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Gallen Lo
Gallen Lo Ka-leung () is a Hong Kong actor and singer who primarily acts in television series. He is sometimes credited as King Gallen or Law Ka-Leung. Career Lo started his television career in 1984 at ATV. He received short-term success in acting ATV and singing theme songs for some ATV series. Lo left ATV for rival TVB, but his career did not bloom until 1996, when he was cast in the series ''Old Time Buddy'' in 1997 and ''Secret of the Heart'' in 1998. Lo won TVB's Best Actor Award three times (1997, 1998, 2002). In 2003, Lo left TVB and started to focusing on acting and making commercials in Mainland China. On February 24, 2021, Lo has finished another drama shooting in Mainland China and shared on his Weibo commemorating the completion of his 100th TV series in his career. Personal life Lo married with Clare Fong Man-yee, a woman with whom he worked in a non-acting role at TVB, in 1998. Their son was born in 1999. The couple divorced in 2007. On 30 Jan 2009, he was en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Anniversary Awards
The TVB Anniversary Awards (), officially known as the TVB Awards Presentation, is an annual awards ceremony honoring TVB's programming achievements in Hong Kong television; despite claims that it is the region's equivalent to the American Emmy and the Australian Logie, no other networks are allowed to enter their programmes into TVB competition, and it is awarded solely to TVB programming. Winners are awarded a copy of the golden TVB anniversary statuette, which depicts a man and a woman holding up TVB's square logo. The TVB Anniversary Awards are only one of three (four, including Asian Television Awards) TVB awards given out. The other two types of TVB awards that are given out before the anniversary awards are: TVB Star Awards Malaysia and StarHub TVB Awards (Singapore). A list of all TVB awards winners is compiled here in the TVB Awards Winners Lists. The awards for Best Drama, Best Actor, and Best Actress in a TVB drama series were first presented in 1997 as the final a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Warrior's Tragedy
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Storm 3
''The White Storm 3'' is an upcoming Hong Kong action film directed by Herman Yau and starring Aaron Kwok, Louis Koo and Sean Lau. The film is a thematic sequel to the 2019 film '' The White Storm 2: Drug Lords'', featuring a new storyline and characters. The film was announced in March 2020, with production slated to begin in July the same year. After going through several delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production for the film began in June 2021 and ended in October 2021. Plot During a drug raid operation led by Narcotics Bureau officer Au Chi-yuen, undercover officer Cheung Kin-hang was wounded in a gunfight and was rescued by drug lord Hong So-chai. While rehabilitating from his wound in Thailand, Cheung meets a girl named Noon, and plans to bring her back to Hong Kong, however, at this time, Hong discovers Cheung's undercover identity. Cast *Aaron Kwok as Cheung Kin-hang, an undercover police officer Hong Kong's Narcotics Bureau. *Louis Koo as Au Chi-yuen, senior insp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Web Film
A web film is a film made with the medium of the Internet and its distribution constraints in mind.Kronschnabl, A & Rawlings, T, "Plug In & Turn On: A Filmmakers Guide to the Internet''. London:Marion Boyars. 2004. http://www.plugincinema.com/plugin/about_us/plugin_book.htm This term aims to differentiate content made for the Internet from content made for other media, such as cinema or television, that has been converted into a World Wide Web-compatible format. Web films are a form of new media. Forms There are broadly three forms of films that can be encountered on the Internet: See also *Pluginmanifesto *Web series A web series (also known as a web show) is a series of scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet, which first emerged in the late 1990s and became more prominent in the early 2000s. A single i ... References External linksEjemplos de Películas Film and video terminology Film and video technology Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crocodile Island (film)
''Crocodile Island'' is a 2020 Chinese action monster film directed by Xu Shixing and Simon Zhao, and starring Gallen Lo as a single father who lands on a crocodile island with his daughter (Liao Yinyue) due to a plane malfunction and must battle with beast-sized creatures inhabiting the island. This web film was released for online streaming on 4 February 2020 on iQiyi. ''Crocodile Island'' became a commercial success, grossing ¥16.70 million against a budget of ¥8 million and is currently the highest-grossing web film of 2020 in China. Plot The surrounding areas of the Devil's Sea is also known as the Bermuda Triangle of Asia. Due to electromagnetic interference, aviation accidents are common in the region. Lin Hao (Gallen Lo) and his daughter Yi (Liao Yinyue) are passengers of Flight GZ261. As it flies over the Devil's Sea, the plane malfunctions, causing an emergency landing on a crocodile island. Hao and other driving passengers encounter enormous sized crocodiles and spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chinese Widow
''The Chinese Widow'' (), also known as ''In Harm's Way'' and ''The Hidden Soldier'', is a 2017 Chinese war drama film directed by Danish director Bille August, starring Liu Yifei and Emile Hirsch. The film premiered at the 2017 Shanghai International Film Festival as the opening film and was released on 10 November 2017 in mainland China. Plot Jack is an American Air Force pilot with a mission to carry out the first US bombing run on Tokyo. After the mission is successful, his plane gets detached from the rest of the squadron due to bad weather. With low fuel, he is forced to go to China's Zhejiang Province. Due to malfunctioning autopilot, he is forced to fly the plane manually while his crew parachutes out and he jumps out in the last moment before the plane crashes. The next day, his unconscious body is discovered by a local widow named Ying, who lives with her daughter Nunu weaving silk. She hides him in a nearby cave with the help of her childhood friend and village head K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBA Partners
''MBA Partners'' is a 2016 Chinese romantic drama film directed by Jang Tae-yoo and starring Yao Chen, Tiffany Tang, Hao Lei, Li Chen and a special appearance by Aaron Kwok. It was released in China on April 29, 2016. Synopsis Lu Zhenxi (Yao Chen) had a dream since her childhood, to become just like her uncle, a successful entrepreneur. But when her "Big American Dream" comes down crashing, she is left dejected, and returns to China. Now, after a fateful meeting with her idol Professor Meng (Aaron Kwok), she must find it in herself to take a second shot. Cast *Yao Chen as Lu Zhenxi *Tiffany Tang as Gu Qiaoyin *Hao Lei Hao Lei (born 1 November 1978) is a Chinese actress and singer, known for her starring roles in Lou Ye's films ''Summer Palace'' (2006) and ''Mystery'' (2012). Biography In 2003, Hao Lei starred in Liao Yimei's play ''Rhinoceros in Love'' in Sha ... as Wen Qing * Li Chen as Niu Juncheng *Wang Yibo as Zhao Shuyu *Aaron Kwok as Professor Meng Xiaojun (special appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divergence (film)
''Divergence'' is a 2005 Hong Kong action-crime film produced and directed by Benny Chan, from a screenplay by Ivy Ho. The film stars Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng and Daniel Wu. Plot It is about three people (a cop, a lawyer and a killer) who cross paths after the murder of a federal witness and a kidnapping of a pop star. CID Suen Siu-yan (Aaron Kwok) arrests the accountant of a money launderer. However, the accountant is assassinated upon his arrival in the Hong Kong airport. The killer Coke (Daniel Wu) escapes without leaving any clues. While the masterminded laundry head (Gallen Lo) is happy about the soon resumption of his frozen assets for the death of his unfavorable witness, his fond son Xia is kidnapped suddenly. Suen is an ill-fated CID. He can't forget his loving girlfriend (Angelica Lee) who disappeared 10 years ago and has not yet been found. During investigation, he finds a woman (Angelica Lee) who looks very much alike with his missing girlfriend. The woman is the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire Controller
''Vampire Controller'' is a 2001 Hong Kong action comedy horror film produced, written and directed by Tony Leung and starring Gallen Lo, Wayne Lai, Kathy Chow, Joey Meng, Yuen Wah and Kingdom Yuen. The film is considered a throwback of the jiangshi fiction-genre films popularized in the 1980s by '' Mr. Vampire''. Plot According to legends, corpse handlers Mo (Wayne Lai) and Ma Siu-ling (Kingdom Yuen) were in charge of looking after a group of vampires. Among the vampires, Wong Ching (Jude Poyer) and Jenny (Emana Leung) were a pair of lovers whom were poisoned to death. The imperial government is still tracking the killer. Since the killer was worried that his crimes will be brought to light, he hires black magician Ha Lai-cheuk (Yuen Wah) to destroy the corpses. However, this case involves a secret letter written by the emperor, thus, Ha orders his followers, Mo and Ma to find the whereabouts of the letter. Mo and Ma were never fond of one another. In order to get his job d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afraid Of Nothing, The Jobless King
''Afraid of Nothing, the Jobless King'' is a 1999 Hong Kong comedy film written and directed by Joe Ma and starring Gallen Lo and Gigi Leung. Plot Ten Outstanding Young Persons precipitant Ha Kong (Gallen Lo) was originally the chief executive officer of Tung Enterprises. However, when the corporate chairman (Lam Sheung Yee) of Tung Enterprises died from a heart attack, Tung Se (David Lee), the son of the chairman, in an attempt to seize power of the company, hires thugs to knock Kong unconscious and causing Kong to be absent from work for three days, which causes Kong to violate his employment contract and was fired as a result. Since Kong has becomes homeless, he temporary moves in with Chu Jing (Eric Kot), a beggar who helped Kong after he woke up from his coma. Due to high unemployment rates during the financial crisis at the time, Kong was unable to find work and poses as a beggar with Jing's family. While begging in the streets, Kong meets a kind-hearted girl named Law Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigolo Of Chinese Hollywood
A gigolo () is a male escort or social companion who is supported by a person in a continuing relationship, often living in her residence or having to be present at her beck and call. The term ''gigolo'' usually implies a man who adopts a lifestyle consisting of a number of such relationships serially rather than having other means of support. The gigolo is expected to provide companionship, to serve as a consistent escort with good manners and social skills, and often to serve as a dancing partner as required by the woman in exchange for the support. Many gifts, such as expensive clothing and an automobile to drive, may be lavished upon him. The relationship may include sexual services as well, and he also can be referred to as a "kept man." The word ''gigolo'' may be traced to a first usage in English as a neologism during the 1920s as a back-formation from ''gigolette'', a French word for a woman hired as a dancing partner. Both ''gigolo'' and ''gigolette'' were first record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
