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Breakout (Singaporean TV Series)
''Breakout'' (simplified Chinese: 破天网) is a Singaporean Chinese drama television series which was broadcast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. The series starred Jeanette Aw, Elvin Ng, Zhou Ying, Christopher Lee, Dai Xiangyu and Guo Liang. It debuted on 6 December 2010, and ended on 7 January 2011. This drama consisted of 25 episodes, and was screened on weekday night at 9:00 pm. It won Best Drama Serial in 2010 at Star Awards. Title The drama's title translates to the Technical Analysis term in financial markets, referring to super-villain Yang Tianwei's attempt to trade using that strategy so as to get rich quickly enough to seek revenge for his murdered son rather than wait for justice to be meted out. Synopsis On 15 June 1997, the same day when she celebrated her 12th birthday, Tang Ying (younger portrayed by Regine Lim, older portrayed by Zhou Ying) lost her parents and older brother to a tragic road accident. Although she survived, she lap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette Aw
Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping (born 28 June 1979), better known by her stage name Ou Xuan (), is a Singaporean actress, filmmaker, businesswoman and writer. Aw was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006, after which she achieved wider success with her leading role in acclaimed drama ''The Little Nyonya''. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2002 to 2017 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis and was once managed under Hype Records. Through her television career, Aw has established herself as one of the most popular and high-profile celebrities in Singapore. She has won 29 popularity and performance awards, the record number for a performer, at Singapore Mediacorp's Star Awards. Aw has published two books; ''Jeanette Aw: Definitions'' in 2012 and ''Sol's World: Somebody to Love'' in 2015. She also starred in musical '' Beauty World'' in 2015. While in college, Aw entered TV talent scouting competition ''Route to Glamour'', in which she placed first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Bingliang
Giam Ping Leong, better known as Yan Bingliang, is a Singaporean actor best known for acting in many Chinese-language television series produced by Mediacorp Channel 8. A veteran actor, he entered the entertainment industry in 1984 after finishing Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...'s 5th drama training course. He is known by his own generation for his role in ''Neighbours'', the longest running drama in SBC/TCS/MediaCorp history, and for portraying antagonists or villains. He left Mediacorp in 2011 and is now working as a freelance artist, films director/producer, scriptwriter, acting course trainer and a real estate agent. Filmography References External linksProfileon xin.msn.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Yan, Bingliang Singaporean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Wenhai (actor)
Li Wenhai (, born ) is a veteran Singaporean actor. He has acted in various Singaporean television dramas. Career In 1981, Li joined Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). In August 1991, after filming ''Jealousy Potion 100'', Li applied to have an early termination to his acting contract with SBC and to transfer to the voice dubbing department. After eight months, in April 1992, he resigned from SBC. After leaving SBC, Li opened a shop with friends selling Buddhist equipment at Balestier Shopping Center. The shop was eventually closed down in 1988 after the shop lease had finished and business was poor. Li was then invited by the producer and writer of ''Riding the Storm'' to act in the drama. He left Media Corporation of Singapore (rebranding of SBC) in 2003 due to migraine. In 2004, Li joined SPH MediaWorks. Filmography TV series ; 1982 * Mother's Birthday Present 一束花 * Evening Breeze 晚来风急 ; 1983 * Double Blessings 春风得意 as Li Ming Feng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Lim
Rebecca Lim (; born 26 September 1986) is a Singaporean actress who won Best Actress in a leading role at the Asian Television Awards and two Best Actress in a Leading Role awards, a Best Supporting Actress award and 10 consecutive Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste in the local Star Awards ceremony from 2012 to 2022. Lim also won Best Performance in a Leading Role at the Seoul International Drama Awards. Lim has been the cover girl for numerous fashion magazines, and has been invited to Paris Fashion Week 2019 for Christian Dior and Hermes show. In 2020, Lim was awarded the Best Actress National Winner - Malaysia for her performance in The Bridge. Early life and education Lim was born on 26 September 1986 and is the second among three children in a Hokkien family. She studied at CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School for her pre-school, primary, and secondary education, followed by Victoria Junior College and Singapore Management University (SMU) for her tertiary education. Lim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Investigator
A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, or inquiry agent is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private investigators often work for attorneys in civil and criminal cases. History In 1833, Eugène François Vidocq, a French soldier, criminal, and privateer, founded the first known private detective agency, "Le Bureau des Renseignements Universels pour le commerce et l'Industrie" ("The Office of Universal Information For Commerce and Industry") and hired ex-convicts. Much of what private investigators did in the early days was to act as the police in matters for which their clients felt the police were not equipped or willing to do. Official law enforcement tried many times to shut it down. In 1842, police arrested him in suspicion of unlawful imprisonment and taking money on false pretences after he had solved an embezzlement case. Vidocq later suspecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Low
Richard Low (; born 19 June 1952), also known as Liu Qianyi, is a Singaporean actor. He is best known for acting in many Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8 and its predecessors. He also acted in some of Jack Neo's films. Career Low was a theatre actor before joining the SBC's drama training class in the 1980s and switching to television. He used to be typecast as villains or unruly gangster-like characters. He also acted as a “Siao” RSM In Zombiepura. Filmography Films *''I Not Stupid'' 小孩不笨 (2002) *''Homerun'' 跑吧！孩子 (2003) *''The Best Bet'' 突然发财 (2004) *''Avatar'' 流放化身 (2005) *''The 5Cs'' 一本难念的经 (2005) *''Singapore Dreaming'' 美满人生 (2006) *''Ah Long Pte Ltd'' 老师嫁老大 (2008) *''The Days'' 歲月 (2008) *''Where Got Ghost?'' 吓到笑 (2009) *''Happy Go Lucky'' 福星到 (2010) *''Ah Boys to Men'' 新兵正传 (2012) *'' Ah Boys to Men 2'' 新兵正传2 (2013) *''King of Mahjong'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interpol
The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. Headquartered in Lyon, France, it is the world's largest international police organization, with seven regional bureaus worldwide and a National Central Bureau in all 195 member states. Interpol was conceived during the first International Criminal Police Congress in 1914, which brought officials from 24 countries to discuss cooperation in law enforcement. It was founded on September 7, 1923 at the close of the five-day 1923 Congress session in Vienna as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC); it adopted many of its current duties throughout the 1930s. After coming under Nazism, Nazi control in 1938, the agency had its headquarters in the same building as the Gestapo. It was effectively moribund until the end of Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Chen
Adam Chen (born 24 June 1976) is a Singaporean television and film actor. Early life Chen was educated at The Chinese High School and Hwa Chong Junior College. Whilst a civil engineering student at the National University of Singapore he did some modelling and joined ''Route to Glamour'', a talent show organised by SPH MediaWorks. He was offered a contract and joined MediaWorks after graduating. Acting career Before going into acting, Chen worked as a model for numerous print and television commercials in Singapore. In 2001, Chen participated in the Chinese talent competition, ''Route to Glamour'', by SPH MediaWorks' Channel U. He was then signed by SPH Mediaworks to be an artiste for Channel U. In 2003, Chen extended his contract with SPH Mediaworks for one year and then in 2004, extended for another three years. He earned himself a role in the Singapore-Hong Kong co-produced TV series ''Yummy Yummy'' in 2005, before proceeding to work together with other famous actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Lee (host)
Belinda Lee Xin Yu (, born 8 Jul 1977) is a Singaporean television host and actress. Career Lee was formerly a MTV Asia VJ in 1998. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2002 to 2016. She has hosted shows including ''Find Me a Singaporean'', ''The Places We Live In'' (2013) and ''Somewhere Out There'' (2015). In 2014, she was appointed World Vision In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...'s goodwill ambassador. In 2015, her first English book was published; ''Larger Than Life: Celebrating The Human Spirit'' features ten extraordinary people who she met in her years spent hosting travel programmes, such as ''Find Me a Singaporean'' and ''The Places We Live In''. All royalties will be donated to World Vision.- - - - - - Lee left Mediacorp in 2016 upon c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Lim
Darren Lim (, born 30 September 1972) is a Singaporean actor and television host. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1997 to 2016 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis. Career Having left school at age 15, Lim began his career as a singer before joining the Television Corporation of Singapore, Mediacorp's predecessor, in the mid-1990s. He joined SPH MediaWorks in 2000 and was transferred back to Mediacorp when both companies merged in 2005. Since rejoining Mediacorp, his profile rose considerably and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor several times, most notably for his role in ''The Little Nyonya''. Lim left Mediacorp in May 2012 after some 20 years in showbiz to work at his father's business and spend more time with his family. His final series was '' The In-Laws''. He has since returned to acting, but in a freelance capacity. Personal life Lim married fellow artiste Evelyn Tan Evelyn Tan () is a Singaporean actress and former singer. She wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Tan (actor)
Desmond Tan (, born 19 August 1986) is a Singaporean actor and was named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill. Career Tan first came to prominence in the entertainment industry when he finished runner-up to Andie Chen in '' Star Search 2007''. He was awarded a contract with MediaCorp and began his part time acting career with some minor roles in various Channel 8 dramas. After almost five years in the industry, Tan won his first award, the Rocket Award, at the 2012 Star Awards for the biggest breakthrough after a critically acclaimed performance as rickshaw driver Luo Xiaoxiao in the anniversary drama '' A Song to Remember''. Tan's rising popularity also earned him the ambassadorship of Samsung's GALAXY Camera in 2012 and later, as Samsung Mobile's Lifestyle Ambassador for the GALAXY S4 in 2013. Tan has gotten 6 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 respectively. Personal life Desmond Tan was educated at Pioneer Secondary Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Lingling
Phua Leng Leng (born 25 June 1970), better known as Pan Lingling, is a Singaporean actress. Career Pan entered the entertainment industry in 1988 after graduating from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's 8th Drama Artiste Training Course. Her classmates in the training course include award-winning actress Huang Biren, Madeline Chu and Sean Say. She made her TV debut with the series, ''Mystery'', ''Golden Quest'', ''Ups and Downs''. She also starred in ''Strange Encounters II'' in the same year. Pan has acted in numerous television series produced by MediaCorp Channel 8 and its predecessors. She also played a supporting role as a psychologist in Jackie Chan's '' Crime Story''. After some twenty years in the entertainment industry, she won her first accolade at the Star Awards 2011 Star Awards 2011 (Chinese: 红星大奖 2011) was a double television award ceremony held in Singapore. It is part of the annual ''Star Awards'' organised by MediaCorp for the two free-to-air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
