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Yesterday afternoon Linda Chung, Ruco Chan and Edwin Siu attended the blessing ceremony of TVB new series Big Wheel. There will be a kiss scene between Linda and Ruco in the series, Linda expressed she's fine with kiss scenes, but will avoid bed scenes as much as possible because she personally fears those scenes and its her limit. When asked if it's because rumored boyfriend Philip Ng doesn't allow her to do so? She stressed it's solely her personal choice and has nothing to do with her image. It was said Kate Tsui's rape and bed scenes in Highs and Lows made it a breakthrough for her in the TV Queen battle? Linda expressed to get the TV Queen title, actresses don't necessarily have to do bed scenes, it is all based on personal choice.

It was rumored Moses Chan declined to collaborate with Ruco in this series because he doesn't think Ruco is up to level yet, therefore he turned down Big Wheel. Ruco said that's impossible and it's all fabricated news. If he and Moses meet, there won't be any awkwardness between them. He just feels lucky that TVB is giving him so many opportunities and he will cherish it.

A few days ago, Edwin was driving rumored girlfriend Gigi Ho and got into an accident. He crashed into a mini bus and damaged his car. Asked if his girlfriend was frightened by the accident? Edwin quickly corrected reporters, "You are talking about my rumored girlfriend right? She was fine, she's been in a car accident before and has the experience. She was calm and even gave me advice on how I should handle the situation." Edwin said his damaged car has already been taken to the shop for repair and a good friend of his let him borrow a sports car to use while his car is getting fixed.

Michelle Ye participates in both of the acting and production side of new Mainland series The Purple Hairpin Romance. Yesterday shooting officially started in Hengdian. The lead actor is HK Siu Sang Raymond Lam. "RM" fans (Raymond-Michelle fans) finally get to see them collaborate again after waiting 10 years.

In the past, Michelle and Raymond collaborated in TVB series Lofty Waters Verdant Bow and Eternal Happiness, but since Michelle left TVB, the two rarely intersected. Michelle expressed although she rarely kept in touch with Raymond in the last 10 years, but when she was looking for a lead actor to be in this series, her old partner "Raymond Lam" was the first person to come to mind. "Raymond looks very noble, elegant and unconventional in costume dramas, and he really fits the 'Wong Sam Hak' role. He was my first choice." Raymond also expressed, despite their busy schedules, its a rare opportunity that they could collaborate again.

The shooting of new film Young and Dangerous Reloaded is gaining momentum. Not only did we see a new group of 'gangsters' on the HK and Kowloon streets, they were also seen shooting at the Dai Pai Dong (cooked-food stalls) and attracted several hundred onlookers. Him Law got himself a new haircut for the Chan Ho Nam role and got rid of the Ekin Cheng's 90s hairstyle. Jacqueline Chong had a neutral outfit on, and had a heated kiss with a girl on the street.

Ekin Cheng has been popular for 20 years since Young and Dangerous. Back then, he had a long haircut as he led the group of gangsters on the streets. His haircut had become a symbol in the film and manga.Today in the new generation, the new 'Chan Ho Nam' is Him Law, no longer has the long hair, but instead he reveals his giant 40-inch chest. There are also differences in the new "Chicken" (Oscar Leung) and "Pou Pan" (Jazz Lam) compared to the original characters played by Jordan Chan and Jerry Lamb. Chicken's classic line, "Before 12AM, the police watches this place, but after 12AM then..." remains. Producer Wong Jing was at the scene last night to direct the group on how to do the scenes.

Jacqueline Chong was dressed neutrally and jumps out of her comfort zone and turns into a TB. In fact, she and "Chicken" are a bickering pair, but she also has a passionate kiss scene with another girl. They had to kiss on the streets and did it over 3 times. At the scene, Jacqueline was not afraid to do the scene at all, even Him Law was frightened.

Reporters contacted Jacqueline and she expressed she wasn't embarrassed to do that kiss scene. "If we didn't have accommodate the camera angles, then we could have just did one take. Actually, my partner avoided a little, perhaps because she didn't want to mess up her makeup." It turns out this is not Jacqueline's first on-screen kiss with a girl. Earlier when she was shooting Microsex Office, she had a kiss scene with Koni Lui. When asked if she's worried this might become a set image for her? She laughed: "It's a good thing. Recently, I did indeed gain more female fans, but I am 100% straight and I won't be changing my sex orientation midway. Him Law was completely stunned when he saw us. He has never seen two women kiss before." Jacqueline is looking forward to her kiss scenes with Oscar, the director added in a lot of kiss scenes for the two. She happily said: "Indeed there is profits being in movies."

Yesterday Sharon Chan, Roger Kwok, Raymond Cho, Joyce Tang, Selena Li and Grace Wong attended the costume fitting of TVB new series Justice Arrogant Hero. This is the first time Sharon plays an unmarried mother, she'll have a 4 year old son in the series. She said: "I think the arrangement this time really fits. I have to go towards the 30+ ages in acting, so I don't mind playing mother roles. I accept my age, and there is no need to act like an adult. First, I have to recuperate my health and that won't be within this year. I accept being an unmarried mother too, if there was an accident, I want the baby. Modern women, as long as we're happy, there is no need to care about common customs and its not like we're doing something illegal. Of course, its best to be married first before having children."

When shooting Cousin, You Are Good, it was rumored Roger was acting like a big shot and changed the script. He expressed: "I did make small modifications, but cannot make too many. After all, the story has a big picture and randomly changing it would not be good. Actors must have personal integrity and a limit. (Will that displease others?) No, we're all just wondering why we still haven't had a dinner gathering yet. Perhaps there are too many singers and newcomers in the cast, it's hard to meet up again after filming ends."

Yesterday Myolie Wu, Fala Chen and Francis Ng were shooting at the airport for TVB new series Triumph in the Skies II. The scene was about Myolie encouraging Francis to pursue Fala. Myolie expressed in the sequel, she turns into Francis' sister-in-law, but they are still considered good friends. She is also very excited to be shooting in England and France later, and due to this, she will not be able to attend the TVB Anniversary Gala, but may be able to rush back and attend the anniversary awards ceremony at the end of the year. She said: "I already chose my outfit, it's a little sexy and hot looking." As for the TV Queen battle this year, she expressed she doesn't have too much confidence and will be supporting in the audience. She supports Tavia Yeung to get the award this year. When she support Bosco Wong for TV King? Myolie was unwilling to mention Bosco and expressed she supports Kenneth Ma. She also joked if its going to be public voting this year, she hopes she won't have the fewest votes.

Fala had a hand-holding scene with Francis, when asked if the scene gets even more intense? Fala said Francis plays a very serious and strict guy, but behind the cameras, she's actually very funny. He's like two different people. Fala expressed Francis is very willing to teach her acting and filming with him feels like she's in class. In the series, she also sees him as a mentor. As Fala will also be shooting in England and France, she won't be able to attend the TVB Anniversary either, but she can avoid all the 'TV Queen' gossips. It was said, this year is a battle between Tavia and Kate, Fala expressed she collaborated with Tavia a little more, but Kate is very hard working as well. We will just have to wait until the awards ceremony to find out who wins. "I'll be happy if Chung Mo Yim (Queens of Diamonds and Hearts) is part of the nominations."

Fala called Francis her mentor, he laughed: "Anyone who gets tormented by me says that." When asked what he thought of Fala's performance? He said Fala is a very hard working person, but is too rational: "When she was studying at university, she was very rational. She goes seeking for the results one step at a time, but acting is not about the results, it is about finding the cause."

Also, the day before Fala and Chilam Cheung were shooting a dating scene in Central. Chilam was seen with his head on Fala's shoulder. After they completed the scene, Chilam got into his HK$3 million sports car and left, while Fala left with the crew.

The TVB Anniversary Awards battle is getting more and more heated. This year the audience gets to vote for the TV King and Queen, the head of TVB's Variety Shows department (Yu Wing Shan) reveals the details for the public voting will conclude within the next two weeks. Currently, there are no problems with the technology. She explained they must resolve the technical problems to prevent online hackers from coming in again. She also revealed not all the awards will be up for public voting. Audience my get a few days to cast their votes, instead of opening up the polls that evening. The details regarding this matter is still in discussion.

This year's hot favorite for TV Queen, Tavia Yeung, was rumored that she's using 'cheap' tactics to crackdown her competitor Kate Tsui. She asked her boyfriend Him Law to sign a TVB contract in exchange for the award. Yesterday the cast of anniversary series Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles including Tavia, Damien Lau, Kenneth Ma, Ron Ng, Rebecca Zhu, Sire Ma, JJ Jia and Elena Kong attended the promotional event. Damien is also seen as a favorite for the TV King award, he laughed: "I've been a favorite for many years! But leave it for the younger generation. At this age, awards isn't as important to me. I support Kenneth Ma and Tavia this year. (Michelle Yim is a hot favorite too.) She's not in my series, I don't care about her."

Yesterday at the promotion, Damien's five 'wives' gave him a kiss and the event organizers prepared a cake to celebrate his 63rd birthday. After the ladies gave Damien kisses, there were lipstick marks left on his cheeks.

Recently a magazine reported Tavia wanted to defeat her strongest TV Queen competitor, Kate Tsui, so rumored boyfriend Him Law signed a 'lifelong' contract with TVB in exchange for the award. In regards to this, Tavia said: "I think that is really funny. I've been in the industry for so long, I signed a 'lifelong' contract long ago, then how come TVB hasn't given me the award? The report is purely fabricated, the media said I used 'cheap tactics to kill Kate', but I'm good buddies with Kate, and I don't want fabricated news to affect our relationship." When asked if she thinks Kate is her greatest competitor? Tavia said she's not anxious for the award. Did she talk to Him about a 'lifelong' contract with TVB? "Nothing to talk about, I didn't ask if its true or not. I don't care about that, just as long as TVB helps us earn more money. (Do you support Him signing a TVB contact?) I 'sold' myself already, but everyone has the right to choose, just as long as he's happy."

Yesterday Bobby Au-Yeung was at TVB City shooting for the sales presentation clip of new series Love Reverses Three Lifetimes of Fate. He expressed shooting costume dramas are very difficult. Before he shot an explosion scene while being in a cargo container, he laughed: "Luckily there aren't any rain scenes, otherwise what happens if Esther Kwan gets sick and backs out? Then we did all that work for nothing." When speaking of Kathy Chow's return to TVB? Bobby said: "I know the old people are good. (Realized too late?) Not about that. If they are able to keep the old people, the most important is if they have sincerity or not. (Are you back this time due to the sincerity?) I signed a contract long ago, now I'm back to repay the debts. (The salary differs from before, did you lose money?) It's not calculated like that. When I signed the contract, it followed the seafood prices. (Renew the contract?) Decide when I finish shooting this series."

Pierre Ngo is also part of the cast, he expressed this is his first time working with Bobby. He's going to play Bobby's son and his character will go from youth to old age. He's very happy to be able to collaborate with Bobby and Esther.

Mandy Wong and Rebecca Zhu are dancers in the series. Mandy expressed she'll be portraying the head of the dance group and this will be her first villain role. As Mandy and Edwin Siu are the hot favorites for this year's 'Most Improved Actor/Actress' awards, Mandy modestly said: "I am happy to gain recognition from all of you, but the official nomination list hasn't been released et, it's too early to say. (Do you have confidence?) Definitely!"