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Ko Chen Tung, Newcomer Ko Chen-Tung will be releasing his debut album, “Be Yourself”, on November 11th. His debut single, ” (roughly translates to Say What You Want To Say), represents the adolescents of the new generation who are fearless and outspoken, chasing after love courageously. The song is tailor-made for Ko Chen-Tung by highlighting his low to mid-range vocals.

After starring in the box office hit “You Are The Apple of My Eye”, grossing 500 million TWD, Sony Music is hopeful that Ko Chen-Tung will be the next King of the pop music industry. Since Sony has been keeping all details of his album a secret, there were rumors of the album being postponed. However, they have decided to go head-to-head with veteran singers like Jay Chou and Eason Chen. Ko Chen-Tung expressed, “I’m so nervous, I still need more practice.”

Although he has risen to fame, he has not made any adjustments to his private life despite the media has been on his back, snapping photos of him kissing on the street. He said frankly, “If I can’t date, that’s too painful.”

Trying new ways to promote, fans can now receive information on preordering Ko Chen-Tung’s album after “liking” the Facebook page of “You Are The Apple of My Eye”. The album can be preordered at six major channels including TCR/Rose, Chia Chia Records, Five Music, Books.com.tw, Eslite, Rakuten, and others.

Golden Horse, An epic film about an aboriginal tribe’s rebellion against Japanese colonial rulers and a sensitive domestic drama took the top honors at Saturday night’s 48th Golden Horse Awards (金馬獎) in Taiwan.

“Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale” (賽德克‧巴萊), a sprawling, 4-1/2-hour film from Taiwan, was named best feature film. The film, being shown in two parts, is based on the true story of Taiwan’s indigenous Seediq tribes, which launched an armed uprising in 1930 against the Japanese occupation.

“I am very happy to be standing here,” said director Wei Te-sheng (魏德聖).

“I know our production is very huge, and somehow our ability is not there yet to support such a huge production, and we have strived to finish this movie,” he said. “There were things that I could do better, and I will. Next time I will be better.”

He thanked the film’s investors — and at US$25 million, it’s one of the most-expensive ever films in Taiwan — and he made special mention of legendary Hong Kong director John Woo, one of the film’s producers. “He let me see what is being talented and modest,” Mr. Wei said.

The night’s biggest winner was the moving drama “A Simple Life” (桃姐), from Hong Kong about a middle-aged man who looks after his family’s life-long servant after she suffers a stroke. Ann Hui (許鞍華) scooped up the trophy for best director, while Andy Lau (劉德華) and Deanie Ip (葉德嫻) won the awards for best leading actor and best leading actress, respectively.

“I am afraid I’m going to have a stroke,” Ms. Hui said. “I’m very excited to have this award. In fact, it was a gift at the very beginning.”

Mr. Lau, in accepting his award, said: “To be honest, I am very surprised. … Thanks to the judges, I don’t know what to say.”

Ms. Ip, who plays the servant, gave nods to her director and fellow actor: “Here I am thankful to Andy and Ann Hui, who gave me this opportunity and to be so lucky at this old age, thank you both.”

The 63-year-old actress also won the best actress award for the role at the Venice Film Festival in September.

The Golden Horse Awards, launched in Taiwan in 1962, is one of Asia’s most-prominent film events and focuses specifically on Chinese-language movies. While the majority of the nominated films come from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China, any Chinese-language film is eligible to enter. This year’s ceremony was held in Hsinchu City, in northern Taiwan.

The full list of winners can be found here:

Best Feature Film – Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Best Documentary – Hometown Boy
Best Short Film – Thief
Best Director – Ann HUI [A Simple Life]
Best Leading Actor – Andy LAU [A Simple Life]
Best Leading Actress – Deanie IP [A Simple Life]
Best New Director – WUERSHAN [The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman]
Best Supporting Actor – Bokeh Kosang [Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale]
Best Supporting Actress – TANG Qun [Return Ticket]
Best New Performer – Chen-Tung Ko [You Are the Apple of My Eye]
Best Original Screenplay – YANG Nan-Chian, TENG Yung Shing, QIN Hailu, GE Wen-Zhe, XI Ran [Return Ticket]
Best Adapted Screenplay – ZHU Sujin, Shu Ping, JIANG Wen, GUO Junli, WEI Xiao, LI Bukong [Let The Bullets Fly]
Best Cinematography – ZHAO Fei [Let The Bullets Fly]
Best Visual Effects – YUNG Kwok Yin, Andy KANG [Wu Xia]
Best Art Direction – YEE Chung Man, SUN Li [Wu Xia]
Best Makeup & Costume Design – HAO Yi [The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman]
Best Action Choreography – Donnie YEN [Wu Xia]
Best Original Film Score – Ricky HO [Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale]
Best Original Film Song – 完美落地 [Jump Ashin!]
Best Film Editing – Hsiao-Tung Chen [The Man behind the Book]
Best Sound Effects – TU Duu-Chih, TANG Hsiang-Chu, WU Shu-Yao [Warriors of the Rainbow:Seediq Bale]
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year – WONG Wei-liu
Audience Choice Award – Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
FIPRESCI Prize – The Piano in the Factory
Lifetime Achievement Award – TING Shan-Hi

 Jin Ma Jiang AGAIN Now.
but last night one was jing zhuang/dian ban (special)
now is wan zheng ban (full)
and they are singing this nice song from ru guo ai.

and that cai kang yong had Ruke on him.
so funny.
so this links to deathnote 2; The Last Name.
[ i can't find the poster on the net ]
anw, just hung up the phone with alicia
she keep wanting me to buy books with her on tues
and i keep saying see first
but we settled on if i cannot get her the book list tmrw, then will have to go.
i am SURE i can get it. HAHA.
and alicia, i think L sure die one.
haha.
and thx to ALICIA for helping me find these pictures
and i wanted to post this photo since dunno when:TWINS
Verna: does something look familiar to you?

i whitened jazreel’s teeth with photoshop and showed alicia
and she said:
alicia(: says (4:40 PM):
gt diff meh?
Chi Shan says (4:40 PM):
haha
Chi Shan says (4:40 PM):
GOT
alicia(: says (4:40 PM):
whr?
Chi Shan says (4:41 PM):
find
Chi Shan says (4:41 PM):
see carefully
alicia(: says (4:41 PM):
teethh?
Chi Shan says (4:41 PM):
YES
Chi Shan says (4:41 PM):
haha
Chi Shan says (4:41 PM):
white a not?
alicia(: says (4:41 PM):
HAHA!
Chi Shan says (4:41 PM):
natural a not?
alicia(: says (4:41 PM):
yah la yah la
Chi Shan says (4:41 PM):
nice a not?
Chi Shan says (4:41 PM):
pro a not?!
Chi Shan says (4:41 PM):
haha
alicia(: says (4:41 PM):
looks quite real leh
Chi Shan says (4:41 PM):
THANK YOU!
alicia(: says (4:42 PM):
hahaha
alicia(: says (4:42 PM):
nice leh
i decided not to upload that photo here
my next project:
Turn Joyce into Lovelace
Turn Lovelace into Joyce

and DEAREST AUDIENCE(READERS)
JUDGE THIS/THAT which one nicer?

Golden Horse Awards 2011, Ella will attend the Golden Horse Awards on November 26, 2011 with Vic Zhou to present an award. This is according to a news in weibo. I think she’ll attend since she posed with the Golden Horse trophies. Haha!