Leo Ku received a 7 figure sum as the spokesperson for "Cup noodle"

Leo Ku received a 7 figure sum for being the spokesperson from Nissen Hop flavor cup noodle in Hong Kong and Japanese hot star Takuya Kimura is the spokesperson for Japan. Leo was doing the commercial under the hot weather and he almost fainted. He had to keep eating ice-cream to cool down.

Leo was filming on the roof top in Central Pier with 40 other artists. It was 30 degree and everybody was sweating. Leo, in particular sweats a lot, he kept wiping off the sweats, and he nearly got sun stroke. Leo expressed "I have to eat ice-cream continuously to cool myself down." Leo was filming for 12 hours that day, he had consumed 10 cup noodles but he never complained. He reckoned as long as the result of the commercial was good, he didn't mind that. Leo also sang his new song in the commercial.

Source: Wenweipo
Translator: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

Timmy Hung feels Fala Chen's bra scene is not a big deal

Timmy Hung and Andy Hui were at the Tsing Yi Sports Ground yesterday and played on behalf of the Dawn Star soccer team. Timmy's performance was courageous and during the fight for the ball with the other team, he fell down. Timmy's partner Andy Hui said that he's not fit enough.

Towards him falling down during the game, Timmy did not give up: "Kicking ball is like that, I don't mind. Most important is happiness! Andy and I are pretty compatible. (Andy said that he's not fit enough!) Maybe he's implying that I'm not fit enough. Actually I already played a game before this, the opponents were in the army. I think I had enough exercise for today. (How do you feel about the Fala revealing bra scene in 'The Stew of Life' becoming a hot topic?) Actually many people saw it! I feel that it's really nothing, it's not like she was in a lace bra and it wasn't anything like porn. She also did not reveal anything really, how come bikinis are acceptable then? Hong Kong is quite conservative, whatever angle we use to look at this, it is all our personal issue. I'm saying we are not trying to win the ratings and made Fala reveal anything."

Andy expressed: "I need to lose some weight, it's not for our 4 good brothers (Edmond Leung, William So, Hins Cheung) concert, its me personally who thinks I'm not fit enough. But for our concert, we still have not decided on several things, for the title I hope there is some uniqueness, could be called the Oldies Team!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Elanne Kong is saving up to buy a townhouse for her family

Elanne Kwong, Square, Hotcha, Chita Yu, Tat Dik and Pervy Fan attended "SUBARU Palm Challenge 2009" at the Olympia City yesterday. This challenge aims to test the patience of the contestants who have to place their hand on the designated palm area on the car. The last person who is still standing and holding on the car wins the challenge. The winner will than go to Singapore for the final challenge. The overall winner will win a car worth over $200,000 HKD.

HotCha had thought about entering the competition, they told the reporter " We really wanted to test out patience, but you can't go to the toilet for 6 hours. It would be difficult as we need to go to the toilet quite often being a female. We also worried about getting cramps." None of the HotCha girls has got their driving license yet, but they all hope to own a car.

Elanne expressed that she is planning to save money to buy a property and a car. She hopes to accomplish this next year. She reckoned it will cost her 6-7 million HKD to buy a three bedroom village townhouse so that her family can live comfortably. ( Living in towntown, are you not worried the paparazzi might stalk you?) She replied "I have already asked my mom to buy a tumble dryer so that I don't have my under wear hanging outside for drying." Elanne disclosed that she had received a car number plate "LING 930" as her birthday present from a fan. The number symbolizes her birthday. Elanne said "I hope to buy a care and put on my own number plate. I am very poor in direction sense, I don't know my left or right. My mom suggested I hire a chauffeur." Elanne went on to say she likes her car in pink color and her chauffer also wears a pink suit. She added "My chauffer colleague told me he won't do it even for 100,000 HKD a month"

Translator: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

Edison Chen secretly enters Hollywood

Edison Chen has always expressed his interest in developing in Hollywood. Yesterday, an english website posted up news regarding Chinese-American director Bertha Pan's new film 'Almost Perfect'. Edison's name was included amongst the cast list! According to the report, the film is a low-budget romantic comedy, and the female lead will be Kelly Hu, who previously starred in 'The Scorpian King' and 'X-Men 2'. Director Pan expressed his great interest in working with the female lead. Ivan Shaw & Roger Rees are also included amongst the cast list.

Source: TOM
Translation: Sarah @ AsianFanatics

Myolie Wu Places Work As Top Priority

Myolie Wu attended Macau's 60th National Day Celebration event, and she appeared together with rumored boyfriend, Bosco Wong. She expressed that this was the company's arrangement. When the news on their break-up was being brought up, Myolie expressed that both of them had never admitted publicly of their dating relationship, and asked the reporter not to ask any more questions regarding the rumors. Now, she's busy with promoting her new album. Later on, she will be heading for Japan to film a new drama, and as for now, her work is of the top priority.

Bosco Wong Denied Breaking Up With Myolie Wu [Source: oncc]

Bosco Wong was alleged to have broken up with Myolie Wu, and hooked up with Toby Leung instead. When he attended the event, he was evasive of questions relating to relationships. He emphasized that he never talked about being in a relationship, so there was no break-up to talk about. He expressed that he's good friends with both Myolie Wu and Toby Leung. When asked whom is a closer friend to him, he said that the feeling of friendship cannot be compared.

Bosco Wong Denied That He Failed To Woo Toby [Source: Apple Action News]

There was a rumor that Bosco Wong once wooed after Toby Leung, but because he failed, thus he returned to coax Myolie Wu back.

Today, Bosco attended the National Day Celebration show in Macau, and said in exasperation, "It's old news. Back then, when I was filming a drama with Toby, we already had rumors. Now, the rumors are starting again. I'm good friends with both ladies."

Myolie Wu, who's present at the event as well, carried the same tone as she expressed that she's good friends with Bosco Wong. She hoped that the media and outsiders can stop spreading her rumors with Bosco.

Credits: pyscho 085 @ http://myoliewuhangyee.com/forum

Ang Lee Looks Forward to Tony Leung's Yip Man

Ang Lee's 'Taking Woodstock' screened in Hong Kong for the first time the day before yesterday. Attendees at the premiere included Tony Leung, who had earlier broken his left arm practicing Wing Chun while preparing to film Wong Kar Wai's 'The Grand Master'. As for his thoughts on the disappointing box office results for his film, Ang Lee says he doesn't have an answer for it and doesn't find it necessary to look for one either. Instead, he greatly praised Tony as an actor and looks forward to his portrayal of Yip Man.

Ang Lee's 'Taking Woodstock' screened the night before yesterday at The Grand Cinema. Karena Lam, Jacqueline Chong, Chrissie Chow and Chin Ka Lok attended the screening. As well, Tony Leung, who had collaborated with Ang Lee in 'Lust, Caution' also came to the screening. When Ang Lee saw Tony, he immediately approached him and gave him a hug. The two conversed with each other quite animately. Were they talking about plans for another collaboration? Tony laughs saying he doesn't know the chances of working with him in the future, as Ang Lee has been concentrating on Western (Hollywood) films. Tony admits that he came to the screening to support Ang Lee. He says: "I met Ang Lee back during the Cannes Festival. The movie played at there, but I had other committments that day so I couldn't attend. Tonight will hopefully make up for it."

Proud of New Film, Not Worrying About the Box Office Results

As for failing to achieve ideal ratings at the box office? Tony says: "It's hard to say. For me, making a movie is all about enjoying the process. The most important thing is being happy and excited about the movie itself. The box office results and the audiences' reception is hard to predict. If it does well at the box office and the audience enjoys it, then that's really a bonus." Ang Lee says he doesn't feel the need to inquire as to why the movie failed at the box office. He says that: "I personally think the film is very good and I'm proud of this film. I don't know if it lack the spark to captivate the audience. I hope my next movie will be better."

How about Tony acting in 'The Grand Master'? Ang Lee says Tony has the ability to play any role because he's the best actor out there. He believes Tony's Yip Man will be different from Donnie Yen's version. He says: "I'm looking forward to it, especially because Wong Kar Wai is directing the movie and Yuen Woo Ping is in charge of the martial arts choreography."

As for Tony who broke his left arm while preparing to film 'The Grand Master', he says that his injury has almost completely healed. What about the reports that Zhang Ziyi will be playing the role of his wife? Tony says he doesn't know as he hasn't received any news on that front. Is she suitable for the role of Yip Man's wife? Tony says: "It's not really about whether she's suitable or not. Different people in the role will produce different results."

No Plans in the Works to Collaborate with Zhang Ziyi Again

Ang Lee attended a lecture yesterday at a university campus. He was very humourous with his talk and earned a huge round of applause from the students. Later backstage he accepted an interview and revealed that the audiences' reaction at the first screening was quite good, better than in the States. Will he collaborate again with Zhang Ziyi? He says that right now there are no plans, but the two often keep in touch. When asked whether Ang Lee is aware of Zhang Ziyi's current relationship status and of whether or not her relationship with her boyfriend has changed? Ang Lee says that he has never asked her about her relationship. He laughs saying that every time his sees her out in public she is dressed very elegantly and has become quite sophisticated. It's very different than what he remembered when they met for the first time.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: sparkles_n15 @ AsianFanatics

Leila’s basketball skill is not as good as her junior’s

Leila Tong, who has a great interest in singing all along, sang a duet with Bonald Leung recently. In order to perform in the best shape, Leila, using the ‘trainer’ identity, brought Bonald to the gym to train. However, she then realised that her exercising cells are not as strong as Bonald’s, making her really embarrassed.

In these two years, Leila has been training in the gym secretly. Apart from making her body shape even better, she also hopes that this can help to train her lungs in order to venture into the music industry in the future. Having released an album of her own, Leila recently sang a love duet with Bonald Leung. She even revealed that there were lots of funny things going on when she was recording with Bonald. She said,”I treat him as my younger brother, thus it’s really funny that we have to sing a love duet and I can’t hold my laughter every time. When we sing the next time, I won’t dare to look at him in the eyes, just in case it becomes funny and that won’t be good!”

Feeling inferior due to bad skills

Leila feels that Bonald is shy and weak, thus she used her status as a senior to bring this little brother to work in the gym. However, when they were playing the basketball machine, Leila realised that her junior’s exercise cells were better than hers, making her really embarrased. Leila said, “When we were doing warm ups and working on the machines, I was still teaching him very well. However, when it comes to the basketball machine, the difference can be seen and his stamina is much better than me. I really feel very inferior! But it’s okay, guys and girls are different so I won’t blame myself.”

Seeing how depressed his senior looked, Bonald immediately sweettalked her, making her smile again, “You are still more capable, I still have lots of things to learn from you.”

Source: on.cc
Credits: LEILA.T CONNECTED