2007 English Translation of Maggie's Article, News, etc.

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INDEX:

1. Maggie Shiu : Look Good Feel Good   (B&H Magazine January 2007)  ---  p.1  

2. Maggie Shiu Chase Gordon Lam for Several Blocks   (24 Jan 2007)   --- p.1 

3. <Jewel's Splendor> Costume Fitting and Jewellery Presentation (16 Jan 2007)   ---   p.1

4. Gigi Lai Arrives Late and Keeps Maggie Shiu Waiting  (01 Feb 2007) --- p.1

5. Maggie films Jewel's Splendor in good spirits (17 Feb 2007) --- p.2

6. Gigi Lai article with a mention of Maggie (22 Feb 2007) --- p.2

7. Rumors Fly Onset between Gigi Lai & Maggie Shiu (01 Mar 2007) --- p.2.

8. Ada, Gigi and Maggie Play on Rumours of Disagreement  (08 Mar 2007) --- p.2

9. Andy Lau's most unforgettable female co-star is Maggie Shiu  (04 Nov 1999) --- p.2 --- OLD news

10. Maggie Shiu and Kate Tsui Join Simon Yam at Hong Kong International Film Festival (20 March 2007) --- p.2

11. Gigi Lai, Ada Choi, and Maggie Shiu Film Crying Scene for "Jewel's Splendor" (23 March 2007) --- p.3

12. Kenny Wong's Blog about Maggie and his characters in "Jewel's Splendor" (a.k.a The Gem of Life) --- p.3

13. Gigi Lai's Tears Drench Maggie Shiu (22 April 2007) --- p.3

14. Ada Choi, Gigi Lai, & Maggie Shiu Will Not Fight for Clothes to Wear (27 April 2007) --- p.3

15. Toward A Brand New World (Next Magazine, 26 April 2007) --- p.3

16. Truth or Dare (EasyFinder magazine, 01 May 2007) --- p.3

17. Kenny Wong Showed Off - Maggie Shiu Saw Nothing (Apple Daily, 10 May 2007) --- p.4

18. Maggie Shiu: Afterall, I Want Nothing (East Week magazine, 23 May 2007) --- p.4

19. "Gong Tau" related articles and news (translator: Charmed) --- p.4

20. Maggie Shiu Said Gigi Lai Did Not Affect Filming (SingTao, 10 June 2007) --- p.6

21. Maggie Shiu As a Foul Mouthed Madam (MingPao, 9 June 2007) --- p.6

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Please name the source and translator. Thx.

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Maggie Shiu : Look Good, Feel Good

Beauty & Hair Magazine no.53 Jan 2007

How do you put your work on a stranger? That’s a simple but deep question every make-up (beauty) artists have to answer. I have worked with many entertainers, actresses, and singers, but for every “first” occasion, my method is:” every individual is unique; trust my own feeling/intuition”. Sounds like a general answer, but it works.

When you found out the person’s unique character, you will be able to create a make-up style that fits the person well. Not too much imagination is needed, nor too much creativity or the latest popular style. This edition’s stylish photo-shots represent my idea I mentioned above.

A Style created out of pure intuition has nothing much to say about, but it tells you the background story. This edition we ask Maggie to be our model for a standard magazine-style photos. If you pay attention to the details, you will find out three different styles: the first one is almost colorless, the other twos are extreme in colors. Those are the impressions Maggie left on me.

In the past I have met Maggie in several occasions, but this is the first time we really work together. Before, I thought of Maggie as a cool and self-protected person. But after a warm conversation, I find out she is no different of other girls, a creature needs protection. Solely based on intuition, I think the color black and pink represent her.

Beauty make-up is unique to every individual. Whether it fits the person or not, is very subjective. The best applause to us, make-up artists, is when the style we created can represent her, bring out the best of her.

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Chinese article @ http://www.maggieshiu.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=4076

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Translated by Jayne @ Jaynestars.com

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Maggie Shiu Chases Gordon Lam for Several Blocks

Yesterday at 3 PM, Maggie Shiu, Simon Yam Tat Wah, and Gordon Lam Ka Tung were filming for new movie "PTU 2" 《機動部隊》. Maggie looked quite impressive in her police officer uniform while chasing down criminal, Gordon Lam.

They ran for several blocks and the scene was shot in one hour. After running each lap, both Maggie and Gordon were out of breath and their legs grew tired.

The filming attracted a large crowd of bystanders in Kowloon City. Gordon's character successfully escaped in a car, while arrogantly sticking out his middle finger at the police!

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Chinese article @ http://www.maggieshiu.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=4256

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Translated by Em @ tvbspace

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"Jewel's Splendor" Press Conference

TVB's 80-episode grand production "Jewel's Splendor" held its costume fitting and press conference yesterday, attended by stars including Ada Choi, Gigi Lai, Maggie Shiu, Bowie Lam, Moses Chan, Wong He, Bosco Wong and Linda Chung among the cast that numbers around 50 people. Executives Stephen Chan, Virginia Lok and Catherine Tsang were also present. As the story revolves around diamonds, the producers have called in sponsorships of the jewellery in the show that totals nearly $50 million, weighing in at a massive 423.5 carats. At the event, Ada, Gigi and Maggie all modelled jewellery worth over $10 million each. Gigi was the most eyecatching as she had also been sponsored with a fiery red deep-V Valentino dress that showed off her best Love Goddess assets. For security purposes, the sponsors had also provided six or seven guards to protect the jewellery and TVB's own security team were also on hand to keep the peace, sending four guards into the studio to keep watch. This show will include location filming in Qingdao, Beijing, Shanghai, Thailand and London as well as the diamond minds in South Africa.



Gigi, Ada and Maggie will be playing three sisters in the show, slightly reflective of the renowned Song sisters from the past. They all portrayed very elegant images and each wore a set of jewellery that consisted of a necklace, earrings, rings and bracelet. Gigi's set was the most expensive, worth $13 million and was emphasised by her designer dress, showing the recognition given to her by TVB. She says: "The dress was arranged with the sponsors by the company and I only realised how sexy it was when it arrived this morning. With it being low cut and seethrough, this is the sexiest I have been in recent years. (You are the sexiest one here?) It has surpassed my usual limits, so after the photographs, I have to put on a jacket. (Are you worried about exposing yourself?) Very, so I have put a little tape on it. (You are stealing the show?) Don't say that, everyone else is looking stunning." As well as being sponsored a number of outfits for the show, she will also be receiving handbag sponsorship for the series, so she does not need to use her own personal items. As for the show being filmed in High Definition, she will have to keep her appearance on top form, so she says she has a lot of sponsors for beauty products to keep her looking ravishing and attractive. Asked if she is laying the road for the Best Actress award in 2008, she says she has not thought about this award and she is just going to enjoy her work day-by-day.



Ada's jewels for the day were worth $11.2 million and she says she felt very stunned and the 9 carat diamond on her hand was the size of an eyeball, but her black tube dress was a little disappointing. She says that the costumes were arranged by the company and as for Gigi stealing the show, Ada says: "I have a good figure, so whatever I wear will look good and this dress helps to show the splendour of the jewellery! The most important thing is that the three sisters all look gracious and elegant, like three large diamonds." In the show she plays a character who loves being in the limelight and is very vain and she ends up marrying Elliot Yue. Although there is a large difference in their age, she feels she can portray this so that it is convincing. In real life, does she have to marry a rich man? She says that love is all about being true and you cannot say that rich men are without love, but she just wants someone who is ambitious and cherishes her, that would already be perfect.



The jewellery for Maggie was worth $11.5 million and this is the first time she has worn such expensive jewellery, so she laughs that she is wearing an apartment on her body. She felt a mixture of happiness and fear, but she rarely buys herself diamonds because other people will buy them for her. She says: "One of my aunts managed to lose her entire diamond bracelet when she was playing Mah Jong. Fortunately she managed to find it. I don't really wear diamonds much myself." Asked if she was worried about being overshadowed by Gigi, she says: "Everyone has their own characters, she (Gigi) is very beautiful today."



With the focus on the millions of dollars worth of diamonds worn by the ladies, the male cast members such as Moses, Bowie, Bosco and Ah He were very much left in the background. Bosco wore a 2 carat diamond earring, but this was far overshadowed.

Recently there have been reports that Bosco was the third choice to sing the theme song to popular Korean series "My Girl" after Raymond Lam and Kenneth Ma. He denies this and says that they all went to try out for it that day and in the end they selected him. There have also been suggestions that record company BMA are no longer signing TVB artistes after the the 'problems' experienced with Ron Ng. Does Bosco feel that Ron has ruined things for him? He does not feel that this is the case and he does not think that Ron has a lot of issues. He has left his singing career to the company to organise for him and he is in no rush, because he has a lot of other work arranged.

As for the other recent news about his ex-girlfriend Carisa Yan signing to be a cosmetic surgery spokesperson, Bosco says: "I don't know. (Did you know that she had breast enhancements then?) I did not notice. (Do you mind people having implants?) I'm not sure. (Do you like big breasts?) Average, a balanced figure." As for often being asked about his ex-girlfriend, does he feel really bad? He says that it is only normal to be asked. Is he worried that his current girlfriend will be jealous? He immediately says: "I don't have a girlfriend now."

Moses also has his ears pierced, but he did not wear any diamonds like Bosco did. He jokes: "I am already a diamond (bachelor), just uncut." Talking of his rumoured girlfriend winning an award at Jade Solid Gold but then being criticised heavily, he smiles: "You are treading dangerously! (Your good friend is accused of being a fix?) Bernice was very happy to win the award and she sang and danced very well. A lot of people see her hard work and with awards, there will be those who are happy and those who are disappointed, but she really did do well and to win was a great encouragement. I will be happy for her. (Have you comforted her?) I have just returned from the mainland, so I have not seen her."

Bowie and Ah He have been rumoured to have fallen out whilst filming for "Homeland Beauty" ealrier, so with them appearing together for the first time yesterday, the press asked why they were standing apart from each other and not greeting one another. Bowie explained that they had said hello on the stage and he even passed him a script. Bowie says: "Ah He and I are okay, the animoscity is just gossip and I should have posed for a photo with him on the stage. (Would you feel awkward?) No, we should take the chance to clear things up." As for Ah He, he left as soon as the press conference had ended, but he also said that there is nothing between him and Bowie and all the falling out was made up by the press and did not come from him, so he does not feel awkward. He says: "When we had our morning meeting, I greeted him. (Are you worried that there will be more rumours of animoscity during filming?) Even if there are, they won't be from me."

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Translated by Jayne @ jaynestars.com

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 "Jewel's Splendor" Costume Fitting; Actresses Wear $48 Million in Jewels

16 January 2007

TVB's new 80 episode series, "Jewel's Splendor" 《珠光寶氣》 held its costume fitting yesterday. The series is produced by Chik Kei Yi and features the cast from "Dance of Passion" and centers around the story of 3 sisters in the diamond industry. The series will film in Qingdao, Shanghai, Beijing, Thailand, Britain, and South Africa.

The actresses wore $48.81 million (HKD) in jewels, totalling 423.5 carats. The three lead actresses Gigi Lai, Ada Choi, and Maggie Shiu play 3 sisters in the series. Their diamonds alone were worth $35.7 million (HKD). There was heightened security at the studio due to the invaluable jewelry.

Gigi was the most favored and sponsored with $13 million (HKD) in jewelry and wore a red Valentino evening dress. Ada and Maggie's black evening gowns were provided by TVB, thus making Gigi the spotlight at the event.

Gigi's Valentino dress was sponsored through TVB's arrangement and there is only one dress available in Hong Kong. Noticing the low sexy cut, she was surprised and the little fabric [for the frontal design] is pushing the limits.

Reporters commented that her image seems to stand out from the other actresses. Gigi commented that everyone looks beautiful as well. She is happy that "Jewel's Splendor has a lot of sponsors and purses valued over $10k will also be provided, thus Gigi does not have to pull out her personal collection for the filming. Would Gigi's role in "Jewel's Splendor" pave the way for her to compete in the Best Actress Award? Gigi said the most important thing is to enjoy the filming process.

Ada Choi was sponsored with $11.2 million (HKD) in jewelry. The most outstanding was a 9 carat diamond ring valued at $6 million (HKD). Ada also wore 5 carats in diamond earrings. Reporters asked why she was not sponsored with an evening gown? Ada said the dress was arranged by TVB and was quite beautiful. The press conference's main focus was to showcase the splendor of the jewelry.

In the series, Ada is a queen at ball events and enjoys flaunting herself. Her character will be first married to Cheung Chi Kwong and then Ngok Wah. Wong He will also have a crush on her.

Is Ada's real-life target to marry a rich man? Ada's believes that love should be based on honesty and even rich people have true love relationships. The most important criteria is that the man has family values and has goals in life. In "Jewel's Splendor," Ada believes her older-man, younger woman relationship with Ngok Wah is believable. Love is not bounded by age nor class.

Maggie Shiu wore $11.5 million (HKD) in jewelry. Filming with such invaluable jewelry produces a certain level of anxiety, but TVB will provide added security measures. In the series, Maggie's character needs to look beautiful and cool at the same time. Executive manager, Catherine Tsang has advised that Maggie needs to increase her beauty skin regimen.

Earlier there were rumors that Bowie Lam and Wong He did not get along with each other. Both actors are once again collaborating on "Jewel's Splendor" and greeted each other at the costume fitting yesterday. During the meeting, they helped each other get copies of the script.

After the press conference, Wong He left immediately, causing Bowie to regret that they can not demonstrate through action that there is no rife between the two actors.

Reporters found Wong He in the make-up studio afterwards. Reporters asked whether Wong He feels awkward running into Bowie again? "No, we greeted each other during the meeting. Later, we will be going to China to film scenes for a sailboat competition."

Reporters confronted Moses Chan regarding the "fixed" results of girlfriend Bernice Liu winning the Newcomer Award at Jade Solid Gold Awards. Moses said that the reporters' usage of the word "girlfriend" was very dangerous. As Moses corrected the reporters, he also praised Bernice for her singing and dancing talents. Everyone can notice her hard efforts and Moses is happy for her award.

Bosco Wong's ex-girlfriend, Yan Wing San has recently become the spokesperson for a breast-enhancing company. She also revealed that she injected the chemical PAAG to increase her bust size 5 years ago.

Reporters asked whether Yan had increased her bust size to gain Bosco's favor? Bosco said awkwardly that he was uncertain and did not notice that she had increased her bust size. Bosco believes that a moderate figure for women is best. Did Bosco consider Myolie Wu's figure ideal? Bosco laughed and said he only knows that his own figure is not bad.

Allegedly, Bosco was the third choice to sing the theme song for 《大話妹》, after the consideration of Raymond Lam and Kenneth Ma Kwok Ming. Bosco clarified that the 3 of them practiced together and in the end, Bosco was selected to sing the theme song.

There were also rumors that Bosco's delayed music album release by BMA is due to Ron Ng's fault. Allegedly Ron had made many mistakes in his contract with BMA, thus making BMA fearful to sign additional TVB artists. Bosco denied this rumor and said his music album release date is arranged by TVB and he will only focus on working hard.

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Chinese article @ http://www.maggieshiu.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=4161

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jobogae

Thanks for sharing shawmag!  I don't know how to start a new topic in the forum  so I'm just going to add onto your topic a recent footage I saw on youtube.com about Jewel's Splendor where Maggie talks about her character in this new TVB drama. 

She says her character is a very savvy woman like her character's mom.  I don't know who she is paired with in this series ... I can't really tell from the interviews and summaries.  Bowie Lam is sooo funny and silly in the interviews ... don't know how to translate what he says hehehe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0hyRxZZj4E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxCqI9yXX60

Jewel's Splendor's Promo (with English translations)- kind of old I think ... I'm so behind with Maggie's news

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02dhNltf4cw

shaw_mag

Thx jojo, for the clips.

shaw_mag

Translated by Em @ tvbspace.

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01 Feb 2007

Gigi Lai Arrives Late and Keeps Maggie Shiu Waiting

TVB's new series "Jewel's Splendor" was filming a scene yesterday in Yau Ma Tei market yesterday, where Gigi Lai and Maggie Shiu were buying fish. The shoot was due to start at 2pm and Maggie arrived on time, but Gigi was half an hour late and kept Maggie and the crew waiting around for her. Maggie waited in the fish stand for about an hour and some of the crew and press were so impatient that they began to lose their tempers.

Originally, the crew had asked the stall owner to hire the location for half an hour, but because Gigi arrived late, they had no choice but request the owner to let them have another half an hour. The shoot ended at around 5pm. Gigi did not seem overly rushed when she arrived, but she did explain herself to Maggie. The two ladies attracted quite a crowd to watch them film and they complimented Maggie for her beauty, but one middle-aged man muttered: "It's only Gigi Lai, I thought it was Connie Chan."

After the shoot, Gigi openly accepted questions from the press and asked why she was late, she said a little unhappily: "I had a shoot in the early hours of the morning already, how could I have been late?" She says that she was filming in Tuen Mun earlier in the day, but as she had to straighten her hair again for the next scene, this took time and she had been so busy that she did not even have time to go to the toilet. Asked if the schedulers had made an error, she says it has always been like that and they had already given her a time slot to fix her hair. When the press mentioned that the crew and stall owner was getting impatient, she said: "Really! There was nothing I could do. You will have to ask the director and producer about the timing problems." As for making Maggie wait, Gigi says that Maggie understands the reason behind it.

There have been rumours recently that as this film is being filmed in HD, then Gigi has had to reapply her make-up five times in an hour. She says that the director's requirements are quite strict due to the HD filming and to ensure there are no blemishes on her face, then even if she does not reapply the make-up herself, then the make-up artist will do it for her. However, she has not had to have any special skincare regime and the less make-up she wears the better because she would like her face on the screen to be as close to reality as possible. She does have to cover the bags under her eyes though.

As for the man who was expecting Connie Chan and was disappointed when he saw her, Gigi smiles: "Well, Connie is much greater than me. The housewives in this area must all be Connie Chan fans!" Maggie Shiu seemed worried about press questions about the reports suggesting she has been 'without love' for eight years and rushed off after the shoot.

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Audrey

thanks Shaw!

mimi

good job good job!

sorry that I am overwhelmed by workload these couple of months...I will contribute to it once I am done with my projects!

charmed

As always, thanks shaw for the updates! Uni organisation is taking up my time, and Uni is around the corner...

Once I'm settled, I'll be sure to help out with the translations

charmed

New article that ties in with the previous one about Gigi making Maggie and the filming crew wait...

http://www.maggieshiu.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=4332

The general gist of the article is very very anti-Gigi.

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Gigi arrived late to filming on Wednesday, making Maggie wait around - and then Gigi even had the nerve to say "This is filming in High Definition, of course I need to spend more time applying makeup! There is no need to explain, she (Maggie) will understand".

The article that was written earlier, however, didn't document Maggie's reaction to the situation.

The scene unravelled like this: Maggie was angry, but she wasn't going to make a scene in front of everybody. However, once filming finished, she didn't say a word and left straight away. Gigi wanted to make a show of being 'sisters'to the press, but only then did she know Maggie had left.

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This is such a pointless article, but I posted it anyway because I find it hilarious that the press is really *that* pointless. This is such non-news...and obviously somebody really doesn't like Gigi Lai.

charmed

Gigi Lai article with a mention of Maggie:

http://jaynestars.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=798

Corresponding Chinese article:

http://www.maggieshiu.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=4375

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2007-02-17

Maggie films Jewel's Splendor in good spirits

Chinese article:

http://www.maggieshiu.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=4359

Maggie has only just finished filming for the new movie PTU2, and already she needs to film for TVB's Jewel's Splendor. Earlier, in Central's Soho area, she was filming with veterans John Chiang and Lee Si Kei for an outdoor scene.

On the day, Maggie was wearing tight fitting black clothes, with a black fur jacket, looking very classy. Because of storylining, crew members were required to stand nearby with water to give a raining effect.

Although Maggie had already finished filming her scenes, she stuck around to chat with the crew members in addition to seeing if any of her scenes needed re-filming. She was talking animatedly with the crew members, and she also took the initiative to interact with the press. When she left, she made sure to say goodbye to the reporters - she was obviously in a good mood on the day.

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charmed

Sorry, double post.

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QUOTE:

以下是引用charmed在2007-2-22 15:42:35的发言：

2007-02-17

Maggie films Jewel's Splendor in good spirits

Chinese article:

http://www.maggieshiu.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=4359

Maggie has only just finished filming for the new movie PTU2, and already she needs to film for TVB's Jewel's Splendor. Earlier, in Central's Soho area, she was filming with veterans John Chiang and Lee Si Kei for an outdoor scene.

On the day, Maggie was wearing tight fitting black clothes, with a black fur jacket, looking very classy. Because of storylining, crew members were required to stand nearby with water to give a raining effect.

Although Maggie had already finished filming her scenes, she stuck around to chat with the crew members in addition to seeing if any of her scenes needed re-filming. She was talking animatedly with the crew members, and she also took the initiative to interact with the press. When she left, she made sure to say goodbye to the reporters - she was obviously in a good mood on the day.

 

Reading Maggie news, I remember the reporters always ending news by Maggie was in a good mood many time.

It's a good view from them but ..... don't know what I think?? hehe

I want to know more from Maggie herself but... she don't like to talk too much, hrrr!!!

Thanks charmed for the translation ~~