Sunday, November 08, 2009

[The Sun 08/11/2009]

TVB blood is fated to run in Charmaine Sheh and Wayne Lai. Charmaine who does not believe in fate was forced into the TV Queen battleground by TVB, while Wayne who believes in destiny has to rely on himself to fight for TV King Award. Charmaine is preparing to slow down, while Wayne is set to climb to the top. But you can't control fate, no matter how hard you tried. And those who control fate are none other that TVB itself. If you understand this principle, Charmaine and Wayne are just TVB chess pawns.

'Sam Ho' Charmaine Sheh does not believe in fate; be it her career, love or outlook in life. She does whatever she wants to, very hardcore (tough). After struggling for 10 years in the path of stardom, Charmaine wished to take a break. Unfortunately TVB secretly appoints 'Lau Sam Ho' to ambush '4th Mistress' Sheren Tang. As she is from TVB 'flesh and blood' clan, she had to put on her battle armor and fight for TVB's honor.



As TVB chooses its army, Charmaine said she does not mind receiving more awards: "Everyone is competing; of course I have to take part as well. If I don't, I'm not giving face to TVB! The atmosphere at anniversary award will be lackluster with just one sure win." Mentioning about her advantages, Charmaine said: "Everyone worked hard, therefore everyone have advantages. There is not a single artiste who is not unique. Sheren's '4th Mistress' left a deep impression in audience, but 'Lau Sam Ho' does not lose out as well, she is also acknowledged by audiences! In reality I do not want to scheme for awards, because I will not harm other people."

Though Charmaine was forced to enter the battleground, she no longer willing to sacrifice everything for stardom; especially her beloved mother. She decided not to let fate lead her by the nose: "I have to change my mindset in work. In the past, I've indeed overworked myself. Now, I must revert myself back to student mindset – I must have at least 1-2 months of holiday every year!"



Enlightened by mother's life and death experience

The change in Charmaine's mindset was resulted from her mother's illness, which almost cause her to regret for life. "In the past I have not performed my responsibility as a good daughter. A few years ago I want filming [Glittering Days] and busy working day and night. My mother suffered from lung infection and her heart stopped, she had to be resuscitated by defibrillator. I couldn't visit her at all, I feel that I am very unfillial. Luckily my mother was saved and that incident gave me a lot of enlightenment."

Beauty does not last. Apart from being a filial daughter, Charmaine does not wish to overwork to the extent of sacrificing her youthful looks. "Reaching a certain extent in life, I do not wish to age so quickly, I must retain my youth. You can't keep output all the time, you need to input too. I need to take a breather!"



Charmaine – Kevin Romance: Dating doesn't necessary bring happiness

When a woman is in love, her face will be glowing like fresh rouge. However, from Charmaine's face, we can only see cold traces from years of hardship. Regarding dating, she stated: "Right now I am so busy, I can't even manage half a boyfriend. I don't need anything else, all I want is sleep!" Earlier Charmaine revealed that she have attempted to develop further with Kevin Cheng, which she said: "What I said is the truth." There were rumors of break up and from Charmaine's words, it seems to be true. However, her attitude toward Kevin has never changed. "In my eyes, Kevin did not change. He is still a gentleman, a filial son. I think that it's better for us to remain friends; maybe this relationship will last longer. Sometimes dating doesn't necessary bring happiness."

Charmaine really likes children; she once said she hopes to open a kindergarten in the future so she can see smiling faces of pure children everyday. She expressed that she would like to get married, even her mother hope to see her finding Mr Right. "Yes, Mummy did hope to see me get married. But since my younger brother already got married last year and fulfilled her wishes, she no longer urge me to get married. Right now, I think what will make my mum happiest is our shared bank account increasing a few zero, so that I can accompany her to holiday tours!"



Gold label Manager

During the interview, Charmaine's manager Tina was also around. Mentioning about [Beyond the Realm of Conscience] ratings, Charmaine asks Tina: "What is the rating for this week?" When Charmaine is hungry, she will also ask: "Tina, I want to eat!" Asked who she can't live without, she said: "Right now I can't live without Tina!" Charmaine is really mischievous like a child.



I want to be like Maggie Cheung Man Yuk

Charmaine who does not believe in fate always does thing her way. Now, she only has one aspiration: "I hope to become like Maggie Cheung, doing what I like, have freedom in love and not bound in Hong Kong. If I can move all my friends overseas, I will leave Hong Kong and live overseas because they have much more freedom!"



Three stage in acting skills

After participating in Miss Hong Kong Pageant in 1997, Charmaine joined TVB and her first TV series is [Time Off]. In the span of 12 years, she has portrayed countless character. From zero acting skills to TV Queen, she has sacrificed a lot.


[Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain] Miew Yeurk Lan

"That was my first costume series. The character is similar to myself back then; a piece of blank paper with zero knowledge. After I was criticized for having 'chicken voice', I started practicing very hard in my speech."


[Return of the Cuckoo] Chuk Kwan Ho

"That role changed me, people started to learn that Charmaine Sheh know how to act. It was a turning point in my life. That role also earned the first acting award for me."


[Beyond the Realm of Conscience] Lau Sam Ho

"Lau Sam Ho is a good person, to portray her in 3D and more realistic way is quite difficult. Hence I pay a lot of attention even in the smallest details."

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Remember to support and vote for Charmaine @ TVB 42nd Anniversary Award! Scroll down for instructions in previous post.

[On.cc, Oriental Daily, The Sun 08/11/2009]

Last evening around 9pm at Central, Charmaine Sheh filmed an outdoor scene for new series [Heaven & Earth]. The scene is about Charmaine suffering from insomnia after her boyfriend’s death. Her character cleaned up her house and took out many garbage bags containing wine bottles to the dumpster. During filming, a lot of onlookers surround the scene and some even flashed their camera. It affected the filming progress and Charmaine have to keep re-shooting the scene.

Many onlookers also praised Charmaine as very beautiful in person and have nice skin. When she is not filming, Charmaine will chat happily with the filming crew. When asked about her love life, Charmaine clearly indicate: "I am still single, but I'm not in a hurry to date. Currently work is most important." When discussing about the anniversary award, reporter mentioned that Sheren have enlisted help from a celebrity as a stylist, Charmaine said: "I also need to work harder to look for sponsors."

Note: I did not translate the rest of the article, which feature silly remark about Sheren and Charmaine 'fighting' by shopping for clothes and going to facials. Duh...

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Some extra filming pics from tabloid mag:



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Friday, November 06, 2009

[Wenweipo 06/11/2009]

TVB Award 2009 is going to be held on December 4th and will be giving out awards for 15 categories including Best Actor and Actress Award. The nomination lists were revealed at the press conference yesterday. Nominated artistes such as Sheren Tang, Wayne Lai, Charmaine Sheh, Moses Chan, Bowie Lam, Ada Choi, Wong He, Linda Chung, Bosco Wong, Aimee Chan etc attended the event.

Stephen Chan was there to present the certificate of recognition to nominees. For the Best Actress category, only Sheren, Charmaine and Ada went onstage. Carol Cheng was dissatisfied with the poor turnout and said: "Several actresses could not make time to come today, but they will attend the anniversary award… hopefully." People below the stage couldn't suppress their laughter.

Charmaine was regarded one of the popular choice for Best Actress award. She was also double nominated in the Favorite Female Character category for her roles in [Beyond the Realm of Conscience] and [You're Hired] respectively. She is the only artiste who received two nominations in the same category. It is unknown if Charmaine will be able to repeat her year 2006 feat by winning both categories, but Charmaine herself have never thought of repeating history. She smiled and said the results back then shocked her. She also said that she didn't feel that there is any special arrangement in the nominations. In addition, there are tough competitors this year including '4th Mistress' Sheren Tang, Anita Yuen, Tavia Yeung etc. Instead, Charmaine is worried that her votes will be dispersed since she is nominated twice in the same category.

Recently there are reports indicating that Anita resents Charmaine. Asked if she will feel awkward seeing Anita, Charmaine expressed that there is no awkwardness at all. She hopes that the media will not create stories further and indicate that she would like to collaborate with Anita in the future.

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Please support and vote for Charmaine! Instructions below.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

It's that time of the year again! And as usual, I will provide an easy, step by step guide for fans to vote for Charmaine. Please read my instructions carefully before you vote, because every TVB account can only vote once.

IMPORTANT: PATIENCE REQUIRED

1. First, go to the voting site at the address below:
http://event.tvb.com/42nd/voting/


2. The first page you land will be the 'Best Actor' category. Pick your choice by ticking the box in their picture. You can choose ONE only.

3. If you have not logged into your TVB account yet, you will be asked to login. If you do not have a TVB account, you can choose to register. Don't worry if you do not know English, there's an option to switch to English in the top right of login/register page. If you are registering, use your real email address, because TVB will send you a validation email to activate your account.


After you login, you will be brought back to the Best Actor page.

4. Again, tick on your choice. To confirm and proceed to the next category, press the confirm button on lower right.



5. You will be brought to Best Actress category. Charmaine is nominated in this category.


Click No 11. Charmaine Sheh - Lau Sam Ho (Beyond the Realm of Conscience)

Again, click the confirm button in lower right (like step 4) to continue.

6. Next is the Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Favorite Male Character categories. Vote as usual like step 4.

7. Charmaine received two nominations for Favorite Female Character award. You can choose ONE only.


6. Charmaine Sheh - Lam Miu Miu (You're Hired)
or
11. Charmaine Sheh - Lau Sam Ho (Beyond the Realm of Conscience)

Tough choice here, because fans vote will be divided in two, hence reducing Charmaine's chance of winning. Therefore fans are encouraged to vote for the same character to increase her winning chance.

The official fanclub have made decision - to unanimously vote for Lau Sam Ho.

7. Afterward there are Most Improved Male, Most Improved Female, and Best Show Host. Vote as usual like step 4.

8. Three of Charmaine's series are nominated for Best Series. You can choose ONE only.


3. When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West
15. You're Hired
19. Beyond the Realm of Conscience

[Beyond] is [Rosy Business] main competitor in this category, therefore please vote for 19. Beyond the Realm of Conscience.

8. Next is Best Variety Show, vote as usual like step 4.

9. Last but not least is the TVB.com Popularity Award. Charmaine is also nominated in this category. No 52 - Charmaine Sheh.


9. Click confirm on lower right button and you will be asked a quiz question. The answer is 3. 42 years.



10. Click on 'confirm' button on lower right and a pop up page requesting for HK ID number will appear.


If you are not a HK citizen, this is where the ID generator (click to download) come in handy.

11. Download and run the file (if your pc doesn't support Chinese character, the words on the software might be jumbled up, but don't worry, follow my instructions and it will still work).

Note: Do not use the sample number below, or else everyone used it and end up disqualifying each other's vote!


1. Select Hong Kong from the scroll bar.
2. Click 产生 button to generate ID number
3. Click (2) until a HK ID with 8 digit including alphabet appears. Sometimes it will generate 9 digit, but TVB.com only accepts ID number with 8 digit.
4. Copy and paste the first 7 digit (alphabet + number) into the first box in step 10. (Sample in the pic 'D551014')
5. Paste the remaining one digit in the last box. (Sample in the pic '8')
6. Type in your surname and name
7. For phone number, enter any 8 digit starting with either 2, 6, 8 or 9.
8. Put in any HK address (just Hong Kong is good enough)
9. To confirm, click the lower right button as highlighted in step 10.

If you have trouble downloading from sendspace, there's rapidshare link in the Comments section below.

12. You will be brought to a page where all your votes will be listed out for your review. Check to see if you have made any mistakes. If everything is correct, click on the lower right button to confirm.


13. You will be brought to a 'Thank You' page and voila you are done voting!

Note: If you get this message instead: 投票失敗，請稍後重試! That means your vote is unsuccessful. Try voting from a pc/laptop with fixed IP connection instead.

Voting officially ends on November 29, 2009 (11:59pm)

Go ahead and vote for Charmaine now!!! Please support Charmaine!!! Add oil!