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Yesterday morning, Ron Ng, Linda Chung and JJ Jia were shooting outdoor scenes for TVB new series Men and Women Chooses Residence. The scene was about Ron speeding on the road, and gets into a car accident, while Linda and JJ are in a taxi circling around looking for him. As there was a stunts double to do the 'car crash' scene for him, he still had to personally shoot the speeding segment: "Although I'm already pass the speeding age, I still like to drive and even learned drifting from Chin Ka Lok. Initially I was going to personally take on the car crash scene myself, but because my face won't be on camera, TVB made arrangements for a stunts double. They will be even more professional, so can relax and just do the crash."

Towards Charmaine Sheh expressing that she has intentions on heading north to develop, and spoke out about wanting a raise, Ron said anyone would want a raise: "I also hope TVB gives me a raise, add the earnings for shows, then employees will put more effort into their work. It's true that Mainland series pays good, almost 2-3 times more than what is paid in HK. Also, during the filming progress, artists don't have to take part in shows or events, and can focus on the filming. Artists are also treated well, just have to suffer from being homesick. Actually it is very attractive, TVB has been helping me find Mainland jobs in the past few years, but I still have a good few years before my contract is up. When the time comes, I'll think about going out to develop."

As for Linda and JJ, they were shooting a being in the rain scene. Linda joked and said she especially have fate with rain, every time she shoots a series, there are rain scenes. Linda did all her safety measures, like wearing 4 layers of clothing and wear a rain coat when it's time to film. Even on her neck, she put on tape to block water from going in. JJ, on the other hand, had no preparations at all, she said: "I was initially going to make ginger tea, but then I didn't have enough time. I really hope my mom can get back from Jinan (China) so she can take care of me. (Find a boyfriend to do it!) Leave it, the boys now, if I don't have to take care of them, it's already good enough."

Last night, the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild presented Charmaine Sheh with the Most Outstanding Actress (Television) Award. Yesterday Charmaine attended a public event and expressed that she wanted to go personally to accept the award, she said: "It's a pity I couldn't make it. I feel the award is a great source of encouragement. (Consolation Award?) No, my award is the outstanding actress award. (Did you want to go accept the award together with Moses Chan?) I don't know who won the awards. (Celebrate with him in private?) I won't be able to celebrate for a while, I have to rush back to Wuxi to continue filming until the end of the month. Then I have to rush back to shoot Forensic Heroes III. (It was rumored that Frankie Lam and Kevin Cheng are not qualified for the roles, so they were excluded from the cast?) How so? Every TVB Artist is a star, saying it like that is unfair to the artists. (You have a lot of pressure?) I have pressure every time I shoot a series, have to communicate with the producer because we fear people may get bored of watching."

Series based on production quality

Charmaine denied that she's terminating her TVB contract due to being displeased that Sheren Tang got the TV Queen award: "Why would I be displeased? There will always be someone who gets the award, and someone who doesn't. It's not that I didn't get any awards myself. (It's just a consolation award?) What is considered a consolation award? Are we suppose to just have 1 award? I don't know where the rumor is blown from. I am still a TVB artist, still have a 1-2 year contract and still discussing. (What requests do you have?) A pay raise. (How about awards?) Why, it can be like that? I feel what's needed is quality productions. (How about personal benefit?) Well if the series does well, then I'll have personal benefit. (Head outside of TVB?) I have considered it. The Mainland market is huge, have a demand of HK artists, the money is pretty good in terms of filming series in Mainland. But adding the ribbon-cutting events, advertisements, public events, etc. the earnings are descent. Still have to look at the quality of productions."

 Gigi Leung can be proud of herself with both her career and love life. Yesterday Gigi's assistant announced on Weibo that after 7 years of absence from Hong Kong Coliseum, Gigi will finally be holding a concert on February 27-28th. Coincidentally, ex-lover Ekin Cheng will be holding his concert the following month, in March.

Congratulates ex-lover

It was understood that initially Gigi was going to hold a collaborative concert with Maria Cordero, Elisa Chan (Miss Chan Chan) and Frances Yip. However, because the three of them did not have room in their schedules, Gigi successfully took it on herself and stole Ekin's first taste of the soup. [Oriental Daily] contacted Gigi to confirm, she said: "Don't say stole taste of soup, I was very surprised myself that we were able to get a slot on the HK Coliseum schedule. Earlier, the Christmas Eve concert Beijing G Night had very good response, so it helped me get a shot of confidence. (Ekin's show starts after yours?) I know he's having a concert too, hope we'll both have good results, good show together!"

Gigi frankly said that last time at her concert she lost her voice and affected her performance, this time she'll definitely behave and keep her good voice. In the cold weather, she'll cut down on going out. Asked if her boyfriend Matthew will continue to support her for this concert? Gigi laughed sweetly: "Every friend will go support, I hope everyone will have a good time watching!"

Back then after Gigi and Ekin broke up, Ekin started a new relationship with Yoyo Mung. As Gigi has always had both love and career, she had two relationships after the break up. Later reporters exposed her new relationship with American diplomat Matthew.

Also, lately Gigi has been voted for "Weibo's Most Popular Female Singer" by Netizens. The other two include Denise Ho and Charlene Choi. As for "Weibo's Most Popular Male Singer", the top three are Pakho Chau, Bosco Wong and Khalil Fong.

No matter if it's in film, music or TV, anyone can see the highly popular Raymond Lam's success last year. Recently he has been busy shooting for a Mainland drama. Last month at the "Metro Radio Hits Music Awards 2010", he was initially suppose to go accept the 'Hits Male Singer' award, but coincidentally that day was his sister (Regina Lam Wai Yan) big wedding day. Have always loved his sister, Raymond could only give up on personally getting his award and go back to his hometown in Xiamen to witness his sister's marriage.

Similar Appearance

When someone is popular, there are bound to be lots of gossips. Raymond's 'signature nose' had already been the topic to talk about since his nose had become higher and straighter. Last year Wong Cho Lam made jokes about Raymond at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2010, which led to fans' displease, Cho Lam later made an apology on Weibo. Never thought that after Raymond's sister exposure will cause Netizens active discussions. Some Netizens felt that Regina looked extremely like Wong Cho Lam. Netizens felt Regina possesses a "Cho Lam Nose", it's no wonder Raymond wasn't upset when Cho Lam teased him, in fact, he and Cho Lam were already "related" long ago.

Father wants Raymond to retire from showbiz

As the maternal uncle, Raymond felt that he needed to express his feelings at the wedding banquet. He expressed that he hopes his sister can have a baby as soon as possible, so parents of both sides can have grandchildren. In fact, what Raymond's parents really wants is grandchildren from their oldest son Raymond. It was rumored that Raymond's father hopes he can retire from the industry and help out in his family business. During the wedding reception, Raymond's father invited many 'Uncle's nieces' for his beloved son to look over, hoping Raymond can find a love interest and flourish the Lam family soon. Actually, Raymond made a promise to his father before he entered the industry that he'll leave the industry at age 30, but this year he's already 31 and also his father is heartbroken to see the public attacking Raymond. Now that Raymond's back home, his father is taking advantage and brings the topic up again.

Raymond accepted [Oriental Daily] telephone interview, he was asked if his father wanted him to retire from the entertainment industry and help him with the family business? Raymond did not give a direct response. In reality, Raymond can see his great success in showbiz, how can he bear giving up his success earned from several years of hard work!

Miss Nine" Sheren Tang opened her 'golden mouth' and sang a song at Andy Lau's concert. She exposed that Andy was the first guy she brought back to meet her family.

When Andy introduced Sheren out on stage, he said: "This girl and I were a couple that were friends from childhood. She met me when we were studying, her hard work is seen by everyone, she's known as Miss Nine!" When Sheren came out, she exposed that she gave her 'first time' to Andy, she said: "Andy is the first guy I took to see my Daddy!" Andy said proudly: "Yes! I met her parents!" Turns out that when they were classmates, they played together often and Andy was occasionally a house guest at Sheren's home. Sheren laughed and said that she never thought Andy would use 'a couple who were friends from childhood' to describe their relationship because she had always viewed Andy as a big brother. Andy's hard work never dies, so she made him her striving goal.

Andy recalled the old memories, he said: "I saw that she really wanted to challenge herself, want people to appreciate her acting, so I suggested that she join the training class. I was pretty smart, met an heroine with my intelligant eye. I knew beforehand that she'll eventually become Miss Nine!" Sheren was very grateful of Andy's praises, every time when she's exhausted, she'll rest and sees Andy still hard at work, so she would then remind herself to continue her hard efforts. This time Andy wanted her to sing in HK Coliseum, at first she feared the challenge, but she has to be like Miss Nine, a woman with loyal spirit. Then she sang Star bringing the tone of the blues.

Yesterday Pop Queen Joey Yung accepted Eileen Cha's radio interview. Since her concert, Joey has damaged her vocal cords and after all the music award ceremonies are done, she will be taking 2 months off. For the first month, she'll be going on vacation to Europe. For the second month, she'll be discussing with the producer and music composers about the direction of her new Mandarin album. Joey expressed: "Plan to go to Europe, and I personally wanted to go drifting off alone, but since the hotel room incident earlier, I don't even dare to shut off the lights when I go to bed in the hotel anymore. Once I turn out the lights, the shadow will come back out, so this time I should be going with my family."

Speaking of her new Mandarin album, will she ask for advice from close friend Denise Ho? Joey said: "Definitely. Her spirit and power to fight is like cockroaches, can't kill them off. Although there are many things she keeps to herself, you will understand that she does need friends."

TVB will be starting a new series mid-January Special Duties Unit. The series is led by Joe Ma and Jessica Hsuan and will highlight the latest investigating equipment through different cases. With the latest equipment and new clothing, how will the Special Duties Unit protect Hong Kong citizens property and life? However, to avoid triggering audience sad memories, TVB decides to not add in the actual case of the Philippines bus hostage incident.

Last year, a Hong Kong bus tour group was held hostage in the Philippines, the incident was a complete failure because the police did not handle the rescue operation properly, sacrificing 8 innocent lives. The tragic event led to anger and grief from the entire Hong Kong community. In view of this, TVB had decided to start shooting a new series called Special Duties Unit that revolves around training high quality Hong Kong Special Duties Unit and this will be the series selling point. Joe Ma was once a G4 in the police force, therefore he is the most compatible person to play the person in charge of the Special Duties Unit. The team under Joe includes Vincent Wong, Him Law, William Chak and Benjamin Yuen. The group of newcomers are requested to have good physical ability, otherwise it will be hard for them to handle the difficult training process required during filming. As for Jessica Hsuan, she plays the person in charge of The Criminal Investigation Unit. Jessica and Joe will have a romantic storyline with dedicated feelings.

Producer (Lam Chi Wah) was asked if it's because of the Philippines tour bus hostage incident that he decided to shoot this series? He denied: "No, decided this type of series before the incident, it is something well worth to do. The Special Duties Unit not only knows how to use guns and burst through doors, but their operations are have great deployment. Need to really have brains and high EQ. Some cases are also true stories and real people." Asked if he would add in the Philippines tour bus hostage incident in as a case? Lam reveals: "We will not use audience sorrows as a selling point, but will have other hostage cases. We will also be using the latest uniforms and equipment. This time the production cost for this series is 3 times more than an average TV series." He reveals that there will be a total of 13 episodes, broadcasting every Saturday. Each episode will be about 1 case. The plot is very compact, and is in hope to bring an alternative type of series for audience to chase.