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Everybody's Business (2013 Film)
''Everybody's Business'' (), is a 2013 Singaporean comedy film directed by Lee Thean-jeen. The film centres around public hygiene and cleanliness in toilets. Plot John Lu is a hygiene officer for the newly-created Minister of Toilets, headed by Kumari Kuppusamy. He and his boss Winston Li need to get to the bottom of a toilet hygiene problem that has caused 50 Singaporeans to get food poisoning. Cast * Gurmit Singh as John Lu * Mark Lee as Winston Li * Kumar as Kumari Kuppusamy * Wang Lei as Mr. Wong * Liu Ling Ling as Mrs. Wong Release The film was released in theatres on 5 December 2013. Reception Charlene Chua of ''The New Paper'' gave the film three stars out of five. Yip Wai Yee of ''The Straits Times ''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was establish ...'' gave the film on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Thean-jeen
Lee Thean-jeen () is a Singaporean director, screenwriter and television showrunner best known for the Singapore television drama series ''AlterAsians'', ''The Singapore Short Story Project'', ''The Pupil'', ''Code Of Law'', ''Zero Calling'', ''Reunion'' and ''This Land Is Mine'', which is currently airing on Mediacorp's Channel 5. He has also written or co-written, and directed, the feature films, ''Homecoming'' (笑着回家), ''Love...And Other Bad Habits'' (玩味爱情), ''Everybody's Business'' (人人有粪), ''Bring Back the Dead'' (招魂) and ''The Big Day''(简单的婚礼). He was also a writer, director and executive producer on the Southeast Asian adaptation of the Scandinavian noir series, ''The Bridge'' for Viu and HBO Asia. In 2019, he was responsible for Singapore's first multilingual drama, ''128 Circle'', which is currently in its second season. Career Born in Penang, Malaysia, Lee attended Penang Free School, then graduated with a ''summa cum laude'' in Broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Boo
Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his death * Boris II of Bulgaria (c. 931–977), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire * Boris III of Bulgaria (1894–1943), ruler of the Kingdom of Bulgaria in the first half of the 20th century * Boris, Prince of Tarnovo (born 1997), Spanish-born Bulgarian royal * Boris and Gleb (died 1015), the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus * Boris (singer) (born 1965), pseudonym of French singer Philippe Dhondt Arts and media * Boris (band), a Japanese experimental rock trio * ''Boris'' (EP), by Yezda Urfa, 1975 * "Boris" (song), by the Melvins, 1991 * ''Boris'' (TV series), a 2007–2009 Italian comedy series * '' Boris: The Film'', a 2011 Italian film based on the TV series * '' Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson'', a 2006 biography by Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Neo
Jack Neo (born 24 January 1960) is a Singaporean actor, television host, comedian and film director. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1983 to 2003. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was best known for his cross-dressing roles, as Liang Po Po (literally: Granny Liang) and Liang Xi Mei (a woman homemaker in her 40s) in the long-running television comedy show ''Comedy Nite''. Since his debut as a feature director, Neo has proven to be the most commercially successful local director who has also met with some success in Malaysia and Taiwan. He has shown a penchant for the franchise series films. His most critically acclaimed film is ''I Not Stupid'', which satirizes Singapore's streaming educational system in 2002. Despite his box office success, many of his recent films have been panned by local critics as being simplistic, sexist, and having too many blatant product placement. Career Neo wrote and acted in a comedy skit for Tanjong Katong Secondary School at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurmit Singh
Gurmit Singh Virk Chainchal Singh (born 24 March 1965; pa, ਗੁਰਮੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Gurmīt Siṅgh; ) is a Singaporean actor, comedian and television personality. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1994 to 2014. A former artiste of Mediacorp, he is best known for his role as the titular character Phua Chu Kang in ''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd'', ''Phua Chu Kang Sdn Bhd'' and ''Phua Chu Kang The Movie'', for which he won the Asian Television Awards prize for Best Performance by an Actor (Comedy) five times, from 1998 to 2001 and in 2003 for the former. From 2004 to 2005, he won the Highly Commended prize. Life Born to a Sikh Indian father, Chainchal Singh, and an East Asian (Chinese–Japanese) mother, Gurmit was brought up as a Sikh, but converted to Christianity in 1985. Gurmit Singh studied in Outram Secondary School during his secondary school years. Gurmit is married to Melissa, a Cantonese Chinese. They have three children, Gabrielle (born 1998), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lee (Singaporean Actor)
Mark Lee Kok Huang (; born 16 October 1968) is a Singaporean comedian, actor, television host and film director. Early life Lee's father was a barber, and his mother was a food and beverage stall assistant. Growing up, Lee would help out in the hawker stall to prepare and sell cooked food, beverages, and chee cheong fun at a hawker centre. Lee was schooled in Jurong Secondary School. Career Lee is famous for, amongst others, playing the title role in Singapore's Channel 5 (Singaporean TV channel), Mediacorp Channel 5 television sitcom ''Police & Thief'' as Lee Tok Kong, ''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd'' as guest appearance Lee Kok Peng from season 5 until season 7 and in Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), Mediacorp Channel 8 long series television drama ''Holland V (TV series), Holland V'' as Su Hao. He also gained recognition for his work with Jack Neo and Henry Thia in films such as ''Money No Enough'' and ''Liang Po Po: The Movie'' and long-running comedy variety programme ''Comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Ling Ling
Liu Lingling (born 1963) is a Singaporean host and singer who has been active in the getai scene for more than five decades. As an actress, she has appeared in multiple Mediacorp drama series and local films. Early life and career Liu's parents are from Malaysia. They registered their marriage in Singapore and Liu was born in Singapore. Spending her childhood years in Malaysia, Liu came back to Singapore when she was six for her primary school education. Liu has a younger sister, Angie, who is a getai singer. Liu began singing on the getai stage when she was six, earning around fifty cents to one dollar per show at that point in time. Soon after, due to the authorities banning young children under 12 from performing, Liu halted her getai performances for a few years until she was 12. Liu's father, who used to be an instructor coaching Chinese opera performers, trained Liu vigoriously where Liu would wake up at 5am daily for vocal training, followed by cardio exercises before h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Lei (entertainer)
Wang Lei is the name of: *Wang Lei (mountaineer), first Chinese woman who has climbed the Seven Summits and skied to both North Pole and South Pole *Wang Lei (basketball) (born 1986), Chinese professional basketball player *Wang Lei (chess player) (born 1975), Chinese woman grandmaster chess player *Wang Lei (fencer) (born 1981), world champion in fencing *Wang Lei (figure skater) (born 1988), Chinese figure skater *Wang Lei (Go player) Wang Lei (; born December 26, 1977, in Daxing'anling, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese professional Go player. Biography Lei started to learn Go a little late in Eastern terms, at the age of 9. Lei became a pro in 1989 when he was just 12 year ... (born 1977), professional go player * Wang Lei (canoeist) (born 1981), Chinese sprint canoer * Wang Lei (footballer) (born 1995), Chinese footballer {{hndis, Wang, Lei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumar (Singaporean Entertainer)
Kumarason Chinnadurai (born 10 August 1968, in Singapore), popularly known as Kumar, is a Singaporean Indian comedian and television host, actor, and drag queen. He made his name at the Boom Boom Room and was, for a time, synonymous with the cabaret nightclub as its resident performer. Having spent nearly two decades as an entertainer, he has amassed a string of television, stage, and film credits. Currently, he is a regular performer at Hard Rock Café. He released his biographical book, ''Kumar: From Rags To Drag'', in September 2011. In his book, he publicly came out as gay, making him the first entertainer in Singapore to come out. He is one of the few openly-gay public figures in Singapore. Early life Kumar was born on 10 August 1968 in a South Indian Mudaliar family from Madras and a Singaporean mother. His father, Chinna Dorai, arrived in Singapore in the mid-1960s and worked as a caretaker for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). When Kumar was fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Paper
''My Paper'' () was a free, bilingual (English and Chinese) newspaper in Singapore published by the Singapore Press Holdings. It is published from Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays; and an electronic copy of the print edition is published on the paper's website. The newspaper has a daily circulation of 300,000 copies, and is distributed in the morning at MRT stations, bus interchanges, office buildings and selected residential areas in Singapore. ''my Paper'' is a compact-sized, full-colour newspaper and features two "front" pages. It is divided equally into both English-language and Chinese-language sections with the pages of the English-language side of the paper reading from left to right (as would an English-language book); while the pages of the Chinese-language on the opposite side of the paper reads from right to left (as would a Chinese-language book). Instead of a mirror translation of articles, each piece of news or commentary in ''my Paper'' is presented i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Paper
''The New Paper'' is a Singaporean newspaper in tabloid form. It was originally published as a "noon paper", but since 2016 has been published daily as a freesheet in the morning from 7 a.m. onwards. History First launched on 26 July 1988, by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), it had an average daily circulation of 101,600 in August 2010, according to SPH. In 1991, the paper organised the New Paper Big Walk, a mass-participation walking event. The event came to be held annually in Singapore. It holds the official Guinness World Record as world's largest walk when a record-breaking 77,500 participants joined on 21 May 2000. There is also a noon edition that hits the newsstands on Mondays and Thursdays that gives more special coverage of late-night association football matches that occur after the morning edition goes to press. ''The New Paper'' was Singapore's second-highest circulating paid English-language newspaper before it became a free newspaper on 1 December 2016. ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business Times (Singapore)
''The Business Times'' is a Singaporean financial daily under SPH Media Trust, a media organisation with businesses in print, digital, radio, and outdoor media in Singapore. The paper is published Monday to Saturday, with the Saturday edition called ''The Business Times Weekend''. It had a circulation (Print + Digital) of 39,500. Ownership It is part of the SPH Media Trust group which also publishes ''The Straits Times'' and ''The New Paper''. History It is an English-language newspaper published since 1 October 1976. Prior to this, it was a supplement in ''The Straits Times''. The paper was launched on 15 July 1976, and the special presentation issue prior to the launch of the paper featured George Magnus. The staff was first headed by Tsai Tan, who became the first female editor of a daily newspaper in Singapore. In 1989, the newspaper won the Media Philanthropic Appeals category of the International Advertising Festival in New York New York most commonly refers to: * New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Food Poisoning
Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease and food poisoning) is any illness resulting from the spoilage of contaminated food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food, as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease), and toxins such as aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that have not been boiled for at least 10 minutes. Symptoms vary depending on the cause but often include vomiting, fever, and aches, and may include diarrhea. Bouts of vomiting can be repeated with an extended delay in between, because even if infected food was eliminated from the stomach in the first bout, microbes, like bacteria (if applicable), can pass through the stomach into the intestine and begin to multiply. Some types of microbes stay in the intestine. For contaminants requiring an incubation period, symptoms may not manifest for hours to days, depending on the cause and on quantity of consumption. Longer incubation periods tend to cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
