Selina Finishes 1st Stage Debridement, Yu Haoming Passes Critical Period

Selina Ren returned Taiwan last night after suffering in an explosive accident. She finished a 5-hour long debridement surgery today successfully. Her co-star Yu Hao Ming, who is also injured from the accident, is confirmed of having a deep 2nd degree burn but has passed the critical period.

Selina's surgery lasted 5 hours from 9AM. Damaged tissues were removed during the surgery. She woke up an hour after the surgery and appeared calm. But she got teary when she saw her parents. "There are tears in her eyes. She was a little emotional and is in great pain, she can bear it," Selina's dad disclosed.

Her fiance Richard Chang once visited the hospital in the evening, but refused to be interviewed.

The singer to have a 2 to 3 weeks recovery period and will decide whether she needs skin grafting or plastic surgery. During this period, people other than her family are declined for a visit to prevent infections, which means good sisters from S.H.E Ella and Hebe won't pay a visit at this moment.

As for Yu Hao Ming, who also got injured from the accident, has passed the critical period. His manager and dad held a press conference immediately to inform everyone. They expressed Yu can consume small portions of food now and his face is not at risk of being disfigured. Doctors confirmed Yu's injury as deep 2nd degree burn and his back is seriously injured. They are currently in a discussion of the length of treatment for Yu.

Source: UDN, ON.CC / Translation: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

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Xiao S & Kevin Tsai As Na'vi For Golden Horse Awards

Xiao S and Kevin Tsai Kangyong are hosting the 47th Golden Horse Awards. In order present the most creative and funniest opening for the awards ceremony, the "Kangxi Laile" hosts decided to transform as Na'vi from Hollywood film "Avatar."


The two didn't have a good time during the 4-hour transformation. Layers and layers of heavy plaster were being put on their faces [see right] and their nostril holes were the only spot that remained clear. To Xiao S, who always breathes through her mouth, it was quite a torture. "It's as if I'm buried," she said.

Seeing the final result after the transformation, Xiao S and Kevin praised each other of their new look. Xiao S praised Kevin as the most knowledgeable feeling Na'vi, and Kevin praised back "it's still hard to hide your good figure even as a Na'vi" to Xiao S.

This year's Golden Horse Awards ceremony to be held in November 20 and live broadcasting is by TTV.


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

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Million Views For 'No Regrets' Online

TVB anniversary series "No Regrets" was premiered last week and average rating of the week is only 31 points, peaking 34 points. It didn't break or tie the first week average rating of its competitor "Can't Buy Me," which received 33 points. However, online views of the series on MyTV at tvb.com make it up. It's the number 1 most viewed series online, receiving an average 70-80 thousands views per episode. Until last night, episode 5 even received more than 1.15 million views.

This anticipating series still received some complaints, saying the plot is too negative and sensational. Broadcast Authority also received 1 complaint, pointing out scenes of eating dog meat is too disturbing.

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

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Taiwanese Idol Drama Ratings (Sundays 10/24/2010)

Endless Love jumps up to 3rd, but only win 4 Gifts with a little 0.02 ratings...sigh, Taiwanese idol drama industry really is getting worse? No big breakthroughs through these months. Zhong Wu Yen still in its 2s...is it ever going to end soon? (I haven't been watching for the past 2 months...Not to mention 4 Gifts, didn't even finish Episode 1...)

1. Zhong Wu Yen 鐘無艷 (TTV) - 2.35
2. Personal Taste 個人取向 (FTV) - 1.25
3.  Endless Love 愛∞無限(CTS) - 0.88
   
4. 4 Gifts 女王不下班 (CTV) - 0.86 

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Selina Ren Has Returned Taiwan For Treatment

S.H.E's Selina Ren got into an explosive accident recently in Shanghai during shooting of new drama and suffered a 3rd degree burn. She has returned Taiwan last night by a SOS special plane and transferred to Changgeng Hospital safely.

In order to prevent reporters from interrupting the transfer process, Selina's record company HIM notified reporters a press conference at 6:30PM in Shanghai, but at the same time Selina was already on the way to the airport. The same day around 11:30PM, Selina's dad held a press conference, expressing his thank to everyone's concern. He said with tears: "If possible, I'm willing to use my body to take in all the pain for Xuan Xuan [Selina's Chinese name is Ren Jia Xuan]."

Selina was on a stretcher and her body was covered up with a green blanket when she was brought down from the plane. It's known her hair is shaved off and she has to wear protective clothing. About 10 staff from her company were with her and they held up umbrellas to block reporters' cameras.

HIM's General Manager Linda He expressed Selina's dad and fiance met Selina the first time after the accident on the plane. Selina cried happily when she saw her family. Linda hopes Selina can get the best treatment to recover soon, and hopes the media can give them some space.

In addition, pictures and info of before-accident are circulating on the internet. Fans of male lead Yu Hao Ming, who actually suffered a greater damage from the accident, visited the shooting set that day and took pictures of the leads [above]. It's known Selina was nervous and scared about shooting the explosive scene and asked about its safety many times. Yu was also feeling nervous about the scene and hoped everything will be okay. Unfortunately, an accident still occurred out of expectation. Yu immediately ran to Selina to protect her, but Selina was still burned, and kept shouting "very hot! it's so painful!." Some staff kept pouring water on her and because there wasn't enough time to call the ambulance, Selina was sent to the hospital by bicycle.

Source: UDN, Liberty Times / Translation: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

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Joe Cheng Named 'Asian Super Star' in Seoul

Joe Cheng attended to G20 Asian Music Festival last night in Seoul. Representing Taiwan, he performed along with Korean pop star Rain, BoA, and Japanese representative AKB48. The Taiwanese actor even received the award "Asian Super Star" at the event. Local media praise and call him names like "Taiwan's Rain" and "Carved Handsome Guy" The organization arranged 8 dancers to accompany him dancing. Korean girl group KARA also publicly praised Joe very handsome. To return the favor, Joe introduced himself in Korean and expressed Rain and BoA are his idols and he enjoys their performances.

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

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Cyndi Wang Avoids Disturbing Visitors At Flower Expo

GTV idol drama <美樂。加油> originally planned to shoot scenes at the Celebrity's House of Flower Expo. Leads Mike He and Cyndi Wang even attended to the press conference and took pictures with the "Flower Fairies." However, they were told that Celebrity's House was too crowded and afraid visitors would complain. Mike and Cyndi then switched location and shoot their part on North Chongshan Road.

The two actually arrived at Flower Expo at 9AM. Maybe there was a communication problem between the Expo and crew, the two appeared 20 minutes to the press conference, making the media a little inpatient. Cyndi's manager said: "We only knew that we would shoot scenes at Flower Expo, and didn't know reporters are here until we got here. We don't really know about the situation."

Speaker of the Expo explained yesterday many people came to the Expo because of the good weather. So they suggested the crew to shoot outdoor scenes. GTV expressed the Expo staff afraid the shooting could affect visitors and helped them shoot outdoor. "Next time if they could notify us early, then it would be better," they expressed.

Source: Apple Daily / Translation: KAY @ Kay's Entertainment

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