I Need A Safe

Curiosity killed the cat. I'm trying very very very hard to not open my copy of Autumn's Concerto's storybook. BUT'S ITS SO DIFFICULT! And I don't want to spoil myself. Darn! Maybe I should have waited to get the storybook. Too late now! Is there any kind soul out there who would like to donate a safe so I could throw this book in and keep in locked in there until the time comes to open it?

Ok, I'm heading to my room now to get the book...
NO! I CANT DO THAT! MUST STOP! NO SPOILING!
Ok, I shall play games to distract myself...

BOOOOOO!

Rainie Yang Forces Kiss, Show Luo Fans Revolt

Source: Liberty Times, Yahoo! News
Translation: endlessjoy @ Asianfanatics.net

Rainie Yang forces kisses on Show Luo (Xiao Zhu). His fans were watching from aside and when they witnessed their idol being sexually harassed, they let out sounds of pain. There were even fans so out of control who immediately cried. It scared Rainie, and she had to explain to them, “We are only close like siblings, don’t misunderstand.”

In the CTS drama, , Rainie is the “violent girl” and Show is the “mushroom head;” the female is strong and the male is weak, this collaboration is very interesting. Rainie even changed from her normal pitiful character, turning from weak to strong. Earlier at Hangzhou, they filmed a scene where Show was forced a kiss. There were almost 40 Show fans by the side watching. The moment the lips touched, the fans let out sounds of sorrow. Show had to comfort them saying, “You all be good. Your honey (husband) is filming. You all can’t be because of this and be mean to Rainie.” That really worked, and the fans immediately were silent. However, this scared Rainie, so every time there is a kiss scene, she will first apologize to his fans. The interaction was really funny.

After Show’s comfort, his fans let their “Da Lang Honey (husband)” be given to Rainie without worries. They even showed their love to the person next to their idol; they too cared for Rainie. Everyday the fans help the two “add meals.” The 20 days the two were in Hangzhou, they were fed well; especially Rainie because she gained 4 pounds (2 kg). Her face on camera became rounder. The director even said to her, “This is what you guys get for eating buffet everyday!” The managers immediately warned them to control their diet.

Hahaha~ Show: Your honey is filming...

Online feud between Jimmy Lin and Andy Lau's fans

Source : Channel News Asia
Credit: AF News

TAIPEI : Taiwanese singer-actor and professional race car driver Jimmy Lin was hoping to share his joy with friends and fans when he announced his engagement to model girlfriend Chen Ruo Yi as well as the arrival of his new-born son, but little did he expect a cyber war to erupt.

When Lin made the announcement during his birthday celebration in Taipei last month, which was also the one-month-old birthday of his son, host Dong Zhi Cheng remarked, "[Lin] is unlike Andy Lau, who still afraid to admit it after so many years."

His comment riled Lau's fan who immediately rebuked Lin for milking their idol’s current predicament, and an online feud broke out between the two camps.

"Why does [Lin] have to build his success on Andy’s misery?" said Lau's fan.

Another supporter commented, "Why are Lin's fans refusing to let Andy off the hook?"

Refusing to back down, Lin’s fans, who initially did not think very highly of Chen, showed their support for the couple.

"Thanks to Chen, Jimmy is now able to experience true family bliss," wrote fans on the fan club's website.

Perhaps too overjoyed, Lin, who is preparing for his upcoming concert in Shanghai later this month, said he isn’t affected by the ongoing 'war'.

Hong Kong star Andy Lau has faced criticism for his repeated denial of his relationship with long-time girlfriend Carol Chu despite tying the knot in Nevada last year. The Heavenly King only admitted to getting hitched after Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily uncovered details of their union.

During Lin's birthday celebration, the 34-year-old admitted that he has been dating Chen for the past five years and he has no intention of keeping the matter a secret.

"Her kindness, pureness and understanding touched me. We got engaged last year and I had planned to break the news during my October concert but we didn't expect the news to break before hand," said Lin, otherwise known as "Little Whirlwind" during his days as a pop idol.

Lin's son, nicknamed Little Jimmy, was born in California, and the proud father, who has been showing off a photo of the little one to everyone, said the 3-kilogram baby has a small dimple and loves to smile. - CNA/fa

Fans...are being oversensitive? Andy Lau and his misery is his problem (I have nothing against him, he's a great singer) and has absolutely nothing to do with Jimmy Lin. Why are these fans pulling Jimmy down? If they want to be mad, they should be mad at the host who made that sour comment! I'm glad Jimmy isn't affected by this accusation. And why is the media still hounding over Andy? Get over it already!

15th Singapore HIT Awards results

original source: Media Corp Xin SG
translated by minchong92 @ http://asianfanatics.net

Best Producer for a Single: [Black White/Hei Bai] Edward Chan, Charles Lee, Khalil Fong

Best Local Lyricist: [Thinking of/Si Nian] Tanya Chua

Best Local Composer: [Ru Yan] Chen Jia Ming

Best Local Singer: JJ Lin

Best Performing Male Artist: Jam Hsiao

Best Performing Female Artist: A-mei Chang

Best Group: S.H.E

Best Band: Mayday

Best Songwriting-Artist: Sodagreen

Outstanding Debut Artistes (4 winners): Rachel Liang, Lala Hsu, Jing Huang, Zhang Yun Jing

Most Popular Male Artist: Jam Hsiao

Most Popular Female Artist: Rachel Liang

Most Popular Group: Mayday

Most Popular Newcomer: Rachel Liang

Y.E.S 93.3 FM Charts - Golden Song of the Year: [Heart Beat/Xin Tiao] Wang Lee Hom

Y.E.S 93.3 FM Charts - Shining Artiste: Mayday

Asia Media Recognition Award (Male Artist): Jay Chou

Asia Media Recognition Award (Female Artist): Tanya Chua

Asia Media Recognition Award (Band): Mayday

Asia Media Recognition Award (Group): S.H.E

Best Regional Singer (Mainland China): Bibi Zhou

Best Regional Singer (Hong Kong): Eason Chan

Best Regional Singer (Taiwan): S.H.E

Best Regional Singer (Malaysia): Fish Leong

Local Media Recognition Award for Inspiration: Kevin Tan

Best Local Musician Award: Tanya Chua

All-around Entertainer: S.H.E

Most Popular of the Year Award: Fahrenheit

COURTS MV Award: Kevin Tan

Charismatic Newcomer i-Award: Lala Hsu

Congratsss everyone! Wowowow~S.H.E. and Mayday got the most awards. Congrats! And FRH got popularity award! And wooo~ Jing Ye!

Birthday boys Arron Yan and Calvin Chen were pranked

Source Chinatimes
Translated by Elvenstar @ http://asianfanatics.net

Fahrenheit's Wu Chun, Jiro Wang, Calvin Chen and Arron Yan due to filming contracts have had to go separate ways, causing non-stop rumors of them not getting along with each other and disbanding, but the four members have continuously showed that their friendship has not ended. Yesterday all members were present to film the Coca-Cola advert, Wu Chun and Jiro had a secret plan to help celebrate Calvin and Arron's birthday which are in November, even making the director join in with the prank, causing them both to shout "we've been pranked".

The advert was shot on 4 consecutive days, on the last day the director suddenly changed the script placing it upon Calvin and Arron, no matter how they acted the director wasn't pleased, re- shooting the scene over and over again. Calvin extremely puzzled said " The last few days the director has been really nice, has he taken the wrong medicine today?". Arron was also shouted to complete bewilderment, the director then finally cursed "Can you two not act it out?" and then shouted for a 5 minutes break. With the tense atmosphere, suddenly the whole studio went dark, Wu Chun and Jiro took out the hidden cake and after seeing the candle light, they both realized what had happened.

Calvin argued that he vaguely guessed that they were playing a joke, Arron from start to finish was scolded until near crazy, he was completely fooled. Calvin made a wish that he can buy a house soon and also previously for raising money for the 8/8 flood victims he designed a T-shirt for online sales, recently he donated the $100 000 NT to the TVBS compassion fund doing charity to celebrate his birthday.

Hahahahaha~ nice prank~ lemme record that in my prank book for future references. Poor Arron~ he had no clue it was a prank until the very end! Hahahahaa~ Happy birthday to them both~ Calvin is on the 10th and Arron is on the 20th~ so easy to remember! Haahahaha~

Good Bye Mr. Stone Head General

Old Stone Head was his nickname, made up by one of the most crazy-hyper character in Chinese Paladin, Ah Nu. Old Stone Head was the well respected former general of the Kingdom of Zhao. He came out of his seclusion after the King pleads him to help in the fight against the powerful leader of the Lunar Sect who has pretty much brainwashed all the citizens in the Kingdom of Zhao. Stone Head's mission is to bring back the Princess because she has the power to save the Kingdom. He brings along his godson, Tang Yu Xiao Bao, and a bunch of men to search for the Princess.

As you can see, Stone Head is old and old people tend to be stubborn and strict and wise. At first, I didn't really like this guy because he was such a meanie (slapping his godson 9X). But gradually, I started to warm up to him and it was finally in episode 18, that I started to see he's not that bad after all. He's the type of person where you have to look beyond his strict demeanor and stubborn ways to appreciate him. Unfortunately, his fate was cut short and he died 2 episodes later when he was given the 'Kiss of Death' by his other godson whom he disowned(I think), the leader of the Lunar Sect. He exploded into nothingness.

Old Stone Head was the first to go. He is a man who sought to protect his nation, a father striving to teach his son well, and alas a hero.

Rest in peace, Old Stone Head.

Jimmy Lin autographed tickets in Shanghai; Leon Jay Williams will be guest at concert

translation by l_coco @ http://asianfanatics.net
source : qq.com

Jimmy Lin’s concert will be held at the Shanghai Grand Theatre on Nov 21, 2009. He autographed tickets for fans yesterday at the Nanjing Road 353 Plaza. The session was at 7:30pm but large group of fans gathered long before that. Jimmy disclosed that the guest of honor Leon Jay Williams (from My Lucky Star) will bring surprises to the concert.

Jimmy announced the birth of his son last month. Fans wanted to see him in Shanghai more than ever. To thank his fans he took time off from concert preparation to meet them. Because he injured his hand recently instead of signing autographs he used a stamp and shook hands with fans. Fans sent their best wishes to the new father. Jimmy didn’t take any breaks during the entire session. Even though his hand was hurting he greeted each fan warmly with a smile.

This is the new father’s first appearance in Shanghai. It attracted a large crowd of fans and media who packed the plaza. The media were curious about the new “Lin Baba”. They also sent their best wishes. As to whether his family will attend his concert, Jimmy said his family will definitely be there but whether the baby will attend “is a secret, not to be disclosed now”. Even though he is still not used to be called a father he is very professional in his showbiz work. He would not leak any details about the concert but only said “Last year’s concert was at the Hongkou stadium. Because of the open space I couldn’t interact with the fans. This time it’s in the Theatre and there will be zero distance between us. I hope to spend a memorable evening with the fans.” New songs and dances and secret ideas will surprise everyone. The only thing he disclosed is that Leon Jay Williams will be the guest of honor.

Woo! A reunion of the MLS bros! Tian Qi and Tian Jun! Congrats again to the new father, Mr. Jimmy Lin! Talking about MLS, did you know that that the actress that played Ah Xing (Yoo Ha Na) was suppose to take on the role of Liang Mu Chen in Autumn's Concerto? Shocking isn't it? And the original actor to take on the role of Guang Xi was Mingdao. But you know, Van Ness is doing a mighty fine job with his role and so is Ady and their chemistry is bursting through the ceiling.

A New Picture

In case you haven't noticed, I changed the big picture on top from Fahrenheit to Autumn's Concerto! I didn't make that picture (I'm not that talented), I got it from Autumn's Concerto's tieba@baidu. Hehe~ -sigh- AC oh AC~ why are you such a good drama?

Vanness Wu kissing other girls makes Ady An very jealous; wants to add oil together with Show Luo

Source: NOWnews
Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

SETTV idol drama ‘Autumn’s Concerto’ aired its 5th episode last Sunday, and it left a big impression on the audience. Besides making the audience tear up constantly, the ratings also did very well! On the 2nd, main leads Vanness Wu, Ady An, Tiffany Hsu & Chris Wu happily ate kingfish to celebrate. Reporters at the event also asked SETTV general producer Chen Yu Shan whether she really will be leaving SETTV but her reply was quite ambiguous: “There are many different forms of collaborations.”

SETTV idol drama ‘Autumn’s Concerto’ aired its 5th episode last Sunday and met very strong competitor ‘Hi My Sweetheart’s premiere broadcast. But ratings still achieved a very good result of 3.73, claiming first place for the 5th consecutive week! And Ady also boldly admitted that she herself was too immersed in the drama. When she saw herself falling into the water, and then seeing Vanness Wu kiss hot girls at a nightclub, it made her extremely jealous. She laughed saying: “During the commercial break, I immediately phoned the director to complain, how can Vanness use the same way of kissing Liang Mu Chen to then go and kiss other girls?!”

In episode 5, there was one scene where Ady had to help Vanness shave. That heartbreaking performance of crying & suffering made Vanness say happily: “This drama has let me fully understand what are real emotions!” And after praises from Vic Zhou (Zai Zai), Elva Hsiao, and Jolin Tsai, Vanness revealed that this week Leehom Wang also sent a text message to him, congratulating him on his excellent performance.

Tiffany Hsu reveals she will have a bed scene with Vanness

Although Tiffany Hsu plays the second female lead in the drama, her character is also very loveable. When asked about comments from boyfriend Ethan Ruan, Tiffany replied: “He feels my character is not bad!” This time, she also has a new hairstyle in this drama, and her character is different to her previous arrogant stuck-up roles. And Ethan teased her saying: “You don’t seem that lethal anymore!” And after seeing Ethan film many bed scenes in idol dramas, Tiffany finally gets the chance to strike back. She will also have a very passionate scene with Vanness in a future episode. When asked whether she will report this to her boyfriend, she replied saying it’s only acting, and she isn’t scared that he’ll get jealous.

The day before yesterday, ‘Autumn’s Concerto’ & ‘Hi My Sweetheart’ each held celebrations for their dramas in different parts of Taipei. Are they worried that the media will plan attacks? Vanness replied that earlier, he specially sent a text message to Show and said to him: “No matter what the media says, us brother have to jia you (add oil) together!”

Hahahaa~ I think EVERYONE is immersed in AC~

Ady An as Zhao Min MV

Credit:s0erika@youtube

Must I say more? I am definitely starting this T.O.D.A.Y., starting from episode 11, because the first 10 episodes are about the hero, Zhang Wu Ji, in his teen years and Ms. Zhao Min/Ady doesn't appear until later on. Enjoy the MV for now~

Autumn's Concerto Episode 6 Preview

Credit:gar6301

. . . need to restock on Kleenex. There's so many things going in next week's episode! Mu Cheng and Guang Xi are going to go on a "last" date, Guang Xi's going to get tricked into doing that other surgery, and...and...*sniff* Mu Cheng is going leave. *sniff sniff* On their date, they get their (wedding) photograph taken and they try to smile through their tears. Their time is limited. And the kind photographer who is touched by their preserverance says, "Photography is magic that turns an instance into forever." That is a good line. I like it. I wonder who gets to keep the photo.

Autumn's Concerto Behind the Scene 3

Credit: gar6301@youtube


Credit: gar6301@youtube

Here it is! Behind the Scenes of Episode 5 of Autumn's Concerto! I know you're all dying to watch this! Hahaha~ these videos are a plus to the drama! Ada, as you can see, was very nervous when filming the kiss scene. And Van Ness, I guess he's glad he's not NGing too much in this scene. His suggestion to put Ady on the top of the shelf was HAHAHAHAHAAA! After he makes that statement, he quickly clarifies, "This is not what I want, I'm just giving an advice..." HAHAHAAA!

Autumn's Concerto Ratings

Source: SETTV
Credit: AF AC Thread

Episode 1 - 2.89
Episode 2 - 3.25
Episode 3 - 3.59
Episode 4 - 4.02
Episode 5 - 3.73 (OMG~ it droppeddd!!! NOOOO~)

All ratings for Autumn's Concerto will be posted here! The ratings are pretty good so far, it might even exceed FTLY~

Joe Chen Qiao En might leave her company

Source: ChinaTimes
Translated by meosles @ http://asianfanatics.net

Chen Qiao En is said to mind her being frozen by the company in the past. Sun De Rong said: "We did not freeze her, it's part of her education process."

Tony Sun’s band 5566 and Ming Dao’s 183 Club, has only 1 month left in their contract with J-Stars but all seven artistes haven’t renew their contracts. There are signs of a mass exodus. Fans petition Chen Qiao En to leave her company which is on the blink of collapse. J-Star’s general manager Sun De Rong retorted “What does fans know?” Rumours goes that the possibility of her leaving is high and her new drama “Jia Qi Ru Meng” will be her graduation work. Regarding this, Sun De Rong said: “We have shown our sincerity. If others can do better, we will wish them well.”

Earns 30 millions last year, may not renew contract.

Chen Qiao En rose from a minor artiste to the first sister of idol drama with idol dramas like “Prince Turned To Frog” and “Fated To Love You”. She has no lack of drama offers, as well as many commercials and event contracts. This year, her dramas “Easy Fortune Happy Life” and “Staying By Sunshine, Staying By You”, and five endorsements for lingerie and spectacles etc brought in an income of nearly 30 millions. However, she may not renew her contract with J-Stars with whom she has worked with for eight years.

J-Stars repelled enemies, offer bigger cut

According to sources, many companies are trying to win Chen Qiao En over. In order to keep this “golden goose”, J-Stars offers to reduce their cut of 30% of her earnings. “Jia Qi Ru Meng” also allows her to choose her dramas. Sun De Rong said: “People must remember to be grateful.” Her fans said that J-Stars is on the brink of collapse. Sun De Rong said angrily: “This is a result of the environment. If we can earn money at home, who wants to leave their home country? Now fans are like famous mouths (people known for their eloquence), they only know how to talk.”

Sun De Rong is open-minded, stay if able to work together, leave otherwise

Sun De Rong manages J-Stars which brought to frame the band 5566 which includes members Sam Wang, Zax Wang and Jason Hsu. 183 Club was left with only Sam Wang, Ming Dao and Ehlo Huang after Jacky Chu and Johnny Yan left the group. Tony Sun, Zax Wang and Ming Dao may take into account the many years of friendship with the company and renew their contracts, especially Ming Dao who is “highly productive”. He participated in three dramas and earns more than 20 millions this year and has the least complaints against the company. Regarding artistes who have yet to indicate their intentions, Sun De Rong is open-minded: “Stay if able to work together, leave otherwise."

Qiao En, I wish you the best of luck~ follow your heart, break through the door and soar high into the sky, experience the beauty of the clouds, the silence of the skies, and the majestic rainbow, and enjoy the freedom of the skies. Don't stay at the bottom of the well... jump out and soar.