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All's Well, Ends Well 1997
''All's Well, Ends Well 1997'' (97家有囍事) is a 1997 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Alfred Cheung, starring Stephen Chow, Raymond Wong and Francis Ng. Plot Kung (Stephen Chow) is the spoiled youngest brother of three: no job, no education, plenty of money, plenty of girlfriends, and a good home, whom he shares with the two brothers Lo Leung and Fei, his sister-in-law Yinsu (Lo Leung's unattractive wife), and his wise father, Mr. Lo. On his upcoming birthday, as a cruel but well-executed prank, Leung and Fei will feign a lottery win worth $30 million using a useless ticket and a recorded tape bearing the lottery pick from a previous night, all as Kung's birthday present. Excessive greed causes Kung to fall for it, and he immediately (after trying to fool his family so he himself can have all the money) goes out with a selected girlfriend, Gigi, and hits it off at a night club. Instead he runs afoul of Triad member Brother Smartie, who wants a game of dice. Kung easily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Cheung
Alfred Cheung '' (; born 28 December 1955) is a Chinese actor, director, writer and producer. Early life Cheung's mother, with one suitcase and two children, left their hometown in China in order to find better opportunities in Hong Kong. Cheung grew up in a poor neighborhood in Hong Kong. Cheung's mother made a living working as a bar girl and domestic helper. Upon graduating in the Chinese Language & Literature major from Hong Kong Baptist University, Cheung earned a diploma in film production from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Extramural studies). Cheung has been involved in the movie-making industry since he was young and attended The New School in New York, pursuing advanced studies in the Art of Movies. Career He has been a scriptwriter since 1981, including 'The Story of Woo Viet' and 'Father & Son'. In 1983, he took the dual role of scriptwriter and director in the film 'Let's Make Laugh', which won him the 'Best Screenplay' and his leading actress won " The Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Lee Wai Man
Amanda Lee Wai-man (born 4 October 1970) is a Hong Kong pop singer and actress. Personal life Amanda Lee (), born in Hong Kong, her ancestral hometown is Sanshui (三水) district, Foshan, China. In October 2013, Lee married her British boyfriend of three years, Serge Micallef, a jewellery businessman. Lyricist Wyman Wong stood in place of her father to walk her down the aisle. Career Amanda Lee once revealed on a TV show in her ancestral home in Sanshui District. When she was 15 years old, Lee participated in the SING Star Voice Singing Competition on a TVB Jade's program named Enjoy Yourself Tonight. She sang Anita Mui's songs in this competition and was then discovered by a famous singer-songwriter Anthony Lun Wing Leung. Lee started her singing career at the age of 17, which coincided with the Hong Kong music scene in the late 1980s. Filmography * ''An Inspector Calls'' (2015) * '' The Haunted School'' (2007) - Miss Fong * ''House of Mahjong'' (2007) * ''Cocktail'' (2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Chow (actor)
Michael Chow Man-Kin ( 周 文 健) is a Beijing-born Hong Kong-based actor. Filmography * '' Inspector Chocolate'' (1986) - Inspector Leung * ''Goodbye Darling'' (1987) - Party Member with gun * ''City War'' (1988) - Bobby * ''The Big Heat'' (1988) - Assassin * ''The Inspector Wears Skirts'' (1988) - Peter * '' Heart to Hearts'' (1988) * ''Police Story 2'' (1988) - CID Cop * '' Keep on Dancing'' (1988) - Mental patient * ''Blood Call'' (1988) - Michael * '' The Eighth Happiness'' (1988) - Ying-Ying's boyfriend * '' Raid on Royal Casino Marine'' aka. '' The Inspector Wears Skirts III'' (1990) - Captain * ''God of Gamblers'' (1989) - Casino manager * ''Miracles'' (1989) - Dai Jek Dung * ''I Am Sorry'' (1989) * '' Hearts No Flowers'' (1989) * ''Nobles'' (1989) - Blind Date * '' Her Fatal Ways 2'' (1991) - Ah Fu * ''Fallen Angel'' (1991) (TV) - Angel * '' Alien Wife'' (1991) * ''Her Fatal Ways'' (1991) - Niu * ''Cash on Delivery'' (1992) - Rookie gigolo * ''Fight Back to School II'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Kar-ying
Dr Law Kar-ying BBS MH (born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer and actor. Background Born Law Hang-tong on September 22 (August 27 Lunar), 1946 in Shunde, Guangdong as the eldest son of actor Law Kar-kuen (羅家權) and his wife Lee Ngan-guen (李銀娟). His younger brothers are Law Yiu-tong (羅耀堂), Law Yau-tong (羅友堂), and Law Shiu-tong (羅紹堂). His younger sister is Law Sok-ching (羅素貞). In 1949, his family moved to Hong Kong. He was originally a Cantonese opera singer in the 1970s. And a practitioner of the Ng Ying Kungfu (Chinese: 五形功夫) Five Animal Kung Fu arts. In 1990 he turned to acting in movies. He became popular after being cast in ''From Beijing with Love'', which also starred Stephen Chow, as Da Vinci, an inventor whose list of (useless) gadgets include a solar-powered torch. In 1990s, Law played Wong Yat-fei in his first movie debut in 1993 film '' Crime Story'' along with Jackie Chan. In 1994 he was cast in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Robin
Wai Pang Kwan (; born 20 March 1945 in Guilin, Guangxi), known professionally as Teddy Robin (), is a Hong Kong English pop singer-songwriter, actor, and director and producer. He began his music career in mid 1960s when Hong Kong English pop was at its peak. He formed a rock and roll band with his friends called Teddy Robin and the Playboys while Teddy was the vocal and guitarist. The band was the first Chinese-led rock band in Hong Kong. The band became a massive hit in Hong Kong. From the 70s, Teddy started to get involved in the movie industry. in 1979, he was the producer of his first movie 《Cops and Robbers 點指兵兵》. He then played a pivotal role at the Pearl City Production Company and Cinema City Company Limited. Despite his heavy involvement in movie productions, he was still passionate about music and continued his involvement in record productions and film song creation during the time. He has produced over 20 movies and directed 5 and 1/3 films throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Yeung
Pauline Yeung Bo-ling (楊寶玲, born April 17, 1967) is a Hong Kong actress and a former Miss Hong Kong Pageant 1987. She was born in Hong Kong with ancestry in Dongguan, Guangdong, China. Yeung won the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, and went on to compete at the 1987 Miss World pageant, where she placed amongst the top 12 semi-finalists and went on to win the Continental Queen of Asia award. She later participated in the 1988 Miss Universe pageant. She entered the semi-finals in 6th place, and went on to place fourth runner-up to the eventual winner, Porntip Nakhirunkanok Bui Simon (born Porntip Nakhirunkanok ( th, ภรณ์ทิพย์ นาคหิรัญกนก; ; ); February 7, 1969) is a Thai-American personality, philanthropist and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1988. Simon is presid ... of Thailand. To date, Yeung is the only representative from Hong Kong to place both at Miss World and Miss Universe. She is the last representative from Hong Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actor. Throughout a 26-year career from 1977 until his death, Cheung released over 40 music albums and acted in 56 films. He was one of the most prominent pioneers that shaped the identity of Cantopop during the 1980s and became known for his flamboyant, often outrageous stage appearance. His venture into acting in the 1990s was recognised for his portrayal of queer characters in a then-conservative film industry. His career was marked with both praise and criticism, with numerous public discussions focusing on his sexual orientation and androgynous persona. Born Cheung Fat-chung in Kowloon, British Hong Kong, Cheung studied in England from the age of 12 until returning to Hong Kong in 1976 to pursue a career in show business. He achieved wide popularity with his 1984 self-titled album and its single "Monica", whose upbeat dance production introduced a new popular trend to Cantopop in addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Pang
Diana Pang (; born 10 November 1972) is a retired Chinese dancer and actress in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Early life Pang was born on 10 November 1972 in Changsha, Hunan. She was a member of Beijing Ballet Troupe for three years (1990). Her family moved to the US in 1990, and she entered the Dance Faculty of Juilliard School, New York City to study ballet. Career In the 1990s, Pang's acting career began after she moved to Mainland China and starred in a Canadian film ''Chinese Chocolate'' (1995) directed by Yan Cui. In ''Chinese Chocolate'', Pang was Jesse, a Chinese immigrant in Canada. The film is about two Chinese women, a dancer and a doctor, and it focused on the bitter and sweet lives of sexuality of Chinese immigrants in Canada. Pang is credited as Diana Peng.1995 Pang then moved to Hong Kong, with her debut film being Wong Jing's 1995 '' The Saint of the Gamblers''. She starred mostly in Category III films. Pang's other low-budget films are '' Evil Instinct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie Ho
Josephine "Josie" Ho Chiu-yi (; born 26 December 1974) is a singer and actress from Hong Kong. She is the daughter of the Macao casino magnate Stanley Ho. Acting career She has played many roles, including portraying the parts of prostitutes, which were in strong contrast to her own wealthy upbringing as a billionaire's daughter. For the film ''Exiled'', Ho did not work with a script. Recalling the experience in a recent interview, she said of director Johnnie To, " ebasically tells actors what to do ... Johnnie wants us to come to the set with our mind completely clean, like a white piece of paper. That way, he can draw whatever he wishes on us." Ho starred alongside Eason Chan in the Pang Ho-cheung directed slasher film, ''Dream Home''. In 2009, Ho along with husband Conroy Chan, and Andrew Ooi, co-founded 852 Films, a film production company. Personal life Ho is the youngest daughter of businessman Stanley Ho and Ho's second wife Lucina Lam. She has 3 older sisters and 1 yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paw Hee-ching
A paw is the soft foot-like part of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws. Common characteristics The paw is characterised by thin, pigmented, keratinised, hairless epidermis covering subcutaneous collagenous and adipose tissue, which make up the pads. These pads act as a cushion for the load-bearing limbs of the animal. The paw consists of the large, heart-shaped metacarpal or palmar pad (forelimb) or metatarsal or plantar pad (rear limb), and generally four load-bearing digital pads, although there can be five or six toes in the case of domestic cats and bears (including giant panda). A carpal pad is also found on the forelimb which is used for additional traction when stopping or descending a slope in digitigrade species. Additional dewclaws can also be present. The paw also includes a horn-like, beak shaped claw on each digit. Though usually hairless, certain animals do have fur on the soles of their paws. An example is the red panda, whose furry soles help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo Kong
In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (often called a turbo) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to produce more power for a given displacement. The current categorisation is that a turbocharger is powered by the kinetic energy of the exhaust gasses, whereas a is mechanically powered (usually by a belt from the engine's crankshaft). However, up until the mid-20th century, a turbocharger was called a "turbosupercharger" and was considered a type of supercharger. History Prior to the invention of the turbocharger, |
Law Koon-Lan
Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a Social science#Law, science and as the art of justice. State-enforced laws can be made by a group legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or established by judges through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that adopt Alternative dispute resolution, alternative ways of resolving disputes to standard court litigation. The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
