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Michelle Saram
Michelle Alicia Saram () (born 12 December 1974) is a Singaporean actress & singer. Education Saram was educated at CHIJ Katong Convent, Temasek Junior College and Nanyang Technological University where she majored in Mass Communications. She was awarded the Nanyang Outstanding Young Alumni Award by her ''alma mater'' in 2006. Career Saram joined the entertainment industry after co-starring in an ad for One2Free with Hong Kong star Aaron Kwok. She joined MediaCorp and won the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award twice. She has also starred in foreign drama series such Taiwanese series '' Meteor Garden'' and in several Hong Kong dramas. She is one of the few actresses who have played leading roles in Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong television serials. Saram left the industry to concentrate on running her food and beverage business. 16 years later, she collaborated with Louis Koo in Paradox. Shortly after, Saram left the industry again to concentrate on running her food ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauw-Sim-Zecha Family
The Lauw-Sim-Zecha family is an Indonesian family of the 'Cabang Atas' or the Chinese gentry of the Dutch East Indies (colonial Indonesia). They came to prominence at the start of the nineteenth century as '' Pachters'' (revenue farmers), '' Landheeren'' (landlords) and ''Kapitan Cina'' (government-appointed Chinese headmen) in the colonial capital, Batavia (now Jakarta), and in the hill station of Sukabumi, West Java. The family is of mixed Peranakan Chinese and Indo-Bohemian descent. Following the Indonesian revolution (1945-1950) and revolutionary leader President Sukarno's nationalization of private assets, the family left Indonesia and is now based mostly overseas. Origin and rise Lauw Ho, the founding father of the family, was a prominent ''pachter'' or revenue farmer in Batavia between 1845 and 1861, as well as one of the city's wealthiest tycoons. He was also part of the powerful Ngo Ho Tjiang partnership that dominated the opium monopoly in Batavia. He served as '' Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards 2002
Star Awards 2002 is a television award telecast in 2002 as part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The ninth installment was held on 8 December 2012, with the ceremony hosted by Taiwanese host Timothy Chao and Channel 8 newscaster Chun Guek Lay. 28 awards were given out this year, an increase of five from last year, including three new categories awarded this year. This is the first a movie had garnered nominations for the ''Star Awards'' ceremony. However, Best Serial ''Beautiful Connection Beautiful Connection () is a Singaporean Chinese family drama serial. It was telecast in 2002. The show earned many nominations for the Star Awards including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best TV Drama, Best Theme Song, Best Di ...'' became the most successful winner for the ceremony, having won three awards in the ceremony. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. As like preceding ceremonies, Prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards For Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
The Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994. Initially, the awards were 10 Most Popular Artistes with five male and five female artistes receiving it. In 1997, the award winners were increased to ten female artistes from five. History The category was introduced in 1994, at the first Star Awards ceremony ; Chen Liping, Chen Xiuhuan, Pan Lingling, Aileen Tan, and Zoe Tay received the award as five of the female artistes of the 10 Most Popular Artistes award. The winners are determined by a majority vote from the public via telephone and SMS text voting. During 1994 and 1995, the Most Popular Actress award and Most Popular Actress were also awarded. It was a separate award from the 10 Most Popular Artistes award and was given out to the female artiste who topped the votes of the latter award. Tay won the award in both 1994 and 1995. In 1996, the Most Popular Actress award was ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards 2001
Star Awards 2001 is a television awards ceremony telecast on 25 November 2001 as part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp to honour its artistes who work on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It is the first awards ceremony presented by the newly rebranded MediaCorp (formerly the TCS TCS may refer to: Organisations * Tata Consultancy Services, an IT company headquartered in India * Taxpayers for Common Sense, a US nonpartisan federal budget watchdog organization * TCS Courier, a Pakistani courier service * Touring Club Suisse ...). The ceremony was hosted by Timothy Chao and Chinese actress Cheng Di. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. Special Awards Popularity Awards Malaysia polling Ceremony Professional and Technical Awards were presented before the main ceremony via a clip montage due to time constraints. The main awards were presented during the ceremony. Presenters References External linksOfficial homepage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards
The Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit in the media organisation Mediacorp of Singapore where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. The awards are given annually in a ceremony. The various category winners are awarded a trophy, with initial designs featuring various star shapes. The star was subsequently removed and the trophy is designed as a S shaped column, depicting the star. History The 1st Star Awards presentation was held on 26 February 1994, took place at the Caldecott Broadcast Centre, MediaCorp TV Theatre with an audience of about 500 people. There have no other pre-show and post-awards ceremony held in that year. Winners were announced during the presentation of the ceremony, the ceremony also presented a popularity contest, with Li Nanxing, Chew Chor Meng and Zoe Tay winning the Most Popular Actor and Actress award, respectively. The first Star Awards for Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love At 0°C
''Love at 0 °C'' is a Singaporean drama series which aired on Mediacorp Channel 8. It debuted on 10 July 2006 and consists of 20 episodes. The cast consisted of mostly relative newcomers and younger artistes. Synopsis Sun Yixin is an aspiring fashion designer but is unable to find a job. Her friend Xiaoling aspires to enter high society and marry a rich man's son and often drags Yixin along to high-class parties. Yixin's mother forces her to help out with her cleaning business. She is forced to do the cleaning herself when she discovers that the business is in debt due to her mother's negligence. Her first assignment was to clean the house of Hu Zhitao, an irascible old man who looks after his grandson with an iron hand and happens to be Guobin's father. Yixin and Hu Guobin were classmates at design school and share a love-hate relationship. She Weixiang and his partner Victor run a dinner dress rental and auction business. Although from a wealthy background, he is estrang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Boom (Singaporean TV Series)
Baby Boom (我家四个宝) is a Singaporean TV series aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 in 2003. Synopsis Tim and Kim are a yuppie married couple who would rather pursue a stylish lifestyle than start a family. They both have successful careers as a company executive and a director respectively. However they discover that they are unable to connect with other family members and friends who are already married or have children. Kim later discovers she is expecting quadruplets! Cast *Li Nanxing as Tim *Zoe Tay as Kim *Gurmit Singh as Adam *Mai Haowei as Kim's father *Li Yinzhu as Chen A-Mei 陈阿美, Kim's mother *Zen Chong as James, Kim's brother *Pan Lingling as Lu Xiaofen 卢晓纷, Adam's wife *Liang Tian as Cai Mingzheng 蔡铭政, Tim's father *Hong Huifang as Cai Jingwen 蔡静文, Tim's older sister * Li Wenhai as Song Junyu 宋君宇, Jingwen's husband *Michelle Saram as Kristen *Zhu Houren as Colin 2003 Accolades {, class="wikitable" , - ! Award !! Nominee !! Result , - , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteor Garden II
''Meteor Garden II'' () is a 2002 Taiwanese drama starring Barbie Shu and F4: Jerry Yan, Vic Chou, Vanness Wu, and Ken Chu. While it is a sequel to the 2001 television series '' Meteor Garden'', which is based on Japanese shōjo manga series , ''Meteor Garden II'' is an original series that is not based on the manga. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production with Angie Chai (柴智屏) as producer and directed by Wang Ming-tai. The series was broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS) (華視) from 11 November 2002 to 25 December 2002. The prequel '' Meteor Garden'' was broadcast from 12 April 2001 to 16 August 2001 and a supplementary mini-series, ''Meteor Rain'', was produced in 2001 and broadcast following the main series. This is the second live-action television adaptation of the manga, following its prequel '' Meteor Garden'' and followed by Japanese ''Hana Yori Dango'', its sequel ''Hana Yori Dango Returns'', South Korean ''Boys Ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Step Into The Past
''A Step into the Past'' is a 2001 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB and based on Huang Yi's novel of the same Chinese title. The series tells the story of a 21st-century Hong Kong VIPPU officer who travels back in time to the Warring States period of ancient China. He is involved in a number of important historical events that leads to the first unification of China under the Qin dynasty. The series' first original broadcast ran from 15 October to 7 December 2001 on the TVB Jade network in Hong Kong. A film sequel to the series, titled ''Back to the Past'', is currently in post-production. Plot 21st century Hong Kong Hong Siu-lung is a 21st-century VIPPU special agent in Hong Kong. In the first episode, Hong and his colleagues stand guard at an exhibition of the First Emperor's Terracotta Army. One of Hong's colleagues notices that one of the terracotta warriors bears a striking resemblance to Hong. Moments later, wealthy businessman Lee Siu-chiu is attacked and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The Threshold Of An Era
''At the Threshold of an Era'' () was a Hong Kong epic drama series broadcast by TVB Jade Channel from 11 October to 18 December 1999 and 13 March to 26 May 2000 and was extensively promoted by TVB as its cross-millennium, one-hundred-episode-long epic. The series composed of two parts, with a gap in between airing. The entire series took place in a continuing flashback, with the protagonist, Tim Yip (Gallen Lo), pondering the trials and tribulations he went through while riding on a train in the "green city" he developed. In 2022, the drama was selected as one of ten classic TVB dramas being honoured for Youku and TVB's new programme. Premise The drama documents the rise and fall of three entrepreneurs, who founded Lik Tin Century Corporation (力天世紀) together to achieve the ultimate goal of developing a pollution-free town in Hong Kong. Vendetta and love serves as strong subplots throughout the series, with the vendetta between two families being the most prominent. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
