Kevin Cheng filming a hair growth ad

Kevin Cheng returned to Hong Kong recently to film an ad for a hair growth company in which he signed a 2 year contract with. He says that he has not seen Charmaine even though they are filming only a short distance from each other. He is still single and it is waiting for the right woman to come along.

Myolie Wu and Bosco Wong Couple Event

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Kenneth Ma Denies Breaking Up With Nancy Wu

Kenneth Ma and Lily Ho were at a mall event the other day and Kenneth denied breaking up with Nancy Wu. Nancy recently moved because she was originally renting a place from her relatives and the relatives now wanted to sell the place. He maintains that they are not dating and just good friends.

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TVB Plans for the new year

I was reading this article and I thought it was very good read. Mingpao got an exclusive with the Program Arrangement Strategic Planner and Production Department Vice-Director (Mr. Ho Koon Chung) about their upcoming plans for TVB and the different broadcast periods. Here are some highlights:

• They are planning to broadcast Tiger Cubs (Joe Ma, Jessica Hsuan) starting in June on the weekends. There are 13 90-minute episodes which will be broadcasted on Sundays first and then in July it will begin to be on both Saturday and Sunday. This series is a big investment because each episode cost almost $10 million HKD to make. 
• They have lined up some series to go along with the 4 seasons.
• The Romance season will coincide with Valentine's Day and they will air 4 in Love.
• The Off Season is in May and June and since it is an off season, they are planning to air some of their stronger series to get some high ratings. This will include The Boxing King (Kevin Cheng, Raymond Wong) and House of Harmony and Vengence (Bobby AuYeung, Myolie Wu, Linda Chung).
• The Summer season revolves more around the younger audience since they are on break and Return of the Three Kingdoms (Raymond Lam, Kenneth Ma, Tavia Yeung) is planned.
• TVB Anniversay Season- Some tentative plans have been made but they have not been revealed yet.
• Mr. Ho said that he did hear some complaints about series not being broadcast in better time slots, and he admits that there are some weaker time periods. However TVB produces series non stop and he has confidence in the series to do well. Also, TVB is international so even if there are less TV viewers in Hong Kong, there are still many other ways that people watch series. There have been more clicks on myTV and through Mainland streaming sites so HK viewers are not very accurate since there are many ways to watch series now. 

I also thought this quote was very interesting.

TVB's Mr. Ho calmly said: "It is good that there are new competitors, the industry can have a hundred flowers bloom and bring in new strikes. However, please don't 'wear the same pants', steal the same group of artists and shoot the same type of TV programs. The same productions method is not a blessing to audience. (This year, will TVB have to watch out in the battle, as there are new competitors?) In fact, we have long term arrangements for our programs. We also have the flexibility to make changes, it could change by the day and it's not difficult, but actually its a question of will the change be positive or negative? [We] have to consider this. More importantly, we want to pursue stability. TVB employs many skilled and experienced behind-the-scenes crew and we are an old company, so we seek 'within the stability, seek breakthrough and improvement'."

I thought that this was very informative and shows their thought process. I agree that the TV ratings does not accurately reflect the ratings of a series since there are so many more ways to watch series now. I don't think they'll get super high ratings for series because of this reason. It's the same in the U.S. because tv viewership has gone down and the average ratings have dropped as well too.


I think there might be a little bias in picking their anniversary series but I don't think that they give series bad time slots on purpose. They want their ratings to do well so they must have some confidence in a series to do well, even in unfavorable time slots. It happens to everyone so I don't get the whining about it. 


Also, I thought the last quote was funny because it was a pretty good dig at their competition. It's true that they're trying to copy their style but I don't think they'll succeed. ATV tried to do the same thing by paying more money to get TVB stars but it still didn't help their ratings. Basically, why would people watch a copy cat when they can watch the real thing?

Myolie Wu Star Talk Interview

This is an interview that Myolie did with TVB a few days ago, before she left to go to China to film. She talks about her award reactions and a little about her relationship with Bosco. In every TVB interview, they mention that they've been dating for 7 years. It seems like an open secret within TVB since some of their friends had to interview and question them about their love life, even though they know the real truth all along. 7 years means that they started dating while filming the first War of In Laws?

I can only upload the first 6 minutes so go to the source to watch the full video.


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Myolie Wu and Kevin Cheng- Happy New Year (Updated)

Both Myolie Wu and Kevin Cheng had a good 2011 which ended with them taking Best Actor and Actress at the TVB awards. After winning, they had more commercial and promotional offers as well filming opportunities. Myolie is currently in Mainland filming for The Feast and she has also received many other Mainland scripts. She does not mind taking on more filming opportunities since Triumph in the Skies 2 does not start filming until May. Kevin will also continue to develop in both Hong Kong and China. He is currently filming Hero in China with Michael Tse.

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I Love Hong Kong 2012 Movie Premiere

Here are a few pictures from the I Love Hong Kong 2012 movie premiere. I mainly put pictures of TVB stars you may recognize like Bosco Wong (as shown below).

Kate Tsui and Raymond Lam with you a Happy New Year!

Kate Tsui seemed to have a  good year with 5 series being aired, but she is not very lucky in the love department since there were rumors of her having an affair with Ron Ng. Raymond Lam won a bunch of music awards and earned a lot of money, but was also hit with the scandal of the released bed pictures of him and his ex-girlfriend. For the new year, they both wish to get rid of the bad luck and have a good dragon year.
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L'escargot Promo Event

The cast of L'escargot had a promo event to celebrate their new series together. They had an average rating of 27 points, with a high of 33 for the scene where Oscar Leung slapped Mandy Wong.

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Happy New Year from Wish and Switch

Myolie is currently in China filming "The Feast" but the Wish and Switch cast had a Chinese New Year dinner before she left. Here a few pictures.

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