They Kiss Again actor Joe Cheng is not a gay

During a recent broadcast from a television program, mixed-European model/actress Larisa/Rui Sha of Taiwanese idol drama "They Kiss Again" asked her former colleague Joe Cheng if he was gay. Also recently, when Joe attended a celebration for the online drama "That Love Comes" with fellow mainland Chinese co-star Li Fei Er and was asked a similar question, the Taiwanese actor was initially shocked and then flatly said while shrugging, "I'm not gay. Everyone knows that I like girls." Fei Er chimed in immediately and said, "Of all the actors I've collaborated with, Joe is the most masculine one."

On the television program, Larisa revealed her private matters and stated that while she admired previous acting colleague Joe during "TKA", she later thought that Joe was actually gay. According to the European model, Larisa commented about the the famous male star "in three words: tall, handsome, well-mannered," followed with "but the media describes him with one word." Netizens pointed out that Larisa has also acted alongside male celebrities Jiro Wang and Ming Dao, and that among them, she was highly suspicious of Joe having homosexual feelings with Taiwanese actor Mike He.

Joe had no other option but to respond that people clearly needed an opportunity to have a new scandal topic, but that he hoped that things don't go too far, stressed not to publish opinions that are harmful to others, and re-iterated that he himself "isn't gay". Yet Joe doesn't feel disappointed towards the entertainment business, and expressed that the people in his social network are charming. He also wants to attempt even more admiring challenges in the future, whether they be on of off the stage.

Online idol drama "That Love Comes" will broadcast six episodes, and it currently already enjoys thousands of views. To celebrate the occasion, male and female leads Joe and Fei Er happily dressed up as bride and groom, where the bride-dressed Fei Er heroically gushed out, "If we break a hundred million views, then I'll swim naked!"

Vivian Chow pregnant from husband Joe Ngai Chun

When Vivian Chow Wai Man and Joe Ngai Chun got married last year, they vowed that they were not interested in having children. However, Joe’s father, Ngai Hong wanted the couple to have children. As a result, Vivian and Joe may have changed their minds about becoming parents. Recent rumors claim that forty-three year-old Vivian may be three months pregnant!

Vivian was spotted with a minor belly bump and wearing flat shoes while attending church with Joe. On October 24th, the couple had dinner with their friends and may have announced Vivian’s pregnancy news. Vivian laughed throughout dinner and appeared to be highly excited.

Next year will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary since Vivian joined the entertainment circle. Due to her age and a possible high-risk pregnancy, Vivian turned down a guest-star opportunity at Chris Wong Hoi Kan ’s concert earlier.

Source: Tom.com

Kenneth Ma and Natalie Tong filming The Truth

On October 27th, Kenneth Ma and Natalie Tong filmed a scene at the riding stables for "The Truth".

Personal Note: At the fitting of "Thunder", Ma Ming said that Natalie plays his girlfriend in "The Truth", while she plays his wife in "Thunder". He said he's not used to this new relationship, as she is his sister. :)

Kelly Chen as Goddess of Mercy in The Monkey King

The cameras for Soi Cheang Pou Soi's new 3D movie "The Monkey King" have already started rolling last month in Beijing. It was announced in early October that Chow Yun Fat, Aaron Kwok, Joe Chen, and Peter He were going to join Donnie Yen in the $400 million RMB production. Yesterday, Kelly Chen, Cecilia Cheung, and Gigi Leung were also announced to join.


Kelly Chen will be taking on the role of the Goddess of Mercy in "The Monkey King", and she has decided to donate her film salary to charity. Kelly will be donating her seven-figure film salary to "Kelly Chen Children Education Fund". She said, "When I found out that I was going to play the Goddess of Mercy, my first thought was the hope that I can be like the Goddess of Mercy and help people in need. Thus, I hope to donate all of the salary from this movie to help society's children in need".

Confirmed cast:

Donnie Yen as The Monkey King
Chow Yun Fat as The Jade Emperor
Aaron Kwok as The Bull Demon King
Cecilia Cheung as Nüwa
Kelly Chen as The Goddess of Mercy
Gigi Leung as Chang'e
Peter He as The God Erlang
Joe Chen as The Iron Fan Princess
Liu Ye as The Dragon King of the Eastern Sea
Eddie Cheung as Li Jing
Louis Fan as The Mighty Magic Spirit
Hai Yi Tian as Puti Zushi
Li Jing as The Green Monkey King
Monica Mok
Wang Yuen Yuen
Him Law
Calvin Cheng

Kay Tse first mandarin album Second Home

Kay Tse arrived in Taiwan to promote for her first Mandarin album Second Home. The producer, Si Chuen Sing (a 'Sodagreen' band member) went to the promotion to support Kay. As this is Sing's first time as a producer, he was also very nervous. Sing exposes that one of Kay's new songs Goodbye written by (Ng Ching Fung) was recorded 170 times in hope to get the perfect Mandarin pronounciations. Sing expressed that he saw how hard working Kay was, she went online and looked up the correct Mandarin pronounciations for every single word in the lyrics and watched Sodagreen's performance at the Sea Music Festival.

Source: Mingpao
Translator: aZnangel@AEU

Felix Wong and Michael Miu in TVB series Gun Metal Grey

TVB anniversary series Gun Metal Grey premiere last night. This is Felix Wong and Michael Miu's first collaboration after 25 years and is Felix's comeback series after several years of absense from TVB series. For these reasons, the series is naturally going to draw attention, the first episode was broadcasted last night receiving 30 points in ratings, approximately 1.91 million viewers.

Felix filming TVB series again is becasue he gets to collaborate with Michael again. Though he is not worried about the ratings, but yesterday after learning of the ratings, he immediately went on Weibo to spread the good news. Felix said: "My mullet performance, TV ratings allow me to put down the big rock, I feel even more excited than winning the lottery. He needs to prostate on the ground to thank everyone for the support."

Felix's acting was praised by viewers, however, a Neitzen felt that Felix's role as Stone Sek Tung Sing life experiences resemble the male lead from American series Life. The similarities lead to suspicions of plagiarism. In Gun Metal Grey, Stone Sir was charged unjustly and spent 15 years in prison. Then he had an opportunity to re-open the case with emerge of new evidence and won his freedom. After his release from prison, he returned to the police force and is determined to investigate who the real murderer for his case 15 years ago. The storyline is ver similar to the investigator from Life, the main lead Crews spent 12 years in prison for an unjust charge, but was eventually released, returned to the police force and catch up with the time he missed all those years. Stone Sir and Crews' roles are very similar. Neitzens pointed out that both Stone Sir and Crews' wife left with another man. Despite the plagiarism suspicions, there are also many Neitzens who greatly support Gun, they felt that it's only the theme that is similar, the most important is the story development and the case is different.

Also, stepping into the third week, the other anniversary series No Regrets received 33 points, peaking at 35 points for episode 11's broadcast last night.

Source: Mingpao
Translator: aZnangel@AEU

Faye Wong come back concert in Beijing

Pop queen Faye Wong held her comeback concert in Beijing the night before. Faye had always been a trendy icon, whether it's the 'pineapple head' seen in old award ceremonies or the 'world's first heel' that appeared at her concert, she will forever be trendy! After giving birth to her youngest daughter (Lee Yin), she steps back on stage at her old home in Beijing for a concert. She had several different costumes including the deceptive swim cap looking white cap can really make people in the fashion industry swarm after it!

This time, Faye's concert revolves around the four seasons theme. For the winter part, she only wore a white cap, that looked like a swimming cap, and audience felt it was very glamorous! Her designer Titi Kwan wrote on Weibo afterwards: "It is a pair of 4 year old stockings, giving a unique side..." This makes people think that it belongs to Faye's 4 year old daughter Lee Yin, but when Titi accepted an interview, he denied: "Thinking too much! I bought it from Paris, it is the attire for ballerinas, not Lee Yin's! This time her style is what I wanted!"

That night, Faye did not speak too much she only said thank you 4 times, but on Weibo she full of thought. Not only did she thanked everyone's encouragement, she also wrote: "Tomorrow will be even better!" Meaning the performance will get better and better! Regarding her making the record of 'the least talk during a concert' in history, she said: "Our rundown goes all in one go, so I couldn't talk and there was not enough time set in between for me to say anything. But I can still bow!" Also, Faye's hanging up in the air part, her manager (Chan Ka Ying) already bought heavy insurance for the Faye who's afraid of heights. One male fan made a successful marriage proposal to his girlfriend while Faye was performing the song Only Hope For Long Lasting (但願人長久).

Source: The Sun
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU