Andy Lau exposes Idy Chan or Rosamund Kwan could have been his girlfriend

Andy Lau accepted an interview from the press and spoke about the past rumored that he was gay. Andy laughed: "I remember Carina Lau said to me, 'You don't even have feelings for me, you must be gay.'"

He also talked about his relationship with Idy Chan, Anita Mui and Rosamund Kwan. Andy expressed if he didn't have a girlfriend, Idy and Rosamund had the opportunity to be his girlfriend, "If I didn't have a girlfriend, Idy may have became my girlfriend. Rosamund had a chance too. Rosamund is really pretty, whether if its her inner qualities or outer appearance, she is beautiful. Idy is also very pretty, but I later found out she was the girlfriend of my idol, so I had no choice but to give up those feelings. I confessed my feelings to her before, but she laughed 'hahaha' as a response." As for Anita Mui, they had mutual admiration and knew the lifestyles of the other.

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Andy Lau willing to shoot a TVB series depending on script & schedule

Yesterday Andy Lau attended the press conference for the London Summer Paralympic Games 2012. He reveals he took 4 days off for his trip to London, so he can support the Hong Kong disabled athletes. When asked if he'll bring his daughter along? Andy smiled and did not respond.

Recently it was rumored TVB invited director Wong Jing and Eric Tsang to produce grand productions and cast superstars in order to rescue the company. Andy admitted Eric did contact him, but he asked to see the script first. If the script is suitable, then he may accept it. Andy said: "Actually I've discussed with TVB since the Mona Fong era. (But TV series shooting is laborious?) If I agree to participate in the series, then I will follow their way of doing things. I cannot ask others to accommodate me. (Wouldn't this hinder you from caring for your daughter?) If the filming schedule affects my everyday life, then I won't accept it. (Currently your daughter is your utmost priority?) My career comes first. (Can TVB afford to hire you?) This absolutely has nothing to do with money."

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Andy Lau continues to keep his newborn's identity a mystery

How far would Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau go to keep the identity of his baby girl a mystery?
Ever since the 50-year-old joined the ranks of celebrity fathers in May, he had gone all out to protect the identity of his newborn and even decided to skip the customary baby shower for his baby girl for fear of his family losing their privacy.
To celebrate the actor's fan-club, Andy World Club's 24th anniversary and his daughter's one-month on Saturday, Andy held a gathering to fulfill the promise he made to his fans after his baby girl was born. He shared a photo collage that illustrated his family of three holding hands. The baby girl's hand was in the middle flanked by Andy and his wife, Carol Zhu.
Hundreds of fans attended the gathering and director Ann Hui, whom Andy worked with in A Simple Life, was also present.
According to fans who attended the gathering, Andy looked thinner than before he took "maternity leave" from work. His voice was also hoarse. The actor was however, unable to hide his happiness when he revealed to hise fans that the baby girl weighed nine pounds (4.08kg) now.
The superstar then posted a heartwarming message on his official site that night after the fan-meet and expressed that, "Because there's love surrounding us, our family felt warm."

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Kelly Chen wants to be in-laws with Andy Lau

Hong Kong singer Kelly Chen expressed interest in match-making either of her two sons, Chace and Riley Lau, with Andy Lau's newborn daughter.
On Saturday, the singer who appeared at her first public event since the birth of her second son, Riley, appeared to be in high spirits. The singer expressed that "it's been a while since I wear a pretty outfit and put on makeup as I don't do so when I am at home."

The 39-year-old expressed that she has "no plans to slim down at the moment" as she is still breastfeeding Riley. Kelly, who is preparing to record a new album and busy with endorsements, also revealed that she has no plans to give birth to a daughter as she is "too tired and does not have the urge to do so."

Kelly then let on that although she has yet to meet the Heavenly King, she sent him some baby products which she thought were good after using them on her sons. The singer added that she would love to "talk about parenthood with him" when they have a chance to meet up.

The mother-of-two also revealed that she would love to be in-laws with the actor, candidly expressing that whether that happens would be up to Andy.

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Andy Lau's 46 year old wife Carol Zhu gives birth to 6lb baby girl

In 2009, Andy Lau's underground relationship with Carol Zhu surfaced and it was exposed the couple were already married in the United States. The news shocked everyone and Andy was called a liar. All along, Andy had always wanted to have children, and had been working hard to do so. Finally his 46 year old wife Carol was pregnant.

In the recent month, Andy stopped working and accompanied his wife through her pregnancy. The other night, news broke out that Carol, accompanied by Andy, was secretly admitted to the hospital ready to give birth. It was understood Carol eventually gave birth to a 6 pound baby girl. Both mother and daughter are safe. Yesterday the news of Andy becoming a father already circulated around the entertainment circle and many reporters rushed to the hospital to get the story. The media surrounded Andy's residence as well, but deep into the evening, neither Andy or his wife appeared.

Although the news has been widely circulated, Andy still has not confirmed the news on his official website. It looks like he doesn't want the news exposed yet. [Oriental Daily] contacted his manager to confirm if Andy's baby girl is born? The spokesperson responded: "No news whatsoever." Asked if Andy will announce of the baby's birth? He said: "He never said, I am waiting for the news too. (Are you at the hospital?) I am at the company now."

Although Andy is maintaining his silence, many of his Fans are excited for the news: "Anticipating for the good news tomorrow." Many fans congratulated their idol. Also, Andy's official website anniversary is on June 9th, which is coincidentally his daughter's one month birthday. There is a great possibility that Andy will personally announce the news to his 'family' (fans) on that date.

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Andy Lau to be cast in Iron Man 3?

Hollywood film Iron Man 3 has been scheduled to open in cinemas during the summer holidays on 3 May 2013, shooting is scheduled to start next month. With the increased importance of Chinese market, the film will have location shooting in Mainland China. The film will be financed by Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Mainland China’s DMG Entertainment. With the financial support of the Chinese, Chinese actors will be added into the cast, in order to be on equal status with the Hollywood stars, the first pick will be Andy Lau as he has been in Asian showbiz for 30 years, this could be the chance for him to enter the Hollywood market.

It is clear that Iron Man 3 decided to collaborate with China and Andy, most importantly they are looking at the bright side of the Mainland China box office market, Andy has a high drawing power in the box office of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and other Asian countries, it also suited Andy to walk out of Asia and into Hollywood, he also stand a chance to become Hollywood’s Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor. It’s a win-win situation as there is box office guarantee and Andy could venture into Hollywood.

According to reports on NEONPUNCH website, insiders revealed that Andy’s collaboration with Iron Man 3 had yet been confirmed as no contract has been signed, but negotiation had reached the final stage in terms of negotiating the fees. Other than the original cast of Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Sir Ben Kingsley and Guy Pearce will be added to be the villains. Although in the original comics, Iron Man has a Chinese villain – The Mandarin who has “10 magical rings”, but with Chinese financial backing, it might not “smear” Chinese to become a villain, thus Andy could be cast as Tony Stark’s old friend in China, using advanced technologies to assist Iron Man in fighting the villains.

Andy’s filming schedule for Iron Man 3 must also accommodate his wife giving birth as Andy will be promoted to become a father in June. According to Taiwan’s Next Magazine reports, to avoid disturbance from the media, Andy changed his wife’s doctor, he also accompanied his wife for checkup before the normal consultation hours on 24 April 2012, booking the whole clinic. The doctor William So Wai Ki, a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, who charged HK$400,000 for the whole package, each visit starts from HK$64000, looked like Andy is defying all costs to become a father.

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Sean Lau vs Andy Lau over Best Actor Award

The 31st Hong Kong Film Award will take place Sunday (the 15th) at the Cultural Center. A SIMPLE LIFE (TOH JEH) as a critical and commercial hit is seen as the favorite. Deanie Ip Tak Han has already won five Best Actress awards with this film and can be considered poised to win another. The Best Actor competition is more ferocious. Lau Ching Wan in LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE (DUET MING GUM) and OVERHEARD 2 (SIT TING FUNG WON 2) performs outstandingly and has a higher chance than A SIMPLE LIFE's Andy Lau Tak Wa.

Lau Ching Wan: Two Nominations Split Votes

Lau Ching Wan this year is nominated for Best Actor with both LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE and OVERHEARD 2, in competition with A SIMPLE LIFE's Lau Tak Wa, LET THE BULLETS FLY's Jiang Wen and Ge You. He in LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE handle the Panther character superbly, but because he has two nominations the vote split concern remains. In addition Lau Tak Wa's A SIMPLE LIFE performance is solid and natural and also won the Golden Horse Award, Lau Ching Wan would face some pressure; the other two strong rivals Jiang Wen and Ge You's acting is powerful and strong. This battle is not simple at all for Ching Wan.

The Best Actress fight of course is all on Ip Tak Han's side. She in A SIMPLE LIFE grasped the character accurately and with layer, sweeping the international award stage as she won the Venice Best Actress, the Golden Horse Best Actress, the 15th Tallinn Black Night Film Festival Best Actress, the Hong Kong Film Critic Society Best Actress and the 6th Asian Film Award Best Actress. As for the competition, only Shu Qi's tear jerking film A BEAUTIFUL LIFE had any chance. FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE (LUNG MOON FEI GAP)'s Zhou Xun, DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART (DAN SUN NAM NUI)'s Gao Yuanyuan and WU XIA's Tang Wei inevitably can only run along.

Best Picture: FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE Vs. A SIMPLE LIFE

Director Ann Hui On Wa's movies have always been detailed. The film that she produced and directed, A SIMPLE LIFE, is a critical and commercial hit and motivates Hong Kong film's rise; the Tsui Hark directed FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE with 3D technology brings wu xia to life. With its 13 Hong Kong Film Award nomination both hold their own in Best Picture and Best Director; however, opponents LET THE BULLETS FLY's Jiang Wen, OVERHEARD 2's Alan Mak Siu Fai and Felix Chong Man Keung and LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE's Johnnie To Kei Fung all have decent word of mouth and each has supporters. The dark horse possibility cannot be eliminated.

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Andy Lau names soon-to-born daughter

All is in place for the arrival of Heavenly King Andy Lau's first child.

Andy and his wife Carol Chu are expecting a baby girl in June.

While Andy is still completing his current projects, he has made sure that arrangements are put in place. Forty-six-year-old Carol, who will undergo a Caesarean section, will deliver her child at Hong Kong's Sanatorium Hospital, which has many secret passages, to escape the prying eye of the paparazzi.

Andy had also purchased an apartment in an upscale area in Malaysia for Carol, so that she can rest in peace during her confinement period. He also hoped that his wife and daughter will stay in the country permanently.

The singer had chosen an apartment unit at the highest floor, so that Carol could enjoy the beautiful scenery and remain optimistic. Staying at a high floor would mean that the couple could avoid the paparazzi and have more privacy.
It was also said that the anxious dad-to-be had already named his daughter. Initially, Andy wanted to give his daughter a Chinese name, which contained the element of water. However, he settled with 'Lau Wan Xin', after getting advice from a monk.

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Andy lau is called a literary youth

Although his wife is already seven months pregnant and recently even caught grocery shopping in Hong Kong, Andy Lau Tak Wa recently has been busy with Mainland promotion of A SIMPLE LIFE (TOH JEH) and could not protect his wife. Two nights ago Wa Jai, Ip Tak Han and director Hui On Wa attended a Shanghai premiere.

Due to the extremely great A SIMPLE LIFE and numerous awards, the premiere tickets were sold out long ago. The Shanghai stop premiere press conference attracted many reporters. Later everyone attended the premiere. Lau Tak Wa was both A SIMPLE LIFE executive producer and star. In recent years Wa Jai's film releases were mostly dramatic. A SIMPLE LIFE star Qin Hailu joked that Wa Jai was a "literary youth". Wa Jai said, "Maybe others feel I have this type of aura. If they say I am then I am."

Wa Jai pointed out that he invested in A SIMPLE LIFE mainly because of his promise 10 years ago to Hui On Wa. 30 years ago his first film BOAT PEOPLE (TAU BUN NO HOI)'s director was Hui On Wa. In 2001 he said to Hui On Wa no matter when as long as she liked he would support her at whatever the cost. Yet Hui On Wa's earlier drama would rather work with Wong Jing than Wa Jai.

Wa Jai said, "Maybe she thought I was kidding, or maybe she was afraid that I would lose money." Wa Jai pointed out that now film and television companies are some publicly traded companies. Projects that might lose money would be hard to approve. This time he lowered his salary and told the bosses the investment risk at most would be 10% of the production cost. Finally the bosses invested. Thus Wa Jai would not be paid until A SIMPLE LIFE performed ideally at the box office.

In addition, two nights ago at A SIMPLE LIFE premiere, the 100 yuan premiere tickets were sold out in a short time and were scalped for 200 yuan. Nicky Wu (Ng Kei Lung) said after watching A SIMPLE LIFE he was very sentimental and hoped that his fans would be able to experience this sentiment. However he did not want everyone to spend their money so he would treat them to a screening. Hopefully everyone would have some understanding about life after watching.

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