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Square Pegs (Hong Kong TV Series)
''Square Pegs'' (Traditional Chinese: 戇夫成龍) was a Hong Kong television series 2003. The program's title is an abbreviated reference to the English idiomatic phrase "square peg in a round hole." The series was the runaway success of 2003, commanding a peak viewership of 46 points, approximately 3.5 million or roughly half of Hong Kong's population during the last week of its broadcast, and breaking TVB's ten-year ratings record. It also went on to win four awards for its two lead actors in the TVB 36th Anniversary Awards, and made both Roger Kwok and Jessica Hsuan household names in the territory. Synopsis Choi Fong (Jessica Hsuan) is the eldest daughter of the Ling family that includes her oft-absent father, stepmother and stepsister Choi Dip (Leila Tong). Like Cinderella, she undertakes all the housework, does the grocery shopping, cooks for the family, and prevents her father's antique collection from falling prey to her stepmother's gambling appetite. One day, Mrs. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Kwok
Roger Kwok Chun-on is a Hong Kong television actor and former singer, who works for the TV station TVB. Kwok was born in Hong Kong, and his native family roots are in Zhongshan, Guangdong. He is one of the three actors who won Best Actor three times at the TVB Anniversary Awards. Career Roger Kwok has worked for TVB for many years, and received moderate fame in dramas such as ''Detective Investigation Files IV'' (1999), ''At the Threshold of an Era'' (1999-2000) and ''Law Enforcers'' (2002), but it was not until he played the role of the low-IQ Ding Sheung Wong (丁常旺) in the hugely popular drama ''Square Pegs'' (2002-2003) did he reach stardom, and went on to win Best Actor at the 2003 TVB Anniversary Awards. After appearing in the moderately popular dramas '' Not Just a Pretty Face'' (美麗在望) (2003) and ''To Get Unstuck in Time'' (2004), Kwok reprised his role as Wong in the modernized version of ''Square Pegs'', ''Life Made Simple'', in 2005, which again was a huge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chun Wong
Chun may refer to: Places * Chun River in Thailand * Chun District in Phayao Province, Thailand * Chûn Castle, a hillfort in the United Kingdom * Commandery (China) (), an administrative division of imperial China People and names * Jeon (Korean surname) (), a common Korean surname spelled Chun by about 5% of its bearers * Cheon (Korean surname) (), a less common Korean surname spelled Chun by about 40% of its bearers * Joon (Korean name) (), a rare Korean surname spelled Chun in the McCune–Reischauer romanisation * Chen (surname) (), a Chinese surname also spelled Chun * Carl Chun (1852–1914), German zoologist * Chun (Bible), a biblical name * Prince Chun (other), the title of various princes of the Chinese Qing Dynasty Other * Ch'un, a type of Chinese clam monster * Chun (season) (), the Chinese season of spring See also * Qian (other) Qian may refer to: *Guizhou, abbreviated as ''Qián'' (黔), province of China *Mace (unit), or Qian, one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Dramas
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB Pearl as its main English service. TVB is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. TVB commenced broadcasting on November 19, 1967. The Company was incorporated on July 26, 1965 and was co-founded by Sir Run Run Shaw, who was Chairman from 1980 to 2011, together with Sir Douglas Clague and Harold Lee Hsiao-wo of the Lee Hysan family. When TVB first began broadcasting it was commonly known and promoted as "Wireless Television" () in Chinese to distinguish it from the then cable television broadcaster, Rediffusion Television (), which later became ATV (). It is still usually referred to with that name, although ATV later switched to "wireless" (free-to-air) broadcasting as well. TVB is known primarily for its dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Anniversary Awards
The TVB Anniversary Awards (), officially known as the TVB Awards Presentation, is an annual awards ceremony honoring TVB's programming achievements in Hong Kong television; despite claims that it is the region's equivalent to the American Emmy and the Australian Logie, no other networks are allowed to enter their programmes into TVB competition, and it is awarded solely to TVB programming. Winners are awarded a copy of the golden TVB anniversary statuette, which depicts a man and a woman holding up TVB's square logo. The TVB Anniversary Awards are only one of three (four, including Asian Television Awards) TVB awards given out. The other two types of TVB awards that are given out before the anniversary awards are: TVB Star Awards Malaysia and StarHub TVB Awards (Singapore). A list of all TVB awards winners is compiled here in the TVB Awards Winners Lists. The awards for Best Drama, Best Actor, and Best Actress in a TVB drama series were first presented in 1997 as the final a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tang
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Wong
Natalie Wong Kei-ying (Chinese name: 黃𨥈瑩, sometimes credited as 黃紀瑩 or 黃釲瑩) (born on 15 July 1976) is a Hong Kong actress affiliated with TVB. Miss Hong Kong start Wong entered the Miss Hong Kong Pageant in 1994 while studying business in college. From the start she was deemed a favourite by the Hong Kong media, and she nabbed the Miss Photogenic award early on in the semi-finals. However, due to her average performance in the finals, she lost her bid for the crown to winner Halina Tam (譚小環), first runner-up Annamarie Wood (活麗明), and second runner-up Theresa Lee (李綺紅), placing in the top five. Career Due to her popularity during the contest, TVB quickly signed with her and cast her as one of the leading female roles in the sitcom ''Happy Harmony'' (餐餐有宋家), which aired from October 1994 to March 1995. With below average acting talent, she went on to play second female leads in subsequent TVB dramas. In 1998, Wong was sent to host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Tong
Angela Tong (born 30 June 1975) is a Hong Kong actress. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China. She was Miss Chinese Montreal 1995. She was educated in Concordia University. Pageant life After winning the 12th place in Miss Chinese Montréal Pageant in 1994, Tong represented Montréal to compete in the Miss Chinese International Pageant 1995. Although she only reached the Top 12 in the pageant, she was approached by TVB with an acting contract. Acting career Tong has been in numerous TVB dramas since 1995, but mostly supporting roles and is mostly cast as a showgirl or " the other woman". After for 10 years, her big break finally came with the TVB series ''Life Made Simple (阿旺新傳)'' playing a physically unattractive girl with a heart of gold and a wonderful singing voice called "Lee Siu Ho (李笑好)". The role won her critical acclaim, winning the Best Supporting Actress award at the TVB 37th Anniversary Awards in Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sing Cheung
Lee Shing-cheong (; born 11 October 1957) is a Hong Kong TVB actor. He also goes by the name Henry Lee. Career Acting Lee graduated from the 8th TVB Training Class in August 1979. He landed his first role in Hong Kong '81,http://bbs.ent.163.com/bbs/tvb/96711279.html one of TVB's long-running series, and was notable for the role of Michael in ''Looking Back In Anger'', one of TVB's most popular dramas to date. Lee is also a member of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild. He was inducted on 10 November 1994. Lee was originally known for playing villains, but gained weight over the years and is now usually known for comedic roles. Lee has acted alongside fellow TVB veteran Elliot Ngok Wah many times, their most notable show being ''Looking Back in Anger''. Personal life Lee lives in Tseung Kwan O with his family. He married his bank officer wife in 1993 and has a daughter, born in 2001. Filmography * Hong Kong '81 (1981) *Hong Kong '82 (1982) * Hong Kong '83 (1983) * Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuen Wah
Yuen Wah (born Yung Kai-chi; 2 September 1952) is a Hong Kong action film actor, action choreographer, stuntman and martial artist who has appeared in over 160 films and over 20 television series. Early life Born Yung Kai-chi on 2 September 1950 in Hong Kong, Kai attended the China Drama Academy, a Peking opera school in Hong Kong in the late 1950s and 1960s. He was instructed by Master Yu Jim Yuen and became a member of the Seven Little Fortunes along with fellow students including Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen. Like the other students, he took his sifu's given name – " Yuen". In his biography, Jackie Chan stated that Yuen Wah's martial arts ability was well respected among his fellow students. After leaving the opera school, many of the students entered the Hong Kong film industry. Yuen Wah was given an anglicised stagename, ''Sam Yuen'', but like Yuen Biao (Bill Yuen / Jimmy Yuen), the name was not used. Rather than reverting to their birth nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Chan
Rebecca Chan Sau Chu (born October 20, 1958) is a Hong Kong actress best known for her works with the television network TVB such as hit series ''War and Beauty'' where she played the main villain. She joined TVB in 1979, when she competed at the Miss Hong Kong 1979 pageant. She finished as a top 10 semifinalist. She left TVB in 1990, rejoined in 1995 and left again in July 2020. Filmography Variety show (TVB) *1981: ''Sports World TVB'' *1983: ''Enjoy Yourself Tonight ''Enjoy Yourself Tonight'' or ''EYT'' is a popular variety show that was produced in British Hong Kong. It first aired on TVB Jade on 20 November 1967. The show lasted 27 years with its last broadcast on Friday, 7 October 1994.Chinanews.com.cn ...'' (EYT) *1989: 10 Anniversary of Guangzhou Chinese New Year Celebration References External link * 1958 births Living people TVB veteran actors Hong Kong television actresses Hong Kong film actresses 20th-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina Lo
Angelina may refer to: Human names *Angelina (given name), a feminine given name *The feminine form of the family name Angelos People Entertainers *Angelina (American singer), American retired singer Angelina Camarillo Ramos (born 1976) *Angelina (French singer) *Angelina Love, ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Lauren Williams (born 1981) *Eva Angelina (born 1985), American porn actress Other people *Angelina (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian professional footballer *Anna Komnene Angelina ( 1176–1212), Empress of Nicaea, daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera *Irene Angelina (died 1208), daughter of Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos and Herina *Eudokia Angelina (died 1211), consort of Stefan the First-Crowned, Grand Prince of Serbia, and daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina *Theodora Angelina (daughter of Isaac Komnenos) (late 12th and early 13th century), daughter of Anna K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Hsuan
Jessica Hester Hsuan (; PA: syn hyn, also known as Suen Huen, is a Hong Kong actress. Early life Hsuan's father gave her the name Jessica, while her mother gave her the middle name Hester. She was educated in Hong Kong at Maryknoll Convent School for primary education and at Pooi To Middle School. She later boarded at Roedean School in Britain. Hsuan graduated with a bachelor's degree in materials science and engineering from Imperial College London in 1992. Career Hsuan started her career in late 1992 and early 1993. Along with Maggie Cheung Ho Yee, Ada Choi, Flora Chan and Kenix Kwok, she was known as one of the top five "''Fa Dans''" (a term borrowed from Peking Opera for roles depicting young maidens, and used for actresses with high popularity) of TVB from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s. She has collaborated with many TVB leading actors including Louis Koo, Wong He, Chilam Cheung, Nick Cheung, Gallen Lo, Roger Kwok, Sunny Chan, Joe Ma and Bobby Au-yeung. She won the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
