Joseph Chang Is A Golden Horse Favorite

Dada Chen receives a bottle of wine with her name on it


Ivy Chen (right) is envious of Dada Chen's figure


Sandrine Pinna is a frequent film festival guest


Nick Cheung heads to Taiwan


Chapman To, Joseph Chang, Nick Cheung


The 49th Golden Horse Award takes place tonight in Yilan, Taiwan. This
year has been called the most star studded Golden Horse Award of the
past ten years. Among the five Golden Horse Best Actor nominees, four
are Hong Kong representatives as Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Nicholas Tse Ting
Fung, Chapman To Man Jat and Lau Ching Wan gang up on the only Taiwan
representative Joseph Chang Hau Chuen. However, Chang Hau Cheung has
the home court advantage and is the pre race Best Actor favorite. The
Best Actress battle is between Sandrine Pinna and Kwai Lun-Mei. Last
year the Hong Kong film A SIMPLE LIFE (TOH JEH)'s Andy Lau Tak Wa,
Deanie Ip Tak Han and Ann Hui On Wa stole the spotlight at the Golden
Horse.

Lau Tak Wa serves as this year's jury chair, guest presenters include
Jackie Chan, Li Bingbing, Ip Tak Han, Jay Chou (Chow Kit Lun), Stephen
Fung Tak Lun, Angelababy, and Lin Chiling. The red carpet walk will be
where their star power gathers. In the past Best Actor, Actress,
Supporting Actor and Actress nominees had difficulties with attending
together, this year breaks the ten year record of all the actors being
present. The Best Actor nominees include Cheung Ka Fai, Tse Ting Fung,
To Man Jat, Lau Ching Wan and Chang Hau Chuen, the Best Actress nominees
are Hundred Flower Best Actress Bai Baihe, Hao Lei, Kwai Lun-Mei and
Sandrine Pinna (Cheung Yung Yung).

Among the five Best Actors, the 28 year old Chang Hau Chuen is the
youngest nominee. He competes with GIRLFRIEND BOYFRIEND, in which he
plays a celibate gay man; tonight he can scream at the four Hong Kong
representatives, "My home court!" He already won the Taipei Film
Festival Best Actor. Earlier he also won the APN excellent film actor
award. Tonight at the Golden Horse he has the chance at a triple crown.
Winning the APN Excellent Actress with TOUCH OF THE LIGHT, Cheung Yung
Yung said that it was a god start and hoped with the momentum she would
be able to win the Golden Horse tonight.

The Golden Horse venue had many wild pigeons, some in order to keep them
from surprising the stars shot at them with air rifles. One was hit,
died and led to a public outcry. Cheung Ka Fai found out and could not
help but say it was cruel, pigeon poop was not a problem. To Man Jat
said that doves represent peace and the earth belongs to everyone.