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Paul Gare
Paul Gare or Kei Biu-Law (born May 8, 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American born Hong Kong television actor. Apart from English, Gare can speak Cantonese. A graduate of RMIT University, Gare began his acting career in 1980 playing mostly as an extra and namely as a foreigner. He was contracted with TVB (1982-1999, 2008–present), then with Asia TV (1983-2000). Gare represents the traditional non-Chinese actor in Hong Kong whereas more recent actors have had more prominent roles. Filmography TVB Most of his acting appearances have been with TVB * Love and Passion (萬水千山總是情) 1982 - as French consular official *Looking Back in Anger (義不容情) 1989 - as Mr Brown *The Greed of Man (大時代) 1992 *A Kindred Spirit (真情) 1995-1999 *Off Pedder 2008 *The Threshold of a Persona (ID精英) 2008 - as police officer *Rosy Business (巾幗梟雄) 2009 - as doctor *Burning Flame III (烈火雄心III) 2009 - as security guard *A Watchdog's Tale (老友狗狗) 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Provo–Orem Combined Statistical Area, Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as of 2021 estimates), making it the 22nd largest in the nation. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada). Salt Lake C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens Of Diamonds And Hearts
''Queens of Diamonds and Hearts'' is a Hong Kong costume drama produced by TVB and starring Roger Kwok, Fala Chen, Sharon Chan and Louis Yuen. A blessing ceremony was held on 5 September 2011 at Tseung Kwan O TVB City's Shaolin Temple at 11:30PM where filming began. The drama is based on the folk tale of Zhong Wu Yen a queen of the Warring States kingdom of Qi. Synopsis ''This synopsis uses Cantonese romanisations'' King Chai (Roger Kwok) is the inept ruler of Qi, a state surrounded by larger neighbours and beset with hidden internal and overt external threats. The guardian spirits of Qi come to the aid of Qi and King Chai by arranging for Chung Mo Yim (Fala Chen) to become the Queen of Qi. Chung Mo Yim is skilled in magic, martial arts and the use of strategms, however she has been born with a prominent birth mark on her face and King Chai finds her ugly. The opponents of Qi in turn arrange for King Chai to become infatuated with Ha Ying Chun (Sharon Chan Sharon Chan Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unholy Alliance (TV Series)
''The Unholy Alliance'' (; literally "Alliance") is an action crime- thriller television drama created by Jazz Boon and TVB. Principal photography began in Hong Kong in September 2016, and continued in Taiwan in December 2016. It premiered on TVB Jade on 7 August 2017, and for MediaCorp's Channel U in July 2019, and ran for 28 episodes. Boon has described ''The Unholy Alliance'' as a '' Mission: Impossible''-style action thriller that features modern martial arts, including MMA, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Krav Maga and gun fu. It stars Nina Paw, Ruco Chan, Nancy Wu, Joel Chan, Elaine Yiu, Kwok Fung, Jimmy Au, KK Cheung, and Elena Kong. ''The Unholy Alliance'' follows a modern Hong Kong crime family, led by the matriarch Ling Hung (Paw). Synopsis Surfer Ko Tsz-kit and his adoptive mother Mei run a B&B in Taiwan. Yuen Ching Yan who appeared as an agile backpacker meets Tsz Kit while biking on the same lane and then when she is supposedly harassed by drug addicts at the beach, where Ts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legal Mavericks
''Legal Mavericks'' (; literally “Crossing the Line") is a Legal, Crime, Detective television drama created by Lam Chi-wah and TVB. It began principal photography in October 2016. It aired concurrently on TVB Jade, and iQiyi. The second season of this drama aired in 2020. Synopsis Since losing his eyesight in an accident, Man Sun-Hop has been continually harassed and despised. But instead, his determination and perseverance are so reinforced that he has qualified as a barrister. He has also developed an acute sense beyond sight which helps him to gain the status of Blind Legal Knight in the legal profession. However, nobody really knows his true character. Fortunately, Kuk Yat-Ha, his flatmate and private detective, and Chiu Ching-Mui, a legal executive with mob connections, are two buddies he can always rely on. The trio is known as the "Three Sword Fighters" who defy the powerful and are always ready to seek justice for the underprivileged. Sun-Hop’s provocative style ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bet Her
BET Her (formerly Centric) is an American basic cable television network owned by Paramount Media Networks. The network is a spin-off of BET with a focus on general entertainment targeting African-American women. The channel originally launched in 1996 as BET on Jazz, a spin-off from BET with a focus on jazz music programming targeting African Americans. In 2006, the network was re-positioned as BET J, which carried a broader array of music programming of interest to the demographic (accompanying its sister soul and hip-hop-oriented digital networks). In 2009, the network relaunched as Centric, with a focus on lifestyle and music programming targeting an upscale African-American audience. In 2014, the network re-positioned its programming to target African-American women, and in 2017, re-branded under its current name. As of February 2015, approximately 51,829,000 American households (44.5% of households with television) received the network. History The channel launched on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinner At 8
Dinner at Eight may refer to: The play and its adaptations * ''Dinner at Eight'' (play), a 1932 Broadway play written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber * ''Dinner at Eight'' (1933 film), a 1933 adaptation * ''Dinner at Eight'' (1989 film), a made-for-television adaptation starring Lauren Bacall * ''Dinner at Eight'' (opera) by William Bolcom Television * '' Come Home Love: Dinner at 8'', a 2016 Hong Kong sitcom * "Dinner at Eight" (''Frasier''), an episode of the American sitcom ''Frasier'' * "Dinner at Eight" (''Falcon Crest''), an episode of the American soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' * "Dinner at Eight", an episode of the Canadian sitcom '' The Newsroom'' Other * "Dinner at Eight" (song), a song by Rufus Wainwright from his album ''Want One'' * ''Dinner at Eight'' (album), a 1986 album by American keyboardist and composer Wayne Horvitz See also * "Dinner at Eight-ish", an episode of the American sitcom ''Cheers'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Dis-Order
''Law dis-Order'' (; literally "Legal Strongman") is a 2016 Hong Kong television legal drama produced by Marco Law for TVB, starring Alex Fong, Liu Kai-chi, Ali Lee and Mandy Wong as the main leads. It premiered on Hong Kong's TVB Jade and Malaysia's Astro On Demand on September 19, 2016 airing Monday through Sunday during its 9:30-10:30 pm timeslot and concluding October 16, 2016 with a total of 28 episodes. ''Law dis-Order'' centred around the office politics of a prestigious Hong Kong law firm. Liu Kai-chi played KC Lau (劉謹昌) and Alex Fong played Kent Cheung (張強), both are powerful attorneys struggling to become the main authority at the law firm they both work at. In memorial of Liu Kai-chi, this drama aired again from 31 March 2021 in the midnight time slot. Synopsis As the co-founder of the Chinese law firm Donald & Co., Charles Cheuk (Lau Dan), has been a chairman of its committee for many years. Though he had promised his managing partner KC Lau (Liu Kai- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICAC Investigators 2016
ICAC may refer to: *Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong) *Independent Commission Against Corruption (Mauritius) *Independent Commission Against Corruption (New South Wales) *Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (Northern Territory) *Independent Commission Against Corruption (South Australia) *Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference *Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean *Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference *The International Cotton Advisory Committee *Internet Crimes Against Children See also *Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) (Victoria) *International Certification Accreditation Council The International Certification Accreditation Council (ICAC) is an alliance of organizations dedicated to assuring competency, professional management, and service to the public by encouraging and setting standards for licensing, certification, a ... (ICAC) * LCAC (other) {{disamb [Baidu] |
ICAC Investigators 2014
''ICAC Investigators 2014'' () is the 2014 edition of the ICAC Investigator series, produced by Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong) (ICAC) and broadcast on TVB. Each criminal case is based on actual cases investigated by the ICAC. Cast and Synopsis Case #1: Better Tomorrow Starring: *Liu Kai-chi as ICAC Martin *Jo Koo as Betty Lai *Venus Wong as ICAC Kwok Siu Lam *Hugo Wong as Patrick *Lily Li as Betty Lai's mother :Kwok Siu Lam (Venus Wong) is a new ICAC investigator, she is very ambitious and hopes to be assigned to major cases right away. However her first assignment is a case to investigate supermarket workers that takes bribes for selling baby milk powder. Siu Lam gets close to supermarket manager Betty Lai (Jo Koo) in order to uncover the true operation of this scheme, but seeing Betty as a single mother with a young daughter to take care of she is disappointed to see regular citizens resort to taking bribes in order to make ends meet. Senior investigator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullet Brain
''Bullet Brain'' (Chinese: 神探高倫布; literally "Great Detective Columbo") is a Hong Kong period fantasy television drama produced by TVB, starring Wayne Lai and Natalie Tong, with Lee Tim-sing serving as executive producer and Ip Kwong-yam serving as executive screenwriter. Produced at 25 episodes, the serial premiered on TVB Jade on 8 April 2013. It is set in British Hong Kong during the 1960s. Production and casting With the working title of ''Detective Columbo'', the sales presentation trailer of ''Bullet Brain'' was first revealed at TVB's ''Programme Presentation 2012'' in November 2011. The trailer, which starred Wayne Lai, Louise Lee, Tavia Yeung, and Evergreen Mak, was the second to the last trailer to air at the event. In December 2011, Lee announced that ''Bullet Brain'' is slated to begin filming in May 2012, but remained tight-lipped on the other details of the production. However, due to the studio's decrease in staff capacity, Lee lost many of his creative dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles
''Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles'' is a 2012 Hong Kong television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) under executive producer Chong Wai-kin. The drama follows the lives of a large, rich, and influential Chinese family living in 1920s and 1930s colonial Hong Kong. Cast and characters Chung family (鍾家) *Damian Lau portrays Sir Arthur Chung, JP (鍾卓萬; jyutping: ''Zung Ceokmaan'') the patriarch of the Chung family with four wives; the first ethnic Chinese barrister. *Mary Hon as Koo Sam-lan (顧心蘭; ''Gu Samlaan'') portrays the first wife of Sir Arthur Chung. She dies in episode 39. *Idy Chan portrays Aisin Gioro Yee-yin (愛新覺羅·爾嫣; ''Oisangoklo Jijin''), a Manchu ex-princess of the fallen Qing dynasty; the second wife of Sir Arthur. She is the oldest daughter of Pak's character, and sister of Aisin Gioro Yee-hei; also the love interest of Chai Yat-fai. She leaves Sir Arthur Chung for Chai Yat-Fai in episode 36." *Elena Kong portrays Yvonne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
