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Daisy:Ellen, you’re a big fan of Andy Lau, aren’t you?

Ellen:  Yes, I’ve got all his albums and most of his films on DVD.   I adore him. He’s my idol.

Daisy:  How come you don’t have all of his films on DVD?

Ellen: Some of his early films are hard to find nowadays, especially the ones where he only played a small part.

Daisy: I see. I’m sure you’ll find them one day. I see you also have several posters of him.

Ellen:  Yes. These posters are new. I bought them last week and put them up on my bedroom walls yesterday.

Daisy:  Are you a member of his fan club?

Ellen:  I was, but then I discovered I could find out everything  for free on the Internet, so I’m not a member now.

Daisy: Did you see the interview with Andy Lau in Cosmopolitan  magazine last month?

Ellen:  Of course! I bought two copies.

Daisy:Two copies? One to keep and one to cut the pictures out of, right?

Ellen:  You bet!

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W:   I would love to be famous and have thousands of fans.

M:  Really? I’m not sure that you would like all the attention. Imagine all the paparazzi waiting to take pictures of you wherever you go!

W:  I love being photographed! If I were famous,I’d also do interviews for all the top magazines, like Vogue and ELLE.

M:   It’s OK for just a few times, but it would get tedious after some time. And imagine thethings the gossip columnists would write about you.

W:   No one really believes gossip columnists.

M:   You’ll find that many people believe what they read in gossip columns. So you have to be very careful about every word yousay.

W:  Then I’ll simply get a good manager to be my spokesperson. By the way, I could do a lot of charity work, which would help a lot of people.

M:  That’s a great idea. Anyway, I’d be the firstto buy your posters and I’d attend your first book-signing when you wrote your autobiography.

W:  Thanks, but actually I hope I could ask you to write my biography.

M:  That’s a deal.

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  The lead singer of Hong Kong-based band Beyond, Huang Jiaju fell off a broken stage during agame show in Japan and died of massive head injuries. He was only 31 years old.

  Huang Jiaju was the heart and soul of Beyond. His unique and powerful voice was able to convey a number of emotions. More importantly, he composed more than 90 percent of their songs and quite a few oftheir award-winning lyrics.

  The death plunged tens of thousands of fans into mourning. Another band member, Paul Wong, said regarding the death, “TheJapanese will never understand that for us and for Hong Kong, the incident was not merely about the loss of an artist. It was about losing a musical revolutionary and a musical era.”

  If Huang Jiaju’s music made the band Beyond stand out from the rest, then his death made the band an unsurpassable classic.

  Beyond was the only Hong Kong band to make the transition from the underground music scene. A loyal following brought them mainstream success, leading to them sometimes being called “The Beatles of HongKong”. Their songs inspired a whole generation in China.