Maggie Cheung innocently rumored with Ben Wong, laugh it off

Maggie Cheung and fresh out of the oven Lives of Omission TVB's 'Best Supporting Actor' Ben Wong are currently being rumored. Already married, Ben and Maggie were photographed eating out together at the TVB canteen. Yesterday Maggie attended a LONGINES ribbon cutting ceremony, and denied that she and Ben were dating and eating together. She thinks of the rumor as a joke, just for laughs and is amusing. Ben is a very good gentleman, and she knows Mrs. Wong too. There is no need to explain to Mrs. Wong: "I was just having a meal with him at the TVB canteen. At the time my assistant and I were eating together, but then I saw him eating alone, so I told him to join us."

She stressed she will not find her other half at work. Maggie said: "I give myself very strict regulations, work is work. I keep work and personal life completely separate. That's why my boyfriends in the past were all people from outside of the industry." She also hopes her Mr. Right appears soon. On Christmas, she will be celebrating with her family and later go on a photography trip to Switzerland with friends. Will she be like Gigi Leung and have a long distance romance? She feels long distance romances are hard to maintain, but all is left to fate.

Yesterday Ben attended a separate event and explained that day he saw there was an empty seat, so he sat down. It is because he has known Maggie for many years and just bumped into her at the canteen. Next time he may just have to sit with the crew for lunch, perhaps that would be better. However, what shocked him most was his wife was photographed too. He said his wife is not very courageous and is shy, so he rarely takes her out to events.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Maggie Cheung fighting hard to become TV Queen again

Maggie Cheung previously suffered from thyroiditis and had to put her work on hiatus. In the recent year, she repeatedly appeared back in her maternal home, TVB, to shoot series. This year she depends on her role in Forensic Heroes III for the "Best Actress Award" and "My Favorite TV Female Character Award" nominations. Athough in 2003, she was already crowned TV Queen, she won't let the younger generation take advantage. In the series, she fights hard for a good performance, so she can seize the TV Queen title once again!

In 2003, Maggie won Best Actress for her role in The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow. Although she hopes to win again, but the major gain is to be able to challenge herself. She said: "It has almost been 10 years since I've been hanging on wires [for shooting]. In this series, I had many first time and felt like a newcomer all over again."

Putting all that effort in, of course Maggie hopes for it to pay off. She said: "Of course I have thought about getting awards, but this year the competition is fierce. (Is your goal to be TV Queen?) Of course I hope so! This is the driving force for me to go to work! (Who is your strongest opponent?) Each one of them are good, it would be best if we all get an award!" As for the TV King battle, she clearly couldn't decide: "Of course I'm supporting Wayne Lai! (He already got it twice though!) Then I'll choose Moses Chan. I'm currently shooting Ladder to Heaven with him, haha!"

Maggie stopped working for a period of time, but is getting back on track as she is accepting both series and films. She hopes boost her popularity back up to its peak. When asked if she plans to go up north (Mainland) to dig the gold? She expressed the opposite view: "My parents are getting older afterall, I don't want to go too far. As Wayne says, the conditions of the work in Mainland may not neccessarily be better than HK. I personally may not be able to adapt to such pattern, so in the meantime I won't consider to work in Mainland."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum