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Pop Stop Friday, March 23, 2007, Page 14

Pop Stop Compiled by Ho Yi STAFF REPORTER Friday, March 23, 2007, Page 14 Pop Stop would be negligent of its duty if it failed to report on the latest twists and turns of gossip rag fodder Terry Gou's latest affair(s) of the heart and wallet. Recently admitting to gossip hounds that his feelings for Carina Lau are genuine and serious, one of Taiwan's most minted men nevertheless shared the love by flying Lin Chi-ling in his private jet to host grand parties at his IT empire's redoubts. The tycoon's courtship game with Lin was made official at his company's evening party in Shanxi Province, China, last Friday when the national sweetheart-turned-private hostess played the role of a fan-holding fortune-teller offering her divination on Gou's future love. "There is no need to forecast my love life since I am the one who is in control not fate, and I'm not interested in the fan but the person who is holding it," said subtle-as-a-sledgehammer Gou. Lin la...

Financial backing for new John Woo epic unaffected by cast change, producer says

thanks to SamIAm @ http://z2.invisionfree.com/la_creme_d_asie Source: International Herald Tribune URL: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/22/arts/AS-A-E-MOV- John-Woo-Casting-Change.php Financial backing for new John Woo epic unaffected by cast change, producer says The Associated Press Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Click here to find out more! HONG KONG: Financial backing for director John Woo's new Chinese epic has not been affected by the pullout of Cannes best actor winner Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Woo's business partner said Thursday. Woo's US$80 million (€60.2 million) movie "Red Cliff" hit a snag earlier when Leung, one of Hong Kong's biggest stars, dropped out. But producer Terence Chang said Leung has been replaced by another prominent actor, Taiwanese-Japanese heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro, and that the movie's investors are not rattled by the casting change. "All buyers welcome that decision," Chang said in an e-mail to The Associated Press...