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Yvonne Lim
Yvonne Lim (, born 28 September 1976) is a Singaporean actress. Early life and education Lim was born to Hokkien-speaking family. She studied at CHIJ St Theresa's Convent and graduated with a Diploma in Electronic, Computer & Communication Engineering (DECC) at Singapore Polytechnic in 1996. In an interview with SP's alumni magazine, she stated that she was a "shy girl" who rarely took part in extracurricular activities. At the recommendation of some friends, she took part in the Miss Singapore Polytechnic beauty pageant and finished first runner-up. She was a finalist with Go Magazine's Cover Girl Contest and did some modelling before joining Star Search Singapore 1997. While she was eliminated in the finals but she was offered a contract by the Television Corporation of Singapore (predecessor of MediaCorp). Career Lim was given a lead role in ''Starting Point'', where she played a young entrepreneur, and was well received by audiences. She was nominated for Best Newcomer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin (surname)
Lin (; ) is the Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written 林. It is also used in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Among Taiwanese and Chinese families from abroad, it is sometimes pronounced and spelled as Lim because many Chinese descendants are part of the Southern Min diaspora that speak Min Nan, Hokkien or Teochew. In Cantonese-speaking regions such as Hong Kong and Macau it is spelled as Lam or Lum. It is listed 147th on the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Within mainland China, it is currently the 18th most common surname. In Japan, the character 林 is also used but goes by the pronunciation Hayashi, which is the 19th most common surname in Japan. Name origin King Zhou of Shang (reigned 1154 to 1122 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty, had three uncles advising him and his administration. The king's uncles were Prince Bi Gan, Prince Jizi, and Prince Weizi. Together the three princes were known as "The Three Kind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Wong
Felix Wong Yat-wah (born September 4, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor and singer best known for his performances in many ''wuxia'' television series produced by Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB, such as ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983 TV series), The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' (1983), in which he played the protagonist Guo Jing, Kwok Ching. He is considered to be one of the most popular teen idols of the 1980s and was named as "Third Tiger" among Five Tiger Generals (TVB), Five Tiger Generals of TVB. Career Wong was recruited into Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB's Artist Training Academy in September 1979, before his 18th birthday. While he was a trainee, he made cameo appearances in several dramas, such as ''The Bund (TV series), The Bund'' (1980). After finish the secondary school in 1981, Wong was offered a major supporting role in ''The Misadventure of Zoo'' (1981), which starred Lydia Shum and Adam Cheng. Afterwards, Wong was immediately cast to play the male lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing To Lose (2002 Film)
''Nothing to Lose'' ( th, 1+1 เป็นสูญ, or ''Neung buak neung pen soon'', literally, ''1+1=0'') is a 2002 Thai crime-comedy-drama film written and directed by Danny Pang of the Pang Brothers. It is Danny Pang's solo directorial debut, and is part of the loose "Bangkok Trilogy" by the Pangs that also includes '' Bangkok Dangerous'' (1999) and ''One Take Only'' (2003). Plot Somchai, a debt-ridden gambling addict, goes to the top of a building to commit suicide and finds a young woman, Go-go, standing on the ledge ready to do the same. Rather than going through with the plans for death, the two talk and decide that there's nothing they can't do, since they had decided to die. So they embark on a crime spree, starting out by eating in a restaurant and not paying the bill, then stealing a car and crashing it for fun. They rob a convenience store, and are pursued by the police, and the gangsters Somchai pursue the couple as well. Awards The film won two awards at the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampong Ties
Kampong Ties is a Malaysian-Singaporean television drama series (co-production). It is also the third production by MediaCorp Studios Malaysia Sdn Bhd. It was telecast from every Monday to Thursday, at 10:00pm on Malaysia's ntv7, starting 27 September and ended on 16 November 2011. It stars Ann Kok, Yvonne Lim , Zheng Geping , Shaun Chen & Ng Hui as casts in this series. In Singapore, the series made its debut on 24 October at 7:00pm and had ended its run on 2 December 2011. The series was repeated at 4am on Sundays. Some episodes in Singapore were also rated for some violent scenes. All episodes are available on Tonton (Malaysia) and xinmsn (Singapore). Plot Set against a backdrop of magnificent lush greenery in a secluded part of Sungai Lembing in Kuantan, Pahang. Shuixian (Yvonne Lim) was forced by her foster mother to marry Lihai (Shaun Chen), whom later died in an accident, leaving Shuixian a young widow. Yueman (Ann Kok) is married to Jiaqing ( Zhang Wenxiang), an abusiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Chen
Shaun Chen (; born 3 November 1978) is a Malaysian actor and former national badminton player who is based in Singapore. He started as a host for the variety show ''City Beat'' alongside Sharon Au, Jeff Wang and Fiona Xie. In 2003, he made his debut acting in '' True Heroes'' and '' Holland V''. He received his first award, the Rocket Award, at the Star Awards 2015. He starred as the lead character in both '' Blessings'' and '' The Journey: Tumultuous Times''. He won the Best Actor award for '' The Journey: Tumultuous Times'' and was voted in the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes list at the Star Awards 2015. Career Prior to coming to Singapore, Chen was a spectacles dealer and model in Malaysia and appeared on billboards for Maxis. Early in his career Chen was known for playing villains and earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination in the Star Awards 2006 for his role in ''CID''. In 2011, Chen starred in the top-rated drama serial ''Love Thy Neighbour''. In 2015, Chen won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the isla ... [...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] |
Metamorphosis (TV Series)
Metamorphosis ( "Breaking Out Of The Shell" in Chinese) is a Singaporean Chinese action thriller drama which is being telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It made its debut on 18 September 2007, screening at 9 PM every night on weekdays. The serial consists of 20 episodes. In the last few episodes, the serial recorded a viewership rate of over 1 million and was awarded the "Best Drama Series Award" in the Star Awards 2007. Yvonne Lim also received the "Best Actress Award" in the same event. Cast Main Cast Supporting Cast Special Appearances Awards and nominations Viewership Reception The serial generated largely positive reviews from critics and recorded a viewership of over a million in its final episodes. See also *List of programmes broadcast by Mediacorp Channel 8 This is a list of Chinese-language television programme broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 8, a television channel in Singapore. The years stated in the list are the years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Enchanted Life
''An Enchanted Life'' () is a Singaporean Chinese drama that was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. This show made its debut on 9 October 2006 and made ended its run on 1 December 2006. The show consists of a total of 20 episodes. The theme song of the show is ''Hui Gu Niang''. Cast Main cast *Yvonne Lim as Li Shan Qi *Pierre Png as Yang Zhi Yun *Fiona Xie as Zhang Mei Ya *Adam Chen as Xiao Fei Supporting Cast *Bryan Wang as Chen Shu Tang *Chen Shucheng as Zhang Ming Sheng *Jin Yin Ji as Chen Yu Chun *Hong Hui Fang as Liu Yu Han *Ong Ai Leng as Ai Xi Synopsis Li Shanqi, a betel nut seller, had to flee Taiwan after offending an underworld leader. With her late mother's belongings, she came to Singapore to look for her birth father who is a jewelry businessman. When she arrives, an unfortunate string of events took place before she finally reunites with him. However, further trial and tribulations await Shanqi as her stepmother and stepsister make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards 2007
Star Awards 2007 () was a television award ceremony held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It was the first ''Star Awards'' ceremony to be broadcast in two weeks putting emphasis on two programmes; the first ceremony, broadcast on 9 December 2007, titled 红星大奖之戏剧情牵25 (lit. ''Star Awards 25th Drama Anniversary''), commentating 25 years of drama in the Television in Singapore (the ceremony would later become a legacy of having a separate presentation of Professional and Technical awards, which would not happen until ''Star Awards 2010''). The second show, airing 16 December 2007, would be a regular ceremony. The 2007 ceremony was notable as it was the last ceremony to be held at the end of the year (months of December). Starting on the next ceremony of 2009, until its first exception in 2020, all the future ''Star Awards'' ceremonies would be held on the months of April (2020's ceremony however, du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
