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Jiangmen Star Park
Jiangmen Star Park () is a celebrity park opened in November 2010 in Jiangmen, Guangdong, China at an estimated cost of 10 million yuan.Dailynews.com.Dailynews.com" ''阿嬌進江門「星光園」？ 網友駡：夠格嗎.'' Retrieved on 2010-02-02. Theme The theme of the park is based on notable celebrities with specific ancestral roots from the Greater Taishan Region of Taishan, Kaiping, Xinhui & Jiangmen, Enping, Heshan. The list is quite long with about 120 celebrities. The following are some notable people from within a particular district of the same city. Others include: Kenny Bee, Bobby Au-Yeung, Patrick Tam, Jamie Chik. So far Yi Jianlian is the only person not to be from the TV-film-music entertainment industry. He is a basketball player. Opening Throughout the year in 2010 many hand prints of celebrities were collected. In the afternoon of November 6, 2010 an official opening ceremony was held at the park with many in attendance including Andy Lau, Tony Leung, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiangmen
Jiangmen (), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China. As of the 2020 census, its three urban districts, plus Heshan City being conurbated, with 2,657,662 inhabitants are now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 inhabitants and the entire prefecture had a population of about 4,798,090 inhabitants. Names Jiangmen is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese name or , based on its pronunciation in the Mandarin dialect. Its former Wade-Giles spelling was . The Postal Map spelling "Kongmoon" was based upon the same name's Cantonese pronunciation ''Gong¹-moon⁴''. Other forms of the name include Kongmoon, Kongmun, and Kiangmoon. Jiangmen is also known as Pengjiang. Its rural hinterland is known to the Chinese diaspora as the " Four Counties" (q.v.), although the addition of Heshan to Jiangmen has prompted the remaining locals to begin calling it the "Five Counties" instead. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Man-Wai
Lai Man-wai (; September 25, 1893 – October 26, 1953), also romanised as Lay Min-wei or M.W. Ray, considered the "Father of Hong Kong Cinema", was the director of the first Hong Kong film ''Zhuangzi Tests His Wife'' in 1913. In the film, Lai played the role of the wife, partly due to the reluctance of women to participate in show business at the time. Biography Born in Yokohama, Japan, of Xinhui, Guangdong origin and raised in Hong Kong, he joined Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang party in 1911 and helped make anti-warlord movies. He was an active director during the golden years of the Shanghai movie industry from 1921 to 1928. In 1923, he founded the China Sun Motion Picture Company with his brother, Lai Pak-hoi, in Hong Kong which later relocated to Shanghai. In 1930, he co-founded one of the "Big Three" studios of the 1930s, Lianhua Film Company, with Lo Ming-yau. Lianhua, together with other leading Shanghai studios, was destroyed when the Empire of Japan attacked Shanghai in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Bee
Chung Chun-to (born 23 February 1953), also known by his stage name Kenny Bee, is a Hong Kong singer, musician and actor. He is best known as the singer of the group the Wynners, and as a solo artist who has been active in the Hong Kong entertainment industry for nearly three decades. Career Bee made his break into the Hong Kong entertainment industry in 1973 as a member of the popular 1970s band, the Wynners (溫拿樂隊), sharing vocal duties with Alan Tam. Before joining the Wynners, he was a vocalist and saxophonist on the Hong Kong nightclub circuit, and briefly fronted a band called ''the Sergeant Majors''. Acting As members of the Wynners went separate ways in 1978, Bee embarked on a solo career as an actor in Taiwan, playing lead roles in a number of romantic movies, amongst which were '' The Story of a Small Town'', (directed by Li Hsing, 1979), ''Good Morning, Taipei'' (directed by Li Hsing, 1979), both of which won the Golden Horse Award, and ''The Green, Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekin Cheng
Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Early in his career, he used the name Dior as a first name (because that was what it sounded like when his younger sister tried to call him 二哥 in Cantonese). He has also been referred to as Noodle Cheng, () after a popular noodle dish with a similar name and his wavy long hair. Currently Ekin is the name used. Career Television Cheng began acting in commercials when he was in high school, the most well-known being for Hi-C Lemon Tea. After high school, he enrolled in TVB's Martial Arts school, but did not like it and switched to their acting school. After that he began to get a number of TV roles. The latest TVB series he participated in was '' Always Ready'', working with Charmaine Sheh, Bowie Lam and Linda Chung. Film His first film was '' Girls Without Tomorrow 1992'' (1992) and at the time he was still called by the name Dior Cheng. He changed his name to "Ekin" before his break-out role in the ''Young and Dangerous'' ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Wong (film Director)
Raymond Wong Pak-ming (Chinese: 黃百鳴, born 8 April 1946; sometimes transliterated as Raymond Wong Bak-ming) is a Hong Kong film producer, playwright, director and actor. He is one of the most successful producers in Hong Kong cinema, having been one of the comedians to establish Cinema City Studios in 1980. Career Cinema City In 1980, Wong formed the renowned Cinema City Co., Ltd. with Karl Maka and Dean Shek. The production company became an industry phenomenon, producing films such as ''A Better Tomorrow'', ''Aces Go Places'', '' Prison on Fire'' and ''All About Ah-Long''. Actors such as Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung and Ti Lung along with filmmakers John Woo, Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark were some of the people who rose to fame under the Cinema City label. He played the actor in the comedy ghost series ''Happy Ghost'' ( 開心鬼). In 1991, the trio broke up, with both Maka and Shek ending their interests in the film industry. Mandarin films Wong eventually formed Mandar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Kwan
Kenny Kwan Chi-Bun (born December 30, 1980) is a Philippine-born Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor, under the music label Emperor Entertainment Group. He was born in the Philippines but grew up in Hong Kong. At age 20, he and his friend, Steven Cheung were created as members of Boy'z, which is now known as Sun Boy'z. In 2005, Kenny was asked to leave Boy'z so he could pursue his career as a solo artist. He has since released three albums (July 2005, December 2005, and July 2006) called "Oncoming", "Musick", and "Mie Wo Sagashite", respectively. On July 13, 2006, Kenny released his newest album called "Mie Wo Sagashite" with a 160-page photo book. In 2007, Kenny was a guest at the Success Gala in Vancouver, where he performed and raised money for the organization. Kenny was also featured in Sun Boy'z' new song, ''3+1=1'' in their second album ''All For 1''. This marks their first collaboration since he left the group. In the year of 2010, Kenny and Steven rejoin the band B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chow Yun-fat
Chow Yun-fat (born 18 May 1955), previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with filmmaker John Woo in the five Hong Kong action heroic bloodshed films: ''A Better Tomorrow'', ''A Better Tomorrow II'', '' The Killer'', '' Once a Thief'' and '' Hard Boiled'', and in the West for his roles as Li Mu-bai in ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' and Sao Feng in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End''. He mainly plays in drama films and has won three Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor and two Golden Horse Awards for Best Actor in Taiwan. Chow started his career in movies in 1976 with Goldig Films. Early life and education Chow was born in Lamma Island, Hong Kong, to Chow Yung-wan (), who worked on a Shell Oil Company tanker, and Chan Lai-fong (), who was a cleaning lady and vegetable farmer. Chow grew up in a farming community on Lamma Island, in a house with no electricity. He woke up at dawn each morning to help hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Chan
Danny Chan Pak-Keung (; 7 September 1958 – 25 October 1993) was a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, records producer and actor. He is widely recognised as the first modern day pop idol in Hong Kong, gaining fame alongside performers Alan Tam, Anita Mui, and Leslie Cheung, who were collectively known as "Three Kings and a Queen" (三王一后) or "Tam Cheung Mui Chan" (譚張梅陳) in the 1980s. He actively engaged in various charity shows and activities. His innate fashion sense was renowned in Hong Kong show business. Chan is best remembered for his Cantopop romance ballads and soul touching music compositions. His most renowned works include ''"Waiting"'' ( 等), ''" Life Expectation"'' ( 一生何求), ''"Ripples"'' ( 漣漪), ''"Loving You Alone"'' ( 偏偏喜歡你) and ''"Cherish Tonight"'' ( 今宵多珍重). Chan died on October 25, 1993, after being in a coma for 17 months. Career Chan was born on 7 September 1958 at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam (薄扶林). His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Ka Kui
Koma Wong Ka Kui (; 10 June 1962 – 30 June 1993) was a Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter. He gained fame in Asia as the leader and a co-founder of the rock band Beyond, where he was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter and his younger brother Wong Ka Keung played bass. Life and career Early life Wong grew up in So Uk Estate, Sham Shui Po. As a junior at secondary school, he was recommended to listen to European and American music by a schoolmate and later became a fan of David Bowie. Until the age of 15, he taught himself to play guitar after he had acquired an acoustic guitar pre-owned by a neighbour. When developing his guitar skills, he bought a second-hand electric guitar, a red Fender Stratocaster in maplewood. He once worked as an office assistant, a mechanic, a scenery decorator for TV company, etc., after his graduation from secondary school. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen Chi-tan (; born 27 July 1963) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, and action director. Yen is one of Hong Kong's top action stars. Yen is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts (MMA) into the mainstream Asian cinema by choreographing MMA in many of his films since the early 2000s. The first Chinese UFC champion Zhang Weili states that Yen's films introduced her to MMA. Yen has displayed skill in an array of martial arts, being well-versed in Tai Chi, Boxing, Kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do, Hapkido, Mixed Martial Arts, Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Hung Ga, Sanda, Judo, Wing Chun, and Wushu. One of the most popular film stars in Asia of the early 2000s, Yen is consistently one of the highest-paid actors in Asia. Yen earned HK$220 million (US$28.4 million) from four films and six advertisements in 2013. Yen is credited by many for contributing to the popularisation of Wing Chun in China. He portrays Wing Chun grandmaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
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Gillian Chung
Gillian Chung Ka-lai (born Chung Tik-shan, 21 January 1981), known by her stage name Chung Yan-tung, is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is a member of the Cantopop duo Twins, along with Charlene Choi. Early life Chung was born in Hong Kong as Chung Tik-shan ().'' Be My Guest'' (7 March 2009 episode) Her father died when she was one year old. When she was two years old, her family believed the character Tik (狄) from her birth name to be too strong and renamed her to Chung Ka-lai (). She initially grew up in a single parent family until her mother remarried to a man also surnamed Chung, when Chung was in high school. She was given the English name "Gillian" while in high school. Chung graduated from Kowloon True Light Middle School and briefly attended the William Angliss Institute of TAFE in Melbourne, Australia. Career Early years In 2000, Chung was contacted by one of the model agencies she worked part-time with when she was in Hong Kong. She was offered a job opportun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
