Wayne Lai Opens Facebook to Communicate With Son

Wayne Lai (黎耀祥) and his wife attended an event last month to promote a new Facebook mobile app.



Wayne said: "I always wanted to sign up Facebook because communicating with youngsters is different now; they won't talk to you face to face. Maybe they're afraid of embarrassment after saying certain things like, I'm sorry. It would be easier to say it online.

When asked, "Not afraid your son would become autistic because of that?", Wayne replied, "Can't do much. I would bring him out to functions in general. I don't want him to look at his phone or computer the whole time; we need some balance. But I'm afraid he won't focus at his studies if I bring him out too often."

"Restrictions on going online?"

Wayne replied, "Yes. I put his phone and computer in another room at night, say they need to be charged. I don't want him to get addicted. It's good that he listens to me."

He has decided to open a Facebook account to communicate with his son.

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Source: Mingpao
Translation: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment
Editor: iLoveAsianPop

Charmaine Sheh Not Filming 'Forensic Heroes 3'

Due to an arm injury, it's confirmed Charmaine Sheh (Chinese name: 佘詩曼) won't star in upcoming TVB drama "Forensic Heroes 3" (Chinese title: 《法證先鋒III》).



The TVB actress has been filming in Mainland recently and was about to return to Hong Kong. When she was getting off a car at the airport, she slipped and her left arm elbow hit the ground first, which caused her joint to dislocate. She is expected to take several weeks off to treat her arm.

Charmaine talked about her current condition on the phone yesterday and sounded quite weak: "My leg started to numb, and doctors said nerves are being pressed. My hand hurts a lot. My waist can't stay in the same position for too long, so I didn't sleep well last night."



The 2006 TV Queen is disappointed that she couldn't collaborate with TV King Wayne Lai (Chinese name: 黎耀祥) this time. She's upset that her accident affected the drama, which started filming already.

Producer of the drama Mui Siu Ching (Chinese name: 梅小青) is in a rush to find someone equivalent to Charmaine. She stressed it's more important for the actress to be in good health.

"Even if she forces herself to work, her joint could be dislocated again easily. She might need to do physical therapy exercises after resting 6 weeks," she said.

Male lead of the drama Wayne was superstitious that he thought his bad luck might have ruined his chance to collaborate with Charmaine. As for who is his desired female lead replacement, he can't think of one yet.

"It's hard to say," he said. "But it's more important for her to be pretty, since I'm a handsome man in the drama."

In addition, it's said Maggie Cheung would take Charmaine's role.

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Source: Oriental Daily
Credit: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

Felix Wong enters top 5, 'fire' automatically put out

"TVB Anniversary Awards 2010" (2010 年萬千星輝頒獎典禮) will take place at TVB City on December 5th -- that night’s focus will of course be on the TV King and Queen competitions. In recent years, in efforts to comply with public opinion, the results of the awards as well as the top 5 nominees have been interesting and at times surprising to say the least – for example, allowing both Ha Yu (in 2008) and Wayne Lai (in 2009) to win TV King, despite their insistence on not signing management contracts with TVB.



According to reliable sources, this year, TVB will add another new twist to the awards – putting Felix Wong Yat Wah (黃日華) into the top 5 for TV King, despite his outburst at TVB earlier in the week due to their neglect of his series "Gun Metal Grey" (《刑警》)at the Anniversary Gala. This move on the part of TVB gives them the best of both worlds, as it allows them to appease Felix Wong while at the same time create hype and something to talk about prior to the awards – definitely a wise move on their part.

With regard to the remaining 4 artists rounding out the TV King category, they are rumored to be: Raymond Lam Fung (林峰), who is nominated for the series "Mysteries of Love" (《谈情说案》) and received a special letter written by TVB’s Vice-Chairman Mona Fong; Moses Chan Ho (陳豪), whose series "Can’t Buy Me Love" (《公主嫁到》) achieved a 45 point rating for its finale and is currently the highest rated series this year; "No Regrets" (《巾帼枭雄之义海豪情》)star Wayne Lai Yiu Cheung (黎耀祥), whose exquisite acting skills and overwhelming popularity this year put him into the ‘finalists’ field; and lastly, ‘biological son’ Steven Ma Chun Wai (馬浚偉).





It appears that netizens who have been voting on-line have the same ‘opinion’ on the top 5 artists for TV King, however the focus among netizens seems to be on Raymond Lam – as of yesterday, Raymond was in the lead with 1627 votes, while ‘hot favorite’ Wayne Lai only has 1161 votes.

Yesterday, Felix Wong made his first public appearance after his ‘outburst’, appearing with Michael Miu, Jessica Hsuan, Nancy Wu, etc. at a promotional event for "Gun Metal Grey". In another effort to appease Felix, TVB invited the main cast to do an interview on an upcoming episode of their entertainment news show "Scoop". Even "No Regrets" producer Lee Tim Sing was supportive of Felix, speaking out yesterday: “That was pretty bad -- the anniversary gala should have included a part for "Gun Metal Grey"!”

At the event yesterday, Felix seemed to be in good spirits, exclaiming: “I'm not angry! I'm just expressing my opinion as a viewer. Maybe I dare to speak out. I write out things I don't like. There is freedom of speech here in Hong Kong.” (TVB arranging an interview for the GMG cast to patch things up?) “It’s hard to say; since "No Regrets" is ending this week, there is more time to devote to other series, but at least the effort is there. Let’s all work together to do a good job.” (No more ‘fire’ then?) “There was no ‘fire’! It was simply a serious choice of words.”

As to whether he will attend the awards ceremony, Felix smiled and said: “It’s all up to Michael. If he goes, then I’ll go. Actually, from the beginning, I’ve stated that the awards ceremony is just a game, a show – I only care about the reaction that the audiences have to the series and also good word of mouth.” As for who his picks are for TV King and Queen, Felix expressed that he thinks Wayne and Sheren will repeat their wins from last year.

When asked whether he will be attending the awards ceremony, Michael Miu joked: “I don’t know if I’ll be invited. Maybe if I don’t get into top 5, then don’t need to go!” He also continued to support his buddy Felix, praising his boldness and daring words. Michael also revealed that Felix no longer used words such as ‘never film series for TVB again’ this time around, leaving the door open for future opportunities, which is ahuge improvement from the past.

Jessica Hsuan also voiced her support for Felix, expressing that it boils down to a matter of respect. She also revealed that she was invited to the gala, however she responded that she would not be able to attend because she was not available. Asked whether she thinks there has been enough promotion for GMG, Jessica stated: “It’s pretty basic promotion right now.” (But it’s an anniversary series?) “It’s regular series promotion.” (Is it because you guys are busy?) “Of course not!” However, Jessica also expressed that she already anticipated that promotion for the other anniversary series "No Regrets" would be different and is already used to the way the company does things -- if it suits her, she will do it, but if it doesn’t, then she will leave.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/ & llwy12@http://asianfanatics.net

TVB 43rd Anniversary Awards Nomination List in English

I've previously posted the nomination list in graphic format. Here's the English version, with all the names and titles in English. All award nominations except Most Improved Actors/Actress, Best Show Host, Best Variety Show, and Most Enjoyable Program are not finalized. Top 15, 10 & 5 nominations to be selected thereafter. The list will be updated periodically. The awards ceremony will be held in December 5 at 8:30PM (HK time). Go vote here before voting ends at 28th November 2010 (Sunday) 12 am. You'll need a valid TVB.com account to vote, so click here to sign up for one.


Best Drama
A Chip Off the Old Block
The Beauty of the Game
A Watchdog's Tale
The Season of Fate
Don Juan DeMercado
My Better Half
OL Supreme
In the Eye of the Beholder
A Fistful of Stances
Suspects in Love
Fly With Me
Sister of Pearl
Fly With Me
Mysteries of Love
Ghost Writer
Some Day
When Lanes Merge
A Pillowcase of Mystery II
Beauty Knows No Pain
Growing Through Life
Can't Buy Me Love
The Comeback Clan
Every Move You Make
No Regrets
Gun Metal Grey

Best Actor
Ron Ng - A Chip Off the Old Block
Roger Kwok -The Season of Fate
Kevin Cheng - A Fistful of Stances
Joe Ma - Suspects in Love
Raymond Lam - Mysteries of Love
Steven Ma - Ghost Writer
Kent Cheng - When Lanes Merge
Bobby Au-Yeung - A Pillowcase of Mystery II
Damian Lau - Growing Through Life
Bosco Wong - Growing Through Life
Moses Chan - Can't Buy Me Love
Wayne Lai - No Regrets
Felix Wong - Gun Metal Grey
Michael Miu - Gun Metal Grey

Best Actress
Myolie Wu - A Chip Off the Old Block
Kate Tsui - The Beauty of the Game
Maggie Siu - A Watchdog's Tale
Michelle Yim - The Season of Fate
Liza Wang - OL Supreme
Ada Choi - Fly With Me
Tavia Yeung - Mysteries of Love
Linda Chung - Ghost Writer
Fala Chen - Ghost Writer
Louise Lee - Some Day
Teresa Mo - Some Day
Jessica Hsuan - A Pillowcase of Mystery II
Maggie Cheung - Beauty Knows No Pain
Charmaine Sheh - Can't Buy Me Love
Sheren Tang - No Regrets

Best Supporting Actor
John Chiang - A Chip Off the Old Block
Derek Kwok - The Season of Fate
Michael Tse - My Better Half
Ron Ng - OL Supreme
Dominic Lam - A Fistful of Stances
Kenny Wong - Fly With Me
Raymond Cho - Fly With Me
Joel Chan - Sister of Pearl
Kenneth Ma - Mysteries of Love
Johnson Lee - A Pillowcase of Mystery II
Louis Yuen - Can't Buy Me Love
Raymond Wong - No Regrets
Pierre Ngo - No Regrets
Evergreen Mak - No Regrets
Vincent Wong - Gun Metal Grey

Best Supporting Actress
Sharon Chan - The Beauty of the Game
Denise Ho - OL Supreme
Selena Li - A Fistful of Stances
Natalie Tong - A Fistful of Stances
Kara Hui - A Fistful of Stances
Queenie Chu - Fly With Me
Kiki Sheung - Sister of Pearl
Aimee Chan - Some Day
Kingdom Yuen - When Lanes Merge
Elaine Yiu - When Lanes Merge
Elena Kong - Beauty Knows No Pain
Toby Leung - Growing Through Life
Susanna Kwan - Can't Buy Me Love
Fala Chen - No Regrets
Nancy Wu - Gun Metal Grey

Most Improved Actor
Lam Tsz Sin - Don Juan DeMercado, My Better Half, A Fistful of Stances, Mysteries of Love, A Pillowcase of Mystery II
King Kong - OL Supreme, No Regrets, Super Trio Game Master
Joel Chan - Don Juan DeMercado, OL Supreme, In The Eye of the Beholder, Sister of Pearl, A Pillowcase of Mystery II
Raymond Wong - A Watchdog's Tale, Mysteries of Love, When Lanes Merge, Can't Buy Me Love, No Regrets
Him Law - Suspects in Love, Miss HK in India

Most Improved Actress
Selena Li - A Fistful of Stances, Can't Buy Me Love
Elaine Yiu - In the Eye of the Beholder, Ghost Writer, When Lanes Merge, Can't Buy Me Love
Natalie Tong - A Watchdog's Tale, A Fistful of Stances, The Comeback Clan
Skye Chan - Scoop, Yan Chai Charity Show 2010, Gala Spectacular 2010
Mimi Lo - The Beauty of the Game, The Season of Fate, Don Juan DeMercado, My Better Half, Jade Solid Gold

My Favorite Male TV Character
Ron Ng in A Chip Off the Old Block
Steven Ma in A Watchdog's Tale
Wong Cho Lam in Don Juan DeMercado
Chapman To in OL Supreme
Kevin Cheng in A Fistful of Stances
Him Law in Suspects in Love
Raymond Lam in Mysteries of Love
Tsui Wing in Some Day
Kent Cheng in When Lanes Merge
Raymond Wong in When Lanes Merge
Bobby Au-Yeung in A Pillowcase of Mystery II
Johnson Lee in A Pillowcase of Mystery II
Moses Chan in Can't Buy Me Love
Louis Yuen in Can't Buy Me Love
Wayne Lai in No Regrets



My Favorite Female TV Character
Myolie Wu in A Chip Off the Old Block
Christine Ng in The Beauty of the Game
Kitty Yuen in Don Juan DeMercado
Liza Wang in OL Supreme
Ada Choi in Fly With Me
Tavia Yeung in Mysteries of Love
Louise Lee in Some Day
Teresa Mo in Some Day
Joyce Tang in Beauty Knows No Pain
Charmaine Sheh in Can't Buy Me Love
Fala Chen in Can't Buy Me Love
Linda Chung in Can't Buy Me Love
Susanna Kwan in Can't Buy Me Love
Sheren Tang in No Regrets

Best Show Host
Steven Ma - Apprentice Chef
Liza Wang, Louis Yuen, Johnson Lee, Wong Cho Lam - Fun With Liza and Gods
Eric Tsang, Chin Ka Lok, Elvina Kong, King Kong, Otto - Super Trio Game Master
Sammy Leung, Kristal Tin - The Voice 2
Bowie Lam, Carlo Ng, Samantha Ko - Health Oddities

Best Variety/Informative Show
My Story in Songs
Fun With Liza and Gods
Big Fun Hong Kong
Super Trio Game Master
The Voice 2
HK ARTchitecture
Health Oddities
To Live and Love in Hong Kong
Land of Feng Shui
Papua Solomon's Treasure

Most Enjoyable Program
The Voice 2
HK ARTchitecture
Health Oddities
To Live and Love in Hong Kong
Land of Feng Shui


TVB.com Most Popular Artiste
Nominees in this list are automatically nominated in this award.

Nomination list for 43rd TVB Anniversary Awards

The nomination list for this year's 43rd TVB Anniversary Awards is out! Have you voted? Voting ends by 28th November 2010 (Sunday) 12 am, so hurry up! Show your support for your favorite Hong Kong TVB actors, actresses and dramas. Click here to start voting! You'll need a valid TVB.com account to vote, so click here to sign up for one.

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Most Improved Actor

Most Improved Actress


And also "Best Show Host Award", "Best Drama Award", "Best Variety Show Award", "tvb.com Popularity Award".

Start voting now!

Summary Plot of TVB Cantonese Drama "No Regrets"

I just finished watching episode 1 of No Regrets aka Rosy Business II on Tudou. Whoah. Lots of drama already, as usual. I sense a stronger smell of dramatico as the plot advances. This sequel features majority of the original cast. They're Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung (黎耀祥), Sheren Tang Shui-man (鄧萃雯), Hui Ying Hung (惠英紅), Yueh Hua (岳華), Susan Tse (谢雪心), Pierre Ngo (敖嘉年), etc. New cast include Raymond Wong Ho Yin (黃浩然), Fala Chen (陳法拉). This epic drama is set in the late 1930s in Canton, China, which was then in a state of political turmoil. It centers around Miss Kau's triad family, who manages vice businesses, i.e. opium,  gambling, and prostitution. Although their business is being closely watched by the Canton police force (Lau Sing is one of the constable), both parties are beginning to feel threatened by the Japanese occupation of the city. The Chinese title literally translates to "Veiled Heroine, Ruthless Hero: Righteous Sea and Lofty Passion", referring to both the chaotic period of war and the complicated relationship shared by the two main characters, Miss Kau and Lau Sing.

Sheren Tang: Portrays Cheng Kau-mui (鄭九妹). Known as Miss Kau (九姑娘), she is the only daughter of Cheng Long-kwan, the most powerful drug tycoon in Canton. Despite helping her father manage the family's opium and other underground businesses, she has a deep hatred toward drugs. Tang expressed that it took a while for her to grasp Miss Kau's character. "Her character is extremely complex. She doesn't abide to one direction; she may be doing one thing, but she's actually thinking of doing something else in her head. She's an extremely manipulative woman." Miss Kau will also develop a romantic relationship with Sing, and Tang describes their relationship to be "extremely complicated; there's love and hate, right and wrong; and most of the time, they oppose each other."

Wayne Lai: Portrays Lau Sing (劉醒), the leader of a police crew, who develops a peculiar affection towards Miss Kau. Although Sing is known to be very agitating, always talking in a sharp and harsh tongue, he is hard-working, intuitive, and heroic. According to Lai, he considers No Regrets to be his representative work. He describes Sing to be "experienced, but [he] has a sad fate." In contrast with the main characters in Rosy Business, Sing is seen as the protector of Miss Kau, similar to the way how Hong Po-kei protects Chai Kau in Rosy Business.

Elliot Yue: Portrays Cheng Long-kwan (鄭朗軍), Miss Kau's father. After many years of patience and hard work, he successfully establishes a opium den and drug trading business in Canton, becoming one of the biggest drug dealers in the county.

Raymond Wong: Portrays Yeung Yeung (楊陽), Sing's good friend and subordinate. Yeung, who has been best friends with Ching since they were children, develops a crush on Ching, but is too shy to express his feelings to her.

Nancy Wu: Portrays Ma Lai-wah (馬麗華), Kwan's young concubine. She's narrow-minded, bears grudges, and has very high self-esteem.

Susan Tse: Portrays Cheng Long-hei (鄭朗喜), Kwan's younger sister. She often questions Miss Kau's ability to be a leader, and tries her best to help her nephews gain power within the society.

Kara Hui: Portrays Ng Lai-sim (吳麗嬋), Yeung's mother.

Pierre Ngo: Portrays Tong Kat (唐吉). Nicknamed Pai Kwat Jai (排骨仔), which literally means "skinny weakling", he is Sing's good friend and subordinate. Pai Kwat Jai is the foil character of Ngo's character in Rosy Business. Pai Kwat Jai is a much simpler and kinder character. He has no ambition in life; he is good-natured, insipid, and becomes a police officer only because he wants to live a steady life and raise his family.

Kelvin Leung (梁証嘉): Portrays Che Wing-on (車永安), Sing's subordinate.

Fala Chen: Portrays Lau Ching (劉晴), Sing's younger sister who has a heart disease. She and Yeung mutually have feelings for each other.

Elena Kong: Portrays Chiu Tung-nei (趙冬妮), Sing's wife. She has an affair with a government official.

Evergreen Mak: Portrays Leung Fei-fan (梁非凡), Sing's superior.

King Kong: Portrays Mukaiyama Tetsuya (向山鐵也), a Japanese general.

Henry Lee: Portrays Wong Luk (黃綠), a doctor.

Kwok Fung: Portrays Cheng Long-hung (鄭朗熊), is Kwan's younger brother.

Ben Wong: Portrays Cheng Siu-hong (鄭少康), Kau-mui's younger brother. He was adopted by Kwan at a young age.

Lee Ka: Portrays Kyoyama Kosei (喬山鋼星), Tetsuya's subordinate.

Lee Sing Cheung (李成昌): N/A
Kwok Fung (郭峰): N/A
Helen Ma (馬海倫): N/A

Kiki Sheung (商天娥) is not taking part in the production, she was really busy this year with TVB's 掌上明珠; as well as her other Drama series, including her wedding during the time of this film. - scheduling conflicts.

Ron Ng (吳卓羲) - Did not take part in the second production, due to scheduling conflicts. (He was in China with 米雪 during the time).

Suki Chui (徐淑敏) - Did not take part in the second production, due to scheduling conflicts.

Source: No Regrets Facebook Fanpage

Watch No Regrets episode 1 below

HK TVB hit drama "Rosy Business"

(photo source: TVB.com)

The sequel to one of my favourite Hong Kong TVB Cantonese dramas "Rosy Business" (Chinese: 巾幗梟雄) is showing now in Hong Kong. Yee-haw! The drama "Rosy Business" has caused a sensation in the HKdrama audience and created a big trend in Hong Kong, and Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung's portrayal of Chai Kau (Chinese: 柴九) has earned him a huge following among fans and much praise for his excellent acting.

I really enjoyed watching Wayne Lai (Chinese: 黎耀祥; born 4 May 1964) acting in the "Troublesome Night" film series (Genre: Horror/Humour) and TVB dramas "Journey to the West" I and II (a 1996 Hong Kong TV series produced by TVB, based on the classic Chinese novel of the same name). But he didn't gain much fame until "Rosy Business", which skyrocketed his popularity so much so he won the Best Actor in 2009 TVB Anniversary Awards (Chinese: 萬千星輝頒獎典禮) an annual awards ceremony that celebrates the best in TVB programming. I was in a hotel room in Hong Kong when I watched him received his due reward on the TV. I was so excited and happy for him, I was almost moved to tears when the audience, including all the showbiz people, gave him a standing ovation. I wished I was there among them to cheer for him.

I hope his much anticipated sequel "No Regrets" (Chinese: 巾幗梟雄之義海豪情) earn him another award in the upcoming TVB awards ceremony (to be held in December 3rd). And I hope some production house will consider a spin-off movie to spread his fame across Asia and beyond that! That would be great :D

Watch Wayne Lai received the much coveted Best Actor award in 2009 below


For those who don't understand Cantonese, let me do some translation here.
The other five nominees were Moses Chan, Bosco Wong, Dayo Wong and Steven Ma. On stage Lai said, "I'm very nervous and felt thankful to TVB and the bosses for providing us such a good platform to dream our dreams. Actually, I've been in this line for so long, and in fact, have never dreamt of such great achievement. I cannot claim all the credit to myself because without my colleagues, I could never succeed with my sole effort. I hereby wish to express my gratitude to all of my colleagues from the artiste team, production team, setup team, outdoor shooting team and <inaudible> team. Thank you for setting up such a conducive platform for the artistes to live in. I would also like to thank Steven for giving me so many opportunities. Your praise and appreciation was a great motivation to me. And thank you Miss Lok. I have to clarify that, she had never forced me to sign the contract. Thank you for your concern and tolerance.  I'm very grateful to Zan je (note: je means elder sister, spoken here as a respect for a senior) and have to especially thank her, because it was her, I returned to TVB a few years after I left. And I also thank Director Chiu. He was the middleman who called sis Zan. She then called me and told me, "Come back to act again". Actually, I was thinking, I have always been acting, outside. But not many people were watching. So I'm really thankful that you asked me back. If not for you, I would not be standing here. Many thanks, sis Zan. I once again thank Tim gor (note: gor means elder brother, spoken here as a respect for a senior), my respected mentor. More than 20 years old, he made me an actor. And  more than twenty years later, he produced "Rosy Business" which now earns me so many achievements . Thank you, Wah-biu, Zeng-yi and a team of scriptwriters and directors. Many thanks to all the staff. And I also like to thank all the media friends for showing strong support for Chai Kau and also concern for me. I also like to thank the audience, including those who appreciate me. I think that, your support is my biggest achievement in my lifetime. My acting is meaningless without the audience, so many thanks to you all. Finally, I will like to share my glory with the three most important persons of my life. They are my mother, my wife and my son. Thank you so much, everyone."

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