It's been a slow news week in celebrity circles, as most of the stories that have emerged are of the "not" variety.

For instance, there are not any nude pictures of mainland actress Zhou Xun. While men everywhere with an Internet connection will be expressing their disappointment, the lady in question was cock-a-hoop.

The whole sorry story started with the arrest some time ago of Wang Shuo, one of Beijing's "Four Masters", so-named because they have too much money, too many girlfriends and attitude problems.

He had gone rogue in a dispute with fellow Four Master, Wang Ke, in which it was alleged Wang Shuo deliberately crashed his car into Wang Ke's and then put a gun to his head.

As a result, his apartment was searched for unregistered weapons and it was alleged by a weekly that police also turned up pics of a naked Zhou Xun, who used to date Wang Shuo. Another naked photo scandal seemed to be imminent.

But now the weekly that made the claim has apologized and confirmed there were in fact no naked pics, which has got Zhou Xun's management company saying, "I told you so."

A-mei is not dating Harlem Yu. The celebrity pair has been linked together since a mutual friend of the pair revealed they had a thing for each other.

A-mei and Harlem Yu have both been unlucky in love and the media has been keen to hype up a union between the two. The problem is, since they are so high profile, they're not getting the opportunity to meet up and if there was a spark of romance, it's died.

Asked this week about her relationship with Yu, A-mei replied "there was no such thing".

Joey Yung is not gay. Last week the Cantopop singer appeared to be admitting, as rumored, that she and fellow celebrity Denise Ho were more than just "best friends".

She also made an impassioned plea for people to respect same-sex love, partly because it was genetic and nothing could be done about it.

This week she appealed to fans by saying she had been honest in the interview but her words had been twisted.

"I couldn't believe that a simple interview was made into something by deliberately misinterpreting it," the singer posted.

Finally, Shang Wenjie is not Lady Gaga. The former Super Girl champion got hot under the collar when her latest song, To McQueen, was criticized and netizens queued up to call her a Lady Gaga copycat.

"Those who said all I know about is copying other people instead of concentrating on singing, go to hell!"

Shang did calm down somewhat later by posting a follow-up comment: "To err is human, to forgive divine. We should be free to live a life."

She then capped it all by posting a Michael Jackson picture with a caption reading: "You tell me I'm wrong, then you better prove you're right."