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Yesterday, Indonesian media reported that Jay Chou had died from drugs overdose, and this shocking news quickly spread fast. This isn't the first time Jay has been rumoured to have died. In early 2004, a large Chinese website allegedly reported that Jay had died from a car accident. The report was even very emphatic in describing how Jay was on his way back to his management company when a large truck suddenly collided with his car. Furthermore they reported that the driver of Jay's car had immediately died at the scene, and Jay and staff members were rushed to hospital, but it was already too late, and he was pronounced dead.

Yesterday, many people on Facebook were intensely discussing about how Indonesian meda reported that Jay had died from drugs overdose in a remote place, and this shocking news quickly spread fast. Reporters immediately contacted Jay's management company JVR and they expressed that this news is ridiculous. Jay is fine and is currently in America filming 'The Green Hornet', and warned the public not to believe these rumours.

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On a radio show last night, Yoga Lin revealed a little incident he had with a Taxi driver.  When he told the driver, "please take me to the building across from here," the driver responded rudely, "You have to say 'U-turn', not 'across'."  Yoga replied instantly, "I used the same term on another ride before and the driver was fine with it."  The driver suddenly turned his head to glare at Yoga and took out something that looked like a screwdriver.  Yoga immediately decided to get off the car, but the driver asked, "so you want to get off to fight me one on one?" Yoga managed to get off the car after paying, but before he could close the door completely, the driver already headed off.

Thinking back at the incident, Yoga said, "I was so mad that my body started shaking, while thinking what I should do next."  He called the police afterwards, but because the conversation wasn't recorded, nothing could be done.

Yoga has been busy working out lately, and many people believed that it is because he wanted to look better on screen.  However, Yoga revealed that he just wants to increase his ability to defend himself.  He mentioned that his friends had once been robbed during a vacation abroad.  Thus, he advised everyone, "It's important to protect yourself, and don't act rashly."

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OMG! this scared me! D:

One of my favorite Taiwanese indie bands 1976 released their new album “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” today. You can listen to the 10 tracks from the album here. Buy it at yesasia here.

1976 – 流浪者之路 MV (Their main plug)

( More release and concert news below on Milk@Coffee, SuperVC etc )

Does not everyone look gorgeous? Also see Yang Mi’s newest video game commercial here.



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Zhang Jie released his album two days ago with friend, but much less active singer, Wang Yuexin helping by giving him traditional Chinese winter snack, Bing TangHulu to eat. Zhang Jie sang his second track live, a day later at Hunan TV’s “Trend Night”, paired with sand drawing. Both his voice and the art were beautiful.

Jason Zhang Jie – Chuan Yue Ren Hai + Unknown Artist doing Sand Art



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After wrapping up his scenes for Ip Man 2, HXM bought cake for the crew as a token of his appreciation.

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★ We now have 906 members, 249 more than last week, and 975 watchers, who will hopefully join up someday soon. :) C'mon in and introduce yourself, peeps!

★ As everyone probably knows, we made spotlight this week, thus the huge (for us) jump in membership. Everything has gone smoothly so far and a huge thanks to all those that must have spammed LJ for this to happen. Thank you. :)

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★ This is a trial FFA time. The 2PM PST and 10AM PST times tied, so I'm going to do one this week and the other one the next week. The one with the most participation will become the official FFA time and I will post all the time zones in the sidebar.

★ Finally, I need a mod. :| At this time, just one for post approval purposes. The criteria are fairly simple.

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3.Please PM me, lem0nlight , if you're interested and fit those criteria. Thanks. :)

With a live concert performance, three album releases, and numerous musical awards under his belt, 26-year old mainland Chinese singer Jacky Xue (薛之謙) is not exactly a stranger to the music scene. In preparation for a late November release of his fourth album, Jacky Xue started promotions for a new single titled “My Athena”.

The new single, which has a slightly mellow dance club feel to it, contrasts quite a bit from his previous single promoted in September titled “Incomplete Song”, a much more ballad tune that was still holding in the top ten in last week’s Baidu Chinese Music Charts. The different styles of Jacky’s two songs released in this half of the year gives a glimpse the variety that Jacky says that he hopes to aim for in his upcoming album.

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When Ariel Lin goes abroad for vacation, she’s like Jin Yong’s Huang Rong – clever and eccentric. Aside from being fully equipped to protect herself, she’s also doesn’t act like a tourist, telling backpackers: “If you want to look at your map, always use a magazine as a cover, so people won’t see [that you’re a tourist].”

Ariel on average accepts two dramas a year. She’s currently preparing for a stage play. Because the body (physical) movements in the play are highlyg demanding, her body is aching all over and she usually doesn’t have enough sleep. Good thing is she normally has very good, healthy habits, so she still appears to be in high spirits.

She hasn’t had time to go abroad lately, so she relies on watching movies to release the pressure at work. Ariel laughed and said: “Whenever I watch an horror movie I start fantasizing. Since watching the movie “Hostel”, I don’t dare travel alone!”

( Recent photos of Ariel at a function... )

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For her beloved Michael Jackson vinyl record, Angela Zhnag would not give up even for famous showbiz veteran Jackie Chan! Recently, the two of them were intensely bidding for an autographed MJ vinyl record, in the end the bid shot up to a crazy $330,000 RMB (approx $1.57 million NTD).

On November 2, Angela Zhang flew over to Shanghai to sing "Invisible Wings" for the "2009 Gary Player Invitational Event" which was a charity function in support of orphans suffering from AIDS. Furthermore, she participated in a charity auction together with Jackie Chan, Wilber Pan, JJ Lin and other artists, all giving their compassion. Unexpectedly, Jackie Chan and Angela Zhang became bidding opponents.

At the function, JJ Lin was in charge of auctioning a limited edition autographed Jackson vinyl record at the opening bid of $100,000 RMB. Angela Zhang who has always seen Michael Jackson as her idol, immediately started to bid. Who knew that Jackie Chan would follow, shouting prices with a determined expression. The two of them consecutively bidded 4-5 times, competing fiercely; in the end Jackie Chan was the highest bidder as $330,000 RMB, making Angela feel a bit disappointed.

Angela who lost the bid, sang her signature comforting song "Invisible Wings" at the function and suddenly asked Jackie Chan to come onstage to sing with her. He assertively went onstage and although he wasn't very familiar with the lyrics, he still happily hummed along. This was their first duet together and although this had not been rehearsed before, they had great tacit understanding and the atmosphere of the scene reached its peak.

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Bodyguards and Assassins main poster. The difficulty in fitting all the cast took three months before finalizing the poster.World premiere will be in Nanjing Nov. 12 where Sun Yat-Sen’s mausoleum is located.


HONG KONG -- Big-budget Chinese period thriller "Bodyguards and Assassins" has been sold by We Distribution to four territories at the beginning of the American Film Market.

E1 Entertainment picked up the film for the U.K. and Canada, while CJ Entertainment bought it for South Korea and Gulf Films took it for the Middle East.

The $23 million film directed by Teddy Chan is set in early 20th century Hong Kong with all the action taking place on the day of a failed assassination attempt on Sun Yat-sen. Its all-star cast includes Donnie Yen, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Leon Lai and Simon Yam.

" 'Bodyguards and Assassins' caters to the intelligence and appetites of China's increasingly sophisticated and fast-expanding audiences. I am also thrilled that we have phenomenal response from territories outside mainland China," producer Peter Chan Ho-sun said.

The film is already destined for a wide Asian release Dec. 18 with distribution handled in Taiwan by Applause Entertainment, in Singapore by MediaCorp. Raintree Pictures and Festive Films, in Malaysia by RAM Entertainment, in Thailand by United Home Entertainment and UIP, in Indonesia by PT Teguh Bakti and in Vietnam by Parkit Films. CJ will release the picture in Korea in January.

Production is by Cinema Popular, a joint venture between Chan, Huang Jianxin and Bona which was launched this year.

Cinema Popular also is shopping its action-romantic comedy "The Return of the Incredible Wu Xia Couple," directed by Vincent Kuk, and Dante Lam's period actioner "Flying Guillotines" at AFM.

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Busy with promotions for their first mini album SUPER GIRL, popular South Korean boyband Super Junior-M made an appearance in Taiwan last night in the form of a video clip announcing their schedule for fan meets on the 5th and 6th of December. This will be a prelude to Super Junior’s Taiwan stop of their SUPER SHOW 2 Live Tour.

SJ-M had promised when they had first heard about their top three ranking on the charts in Taiwan, to “definitely come to Taiwan for promotions, and thank the fans that love us personally”. Yesterday, SM Entertainment/AVEX Taiwan had held a "SUPER GIRL Behind-the-scenes Footage Event", and led by leader Han Geng, the seven members of SJ-M announced the details of their fan meets, which will be held in the Taipei International Convention Centre, via a video clip.

Member Zhoumi has gone to the extent of passing up the chance to celebrate his parents’ wedding anniversary on the 6th of December, just for the fans.

Apart from being in close proximity with the fans, the content of the SJ-M fan meets can be compared to that of a mini concert and each member will have a solo act.

Tickets for the SJ-M First Fan Party in Taipei will start selling on the 14th at noon, via Era Ticket.

Source: AsianFanatics, UDN

1. Yoga Lin (林宥嘉) and 'Senses Around' (感官／世界) with 33.22% sales (NEW!)
2. Landy Wen (溫嵐) and 'Dancing Queen' with 10.2% sales (NEW!)
3. Elva Hsiao (蕭亞軒) and 'Diamond Candy' (鑽石糖) with 9.55% sales
4. Crowd Lu (盧廣仲) and 'Seven Days' (七天) with 7.74% sales (NEW!)
5. Ding Dang (丁噹) and ‘Night Cat’ (夜貓) with 5.09% sales
6. Abin Fang (方炯鑌) and 'Regrets' (壞人情歌：遺憾) with 2.25% sales
7. Joi Chua (蔡淳佳) and 'Back To The Start' (回到最初) with 2.2% sales
8. Yao Yao (瑤瑤) and ‘Free Love’ (愛的抱抱) with 1.93% sales
9. Cindy Yen (袁詠琳) and 'Self-titled Debut Album' (2009首張個人同名專輯) with 1.27% sales (NEW!)
10. Faye Wong (王菲) and 'Story Of Faye' (阿菲正傳) with 1.26% sales

Album chart compiled from G-Music based on retail sales

Source: G-Music
Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net


In case you were wondering, the FFA will be posted today at 2pm PST.  Since they tied, I'm trying both ways.  Next week will be 10am.  The one with the most participation wins. :)

Yoga Lin is invited by the National Symphony Orchestra to collaborate with them in holding a concert. Yoga, who has just released his second album, “Senses Around,” displaying his unique style, will be the first pop artist to collaborate with the NSO. At the press conference, Yoga showed a taste of the upcoming concert by singing Eason Chan’s “你會不會" (Do you know?) accompanied by a harp.

There will be three concerts held at different venues starting on November 21. Yoga revealed that he picked 8 songs to perform, which includes Luo Da You’s “鹿港小鎮” (The little town called Lugang), David Huang’s “Passion”, Anthony Wong’s “憶苦思甜” (Past sufferings and sweet memories), Cheer Chen’s”溫室花朵” (A Greenhouse flower), and songs of his own: “解High人” (Killjoy) and “殘酷月光” (A Cruel Moon).

Netizens have been criticizing Yoga for being too stiff and emotionless in his performance at Miss Asia. Will Yoga redeem himself here?

Here's a clip of Yoga singing Eason Chan's "你會不會" (Do you know?)


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Super Junior M, the 7-member group consisting of Han Geng, Siwon, Donghae, Kyuhyun, Henry, Ryeowook, and Zhou Mi, appeared on Happy Camp to promote their newly released mini album, “Super Girl.” Besides performing their latest singles, SJ-M brought a lot of laughter to the crowd with their physical humor – from kung fu parody to playing musical chairs. The 2-hour long show definitely received a satisfactory response from SJ-M fans.

( More Suju-M here! )
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Ok, it looks like Saturday is the FFA day, barring any last minute floods of votes for some other day. So that will take place tomorrow at:

12PM PST
2PM CST
3PM EST
8PM London
9PM Paris
10PM Helsinki
11PM Moscow
3AM Sunday Bangkok/Jakarta
4AM Sunday Hong Kong/Beijing
5AM Sunday Seoul/Tokyo
6AM Sunday Australia

Big question though, and this is important. I'm mostly wondering if you would like it to start earlier, two hours earlier, say. I also put a two hours later option, but this may or may not work out due to my propensity to be away from the computer by that time, lol. Nevertheless, if that's the time you want, vote it. I'm personally leaning towards starting it two hours earlier.

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Should the FFA start--

Alright, we now have 860ish members and 900ish watchers, and three days (including today) left in the spotlight. So here it is:



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Fahrenheit's Wu Chun, Jiro Wang, Calvin Chen and Arron Yan due to filming contracts have had to go separate ways, causing non-stop rumors of them not getting along with each other and disbanding, but the four members have continuously showed that their friendship has not ended. Yesterday all members were present to film the Coca-Cola advert, Wu Chun and Jiro had a secret plan to help celebrate Calvin and Arron's birthday which are in November, even making the director join in with the prank, causing them both to shout "we've been pranked".

The advert was shot on 4 consecutive days, on the last day the director suddenly changed the script placing it upon Calvin and Arron, no matter how they acted the director wasn't pleased, re- shooting the scene over and over again. Calvin extremely puzzled said " The last few days the director has been really nice, has he taken the wrong medicine today?". Arron was also shouted to complete bewilderment, the director then finally cursed "Can you two not act it out?" and then shouted for a 5 minutes break. With the tense atmosphere, suddenly the whole studio went dark, Wu Chun and Jiro took out the hidden cake and after seeing the candle light, they both realized what had happened.

Calvin argued that he vaguely guessed that they were playing a joke, Arron from start to finish was scolded until near crazy, he was completely fooled. Calvin made a wish that he can buy a house soon and also previously for raising money for the 8/8 flood victims he designed a T-shirt for online sales, recently he donated the $100 000 NT to the TVBS compassion fund doing charity to celebrate his birthday.

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Dee Hsu, the Taiwanese host of popular variety programme, Here Comes Kang Xi, made headlines a few months ago with her openness of becoming the ambassador of lingerie.

At a press conference held on Tuesday, the 31-year-old jokingly revealed that her father-in-law was unable to concentrate on his stocks when he watched her new lingerie advertisement and would blush whenever she greets him now, "My father-in-law has fallen in love with his daughter-in-law all over again!"

The cheeky mother-of-two went on to share the innerwear's positive firming effects experienced by her mother-in-law and her mother. Unfazed by her own candid comments, Dee revealed that her in-laws are not bothered by her jokes and really dote on her.

Known for her mischievous antics with fellow male guests on her variety show, Dee was labeled by the media to be 'Taiwan's Number One Lecherous Woman'. Her open-minded and brash actions have left many in wide-eyed amazement and worried many others who are afraid that she might offend people in the process.

The bubbly host shared that her endorsed products is currently doing well in the market. On her plans to have a third baby, Dee humourously quipped, "Recently, I got carried away by fame and fortune. I only have one programme left now and I do not plan to have a third child."

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LMAO, "Taiwan's #1 Lecherous Woman"

The domestic success of her first film as producer has pushed Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi to target a wider audience with her next project.

Zhang is working with her friends Wendi Murdoch and Florence Sloan to produce the English-language film "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan", according to Hollywoodreporter.com.

The actress will also star in the film, which will be directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Wayne Wang, who also did "Maid in Manhattan".

Set in 19th-century China, the film is based on Lisa See's novel of the same name about a lifelong friendship between two women.

Shooting is slated to begin early next year in China.

Zhang Ziyi made her production debut with the urban romantic comedy "Sophie's Revenge", in which she played the lead character. The film opened in China in mid-August and soon turned new director Jin Yimeng into the most bankable female director on the mainland.

Since the Oscar-winning 2000 film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Zhang Ziyi has become perhaps the best-known Chinese face in Hollywood. Her most recent English-language feature, "Horsemen", was released earlier this year.

Previous reports suggest Zhang had teamed up with Wendi Murdoch and Florence Sloan to run a film studio. China-born Wendi Murdoch is the wife of News Corporation chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch. Florence Sloan, a Malaysian-Chinese, is married to MGM chairman Harry Sloan.

Hollywoodreporter.com describes Zhang Ziyi as "following the practice of big Hollywood talent: establishing her own production company to pull in projects for herself and control a greater share of revenue."

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In town to grace the official opening of Burberry in ION Orchard with Korean actor, Won Bin, Chinese actress Li Bing Bing was the focal point of attention when she made her grand entrance with a huge smile.

Dressed in a chic white cocktail dress, the gracious actress obliged and answered every single question posed by the media.

On her Best Actress nomination for The Message at the inaugural Taiwanese Golden Horse Awards, she said, "To be honest, I am really happy. This nomination is a kind of reaffirmation.

"I hope that everyone will enjoy the movie because I believe everyone knows about the historic story that is told in the movie."

Frequently compared to her compatriot and fellow co-star in movie, Zhou Xun, Li gave her two-cents worth. "For every movie, the media will often create a talking point. When two actresses are together, they will talk about disputes and disharmony. When a male and female actress is paired together, they will come up with rumours. I feel that we are only being ourselves no matter what kind of news there is."

The 33-year-old revealed that she currently has no plans to expand her career to the Hollywood market. "I feel that the current movie industry in China is really good. Local Chinese people really enjoy watching their local productions onscreen. Fate plays a part in whether or not I will further develop my career in Hollywood. If there is [fate], I'll go. If there is none, I am really comfortable remaining in China."

Displaying the amiable side of her, actress continued to gamely pose for pictures upon entering the store. Local celebrities such as Zoe Tay, Christopher Lee, Huang Shi Nan, Irene Ang, Kit Chan, and Jacelyn Tay were also present.

The Message is currently screening in all local theatres.

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