DATE: 21 NOV 07
SOURCE: APPLE DAILY/MING PAO/ENT/TOM.COM
ANDY URGES FOR DONATION TO HELPING THE SICK CHILDREN
ANDY ADDS LAUGHTER TO THE ANGELS

Andy played with the children & bring laughter to the residents of the House. Said Andy, "I hope this laughter can continue, till forever."

During shooting of the MV, many residents & sick children were v excited with Andy’s visit. The usual quietness of the quarter suddenly became v busy.

After shooting the MV, Andy autographed & had photo taken with them one by one. He presented them with fruits & prepared afternoon tea for them. He played magic tricks to entertainment them, & played game with the parents.

Some female fans on seeing Andy was like sticky syrup stuck to the beans. During shooting of the bean bag game, they joined hand to 'beat' Andy with the bean bags. At the end the heavenly king had to hide behind the cupboard, as he gentlemanly did not fight back! It was an unforgettable day for everybody!

Andy met every resident & their parents, he learnt about their background, one foster maother coming from Heibei won the respect of Andy,

"The child was born with deformities & had a big tumor, he was abandoned by the biological mother, in the far remote Heibei town, the child would be left to die, but this lady adopted him raised 200,000 to travel to HK to seek treatment, after some moments close to death, the child was saved."

Twins & Hard Soft are performing for Mc Donald's Children Day musical 2007 tonight.

Andy is also one of the performers. Ah Sa (Charlene Choi) expressed her wish to sing a duet with Andy. On the rumor that Andy with a fee of 150 million is joining Peter Lam’s company. Ah Sa exclaimed, "So terrific! So admired him!" Gillian said, "How to be as good as him, he has worked 20 yrs, we only work 6 yrs."

Ah Sa said she will work with 150 million as target! Twins will be holding concert in April, Ah Sa said they can never get Andy to be guest in the previous yrs , as Andy is too busy, her Xmas wish is to be able to invite Andy as guest.

Lin Hai Feng teased that he himself is an old kid, & said he will enact the scene of Andy jumping down the stage to save a fan, drag the fan on the stage to sing then escort him back to his seat.

SOURCE: WEN WEI PO
ANDY SELLING HIMSELF ?!

It is rumored that Andy is selling his company in total, including himself, the buyer is Peter Lam. If the deal is successful, he can put down a big baggage, as for one person to work to support a few hundreds is indeed is a very heavy baggage on the shoulder.

He failed to sell it to Clement Mak before, in exchange for present day success, all the credit goes to savior Peter Lam who lent a hand, few year later now he sells it back to Peter, it is not how much the price is, rather he is showing his gratitude!

From now on he has a big boss looking after him, he can do whatever he likes. The sale failed last time because the other party wanted to control his everything, he resisted thus the outcome, this was told to me (reporter) the other time.

Now selling the stake again, the main thing is Peter allows him freedom to develop himself, making possible the deal.

Andy is one who refuses to be restrained, , he loves freedom, remember the days when TVB wanted to sign an 8-year contract with him, he was put on the shelf for a while. His not-easy-to-submit character TVB could not do anything. It was finally Run Run Shaw who has just turned 100, & one who treasured talent lent a hand he was thawed & lclimbs to present day success. The path indeed was not an easy one.

Andy is 46 this year, in show bizz 26 yrs, only he is brave enough to be suspended on a wire performing on the stage, he is doing it also for others, there are too many people depending on him for a living, his work encompasses movie, music, concert tour, commercial.. he creates jobs for many, if something happened to him, many people will be out of jobs, this bull indeed must continue to work hard, the bull toil on the land, horses feed on the grains it is all the same since days of yore!

In circle 26 years, Andy has filmed many movies, the ones that I (the reporter) admire the most, other than his talent in acting, most importantly is to have someone giving you a hand, when he shot Boat People, he was introduced by Chow Yin Fat, Cora, George Lam, Ann Hui joint hand to make him stand out.

In Forever & Ever, it was even more so, as the cast was from Wang Tin Lam & his protégé, it has to be good otherwise there will be no Hua Dee. His best was Unwritten Law series, this connects the mother-child love with him & Deannie Yip, & won tears of the audience. Indeed too moving! But he is still a step behind Tony Leung in ..., 2046, Caution Lust, he has to continue to work otherwise he cannot be in the Oscars!

SOURCE: O D

Xmas is around the corner, there is a strong lineup for both Western & oriental movies. Western movies however lacks a little behind in having no blockbusters, this makes 2 HK movies, The Warlords & Trivial Matters suddenly become focus of attention.

Western movies unlike last yr when there were Harry Potter & Kign Kong, this yr there is none. Trivial Matters makes use of young idols as selling point, cast including Edison, Shawn Yee, Gillian, Stephy Teng, Fish Leong, with executive produced Chapman To.

The Warlords by Peter Chan is a 300 million project, with a superstar cast including Jet, Andy & Takeshi, is definitely a heavyweight in the Xmas slot.

Chapman To on facing a strong opponent, said, "There are 2 HK movies this yr, The Warlords be it on cast, money is ‘super duper strong’ , no way we can be compared. But we gather the most popular young idols to shoot a comedy, this gives more choice for the youngsters."

Said Peter, "the 2 movies each has its own market, there is don’t need to compare. (How you view Trivial Matter?) of course good, Peng hao Xiang’s movie is interesting."

As for Western movies, Will Smith's Demon's of Legend will be out on Dec 13, family movie Bee Movie on dec 20, The Golden Compass by Nicole Kidman , Nicholas Cage's National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Aliens vs Predator Requiem out on Dec 25 , these western movies do not come as strong as last years'!

Peter Lam was asked if he has signed on a super star, he smiled, said, "Are you referring to Andy Lau?" How long he has taken to negotiate with Andy? Said, "I have worked with him for close to 20 years. "

He was also asked if he used a high fee to move Andy. Said, "Yes, it is v difficult, as the moment he opened his mouth, he asked for concert tickets."

On if he will add more shows, since the response is so good? He replied, "There is no slot in Coliseum." Will he moved concert to Asia Expo? Said, "Mr Lau is very good to his fans, he does not wish them to sit so long journey."

Mirium praised that it is better than buying a piece of land, Andy is symbol of hard work, it is an honor to be in the same company as him.

Peter happened to pass by on hearing this, said, "I can only make profit once when I buy a piece of land, you can take whenever you want here, (he) can help the company to make money."

SOURCE: MING PAO
ANDY EXPRESSES HIMSELF ONLINE

Yesterday Andy has finally on his blog talked, titled 'Don't be anxious’ on this matter for his fans.

Said, "Do not trust all that was said on the newspapers, it is only a music collaboration, trust my decision, as I wish to spend more time on music composing, will till December for the rest to be announced. The future will be better."

Ever since the news of him joining East Asia was out, the public speculated a situation of 'one mountain two tigers.' Andy on joining will be like 'own child' while Leon Lai is just one working under East Asia A Music, Andy is thus on the upper hand. It was said all his Focus group will be handed over. But Andy indicated it is only a music collaboration.

Invested at 300 million, with the late Chang Che's Ci Ma of the 70s as blue print, The Warlords starring Jet Li, Andy & Takeshi will be out in Dec, countering movies from Hollywood.

Director Pete Chan feels that his movie in terms of the storyline, characters, action & genre is completely different from Chang Che's, in order not to mislead others, he changed the name to The Warlords.

The new movie is good, remake or not is also good, in one word, it is a big movie!

Takeshi & his 2 sworn brothers slaughtered the enemy army, cut the heads to show prowess.

1982: MAIN LEAD IN EMISSARY AND 1ST MOVIE BOAT PEOPLE

1986: AFTER FILMING TIAN LANG KIP, WAS "FROZEN" BY TVB

1987: 2ND ALBUM EMOTION FORBIDDEN ZONE

2002: AWARDED BEST ACTOR FOR ROLE IN IA

2004: AWARDED BEST ACTOR FOR ROLE IN ROK

2005: ESTABLISHED FOCUS FILMS AND LAUNCHED Focus : First Cuts

It was said he will retain collaboration of his movie company with Media Asia to shoot movies. But his focus music will be sold to East Asia, keeping all royalties of all the music in his company.

As for movies, other than being main lead, Andy will continue to cultivate talents in front & behind the screens. Andy has gained big repercussions in the movie makings, big & small. But on music, he was ever involved in legal matters, & has since set up his won company to produce albums.

The present move to Media Asia was because after years of collaboration with Peter Lam in Infernal Affairs & The Warlords, he is happy working with Lam.

Lam has for years wanting Andy to join him, & has given a high offer, now with a celestial hundreds of millions he has finally moved Andy to join East Asia. It is said the signing ceremony will be at the end of the year, to announce details.

Andy will be in the same company as Sammi Cheng, other artistes include Denise Ho, Andy hui, Liu Hao Long & the newly joined singer Ivana Wang. Other singers under the same music label include Leon lai, Mirium Yeung, Wei Lan Wei Shi & Ying Chang You, those out of the circle predict a tough fight between Andy & LL in future.

But in the recent years Andy met LL occasionally on the stage, they appear cordial. The two have not because of awards strain the relationship. LL had earlier on released an album of songs on the other 3 Heavenly Kings. With two tigers on the same mountain, they should be able to join hand to raise the standard of music, to glorify the music arena.

SOURCE: THE SUn/OD
ANDY JOINING EAST ASIA WITH A CELESTIAL SUM OF 200 MILLIONS

It was said Peter Lam has offered a celestial fee of 200 million for Andy to join his company, indeed a good signboard for East Asia to become a listed company!

Andy had set up his own company in 2001, now he is moved by Peter to join his company! It is said the press con will be held on the 5th of Dec at a 5-star hotel. Andy will come with good friends Johnnie To & Andrew Lau & other luminaries. LL will lead Mirium, sister singers Wei Shi Wei Lan, & others to congratulate. No1 female singer Sammi, Denise, Andy Hui will also be attending!

Since 06 Andy has passed the album, Voice, release to East Asia, which has also produced his concert in the recent years. Andy has worked with Lam in innumerable occasions, what they lack is just a piece of paper. Peter's move to invite Andy under his wing other than to expend his company, is mainly to get ready for the company to be listed!

It was said other than the 200 millions, Peter will sign a contract with Andy to produce 3 albums in 2 yrs, & in the next year, Andy be the lead in 2 movies, fee to be calculated.

Though under the same roof as Leon Lai, they are at different ends. Andy is joining East Asia music, while LL is working at A Music.

East Asia CEO Tony has admitted that Andy will join them, the details to be announced later."

SOURCE: MING PAO

In 2002, when Andy was involved in a court case with Clement Mak, Peter Lam gave Andy the greatest support. The case was settled out of court, it was said Peter was the middle man, rumored to pay a sum of 50 million to take back Teamwork. It was said Andy, indebted to Peter, has been wanting to 'sell' himself to him.

The reporter has wanting to confirm with East Asia, but the spokesman gave no answer. Since it is such a big news, trust they will give a grand announcement, a the moment no news is confirmed.

In an interview by Commercial Radio earlier on, Andy said the movie he costarred with Jet & Takeshi, The Warlords, will be out on Dec 13. During shooting, Andy had his finders crashed, said, "In one scene, my fingers were clipped, everyone thought I acted so realistically, actually my fingers were really crashed."

Director Peter Chan praised that Andy has the chance to win award, but Andy said he thinks lightly of awards, as whenever he thought he has acted well, he gets no recognition by the concerned party.

SOURCE: SINA.COM
LEADS OF THE WARLORDS TOOK PART IN XMAS LIGHT-UP
ESTIMATED A BOX OFFICE OF 360 MILLION

Andy was smartly dressed in a grey suit, while Xu decked out in a low-cut Celine dress costing 15,000, with accessories from Cartier, ear rings ring & bracelet valued at 2 million over, together with 26,000 lights it was a glittering sight.

Andy has just return to HK after completing his concert tour in the mainland. He is bothered by his HK concert tickets being sold at the black market. The organizer media Asia has reported the case to the police.

As Andy was chaired the light-up ceremony, he urges the audience after watching his concert continue to watch his movie.

He called Xu to come to his concert. Just when she was overjoyed, he indicated to her that there is no more ticket, Xu pretended to beat Andy.

Peter¡¯s Xmas wish is to have a good box office, while Andy wishes to get 60 million, as 50 million has no more meaning, he wants to give some space for Stephen Chow to catch up. Xu too hopes it can collect 300 million in the mainland. Smiling, said Andy, "No problem, you worth 200 million, Jet Li, I & Takeshi will add up to another 500 million."

Andy praised that The Warlords & Promise are big projects in the history of HK movie industry. The Warlords did not have a fixed budget to start with, in one scene, they got 5,000 people to surround them in the shooting, just standing in position took them 2 days, thus during shooting one can get the magnificent feel. The 3 males act their parts well.

Andy concert tickets at the year end has created a heat wave, recently someone online claimed to have tickets to the added 4 shows for sale, each come with a $300 procedural fee. The organizer has reported the case to the police.

Andy indicated this type of person must be nabbed, perhaps he had heard Peter Lam said 4 shows will be added, then used the rumor to cheat others. Andy is helpless, he hopes the situation is not worsen & the involved will not continue to do bad things.

It is hard to almost get a ticket to his concert, the extent of hot response is never before, he feels like in a magical state, when his concert is over he will study how this magic comes about.

Thinking of setting up a big screen outside the Coliseum.

Andy indicated that his friends would blamed him if they cannot get the most expensive ticket previously, now if they can get a $200 ticket they are already very happy.

He revealed that no more shows will be added in this concert, when he sees that demand is more than supply, he had suggested to peter Lam that on Xmas day & New Year eve, at the countdown, half or 45 min beforehand, they have a live telecast, but Peter rejected his suggestion, as the police will be at their posts in strategic spots, there are not enough police for the Coliseum, further more this has to get approval early.

The reporter asked Andy to get his won security, said Andy, "This is not possible, if the govt has not approved & something happens, I wont be able to answer for it!"

Andy has thought of asking the sponsors to give out some of their tickets to meet the demand of fans, he has also seen those who have tickets to 3 nights are willing to give out one night, he is really v touched.

Fans support give him so much relief, he said all the tickets are sold, he teased that he may not need to on the lights, just a guitar & a recorder will do, like playing magic. Andy is not sure where the tickets come from at the resale, each tic can ask a price as high as 3,000, sounding dissatisfied, said Andy, "For 3000 auction my ticket, indeed belittling me!"...........

The organizer has not announced anything on more shows.

Ticket sale to the 16 concerts is a sold-out, new movie The Warlords is coming soon, it is no wonder Andy is in such a good mood.

The movie will have a series of promotional activities. A website is set up to relate the hardship the crew faced during shooting, 31 scenes on the making is on the net, Andy said among the many movies he filmed this year, this is the one he has the most confidence.

SOURCE: MING PAO/WEN WEI PO
WITH ANDY'S CRAFTY HANDS JET LI IS TO BE OSCARS BEST ACTOR

It was a gloomy day at the battlefield that day, the yellow sand billowing in the air made everyone restless. Andy suddenly took out a packet of poker cards, claimed to be quite an expert, he predicted the fortune for Jet in the coming year.

Since Jet is an international star, Andy forecasted if he would win Oscars Best Actor with The Warlords. Jet was caught with shock, he followed Andy's instructions, after picking some cards, the final one was a 3 spade, with some tricks, with some tricks, Andy too picked a 3 spade & bite it in his mouth, said, "This is the one! When When u are the Best Actor you have to treat us to shark¡¯s fin!"

Jet soon realized that it was only a magic trick, he protested, "So marvelous! We shall change line, we be at a tea house, we play magic together, Takeshi shall beat drum to welcome customers, sure business will be good!" Andy, together with Xu Jing Lei will be at the Harbor City light-up ceremony today.

SOURCE: THE SUN/OD
ANDY WILL NOT ADD ANY MORE SHOWS. URGES THE CHEATS TO STOP

Andy will hold 16 concerts starting from next month. Some illegal persons have given out false news on the net that Andy is adding another 4 shows & start selling fake tickets to cheat money!

Through his spokesman Andy stresses that no more shows will be added, & advise the cheats to remove the page on ticket sale!

Yesterday Oriental Daily received a complaint from Miss Chen that someone claimed that Andy, with the support of Peter Lam, would add another 4 shows to Jan 8, the illegal persons even auction tickets at yahoo, with the name 'volargirl', fans can get tickets first hand from him!

Each ticket needs to pay a procedure fee of 300. Really bold & all out to cheat!

At the beginning there were fans who made enquiries, later some found out that it was not possible, as Jan 8 is being taken up by the renowned pianist, Lang Lang, the seller even dared to reply, "Peter Lam said to add 4 shows, do u believe Lam or Andy?"

But his plot was soon unveiled, fans shot back, "Don't be tricked! It is fake, Andy already said no more shows will be added!"

fan was forcefully dragged away

Andy leapt from 7 feet high stage

lent a hand to stop the guards

protecting the fan & left the place

It is titled 'Andy disregard his own safety to save a fan'. In a short 2 days, more than 560,000 has visited & viewed the site, indeed shocking.

The clip lasting 1 min 14 sec, recorded the whole process on how Andy heroically save the fan.

At the start Andy was seen singing by the edge of the stage. A male fan suddenly broke through 2 layers of barricades, came close to the stage to present Andy with a bouquet of flowers, he even successfully shook hand with Andy.

But within a second or so he was dragged away by 10 over security guards forcefully & being treated with violence.

On seeing this, Andy immediately stopped singing & shouted them to stop, in a haste he leapt down the 7 feet high stage to stop the violence.

The fans created a roar in response, other workers came to help, the male fan was seen being forcefully removed from the scene, Andy, has a face of anger, kept moving forward to stop them, in the end he was like 'Hua Dee' & rescue the fan in the nick of time.

The workers on seeing the seriousness of the situation, had forcefully restrained Andy, but Andy appeared to be still agitated, after pointing & scolding the guards, broke free from being restrained by the staff, held the male to leavie the site.

After sending him to the backstage, the fans from the stadium all cheered.

The whole video clip was just like a movie by Andy, Ling Ling Fa too was dumfounded on watching it, it is no wonder close to 6,000 leave words in response, many fans support the act of Andy in saving the fan, trust after this incidence, Andy's heroic image will etched deeper in the hearts of many.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_ca00XMTEwOTE0NDA=.html

APPLE DAILY DATED NOV 11
ANDY'S CONCERT TICKETS PUT ON AUCTION

Apple Daily received a complaint from a reader yesterday that people at yahoo is auctioning concert tickets. The reporter confirmed there is such confirmed there is such a thing, there are 22 cases on ticket auction, but not many people offered.

SOURCE: THE SUN/OD

Protege from zero nomination now has 2 entries.

Derek Yee from Protege & Jiang Wen from The Sun Still Rises are now being included in the Best Director category. As Derek Yee is busy shooting in Japan he will not be able to attend. Prot¨¦g¨¦ executive director Peter Chan indicated he will call to congratulate Derek & will feel happy if he wins. The movie is also included for best Original Script.