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Faye Wang is having her second baby for the sake of love. What else? PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES

Mando-pop queen Faye Wang (王菲) has cleaned up her act and is determined to stay away from liquor, cigarettes and late-night parties these days. The reason is simple: she is three-months pregnant. Once reported to have said, "to love a man is to have his children," the 36-year-old star is keeping to her word and expecting her second child, from her second marriage to Li Ya-peng (李亞鵬).

Hong Kong paparazzi last week spotted a crew of removal men descending on Wang's mansion. One day later, hundreds of boxes, already tightly packed on the moving trucks, were waiting to be transported to the star's hometown of Beijing. The diva will stay there and concentrate on being an expectant mom till next May when the baby is due.

As a hopeless romantic who is said to do anything for the men she loves, Wang has given her husband a mansion, a pub, a restaurant, an agency firm and now a baby. So let's hope Wang can score well in her relentless search for happiness.

Making a return to show biz after a nasty accident, Lin Chi-ling (林志玲) immediately became the favorite quarry of media on both sides of the Strait. Chinese media revealed that Lin recently traveled to Beijing to audition for a part in John Woo's (吳宇森) historical drama Battle of the Red Cliff (赤壁之戰).

Lin Chi-ling is on her way to Hollywood. If she can find it. PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES

Starring Chow Yun-fat (周潤發), the film is said to be part of Woo's ambitious project to "make a comeback" in the Chinese market. If selected, the local supermodel's path to international stardom is pretty much assured.

Four years ago, Stone (石頭) of rock band May Day (五月天) proposed live to his then girlfriend at a concert and has been happily married ever since. Following a similar route, another band member, Guan You (冠佑), kneeled down in front of tens of thousands of fans at a May Day concert in Beijing and asked his girlfriend of nine-months to marry him. The answer was yes. Amid cheers, red rose petals and tears of happiness, the couple is set to tie the knot next year.

A new list of favorite metro-sexual celebrities came out last week. According to the results of a month-long poll conducted by China Times Publishing , Takashi Kaneshiro (金城武) beat David Beckham and Brad Pitt to be crowned the most beautiful straight man in the world. Also on the list are New York Yankees player Wang Chien-ming (王建民), South Korean star Bae Yong-joon (裴勇俊) and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九).
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