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Storm In A Cocoon
''Storm in a Cocoon'' (; literally "Property Protector"), is a Television in Hong Kong, Hong Kong pre-modern serial produced by TVB, starring Steven Ma and Tavia Yeung as the main leads. Filming for this series took place in Shunde and Hong Kong. Synopsis The boss of Shunde's largest silk factory "Wing Tai Lung", Poon Wing Lin (Elliot Ngok), has decided to pass down the business to his eldest son, Poon Ka Hin (Evergreen Mak) and second daughter, Poon Hau Yee (Akina Hong) due to his old age. However, Hau Yee unexpectedly commits suicide. When third son Poon Ka Yeung (Steven Ma), a military doctor, returns to help run the business, he begins investigating Hau Yee's death as he suspects her death was not a suicide. As Hau Yee's best friend, silk factory worker Tong Bing Bing (Tavia Yeung) also shares Ka Yeung's suspicions and joins him to find the true cause of Hau Yee's death. As their search goes on, they unfold a number of complex relationships between the Poon family and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Period Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's ''The General (1926 film), The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Ngok
Yueh Hua (; 14 July 1942 – 20 October 2018) was a Shanghai-born Hong Kong actor, later based in Canada, with Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB. Yueh is one of the most versatile and prolific leading actors of Shaw Brothers. Yueh starred in five to ten films per year in his heyday, playing roles ranging from foolish drunks to scholarly warriors. Yueh died of cancer in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, aged 76. Biography Yueh was born as Leung Lok-wah in Shanghai, with Cantonese ancestry. Yueh emigrated to Hong Kong in 1962 after graduating from Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He joined Shaw Brothers Studio and started his acting career in 1963. Yueh breakout film role was in the 1966 ''Come Drink with Me''. He was mainly cast in a lead role. Yueh was best known for his role in ''Looking Back in Anger'', one of TVB's popular shows. After his last appearance on screen in 1989, he moved to Canada in the 1990s, where he hosted programs for the Vancouver Chinese radio CHMB. Yueh ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Wong Ka-lok
Stephen Wong Ka-Lok (, born 14 December 1978) is a Hong Kong actor previously contracted to TVB. Biography Prior to joining TVB, Wong wanted to be a customs officer. Wong went on to work in a telecommunication company. He possessed a very good learning attitude and was seen as a very down-to-earth person. During his stint in the telecommunication company, he has constantly been on the look out for opportunity to take up study courses offered by the company, in the quest of upgrading himself. However, as he has only been working there for two years at that time, he was not entitled for such privilege. Wong went to the Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) Station to perform inspection on its telephone systems, he was approached by a personnel of the acting division. Asked if he is interested in being an actor, Wong first thought was how tough life as an artist would be (he has been on modelling jobs at that time and so had some ideas of such a lifestyle). However, he has some time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meini Cheung
Meini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Beatrice Meini (born 1968), Italian mathematician *Ettore Meini (1903–1961), Italian bicycle racer *Mario Meini Mario Meini (born 17 November 1946) is an Italian ordinary of the Catholic Church and the current Bishop of Fiesole. Biography Mario Meini was born on 17 November 1946 in Legoli, a village in the Italian ''comune'' of Peccioli, which is loca ... (born 1946), Italian Catholic bishop {{surname Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lau Kong
Lau Kong () is a Hong Kong actor who worked on the network TVB. Biography Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV (now ATV, Lau would be an actor there from 1979-1982. From 1982 onwards, Lau has been serving as veteran actor there, portraying various types of roles, (mostly as a patriarch, and many TVB actors and actresses have been his "son" or "daughter“, and there are very few actors in TVB that have never worked with him. Filmography Films *'' Last Hurrah for Chivalry'' (1979) *''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' (1982) *''Queen of Kowloon'' (2000) *''Beast Stalker ''Beast Stalker'' () is a 2008 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Dante Lam (who also wrote the screenplay with Ng Wai-lun, and produced with Candy Leung and Cheung Hong-tat). The film stars Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Zhang Jingchu and ...'' (2008) *'' The Stool Pigeon'' (2010) Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Kan
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aunt Rebecca was Jacob's mother. After Leah conceived again, Rachel was finally blessed with a son, Joseph, who would become Jacob's favorite child. Children Rachel's son Joseph was destined to be the leader of Israel's tribes between exile and nationhood. This role is exemplified in the Biblical story of Joseph, who prepared the way in Egypt for his family's exile there. After Joseph's birth, Jacob decided to return to the land of Canaan with his family. Fearing that Laban would deter him, he fled with his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and twelve children without informing his father-in-law. Laban pursued him and accused him of stealing his idols. Indeed, Rachel had taken her father's idols, hidden them inside her camel's seat cushion, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Lee Kwok Lun
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled ''Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeung Chiu Hoi
Yang (; ) is the transcription of a Chinese family name. It is the sixth most common surname in Mainland China. It is the 16th surname on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' text. The Yang clan was founded by Boqiao, son of Duke Wu of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Ji (姬) surname, the surname of the royal family during the Zhou dynasty ) who was enfeoffed in the state of Yang. History The German sociologist Wolfram Eberhard calls Yang the "Monkey Clan", citing the totemistic myth recorded in the ''Soushenji'' and ''Fayuan Zhulin'' that the Yangs living in southwestern Shu (modern Sichuan) were descendants of monkeys. The ''Soushenji'' "reported that in the southwest of Shu there were monkey-like animals whose names were ''jiaguo'' (猳國), ''mahua'' (馬化), or '' jueyuan'' (玃猿). These animals abducted women and sent them back when they became pregnant. If the baby were not accepted, the woman would have to die. Therefore these children were raised and they re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Ching
A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the Sun. Rainbows can be full circles. However, the observer normally sees only an arc formed by illuminated droplets above the ground, and centered on a line from the Sun to the observer's eye. In a primary rainbow, the arc shows red on the outer part and violet on the inner side. This rainbow is caused by light being refracted when entering a droplet of water, then reflected inside on the back of the droplet and refracted again when leaving it. In a double rainbow, a second arc is seen outside the primary arc, and has the order of its colours reversed, with red on the inner side of the arc. This is caused by the light being reflected twice on the inside of the drople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Ip
Tracy Ip Chui Chui (; born 10 September 1981 in Hong Kong with family roots in Shanghai) was Miss Hong Kong 2005. Background Coming from a family of four, Ip lives with her parents. Her mother wanted to compete at Miss Hong Kong but due to her father's marriage, she gave up. Ip grew up in Hong Kong and studied at King Edward's School, Witley for a few years. In the early 2000s, she returned to Hong Kong and entered the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, majoring in fashion design. She was also a part-time model with the Elite, modelling in some shows and commercials. She entered the Elite Look of the Year (HK) 2001 contest, making the top 24 but did not win anything in the end. In 2005 she competed in the 2005 Miss Hong Kong competition. Miss Hong Kong 2005 Ip was trained with 19 other delegates for three months. She visited the Tsunami affected areas like Sri Lanka and Thailand during her training. After that, on 20 August 2005, she competed at the HK Colliseum for the Miss Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilla Kung
Cilla Kung also known as Lok Tung (樂瞳), birth name is Gung Sin-tung (龔茜彤), born in 1986, is a former Hong Kong actress, singer, model, and current businesswoman. She started out as a contestant in Beautiful Cooking. She gained recognition in The Four, and Yes, Sir. Sorry, Sir!. On 14 June 2017, her 10 year contract with TVB ended and she did not renew her contract. Her final appearance for TVB was in the upcoming drama, '' The Forgotten Valley''. She cited that she wanted to leave and try working with other companies and that she had a hard time deciding whether she wanted to leave TVB, as she had a lot of ups and downs in TVB. As of 2020, Kung has become a businesswoman and started a wine business. TV series Films * ''A Beautiful Moment'' (2018) * ''Hardcore Comedy'' (2013) * ''I Love Hong Kong 2012'' (2012) * ''I Love Hong Kong'' (2011) * ''The Jade and The Pearl'' (2010) Music video appearances *2007: "你我她" by Vincy Chan *2007: "愛一個上一課" by Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katy Kung
Katy Kung (born 5 December 1989) is a Hong Kong actress under the contract of TVB. Career Katy Kung's career began at the age of 16, when she became a model for a magazine introduced to her by a friend. She later worked as a television presenter for two years at i-Cable before signing with TVB in 2008. In 2016, Kung gained recognition with her performance in the drama '' Two Steps From Heaven'', winning the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2016 TVB Anniversary Awards. In 2020, Kung received attention and garnered praise from netizens for her performances in the dramas '' Death By Zero'' and '' Hong Kong Love Stories'', eventually winning the Favourite TVB Actress in Malaysia and Most Popular Female Character awards at the 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards. Personal life In November 2012, Kung hinted a breakup via Weibo with her boyfriend, Patrick Tang, whom she met in 2010 on the set of 7 Days in Life. Later in an interview, she admitted a breakup some time ago but did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
