Gillian Chung at TVB Fundraising Show

Looks like Cecilia and Gillian are carrying on their normal lives after the big sex scandal...and we have not see Edison back in HK yet.

TVB held a fundraising variety show Help And Love <雪中送暖> this evening to raise money for the action aid project of the same name to help the victims of the snowstorm crisis in Mainland China.

Among the celebrities taking part in the event were Twins. Gillian Chung (鍾欣桐), who has earned herself the nickname of "Naive Gillian" (天真嬌) after her involvement in the recent sex photos scandal and her subsequent explanation for her actions as being "naive and foolish", became the focus of the media attention.

Although there had been over a hundred complaints from the public about the planned appearance of Gillian at the charity show, TVB decided to show their support for her and did not cancel their booking. The producers had also arranged for a group of Twins fans to sit in the live audience and support the duo during their performance. After joining the other stars in the main performance of the theme song "Bringing Warmth In Snow" <雪中送暖>, they also performed "Six Years Of Love" <相愛六年> as their fans showed their applause and encouragement from the audience.

After their item, Twins did not stick around nor answer any of the reporters' questions because they were rushed off to the EEG New Year celebrations.

The show's producer Wai Sai Fai (衛世輝) was asked about the change to Twins' song from the originally planned "Connected Relationships" <連帶關係> and he said that this was made at their request. He also said that although there were more Twins fans in the audience than any other group of fans, but this was made in arrangement with each of the singers' fan clubs and was fair.

During the ensemble performance, Alan Tam (譚詠麟) seemed to keep passing the microphone over to Gillian, who was stood beside him on the stage. He explained that this was to show his support for her and he denied that she was wearing a frown all evening, saying she was very brave and strong.

TVB Executive Chairman Sir Run Run Shaw (邵逸夫) led the donations for the evening by pledging HK$1 million and he was joined by other noted philanthropists including Mr Timothy Fok (霍震霆) who donated HK$5 million on behalf of his family business and also Peter Lam (林建嶽), Pansy Ho (何超瓊), Albert Yeung (楊受成) and Joseph Lau (劉鑾雄), who all also donated HK$1 million towards the fund.

The artistes and singers at the event, including Raymond Lam (林峯), Bosco Wong (黃宗澤), Kevin Cheng (鄭嘉穎) and the cast of TVB sitcom Best Selling Secrets <同事三分親>, all gave up their time to take part in the performance and encouraged the viewers at home to phone in and pledge their donations to the worthy cause.

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Edison Chen scandal jumps Hong Kong

Edison Chen, a popular singer, actor and TV host in Asia, was hoping American audiences would discover him when Christopher Nolan’s newest installment in the Batman series, “The Dark Knight” is released in the United States sometime later this year.

Instead, Americans are getting their first taste of this young Hong Kong actor via one of the largest sex scandals to hit the Hong Kong/Chinese film scene in recent memory.

The scandal, now known as the “Edison Chen Incident,” exploded when digital photographs showing Chen apparently performing sexual acts with other Hong Kong celebrities, Bobo Chan and Gillian Chung, turned up on prominent Hong Kong Internet bulletin boards systems (BBS) and celebrity blogs.

The episode not only raises important questions about privacy and censorship, it is arguably the former British colony’s biggest scandal in years and has secured a place on newspaper front pages every day since it broke a couple of weeks ago.

Laptop repair gone wrong
In the days after the release of the photos, Hong Kong police investigating the case tracked the source of the photos to a computer service center where Chen had taken his laptop for repairs. Police arrested eight employees of the service center in connection with the photo release since the discovery, and announced that they believed over 1,300 racy photos of celebrities had been stolen.

In places like Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China, where the hunger for celebrity news is ravenous and invasive, the daily leak of new images has kept the story on the tabloids’ front pages, alongside breathless updates on the stars and ongoing legal proceedings.

While the tabloid buzz has currently settled on the stars already exposed in the photos, much of the discussion on Chinese and Hong Kong blogs has been speculation over which other actresses and musicians will be implicated. Rumors of a tawdry video showing Chen’s onetime girlfriend, Maggie Q., who Americans may know from Mission Impossible III, Live Free or Die Hard, has kept hundreds of thousands of Chinese netizens glued to online forums and chat sites waiting for updates.

Gillian Chung

Hong Kong singer Gillian Chung, left, told the press she was “naive and silly” after racy photos that showed her partially nude with Edison Chen were widely circulated on the Internet.

Police handling and privacy rights
Outside of the realm of the gossip reporting, an interesting debate over Internet rights and the Hong Kong police’s handling of the scandal has emerged. Concerns over the police’s ability to deal with cyber crimes first arose when they were forced to make an embarrassing retraction after new photos mysteriously appeared on Feb. 7 – a day after the police had confidently announced that the probable source of the leak had been caught.

Furthermore, the police have been under fire from both Hong Kong civil liberties groups and legislators after Commissioner of Police Tang King-Shing declared, incorrectly, that even the mere possession of the tawdry photos could be illegal and grounds for arrest.

Shing’s words proved to be inflammatory as netizens nervously wondered whether the police would indeed arrest or punish the tens of thousands of people who had already downloaded or seen the images.

Shing’s interview even sparked an angry protest led by prominent Hong Kong lawmaker and activist “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-Hung outside of police headquarters in Wan Chai. The protestors accused the police commissioner of fear-mongering and demanded he clarify his statements.

The seeming ham-handed handling of the case has left the police on the defensive as they now find themselves having to allay public fears about privacy and a perception of selectiveness in investigating high-profile Internet pornography cases more rigorously than others.

The latter problem can be fixed in the short-term through a recommitment to investigating and prosecuting cyber crimes. However, concerns over privacy and government regulation of the Internet will certainly, for better or for worse, draw eerie comparisons to the regulations that currently rule just across the border in mainland China.

Star’s image battered
Meanwhile, Chen, who had developed a large teenage girl fan base in Asia through his singing and acting roles, now finds himself at the center of a nasty public backlash against his carefully cultivated image.

There has been a growing public perception both in the local blogs and many public forums that whether or not these images were made consensually, Chen took advantage of the girls he appeared with.

While he has since issued a public statement via a YouTube video posted on his website (Chen has been in Canada since the scandal broke), it would seem that the damage has already been done. Since the images were leaked, Chen has been dumped from what was to be a soon to be released Stephen Chow (Kung-Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer) film.

While the Hong Kong glitterati have had their fair share of sex scandals, none of them compare in terms of the speed and voraciousness of coverage. It will be interesting to see if Chen can ride out the negative publicity engulfing him, and whether he can parlay it to jumpstart an ailing career, a la U.S. celebrities Paris Hilton and Tommie Lee who were caught in similarly compromising positions.

By Ed Flanagan, NBC News Researcher

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Edison Chen Proposes to Vincy Yeung and gets rejected

The media revealed yesterday that Edison Chen had been actually proposing to Vincy Yeung all this while in Boston that they should get married, not once but at least four times.

He hoped to use the marriage as a base to turn over a new leaf and even sought to threatening slitting his wrists to “force” Vincy to accept. But following discussions with her family, Vincy rejected his proposal firmly.

It’s believed that instead of flying back to Hong Kong today, he has gone to Vancouver, Canada to help his mother move to another place (avoid the media glare) and also take temporary refuge for some relief.

His refusal to return to Hong Kong now stems from the fact that he could be hunted down by the triads upon his entry and also possible prosecution (victim -> accused) by the police for his involvement in the scandal.

Since the sex pictures became international with the circulation, overseas Chinese residents are discussing this incident. So Edison’s mom, Carol, is distressed about this scandal. She has looked for a new residence to find some peace and quiet.

Rachel Ngan photos in Edison Chen Scandal Pictures

Just when everything seems to be getting back to normal, two more photos of a female starlet apparently linked to Edison Chen sex photos scandal was leaked onto the internet 15th Feb morning.

The photos are believed to be of the same girl where she appears naked in one and performing a sexual act on a guy in the other.

The quality of both pictures are pretty low resolution from a video camera.

The photos matched the set of photos released of the girl earlier on. The girl is believed to be Rachel Ngan. Tsk tsk, I used to see this girl act. What a waste. She's pretty

Edison Chen delays plans back to Hong Kong

There are many rumours flying around as to how Edison Chen is returning to Hong Kong or whether is he in Hong Kong already.

But according to the latest news report from Netease.com after contacting East Asia Music today, it’s understood that Edison Chen’s scheduled return to Hong Kong tomorrow.

His subsequent press conference has been cancelled, no reason given.

Edison Chen was supposed to give a press conference tomorrow to address the public about the recent sex photos scandal.

He was also due to report at the Wanchai Police Station to record his statement and provide useful information. But that is all up in smoke now judging from this turn of events. East Asia Music expressed that when Edison does return, they will contact the media so that they can “welcome” him back.

Now what has led to Edison Chen sudden cancellation of his scheduled return? Maybe he chickened out on the possibility that he might be taken out by the triads (Albert Yeung alleged links) once he returns while the police are also after him. So maybe he wants to make his return to Hong Kong in a quiet manner.

Meanwhile on the other hand, Gillian has been involved in several polls where the netizens have voted against seeing her on television. They have branded her statement childish and are up in arms to prevent her from returning to work smoothly. There are rumours that Twins might be heading for a split.

Cecilia meanwhile has returned back to work secretly, fliming a commercial and is reportedly in good health. Her marriage to Nicholas Tse is on the contrary not on the rocks as reported and is even stronger than before.

What will happen next?

Hollywood Grind has 1300 of Edison Chen Sex Photos

Edison Chen Sex Photos scandal has entered 19 days, the story still took the front pages of many Chinese papers in Hong Kong. The two new pictures supposed to be Rachel Ngan and Bobo Chan appearing in HKGolden Forum on Feb 14 apparently showed that the mysterious "Kira" is not the only people who possessed all of of 1300 Edison Chen's scandalous sex photos, now an US celebrity gossip blog Hollywood Grind obvious also received them:

UPDATE! HG now has all 1300 pictures from Edison’s laptop. We will be posting them over the next few days. Check back to see them here!

MORE PICTURES WILL BE ADDED ON 2-16
There are picture sets of girls we haven’t been able to positively identify yet, so once we post them, we’ll need readers to help us give those girls a name. Pictures of Bobo are coming as well. It takes time to prepare the pictures so be patient.

Wall Street Journal reports Edison Chen Sex Photos Scandal

Really did not anticipate that Wall Street Journal, one of the most prestigious newspaper on the planet, will also take on the biggest ever scandal now rocking the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Somewhat disppointed is that WSJ didn't run the truth behind Edison Chen Sex Photos Scandal (e.g. what on Earth the role of Albert Yeung in this scandal)

'Sexy Photo Gate' Mesmerizes Hong Kong, China and Sparks Police Crackdown, Backlash


Heartthrob Edison Chen Asks for Decency

By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER and JONATHAN CHENG

HONG KONG -- If Chinese heartthrob Edison Chen really did take 1,300 photos of himself in compromising positions with a dozen or so starlets, it was a bad idea.

Over the past two weeks, someone calling himself "Kira" has posted hundreds of photos online that purport to illustrate the sexual exploits of Mr. Chen, a 27-year-old actor, hip-hop artist, Pepsi pitchman and "newcomer" in People magazine's 2006 Sexiest Man Alive issue. The starlets include some of the biggest draws in Asia, including Gillian Chung, one half of Twins, a squeaky-clean pop duo featured in recent promotions for Hong Kong Disneyland.

Cecilia Cheung Restarts Work Post Edison Sex Photos Scandal

Cecilia Cheung has restarted work for filming an advertisment of a branded feminine cleansing wash product after being involved in the rocked sex photos scandal these days.

It was learnt that Cecilia's current emotion is very stable because husband Nicholas Tse has accompanied with her over the past few days since the sex photos with Edison Chen were exposed.

It seemed that the relationship between the couple did not change despite of the previous divorce rumour.

Cecilia Cheung "張栢芝" police girl strip tease

Edison Chen "陳冠希" had Cecilia Cheung "張栢芝" perform a police girl strip tease for him and his camera. Cecilia Cheung slowly strip off her police uniform exposing her hotness in sheer panties and bra. This is the complete Cecilia Cheun police girl strip tease in the Hong Kong Celebrity Photo Sex Scandal.

Chinese New Year Song Edison Chen Sex Scandal

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