Ethan Ruan’s body became an overnight sensation on the hit drama Fated to Love You a few years ago. Its ratings sky-rocketed to make history while he generously showed off his muscles. Ethan Ruan followed it up by showing more of his in-demand body in another hit drama My Queen. Viewers were glued to the television to watch steamy bed scenes between him and costar Cheryl Yang.

On the other hand, Van Ness Wu was already known for his body before Autumn’s Concerto. His bed and shower scenes in the drama always guaranteed a shot at his half-naked body. After one of his shower scenes was cut because it was too long, the production team shot another one to satisfy viewers. Needless to say, Van Ness Wu hopped back to the shower again and made sure they got a shot of him from every angle.

Blue Lan will be showing some skin on his current drama P.S. Man in a dream sequence. Costar Sonia Sui is supposed to seduce a half-naked Blue Lan by sitting on top of him. She will be dressed in only a shirt while showing off her model-legs. In order to look great for the scene, Blue Lan prepped his body by doing sit-ups before filming started.

Now Jay Chou is not just an artist, he has a lot of other identities, an actor in film, an actor on TV and a director, which role is the easiest for him? Jay Chou expressed that making music is still the best, having come out for so many years he’s still more satisfied with being an artist. You could only say that making movies was a different path, he just wanted to see if the results of his new work could catch up with music, even though it wasn’t as successful as music, but it was worth the effort, now his focus is different, he will continue according to plan and complete his identity transformation. If you were to say which identity he likes best, Jay Chou still thinks it’s a tough choice, if you’ve worked on music for a while you want to change it up, if he had to say he would say being an MV director, this job has a short timescale but you get to see results very fast, it’s full of the feeling of accomplishment.

When asked if among the identities there was a hardest one, Jay Chou didn’t deny it and expressed it is directing a TV series, this job is a bit more tougher, it’s something that doesn’t come easily. The 30 episodes of “Pandamen”, I filmed every one of them like a movie, it was so tough and hard, but you can’t stop halfway through. If nothing particular happens, I won’t be filming anymore TV series. Towards the results of “Pandamen”, Jay Chou admitted expectations for “Pandamen” were too high at the beginning, he thinks such a piece of work that has so much heart should be able to get decent results, who would have thought the result would be so shocking. But he was still very confident of himself, he also urged his two good buddies Nan Quan Mama’s Yuhao and Devon, “Don’t lose heart, it hasn’t reached the finishing line yet so who knows the result, I believe what we have given out will be rewarded.”

Last year he was busy with two movies “The Treasure Hunter” and Hollywood movie “The Green Hornet”, we wonder what other big plans he has for movies in 2010? For instance making a move into the overseas market. Jay Chou expressed: “Last year I was busy with movies for the whole year, indeed I showed my face less in other areas, but please rest assured this year I am coming back, I will bring a new album and concert.” As for overseas development, Jay Chou thinks: “The Green Hornet was my first Hollywood movie, I’ll wait until it shows and see the response before making a decision, if it does well I’ll consider overseas development, I’m not greedy.” If everyone wants to see his movies you might have to wait until 2012.

Jay Chou has announced his return to music in 2010, his new album however is still no where to be seen, when asked about its progress, Jay Chou admitted it might be a little later than the April date he said before, if no accidents happen it should be seeing everyone at the beginning of May. Right now the main thing is that there are a lot of commercials he has to finish filming, it’s delayed the recording work, but the songs have been written already, you can rest assured about this point, the style is still Jay Chou’s style of love songs, etc…even though he won’t dare to say it will blow you away, but he guarantees you’ll get more and more feeling as you listen to it, this is the surprise he is bringing. Later on in June he will be holding his world tour concert, he hasn’t held a concert for a while so there’s still some things he hasn’t prepared, at present he is beginning the part where he picks songs, the other bits he will leave to his crew, they have worked together for so many years he trusts them very much.

As for the concert’s style, what kind of new things will there be, Jay Chou smiled and expressed: “At the beginning I wanted to do some magic, everyone knows I like this, it’s a pity that a lot of people have used it before I’ve held my concert, it seems like I should keep my mouth shut from now on so ideas don’t get stolen.” Of course he personally hopes to bring something different, so right now he is thinking hard on how to make a perfect performance that belongs only to Jay Chou? Everyone should wait and see in June at the Taipei Arena. At the end Jay Chou stressed, he hopes that there is a breakthrough at this concert, the Taipei stop has 3 sessions, he hopes the Hong Kong can surpass the 7 session record of last time, “I really admire some of the seniors in Hong Kong, they hold 10-20 sessions at a time at the Hong Kong Coliseum, I really admire their courage and strength, I also want to challenge myself to see if I can do it.”

Rock’n'Roll Circus, will be Ayumi’s eleventh original album so far since her latest full-length CD NEXT LEVEL, which was released in March last year. This album will feature 14 songs total, including all her latest four singles: You were…, BALLAD, Sunrise ~LOVE IS ALL~ and Sunset ~LOVE IS ALL~, as well as the brand-new songs Microphone and Don’t look back, which are currently being used as commercials in Japan.

Two editions of the album are going on sale, one of these accompanied by a DVD including eight different music videos and making-ofs, plus a digest video of the live DVD ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2009 A ～NEXT LEVEL～. A special edition including the album and the full DVD is also being released in the same day as a limited box set.

As for the Live DVD, it is a three-disc set featuring footage from one of Ayumi’s performances at Yoyogi Daiichi Taiikukan in 2009, which was part of her latest arena tour. This tour spanned 35 dates in approximately seven months and mobilized almost 300,000 people. 24 songs, as well as screen footage and all the MCs from the concert have been recorded to give shape to the release.

But as with most things, there’s always a cause and effect. In order to wear the modified cheongsam well, the wearer needs to ensure that there’s no spare tyre or flabby arms. Of course, if the wearer is endowed with the proper curves, so much the better.

What I admire about this traditional costume is that it is still flexible enough that one can still look demure or sexy, depending on the cut and the length.

In fact, you can look quite school-marmish if the cheongsam is of plain material without any slit and you pair it with a severe hairdo.

But if brightly-coloured or patterned, then the wearer looks sophisticated. Add in slits at the side (or both sides), and jaws will drop.

And it is due to these very qualities that the cheongsam continues to make appearances in movies (Maggie Cheung – ‘In the Mood for Love’, Tang Wei – ‘Lust, Caution’, Kirsten Dunst -‘Spider Man’, Nicole Kidman – ‘Australia’) and on red carpets (alright alright, blue carpet too), both in the East and West.

Sharon was doing a show for a jeweler the other night. She looked a bit stiff, she said she had become a “Stiff neck 4″. Although she was still in pain, nevertheless, she finished the show. After the event, she told reporter “The doctor told me I had an old injured on my neck before, and the head gear I was wearing was very heavy. That may have been the cause of my problem. The neck bones were out of place and were pressing on the nerve, causing me so much pain. I couldn’t even lift my arms up. I have to wear the collar to protect my neck. Fortunately, the filming is nearly finished. The company have told me not to risk it. I will take some time off work to rest.”

The E-PL1 has interchangeable lenses, a new Live Guide and one-touch HD video. You can modify the luminance, vividness and color shade much easier than other cameras. It will cost around 80,000 yen.

Miyazaki said she has already tried out the camera during a recent trip to Morocco. “It was like a traveling companion,” she said.

Huang Mi Hee ( left ) — vs — Im Ji Hee ( right )

Van Ness’ popularity skyrocketed after the smash hit idol drama, “Autumn’s Concerto,” which also crowned him the King in ratings. Van Ness reportedly received ten drama and three movie offers, but it has been confirmed that he will be taking up the “Killer Never Kills” project, which will resume its filming by the end of the month. Although Van Ness previously indicated that he would concentrate working on his upcoming album, he loved the character in “Killer” too much, so he accepted the role. In fact, Vic also recommended Van Ness to Film Mall, the movie production company, because he believes that Van Ness’ “gentle” appearance matches the role very well.