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).