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The 25th Hong Kong Academy Awards handed out gongs to some teary and intoxicated winners last Saturday. Winning the Best Leading Actress award for Perhaps Love (如果愛), Chinese actress Zhou Xun (周迅) took to the stage in a flood of tears, giving thanks to her long-term lover, Taiwanese stylist Lee Da-chi (李大齊), for being a loving and forgiving partner.

Lee, the man behind the successful woman, designed the see-through black gown Zhou wore on the red carpet, which drew the media's attention away from other stars.

In contrast to Zhou's popularity, Zhang Ziyi (章子怡), always the least favorite star in the eyes of the Chinese media, was dubbed a "haughty peacock" by the press and her green and purple dress was sneered at by fashionistas as a fashion faux pas.

Tony Leung Kar-fai (梁家輝) picked up the Best Leading Actor award. When asked if he saw the trophy as compensation for losing out at last year's Golden Horse Awards (金馬獎), the he struck a confident note by saying, "I totally deserve it."

Anthony Wong (黃秋生) was probably the most courteous among the award-receivers. For his second Best Supporting Actor award for Initial D (頭文字D) (he earned the first at the Golden Horse), Wong read out a long thank-you list that even included a friend who runs a pub for him in Taipei.

With a huge local fan base gained after her role in the South Korean comedy flick My Sassy Girl, South Korean actress Jeon Ji Hyun paid her third visit to Taipei last week to promote her latest film Daisy directed by Hong Kong's Andrew Lau (劉偉強).

Previously flayed by local media as being difficult and ice-cold, the 24-year-old beauty put on a friendly smile all the way from the airport into town in an attempt to save her plunging popularity in Taiwan.

Judging from the lack of fans at the airport the star will have to work her way up again.

Sony BMG brought together all its local big-name singers for a big-budget concert at Taipei Arena (台北巨蛋) last Saturday. Coco Lee (李玟) and Wang Lee-hom (王力宏), allegedly one-time lovers, put the good old times behind them as they fought for the limelight.

After reportedly turning down an offer from Wang to perform at the closing show, the has-been Mando-pop big shot spent NT$200,000 on a lavish hip-hop outfit to show the audience who was the queen of the night.

Local diva Shu Qi (舒淇) was recently spotted getting cozy with Hong Kong idol Ekin Cheng (鄭伊健) in Thailand where the two have been working together on a Hong Kong thriller. Cheng, who broke up with his actress girlfriend Gigi Leung (梁詠琪) just a few months ago, seemed to hit it off with Shu and spent a lot of leisure time with the star of Three Times.

Plastic-surgery enthusiast Suzanne Hsiao (蕭淑慎) made it onto the gossip front page again when a series of photos showing her on an operating table undergoing liposuction were leaked to the press by an anonymous source.

The star firmly said she was unaware that photos had been taken, but the doctor who allegedly performed the surgery said she was perfectly aware of the presence of cameras.

The mystery was resolved when staff members from Web site company Yooler admitted the photos had been snappeds by them for a program they were working on. However, they denied any knowledge of how the photos ended up in the hands of the media.
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