Faye Wong Is Back

After disappearing from showbiz for five years, diva Faye Wong (王菲) held her first comeback concert in Beijing on Friday night to a packed stadium of 18,000 people.

Appearing in six outfits, Faye sang 23 songs, including her classic Hong Dou (Red Bean, 紅豆) and I’m Willing To (我願意) on the 3D stage decorated with glaciers and icicles at the Wukesong Culture and Sports Center.

She maintained her trademark style of “just singing, no talking.” The only words she said were xie xie (thank you), three times in total, during the 105-minute show.
She is scheduled to hold 10 concerts in Beijing and Shanghai.

In January next year, she will sing at Taipei Arena.

China’s number one songbird Faye Wong (王菲) went off key when she sang her trademark song Hong Dou (Red Bean, 紅豆) at her first comeback concert in Beijing on Friday night. She then flashed an embarrassing smile.

The video clip has been wildly circulated on the Internet. Her concert producer Chiu Li-kuang (邱瓈宽) on Sunday tried to spin the incident and claimed Faye did not go off key and “her vocal condition was excellent throughout the concert.”

Big S With Future "Mum-In-Law" Problems

Big S (大S) and her billionaire fiancée Wang Xiaofei (汪小菲) plan to get married on February 18 but they’ve got mother-in-law problems.

Apparently, Xiaofei’s mom Zhang Lan (张兰), chairperson of the restaurant chain Southbeauty Group (俏江南), is not happy with the planned wedding.

“It won’t happen that quick!” she said, adding the wedding, if it happened, should be well planned and there is no need to rush it. She said both families’ parents were absent from their engagement party on October 22 and therefore it does not count.

She met Big S for the first time on Friday and though the consent issue doesn’t seem to be solved, she did say the actress is “down-to-earth.”

The extensive news coverage of the pair over the past week has successfully put the restaurant chain on the map. Some commentators reckon it’s all a conspiracy so that Southbeauty Group, which is scheduled to open its first restaurant in Taipei’s Xinyi district next month, will get some advance coverage.

Miss World 2010

This is the fifth time that Sanya has hosted the Miss World final (130 countries) and it has become a spiritual home of sorts for the organization. But actually it appeared to be perfection in the Natural beauties in the lobby and grounds of the Crowne Plaza hotel, Sanya, Hainan province for Garden of Eden today at the 60^th Miss World contest.

They were joined by past winners of the contest, ranging from France’s 1953 Miss World Denise Perrier Lanfranchi, to the 2008 winner, Russia’s Ksenia Sukhinova – who will join the judges.

At the front of house, the world’s media was desperate for access to the hottest totty in the known universe.
All that was on offer for them to interview on the morning of the contest, however, were three of the performers for the evening show. These included UK X-factor’s Shayne Ward, and Puerto Rican opera singer Carlos Aponte. The third performer tonight, saxophonist Dave Koz said he was in a constant state of arrival after touching down in Sanya.

Behind the scenes, Miss World 2007, China’s Zhang Zilin (张梓琳), was found walking around the grounds, arm-in-arm with Agbani Darego, Miss Nigeria’s world champion in 2001.

Were they really good friends?
“Sure, we keep in touch by e-mail and see each other when we can,” Zilin replied.
“Miss Worlds are a select club,” Agbani added. “It really is like a big family and it’s great to be asked back to judge.”
The pair emphasized that external appearance isn’t everything in the “Beauty with a Purpose” contest.
“It’s the inner beauty that counts,” Zilin said, revealing that the judges “actually get to know the girls beforehand.”

The night of the contest is important but actually some of the decisions have already been made.
The Miss World road show has been traveling China for the past month, visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Ordos in Inner Mongolia.

Show Luo's Beijing Show

Taiwan’s Show Luo (羅志祥) will hold his debut solo concert in Beijing, at Wukesong Arena.

The November 13 concert dubbed Dance Without Limits will have elaborate, Hollywood-inspired sets and feature songs from his albums Trendy Man and Rashomon. Show Luo has been working on some new dance moves and also perform songs originally covered by friends such as Jolin Tsai (蔡依林), A-mei (張惠妹) and Elva Hsiao (蕭亞軒).

Selina Goes 5-hour Operation

Selina Jen (任家萱) of girl group SHE underwent a debridement operation for five hours in Taipei on Monday that removed dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.

She was conscious and in a stable condition, according to the statement released by her record label HIM Inc (華研國際音樂).

Fifty percent of her body—legs, arms, back and waist—were burned, and her face had blisters.

It requires two to three weeks for observation (not to get infection is the priority) before the medical team can assess the rehabilitation situation.

Her father said Selina is in extreme pain and pain-relief has been administered.

Aaron Kwok Contracted a Sexually Transmitted Disease

Rumors are circulating that birthday boy “Heavenly King” of Cantopop Aaron Kwok (郭富城) has contracted a sexually transmitted disease, after having had multiple affairs.

His girlfriend, Lynn Xiong (熊黛林), has picked up the disease from him, reported the Hong Kong weekly Oriental Sunday (東方新地), citing a netizen.



Although the netizen did not directly give the names of the “superstar” and his celebrity girlfriend “Lianlian” (莲莲), others quickly concluded they were Aaron and Lynn from the clues that were provided.

When asked by Hong Kong media, Aaron, who turns 45 today (Tuesday), simply smiled without giving any answer.

Lynn, however, responded in surprise, “Who’s got it? I’ve never heard that he is sick!”

Selina of SHE was Badly Burned During Accident

Selina Jen of popular Taiwanese girlband S.H.E has been rushed to a hospital in Taiwan for treatment after she was severely burnt during a filming accident in Shanghai.

The 28-year-old singer was admitted into the Linkou branch of the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei County late on Sunday night. She was accompanied by both her father and 39-year-old fiancée, lawyer Richard Chang.

Last Friday, Jen and her Chinese co-star, Yu Haoming, 22, were badly burned when a series of planned explosions went horribly wrong during the filming of her music drama “I Have a Date with Spring”.

Selina Jen transported to a hospital in Taiwan.
It is reported that the pop-singer suffered 40 percent burns, including those on her back, hands and legs. She was previously hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai. Her father said that the singer will require skin transplant surgery and recuperation.

Yu himself is said to have suffered from third-degree burns and is more seriously injured than Jen. The 1.8m-tall singer-actor, who finished sixth in China reality talent show “Superboy” in 2007, has burns on his back, hands and legs as well.

While it is understood that the actors were shooting an explosion scene after several successful trials, this time, the dynamite exploded sooner than expected.

Yu Haoming (right) got even more badly burned when he tried to shield Selina from the accident.

According to China’s Sina website, a technician botched the timing of the explosions near the exit of a disused factory where they were filming. As a result, the actors were caught unprepared as they were leaving the building.

Yu was also hailed by the Chinese press for his heroics as it is believed he shielded his co-star by hugging her when the explosion happened. This saved Selina from sustaining facial injuries.

Watch the video clip of the qaccident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsIyfe5vWTc

Wang Lee Hom being criticized

Wang Lee Hom’s self-directed movie debut Love In Disguse failed to perform up to expectations despite the initial hype during its release and scored only one nomination for Best Original Film Song in the upcoming Golden Horse Awards. In response to that, Lee Hom commented on famed Hong Kong director Stephen Chow’s failure to bag a Golden Horse award.

The 34-year-old’s agent spoke on his behalf yesterday and explained, “Leehom merely said that it’s not easy for a comedy to win an award and he meant that Chow has never won an award for Best Actor.”

Chow had won himself Best Supporting Actor for Final Justice in 1987, as well as Best Director and Best Film award for his recent flick Kung Fu Hustle.

Before Love in Disguise was released in theatres, Wang commented that movie critics were in favour of writing negative feedback to attract viewership, in fear of bad ratings.

He had angered many netizens who in turn mocked him for comparing himself with the King of comedy.