Fuji TV announcer Nakano Minako (30, photo left) had a tearful wedding ceremony and reception yesterday at the Shangri-La hotel in central Tokyo. She and her groom, a 34-year-old doctor she met in the autumn of 2008, held a relatively simple and "at home" reception attended by about 180 people. In addition to her own father's speech, Nakano was reduced to tears by the words of other father figures. The couple were toasted by Ogura Tomoaki (62), Nakano's current co-anchor on the "Tokudane" morning wide show, and Otsuka Norikazu (61), with whom she...

Bowie Lam and Nancy Wu attended a promotion activity for TVB documentary "Dunhuang" (敦煌) at the Olympian City yesterday. Bowie said apart from visiting relatives in the new year, he took his father to Northeast Changchun to see the snow. He disclosed that his father has never seen the snow before, and he was so happy acting like a little child playing in the snow. Bowie said "My mother has passed away, I take this opportunity to take out to enjoy himself when he is still able to be up and about." Bowie revealed that he wanted to go to Dubai as well and he will take his father along too. Talking about Michelle Yim's boyfriend Wan Chi Keung who died last week, and Michelle has been working non stop for 20 hours and appeared to be strong; Bowie said he understands how she feels. When his mother died, he was filming "The Gem of Life", he had to continue to work. There was a scene that required him to laugh, he had to do just that. Bowie said being an artist, you can't just take a few days off to grieve as work still goes on. He believed Michelle is a strong woman and she can cope with that.

Moses Chan and Bernice Liu have developed an underground relationship in the recent year, looks like even a storm can't break them apart. But, it was rumored that after Bernice stepped into Hollywood, their relationship has changed. Yesterday a report said that Moses felt lonely and started love sparks with Charmaine Sheh who had just broken up with Kevin Cheng. The two are currently shooting for new series "Can't Buy Me Love" and would often flirt. Also, Moses has successfully won Charmaine's heart using coffee. Bernice's father also especially went to TVB city to confront Moses, helping his daughter. Yesterday Moses expressed through the phone: "The reports are completely ridiculous, especially getting Bernice's father into this. (Bernice's father scolded you?) The made up dialogue is pretty funny, Bernice's father is someone outside of the industry, doing this is unfair to him." He expressed that Bernice and him are "just like old times, good friends". Asked if Charmaine has any feelings?

According to Sankei Sports, actress Takami Yoshimoto (38) got married on January 1 and is already expecting her first child. Sources close to Yoshimoto say that the husband is a 38-year-old performance artist who resembles talento Hiromichi Sato (41). The two apparently dated before in high school, and at the time, the man was Yoshimoto's first love. The two went their separate ways, and Yoshimoto later got married to an American businessman in 2001. She got divorced four years ago, though it had not been announced until now. Yoshimoto began dating the artist last year. Now pregnant, she is expected to give birth this coming spring. This will be the first child for her and the first grandchild for her father, actor Susumu Kurobe (70), who is best known for playing the character Shin Hayata in the "Ultraman" television series.

Jennifer Tse accepted a radio interview and stated that she is very happy to have Patrick Tse and Deborah Lee as parents, she even said they were like Super Man and Super Woman. As for her father dating girlfriend Coco for several months, Jennifer said "I don't see Coco dating a 70 year old man because they look very compatiable together". She exposed that she casually mentioned about getting married with boyfriend Andy On. But right now she doesn't have the urge to get married. She will be flying over to Hunan to spend New Year's Eve with her boyfriend. Source: On.cc Translated by: matchbox @ http://illusive-serenity.forumotion.net

Myolie Wu - Though Alone For X'mas, Her Heart Is Not Cold Christmas is approaching and the weather is getting cold. Everyone is wearing their jackets and coats to keep warm, but Myolie Wu went against the weather and wore an outfit which bared her shoulders to congratulate the release of her new music album. Earlier on, Myolie attended the Christmas lighting ceremony cum new album promotional event at a shopping mall. She sang the new duet, Break Off, with Chilam whom was present at the function too. Seeing Chilam in a thick and furry jacket, Myolie, on the other hand, appeared in a low-cut outfit. Wasn't she afraid of the cold? With her new album accompanying her, no matter how cold it was, she also felt warmth at heart lah! Captions (left to right): 1) Myolie and Chilam attended the lighting ceremony together 2) Myolie's surrounded by little girls, whom were acting as angels, closely as they tried to get some warmth together 3) Chilam and Myolie sang their new duet, Break Off, live at the event 4) Myolie saw how sexy her album cover was, and could not help but look at it for a few more times A Chip Off The Old Block - Shrewd and Smart Ron Ng Fiercely Competes with Con-artist Myolie Wu The reason behind the creation of an onscreen couple is that the audience are in favor of this male and female artistes being paired up as a couple. Thus for every drama, they'll be found to be partnered up together, and the audience will not complain! However, there are exceptions.

Beyond The Realm Of Conscience once again brings audiences back to the time whereby they watch tv while having dinner. Recently, not many series will lead audiences to sit down and watch tv patiently. It is coincidence that Tavia Yeung is involved in most of the series that audiences support. Tavia Yeung climbed slowly since entered this industry for 10 years from a minor role to the Fa Dan status now. Her success tells us that audiences will still pay attention to her even if she doesn’t have rumours, gossips or creates negative reports. As long as she has the acting ability, they will gain supports and love from audiences too. First time to portray villain roles Whenever we mention about Tavia Yeung, we will definitely think of the positive reports of her. Before this, all the roles that she portrayed were good person. Of course she would feel worried when she received [Beyond] script and knew that she had to portray villain role that time.

Tavia Yeung attended an opening ceremony and frankly said that after "Beyond" started broadcasting, her jobs have increased and will be on a busy schedule until Christmas. Asked if she pick any handbags at the event? She joked and said: "I'll take however much there is available, I'm wondering if there's a limit? I want to have the 'pick up girl' spirit!" Asked about buying a new property, Tavia said too quickly that she wanted to buy multiple properties. But when she was said to be thinking too big, Tavia laughed: "People should look towards the future, maybe I mean I'm buying multiple dog houses! " As recently, Tavia has always attended events with Moses Chan, when asked if she felt that she's representing Bernice Liu? Tavia said: "Don't say that. We are together in the series, actually they are both my friends. Perhaps Bernice is too busy, so the decided to use me for now!" Source: On.cc Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa (31) and free announcer Mao Kobayashi (27) are in a serious relationship, it was learned on Thursday. In a fax sent to the media, they revealed that they plan to get formally engaged in the near future. Speaking to reporters in front of his home, Ichikawa said he proposed at the end of June, and that they first met last December. They met when Ichikawa appeared as a guest on NTV's "NEWS ZERO," on which Kobayashi is a newscaster. The dates for their engagement and wedding ceremonies have not yet been decided, but based on the schedules of Ichikawa and his father, actor Danjuro Ichikawa (63), it seems likely that the engagement will take place during December.

Time passes fast. Tavia Yeung has entered this industry for 10 years. She expressed, “10 years has passed. However this is also a new beginning for me.” Recently TVB is airing Tavia’s series and this role is similar to the road in her career life. A new start after an end Tavia Yeung gives us fresh and new feelings with her new hairstyle. “The roles that I portrayed last time were weak and always cry. A new beginning means that I have to change and give audiences new fresh feelings. A few days ago, I cut my hair short and hope to change into a new style. Hope that it will bring out a stylist feel.