GILLIAN CHUNG

'Gillian Chung' (; born on January 21, 1981) is the stage name of 'Chung Ka-Lai' (). Chung is a member of the Cantopop group Twins; alongside Charlene Choi.^[1]

Contents

Biography

Photographic incident

Discography

Filmography

Films

TV series

References

See also

External links

Biography

Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong pop singer and actress. She resides in the affluent Midlevels district in Hong Kong with her younger sister. Standing at just five feet three, Chung is a graduate of the Kowloon True Light Middle School and attended William Angliss in Melbourne, Australia. While at William Angliss, she also worked as a part-time model.
In 2001, Chung was approached by Emperor Entertainment Group to form a singing group, Twins, with Charlene Choi, to whom she is not actually related. Initially, people did have difficulty telling the two apart, but they have since developed their own distinct personalities.
Chung made her film debut in U Man which was released in 2002 and has since proven her acting skills in a number of films like Beyond Our Ken which has earned her critical acclaim, being nominated as 'Best Actress' in the Gam Zhi Ging Awards. Outdoing herself in every martial arts sequence, Chung has established herself as an aspiring actionnstar.^[2]
In the film Beyond Our Ken released in 2004, Chung played as ''Chan Wai Ching'', a spurned girlfriend of the eponymous ''Ken'', where she managed to brings both a charming girlishness and an opaque resolve to the character, and handles her despondency with believable vulnerability. Chung occasionally gives off the same sweet likability that has characterized her earlier performances, but shows far more than that in this particular film. The film managed a box office taking of HK$ 3,886,355 and it has its World Premiere in Toyko International Film Festival.^[3][4]

Photographic incident

On August 22, 2006, Hong Kong magazine Easy Finder published a series of photos of Chung inside a changing room after a Twins concert at the Arena of Stars in Genting Highlands, Malaysia.^[5] The pictures were taken while she was in the changing room with her personal assistant. One of the cover photos shows Chung's backview as she is fixing her brassiere backstage. A second, smaller cover photo shows an unclad Chung from shoulders down to her bust level.The headline read, "Ah Gil releases brassiere near back window", using Chung's Chinese nickname.^[6] Hong Kong celebrities such as Jackie Chan staged a public protest denouncing the magazine's irresponsible actions. ^{[7] [8]}
On November 1, 2006, Easy Finder lost its appeal against an obscenity ruling on the published article and pictures ^[9]. The Hong Kong Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority received 2875 complaints regarding the revealing photos and the incident was referred to the Obscene Articles Tribunal for further action.^[10] In the appeal, a panel consisting of one Magistrate and four lay members, upheld the judgement, branding the article obscene, and saying it was a "calculated act of selling sexuality which is corrupting and revolting" ^[11]. During an interview of Jimmy Lai (founder of Next Media, Easy Finder's publisher) on the television show 'Be My Guest', he apologized to Gillian and claimed that he will return all the negatives of the photos. ^[12]. Despite his apologetic actions, Gillian Chung still intends to sue the magazine.
However, in April of 2007, a former senior management personnel from her management company, EEG, came forward to announce that the entire fiasco was staged to create publicity for Gillian. Mr. L claimed that since Gillian's debut five years ago, her popularity, or lack thereof as compared to her partner Charlene Choi, has always worried the management. Staff from Emperor allegedly hid a pinhole camera inside the changing room at the Genting Highlands concert.
The company then allegedly bribed Easy Finder with HK$200,000 ($39,000) to print the pictures. Mr. L said the execution was almost flawless, except for one glaring detail. After the blow-up, Emperor lashed out at the magazine and media, and vowed to take action. The Malaysian police is investigating Mr. L's claims, but no action has resulted. ^[13].

Discography

★ See Discography of Twins

Filmography

Films

★ U Man (2002)

★ Summer Breeze of Love (2002)

★ If U Care..(2002)

★ Just One Look (2002)

★ Happy Go Lucky (2003)

★ Colour of the Truth (2003)

★ The Twins Effect (2003)

★ The Spy Dad (2003)

★ The Death Curse (2003)

★ Fantasia (2004)

★ Protege de la Rose Noire (2004)

★ Love on the Rocks (2004)

★ Moving Targets (2004)

★ The Twins Effect II (2004)

★ Beyond Our Ken (2004)

★ 6 AM (2004)

★ House of Fury (2005)

★ Bug Me Not! (2005)

★ 49 Days (2005)

★ Twins Mission (alternate title Let's Steal Together) (2007)

★ Naraka 19 (2007)

★ The Fantastic Water Babes (2007)

TV series

★ The Monkey King (2002)

★ Sunshine Heartbeat (2004)

★ Kung Fu Soccer (2004)

★ The Flying Fox On Snowy Mountain (2006)

★ Project A (2007)

★ Rinsing Flowers and Purifying Swords (2007)

References

1. IMDB. Biography for Gillian Chung
2. Buckle up for the Twins Mission
3. HK Film Archive
4. Beyond Our Ken at lovehkfilm.comIn Gillian's most recent film, which was in January of 2006, Gillian's '49 Days' exceeded the HK million mark, earning a spot in one of Hong Kong's best box office films for the year 2006.
5. BBC. Chan in Hong Kong photo protest. Tuesday, 29 August 2006
6. Scan of Easy Finder magazine cover
7. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2006-08/28/content_676221.htm Actress' semi-nude photo taken with hidden camera stirs uproar in HK
8. http://asianfanatics.net/forum/FollowUp_Further_reaction_to_EasyFinder_candid_Chung_photos-talk297274.html FollowUp: Further reaction to EasyFinder candid Chung photos, Thursday August 31, 2006 Hong Kong
9. HONG KONG: Twin photograph ruling upheld
10. Hong Kong magazine to be prosecuted in pop star pictures row
11. Hong Kong Magazine Loses Appeal Over "Obscene" Pop Star Pics
12. Joey Yung is Happy About Outcome Of Gillian Chung's Peeping Incident
13. Gillian's Naked Pictures Were A Set-Up

See also

★ Twins

★ Charlene Choi

External links

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★ Gillian at stareastnet.com