Can't Buy Me Love

Cast:
Charmaine Sheh as Princess Chew Yeung
Moses Chan as Kam Tor Luk
Raymond Wong as Kam Tor Sau
Louis Yuen as Kam Tor Fuk
Susanna Kwan as Ting Lor Hei
Linda Chung as Ng Sei Tai
Fala Chen as Szeto Ngan Ping
Kenneth Ma as Ting yau Wai
Selena Li
Sharon Chan
Tracy Ip
Susan Tse
Lee Heung Kam
Mary Hon
Lee Kwok Lun
Kara Hui
Matthew Ko
Edwin Siu
Yoyo Chen
Elaine Yiu

Total Episodes: 32 episodes
Aired Dates: August 23 to October 3, 2010
Time Slot: Mondays to Fridays, 9.30pm
Channel: Astro Channel 921

Synopsis:
Princess Chew Yeung is the 3rd of 5 princess, daughter of Emperor Taizhong. She was arranged to marry a Tibetan prince against her wishes. The only way out for her was to look for another suitor as soon as possible. The proprietress of a gold store, Tong Lor Hei recommends her second son, Kam Tor Luk and third son, Kam Tor Sau as candidates. Madam Ting hopes that the marriage with the Princess will bring them out of their financial troubles and save their family business.

Tor Luk doesn't want his brother to marry the willful and bratty Princess, as such he "sacrifices" himself and assumes the responsibility of marrying Princess Chew Yeung.

After their marriage, Princess Chew Yeung remains as bratty as before. As she is a member of the royal family, she expects the Kams to treat her with respect including Tor Luk's mother and grandmother.

Princess Chew Yeung was granted a handmaiden by the Empress Dowager, Szeto Ngan Ping who doubles as a bodyguard. Szeto Ngan Ping is haughty and has no regard for anyone as she has the blessing from Princess Chew Yeung. She even fight back against Ting Yau wai, who is the Emperor-elect matchmaker.

The Kams have had enough of Princess Chew Yeung and Szeto Ngam Ping's antics. They decide to group together and fight against her. However, what surprises the Kams the most was that their vivacious house maid, Ng Sei Tak, decides to take the side of the unreasonable Princess.

After back and forth bickering between the 2 sides with no solution in sight, the matter finally caught the attention of the Emperor. Can the Emperor salvage the marriage of his favourite Princess? Marrying a princess is suppose to bring honour to the family but for the Kams, all that glitter is not always gold.

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Beyond the Realm of Conscience

Cast:
Charmaine Sheh as Lau Sam Ho
Tavia Yeung as Yiu Kam Ling
Moses Chan as Emperor Li Yi (later Li Chen)
Kevin Cheng as Ko Hin Yeung
Michelle Yim as Chung Suet Ha
Susanna Kwan as Yuen Tsui Wan
Selena Li as Concubine Man Bo-Yin
Mary Hon as Empress
Krystal Tin
Susan Tse
Tracy Ip as Concubine
Mandy Cho as Concubine

Total Episodes: 33 episodes
Aired Dates: October 19 to November 29, 2009
Time Slot: Mondays to Fridays, 8.30pm
Channel: Astro Channel 901

Synopsis:
In the Tong Dynasty, the Emperor and the Imperial family are served by the Imperial Household Bureau. The Imperial Household Bureau is tasked to manage all household services for the Emperor and is made up of four sections. They are Jewels, Attire, Food and Furnishing.

Lau Sam Ho and Yiu Kam Ling were exposed to the Imperial Household bureau at a tender age. The two girls are hardworking and were raised within the disciplines of the palace. Yuen Tsui Wan, the Head of the Jewels Section, and Chung Suet Ha, Head of Attire Section find Sam Ho to be a very kind-hearted girl. They soon start a fight to bring Sam Ho into their own section.

Sam Ho always keeps her mother's last words close to her heart; "Do good deeds, Speak good words, Show goodwill". She lives her life based on that and displays kindness to everyone in the Palace. On the other hand, Kam Ling disagrees with Sam Ho. Kam Ling believes that to survive in the Palace, she has to scheme her way to the top. She finally succeeds to be the Emperor's concubine.

Kam Ling knows that Sam Ho is in love with chess master, Ko Hin Yeung. However she is still jealous of Sam Ho as she knows that Emperor Lee Yi is attracted to Sam Ho. To strengthen her position, Kam Ling accuses Sam Ho of murdering the Empress and condemns her to death. Luckily for Sam Ho, Kam Ling's plan does not fall into place.

Watch how Sam Ho goes up against the scheming Kam Ling, where benevolence triumph over evil.

2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards: Red Carpet

I know this may be a little overdued, but good photos are meant to be shared, right? And I'm sure many of you would not mind seeing your favourite stars again and again.

Ron Ng and Shirley Yeung



Bosco Wong and Tavia Yeung



Joe Ma and Jessica Hsuan


Moses Chan and Susanna Kwan


Myolie Wu, Benz Hui and Linda Chung

Photo Source/Credit: TVB Artistes Blog

Charmaine kneels the whole day for filming

Filming for new TVB drama, Beyond the Realm of Conscience, has started. Charmaine Sheh plays the role of a palace maid, Lau Sam Ho. Charmaine shares that her character is a very nice person and has a good heart. She explains, "Yes, I play a very good character in the series. Sam Ho does good deeds, says nice things and has a very good heart." On the other hand, Charmaine reveals that Tavia Yeung's character is frank and outspoken. Her bluntness caused many problems in the Palace but Sam Ho will be there to help her shoulder the blame.

Charmaine shares that during filming, she has been kneeling down the whole day. They were filming a scene which requires her character to beg the Empress to help Michelle Yim and Susanna Kwan's character.

Beyond the Realm of Conscience was previously known as Lau Sam Ho and also stars Moses Chan (Emperor), Kevin Cheng (Palace Guard), Selena Li (Concubine), Mary Hon, Tracy Ip, Mandy Cho among others.

Source: On.cc / Appledaily with translations by Matchbox @ mediachamber.net

TVB stars weather the Global Economic Crisis together

The global financial crisis impacts everyone globally. There's no avoiding or escaping or running away from it. TVB had already laid off over 200 staffs and freeze the salary of those still employed. Hoping to remain united to weather the financial crisis, TVB launched a campaign, Spreading Hong Kong's Power [發動香港力量] to encourage and motivate the people of Hong Kong.

The campaign was attended by many TVB artistes including Liza Wang who was not feeling weel, and TVB General Manager, Stephen Chan. Most artistes present agree to take a pay cut for shows and appearances during these tough times.

Raymond Lam, who starred in Moonlight Resonance, does not mind having his pay cut by up to 30% and pledges to support TVB to the very end. Raymond said, "The most important is to let everyone know that TVB Artistes are worth to have, worth the money, to help the markets overcome this period, raising pay we all can talk about it. Actually the finanical crisis did not affect me too much because I don't understand investments, although I had always wanted to buy a luxury home, but I heard that the housing prices had been affected, I'm feeling quite contradicting."

Raymond's fellow cast member in Moonlight Resonance, Linda Chung, reveals that she earned more in 2008 but admits that she will be affected this year. Linda is not sure if her pay will be reduced but states that she is fine working for half her pay. "But this decision is made by my company," adds Linda. Linda also said that she's happy if there is work as she does not work for the money. "As an artist, I don't want to have no chance for exposure," Linda explained.

Star of current mega production, The Gem of Life, Moses Chan assures that if his pay was reduced he would still have enough. "Actually artists do hope for a job and an opportunity for collaboration, so that's why we all will ride out the storm together with the company," explains Moses.

Another cast of The Gem of Life, Bosco Wong shares that he still has job offers and his pay is still not reduced. Bosco who is yet to feel the impact says, "Increase or decrease in my pay has always been decided by my manager, I will need my manager to see if its necessary to reduce the pay or not, I will just listen to whatever is arranged."

Veteran artiste, Nancy Sit is worried about the current economy crisis especially after hearing the Chief Executive's address regarding the crisis. Nancy said, "The Chief Executive shouldn't say it like that, it might scare people. In the future I will work hard on my jobs, peacefully accepting jobs. Although the financial crisis did not affect me too much, but in the Chinese New Year I will be passing out lucky pockets, I already prepared $118,000 of lucky packets to pass out. Give some good luck, hope that everyone could spend the New Year happily."

Susanna Kwan, who appeared alongside Moses, Linda and Raymond in Moonlight Resonance, is relieved that she doesn't invest much. Susanna explains, "Luckily I didn't do any investments, my property is also owned by me, so there is no problem. Workload also had not been reduced. Up until now, my income is actually more than last year." Susanna also shares that health is more important and she may be taking a break to rest in the new year.

Source: Mingpao with translations by aZnangel @ AsianUniverse.net

TVB Anniversary Awards 2008: Memorable Moments

Here are some memorable moments from TVB 41st Anniversary Awards.

Myolie Wu gave Nancy Wu a congratulatory hug before Nancy accepts her Most Improved Female Artist Award


Ha Yu embraced Raymond Lam when Raymond was announced as the winner for Favourite Male Character


Tavia Yeung received a hug from Fala Chen, her fellow nominee for Best Supporting Actress and on-screen sister in Moonlight Resonance


Tavia Yeung got the audience to reward Lee Heung Kam with a round of applause for her stunning performance as Grandma in Moonlight Resonance


The producer of Moonlight Resonance accepts the Best Drama Series Award with the cast of Moonlight Resonance


Tavia Yeung gave Lee Heung Kam a hug when they went on stage to accept the Best Drama Award


Lee Si Kei prepared tissues for Ha Yu when presenting him with the Best Actor Award


Michelle Yim received a warm hug from fellow Best Actress nominee, Susanna Kwan


Ha Yu, Michelle Yim and Moses Chan toast to the success of Moonlight Resonance



All winners of TVB 41st Anniversary Awards 2008! Congratulations!

Pic Credit: Tom.Com, Sohu.Com

Susanna Kwan prepares for TVB Anniversary

Susanna Kwan, a strong contender for Best Actress Award at TVB's Anniversary this year, was seen in Central trying on dresses for the momentous night. After selecting the dress of her choice, Susanna proceeded to a jewellery store to choose matching accessories. Her chosen set of jewels reportedly worth HKD 30 million. Susanna joked that the 2 most important events are marriage and TVB's Anniversary, thus, she has to be most prepared for these 2 occasions.

Michelle Yim, also a nominee for Best Actress, will reportedly be wearing a bareback dress on the awards night. Susanna said it never crossed her mind to fight for the award with Michelle. For Susanna, dressing up beautifully for the night is a sign of respect towards TVB. She also complimented Michelle on her slim figure, saying Michelle looks nice regardless what style she chooses. Susanna said that Michelle is the hot favourite for the award, and she supports Michelle too. Susanna said she will be happy if she won, and will most likely be speechless!

Source: Mingpao with translation by mv_288 @ AsianFanatics.net

Ha Yu is confident, shares his take on Best Actress

Ha Yu's portrayal of Jo Bao in Moonlight Resonance has earned him praises from many viewers and netizens. Ha Yu is a nominee for the prestigious Best Actor Award along side his son in the same series, portrayed by Raymond Lam. Ha Yu maintained that he has the right amount of confidence, "Of course I would want to win, but there is no certainty. Seeing the netizens support me is just like half-winning to me already. But really, in this world there are many sudden changes. Last year, I was known to have one of the highest chances as well, but failed in the end. As for this year, it seems like my chances are higher. If I still lose, then it's not related to whether I did a good job or not, but related to the methods and qualifications of voting, and by that I would fee more relaxed. Disappointment is inevitable, but I still have to continue to live on, and continue acting." Ha Yu's online votes has managed to surpass even Raymond's who was the earlier front runner for the sought-after award!

Ha Yu revealed that it was more difficult to portray Jo Bao compared to playing Dai Bao from Heart of Greed. With Dai Bao, he has the chance to appear comical, whereas with Jo Bao, the character is more serious, who made mistakes and yet refuse to acknowledge them. This makes Ja Bao a deeper character if compared to Dai Bao.

Ha Yu also revealed that the success of Moonlight Resonance has indirectly increased the number of job offers he received. During this coming Christmas season, he and his fellow Moonlight Resonance co-stars - Lee Si Kei, Raymond Lam and Linda Chung will be in the United States and Canada for performances and other jobs.

Seeing that Ha Yu is highly rumoured to pick up the Best Actor Award, whom does he prefer to take the female version, the Best Actress Award. Ha Yu believes that all the ladies of Moonlight Resonance are equally capable. But considering Lee Si Kei picked up the award last year, then Ha Yu felt that Michelle Yim and Susanna Kwan deserve a chance at the awards. But if he has to choose between the two, then his choice would be Michelle Yim. In Ha Yu's opinion Michelle portrayed her evil role well even though she did not have many scenes.

Source: Mingpao with translations by mv_288 @ AsianFanatics.net

TVB Anniversary Awards, Strong Contestants for TV Queen

TVB's 41st Anniversary Awards is fast approaching. This year, there are 10 nominees for the Best Actress Award. All the three main leads from Moonlight Resonance - Lee Si Kei, Susanna Kwan, Michelle Yim are among the nominees. Their roles in Moonlight Resonance are all TV Queen material.

The Best Actress Award category sees some tough fight. The three Moonlight Resonance leading ladies are expected to face tough competition from Liza Wang (War of in-laws 2) and Charmaine Sheh (Forensic Heroes 2). Other nominees in this category include Nancy Sit in The Silver Chamber of Sorrows, Shereen Tang in Your Class or Mine, Linda Chung in A Journey Called Life, Sonija Kwok in D.I.E. and Kate Tsui in Speech of Silence.

Lee Si Kei avoided naming her toughest competitor for the TV Queen award, but named her choice for TV King - Ha Yu! Lee Si Kei said, "Ha Yu acted his role out really well. As for Moses Chan, he put in a lot of effort for his role in "Moonlight Resonance". When I first looked at the script, his role didn't seem very unique. He also asked me for advice on how he should act out his role. In the end, he was able to act out his character very well, and brought life to it. Raymond Lam's role is also good, as well as the other male leads, so competition is very tight!"

Source: Mingpao
Original Translation: mv_288 @ Asianfanatics.net

Charmaine Sheh hoping for the role of Lau Sam Ho

Charmaine Sheh, Susanna Kwan, Michelle Yim, Fala Chen and Moses Chan yesterday filmed the sales presentation for period drama, Lau Sam Ho. The weather was hot yesterday although it is now Autumn. When Charmaine was not filming, she quickly used an umbrella to shield herself from the scorching sun. Kevin Cheng will, reportedly, be part of the cast but he did not make an appearance yesterday. Apparently, Kevin was filming something else in the studios.

The concept of filming sales presentation every year is merely for sales and advertising purposes. Sometimes, series that are planned may not actually be filmed, or sometimes the cast may change. However, Charmaine, Tavia Yeung, Michelle Yim and Susanna Kwan hope that this period drama will be filmed successfully. Susanna expressed that she wants this series to be filmed because she has never filmed a period drama before. It will be a fresh experience for her, plus she said the ancient costumes are very beautiful. The role of the villain once again falls on Michelle Yim.

Lau Sam Ho is reportedly HK's version of Jewel in the Palace. The story is about the power struggle of the womenfolk in the palace. Moses Chan will take on the role of the Emperor, while Charmaine, the titular character - Lau Sam Ho. She will start off as a humble palace servant and work her way up until she successfully becomes the Chief of the Royal Kitchen.

Charmaine also hoped that the series will be filmed and also keep the cast feature in the sales presentation. She wants to work with both Michelle Yim and Susanna kwan.

Source: Takungpao
Original Translation: Matchbox@MediaChamber.net
Additional Pictures: SehSeh's Blog

Cast of Moonlight Resonance celebrates 50 points achievement!

The final episode of Moonlight Resonance peaked at 50 points, sets a new record. To celebrate this momentous achievement, TVB organised a celebration party for the cast. Those who attended the event include Lee Si Kei, Susanna Kwan, Michelle Yim, Lee Heung Kam, Raymond Lam, Moses Chan, Tavia Yeung, Fala Chen and Shirley Yeung.

Raymond Lam is reportedly more confident and hopeful for the prestigious TV King Award. There are rumours saying that Ha Yu stands a bigger chance over Raymond for the award as Ha Yu is TVB's son. Raymond responded,"I am also part of TVB." Raymond says that he has been in the show business for 10 years already and he hasn't had the chance to win the TV King award because of the roles he played. This time around, his character, Ho or Goon Ga Zai is well liked and in addition, the series achieved such good ratings giving him a better chance. He also has hopes to be TVB youngest TV King.

Ha Yu went back to Canada and was unable to join his co-stars at the celebratory do.

Source: Mingpao, On.cc
Original Translation: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Nancy Sit denies being on bad terms with Lee Si Kei

A long time ago, when Nancy Sit and Lee Si Kei were working together for A Kindred Spirit, there were many rumours and reports claiming that both these veterans do not get along. But Nancy Sit quashed the rumours and told reporters that she has just interviewed Lee Si Kei for her radio show last Friday. Everything is well between them.

Nancy said that Lee Si Kei and her share many similarities, both of them had faced unfortunate events which has made them stronger after surviving the incidences.

Both Lee Si Kei and Nancy will be vying for this year's TV Queen award. Lee Si Kei displays a brilliant performance for Moonlight Resonance while Nancy is banking on her role in The Silver Chamber of Sorrows. Nancy also shared that she will only film one series per year and never thought about winning awards.

When asked who does she think deserves to win this year, Nancy revealed a few names - Michelle Yim, Lee Si Kei, Susanna Kwan. She also praised Christine Ng, her co star in The Silver Chamber of Sorrows, for her good performance.

Yesterday, the guest for Nancy's radio show was Lee Si Kei's Moonlight Resonance co-star, Susanna Kwan. Reporters also asked Susanna who she thinks will win the TV Queen award this year and Susanna said she will not be supporting anyone in particular as long as the series is good. She adds that she thinks Nancy Sit, Lee Si Kei, Michelle Yim and Ha Yu stand a good chance of winning this year.

Source: Mingpao
Original Translation: kingkongit27 @ AsianEU

Online Poll for Moonlight Resonance

Apple Daily recently started an online poll for TVB hit series, Moonlight Resonance. Categories featured in the online poll include Best Acting, Worst Acting, Most Loved Character, Most Hated Character, among others. The online poll, which is still on-going, sees Raymond Lam lead the Best Acting Category. Raymond, who plays one of the children in Moonlight, polled 1,084 votes followed by Tavia Yeung at 554 votes, as of yesterday. Lee Si Kei is in third place with 483 votes.

On the other end of the stick, Linda Chung was unfortunately voted Worst Actor polling 1685 votes. Newcomer, Vincent Wan, who plays the youngest child, Chung zai, is second at 755 votes while Kate Tsui is third with 271 votes.

As for Most Loved Character, the leader of the pack is Kam Wing Ho (played by Raymond) with 1981 votes, followed by Suen Ho Yuet (played by Tavia) at 612 votes and Yu So Sum (Linda's character) with a mere 293 votes.

Linda's Yu So Sum was also voted Most Hated Character garnering 1471 votes while Chung Siu Sa (Susanna Kwan's character) and Yan Hong (Michelle Yim's character) polled 806 and 500 votes respectively.

The poll remains active until September 18. So hurry head over to Apple Daily to cast your vote.

Source: BBS.RaymondForest.com
Original translation: Sakura_drop
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Wow, Raymond is doing really well in this series, liked by all (including me). His acting has vastly improved and in addition to that, he's character is a nice person and well loved by many. I'm a little surprised though, what did Linda do that she was voted Most Hated Character? I find her portrayal of Yu So Sum alright, plus she has great chemistry with Raymond.

Some netizens are questioning the timing of the poll as the series has just started and viewers are still familiarising themselves with the character. Some characters haven't even make their appearance and in the case of Kate Tsui, she only had a 5-minute screentime. She was judged based on that 5 minutes? That's puzzling. Perhaps, it's better to run the poll after the series has ended for a fairer result.