Elva Hsiao Clears Her Name Against Rumour Of Being HIV-Positive

Taiwanese singer Elva Hsiao won a suit against a Chinese internet user for spreading the rumour that she was HIV-positive.

A Beijing court ruled that an internet user, surnamed Ho, had defamed the 41-year-old entertainer and sentenced the guilty party to publish an apology for 10 days.

The court also ordered Ho to pay Hsiao 80,000 Yuan (RM49,000) for mental anguish reported China Times.

The defamatory statement was posted in May last year where Ho claimed he had gotten confirmation from Hsiao’s manager.

Hsiao had announced in 2017 that she was taking a temporary break from her career due to stress.

She had previously dismissed rumours that she had suspended her showbiz career due to active treatment for HIV. 

In 2012, Hsiao had reportedly rejected 1MDB-linked financier Jho Low’s proposal that was said to have cost a whopping RM6.6 million. 

Source: MSN

10 Million Views In 52 Minutes

K-pop girl group Blackpink has broken the record for fastest Korean female act to achieve over 10 million views on YouTube with their music video for  Lovesick Girls.

Members Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé surpassed the 10 million views mark in just 52 minutes after their music video was posted at 12pm today. 

They previously held the same record for their song Ice Cream featuring Selena Gomez, which amassed 10 million views in two hours and 55 minutes.

Blackpink has been enjoying massive success following the release of their much-anticipated record The Album today.

The quartet currently holds the number one spot on the US iTunes singles and albums charts, making them the second Korean girl group to do so after Loona.

The Album includes six new tracks from Blackpink, including the song Bet You Wanna featuring American rapper Cardi B.

Source: MSN

Parasite's Park So-dam In New Netflix Drama

Park So-dam, who played the smart, cunning little sister Jessica in Parasite’s Kim family, is back on the small screen with a new drama, Record of Youth – which debuted domestically on TVN on September 7. 

Before breaking into mainstream success, Park was rejected at least 17 times in auditions – so she turned to indie films instead.

In an interview with Dramabeans, Park revealed how she had starred in at least 15 independent films while in school. Notable titles include Ingtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls, a Korean Academy of Film Arts feature, and Steel Cold Winter, which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival.

In an interview with Dramabeans, Park shared: “I saw the musical Grease as a freshman in high school. The actors looked so happy. That’s when I started thinking that maybe I would like to become a musical actor.”

Although dedicated to becoming an actress, Park never thought she would star in films or dramas. “Whenever I applied, actresses were expected to have large eyes and faces that automatically made people think, ‘she’s pretty’,” Park is quoted as saying on Soompi. “After I started acting, I didn’t think that I liked my face because it was pretty, but because it was unique. I can at least confidently say that no one can copy my face, even with plastic surgery.”

Parasite wasn’t Park’s first blockbuster, and she had already won plenty of major acting awards before gaining recognition in Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winner.

Two years after her debut, she starred in her first commercial film, The Silenced, which won her a best supporting actress gong at the Busan Film Critics Awards.

Park bagged another major role in film The Priests, where she delivered what many believe to be one of her best performances. In the same Dramabeans interview, Park shared that she earned her role through auditions against 2,000 other hopefuls. “The director who saw me at the second round of auditions said, ‘this girl has a unique aura’,” she said. Park went on to win a PaekSang Arts Award for best new actress.

In Record of Youth, Park So-dam’s character Ahn Jung-ha is a make-up artist who believes in striving to reach her goals and achieve her dreams to please herself rather than others. In a Soompi report, Park gushed about her latest role: “Ahn Jung-ha has a defined goal in life, she knows exactly what she wants to do, and she never stops in her efforts to achieve her dreams.”

Source: SCMP

Mulan Supports Hong Kong Police

Disney's live-action remake of the animated film Mulan is facing calls for a boycott, after its star voiced support for Hong Kong's police force.

Chinese actress Liu Yifei, a naturalised US citizen, reposted a viral pro-police comment on Chinese social media platform Weibo.

The territory has been convulsed by sometimes violent pro-democracy protests over the past 10 weeks.

Ms Liu had shared a Weibo post from the government-run Beijing newspaper People's Daily that read (in Chinese): "I also support Hong Kong police. You can beat me up now."

The post adds in English: "What a shame for Hong Kong."

The quote referred to what are said to be the words of a reporter for the state newspaper Global Times, who was attacked by protesters at Hong Kong's airport earlier this week after being accused of being an undercover police agent.

Ms Liu shared the post and echoed the comment by saying: "I also support Hong Kong police."

She received widespread support on the platform, which is subject to censorship.

But on Twitter, which is banned in China, the hashtag #BoycottMulan began gaining traction.

Twitter users accused the actress of supporting police brutality, and also pointed to the freedoms she enjoys as an American citizen.

Source: BBC

音樂高材生「Julie ジュリ」仙女氣質

來自中國江蘇的音樂高材生Julie ジュリ，畢業於伯克利音樂學院及慶應義塾大學研究所，有著被音樂長期陶冶下自然散發出的仙女氣質，外貌也是TOP等級，笑起來更是甜到讓人蛀牙，內涵和外表兼具，根本就是極品天菜！

Julie ジュリ大學就讀的美國伯克利音樂學院，是全世界規模最大且最頂尖的獨立現代音樂學院，她畢業後又繼續在日本的名門大學慶應義塾大學繼續就讀研究所，曾參加過選秀節目《創造101中國版》，現在開始在日本藝能界發展，雖然還沒闖出名氣，但她的顏值絕對不輸線上那些火紅的女藝人。

Julie ジュリ的Instagram內滿滿的美照，還有玩抖音、彈鋼琴、唱歌的影片，雖然外表氣質，感覺有點距離感，但其實Julie ジュリ是個活潑的女孩，個性也是非常可愛呢！

Our Street Style - 佘詩曼

佘詩曼的街拍look。初秋时节，温暖又舒适的大衣也是时候准备起来了。一字肩的穿法呈现出了一种微妙的性感，大波浪卷发和尖头高跟鞋融入其中，更让今日份的阿佘拥有了万种风情。羊毛大衣：MARELLA，戒指均为：CHAUMET ，尖头高跟鞋：Giuseppe Zanotti @MARELLA官方微博 【出品人：@李晖616 ，统筹/形象：@任森- ，摄影：@熊抓马XiongDrama ，文字编辑：@可可可可可欣一家人 ，化妆师：Katherine Lo ，发型师：Epoch髮型設計學院 Stanley Liao ，场地支持：de Gournay 】

Source: Tvb粉絲團 FB

高海寧 Ko Ling - On Acceptance

高海寧 Ko Ling wrote on her FB page the below yesterday:

很多事若不能盡如人意

那就只能學會自我調節

學會看開、學會接受