Random News for the day

Forensic Heroes 3 is the highest rated series of the year so far.

Linda Chung and Bosco Wong at the costume fitting for the Miss Koo spinoff now called Dangerous Protection.

Myolie Wu and Aimee Chan showing off their jewelry at an event for McDonalds.

2011 45th TVB Anniversary Gala Video and Review

via fasttvb
(I'm not sure if this video will get taken down so make sure you watch it before it does!)

I thought the TVB Anniversary Gala was a mixed bag. There were some good parts but there were also parts that I didn't care for or felt like it was too slow. They should have utilized the artists some more and extended the last game show skit with the real/fake/rumored couples.

Here are my top 3 favorite moments:

1. Fuk Luk Sau at the 1 hour, 3 min. mark: Mr. HK parody with Wong Cho Lam, Johnson Li, and Louis Yuen
They went all out in their revealing costumes and I was cracking up the whole time.

2. The Couples Guessing Game at the 1 hour, 40 min. mark: They used a few siu sangs and fa dans and had them guess their partner by looking at a part of their body. First, Moses had to guess who Aimee was by looking at all the ears. Then, the funniest part starts at the 1 hour, 45 min. mark. At first, they had Kate guess which one was Bosco's tongue since they had a lot of passionate scenes in Lives of Omission, but then they dragged Myolie into it to guess instead. She guessed correctly by saying that Bosco had the shortest.... tongue. haha

3. Chok Chok Chok at the 39 min mark: It wasn't super entertaining but I did like all the artists doing a little catwalk. The best pose goes go Eric Tsang at the end.

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2011 (Going into 45th) TVB Anniversary Gala- Fashion Post

The 2011 TVB Anniversary Gala was held on 11/19/2011 and there were many high stylish moments, as well as some low- what were you thinking?! moments. Go check them out below.


Females doing a "chok" pose


Males doing a "chok" pose

Click below to check out the rest of the post. There are lots of pictures.

TVB Anniversay Gala 萬千星輝賀台慶

This year's anniversary gala will be on November 18 and will include the following:

(Please note that my translation is not that great and I have to rely heavily on an online translator.)

• This show will be hosted by: Liza Wang, Lihao Lin, King Kong, Nat Chan, Astrid Chan, Sharon Chan, Eric Tsang, and Carol Cheng.
• The cast of Forensic Heroes 3 will be involved in a magic trick.
• Dodo Cheng, Liza Wang, Maggie Cheung, Kate Tsui, Nancy Wu, Aimee Chan, Tavia Yeung, Fala Chen, Myolie Wu and other females will do a dance. Eric Tsang, Chin Ka Lok, King Kong, Wayne Lai, Moses Chan, Bosco Wong, Wong Cho Lam, Louis Cheng, Johnson Li, Raymond Lam, Kevin Cheng, Michael Tse and other guys will be performing a song and dance as well. (I'm not sure if this includes the cross dressing dancers which includes Angela Tong, Grace Wong, Chris Lai, and others.)
• Nancy Sit, Nat Chan, Kiki Sheung, Susanna Kwan, etc. will jam out to some songs.
• Chin Ka Lok and Liu Xuan will be performing some martial arts stunts.
• Louis Cheng, Wong Cho Lam, and Johnson Li will do a comedy skit.
• Hanjin Tan, MC Jin, Bob, and James Ng from The Voice will be doing some type of tumbling stunt? Youtube clip: http://youtu.be/4Nrg8D5Y0v8
• Real, rumored, and on-screen couples would be involved in a skit by Eric Tsang, Chin Ka Lok, and King Kong. These couples include: Moses and Aimee, Myolie and Bosco, Wong Cho Lam and Leanne Li, Fala Chen and Michael Tse, and many others.

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天與地 When Heaven Burns Official Poster

This is the official poster for When Heaven Burns. It gives off a very cool and sexy vibe.

My Favorite Series 2002-2011

I think I've watched about 90% of the TVB series that have aired since 2002. I started renting series to watch a few years ago, and since they would release the discs pretty slowly, I started to also rent or buy older series. Some series were amazing, while others were quite awful, but I can't help but watch them all! I am basically addicted to TVB. I'm going to start making a list of TVB series for every year and give a quick thumbs up or thumbs down, but for now, here is a list of my favorite series for each year. Please note that these are just my personal favorites and not what I consider to be the best series that year.

2002
Golden Faith

I thought that this was such a great family drama. I love watching Gallen's relationships with his siblings as well as the love story between him and Jessica. This is a classic TVB series.

Click below to find out my favorite series from 2003-2011!

Jessica Hsuan rooting for Bosco and Myolie to be TVB King & Queen

From a Ent.qq.com interview:

TR= Reporter JH= Jessica

TR: It was rumored that while filming Curse, you and Myolie were in discord. Is this true?

JH: Our collaboration was a happy one. Prior to Curse, Myolie and I had only collaborated once before and did not have the opportunity to work together again until now – this was our second collaboration. Both of us portrayed characters that were different from what we’ve done in the past and the entire process has been very smooth and happy. She gives me a good impression, as she is very hardworking, which does put some pressure on me to stay up to par. During filming, she was very focused everyday and always did her homework, constantly thinking about how best to portray the character – therefore, I truly hope that she will be able to win the TV Queen award this time around.


TR: TVB’s anniversary awards ceremony is coming up soon and both you and Myolie are nominated for TV Queen. Do you feel you have a good chance at getting the award?

JH: Me? Of course not! I’m only accompanying the main contenders in the race. It probably won’t be me, since I’ve already left TVB, so my chances are slim. Myolie and I worked together for 2 months and I could see that she worked really really hard to play her character well. She definitely gave me a ‘fresh’ feeling this time, as I’ve always felt that she was typecasted in the past, just like me….when I saw her performance this time, I was very surprised – wow, I didn’t know she could be so evil!


TR: How about TV King? Who do you feel has a good chance?

JH: That’s even more difficult to choose! Bosco Wong, Michael Tse, Kevin Cheng – all 3 have a huge chance. For me, I hope Bosco gets it because I’m rooting for Myolie to win -- if Bosco were to win as well, they will be extremely happy – let’s allow them to have a beautiful memory in their lives that they can share together.”

Source: AsianFanatics

It's a pretty long article but I think it's pretty interesting. Jessica gives her thoughts on TVB and being typecast into roles. That's probably why I'm happy to see her and Myolie cast in Curse of the Royal Harem. Many people seem to think that they don't have that ancient look, but maybe it's because they're not used to seeing them like this? Yes, some people do look better in ancient costumes than others but if they kept casting the same people in roles, it would be pretty boring and repetitive. I'm glad they were at least given this opportunity. 

Who do other TVB artists support for Best Actor/Best Actress?

TVB Weekly asked 34 TVB artists who they supported for the Best Actor and Best Actress for the 2011 Anniversary Awards and a majority of them voted for Myolie Wu and Kevin Cheng. I always like seeing who their colleagues are rooting for.

26 artists selected Myolie Wu for TV Queen. Those people include: Nancy Wu, Raymond Lam, Natalie Tong, Linda Chung, Crystal Tin, Wayne Lai, Evergreen Mak, Ruco Chan, Kate Tsui, Sam Lee, Ron Ng, Louis Cheng, Bosco Wong, Raymond Cho, Vivien Yeo, Mandy Wong, Ben Wong, Sire Ma, Koni Lui, Derek Kwok, Sharon Chan, Christine Kuo, Dodo Cheng, Kevin Cheng, and Johnson Li.


17 artists selected Kevin Cheng for TV King. These people include: Myolie Wu, Christine Kuo, Ben Wong, Sharon Chan, Sam Lee, Wayne Lai, Natalie Tong, Samantha Ko, Raymond Cho, Elena Kong, Crystal Tin, Vivien Yeo, Nancy Wu, Dodo Cheng, Kenneth Ma, and Raymond Wong.


The other votes for TV Queen are as follows: 4 votes went to Fala Chen by Tavia Yeung, Kitty Yuen, Samantha Ko, and Raymond Wong. 2 votes went to Tavia Yeung from Aimee Chan and Fala Chen.
The other votes for TV King are as follows: 6 votes to Wayne Lai from Edwin Siu, Raymond Lam, Ron Ng, Linda Chung, Aimee Chan, and Pierre Ngo. 3 votes each to Bosco Wong and Steven Ma. Koni Lui, Kate Tsui and Kitty Yuen are rooting for Bosco while Fala Chen, Evergreen Mak, and Johnson Li are rooting for Steven Ma. Michael Tse has Bosco Wong and Derek Kwok on his side while Tavia Yeung and Mandy Wong are rooting for Raymond Lam.


Of course, there are hundreds of artists out there but it is interesting to see what this sample is saying. I'm surprised that Michael Tse doesn't have that many people picking him for TV King. There are more people choosing Bosco and Steven over him. There is still a lot of fans that want him to win, but in the end it's all up to TVB. Do they see him as a capable leading actor? Can he bring in the ratings, prestige, or money to TVB for them to give the award to him? It's up to TVB to decide, but I actually see Kevin as the safer choice right now. Either way, I see them both getting an award that night.

Jazz Lam

Jazz Lam is so cute- I'm rooting for him to win Most Improved this year. He made a video to thank everyone for his nomination, and I love that he always mentions Kevin Cheng and how he views him as a real big brother.

Check out the video he made... I had to put it behind a cut since I think it autoplays.

2011 TVB Anniversary Award Nominations

Best Actor

I'm glad to see that Stephen Au is included in the Best Actor nomination. I was hoping that he would at least get a nomination but I was thinking that they would stick him with the Supporting Actor nomination even though I consider him leading. I'm also surprised to see Ruco Chan in here instead of Raymond Wong who was rumored to be on it. I think he's the dark horse to win this since he was not nominated in the Most Improved category where he was expected to win. The race is still between Kevin and Michael Tse, but my choice this year would be for Kevin Cheng.


Best Actress

I'm surprised to see that Myolie is nominated for Curse and not Ghetto Justice since she is getting some mixed reviews for Curse so far while being mainly praised for Ghetto Justice. I think a majority of her detractors were not her fans to begin with and are trying to come out strong against her since she's the biggest threat to receive the award this year. I think Myolie is doing a very good job so far and from the clips, I think she'll do even better in the future episodes. When I look at comments from TVB watchers who are not over-invested fans, most of them can't believe she's such a bitch in this series which I think is a good thing since that means she's doing a good job.
I don't know why they nominated Tavia Yeung for Rippling Blossom when she was more considered the lead in the other 3 series she's in. Nice to see Elena Kong nominated.
I think the race is between Fala and Myolie still but I think Myolie deserves it this year.

Favorite Male Character

My choice would be Chilam Cheung but I think the winner will be between Michael Tse and Kevin Cheng.

Favorite Female Character

I think Linda is basically a guarantee to get this.

Best Supporting Actor

Hmm.. I don't really have a preference for this but it's rumored to go to Ben Wong.

Best Supporting Actress

Why would they nominate Aimee Chan for her tiny role in The Truth instead of Forensic Heroes 3? Her character is much more memorable there. Nice to see Elena Kong nominated in this category as well! I would be happy with either Sharon on Nancy winning.

Most Improved Actor

Jazz Lam for the win! I think he did a great job in Ghetto Justice!

Most Improved Actress

I'm rooting for Mandy Wong, but I wouldn't be surprised or mad if Sire Ma won. Actually Cilla Kung has a good chance too since her role in Yes Sir, No Sir was pretty popular


Best Series- Basically all the series were nominated.
I think Forensic Heroes 3 will win since they are getting great ratings. I'm not sure what I would consider to be the best series so far since FH3 and Curse of the Royal Harem has not finished yet, but my personal favorite so far is The Rippling Blossom. 


I also love Ghetto Justice so that's probably why I'm rooting for all the actors from that show! haha


These are just my thoughts. :)