(Photo @ top w/ Benny holding gold decoration):
Benny Chan constantly wears no clothes during wintertime to become "Roger"!!? What is "Roger"? It turns out that Benny Chan will participate in a new TVB drama series [Fong Shen Bang] in mid-September. Benny, whose character in the series is the six-year-old third Prince Na Zha (Roger), worries that the English-speaking media won't understand him, and therefore gives himself such a name. At this moment, Esther Kwan makes fun of him and says, "One has to keep a firm grasp on the character when portraying Na Zha, otherwise people will think you are idiotic, haha...."
(Photo @ 2nd row right w/ Esther & Benny holding gold decoration):
This press conference began on time at 3:00. Esther Kwan, in a pink outfit, and Benny Chan, with a Prince-Charming-on-white-stallion look, arrives in Sinapore from Hong Kong in a rush. Besides promoting two new drama series, they were also invited by the National Kidney Foundation of Sinapore to attend the "Cry Bid Show" during the local Zhong Wan Festival, and help cry out bids for the luck items in the show. Both are too happy for words to describe.
(Headline @ mid-page):
Benny Chan Wears No Clothes During Wintertime to Be "Roger"
Esther Kwan Blacklists Mr. Cheung
(Blurb below headline in red font):
Esther Kwan and Benny Chan finds time in their busy schedules to come to the lion city to lend a helping hand to the Singapore Kidney Foundation, and to promote two new TVB drama series [Armed Reaction II] and [The Legend of Dragon-Man]. Because both of them cannot find time to go to Malaysia for promotion, Golden Star Institute specially invites Malaysian Chinese media to cover the conference in the lion city.
(Photo of Esther holding a photo of herself):
Esther Kwan, the top TVB actress, says that she is currently enjoying the joys of an extended vacation, and will temporarily leave off her busy work to release herself a little. Esther Kwan has already visited Japan earlier. What she misses most is the local bath station culture, which she yearned to try. But because of her poor health and sensitive skin, she missed the chance to try spa.
(Green headline under blurb in red):
Esther Kwan Refuses to Work With "Mr. Cheung"!?
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And for Nick Cheung, who is currently increasingly popular and considered to be the successor of comedian Stephen Chow, Esther Kwan believes that the title is given by the media. She finds the title funny, but in fact believes that it is too early for her boyfriend to be crowned such a title. Unfortunately, her boyfriend Nick Cheung is added to her blacklist of "artistes she will absolutely not work with". She admits that in her work, there is no chance she will be in the same scene with that "Mr. Cheung".
2nd Article
"Co-Stars in [The Legendary Four Aces]
Nick Cheung & Esther Kwan: Just This Time"
(blurb in bold black font under headline):
TVB employs four actors and four actreses in [The Legendary Four Aces], featuring a diamond-grade strong cast of Nick Cheung, Esther Kwan, Bobby Au-Yeung, Yong Hong, Lam Ka Tung, Nnadia Chan, Ngai Chun Kit, and Man Chung Han, in hope of putting the series on air after the 50th-episode break of [New Era] and devastate ATV! One selling point is that Nick Cheung and Esther Kwan is working together for the first time since they started dating. However, it turns out that working together with a lover is not as fun as one imagines it to be. In fact, one has to make much avoidances, and no one but oneself knows of the hardships!
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It is in such a ruin that Nick proposes marriage to Esther for the first time! It is impossible to believe that in their many years together, none of them has ever mentioned the word marriage. As the saying goes, women should get pregnancy while they are young. Seems like Esther should cease the chance and consider the issues of marriage and bearing children!
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The character Nick portrays, Tang Bai Hu, crosses fences and goes on giant wheels to make his girl Qiu Xiang (Esther Kwan) smile; don't say it's not difficult. But compared to the days when Nick was courting Esther, when he had to pretend to be foolish to get close, this is minor business!
(Headline in orange box):
Keeps At a Distance From Nick Cheung
(Text in orange box @ left of page):
Nick Cheung and Esther Kwan works together on-screen for the first time since they began dating, and orginally thought they'd have more chances to spend time together, but are disappointed. Esther says, "I could go crazy playing with everyone I've worked with before, but I cannot play with him at all. I have to be careful with him about everything. Even if we stand a little close to each other, we are afraid people will laugh at us and accuse us of flirting in public. We'd have to leave intimacy for after getting home. In a sentence, we cannot have many small gestures!"
Posted on Nov 5, 2003, 1:49 AM from IP address 24.69.255.203
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