Compiled by NG ZI QIN, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
TAIWANESE actress Joe Chen is speculated to be holding her wedding reception this September, nearly three years after she got hitched to Malaysian Alan Chen, reported China Press.
Quoting sources, the report said Joe, who has just returned to Taiwan after a holiday in Hungary, is busy planning a wedding to be held in two months’ time.
It is said that the celebration will be an intimate one with only close family and friends invited.
When contacted, Joe’s manager claimed ignorance of the bash.
“If it is happening, I am really happy for her. I’ve not heard her mention it, and she hasn’t asked us to do anything either,” the manager said.
Joe, 45, met Alan, who is nine years her junior, on a TV show in 2019 before they tied the knot on March 31, 2022.
Joe has previously indicated her wish to hold a wedding function but has been procrastinating due to the sheer amount of effort required to organise it.
> Taiwanese actor Wallace Huo is dubbed the “king of terminal illness” after he once again plays a dying character in his latest TV series, reported Sin Chew Daily.
After only the second episode of Tale of Rose was aired recently, it was announced that Huo’s character would be dying of a heart disease in three months.
In spite of this, his love interest – played by American actress Liu Yifei – whom he has reconnected with after 10 years, chooses to be with him until the end.
Earlier this year, in another series, Huo, 44, played a character trying to reconnect with his friends after discovering a deadly tumour in his brain.
It prompted Internet users to joke that he should be nicknamed “king of terminal illness”.
Huo started his career in Taiwan but his popularity rose in China after appearing in historical and martial arts dramas.
He is best known for his roles in Chinese Paladin 3 (2009), Swordsman (2013), Battle of Changsha (2014), The Journey of Flower (2015), Love Me If You Dare (2015) and Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace (2018).
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
