including Denise Ho Wan Si and Wong Chung Chak's cemetery wedding photo session and the kiss between Fung Shui Fan and Shaw Yam Yam as "Shen Chia-Yi".  Did the kiss scene have any bad time?  He joked, "Brother Gun said no bad take no matter what!"  This time the doomsday element was added, as property hegemony used doomsday to make even money.  Would people still buy homes on doomsday?  He joked, "The Ark has room for sale.  When we came up the idea we even discovered that if the property hegemony banned you, you couldn't live."

Zhang Xinyu

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Eric Tsang Chi Wai, Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, Denise Ho Wan Si and Bosco Wong Chung Chak played couples in the Lunar New Year film I LOVE HONG KONG 2012 (2012 NGOR OI HK HEI SEUNG GA HEI).

Wong Chung Chak played Lok Yi Nga who thought he got the Ho Wan Si played Jing Jing pregnant and rushed into marriage.  His future father in law (Stanley Fung Shui Fan) thought that he was poor and lacked ambition.  When Lok Yi Nga realized that Jing Jing was not pregnant, he thought that Jing Jing swindled him into marriage and tricked Jing Jing with wedding gown fittings and wedding photos.

Chi Wai played Yao Ming who thought that he learned the ways of the bedroom and picked up his wife Mo Mo in front of everyone.  However their relationship due to Mo Mo's suspicion about Chi Wai's relationship with his Mainland foster daughter faced a crisis.

Linah Matsuoka

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Mag Lam

Hins Cheung

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Hacken Lee

William So

Paul Wong

Mr

Kay Tse

Ivana Wong

Alfred Hui

Hu Xia

Kary Ng

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Stepping into 2012, music industry's second report card Commercial Radio 2011 Chik Chak Pop Music Chart Award took place last night and presented 43 awards.  Eason Chan Yik Shun and Joey Yung Cho Yi again received the Male and Female Singer Gold Prize.  Khalil Fong Datong won eight and two third awards in multiple capacity to become the big winner.  Hacken Lee Hak Kun who vanished from Commercial Radio due to airplay rate received an award again.  Five years later he personally accepted the award.

Fong Datong's personal creation VERY UNEASY won the Best Song, four awards as song and lyrics writer, song arrangement and performance.  He again with 15 won Best Record, then received the Song Writer Award, the Creative Singer Award and Male Singer silver prize.  As one of the three producers on his record, he also received 1/3 of the award.  With eight and two third awards he became the big winner.

Miriam Yeung Chin Wa again won My Favorite Female Singer.  Eason called her and accepted the award on her behalf.  Chan Yik Shun himself also won My Favorite Male Singer for the seventh year.

When Male Singer gold and silver prize were announced, Eason and Fong Datong went to the stage together.  Eason grabbed him by the neck and pretended to kiss.  They held hands as they went to the stage.  Finally Eason won the gold prize for the eighth time.  "Years ago, I slowly treated Chik Chak as my home.  I wasn't as nervous as I used to be.  This warmth is from everyone.  I am the happiest that after being a singer for over a decade my biggest gain is this warmth."  Eason sounded hoarse during his performance.  Sammy praised him for insisting on singing live despite the danger to his vocal cord.

Winning female singer gold prize for the seventh time, Joey held Denise Ho Wan Si's hand tightly when she won the bronze prize; when Joey won the gold prize they embraced.  Joey said that for her seventh female singer gold prize she did not feel used to it because every year was a big challenge.  Joey hinted that Ah Si who was reluctant to attend award shows finally appeared as well.  "Sometimes comments and other people's angles are different, but both are based out of love."

My Favorite Song went to the Hu Xia sang THOSE YEARS.  William So Wing Hong's THAT SOMEBODY only lost by a nose.  However the film and the song both were favorites to win.  Hu Xia again thanked Hong Kong people's passion for this film and song.

Chik Chak Top Ten had many new faces, aside from Hu Xia's THOSE YEARS, So Wing Hong, Kary Ng Yu Fei and Paul Wong Koon Chung all agreed that they have not accepted a Commercial Radio award in a long time.  After years of running afoul with Commercial Radio, Hacken with the song HEAVENLY RIVER again broke into the Chik Chak Top Ten.  Five years later he personally accepted the award, "Due to age, I can't coordinate with the event and dressed exaggeratedly."

Wong Koon Chun with the song CAN'T BRING ME DOWN won Chik Chak Top Ten.  In a tiger print coast Paul said, "I haven't been here for years, Happy new Year.  I have to thank the event, the DJs, playing my song isn't inevitable.  I also have to thank my band, my previous one Beyond, I don't know what to say."  Then he said to the singers in the audience.  "I just said that you are my students.  Remember to pay your tuition."

Wong Yuen Chi with DOOMSDAY broke into the Chik Chak Top Ten for the first time.  She cried as she said, "This is my first Top Ten, thank you fans, all the singers in the audience, sorry.  As soon as I cry I lose control, I have never cried so much on stage.  Cheung King Hin thank you, thank you everyone, I will keep working hard."  In the audience Cheung King Hin was teary eyed.

Carol Cheng Yui Ling announced the Rookie top three.  She joked that ordinarily she would only present some heavyweight awards.  Young Master Jim immediately said, "You have to sleep at night, the heavyweight awards won't happen until past midnight.  You will already be in your see through nightgown and holding your red wine in preparation for bed!"

When Joyce Cheng Yun Yi won the bronze prize, Do Do said sentimentally, "I once worked with this one's mama.  At the time Mama constantly said, if in the future her daughter would be in the business she definitely would be successful.  I believe your Mommy today would have definitely been very happy!"    Yun Yi was all choked up, "I said I wouldn't cry.  I am very happy to win this award.  Actually I have always been a girl who lack self confidence."  When Dodo introduced Rookie gold prize winner Alfred Hui Ting Hung she lightly hummed his number one hit ANT but she was off key, leaving the audience cracking up.

CHIK CHAK COMMERCIAL RADIO HONG KONG AWARD 2011

Best Song: VERY UNEASY (Khalil Fong)
2. THOSE YEAR (Wu Xia)
3. SNOW IN JUNE (Eason Chan)
4. CAN'T BRING ME DOWN (Paul Wong)
5. WALLPAPER (Joey Yung)
6. DOOMSDAY (Ivana Wong)
7. HEAVENLY RIVER (Hacken Lee)
8. THAT SOMEONE (William So)
9. I MYSELF (Kary Ng)
10. BRIGHT SUNNY DAY (Endy Chow)

Song Writer: Khalil Fong
Lyrics Writer: Wyman Wong
Producer: Shu Man
Song Arrangement: Eric Kwok

Creative Singer Gold: Khalil Fong
Silver: Endy Chow
Bronze: Ivana Wong

Rookie Gold: Alfred Hui
Silver: Mag Lam
Bronze: Joyce Cheng

Male Singer Gold: Eason Chan
Silver: Khalil Fong
Bronze: Pakho Chau

Female Singer Gold: Joey Yung
Silver: Kay Tse
Bronze: Densie Ho

Group Gold: C AllStar
Silver: Mr.
Bronze: Wildchild

My Favorite Male Singer: Eason Chan
My Favorite Female Singer: Miriam Yeung
My Favorite Group: C AllStar
My Favorite Song: THOSE YEARS (Wu Xia)