News - May 2006

Kelly had recently signed a contract to be the spokesperson for Korea's "Isa Knox" cosmetics for HK and China region. Although the label has a history of 60 years, this is the company's first attempt to enter the Asia Pacific market. The company hopes to use Kelly's popularity in the region to promote its products.

Kelly's song "Lover's Concerto" for the movie "Anna Magdelena" is very well known in Korea and many local drama serials and commercials have used it as their theme song. Another reason for the Korean label to choose Kelly is that she has flawless complexion and a very clean, healthy image.

In the advertisement, Kelly had to appear in several images including a picture taken on bed. She had to express the relaxed feeling before sleep. There are also images of her in evening gown and casual wear.

Prior to shooting the commercial, Kelly made full use of the time to rest and she had even applied moisturising mask the previous night!

Kelly 天價做韓國化妝品牌代言人

陳慧琳以「天價」酬勞，為韓國化妝與護膚品牌伊諾芝 ( ISA KNOX ) 擔任亞洲區代言人。雖然該品牌在韓國有 60 年歷史，但今次進軍中、港等地區，以 Kelly 的知名度，對商品宣傳有很大幫助。

Kelly 當年主演的電影《安娜瑪德蓮娜》，主題曲便曾在韓國播到街知巷聞，不少韓劇與廣告也「跟風」選用該音樂，可見 Kelly 在當地的知名度很高。

絕密牀上照曝光

除了知名度高外， Kelly 被選中的原因是皮膚嫩滑、形象健康。為配合品牌多種商品， Kelly 要以不同形象出現，包括牀上照，她表現了睡前感覺輕鬆的樣子，另外還有晚裝及便裝扮相等。

Kelly 拍廣告前爭取時間休息，她說 ﹕ 「為了以最佳狀態拍攝，前一晚敷了補濕面膜，翌日特別容光煥發 ﹗ 」

Source: 明報

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二○○六年五月二十日星期六 2006 May 20 Saturday

Secret Admirer

Kelly and Stephen Chan had yesterday recorded the 3rd episode of TVB's Pay Vision "Be My Guest". Before the programme recording, both of them had strike poses. Kelly, who is already tall, had worn a pair of heels and made Stephen Chan look very short. He then gave a laugh and asked whether Kelly had deliberately done so.

In the interview, Stephen commended that Kelly is perfect as she seldom had any negative news. Kelly however admitted that she had many faults including not being photogenic and having an impatient character. Stephen also pointed out that Kelly only had one boyfriend since the time she joined showbiz because no one had dared to pursue her or probably that she do not accept others showering their love at her. Kelly replied that both answers are correct. She was embarrassed and answered that she was too busy to date someone. Was there any one from showbiz that had tried to woo her? No, but someone had a crush on her. Actually, this was guessed by Kelly as the guy had not taken any action. Kelly further said that will answer all questions in the programme and not turn down on those related to her love affair.

Kelly had also revealed that she will soon release a new album. One of the songs "Dolphin" will have the MV filmed in water but she will not consider wearing a swim suit in the video.

Kelly自爆有圈中人暗戀

陳志雲與陳慧琳昨日錄影第 3 集《志雲飯局》，二人在節目中無所不談，錄影前他向 Kelly 獻花及大擺跳舞甫士，表現風騷。由於 Kelly 身材高，加上穿著 5 吋高踭鞋，身旁的陳志雲相形見絀，他笑道 ﹕ 「嘩 ﹗ 你好高重穿高踭鞋，是否想陷害我 ﹗ 」

陳志雲大讚甚少有負面新聞的 Kelly 無瑕疵， Kelly 卻直言自己其實有很多瑕疵，例如外形不夠上鏡，性格心急及沒耐性。陳志雲指她入行至今只得一個男朋友，笑言沒有人敢向 Kelly 展開追求 ﹖ 又可能是 Kelly 不願接受他人的愛 ﹖ Kelly 則指兩樣都有，她尷尬地說 ﹕ 「太忙唔得閒拍拖。 ( 沒有圈中人追求 ﹖ ) 沒有，不過暗戀就有，對方沒向我追求，其實這都是我自己猜測的。」 Kelly 並指自己會在節目中暢所欲言，不怕被問到尖銳的感情問題。 Kelly 並透露很快便推出新碟，快歌《海豚》更會在水中拍 MV，但自己不想穿泳衣拍，因為怕穿崩。

Source: 明報

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二○○六年五月六日星期六 2006 May 6 Saturday

Not Good To Pen Songs

Kelly, Frances Yip and several singers were the performing guests for the HK Shanghai Cultural Event held on Thursday night. Kelly had chose to sing "Good Place" (Mandarin version of "Big Day") to express that HK is a good place worthed introducing to friends from Shanghai.

Kelly was dressed in apricot coloured jacket with laced top. She had confessed that as she knew there were many important guests for the event, she had specially picked a formal wear. Even though Kelly's parents are Shanghainese, only her father knows how to speak the language. Kelly and her mother only know a few sentences. She had taken the opportunity to introduce Shanghai specialty dish called "Hau Fu" and added that her mother is very good in cooking Shanghai dishes. Kelly's favourite dish is "Hau Fu" and she will eat alot whenever her mother cooks them. However, it is difficult to prepare the dish and she is worried that her mother will get too tired. As such, she dared not request her to cook the dish for her. If she has the time, she will learn from her mother on how to cook it. While discussing that Shanghainese people have good complexion, Kelly gave a laugh and said that their complexion are considered ok.

Also, Kelly had been recently busy recording her new album that is expected to be released in Summer. She hoped that there will be a new song plugged on radio in mid May to complement her concert held in end of June. Several singers had expressed that it is hard to find good songs in these years. Kelly felt that it has been so all the time but she continues to try her best to find good songs. Some suggested to Kelly to pen her own songs. Previously, she had tried to compose a song and gave a half completed one to her assistant to listen. Her assistant had no response and Kelly knew that she should just concentrate on singing. Kelly had also revealed that Chan Siu Kei is writing a new song about her. It describes the story of her father and her. Prior to this, he had conducted a one hour interview with Kelly so as to bring in ideas to the lyrics.

陳慧琳向鄉里唱好香港

「今夜無人入睡」文藝晚會前晚假尖沙咀文化中心舉行，當晚表演嘉賓包括：陳慧琳（ Kelly ）、葉麗儀、毛阿敏和周冰倩。葉麗儀唱出經典金曲《上海灘》外，並與內地歌手周冰倩合唱《萬水千山總是情》。 Kelly 就特別選唱《大日子》的國語版《好地方》，意思是想講給大家知道香港是個好地方，將這個好地方介紹給上海的朋友。當晚亦有不少貴賓出席捧場，包括董建華、曾憲梓、梁振英等。

貴賓前表演

Kelly 以杏色褸配黑色花邊恤衫的打扮，隆重出場表演。 Kelly 坦言，因為知道今晚有不少貴賓來捧場，特別著得隆重些。原來 Kelly 父母同是上海人，但全家人只得父親識講上海話，她和母親就略懂兩句。 Kelly更將上海美食「烤夫」介紹給大家，更言母親好叻煮上海菜，她最欣賞就是「烤夫」，每次母親煮烤夫，她都會吃好多。可是煮製烤夫絕不簡單，要很用力炒製，她怕母親辛苦，所以也不敢經常要求母親煮給她吃。不過，若她日後有時間，都會叫母親教她煮「烤夫」。當談到上海人皮膚較好時， Kelly 即笑著滿意說：「都 ok 啦 ! 」

作歌好失敗

另外， Kelly 最近忙著為新碟錄音，預計暑假檔期推出，希望五月中會有新歌派上台，以配合六月底的新城音樂會。有歌手指近年好歌難求，她覺得多年來都一樣好難搵到好歌，只好盡力去搵。有提議她大可自己創作新歌， Kelly 自問沒有作歌的天份，之前也嘗試過寫歌，寫了一半便給助手聽，豈料對方一點反應也沒有。她知道自己是什麼材料？都是主力唱好自己的歌算了。她又透露最近陳少琪為她度身訂造一首新歌，歌詞內容是講述她與父親之間的故事，為了這首歌，她事前便接受陳少琪的訪問，給對方作詞的靈感，單是這個訪問，也做足一個小時，十分細心。

Source: 大公報

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二○○六年五月四日星期四 2006 May 4 Thursday

Concert During World Cup Event

Kelly Spirit Concert will be held on 30th June at the HK Convention and Exhibition Hall. The time happened to coincide with the World Cup. To this, Kelly was not afraid that the World Cup matches will affect the audience turn out on her show. She will be bringing on several dance numbers to pit against the World Cup. She also believed that both sides will have their supporters. During yesterday's press conference for the concert, the radio station had presented Kelly with a football jersey as well as a World Cup special edition soccer ball. It symbolises that Kelly's show will be equally supported as the World Cup.

When asked if Kelly was worried that the World Cup will affect her concert, she expressed that the date was selected by the radio station. She had no worries and she even suggested fans to go home to watch World Cup after catching her concert so that they will have the best of both worlds! Is her boyfriend a World Cup fanatic? She said that he prefers watching basketball and he would watch them with friends. As for Kelly, she has no knowledge of the sports and would not accompany him.

What Kelly is more interested in are TV drama serials. Recently, she has been watching TVB's "La Femme Desperado" and "The Dance Of Passion". Kelly said that she had bought the DVDs for the earlier serial "War And Beauty" . "The Dance Of Passion" uses the original casts from "War And Beauty" and even have her favourite actress Ada Choi and Maggie Siu.

Joey Yung had recently obliged to act in a drama serial to show her gratitude for the TV station. Would Kelly follow suit? Kelly replied that at present she has no time to do that. She will take on a movie this year and following that several concert performances and also release a new album. Even an experienced actress like Liza Wang had said that filming drama serials are tiring. Kelly admitted that Liza's remarks had influenced her to have doubts on doing them.

Would Kelly invite Liza for her upcoming concert to sing "Goddess Of Freedom"? Kelly answered that she would definitely do so but it will have to depend on Liza's schedule. On Liza's recent argument with movie director Johnnie To, Kelly said that she was aware and been following the news. She added that both of them are frank people but have different ways to express themselves. Kelly hoped that there will be a place given for Chinese opera performances so that this culture could be carried forward to more people.

陳慧琳載歌載舞迎戰世界杯

陳慧琳（ Kelly ）「新城唱好陳慧琳音樂會」將於六月三十日假會展中心舉行，適逢「世界杯」舉行期間， Kelly 無懼「世界杯」影響觀眾入場，屆時她將以載歌載舞來迎戰，相信音樂會會有忠實擁躉的支持，各有各精采。在昨日舉行的記者會上，「新城」送贈球衣和 2006 世界杯紀念版足球給 Kelly ，寓意她的音樂會跟「世界杯」一樣，同樣會得到熱烈支持。

沒興趣陪男友睇波

問 Kelly 會否擔心音樂會受「世界杯」影響時， Kelly 表示，日子是「新城」決定的，她並不擔心會受影響，最多屆時她載歌載舞來迎戰。她建議歌迷看完她的演出後，才再回家欣賞「世界杯」，實行雙倍娛樂。問 Kelly 男友會否熱捧「世界杯」賽事？她說，男友較喜歡看籃球賽，不過都會約朋友一起飲酒睇波，感受一下氣氛。 Kelly 自問對足球毫無認識，故沒有興趣陪男友睇波。

Kelly 對球賽沒興趣，因此閒時最愛追看「無線」劇集《女人唔易做》、《火舞黃沙》。 Kelly 表示，之前的《金枝慾孽》她都有買 DVD 看，現在《火》劇以原班人馬演出，更有她喜愛的蔡少芬、邵美琪等好戲之人，她當然要繼續追看。

容祖兒答應「無線」拍劇報恩，問 Kelly 又會否像祖兒一樣，替「無線」拍劇呢？她說，暫時未有時間拍劇，今年已接了一部電影，之後將會舉行巡迴演唱，還要推出新碟。「阿姐」汪明荃拍劇經驗豐富，但還叫辛苦，她不諱言見到「阿姐」叫辛苦，也把她嚇怕了。

望請到阿姐任嘉賓

那麼 Kelly 會否邀請「阿姐」在音樂會上，跟她合唱《自由女神》？ Kelly 說，當然想請到「阿姐」做嘉賓，但仍須視乎「阿姐」的檔期。就「阿姐」與杜琪峰因西九諮詢名單引發的舌戰， Kelly 亦有留意。 Kelly 說，二位前輩都是直腸直肚的人，只是各有不同的表達方式，她希望有固定地方提供給粵劇界演出，讓粵劇藝術繼續發揚光大。

Source: 大公報

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二○○六年五月三日星期三 2006 May 3 Wednesday

Pitting Against World Cup

Most record labels would choose to avoid a head on confrontation with the upcoming World cup event and would release their albums either earlier or later. However, Metro Radio Station would hold a concert on 30th June for Kelly to pit against the World Cup.

The producer of the radio station commented that most companies would not organise any major events during the World Cup period for fear that most people would only concentrate on catching the football matches. However, he felt that Kelly had not held any major shows for almost 2 years in HK and many fans are anticipating her performance. Even though it is a time to catch football matches, there would be other entertainment alternatives.

Kelly開騷抗世盃熱

世界盃熱潮將席捲全球，正當各大唱片公司都紛紛提早或延遲推出唱片，避過和世界盃作正面交鋒之際，新城卻以陳慧琳（ Kelly ）「硬拚」世界盃舉行大型音樂會。而英皇十星、李克勤就食住個勢，推出有關世界盃的精選唱片。

世界盃將於六月十日至七月十日舉行，據知不少唱片公司得知屆時「全城皆波」，故都處於「休碟期」盡量提早或延期出碟，但新城就覺得 Kelly 的天后級人氣及號召力，足以抗衡這股世盃熱，並定於六月三十日假會展舉行《新城唱好陳慧琳 Kelly Spirit 音樂會》，新城娛樂台營運總監朱明銳表示：「我知好多唱片公司都避免 o係世界盃期間搞大型活動，怕人人都掛住睇世界盃，但我覺得 Kelly 有成兩年冇 o係香港開大型音樂會，歌迷都好期待佢 o既演出，加上 Kelly 有實力。況且，人人睇波之餘都要有其他娛樂 o者，除 Kelly 外，容祖兒、李克勤、古巨基、陳奕迅都幫新城開音樂會。」

Source: 東方日報

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二○○六年五月一日星期一 2006 May 1 Monday

Former Assistant's Wedding

Kelly, together with her brother Victor, and many other celebrities were invited to attend the wedding dinner of their former assistant Margie. During the bouquet throwing, Kelly, Miriam Yeung and Kary Ng were positioned at the front row but all three of them failed to catch the bouquet.

Although there were frequent news of Kelly's marriage, she had no intention to get married yet as she is too busy with work. When asked if she was disappointed not being able to catch the bouquet from the bride, she immediately replied that it was just for fun. When she gets married, she will let everyone make fun of the bride groom to allow everyone to be happy.

陳慧琳奮勇搶花球

楊千嬅和陳慧琳（ Kelly ）前晚齊出席千嬅助手 Margie 的婚宴，雖然兩位天后口口聲聲唔恨嫁，但千嬅、 Kelly 和 Kary 卻在婚宴上爭搶新娘的花球，當中 Kelly 顯得最「猴擒」，成功霸得最前位置，可惜三人都空手而回。

和新娘分屬好友的 Kelly ，雖然屢傳婚訊，但仍未心急結婚，因為現時工作很忙，問她未能接到花球可感失望， Kelly 即說搶花球純粹為搞氣氛，若然將來結婚，一定會任玩新郎，畀大家高興𣈳。

Source: 太陽報

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