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Yesterday producer Lee Tim Shing's new series Detective Columbo held its costume fitting. The cast including Wayne Lai, Natalie Tong, Sire Ma and Edwin Siu all attended. It was rumored this series is Tim Gor's final production before his retirement. Wayne expressed: "I still want him to shoot Rosy Business 3 too and I have already tried my best to convince him on behalf of TVB." Tim Gor said he's 64 years old this year and it's about time he retires. After his contract ends, he will have to see how his health is doing and the conditions before he decides to stay or not.

Earlier Wayne suggested Chrissie Chow should be the lead actress in this series, but in the end Natalie Tong picked up the 'second-hand role' and takes on the leading female role. In the series, she will be playing both the mother and daughter, two characters. Today it is also her birthday and she has received many blessings on Weibo.

In regards to rumored boyfriend Adrian Chau's girlfriend (Coco) said she doesn't know Sire Ma at all, Sire joked and said people are 'biting her and not letting her go', which shows she is valuable.

Myolie Wu and Mainland actor Yu Bo have been busy shooting in Shanghai for new drama Spicy Mother Smart Father 辣媽俏爸. In the series, the two are a married couple with a 1 year old baby. Collaborating with a baby, it was difficult to control the baby's emotions. Myolie and Yu Bo discovered the baby had a sweet tooth and whenever they were shooting, they would both have candy to stop the baby from crying.

First time collaborating with Myolie, Yu Bo said: "Myolie plays a spicy mother with a very hot temper, but after a while of being together, she is actually quite worthy of being a wife. Whoever marries her is very lucky!"

TVB FaDan Kate Tsui attended an event at the racecourse yesterday. She even excitedly played with Apps that simulated the horse racing games. She expressed when she went into the racecourse, she got a lot of tips and has pretty good luck: "The most I've won was 4 figures, enough to treat a few friends a meal! In fact, I don't really know, usually I don't play much. It's just I saw in a movie that this girl was dressed so nicely while entering the racecourse."

She laughed and said she wanted to steal some tips from the executives after the event, but unfortunately she has to rush back and continue shooting for TVB new series Highs and Lows. She also reveals that recently she has been shooting on the outskirts for the series and has helplessly turned into dinner for mosquitoes: "My legs are full of mosquito bites, now I look like a rain deer. There are some areas that are so swollen as big as almond cakes. Now I'm afraid to wear shorts. (Are you afraid there might be forest day mosquitoes?) There really was some! But nothing I could do, whenever I see them, I'll just try to kill them as much as I can."

Last night, TVB new program Mother, I Really Love You began recording and when the show first started, the organizers continuously put Shirley and her baby's pictures on the slide shows. A very heartwarming scene! As for Matthew Ko, Det Dik and many other artists went on the show with their mothers. When Dek Dik appeared on stage with his mother, he gave her a kiss on the lips, shocking everyone in the audience!

Shirley claimed she's a 'new mother' and expressed she's not too familiar with baby caring. During the show, Shirley called her mother live on the spot and vented out her feelings to her. She said: "I really thank you for the tremendous amount of love you gave me, especially when I was still carrying my baby. I know you were really worried about me and wanted to take care of all my everyday needs, but today I'm a mother myself and I know how difficult it is to be one!" As for Shirley's mother, she replied with her deepest comforting words: "No matter what you encounter outside, your family will support you 100%!" After that comment, Shirley's voice started breaking and she couldn't hold in her tears, then she apologized to her mother: "Mom, I'm really sorry for making you so worried about me! I promise you, I will work very hard on my work and take good care of my baby. I will love you even more and be even more filial to you!" Although the message was very short and simple, it was still very touching.

When Nancy Sit talked about her children, she was also very emotional: "A few years ago, I suffered from a great illness, and my oldest daughter especially quit her job and came back to accompany me. My kids are truly obedient and filial!"

Suki Tsui attended the show with both of her parents and her oldest daughter. She expressed she will personally make an apple scent perfume for her mother. She said: "Because in the past, my mother would put the apple scented lipstick on and then kiss me, so I want to get this scent back out again."

Moses Chan and Eddie Kwan were rehearsing a Kunqu Chinese Opera scene for TVB new series Beauty At War. The two big men play 'Dai Lo Gun' and 'Fa Dan' respectively and will have to learn the proper hand gestures and how to make charming glances at one another. Moses and Eddie both feel its difficult because one movement could take about 3-4 months to master.

Eddie joked in the play within the series, he will have convince himself that he has fallen in love with Moses. He said: "After all, I am slightly resistant to being feminine, but I have paid more attention to eye expressions in females. (Then that means you're on 'imperial orders' to check out girls?) You can say that." Moses said just learning the pronunciations alone takes some time. When speaking of him losing quite a bit of weight, Moses said: "I deliberately lost 10-20 pounds because of this series, but just now the instructor bought us chicken thighs, and I had 3!" Eddie said he will reduce starchy foods in his diet because he believes the Fa Dans in the Qing period are thinner and that would look better.

Since youth, Ella Koon has always been a dog lover. Over the past several years, Ella has had over 20 dogs as pets in her house, but it turns out her elder brother (Jamis Koon Chung Ming) not only ate dog meat in Shenyang last month, but also showed off with a photo on Weibo. Yesterday Ella expressed she doesn't believe her brother would eat dog meat.

Cats and dogs are not only pets, they are also a close friends to humans. It's a pity people in Mainland are still continuously murdering these animals and eating them. As a dog lover herself, Ella's brother Jamis Koon uploaded a photo of a table food of dog meat dishes and even expressed to his friends all over: "Dog meat is delicious."

Reporters discovered two related photos on Jamis' Weibo, both photos were uploaded on March 11th. The first was a photo of the 'Shenyang Dog Meat Shop' and the second one was a whole 'Dog Meat Feast'. It was seen there was a total of 9 dishes on the table. Netizens saw the sight of this and painfully criticized: "Why do you have to eat dogs? How could you eat such cute animals? There should be a law that prohibits the killing of dogs." were also some people that directly criticized that Jamis has no mercy, but Jamis himself has not responded.

The 33 year old Jamis Koon was actually a graduate of the TVB 12th Acting Class in 1998. Catherine Chau and Jenny Koon were his classmates. He entered the industry earlier than his sister Ella, but later Jamis left the entertainment circle to follow his father in doing business. What's ironic is Jamis has a pet dog in his Hong Kong home, and once uploaded a photo of his beloved dog. He said: "I have a black dog, his name is 'Sat Kill'." Also, he often uploads photos of him with good friends rebuilding the big Buddha in Mainland. On one hand he's oriented towards Buddha, but on the other hand, he's a dog killer. Such self-contradictory.

Yesterday reporters contacted his sister Ella Koon over the phone. When asked if she knows her brother showed off his 'Dog Eating Feast' with a photo on Weibo? She said: "I didn't know. I have been busy shooting series recently and haven't really had the chance to see my family muuch. Also, he's always not in HK, I'm not too sure what he's up to." As for her brother eating dog meat? Ella said: "I have to get an understanding first. We love dogs, and have been raising dogs since youth until now."

Ella said she currently owns 3 dogs at home. Sat Kill is a stray dog that her brother brought home. When asked if she believes her brother would eat dog meat? She said: "From what I know of my brother, I don't think so. Perhaps he just took a photo of it. (Are you afraid it might be the truth?) Of course I"m afraid to hear this, but I don't quite believe it because we started raising dogs since we hit puberty and we are people who cannot be separated with dogs."

The President of the HK's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (HKSPCA) strongly denounced Jamis for eating dogs: "I believe eating dogs is very sick, very inhumane, ridiculous because they are our friends. Dog owners clearly understand dogs are very loyal to humans. I just think if you can still eat dogs, that is just really ridiculous, don't even deserve to be a human being. Some people in Mainland still eat dogs, you have to go against these traditional food cultures, must have legislation. Because just us dog lovers alone protesting, they will be asking why can you eat chicken, pigs or cows then? Why can't we eat dogs or cats? So, I just feel to avoid conflicts, the best is to simply have legislation. We at HKSPCA have been doing this all along, assisting in drafting a legislation and hope to make it into a law soon." Furthermore, the President continues: "I feel people who eat dogs have a serious character issue. We aren't in a war or famine right now, there is no excuse to eat dogs. That is sick, I hate them."

Chapman To is ill with "Miller Fisher Syndrome" and is currently recovering at home. His wife Kristal Tin returned from mainland to Hong Kong on April 28 to take care of him. The day before yesterday with the accompaniment of his wife, Chapman To went for a walk outdoors to take in the sunshine, their hands intertwined in mutual love.

During an interview, Chapman To stated that he has not left home for 5 days and is taking strolls outside his room for a short while with the accompaniment of his "private nurse" (his wife) and the weather is great. The doctor repeatedly urged him that while recuperating at home, besides taking medicine at fixed times, meditating is also very important, because meditating is able to regulate the body and mind to reach its best state.

Kristal Tin stated: "My husband is very obedient, listens very well to what the doctor said, and has been meditating in the morning, at noon, and in the evening." In a little while, she will have to return back to mainland to work and will thus be unable to accompany her husband for future doctor visits.