Zhong Wu Yen Debuts With Mediocre Ratings

Cheryl Yang returned to TV for the first time since My Queen with her new drama this past Sunday.Zhong Wu Yen kept SETTV in first place as expected, but its average rating of 2.7% was the lowest debut for the network since Fated to Love You, which started off with a modest 2.56% but went on to be a huge hit. Some viewers commented that Zhong Wu Yen was not as entertaining as the 2001 movie, while others said it would have been better if Cheryl Yang was paired up with her My Queen costar Ethan Ruan instead. 

A slow start for Zhong Wu Yen meant a closer race for the rest of the dramas that followed behind.Summer’s Desire drew the best ratings of its run so far with an average of 1.94%. The drama was highlighted by Barbie Hsu’s plead to Peter Ho to save her dying brother, because in the world of melodramas, he happens to be the only person with a kidney of a matching blood type… Rounding out the list are Calling For Love and Scent of Love with average ratings of 0.72% and 0.60% respectively.

The big news was yet again Rookies’ Diary on Friday night. Episode 4 of the FTV drama surpassed Fated to Love You to make history with an average rating of 11.74%, and a highest rated segment of 13.88%. Meanwhile, Guess Guess Guess got a fresh start on Saturday night with new hosts Harlem Yuand Selina. The show drew 1.55%, trailing behind Zhu Ge’s Return at 3.84% and Super Idol season 5 at 1.76%.

Source: Chinatimes, Nownews, UDN / Translated by: PA @ CpopAccess

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Newlyweds Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr Show Off Wedding Bling

After jetting off to the Caribbean after their wedding, newlyweds Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr returned from their honeymoon showing off some new accessories: matching gold wedding bands.

The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean British actor, 33, and the model, 27, arrived at Miami International Airport and then flew on to Los Angeles International on Monday morning after vacationing for about four days.

As the two happily honeymooned, mother of the bride Therese Kerr told PEOPLE, "They truly are a gorgeous couple, are very much in love and bring out the best in each other … We are thrilled to welcome Orlando into the Kerr family."

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Carina Lau and Mainland Billionaire Are Secret Meeting?

 

Carina Lau and Tony Leung have been married for two years, after marriage the couple continued to be busy with their own jobs and often photographed by the media working separately at different events. For the last few years, the couple lived a life where both are busy with their own lives, but it was peaceful. However yesterday rumors broke out with an intimate photo of Carina and a Mainland billionaire arms on waist. Tony saw the photo and expressed that he does not know the man.

Carina has always been the Rumor Queen, for many years she has been rumored with several wealthy Hong Kong businessmen having a secret relationship, but she has not been affected by the rumors, continuing her many jobs in Mainland and other in areas. She continues to have good relationships with these wealthy businessmen.

Yesterday a tabloid magazine published an intimate photo of Carina with a Mainland billionaire's arm on her waist. In the photo, Carina was touching the billionaire's hand and had her face against his head, they were sitting closely together. The billionaire's arm was also wrapped around Carina's waist. From the photo, it looks like they are very familiar friends.

The magazine report said that the photo was taken mid-October last year. That day Carina was in Qingdao for the opening ceremony to one of the billionaire's Shanghai Carnival investments. She met the billionaire at that event and after the event ended, she accompanied him on their leisure time around the local area. That night, the two got familiar with each other and then had that intimate photo. Looks like Carina and Mainlanders have a lot of fate. June 2010, the magazines photographed Carina's secret meeting with the billionaire in Beijing, the two went out for dinner two nights in a row.

As Tony's wife, Carina remained in Hong Kong in the recent month. She did celebrate her birthday with him, but on their 2nd wedding anniversary, the couple spent it alone. Carina was not in Hong Kong to celebrate the anniversary. On the day of their anniversary, the media asked where Carina went and Tony expressed that he was not sure. If his wife was in Mainland, Tony only guessed that it was possible.

When reporters showed the photo of Carina and the billionaire, Tony refused to respond and had a sunk look. Then he broke the silence telling the media that he does not know him. Last night, Tony responded through his manager: "This is just normal social interaction, believe in Mrs. Lau."

According to sources, the billionaire is close to 39 years old and is named Jing Yuan. He has served in many different positions in Mainland. He started off his business in computers and recently developed his business in Mainland real estate. He operates several apartments in Beijing, Nanjing, Chengdu and many other cities in Mainland. His estimated assets are 16 billion yuan.

Source: Mingpao / Translated by: aZnangel @ asianuniverse

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Taiwanese Idol Drama Ratings (Sundays 07/25/2010)

WOW! Zhong Wu Yen beat Summer's Desire! Solid start for this drama, but the first episode wasn't too exciting IMO, at least compared to yesterday's Summer's Desire :( I'm a Luo Xi fan, left go of Xiao Mo, Ou Chen!! As for Calling For Love, I can't believe it's the same old plot...oh I need to be the bad guy, making you disappoint at me so you can find your true happiness, BORING!

1. Zhong Wu Yen 鐘無艷 (TTV) - 2.70
2. Summer's Desire 泡沫之夏 (FTV) - 1.94
3. Calling For Love 呼叫大明星 (CTS) - 0.72
4. Scent of Love 就是要香戀 (CTV) -0.60

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Leon Lai's New Favorite JW Finally Make Her Appearance

Leon Lai's new favorite, 19-year-old JW (Joey Wong) has been promoting herself using the method of "show voice but not appearance." Last night JW finally unveiled this mystery and held a mini concert and her appearance was finally exposed. JW stood on the stage and sang the whole time. Her height couldn't been seen, she even didn't speak more than a sentence and continue to be mysterious.

JW held two shows of "JW Missing A Good Friend Concert" (掛念好友) last night. People from her record company A-Music attended to the event. Gaile Lai and Janice Man showed their support, holding fluorescent sticks during the show. Boss Leon Lai was one of the hosts along with A-Music GM Cheung Kar Fung. The two sat on the stage the whole night to enjoy JW's performance and only talked between every song. Leon joked JW's "W" has the most vowels in the alphabet. He said: "A is A, B is B, C is C, everyone marked them down." He also led the audience to countdown, welcoming JW.

Wearing a purple top, JW made her first appearance ever, standing inside a "huge skirt" and sang "Missing Good Friend." Maybe she was a little nervous, she once missed the tempo, but she got more confident later. A-Music continues to play mystery that they arranged JW to stand in the same position to perform the whole night.

Although there were two huge screens on the sides of the stage, but they only played clips of when JW was filming MV in Los Angeles earlier and when she was filming album cover. They didn't play scenes of actual performance and they didn't arrange media interviews. Reporters could only look at JW's face from far away. Leon said: "This is just the stage design, reporters, please don't mistaken that we are even trying to hide her height." Later when reporters followed JW until she got off the car, the height mystery was finally solved---she belongs to the petite small type.

Leon always have comments about the showbiz. He pointed out it's not a problem to have many singers in Hong Kong and said: "Hong Kong is small, but financial system is stable. But music in Hong Kong is degenerating. Everyone should make more good music and gossip less. Don't make reporters ask you whether you're a virgin, and if you don't answer you would offend them. If you answered, the next day they would write about those news again, not music-related."

Source: Oriental Daily / Translated by: KAY @ kays-entertainment.blogspot.com

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Bobby Au-Yeung 'Appears Nude'

Second week ratings of "A Pillowcase of Mystery II" continue to go up, average ratings 32 points, peaking 37 points. Bobby Au-Yeung once said if ratings reach 50 points, he would celebrate it by running nude. In yesterday's promotion event, producer Lam Chi Wah arranged Johnson Lee to disguise as mermaid Pauline to wish for 50 point ratings. Bobby was forced to appear in "nude." He wore a muscle shirt plus swim pants, appearing as "Hercules." He joked he felt embarrassed that everyone saw his whole body. He requested Jessica Hsuan to accompany him in running nude next time, wearing a tight suit to celebrate high ratings. Jessica expressed if ratings get better, she would show her career line and accompany Bobby to run nude.

Lately Bobby's good friend Michael To was photographed sunbathing with a bikini girl. Asked whether Michael is dating someone? Bobby said he doesn't know, but congratulated Michael and said Michael is most compatible with big boobs, he has taste. Earlier it was rumored Michael reunited with ex-wife? Bobby said they're both single now. He also hope Ah Bo (Michael's ex) can find her other half; she can't just live her life with only a dog.

Source: Singtao / Translation: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

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Taiwan Androgynous Female Singer Kisses A Girl in Public

Lesbian rumors in the showbiz again! Early morning on July 22, Liberty Times spotted a androgynous female singer* kissing a long leg western girl in a book store. Her hands were all over the western girl's body the whole time and she ignored the existence of others.

After the two left the book store, hand in hand, they couldn't hold back their love and continued to kiss again on the streets. This female singer attracted fans' attention with her androgynous style when she made her debut. As for her sexual orientation, she tries to avoid it as much as she can. This time kissing in public, her interest is very obvious.

Source: Liberty Times / Translated by: KAY @ kays-entertainment.blogspot.com

*This singer is Eagle Pan Mei Chen!*

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