Source: wtop.com/MingPao

Actress Michelle Yeoh said Tuesday that she was aware of Harvey Weinstein’s reputation and would have unleashed “years of martial arts training” on the fallen Hollywood mogul had he ever tried to sexually harass her. 

The Weinstein Co. was one of the producers of last year’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny,” a sequel in which Yeoh reprised her role from the original blockbuster martial arts film. The company also produced the Netflix series “Marco Polo,” a period epic in which Yeoh had a role. Weinstein’s previous company, Miramax, distributed Yeoh’s earlier films. He was also a big donor to amfAR, an AIDS charity for which Yeoh, 55, is an ambassador.

 Ziyi Zhang, who also starred in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” said Weinstein often tried to work with her, but she refused. Weinstein tried to recruit her for the “Crouching Tiger” sequel by promising her an Oscar, she said. The fallen mogul never sexually harassed her, her representative confirmed to AP. “I feel lucky to have escaped working with Harvey Weinstein, even though it wasn’t from lack of trying on his part,” Zhang said in a statement. “The deals he offered were always balanced in his favor and I couldn’t accept them. “Even though an Oscar is what every actor dream of but, I didn’t feel right that it should become something to be used in a trade,” the actress said.

 

Source: Coconuts HK

 

Two men were sentenced this morning to 28 months in prison for extortion and other crimes after forcing a woman to “take a bath” in order to pay off her gambling debt.

According to 

, defendants Lai Man-hon, 30, and Chan Tsz-ming, 28, forced the victim – a 25 year-old woman – to strip down and take a bath while they filmed her, saying that complying would reduce the amount she owed. Both Lai and Chan had pleaded guilty to the crimes in District Court earlier.

Local news website 

 reported that the victim borrowed a casino loan of about HK$37,000 (US$4,740) when she went to the gambling hub of Macau last year. She continued to gamble, and had 20 days to repay HK$60,000 (US$7,683). The website reported that when she returned to Hong Kong the following day, the two defendants were waiting for her at the pier and told her she owed HK$180,000 (about US$23,000). The woman insisted she only owed HK$60,000, but this was ignored by the two men, who took her to a hotel room where they filmed and took the nude photographs of her.

Source: MingPao

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37 years old Myolie Wu has become a mother now. Myolie and her husband Philip Lee announced the good news yesterday. Myolie gave birth to a baby boy by normal delivery, the baby weighs nearly 8 lbs. Philip told the social media that mother and baby are well and Myolie is breast feeding the baby. Philip said Myolie is very tired and she finds breast feeding the baby is a challenge.

Myolie will follow the Chinese tradition to stay indoor, mostly in bed for a whole month. She is not even allowed to pick up her phone. According to Philip, the name "Brendan" is an Irish name, meaning a "Prince".  Brendan has  5 aunties already lined up as Godmothers, namely Paisley Wu, Elaine Yiu, Selena Lee, Nancy Wu and Mandy Wong. Nancy Wu was the first "Godmother" to see the baby. She told reporter "I am so happy that I have seen the baby, he is very cute, full of his parents good genes." Myolie's good friend Joel Chan left a message in social media  "I wish Baby Lee growing up healthy. Mandy Wong also posted  "Myolie is a supermama, well done!"

Myolie and Philip got married in December 2015, she is the first person in  "The Sisterhood Traveling Gang" (胡說八道會) to become a mother.

Source: MingPao

Ada Choi finally turned up to promote "Oh My Grad" series on 10 October but the male lead, Roger Kwok was absent due to sickness and Wong Cho Lam was away for another job. Ada hopes Roger will have a speedy recovery and all cast team members have good results. Asking about her repeated absence in recent promotion events, Ada said:  This is because I need to work in overseas a lot, and perhaps they know I am around and they can take a rest today. Besides, I did my best to promote it before airing and definitely give my full efforts as I am the female lead."

When mentioning about her having a hoarse voice in the series, Ada expressed her gratitude towards her good friend, Jonathan Chik. She  needed to undergo a throat surgery when filming "The Gem of Life"  series at that time and her voice becomes sore due to insufficient rest. She admitted that she had some reflections after filming the series: "The kids are mature nowadays, a male kid has already shown his love for my elder daughter when studying primary 1. He said he likes her very much and wants to kiss her lips. I only encounter this when studying in primary 3. I told my daughter to put a cross sign and kick the opposite party if it happens again. No one is allowed to touch any of her body part, not even her shoulder except from her own family. She needs to know how to protect herself . Anyway, it is dangerous that she is as pretty as me."

Ada added that her husband, Max Zhang is more paranoid than her. He tells my daughter to reject the opposite sex even on video cam. He is the only man who is allowed to dote on her.

Source: Daily Mail Co.UK/MingPao

Jackie Chan's daughter has come out as a lesbian. Etta Ng, 17 - who is estranged from the Hollywood star - announced her news on 

 by posting a picture of herself in front of a rainbow background, and later confirmed she is in a relationship with 30-year-old social media influencer Andi Autumn. Etta posted an emoji of a rainbow alongside the following hashtags: '#lgbtqai #lgbt #lesbian #androgynous (sic)' 

After breaking the news, Etta, who lives in Hong Kong, admitted she was 'speechless' at how much support she has received after growing up with a lot of 'negativity and close mindedness' throughout her life. She wrote: 'I am in awe at the amount of support and love poured my way. I am speechless at how followers went to my Girlfriend @andiautumn and my account to show us both so much positivity. People all over the world have been rooting us on as Hong Kong media continues to mock. I've grown up in a world of negativity and close mindedness but I am at that point where I realise that I can use my experience to tell my truths and help others just like me. Thankfully I've grown since the days I was powerless and uncertain what the world has for me. Thank you for the enormous outpour of love and acceptance (sic)'