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Back-breaking directorial debut for pop star
Taiwan pop king Jay Chou is feeling the strain of his directorial debut.
Chou, who also plays the lead role in the film Secrets That Can't Be Spoken that delves into his love affairs while in high school came down with a cold and suffered a relapse of his spine inflammation after shooting for upto 17 hours a day.
The movie is scheduled to be finished this month.
The singer-turned-actor has already scored a number of hits in the cinema world, including Zhang Yimou's blockbuster Curse of the Golden Flower. He also directed the music video for the movie's theme song.
Hong Kong veteran actor Anthony Wong will again play Jay's father in the latest flick after their successful collaboration in the move Initial D. Taiwan actress Guey Lun-mei, a new face, will play the female lead.
I was tired, says Campbell about hitting maid
Naomi Campbell says she very much regrets losing her temper and hitting her maid with a cell phone over a pair of missing jeans last year.
"I felt very remorseful for having thrown the phone at someone that didn't deserve it," the 35-year-old supermodel tells the TV show "Extra" in an interview set to air on Tuesday. "I have a deep sense of shame for the things I've done."
What made her do it? It was "tiredness, lack of sleep (and) just so many things," she says.
Campbell, who has a reputation for angry outbursts, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault last month for hitting Ana Scolavino in the back of the head with the phone last March. Scolavino was treated for a head injury.
In exchange for her guilty plea, she was ordered to pay Scolavino's medical expenses of $363, do five days of community service and attend a two-day anger-management program.
Las Vegas wooing
King of Pop
Michael Jackson is "reviewing and evaluating" proposals for his future including several offers to perform in Las Vegas, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday, but he doesn't feel any pressure to make a quick decision.
Raymone K. Bain confirmed that, after a period of globe-trotting, Jackson is currently living in Las Vegas.
"Mr. Jackson has been presented numerous proposals proposals which he has not solicited, but were presented to him, several of which include performing in Las Vegas," Bain said in a press release. "Mr. Jackson is currently reviewing and evaluating each proposal. He does not believe that he is under any time constraint for making his decisions."
The pop icon took up residence in Las Vegas a few months ago after traveling in Europe, living in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Bahrain and then moving to Ireland. He still maintains his Neverland ranch in Santa Ynez, California, but he has not lived there since shortly after he was acquitted of child molestation charges in a sensational trial in 2005.
Agencies-China Daily
(China Daily 03/01/2007 page18)
