TVB 2009 Calendar Previews

1st preview:


2nd preview:


WOW, I so can't wait to see the calendar!! Looking forward to the new ideas TVB have in store..

*Credits to idlemindsehseh and lovebosco.net

TVB Sales Presentation 2009; Bernice Liu going Hollywood!

TVB Sales Presentation 2009 clips (Sorry, didn't have the time to embed the video here!)
飛女正傳-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE_ibiUQo28
學警狙擊-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3CXWBUOhhA
鐵馬尋橋-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-j0rBbrlU
古靈精探II-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv01j7jcbUo
巾幗梟雄-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x58tauVU6vM
金錢誘罪-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSGHdj3UyWc
宮心計-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5jzlgHZX5I
蔡鍔與小鳳仙-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MxCwrFKXag
烈火雄心3-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnKFIcaE2Dw
天與地-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE7EeIG4Y38
-credits to wahaha2036 for uploading them!
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Bernice Liu stars in new Hollywood Movie "The King of Fighters" alongside Maggie Q

Recently, TVB Fadans has been entering the film industry, like Kate Tsui just became the new movie star favorite, Bernice also been chosen to participate in a Hollywood movie, she will be collaborating with Maggie Q as female fighters. This will make Bernice the first TVB Fadan to be a Hollywood movie star.

Working in Hollywood is an artiste's dream. For many years, several Asian artistes have successfully made it into Hollywood and made a famous name there. Artistes like Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang ZiYi, Maggie Cheung and etc. Recent years, Isabella Leong and Gillian Chung also experienced working in Hollywood. Now, TVB released one of their Fadans, Bernice Liu to "investigate" on accepting a western movie called "The King of Fighters".

For many years, Bernice has always hoped to get a female fighter role, as in the new movie she'll be one female fighter, opposite of Maggie Q. It appears that Chris Evans from "The Fantastic Four" will also be part of this film. The filming started yesterday in Canada, because of the timing, the filming schedule was delayed for 2 months, causing Bernice's schedule to be a bit difficult. Because she didn't want to lose this great opportunity, so she was forced to reject advertisement jobs. This time of year is artistes' golden time period where many jobs for Christmas and New Years are offered, Bernice also had to reject those. Her new series "The Grand Entrepreneurs" (金錢誘罪) also needed some adjustments. It is estimated that she lost 7 figures of earnings because of this film, it is seen that she really wants to be part of this new movie.

As for TVB Executive Virgina Lok is fully supporting Bernice in entering the Hollywood industry, she laughs: "The movie has been discussed for half a year, Bernice knows that she will be a female fighter, she has been working hard with TVB in practicing Kung Fu moves. On the set, she also arrives earlier than other cast members, hopefully she'll adapt to the new environment. She called me a few days ago and reported the situation to me, she said the crew is very professional! She has not complained once on how difficult it is! (Is the salary good?) It's decent, most importantly this is a good opportunity, money is not an issue. TVB will fully support her." As for the director of the new movie Chan Ka, reporters have not been able to contact.

Source: The Sun
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums

Wow! This is really something :] Bernice working with Maggie Q in a Hollywood movie. I can't imagine Bernice speaking English throughout the movie. It's a big opportunity for her, since TVB never really gives her any award. Go make us proud, Bernice!

TVB 41st Anniversary Awards (Winners List)

Full credits to batgwa:

Best Actor 最佳男主角
Ha Yu (夏雨)
Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓>

Best Actress 最佳女主角
Michelle Yim (米雪)
Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓>

Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角
Wayne Lai (黎耀祥)
The Gentle Crackdown II <秀才愛上兵>

Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角
Tavia Yeung (楊怡)
Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓>

Favourite Male Character 我最喜愛的電視男角色
“Gam Wing-Ho” (”甘永好”) in Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓> played by Raymond Lam (林峯)

Favourite Female Character 我最喜愛的電視女角色
“Chung Siu-Hor” (”鍾笑荷”) in Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓> played by Louise Li (李司棋)

Most Improved Male 飛躍進步男藝員
Wong Cho Lam (王祖藍)
Best Selling Secrets <同事三分親>, Super Trio Supreme <鐵甲無敵獎門人>, D.I.E. <古靈精探>, Miss Hong Kong 2008 <2008年度香港小姐總決賽>

Most Improved Female 飛躍進步女藝員
Nancy Wu (胡定欣)
Wars of In-Laws II <野蠻奶奶大戰戈師奶>, D.I.E. <古靈精探>, Legend of the Demigods <搜神傳>, The Silver Chamber of Sorrows <銀樓金粉>, Strictly Come Dancing 2 <舞動奇跡2>

Best Presenter 最佳節目主持
Susie Wong (蘇施黃)
So Good <蘇GOOD>

Best Drama 最佳劇集
Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓>

Best Variety Show 最佳綜藝資訊節目
The Story of a Million People <了解‧關懷一百萬人的故事>

Most Enjoyable Value Program 最具欣賞價值大獎
The Art of Cantonese Opera <合晒合尺>

Most Fashionable Artiste 時尚魅力大獎
Myolie Wu (胡杏兒)

TVB.com Most Popular Artist tvb.com 人氣大獎
Raymond Lam (林峯)

Lifetime Achievement Award 萬千光輝演藝大獎
Paul Chun (秦沛)

Thoughts
Congratulations to all the winners! They definitely deserved the awards :] I'm quite satisfied with the results actually. Especially with Tavia's Best Supporting award!

For pictures of the celebs that night, do visit:
Sina

Thoughts on Gigi Lai leaving the entertainment industry..

Haha, this is something I have to post about.. it came to me as a shock because Gigi's retirement is quite early. I saw it coming already, but never thought it would be now..

If you don't now what I'm talking about, you can read about it from AsianFanatics:
Gigi Lai Announced Retirement from Entertainment Industry
TVB Will Not Terminate Gigi Lai’s Contract

Or watch it yourself:
Youtube

I was pretty sad myself when I heard about it :[! Gigi was the first actress I ever liked from TVB. She's stunningly beautiful. Other than that, I used to dislike her crying because of the heavy breathing that would come along with it. But I do think that it has improved a whole lot. Especially in The Gem of Life (judging on the first 2 episodes and previews).

She's one of the main reasons why I love TVB (besides the series and the other artistes), was GIGI! I remember straying away from TVB and going for English/Korean series, but after watching The Dance of Passion with who else but Gigi in it, I felt that magnetic force to watch TVB series once more. Well yeah, the series was not as good as the previous, successful Chik series, but Gigi captured my attention in that series. I'll have to thank Chik for that :]

Watching The Gem of Life would be very hard for me also, bearing in mind that this is her last series. I will have to treasure it, and try not miss out on any episodes (but of course after my finals!). I do hope she reconsiders about returning to TVB again one day.

God bless you Gigi. I will always support you! Hopefully all goes well with your family too!

Gigi Lai: Her Ups and Downs.

I think Gigi deserves a post in my blog, since I'm a huge fan of hers AND because I find her very brave and strong, to have overcome so many different challenges that almost scarred her for life.

Family Background


[Picture: Her family of four]
Before her grandmother's death, she lived a huge mansion with all her relatives. She lived like a princess. But after that, she moved into a flat where the residents all had to share toilets because her father was not able to fight for the inheritance of the family. So his siblings took all the money, leaving him with almost nothing. It was very difficult for her parents because her father was deaf and her mother was uneducated. So she had to earn money by entering the entertainment industry, and she was only 14.

How she made her way to stardom

[Picture: Gigi playing the violin when she was young]
She joined the entertainment circle at the age of 14. How? Well, it was all thanks to HK music legend, Sam Hui.

Since her family was very poor back when she was young, her father worked in a fitness club. She would usually go to the fitness club everyday after school. One day, Sam Hui was at the same fitness club and her father and him were friends because her father was very nice with everyone there. Sam notices Gigi and complimented her. He introduced her to his company.

They were filming Happy Ghost II (Gigi's first movie) and she was just being one the classmates (a very minor role). In one scene, the director asked them to pretend to cry because the teacher is leaving the school. So the shooting started, and there was this particular person who was interrupting the scene with her loud crying. That person was Gigi. After that, a Caucasian cameraman told the crew that she had potential, and that's where her career started off.


[Picture: Ekin, Gigi & Jordan in one of the Young and Dangerous sequels]
Ever since, she has filmed all kinds of movies, from gangster movies (Young and Dangerous I,II,III & IV) to horror movies (Haunted Mansion). Then she moved on to her singing career. She has won numerous awards for her singing and has released 7 albums in both Mandarin and Cantonese. Later on, she started acting in series and she caught the audience's attention most in 2004's War and Beauty. She won the 'Best Actress' award for 2004. There were many debates about this among the netizens as whether she deserved the award.


Over the years, she has developed and maintained many good relationships with her fellow colleagues/friends. She was the matchmaker of Christine Ng and Carmen Choi's marriage.
[click picture to get clearer and bigger view]

Her love life
Since she was young, she always wanted to get married and start a family as soon as possible. Gigi would like a guy who is responsible and loving towards her. She does not care whether he is rich or poor. She only wants him to be faithful to him.

She has dated a lot of famous people such as Wong Yuk Long, Hui Jun Hung, the dentist Jung Siu Po, Choi Zi Ming, the owner of East Daily Ma Ting Keung etc. But all the relationships failed. Now she is still waiting for her Mr. Right.

Gigi and her brother

[Up: When they were young | Down: Last year before the accident]
In their younger years, Gigi enjoyed pinching his cheeks and snatching his toys. After all these years, they still share a very close bond, and are the best of friends. Gigi paid for her brother's education to study dermatology in England. Now, he is a well-known dermatologist with his own clinic. He once asked her to retire from acting and let him take care of her (he is actually very rich). But in May last year, his dream of taking care of his sister, is all shattered, as he was involved in a serious car accident.


[Picture: The taxi Lai Ying was in and his coat, soaked with blood]
Last year in May, Lai Ying (Gigi's brother) was involved in a serious car accident. He was going home in a taxi when another car suddenly cut across their path. Unfortunately the two cars crashed and Lai Ying was flung out of the taxi. His head hit the pavement and blood was flowing non-stop from his head.


[Picture: Gigi, her parents and some other people going to visit Lai Ying]
It was reported earlier that her brother might become a 'vegetable'. In June last year, Gigi took a temporary break from filming The Gem of Life to take care of her brother in the hospital. He had done Fortunately, her brother's condition improved and now he is able to eat his own food. This year, she did not film any series (except The Gem of Life) because she wanted to take care of her brother's dermatology clinic.


[Picture: Gigi sitting at her brother's desk]
She has been learning a lot about marketing, accounting, skin care knowledge etc. Recently, she mentioned that she still needs to consider whether to leave the entertainment industry. But after that, she said that she missed filming and she will be back next year.

Sources of pictures and info:
AlwaysGigi
GigiLai Online
AsianFanatics Forum
Gigi's Be My Guest interview

I really cannot wait to watch Gigi's new series, The Gem of Life!
It is rumored that it will air at October 20th [from TVB: A Way of Thinking]

I need to sign off now, it's pretty late! Sorry for the late post, and I'll reply your tags tomorrow :]