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Lan Kwai Fong (film)
''Lan Kwai Fong'' () is a 2011 Hong Kong film directed by Wilson Chin, starring Shiga Lin, Zo, Jeana Ho, Jason Chan, Gregory Wong and Dada Chan. The film dwelt with subjects that were considered to be "daring" in Hong Kong at the time. The film takes place in the Lan Kwai Fong square, a place known for its bars, nightclubs, neon lights and luxurious appearance. It is considered one of the more famous areas of the city. The film explores the lavish lifestyle of a group of wealthy young people. The film was deliberately cast with young actors and actresses to have a real feel. The story also looks at nightlife in Lan Kwai Fong, the ubiquity of temptation and the opened notions about love and sex in Hong Kong today, depicting the love stories of three playboys—bar manager Jacky (Jason Chan), wine salesman Steven (Zo) and rich Sean Yi (Gregory Wong), with their romantic interests Jeana (Jeana Ho), Jennifer (Shiga Lin) and Cat (Dada Chan). Plot The movie follows three budding c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Chan (singer)
Jason Chan Pak-Yu (, born 20 July 1983 as Ivan Chan) is a Hong Kong Canadian singer. He debuted under Sony Music in 2006 and released his debut album '' First Experience'' in 2007 and has since released more than 10 albums. He has been dubbed by the Hong Kong media as the music industry's "hidden master" (樂壇隱世高手). Chan has also ventured into film and television, and business, owning two bars in Hong Kong. Life and career Early life and career beginnings Chan was born in Hong Kong and moved to Canada when he was seven years old with his mother after his parents divorced. He has a younger sister. Chan attended Markville Secondary School in Markham, Ontario, and studied social work in university briefly. He returned to Hong Kong in 2005 and worked in customer service at an IT firm. After his friend sent his demo and recordings from a singing competition in Canada to Sony Music Hong Kong (then known as Sony BMG), he was offered a contract and signed with the label. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherman Chung
Sherman Chung Shu-man, (; born 20 June 1984) is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. She started her career after winning the 2005 EEG Singing Contest (aka 24th annual New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals). During 2006, she underwent a series of intensive training and released her first single "The Throes of Master" (高手過招) in 2007. Summary Sherman Chung's childhood dream was to be painter and pianist. When Chung was 21 years old in 2005, she participated in TVB International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship of Emperor Entertainment Group Co., Ltd. (EEG), and won the championship by singing Faye Wong's original song "Wonderful for Him" (Golden Mi Award), and join Emperor Entertainment Group to practice for a year. In 2007, Chung officially debuted with "The Throes of Master". On October 2, 2009, the hit work "A Letter to Myself" was released, and with this song, it won 11 consecutive awards at the 2009 four major award ceremonies. In mid-March 2015, as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Films
The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 28 sequels released. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' observed that the best films of 2011 "exalt the metaphysical, the fantastical, the transformative, the fourth-wall-breaking, or simply the impossible, and—remarkably—do so ... These films depart from 'reality' ... not in order to forget the irrefutable but in order to face it, to think about it, to act on it more freely". Film critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya of '' RogerEbert.com'' considers the year of 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of 1939 being film's best year overall, citing examples such as ''Drive'', ''The Tree of Life'', ''Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'', ''Keyhole'', '' Contagion'', ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Film Award
The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies are typically in April. The awards recognise achievement in various aspects of filmmaking, such as directing, screenwriting, acting and cinematography. The awards are the Hong Kong equivalent to the American Academy Awards. The HKFA, incorporated into Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd. since December 1993, are currently managed by a board of directors, which consists of representatives from thirteen professional film bodies in Hong Kong. Voting on eligible films for the HKFA is conducted January through March every year and is open to all registered voters, which include local film workers as well as critics, and a selected group of adjudicators. General rules The Hong Kong Film Awards are open to all Hong Kong films which are longer than an hour and commercially released in Hong Kong within the previous calendar year. A film qualifies as a Hong Kong film if i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
31st Hong Kong Film Awards
The 31st Hong Kong Film Awards presentation ceremony took place in Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 15 April 2012. The hosts for the awards ceremony are Eric Tsang, Bowie Tsang, Gordon Lam, Ronald Cheng and Angelababy. TVB, Now TV and RTHK Radio 2 were the live broadcasters of the ceremony, with other networks airing simulcasts around the world. The film ''A Simple Life'' won five of its major nominations (film, director, screenplay, actor, actress). Deanie Ip became the oldest Best Actress Award-winner in the history of Hong Kong Film Awards. Ann Hui has now won four Best Director Awards, the most in awards history. ''Let the Bullets Fly'' directed by Jiang Wen and ''Flying Swords of Dragon Gate'' directed by Tsui Hark dominated the nominations in 13 categories including Best Film and Best Director. Individually, Jiang Wen got nominated in four categories (director, actor, screenplay, film editing). Awards Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lan Kwai Fong 3
''Lan Kwai Fong 3'' () is a 2014 blue comedy film directed by Wilson Chin and produced by Ng Kin-Hung. ''Lan Kwai Fong 3'' is a sequel to 2011's ''Lan Kwai Fong'' and 2012's ''Lan Kwai Fong 2'' as part of the Lan Kwai Fong theatrical series. Originally intended for a late December 2013 release it was pushed back to an early 2014 release due to production issues. The film was finally released in Hong Kong and Singapore on January 2, 2014. The film stars Whitney Hui, Ava Yu, Jeana He, Jason Chan, Alex Lam, Christine Ng, Celia Kwok, and Charles Ying. The movie is much darker than the previous two by depicting drugs and rape in club scenes. Plot The story follows four women who hit the Hong Kong night-life district of Lan Kwai Fong, looking for excitement and love. Jeana (from the first movie) is now a model in an open, non-committed relationship with Jacky (also from the first movie), and continues with her party-hard night lifestyle. Her friend Sara, feeling neglected by her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lan Kwai Fong 2
''Lan Kwai Fong 2'' is a 2012 blue comedy film directed by Wilson Chin and produced by Li Kuo Hsing. ''Lan Kwai Fong 2'' is the sequel to ''Lan Kwai Fong'' and is the second film in the Lan Kwai Fong theatrical series. It was released in Hong Kong, Macao and New Zealand on 23 August 2012, and grossed over $11,031,668 in Hong Kong. It was followed by sequels ''Lan Kwai Fong 3''. The film stars Shiga Lin, Sammy Sum, Izumt Liu, Avis Chan, and Boey Chan. Cast Main cast * Shiga Lin as Summer. * Kelvin Kwan as Rain. * Sammy Sum as Don. * Izumi Liu as Siri. * Avis Chan as Avis. * Mia Chan as QQ. * Linah Matsuoka as Maxim. * Ho Hou-Man as fai. Other * Cheuk Wan-chi * Angelina Zhang as Angelina. * Adason Lo as A Wei. * Daniel Chau as A Bo. * Benedict Zhuang * Sita Chan as Sita. * Liddy Li * Jaime Fong * Chiang Man Kit * Vanko Wong * Calinda Yuen-wai Chan * Naomi Fung * Jason Chung Guest star * Leo Ku * Niki Chow * Suen Yiu-wai * Alex Fong * William So * Timmy Hung * Jacquelin Chong * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Vidal
Janice M. Vidal (born 13 April 1982) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer of mixed Filipino and Korean descent. Vidal was first discovered by music producer Mark Lui and initially began her career as a back-up singer for Leon Lai. She debuted as a solo artist in 2004 under Lai's label, Amusic, where she remained until signing with Warner Music in 2015. She is the twin sister of singer Jill Vidal. Biography Vidal was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong to a Filipino father and mother of mixed Chinese and Korean descent. She worked as a bar singer under the name "Renee" and joined the 2000 New Talent Singing Awards as Ming Lok Tai (明樂蒂) before adopting her current Chinese name, Wai Lan (衛蘭). Vidal admitted in a radio interview that she cannot read Chinese and uses Romanization to help her pronounce words that she sings in the recording studio. In an interview with ''South China Morning Post'' in 2009, she stated that she had converted to Buddhism about 6 years prior. Vidal has sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Cheung (actor)
Steven Cheung Chi-hang is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Steven Cheung was a member of the Cantopop duo, Sun Boy'z from 2002 to 2006, where William Chan joined in and the group was renamed Sun Boy'z. It was officially disbanded in December 2008. Biography Early life and career Cheung was born into a wealthy family in Hong Kong to a Dutch mother and a Chinese father. Cheung never had academic talent. He failed badly in school and repeated the same grade level three times before dropping out. From his father's connection, Steven and his younger brother Ryan Chung became models for Jamcast. He was later referred into Emperor Entertainment Group, while his sister, Jan Chung became a member of the music duo Krusty. Cheung began his career in the entertainment industry as one-half of the duo Boy'Z with Kenny Kwan in 2002–2005. When Kwan left Boy'Z in January 2005, Cheung continued the duo with Dennis Mak. In June 2006, William Chan joined Boy'Z and the group was renamed as Sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Cheng
Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui (born 28 December 1954) is a Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies. He was a Hong Kong DJ and radio channel executive. Cheng became famous after he created the radio drama series ''The Yuppie Fantasia'' (小男人週記) in 1986 which he also starred in. In 1989, he starred in the film adaptation of the series which was directed by Gordon Chan and became a box office hit. Early life Cheng was born in Hong Kong on 27 November 1954. His ancestral hometown is huizhou ( 惠州市), Guangdong province. Having attended secondary school in St. Paul's College, he went to the Baptist College, the top broadcasting school in Hong Kong, and graduated in 1978. Acting career Lawrence Cheng brought his comical slightly nerdish and slightly fantasia film persona into films since the mid-80s. He has acted in mainly comedy films over the next ten years and a few drama films. He occasionally wore more than one hat like other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ava Yu
Ava Liu Yu-Kiu (born 5 August 1985) is a Hong Kong singer, actress and television host. Early life Ava was born and raised in Hong Kong, where her junior primary studies were at the Cheung Chau Primary School, because her mother was a primary school teacher, Ava transferred to St. Clare's Primary School to continue her primary studies. Her secondary studies were at the Ying Wa Girls' School. In 2002, Ava scored 26 points at the HKCEE Examination, then she was admitted to the University of Hong Kong, majoring in biology, where she graduated in 2007 and attained ABRSM grade eight piano certificate. Career In 2009, Ava became a newcomer of Hong Kong's music industry; she previously released her singles including "HKU girls", "Private affair official handle", and "Treat you worse just want you afraid". In July, she launched her photo album at the Hong Kong Book Fair, which was shot in Sabah, Malaysia. At the end of same year, she launched her first personal album "AVA". Ava is now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
