HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau and his Malaysian wife Carol Chu are trying to play down their relationship, but they still cannot run away from media attention.
Major Chinese dailies reported that the couple went to the grave of Chu’s father for a memorial ceremony on Sunday.
Sin Chew Daily reported the couple, together with Chu’s family, were surrounded by bodyguards when the ceremony started at 7am.
The ceremony lasted for an hour, the daily reported.
The daily reported that the ceremony was supposed to have been held on Wednesday but was carried out three days earlier to fend off media attention.
Andy and Carol to start family in new bungalow at Kowloon
HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau is planning to move out from the house he now shares with his parents, reported Sin Chew Daily.
It added that Lau bought a RM46mil new bungalow near his current residence at Kadoorie Hill in Kowloon to have more privacy with his Malaysian wife Carol Chu with whom he is planning to start a family.
The main reason for moving, it said, was to protect themselves from the paparazzi.
It is learnt that Lau’s new house is a two-storey bungalow with high concrete fencing, unlike his current residence where he has to share a carpark with other residents.
The daily said the new bungalow had caught Lau’s attention as it was just a street away from his current place and would allow him to take care of his parents and visit them regularly.
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Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau has spent some HK$106 million (S$20 million) on a new home, hoping that the change in feng shui will bring him a child, according to Taiwan reports.
Lau and wife Carol Chu have been trying to conceive for the past one and a half years and have spent over HK$1 million (S$200,000) on fertility treatments without success.
The singer-actor purchased the house at Kadoorie Hill, Mongkok, after engaging the services of a feng shui master.
The master informed Lau that the new house should be kept away from the prying eyes of the public and under tight security. These measures will prevent Chu from being constantly harassed by the paparazzi and allow her to focus on conceiving.
Chu has been under intense media glare since the couple's hush-hush marriage was exposed by the press in August this year. The former Malaysian beauty queen is reported to be uncomfortable and weary of all the attention and hardly leaves her home since arriving in Hong Kong after her father's funeral in August.
Their new home, a two-storey bungalow spanning approximately 1,200 square feet, is surrounded by a high wall and guests have to pass through two security points before reaching the house. The pair are expected to move in before Chinese New Year once renovations are complete.
According to Lau's assistant, the Heavenly King has yet to confirm the report.
Lau see psychiatrist after death of fan’s dad
Lau sought psychiatrist’s help after death of fan’s dad
HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau (pic) went to see a psychiatrist after he came to know that the father of a fan had committed suicide, China Press reported.
Lau had disclosed this during an interview with a daily newspaper in Tianjin City recently.
Lau said he felt regretful over the incident in 2007, when his fan’s 63-year-old father, a retired middle school teacher, committed suicide.
Lau’s fan, Yang Lijuan, from Shenzen, has been fanatical about him for 13 years and yearned very much to see him in person.
The father even sold their house to raise money for his daughter to attend Lau’s concerts in Hong Kong.
One day, after the father managed to help his 29-year-old daughter finally meet Lau, he jumped into the Salisbury sea in Hong Kong.
According to a report in chinadaily.com.cn, the father even left behind a letter pleading for Lau to meet his daughter for a second time.
Lau said the scariest thing after the incident was when he was flooded with a few hundred calls and over 3,000 SMSes every day from unknown callers threatening: “You don’t see me, I want to die.”
Lau said he sought help from a psychiatrist after two weeks as he became terrified when his phone rang and he had trouble sleeping.
When asked if he feared losing his fans if he talked about his marriage, Lau denied the suggestion and said he had other reasons.
However, he said now was not the time to reveal the reasons.
>Sin Chew Daily reported that a 32-year-old renovation worker and his wife were harassed by unknown persons with over 1,000 calls and 50 SMSes a day.
The daily quoted the worker as saying that the incidents happened since Oct 5.
In the past two weeks, the unknown callers (a male and a female), who spoke Cantonese, disturbed them day and night.
The content included sexual harassment and even urging the couple to divorce.
Although the couple has lodged a police report over the harassment and even told off the callers, they claimed the callers scoffed at them, saying they were not afraid as the police would not be able to find them.
Andy Lau banned wife from going out
HONG KONG: Ever since their secret marriage was exposed in August, Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau's wife, Carol Chu, has been laying low in a bid to stay out of the media glare.
It was reported that the couple have come to an agreement that Chu should refrain from going out and let the maid take care of all the errands.
When a Hong Kong tabloid published details of the couple's 2008 wedding in Clark County, Nevada, Lau's career took a big hit as fans criticised him for his lack of honesty. The actor-singer had repeatedly denied being romantically linked to Chu.
According to insiders, Lau hopes that by keeping Chu out of the limelight, it will take the media attention away from their marriage.
However two weeks ago, in a rare occasion, the Heavenly King took his wife on a movie date to catch the Michael Jackson film "This Is It". The couple were accompanied by Lau's parents as well as ten members of his staff and assistants.
According to reports, Lau booked the entire cinema, which is known for its posh settings, for about HK$5,000 (S$900). A signboard indicating that there was a private event was displayed outside the cinema, while cinema staff kept watch outside.
However, the press soon got wind of the private screening and gathered outside the cinema. To avoid the paparazzi, the couple later left by the back door which led to the car park. - CNA/fa
Andy Lau to sing Macao's 10th anniversary theme song
MACAO, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- "Ode to Macao", performed by Hong Kong pop singer Andy Lau Tak-Wah, has been chosen as the theme song of the Decade of Achievements Exhibition for the 10th Anniversary of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), Macao's Government Information Bureau announced Friday.
On behalf of the Macao SAR Government, the Government Information Bureau has signed an agreement with East Asia Music (Holdings) Limited, regarding the use of all audio and video contents of "Ode to Macao" in the 10th anniversary Exhibition and other related activities.
"Ode to Macao" will also be used in other promotional activities for the Exhibition, including a dedicated website (www.macao10exb.gov.mo) to promote the Exhibition. "Ode to Macao" intends to convey the jubilation in the SAR upon its 10th anniversary.
The song's lyrics are adapted by Li Anxiu from a winning entry of last year's lyric writing competition organized by the Chinese Cultural Exchange Association, and its music is composed by songwriter Keith Chan Fai Young. Performed by Andy Lau, "Ode to Macao" is considered as a beautiful song that will resound in Macao and the motherland.
The Chinese Cultural Exchange Association held a lyric writing competition in September last year to invite submissions of works that express the love for Macao. The event allows people to learn more about the success story of Macao SAR in implementing the principle of "One country, two systems".
An awarding ceremony was held on April 25 and winning entries have been compiled into a commemorative album. These also served as the raw materials for the theme song of the exhibition.
Andy Lau is Kungfu Fighting
Qiu Yijiao and Liu Wei (China Daily)
Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Nicolas Tse will join more than 1,000 kungfu monks from the legendary Shaolin Temple to make a 200 million yuan ($29 million) blockbuster.
Set in early 20th century China, Shaolin Temple tells the story of a young hero who battles warlords with the help of kungfu masters from the Shaolin Temple, which was founded in the 5th century and is acclaimed as a sacred place for martial arts studies.
Director Benny Chan says the film wouldn't be a remake of, or sequel to, Jet Li's big screen debut by the same name that premiered 27 years ago. Instead, the two films' storylines are very different.
Li's film was set in the 7th century and was about a young monk's personal growth and cultivation of martial arts skills.
Andy Lao in Shaolin Temple talking about the new blockbuster.
The flick made him a household name overnight and set the stage for his rise as an international kungfu star. It was so popular that many young people from around Asia went to the temple in Henan province to learn martial arts. It raked in more than 100 million yuan, during a time when a film ticket cost only 10 fen (less than 2 cents) in China.
Han Sanping, chairman of China Film Group, one of the film's investors, told a press conference on Thursday that he believes the new Shaolin film will generate more box office revenue than Li's.
Also behind the project is Hong Kong-based Emperor Motion Pictures and Songshan Shaolin Temple Culture Communication Center, a company backed by the temple. Huayi Brothers and Beijing Silver Moon Productions Ltd are also on board.
"We felt that it was important not to rush into a film," Shaolin Abbot Shi Yongxin says.
"It has taken us a long time to find the right partners who had all of the right elements for something as monumental as this."
Tse will lead the cast. Joining him are Chan, Lau, mainland actress Fan Bingbing and more than 1,000 Shaolin disciples.
Chan will play a chef monk and kungfu master.
Lau, who plays a warlord, says he was among the millions impressed by Li's film years ago and won't compare it with the new project. He is thrilled to participate in such a film to promote traditional Chinese kungfu.
Corey Yuen, who choreographed such hits as Red Cliff (Chi Bi) and The X-Men, will take charge of the kungfu scenes, some of which will be shot inside the temple.
Filming will start later this year and the film will be released at the end of 2010.
Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Nicolas Tse will join more than 1,000 kungfu monks from the legendary Shaolin Temple to make a 200 million yuan ($29 million) blockbuster.
Set in early 20th century China, Shaolin Temple tells the story of a young hero who battles warlords with the help of kungfu masters from the Shaolin Temple, which was founded in the 5th century and is acclaimed as a sacred place for martial arts studies.
Director Benny Chan says the film wouldn't be a remake of, or sequel to, Jet Li's big screen debut by the same name that premiered 27 years ago. Instead, the two films' storylines are very different.
Li's film was set in the 7th century and was about a young monk's personal growth and cultivation of martial arts skills.
Andy Lao in Shaolin Temple talking about the new blockbuster.
The flick made him a household name overnight and set the stage for his rise as an international kungfu star. It was so popular that many young people from around Asia went to the temple in Henan province to learn martial arts. It raked in more than 100 million yuan, during a time when a film ticket cost only 10 fen (less than 2 cents) in China.
Han Sanping, chairman of China Film Group, one of the film's investors, told a press conference on Thursday that he believes the new Shaolin film will generate more box office revenue than Li's.
Also behind the project is Hong Kong-based Emperor Motion Pictures and Songshan Shaolin Temple Culture Communication Center, a company backed by the temple. Huayi Brothers and Beijing Silver Moon Productions Ltd are also on board.
"We felt that it was important not to rush into a film," Shaolin Abbot Shi Yongxin says.
"It has taken us a long time to find the right partners who had all of the right elements for something as monumental as this."
Tse will lead the cast. Joining him are Chan, Lau, mainland actress Fan Bingbing and more than 1,000 Shaolin disciples.
Chan will play a chef monk and kungfu master.
Lau, who plays a warlord, says he was among the millions impressed by Li's film years ago and won't compare it with the new project. He is thrilled to participate in such a film to promote traditional Chinese kungfu.
Corey Yuen, who choreographed such hits as Red Cliff (Chi Bi) and The X-Men, will take charge of the kungfu scenes, some of which will be shot inside the temple.
Filming will start later this year and the film will be released at the end of 2010.
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