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Jay Chou, Taiwan's pop king, will sing the theme song for Jet Li's new movie "Ocean Heaven". It will be their second collaboration since Chou sang for Li's 2006 movie "Fearless." Guey Lunmei, Taiwan's star and leading actress in the movie will also sing for the movie.
Chinese actress Zhao Wei, also known as Vicki Zhao, was confirmed on May 27 to be one of the seven judges for the Golden Goblet Awards at the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), ifeng.com reports. This is Zhao Wei's first formal appearance in public after giving birth to a baby girl in April.
Movie actress Michelle Yeoh, on May 26, brought her global campaign for road safety to the Asia-Pacific region, where she warned that deaths and injuries from accidents were reaching epidemic levels. Speaking at an international transport forum in Manila sponsored by the Asian Development Bank, Yeoh pushed for universal use of helmets by motorcycle riders and the building of safer roads to cater to pedestrians and two-wheel vehicles.
Former Morning Musume member Nozomi Tsuji (22) is expecting her second child, it was announced on May 26. Tsuji attended a public event on May 25, but she had apparently been feeling strange since the start of this month. On May 26, she underwent a medical examination, and her doctor informed her that she is currently seven weeks pregnant.
One night in Singapore isn't enough for Show Luo. After a successful showing of the Singapore leg of Show's 3D World Live tour on May 22, his management company held a press conference and a mini farewell party for fans before the superstar's flight on May 25. Working with Singapore Changi Airport, the event was held at the Aviation Gallery. More than 100 lucky fans were allowed into the function and managed to catch a close-up of their favourite idol.
It has been confirmed that Arashi's Jun Matsumoto (26) will star in Fuji TV's Monday night drama series next season. He will be the first member of the group to appear in a drama during that time slot, and this will be his first lead role in a full-length Fuji TV series. The drama, titled "Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku," is an original love story by "Buzzer Beat" screenwriter Mika Omori. The female lead is being played by Yuko Takeuchi (30), who starred in "Lunch Queen" and "Fukigen na Gene," both also written by Omori.
According to media reports, the lead actress of Next Stop Happiness, Ady An, recently met with Director Tsai Yueh Hsun of the police and thief series, Black & White, to audition for the role of the mafia's rich daughter, Chen Lin, originally acted by Ivy Chen. When Ivy was informed of news of a possible replacement while filming fashion drama, Modern New Species, in Beijing, the actress broke down in tears and made a call to Taiwan asking, "Why am I only informed of the replacement from the newspapers?"
Now in her 10th year since her show business debut, actress Yui Ichikawa (24) will finally take on her first lead role in a drama series. She has been cast as a doctor in the jidaigeki drama "Katsura Chizuru Shinsatsu Nichiroku", being broadcast by NHK this summer.
The rumour mill has been abuzz with Taiwanese actor's Ethan Ruan's philandering ways - from dumping an ex-girlfriend after impregnating her, to being the first guy who has slept with fellow actress-singer, Esther Liu. Ethan's longtime girlfriend, Italian-Taiwanese actress Tiffany Hsu, who is known for her role in the idol drama series, It Started With A Kiss, has stepped forth and slammed all rumours of her boyfriend.
Malaysian actress Angelica Lee Sinje and her Hong Kong film-maker husband Oxide Pang spent their honeymoon helping out a poor community in Bohol, Philippines. They called the honeymoon Love Beyond Self. Romance, said Lee, was sleeping under a mosquito net. "It was a time of adjustment. I grew up in a kampung (village) hence I could still accept a lot of things. But, Oxide is a city boy and was unaccustomed to a life devoid of what he considered to be basic necessities," said Lee, 34, in a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on May 26.
