Post by km@ourHOMesg on Oct 31, 2006 22:39:13 GMT 8
courtesy of homsweethome.com
LEEHOM AVOIDS TALKING ABOUT SHU QI
Yesterday pop icon WANG LI-HONG returned to Taiwan to promote for Sony Ericcson's latest edition. Leehom looked extremely exhausted and his face obviously looked thinner than before. After the press conference, Leehom said that he was in a hurry to catch the flight back to Hong Kong and quickly left, afraid that the media would ask more questions about rumors between him and SHU QI.
PROMOTES NEW SINGLE AS A RINGTONE
Leehom is recently busy filming a new movie for famous international director LI AN (Ang Lee). Leehom's newest single is released today. However, this new single is only exclusive as a ring tone for mobile phones and will not be releasd in the markets.
Wearing casual clothing to the press conference with a dark cap on his head to prevent his hairstlye for "SE, JIE (Lust, Caution)" to be exposed, Leehom managed to take up some of his free time to return to Taiwan to promote his new single. This new single is unique for it is a remake of an old song back in 1930s, and it is now turned into a ringtone for everyone to use.
Leehom said, "The movie I'm currently filming is a story that took place in the 1930s, so I can say that I experienced how the 1930s life was like. Therefore I chose this song, 'As Time Goes By'. This song was produced way back in 1931, and it is also the theme song for the movie, Casablanca, so it's only exclusive for mobile phones."
LEEHOM DOES NOT HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS
Leehom is currently busy filming a new movie with famous international director Ang Lee as the director. In the film Leehom plays a patriotic young scholar. To grasp more into character, Leehom is willing to do anything, such as recording his voice with his mobile phone to help him to memorize his lines. When people saw Leehom constantly muttering quietly at his mobile phone, people began to think that Leehom was having mental problems.
Leehom said, "The paparazzi shot pictures of me talking in the phone on set. I was actually listening to what I recorded on my phone so it could help me with my lines."
For the new film, Leehom purposely lost up to six pounds. He said, "Recently I've been an early bird, waking up as well as sleeping early. The reason why I'm getting skinnier is not because I'm tired, but because it is a requirement for the movie." Leehom is also currently practicing his speech. He said, "I really need to try my best. I need to have precise pronunciation in my speech. I'm also having stict training for this. Before I always thought that will be an obstacle that will be hard to overcome. It still is, but I'm trying - I need to fix my ABC accent."
A while back, the paparazzi caught Leehom talking on his phone during filming hours on set. Again, Leehom strongly denied that he was chatting on the phone. He said that he was using his phone to help him memorize his lines for the movie. After Leehom finished the short electronic press conference, he was in a hurry to catch with his 4:00 flight back to Hong Kong. He refused to accept his interview to be a regular press conference and instead he communited through the media electronically. After the short interview, he immediately left. According to sources, Leehom was originally leaving Taiwan to Hong Kong at the 8:00 flight at night instead of the 4:00 flight. Sony BMG stepped up to clear this mislead assumption and said that because there was a customer who needed to do some recording, Leehom had to postpone his flight.
The media also asked Sony BMG about Leehom's rumors with Shu Qi. Was the man that appeared at Shu Qi's apartment really Leehom? Sony BMG said that they will not reply to prevent further mislead information.
Source: ettoday.com, udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/ENT1/3581442.shtml
Credit: homsweethome.com, KC_Zhu
Translations: Scarlett
