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Liza Wang (汪明荃) makes cameo appearance in Heart of Greed 3 (溏心風暴3) series and the location shooting takes place at the racecourse in Sha Tin. Her god son, Bosco Wong (黃宗澤) mentioned that she boiled soup for him when visiting him at the drama set and when asked if she was worried about his body, Liza said: "Nope. I also boiled soup for him when filming previously and it is rare that he is in Hong Kong."

As she acts as the tycoon's former wife and asking if she will wear her personal clothes and jewellery, Liza replied nope and assumed she will be acting with Michelle Yim (米雪) but it turned out to be Bosco. When asked if she wished to film series with Bosco again, Liza responded she left it to destiny and busy with the promotions for the concert. Asking if she will reserve ticket for him, Liza said: "Yes including his mother."

Veteran actress, Liza Wang who was recently crowned TV Queen at the Singapore’s Starhub TVB Awards loses the Best Leading Actress award to Nancy Wu at the TVB Anniversary Awards on Sunday.

According to Hong Kong media, it was a close fight between Nancy Wu and Kristal Tin. Nancy eventually beat Kristal and won by a close margin. Liza, who has the netizens’ support took the third spot.

Besides disappointment from the netizens, Liza’s husband Law Kar-ying also took to Weibo to express his disappointment and console her. He said, “Ms Wang, do not mind the results. Nancy Wu acted very well. The company wants to give the young people a chance and it’s reasonable. An additional award is no big deal to you. You should convey to the company that you will not join the competition again to compete with the youngsters. Besides, the Leung department has drifted away. You should understand.”

In Law’s statement, the “Leung department” refers to the former TVB Senior Executive, Tommy Leung. Liza’s previous  dramas, The Awakening Story <婚前昏後> and Wars of In-Laws <我的野蠻奶奶> which were produced by Tommy have won her two TV Queen awards. Law seemed to imply that TV station had different political groups.

Tommy, who just returned from Hong Kong responded, “I don’t even know what’s going on. I am no longer in the company. There is no need to bring up. (Will you console Liza?) She should give a chance to the young people, and do not mind too much. The world will change.”

There were fans waiting for Liza outside the TVB City after the awards ceremony last Sunday. Liza who was driving did not get down the car to talk to the fans, but smiled and received the bouquet of flowers from her fans.

Liza also responded on her loss on Weibo, “I respect the company’s decision, and congratulate all colleagues who win the awards. Keep it up!”

Newly crowned TV Queen, Nancy thanked Law Kar-ying for his compliments and said, “It’s my honour to be able to nominate together with sister Liza. She always give us advice and encourages me. I don’t think she is disappointed and not unhappy.”

Anthony, who won the Best Leading Actor award also responded on Law’s statement. “Do you all think too much? Liza is very magnanimous. She does not need any awards for her current status.”

When being told that Ruco Chan appeared to be disappointed losing the TV King, Anthony said, “Maybe he just looks cool. I think he has style. He came up and congratulated me. He is very gracious.”

Anthony also does not rule out filming drama in the future.

Selena Li (李施嬅) plays the younger version of Liza Wang's (汪明荃) character in the currently airing TVB series Master of Destiny (風雲天地). She plays a heavy role as she lives through a rough life, experiences the pain of losing her husband, experiences almost being raped and reaches the stage of facing poverty. Describing her character's life story as the condensed version of The Greed of Man, Selena said: "I practically had to cry for 16 hours each day, cry until my eyes were swollen. Each morning, I had to use ice cold tea bags to reduce the swelling. When we were filming, the temperature was close to forty degrees celsius, causing us to use up lots of energy."

Although the filming schedule was tight and extremely stressful, it was worth it since her acting was greatly praised by Liza Wang. Selena said: "What I'm most happy about is that Liza praised me three times, saying that I was able to bring out the 'flavors' of the role. At that time, I was really emotional that I wanted to cry, all the hard work was worth it. Liza's praise was a huge surprise so I felt really happy as if I've won the lottery." Selena hopes that in the future she will be able to collaborate with Liza again having scenes together and she said: "After being praised by her, I actually feel more stressful. If we are going to collaborate, I would have to stay alert and be ready."

Hong Kong actress Liza Wang is upset that her house in Tseung Kwan O was broken into and robbed recently, amounting to a loss of nearly HKD 3 million (app. USD 386,733) worth of cash and jewellery.

According to Sina, the burglary occurred on 23 July around 9pm when Liza's domestic helper was out walking her dog. In only 20 minutes, the burglar cleverly made his way to the house using areas not captured by the CCTV, and stole a safe box consisting of Canadian, Hong Kong and Chinese currencies, as well as some of Liza's jewellery.

In her Weibo, Liza wrote, "Last night, my house was broken into. The thief took with him a safe box, cash, jewellery, wedding ring and passport within 20 minutes. It was lucky that nobody was at home or got injured. This is the third burglary in 20 years. It's even luckier than a lottery strike!"

The 65-year-old actress said that she was especially sad about the loss of her wedding ring and accessories given her by her mother and deceased sister.

"I hope the police will do something to protect the citizens' lives and properties!" It was alleged that recent renovation work at the estate may have made it easier for the burglar to commit the crime.

A few days ago, Liza Wang and her friends went on a cruise trip to Lamma Island to watch Chinese opera. During the ride there, Liza enjoyed watching a giant Rubber Duck's butt. What a fun joy ride! After that, Liza and friends traveled to Hangzhou. Yesterday Liza exploded on Weibo: "Crazy lady! Psycho." Why is Liza so upset? It turns out someone scared her. When Liza arrived at the 5-star hotel, she had dinner and then strolled around the garden. Due to the gloomy atmosphere and not many people were around, this lady suddenly comes up behind her and shouts Liza's name. Liza jumped in fear and quickly ran to the elevator. Later, Liza got more upset, the more she thought about it. She wrote on Weibo: "That can scare someone to death! Such nonsense! Crazy lady! Psycho!" Liza expressed that lady just came out of nowhere; who knows how long that lady had been following Liza and what motive she had.

Liza Wang's 45th anniversary 10 show tribute concert, LIZA WANG 45 BEAUTIFUL ENTERTAINMENT WORLD CONCERT starts on December 22nd through December 31st at the Sunbeam Theatre in North Point. The ticket prices are as high as HK$800, even more expensive than most HK Coliseum concerts. Yesterday at the concert's press conference, Liza said: "Once you see the concert's production, then you won't think its expensive. There will be lots of new technology." The person in charge at Sunbeam Theatre (Lee Kui Ming) expressed the concert's sound system and lighting expenses are already 7 figures, therefore it is pretty costly to host 10 shows with a full house in every show.

Liza reveals she will perform a jazz dance, when asked if her husband Law Kar Ying forbid her from wearing sexy clothing? She said: "No. I will have to see if its necessary first. I have to lose weight now, just as long as it comes out pretty." Koo Ming Wah was also at the press conference, Liza praised him for having good vocals. Koo used to work in dubbing, so Liza teased that he just came out from the 'Yin' (sound) side, but Koo said he already returned to the 'Yang' side. Also, yesterday Law Kar Ying praised Liza in a video recording that she's pretty, smart, hard working and has perseverance.

As the chairperson of the Chinese Artist Association of Hong Kong (CAAHK)), yesterday Liza Wang attended a press conference for the Cantonese Opera Education Cooperative Plan in Yau Ma Tei. Liza reveals CAAHK and Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) partners in a three year plan, beginning from July 17th, to host 130 new talent performances at the Yau Ma Tei theatre. This gives young people, wanting to learn Cantonese opera, opportunities for practical experience. Also, there will be another 72 travel shows, allowing both local and international audience to enjoy the show and advocate for Cantonese opera at the same time. The Cantonese opera development fund allocates HK$3.8 million annually, Mr. Lee Kui Ming, contributes HK$1 million for costumes and ticket prices because the most expensive ticket is only HK$100.

This year, it is Liza's 45th anniversary in showbiz, she is already scheduled to hold a tribute concert over the Christmas holidays. It is currently set for 10 shows, and adding shows will depend on the ticket sales and her physical condition. Liza reveals this time she'll be performing Broadway style, a enormous production and invited Sunny Wong to lead the dance rehearsals.

Liza Wang and Gigi Wong are two 'big sister level' actresses, recently they have been working together on producer Poon Ka Tak's new series A Chip off the Old Block II. It has been rumored that the two are on bad terms. A magazine reported while Liza was discussing her costume, she learned Gigi had intentions to cut her hair short, and then she quickly fought to say she's more suitable for the short haircut. Gigi eventually gave in and didn't insist on getting the haircut.

Yesterday Liza clarified on Weibo that they are not on bad terms: "Producer Poon Ka Tak hopes to reference Madame Bovary's elegant style, over 10 years ago she had a short hairstyle. Necessary for the series, I cut my long hair. Please everyone, stop trying to make it seem like Liza Jeh and Gigi Jeh are on bad terms. These reports are just stories made out of nothing. I do not need to borrow such news to get publicity. I respect Gigi Jeh for turning down a high salary job invitation just to be able to collaborate with me. I cherish our collaboration opportunity. In reality, bad term rumors have never been me!"

TVB new series A Clip off the Old Block II held its blessing ceremony yesterday. The cast including Liza Wang, Gigi Wong, Mandy Wong and Him Law attended. In the series, Liza plays a woman with clincial depression, and often scolds people. She was once worried she won't be able to get out of the role because she is personally very nervous about her performance and would feel unhappy while shooting. As for collaborating with Gigi Wong again, Liza said: "Many years ago, we collaborated in The Book and the Sword. This time she's very natural and there's not much to say about her work attitude. We have a very comfortable collaboration, very rare that two people from the same generation can work together again."

Him and Mandy are a couple once again in the series, but temporarily do not have any kiss scenes. Him was asked if its because he already has his other half? He said: "Not related, just if its necessary for the plot. In fact there was a scene that we were about to kiss, but it didn't happen." First time collaborating with Liza as her son, Him frankly expressed he is doing his part and has not been late or anything. Him said there has not been many scenes opposite of Liza yet.

Earlier Mandy had a scene where she got scolded by Liza: "In the series, Liza doesn't like me dating Him, so she was scolding me as she threw the gift back to me. Actually I'm often scolding Liza too. For that scene, we finished in one take."

Liza Wang, Gigi Wong, Mandy Wong, Him Law and Candy Chang were at the costume fitting for TVB new series A Chip off the Old Block II (巴不得媽媽…). It has been 36 years since Liza and Gigi last collaborated in The Legend of the Book and the Sword in 1976. Gigi denied that the two are on bad terms, but expressed they are only on bad terms in the series. Gigi is also not worried about the arise of gossips when working with Liza: "We didn't have any gossips before, very peaceful. Gossips are made up by others." She stressed she has never been jealous of Liza nor has she competed with her on anything. Gigi has always took her salary and put in her greatest effort into the work, just as long as she has a salary, she will be happy. Also, this time it's a rare opportunity to work with Liza again.


Liza reveals she and Gigi will have a lot of scenes opposite of each other and will be mutually picking on each other. Liza expressed she didn't keep in touch with Gigi in private because Gigi started developing in Taiwan and then moved to Canada. When asked about Shirley Yeung, whom she had once worked with, is now a single mother and back in HK? Liza said: "I don't know, I came back to TVB to do my costume fitting, didn't read the papers nor have I kept in touch with her. So I wouldn't know, just ask about the new series!" 

As “TVB’s Top Treasure,” Liza Wang (汪明荃) defended TVB’s strengths and challenged the qualifications of new rival television station, City Telecom (CTI). The day before, CTI held a ground breaking ceremony to mark the construction of their production facilities. Liza stated, “CTI is a new company with nothing. Let’s produce some results before we discuss further! There is no need to talk about anything right now! TVB has come a long way and will not be brought down through slander!”

Liza continued, “Despite ATV’s long existence, they could not garner ratings! It is understandable that a new television station needs to recruit staff. I wish CTI well! Ricky Wong (王維基) said that there will be new dramas released at the end of the year. I want to see what kind of dramas they will be!”


Bosco Wong: “I Grew Up On TVB’s Milk!”
TVB’s biological artists, Bosco Wong (黄宗泽), Kate Tsui (徐子珊), and Michael Tse (谢天华) strongly supported their maternal home. Indicating that he found his first job at TVB, Bosco said, “I grew up drinking TVB’s milk and have served TVB for over a decade! As a TVB artist, I feel absolute attention and respect from outside parties. There are numerous benefits, such as higher appearance fees for TVB artists! TVB’s reputation is quite renown! Last year, Myolie Wu (胡杏儿) and I filmed a mainland drama together; we have a high degree of freedom as well, with numerous opportunities!”

Kate Tsui stated, “From the point of no one knowing who I am, to entering the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, and to having numerous fans, these are all things which TVB bestowed upon me. I even had the ability to film movies! In fact, TVB artists have a lot of freedom!”

Michael Tse noted that without TVB casting him in E.U. "学警狙击" and Lives of Omission "潜行狙击", his popularity would not have reached its current level.


Virginia Lok: “No Need to Reveal Mutual Scars!”
Regarding Ricky Wong’s ground breaking ceremony held inTVB’s Tseung Kwan O district, Virginia Lok (乐易玲) said sarcastically, “The stakeholders in the entertainment can flourish together and there is no need to reveal each others’ scars! The audience wishes to see good shows and not this (exposure of scars)! I congratulate him upon his ground breaking. I have a message for the cast and crew members: Without crossing the pond, the fish will not get fat; without competition, it will not get popular. I truly hope that they can get ‘fat’! I was especially happy to see Yue Mo Lin (余慕莲) sign with CTI and still have opportunities with her advanced age!”

Asked whether TVB would accept staff who left the company and decided to return, Ms. Lok said, “The world is round. We have the disposition of a large station and the heart for tolerance!”

The other night Liza Wang attended the evening banquet for the TVB Long Service Awards. Liza is the first TVB artist to be awarded a gold metal for her 40 years of service in TVB. The new member of the TVB Board Chan Kwok Cheung congratulated Liza, but he remained low-key and did not accept an interview.

Liza has been with TVB for 40 years, TVB changed buildings several times and she has also been asked several times to join a different company, but Liza did not bulged. Liza insisted that TVB suits her the best and believes as long as she can do well on her TVB work, there will be other opportunities to earn more money. She said: "I hope TVB improves their employee benefits. This way employees can feel secured and energized." When speaking of 6 Uncle (Sir Run Run) retirement, Liz expressed this is something that will happen someday, 6 Uncle is already very old.

TVB anniversary series Super Snoops held its promotional event yesterday in Tsuen Wan, 'Ah Jeh' Liza Wang, Toby Leung, Wong Cho Lam, Louis Yuen, Johnson Lee, Aimee Chan, Christine Kuo and the rest of the cast attended. Regarding the TV ratings for this series, Liza Wang was displeased: "I hope it can get better. I heard the ratings peaked at 33 points, but the results are just average. Perhaps we just finished the film and the releases are in such close time intervals, which lacks the fresh feeling." Asked if she will temporarily stop collaborating with The Gods? She said: "Not for me to say. Actually I just shoot 1 series a year and I'm afraid of difficult work, so I avoid costume dramas. Comedies I have done a lot lately, so I hope to try something new next year, like something more serious." Asked if she hopes to get TV Queen again? Ah Jeh said: "Next year it will be my 45th anniversary of being in this industry, so I do hope to get a role that has feeling and memorable. I will have to see if TVB can coordinate such role, but I believe it will be quite difficult. As to if I can get the TV Queen title for the third time, we cannot predict."

Ah Jeh expressed she won't leave TVB just because she wants a good role, she said: "Unless TVB fires me and also I'm not young anymore." Ah Jeh said because of the TV industry poaching crisis, she got a pay raise from TVB, but the raise is limited. She said: "TVB won't add much, perhaps the low-paid employees got a higher raise close to the market value, but it is already good enough that TVB is doing something."

Liza Wang and Vinci Wong visited Kwong Wah Hospital yesterday. Towards the TV industry poaching issue, Liza, who has been serving TVB for 40 years, expressed no one has tried to 'poach' her. She has never considered leaving: "Since the day I entered TVB, I never thought of leaving! Actually we all should take a company's structure into account, like the health and development level of the company. After all, larger companies (TVB) has a good system." However, Liza felt the poaching issue will raise artists and behind-the-scenes staffs' value, which is a good thing because cultivating talents is not simple.

In the past, Vinci left TVB because he had an unpleasant relationship with the company. He expressed viewers will have more choices if there are more TV stations available: "TVB always had low pay because there wasn't competition in the market. Actually if you had to sign a 'death' contract and can't go on other TV stations, then that is truly meaningless! But, we all shouldn't be too rush, see how everything goes later." He expressed he didn't hear any news about his cousin Kevin Cheng leaving TVB nor does he know if Kevin wants to get TV King again with a long contract.

Liza Wang and her partners Wong Cho Lam, Johnson Lee and Louis Yuen appear in several different disguises for TVB new series Detective Liza and Gods. Yesterday afternoon, the 4 stars along with guest stars Ella Koon and Toby Leung were by a commercial building in To Kwa Wan shooting an investigation case. Maybe because there was a large group pressuring Liza that she NGed over 10 times.

That day, the weather was hot and once the director shouted cut to take a break, Liza sped off to the side to relieve her emotions and studied the script. As for guest star Toby Leung, she also asked the staff for a tissue to wipe off her sweat. She didn't care about her image and even put the tissue over her nose and went around with her fans taking photos. It was a funny moment.

Whenever Wong Cho Lam had time, he would often be on the phone with girlfriend Leanne Li.

Liza Wang had just completed her 3 show Hong Kong Coliseum concert with Adam Cheng. At the concert, Liza's fans were seated unfairly, while Adam's fans got to sit up close around the stage. On the final show, Liza couldn't hold in her anger anymore and asked why does her fans have such bad seating all three nights? At the concert's afterparty, Liza was so upset she left with her husband Law Kar Ying right after opening the champagne. While she was leaving, she said she was too exhausted to accept any interviews as an excuse. However, before leaving Liza did not forget to stop and take photos with her fans. Reporters took advantage of this opportunity and asked why she's not accepting any interviews. She said she was too tired, but she is satisfied with the performances. Not long after, Adam figured out that Liza was upset because of the unfair seating. Adam said: "Liza just left, I didn't dare to say anything, perhaps fans bought tickets early, I didn't get the details." Asked if Liza complained to him? He said: "No, Liza was so happy to see me, and was flirtatious too." Adam and Liza's concert tour's will start in June and the first stop is Singapore.

Yesterday Liza Wang accepted Eileen Cha's radio interview and regarding to the unfair seating, the anger among Fans still has not died down, Liza said: "It's best for Adam's fans to take all 3 sections of the venue seating, while my fans can sit on the second floor and pay the same price! The same situation happened all 3 nights too, even my fans asked if there are any tickets that are worst. That is just too unfair, we both have fans, give me some face!"

This lady is on fire. Liza clearly was directing her anger towards the event host Vigo Yau. She frankly said that she was so angry she didn't even feel like going to the afterparty: "He still hasn't even said sorry to me. I have been in the industry for over 40 years, and I learned something, that I can't be relaxed. I want to be more polite, but I can't. To me, what's most important is respect!" When asked if she's still going to have mutual trust with Vigo Yau? She said firmly: "Absolutely not, not in the future. This is a form of respect, initially concerts were suppose to be something happy."

Vigo said that Liza preordered 1,100 tickets, almost 70% of those tickets are front row seats: "If the 5th row seats are bad, then I have nothing to say. I am 100% no shame, I will talk to Liza to get the details."

The first of three shows Adam Cheng . Liza Wang . Many Happiness Era Beginning 2011 Concert was held last night. Before Adam was publicly scolded by the late Alan Tang, but last night he appeared humorous. He often tried to make atmosphere with Liza and was totally unaffected by Alan's death. He suddenly ran over to the side of the stage and said: "I want to see my daughter Joyce." Then he praised that Joyce's dancing is outstanding.

At the concert, Adam teased that Liza's role in TVB series Home Troopers was exactly like those goose necks under the bridge housewives. Liza then got back at Adam: "That's not as awesome as you, affecting the whole stock market!" Liza also teased Adam's long wig looking like a Christmas Tree. Liza invited Liu Xuan to be their guest.

Liza Wang (Ah Jeh), Wong Cho Lam, Louis Yuen and Johnson Lee initially were suppose to have a lucky first day of work on TVB new series Detective Liza & Gods a few days ago, however Ah Jeh reveals that when she got back to TVB for makeup at 5am, she learned that Louis got sick. As a result, the outdoor scenes were canceled, he could only finish his breakfast at the canteen and then go home to continue to sleep.

Until the day before yesterday, the cast arrived at the police station in Yau Ma Tei early in the morning for outdoor filming. In the series, Ah Jeh opened a private detective firm and hired Wong Cho Lam, Johnson Lee and Louis Yuen as her employees. The four of them disguise themselves in all sorts of things to do their investigations. After two days of shooting, Ah Jeh has already been disguised as a goddess, village auntie, enchanting pink lady and an old lady. It's truly changing costumes so much that she's going crazy!

The day before, Ah Jeh posted the photos on Weibo. In one photo she was disguised as a village auntie with Toby Leung and then later changed to be a goddess. Yesterday, Ah Jeh was enchanting pink lady and an old lady. She excitedly shouted to have her pictures taken under the Wing Lee Street sign and said: "Echoes of the Rainbow also had their background set here!"

Soon to hold a concert, Liza Wang and Adam Cheng arrived in a rehabilitation facility for a visit. During the time, they announced that their upcoming New Century 2011 Concert is adding another show. Then they made Tong Yuen (dumplings in soup) sweetly to celebrate the good news, the two were 'flirting' with one another the entire time. Adam praised that the Tong Yuen is as sweet as Liza. But, Liza said that she won't make Tong Yuen for her husband Law Kar Ying: "Nope, already had them on Valentine's Day on the western calender. Tonight, we don't have much activities to celebrate with. Have to go to a meeting with the government too."

Adam said his wife likes to buy any type of sticky rice dumplings to use as a gift: "I gave her flowers, she said she didn't want it. Valentine's Day we just went for dinner." Asked how did his wife react? He joked and asked Liza: "What are you giving me?" This frightened Liza, making her extremely embarrassed. He continued: "You are my lover!" Liza clarified: "We are only on-screen lovers." But Adam continued his flowerly mouth, joking that Liza gave him a heartwarming smile.

Adam Cheng . Liza Wang . Masanora Takahashi's New Era 2011 Concert will be held in Hong Kong Coliseum on April 1st and 2nd. Yesterday Liza, Adam, Masanora and the participating Beijing band attended the press conference. Masanora recomposed Adam and Liza's classic songs including Purple Fork (紫釵恨).

Adam and Liza has not collaborated in a HK Coliseum concert for over 10 years. The last one was the Best Lovers Concert in 1999. Liza said that collaborating with Adam is very relaxed, have lots of chemistry and holding a solo concert lacks this comfort. This time their collaboration includes a new addition, Masanora, who rarely works with HK singers. A part of their song is recomposed by Masanora, and they have more rehearsal time.

Praises Joyce Cheng can sing and dance

For the Lunar New Year, Adam and Liza went to Singapore separately. Liza and Kar Ying Gor went for a trip, while Adam went for a stage performance. Adam said that he also invited his daughter (Joyce Cheng) to come along, but she had work during the holiday. He said that he has followed her performances. Adam praised that her singing is impressive, and her dancing is also done very well. Liza praised Joyce as well, said that Adam's daughter inherited an acting career.

When speaking of Joyce's JSG performance earlier because she was not pleased with her own performance, she cried. Adam said that many big singers will get stage fright, the most important is practice makes perfert. I am personally practicing nonstop.