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Takashi Kaneshiro is back to the old school and proving very popular. PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES

Japanese megastar Takashi Kaneshiro has been trying to improve his English in the US at UCLA language school in order to snag a possible movie deal. Screaming fans have been following him around the campus and even interrupting lessons. The university was forced to move Kaneshiro to a more spacious classroom and put a ban on taking pictures.

Local media, on the other hand, wondered if Kaneshiro could finish school and come to Taiwan in time for the 42nd edition of the Golden Horse Awards. Asia Plus (東風電視台), the network in charge of the broadcasting of the ceremony, made a gene-rous offer to pay for the star.

Hong Kong actor/singer Andy Lau (劉德華) is one star who will not grace the event with his presence. The hush-hush reason is that Lau doesn't want to embarrass himself. He was nominated in the best male actor category with four films but none of them got him on the list.

Stephen Chou (周星馳), the king of Hong Kong entertainment, got some seriously bad treatment from journalists on the other side of the Strait last week. One hour late for a promotional event in Beijing, Chou found himself surrounded by angry reporters asking questions like, "Why are you late?" "Don't you know how to pose?" and "You look really dumb like this." When asked why he wasn't nominated for best actor at the Golden Horse the star finally lost it. "Duh! I didn't get nominated because I'm a terrible actor," Chou was quoted as saying in a local Chinese-language daily. Looks like the mainlanders are a tough crowd to please.

Stephen Chou has learned a valuable lesson: Journalists are not always nice. PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES

Following comedian Peng Chia-chia's (澎恰恰) sex scandal, TV host Hu Gua (胡瓜) became the latest leading man in society news accused of cheating at an illegal gambling venue. Word got out that a gang was planning to kidnap Hu's daughter for a ransom. After a week of confusion, the whole drama turned out to a false alert. The professional swindler is in fact Hu's older brother, the long lost and messed up kid in the family.

Hu Gua and his daughter were the latest victims of a media story that had no legs. PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES

When asked to comment on his buddy Hu's predicament, entertainment host Jacky Wu (吳宗憲) said, according to the Liberty Times, "four years ago Hu and I went to Macau to gamble and I lost NT$20 million. I held my daughter one night under the moonlight and swore I would never gamble again."

Pop singer/songwriter Chen Chi-chen's (陳綺貞) concert at the International Conversion Center last Saturday proved to be an interesting drama with an unspoken love affair playing out between the guest stars and Chen herself. Chen's current boyfriend, Xiao Hu (小虎) and her ex-admirer Masha (瑪莎) of the rock band Mayday (五月天) were both on stage to support the leading lady. Having made public his love for Chen, Masha threw off the seemingly casual but jealous remark, "We [Mayday] are just special guests, while he [Xiao Hu] is a regular." Masha's rumored girlfriend, pop signer Jasmine Leong (梁靜茹), monitored the whole situation closely from the audience. When asked how she felt about the embarrassing arrangement by the Liberty Times, Leong simply played the role of an understanding wife and said, "We are all very good friends."

---compiled by Ho Yi
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