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Hsu Wei-ning
Hsu Wei-ning (; born 7 August 1984), also known as Tiffany Ann Hsu, is a Taiwanese actress. Hsu began her career as a model, and first came to attention for her supporting roles in the Taiwanese drama series '' It Started with a Kiss'' and its sequel ''They Kiss Again''. She also worked as a VJ for MTV Taiwan. Her performance as Doris in the Taiwanese film ''Design 7 Love'' earned her a Golden Horse Award nomination for Best New Performer. She appeared in the drama series ''The Way We Were'', for which she won a Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is also known for starring in the supernatural horror film '' The Tag-Along'' (2015) and its sequel ''The Tag-Along 2'' (2017). Early life Hsu's father is Italian-American and her mother is Taiwanese. Her father abandoned the family before she was born, leaving her mother to raise Hsu with the assistance of her maternal grandparents and her other family members. Hsu attended the Hwa Kang Arts School in Taipei wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainie Yang
Rainie Yang Cheng Lin (; born 4 June 1984) is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host. Early life Yang was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, her father's ancestors were from Guangdong, China. She spoke Cantonese at home. By the time she was 13, she had to start working because her father's business failed, which led to her parents being divorced. She attended Hwa Kang Arts School which specialized in performance arts. Career Yang began her career in 2000 as a member of Taiwanese girl group 4 in Love, where she was given the stage name Rainie. The group's popularity in the musical industry achieved limited success. After they disbanded in 2002, Yang continued to pursue her career in the entertainment industry as a TV host, hosting shows such as the variety show ''Guess''. After playing supporting roles in a series of Taiwanese TV dramas, including the highly popular pan-Asia hit Taiwanese series '' Meteor Garden'' and its supplementary mini-series ''Meteor Rain'', she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Juan
Ethan Juan (, born 8 November 1982) is a Taiwanese actor and model. He rose to prominence with the television series ''Fated to Love You'' (2008). Juan won the Best Actor award at the 47th Golden Horse Awards for his role in '' Monga'' in 2010. Early life Juan grew up in Taichung, Taiwan, with ancestral roots in Zhejiang. He comes from a military family: his father is a soldier, his mother is a military nurse, and his younger brother is an air force pilot. As a competitive swimmer in his early years, Juan's numerous achievements and awards (including first place at the Taichung City Duathlon) gained him admission into the highly prestigious National Teaching First Senior High School. However, owing to his rebellious streak as a teenager, he eventually dropped out; only graduating after numerous transfers in five different high schools. Thereafter, he held several part-time jobs. During this time, Juan also attended and later graduated from the private Hsing Wu University with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Times
''Our Times'' (, literally "The Time of My Maiden Years") is a 2015 Taiwanese teen romantic comedy-drama film directed by Frankie Chen. It is the directorial debut of Chen, who previously directed television dramas. The film stars Vivian Sung as Lin Cheng-hsin, an ordinary school-girl, Darren Wang as Hsu Tai-yu, the school's notorious gang leader, and Dino Lee as Ouyang Fei-Fan, the school's most popular male student. Plot The film opens in the present day, where Lin Truly (Joe Chen) is an ordinary office worker who leads a stressful life. Her name, "Truly", literally means "sincere of heart", reflecting her hard-working nature which often gets her ridiculed by her younger subordinates. Dejected, she listens to a cassette recording of an old Andy Lau song. This brings her back to her high school days, when she was an ordinary high-school girl, who idolized Lau and lived a simple, care-free life. She had a crush on Ouyang Fei-Fan, ( Dino Lee), the school's most popular male stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio DJ
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile DJs (who are hired to work at public and private events such as weddings, parties, or festivals), and turntablists (who use record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records). Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to also describe persons who mix music from other recording media such as cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop. DJs may adopt the title "DJ" in front of their real names, adopted pseudonyms, or stage names. DJs commonly use audio equipment that can play at least two sources of recorded music simultaneously. This enables them to blend tracks together to create tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MSN Entertainment
MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and Mobile app, apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95. MSN Dial-up, The Microsoft Network was initially a subscription-based dial-up online service that later became an Internet service provider named MSN Dial-up. At the same time, the company launched a new web portal named Microsoft Internet Start and set it as the first default home page of Internet Explorer, its web browser. In 1998, Microsoft renamed and moved this web portal to the domain name www.msn.com, where it has remained. In addition to its original MSN Dial-up service, Microsoft has used the 'MSN' brand name for list of services by MSN, a wide variety of products and services over the years, notably Hotmail (later Outlook.com), Windows Live Messenger, Messenger (which was once synonymous with 'MSN' in Internet slang and has now been rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 established on 15 July 1845 as ''The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce''. ''The Straits Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Singapore. The print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' have a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. Myanmar and Brunei editions are published, with newsprint circulations of 5,000 and 2,500 respectively. History The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The'' ''Singapore Free Press'', founded by William Napier in 1835. Marterus Thaddeus Apcar, an Armenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Jay Williams
Leon Jay Williams (, born 30 July 1976), also known as Li Wei-lian, is a Singaporean actor, singer and model who also frequently works in Taiwan and mainland China. In addition to Mandarin Chinese, he speaks English; he sometimes displays this ability in his work on television shows. He was a former model. Acting career He is known for starring in several Taiwanese dramas, including '' Green Forest, My Home'' and ''Heaven's Wedding Gown''. He has also made a cameo appearance in '' Smiling Pasta''. His most recent drama appearance is in "Zhang Xiao Wu's Spring". Williams was also a former Mister Singapore and Mister International Man. He used to sign to ECI Global Talent Management. Since 2022, he signed with Mediacorp's The Celebrity Agency after relocating back to Singapore. Personal life Williams is of mixed English, German, Japanese and Chinese descent: his paternal grandfather is English, while his paternal grandmother is of mixed Germans and Japanese ancestry. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resorts World Sentosa
Resorts World Sentosa ( abbreviation: RWS) is an integrated resort on the island of Sentosa, which is located off the southern coast of Singapore. The key attractions within RWS include one of Singapore's two casinos, a Universal Studios Singapore theme park, which is the second Universal Studios theme park in Asia after Universal Studios Japan and the first in Southeast Asia, the Adventure Cove Waterpark, as well as the S.E.A. Aquarium, which is the world's second largest oceanarium. First conceived in 2006, the S$6.59 billion (US$5.03 billion) resort was developed by Genting Singapore, and construction began in 2007. It was the third most expensive building ever constructed when it was completed 2010. The resort occupies approximately of land and directly employs up to 15,000 people. The soft launch of the first four hotels took place on 20 January 2010, with the FestiveWalk shopping mall following on 1 February. The casino began operations on 14 February 2010 on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me Or Leave Me (TV Series)
''Love Me Or Leave Me'' () is a 2012 to 2013 Taiwanese television series created and developed by SETTV. It stars Ann Hsu, Chris Wang as the main leads with Albee Huang, Lee Kang-i and Alan Kuo as the supporting cast. Filming began on September 16, 2012 and finished on February 17, 2013. It began airing on SETTV ETTV on November 8, 2012. Final episode aired on February 21, 2013 with 16 episodes total for the original Taiwan broadcast and 29 episodes for the Mainland China and Hong Kong version. Synopsis Ji Qing (Ann Hsu) has commitment issues due to her parents' failed marriage and her father's infidelity. Even though she is in a stable and loving relationship with her longtime boyfriend Fang Hao Ming (Chris Wang), she hesitates when he talks about marriage. To test if Hao Ming will remain faithful to her, she hires Zhao Shan Shan (Albee Huang) to test if he will cheat on her. Ji Qing's plan seems to backfire when Shan Shan seems to have fallen for Hao Ming for real. Cast Main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love You (TV Series)
''Love You'' (), is a 2011 Taiwanese drama starring Joseph Chang, Rainie Yang, Kingone Wang, Ann Hsu, Alien Huang and Thomas Price. It is the second installment of the '' Fated to Love You'' trilogy. It started filming in January 2011 and wrapped on 30 April. Now News.co楊丞琳恢復本尊不對勁 張孝全《醉後》捨不得4 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-11 It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television (TTV) from 17 April 2011,「醉後決定愛上你」楊丞琳首次演人妻 誇張孝全體格好 22 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-27 every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV from 23 April 2011, every Saturday at 21:00. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn's Concerto
Autumn's Concerto () is a 2009 Taiwanese drama series starring Ady An, Ann Hsu, and Vanness Wu of F4. It was produced by Sanlih E-Television and directed by Wei-ling Chen. The series was filmed from June to December 2009. The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television (TTV) on Sundays from 22:00 to 23:30 from October 4, 2009, to February 28, 2010. It was also shown on the cable network Sanlih E-Television on Saturdays from 21:00 to 22:30 from October 10, 2009, to March 6, 2010. ''Autumn's Concerto'' was nominated in 2010 for Best Marketing at the 45th Golden Bell Awards in Taiwan. The show has also broken records with its high ratings. Episode 18 (aired on 31 January 2010) achieved a score of 8.23, passing ''The Prince Who Turns into a Frog'' to become the second-highest rated Taiwanese idol drama, second only to ''Fated to Love You''. ''Autumn's Concerto'' airs on Hawaii's KIKU television every Saturday at 7:00 PM. Synopsis Ren Guang Xi (Vanness Wu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
