[News/Pics] Starhub Awards 2013 Results

My Favorite TVB Male Artist: Bosco Wong
My Favorite TVB Female Artist: Tavia Yeung

My Favorite TVB TV Male Characters:
Wai Sai Lok (Raymond Lam) - Highs and Lows
Hui Wai Sam (Bosco Wong) - Witness Insecurity
Sze-Ma Shun (Kenneth Ma) - Three Kingdoms RPG
Ko Lau Fei (Moses Chan) - Beauty At War
Ching Lai Wing (Ruco Chan) - Slow Boat Home
Koo Ha Yeung, Jayden (Chilam Cheung) - Triumph in the Skies II

My Favorite TVB TV Female Characters:
Yuen Siu Kat (Niki Chow) - A Change of Heart
Empress Dowager Cixi (Michelle Yim) - The Confidant
Ko Tze Lam (Linda Chung) - Witness Insecurity
Chan Ka Bik (Kate Tsui) - Highs and Lows
Ha Sun, Summer (Myolie Wu) - Triumph in the Skies II
Hong Tze Kwan (Tavia Yeung) - Silver Spoons, Sterling Shackles

Best Male Newcomer: Jason Chan
Best Female Newcomer: Christine Kuo
Most Improved Actor: Him Law
Most Improved Actress: Mandy Wong

My Favorite TVB On-Screen Couple: Bosco Wong, Niki Chow - A Change of Heart

My Favorite TVB Series Theme Song:
"Little Something" (Seasons of Love) - Mag Lam; Composed by: Tang Chi Wai; Lyrics by: England Cheng

Singapore Local Media's Favorite TVB Series: Triumph in the Skies II

My Favorite TVB Series: Triumph in the Skies II
My Favorite TVB Large-Scale Variety Show: StarHub TVB Golden Viva Spectacular 2013
My Favorite TVB Variety Show: Lady First (SG) 女人我最大
My Favorite TVB Variety Show Host: Pauline Lan - Lady First (SG)

TVB's Classic TV Character: Michael Miu
The All-Weather Beautiful Artist Award: Linda Chung
Most Dazzling Female Artist: Kate Tsui
Most Charming Artist Award: Raymond Lam
StarHub's Most Beautiful Star Award: Linda Chung

Source: Mingpao, Oriental Daily, Weibo
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[Clips] Starhub Awards 2013

Opening

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Linda Chung Wins Everlasting Glow Award

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Linda Singing "Eternal Flame"

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Who will Linda choose, Jason Chan or Ruco Chan?

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Sexy Starlets Turn Up the Heat

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[News] "Big Apothecary" Filming Sales Presentation

Linda Chung was filming a Sales Presentation clip for the pre-modern series "Big Apothecary" with Ruco Chan, Raymond Wong, and Shirley Yeung. The series will begin filming in November. Although the genre is slightly similar to the Korean drama "Jewel in the Palace", this time's pre-modern background is very different. In the series, she becomes China's first female apothecary, and has a romantic storyline with Ruco and Raymond, making her greatly anticipating it. Her character is slightly similar to Dae Jang Geum. Linda said, "Perhaps. Want to become China's first female apothecary. I think that the series should be slightly labourious, especially remembering the Chinese medicine names, so will be going to my uncle, who is a Chinese doctor, to learn then".

The other day, Linda got injured while filming "Tiger Cubs II". Her hands were full of bandages and had a little pain: "The doctor has given me sick leave, but have to film the Sales Presentation. Also have to go to the Light Switching Ceremony on Friday. Wouldn't feel comfortable being absent, so putting up with it. However, I have a little trauma toward these running while getting carried scenes!"

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[News] Linda Chung Wonders if Wu Chun's Daughter Looks Like Her

Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit member, Wu Chun, announced he is actually married and is a super blessed father. The 33 year old singer and actor married his first girlfriend of 18 years in Brunei and he has a daughter with his wife.

Although many fans felt heartbroken that Wu Chun deceived them for 8 years, other fans showed their support because he is very faithful and loyal to love and his family. Fans will support their "Father Chun" forever.

When Linda Chung, dubbed the "Female Wu Chun", learned that Wu Chun is already married and has a daughter, she congratulated him: "I will congratulate him via SMS. A friend making the decision to step into the next stage in life, I will be happy for them. Although he concealed his marriage for so many years, I still think the fans today have high tolerance and won't oppose to their idols getting married or being in a relationship. Also, Wu Chun is a very responsible gentleman. I believe this is points added for him as a matured man." Linda hopes the public will give Wu Chun space and she hopes to meet his daughter, to see whether she looks like her or not.

Source: Mingpao
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[News] Joe Ma Carries Linda Chung Away from Explosion and Drops Her, Sobs In Pain

Yesterday Linda Chung, Joe Ma and Nancy Wu were filming the ending scene for TVB new series Tiger Cubs II. The scene was about the villian Nancy Wu holding Linda captive, she hanged her up high and Joe Ma rushed to rescue her. Joe was able to get Linda out before the huge explosion, but unfortunately encountered an accident. Before the cameras rolled, Joe was just leisurely chatting on the phone, then he and Linda tested the positions twice before Joe picked Linda up and the cameras started rolling. Joe carried Linda as he ran away from the explosion, but after 4-5 steps, Joe tripped, dropping Linda and the two tumbled on the ground. Joe got some light scraps on his right hand, but Linda had injuries on both her hands and thigh.

When Linda saw a piece of her skin peeled off on her left hand, she shouted that it was painful and couldn't stop her tears from coming down. The staff quickly went over to clean her wound. After the two took a break, they went back to filming and to prevent distractions, the crew asked everyone to clear the set and once filming completed, Joe and Linda were sent to the hospital for a checkup.

Joe Apologizes to Linda

Linda took a 20 minute break after the accident, and then forced herself back to filming, she clearly hadn't recovered from the accident yet. When asked about her teary eyes at the time of the accident, Linda expressed it wasn't painful. But asked if she was still really scared and if she could handle it? Linda couldn't stop her tears again, she nodded and quickly went back to filming. Joe expressed he just got minor scraps and a small pain on his shoulder. He believed it was purely an accident, action scenes aren't considered too difficult for artists. Asked whether he lost control because he had a leg injury? Joe said: "No, it was a natural response from the feeling of weightlessness of moving forward. I have to apologize to Linda, I caused her the injuries and we had to film the scene again. I hope she's okay."

After they finished the scene, Linda went to the hospital immediately and got her injuries bandaged up. She said: "No need to worry, I am fine. I'm ok! I will get better soon." She posted a photo of her smiling and told fans not to worry about her.

As for Nancy, she had to hang on wires too and it all went smoothly for her. She was seen coming down carefully to prevent another accident. She stressed every time there is a dangerous scene, she's very careful. Also, Nancy admitted she's currently cohabiting with her boyfriend, but she's not in a hurry to marry him.

Source: Mingpao
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[News] TVB Establishes Own Record Label Entices Raymond Lam to Renew Contract

Back in the day, due to the broadcasting regulations, TVB was not allowed to touch anything outside of television broadcast business, thus the company was forced close record label Capital Artists. However, today the restrictions have been relaxed and plus TVB had excavated a great number of talented singers through their singing shows The Voice and Voice of the Stars. TVB feels they qualify to nourish talents in the music industry and thus decided to establish their own record company called Star Dream Entertainment Limited "Star Dream" (星夢娛樂有限公司). Star Dream will not only help artists launch music albums, but will also help them open concerts, manage their work in showbiz and protect their reputations. Furthermore, the artists are absolutely not permitted to perform in something that will damage their image and hope to give them a balance in acting and singing. TVB music producer CW Tang (Tang Chi Wai) will be the main person in charge of the record label's productions. To date, the majority of Raymond Lam's songs were produced and composed by CW Tang.

It was understood, Raymond Lam, Fred Cheng, Linda Chung and Myolie Wu will be TVB's "Big Four" trump cards for the new record label. Other "Voice of the Stars" contestants like Ronald Law, Grace Wong and Shirley Yeung have hope in joining the music industry. Recently it had been widely rumored TVB Siu Sang Raymond Lam intends to leave the company, but TVB is still actively trying to make him stay and plans to make him Star Dream's "First Brother" in hope he'll change his mind. As for Fred Cheng, nicknamed the "High Score King", responded yesterday. "I don't mind which company I sign with. I'm waiting for TVB to make the arrangements. (How will you choose between singing and acting?) I've been acting in TV series for over 10 years, I really like acting, but if I had to choose, I really can't do it! Let TVB make the decision. (Do you think there is better success in singing?) I haven't thought about it that far. I want to concentrate on the October 12th and 13th Voice of Stars final first."

Linda still has a contract with Star Shine, in regards to returning to TVB's embrace? She said: "I'm from TVB, there is no say on who is my maternal home. Of course I will support TVB establishing their own record label. Its a good platform to let artists develop their talents, but I don't know how to plan because I still have several years left in my contract with Star Shine."

Source: Oriental Daily
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[Pics] Brother's Keeper Promotion Event

Related Article: [News] Linda Chung Asked to Give "Protection Fee" in Mainland
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[News] Linda Chung Asked to Give "Protection Fee" in Mainland

Yesterday Linda Chung, Kristal Tin, Ruco Chan and Edwin Siu attended TVB new series Brother's Keeper promotional event. During the games, Kristal pretended to kiss Linda; Ruco and Edwin embraced pretending to be gay. When speaking of Ada Choi's "kidnap-like" incident in Xi'an, Linda thought it was very terrifying: "I will have the highest level of alertness when I'm working in Mainland. I usually have my manager with me, but I've once encountered a small mishap too, someone tried to get 'protection fee' from the crew." It was said she could get rumored boyfriend Philip Ng to teach her a few defensive moves, Linda said: "It's useless to know martial arts when you don't have the physical strength."

Due to No. 8 Typhoon Usagi hitting Hong Kong, Linda's original schedule of shooting Tiger Cubs II promotional clip and a commercial were cancelled. She took all her safety measures and hopes the typhoon will keep viewers at home to watch Brother's Keeper premiere and bring high ratings.

Edwin was very pleased Brother's Keeper brought him more jobs. He laughed and said he still needs several years to save up enough "wife savings". He is currently busy shooting Wong Jing's series World of Turbulence in Mainland. Wong Jing paired him and Yiu Yiu together, Edwin hoped they can be as comedic as Stephen Chow and Sandra Ng, but unfortunately they don't have any kiss scenes. Edwin's most memorable scene was when he danced with sexy girls. "It was awkward, they were swinging around, their hair were flinging here and there. It felt like a ghost went into my body, luckily I was able to withstand it." As for TVB's HK$900,000 anti-competition fine, Edwin said: "Joey Yung said it well, if we weren't asked to speak Mandarin, our Mandarin wouldn't have improved so fast."

Source: Mingpao
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Happy Mid-Autumn!

Hey guys! Happy Mid-Autumn!! Hope you all enjoyed some mooncakes :)
Linda made a video to wish us a happy Mid-autumn!! Haha so cute how she added, "Times 5", when she ran out of things to say :P

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[News] Tiger Cubs II' Cast Exclaims "Delay No More!" Frightening Linda Chung Thinking Its Profanity

Last night Joe Ma, Linda Chung, Mandy Wong, Him Law, Oscar Leung, Christine Kuo and Grace Wong had the Tiger Cubs end-of-filming celebration dinner. Joe Ma generously pulled his wallet out and paid for the some HK$10,000 dinner, while Linda and Him paid for the raffle prizes. Since the filming of this series began, the cast were injured one way or another from the action scenes, and had to wear thick/heavy SDU uniforms during the hot summer weather. The male artists really had it difficult, no wonder they all shouted "Delay No More!" when they popped the champagne. They men frightened Linda so much, she covered her mouth in shock, thinking they were venting out their sufferings using profanity.

Joe expressed Tiger Cubs II filming was truly difficult to bear, thus the cast had to shout out the "Delay No More!" slogan to vent out their feelings, but denied that its a swear word. The cast was just hoping they could hurry up and finish filming the series without any "delay". What if there was a third installment of [u]Tiger Cubs[/i], is Joe willing to participate? He said he will have to see the reaction to this second installment first. If the audience enjoys the sequel, a third installment can be considered. It was rumored Raymond Lam is leaving TVB to establish his own production company, Joe frankly expressed he has this thought too, but hasn't had the time to put the thought to practice.

Linda was asked if she was frightened by the "Delay No More" slogan? She expressed she didn't have many scenes with the SDU members and that it was her first time hearing the slogan, she thought it sounded very special. It was rumored Raymond plans to pull Kate Tsui over to his new production company, did he try to pull her over too? Linda said: "I didn't hear about his new company, nor have I ever asked about his personal business. I don't know whether he tried to pull Kate over, but I still have several years left in my TVB contract."

Mandy Felt Awkward During Intimate Scenes with Him

Mandy played a female SDU member in the series, because she had to wear the full SDU gear to shoot the training scenes and under the blazing heat, she suffered from a heatstroke once. She said: "Because there was no ventilation in the uniform, it got even more stuffy when we had the mask on. When I got home after work, I felt really dizzy and my muscles ached, I think I got the heatstroke!" She frankly expressed the most difficult scenes were having to run up the hill in the heavy SDU uniform and carrying all those weapons. Mandy expressed she and Him Law are a couple once again in this series, and its the series she had the most intimate scenes. She said her romantic storyline involved intimate and bed scenes, "I felt a little awkward, but this is my fourth time collaborating with Him, as long as it fits with the plot, I don't mind hugging and kissing. We're close friends, so the scenes went smoothly. (Fear Tavia Yeung might be unhappy?) We're all friends!"

Christine & Eliza Denies Fallout Rumor

It was reported, because Christine Kuo has gained some weight recently, so Eliza Sam snatched some of her jobs away and ultimately ended up breaking off the sisterly relationship with Christine. Christine defended her good friend Eliza and said she fully trusts Eliza's personal character. They chatted about this rumor before and joked they should consider French kissing to prove that they are not on bad terms. Christine said: "But after more thought, we decided it wouldn't be a good idea, otherwise they'll have to keep doing that every time there is a fallout rumor. We lived together for six months before, I've always been the one who gets taken care of, but she is the first person I had to take care of." She frankly expressed she is planning to take vacation and go back to Canada to look after her mother whom had just underwent surgery and because she's having some personal issues that she wants to take care of.

Source: Mingpao, On.cc
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