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Henry Golding
Henry Ewan Golding (born 5 February 1987) is a Malaysian-British actor and television host. Golding has been a presenter on BBC's ''The Travel Show'' since 2014. He is known for his film work, playing the role of Nick Young in ''Crazy Rich Asians'', the title character in the action-adventure '' Snake Eyes'', Sean Townsend in the thriller '' A Simple Favor'', and Tom in the romantic comedy '' Last Christmas'', the latter two directed by Paul Feig. Early life Golding was born in Sarawak in the district of Betong, Malaysia. His mother, Margaret Likan Golding, is a native-born Sarawakian of indigenous Dayak Iban ancestry. His father, Clive Golding, is British. The family lived for almost five years in Terengganu, before moving to Surrey, England, when Henry was eight years old. There he went to The Warwick School, Redhill. He moved to Kuala Lumpur when he was 21 to pursue on-camera roles after working as a hairdresser on Sloane Street in London for a couple of years. Career I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betong, Sarawak
Betong is a town in Betong Division in Sarawak, Malaysia, lying in the Saribas area. It used to be placed under the district of Sri Aman. Location Betong division is located between three main rivers, Batang Lupar, Batang Saribas and Batang Kelaka, covering an area of 4,180 km2. Population By October 2011, the population was nearly 94,000, the majority being Ibans (51,290), followed by Malays (37,283), Chinese (5,084), Bidayuh (225), and Melanau (219), while the remaining are other races. Economy Main areas are farming, agriculture and fishing but there are some who work in the public and private sectors as well as business (most businesses are family-owned). Education As a way to ensure the development of human capital to meet the demands of Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) and other major projects in the State, major investments are made in the development of educational facilities like vocational schools and polytechnics. This is expected to enco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance Wu
Constance Wu (born March 22, 1982) is an American actress. Wu was included on ''Time'' magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2017. She has earned several accolades, including nominations for a Golden Globe Award, four Critics' Choice Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and two TCA Awards. Wu starred as Jessica Huang in the ABC television comedy '' Fresh Off the Boat'' (2015–2020), which was her breakthrough role and earned her four nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. She was further lauded for her role as Rachel Chu in the romantic comedy-drama film ''Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018) for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, among others; she became the first actress of Asian descent in over 40 years and the fourth overall to be nominated for the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsoon (2019 Film)
''Monsoon'' is a 2019 British drama film, written and directed by Hong Khaou and produced by Tracy O'Riordan. It stars Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers, David Tran and Molly Harris. ''Monsoon'' had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 29 June 2019. It was released in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2020, by Peccadillo Pictures. Synopsis Kit (Henry Golding), a young British Vietnamese man, returns to his birth country for the first time in over 30 years. He was just six years old when he and his family escaped Saigon as 'boat refugees' after the Vietnam War. No longer familiar with this country and unable to speak his native language, Kit embarks on a personal journey from Saigon to Hanoi in search of a place to scatter his parents’ ashes. Along the way he reconnects with his cousin and childhood friend Lee (David Tran) and falls for Lewis ( Parker Sawyers), an American whose father had fought in the war. During his travels, Kit finally star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Ritchie
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British gangster films, and the ''Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes'' films starring Robert Downey Jr. Ritchie left school at age 15 and worked entry-level jobs in the film industry before going on to direct television commercials. In 1995, he directed a short film, ''The Hard Case'', followed by the crime comedy ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' (1998), his feature-length List of directorial debuts, directorial debut. He gained recognition with his second film, ''Snatch (film), Snatch'' (2000), which found critical and commercial success. Following ''Snatch'', Ritchie directed ''Swept Away (2002 film), Swept Away'' (2002), a critically panned box-office bomb starring Madonna, to whom Ritchie was married between 2000 and 2008. He went on to direct ''Revolver (2005 film), Revolver'' (2005) and ''RocknRolla'' (2008), which were less successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gentlemen (2019 Film)
''The Gentlemen'' is a 2019 action comedy film written, directed and produced by Guy Ritchie, who developed the story along with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, and Hugh Grant. It follows an American cannabis wholesaler in England who is looking to sell his business, setting off a chain of blackmail and schemes to undermine him. ''The Gentlemen'' premiered at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema on December 3, 2019, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2020, by Entertainment Film Distributors, and in the United States on January 24, 2020, by STXfilms. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was also a commercial success, grossing $115 million worldwide against its $22 million budget. A spin-off television series is in development at Netflix with Theo James starring in a lead role, alongside Vinnie Jones, Kaya Scodel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Dockery
Michelle Suzanne Dockery (born 15 December 1981) is an English television and film actress. She is best known for her leading performance as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV television period drama series ''Downton Abbey'' (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Dockery made her professional stage debut in ''His Dark Materials'' in 2004. For her role as Eliza Doolittle in the 2007 London revival of '' Pygmalion'', she was nominated for the Evening Standard Award. For her role in the 2009 play ''Burnt by the Sun'', she earned an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Dockery has appeared in the films '' Hanna'' (2011), ''Anna Karenina'' (2012), '' Non-Stop'' (2014), and '' The Gentlemen'' (2019). On television, Dockery has also played lead roles on the drama series '' Good Behavior'' and the Netflix miniseries '' Godless'', for which she receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as both a charming, and vulnerable romantic lead and has since transitioned into a dramatic character actor. Among his numerous accolades, he has received a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, Volpi Cup, and an Honorary César. , his films had grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide. In 2022 ''Time Out'' magazine listed Grant as one of Britain's Greatest Actors of all time. Grant first received attention for his early roles in acclaimed costume dramas such as Merchant-Ivory's '' Maurice'' (1987), for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and '' The Remains of the Day'' (1993), as well as '' Sense and Sensibility'' (1995) and '' Restoration'' (1995). Grant then reached global stardom as a leading man in Richard Curtis's romantic comedy film '' Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994), whereupon he received the Golden Globe Award and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew David McConaughey ( ; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He had his breakout role with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy '' Dazed and Confused'' (1993). After a number of supporting roles, his first success as a leading man came in the legal drama '' A Time to Kill'' (1996). His career progressed with lead roles in the science fiction film ''Contact'' (1997), the historical drama '' Amistad'' (1997), and the war film '' U-571'' (2000). In the 2000s, McConaughey became known for starring in romantic comedies, including ''The Wedding Planner'' (2001), '' How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'' (2003), '' Failure to Launch'' (2006), '' Fool's Gold'' (2008), and '' Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' (2009), establishing him as a sex symbol. In 2011, after a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles, beginning with the legal drama ''The Lincoln Lawyer''. In 2012, he gained wider praise for his roles as a stripper in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilia Clarke
Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke (born 23 October 1986) is an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal as Daenerys Targaryen in ''Game of Thrones''. She has received various accolades, including an Empire Awards, Empire Award, a Saturn Awards, Saturn Award, three Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Critics' Choice Award nominations and four Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2019, ''Time (magazine), Time'' named her one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world. Clarke studied at Drama Centre London, appearing in a number of stage productions. Her television debut was a guest appearance in the BBC One medical soap opera ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors'' in 2009. The following year, she was named as one of the "UK Stars of Tomorrow" by ''Screen International'' magazine for her role in the TV film ''Triassic Attack'' (2010). Clarke had her breakthrough role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO epic fantasy television se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Kendrick
Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Satellite Award, five Teen Choice Awards, three MTV Movie Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award; making her one of the youngest people to be nominated for the "Triple Crown of Acting" and the youngest person to do so without winning. Kendrick began her career performing in theater productions at a young age. Her first starring role was in the 1998 Broadway musical ''High Society'', for which she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She made her film debut in the musical comedy ''Camp'' (2003), and rose to prominence for her role in '' The Twilight Saga'' (2008–2012). She achieved further recognition for the comedy-drama film '' Up in the Air'' (2009), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and for her starring role in the ''Pitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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