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Let’s Set Out To Discover The 5 Whys Of It: Incredible Boy Group ‘Mirror CRAZE’ In Hong Kong
10-07-21 ‘For success, it is not about how long you last but how high you can climb. ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?’ Can Mirror last long? In 2018, ViuTV in Hong Kong formed the biggest vocal and dance pop group in the history of Hong Kong, consisting of 12…
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A Star Is Being Born—TVB Singing Contest STARS Academy (聲夢傳奇) , Educative Twists & Turns For The Young Ones
20-06-21 No exposure, no fame. No fame, then no name. In the entertainment world, TV exposure is still critical in spite of online marketing. This explains why plenty of contestants are willing to endure TV talent shows. Such shows can be boring when singers are cookie-cutter artists and judges just talk gibberish. Popular music is…
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A Look Inside ‘Guu-wak Boys古惑仔’: The New Theme Restaurant In Hong Kong And Do You Know The 7 Common ‘Guu-wak’ Men In Our Society?
18-05-21 I guess you may not be with me? Some good guys turned bad only after they had been cheated or exploited. It was easier to follow the dirty crowd. Make yourself wolves and you will then have sheep to eat. There is a Hong Kong expression ‘guu-wak’ (古惑). A person is ‘guu-wak’ when he…
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The Unusual Film Of Our Gurus Stars Patrick Tse (謝賢) & Petrina Fung (馮寶寶): Time (殺出個黃昏), Every Aspect Of Acting Has Something Magical About It!
12-04-21 ‘You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.’ I grew old when I stopped tearing up. Last week, I incongruously laughed and cried at the same time—not that I got a mental problem but because I have watched one of the most affecting movies of Hong Kong…
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‘Godmother’ Olivia Yan Offers One last Defence Of Theatre Practitioners Against The Waves Of COVID & Technology: Embrace!
07-10-21 Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot: Hong Kong had social commotion in 2019, COVID-19 in 2021 and will face economic downturn. Bad situations are like an amorphous mass of mud. Local theatres were devastatingly forced to close again and again. The ‘Godmother’ of theatrical circles Olivia Yan(甄詠蓓)said, “We are down. But, we…
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When A Legend Is Gone, Stories Stay—Music Leader Eddie Chiu Reveals The Myth Of The Godfather Of Hong Kong Pop: Roman Tam
15-12-20 Cantonese Opera dominated the music scene of Hong Kong in the 50s. In the 60s, ‘Cantonese film songs’ sung by popular movie stars replaced the trend, but these pieces were usually old-style and insipid. The glorious days of modern Hong Kong Pop took place in the 1970s when some upbeat and contemporary singers made…
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“Stars, Too, Were Time Travellers. The 4 Great Stars That I Have Worked With And Salute.” ——The Respected Film Art Director Of Hong Kong Bill Lui
06-11-20 In film, an ‘Art Director’(美術指導)works directly below the ‘Production Designer’(美術總監) and a large part of his duties are the administrative aspects of the art department. The Production Designer is the superior individual responsible for the overall look and tone of the film project. He works with the art director, set dresser, prop master and…
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Growing Musicals In Hong Kong Never Shrink Back To Its Old Dimensions——The 9 Kinds Of Musicals in Hong Kong
19-10-20 My art memories are often evening moments and weekend encounters with musicals. Happiness radiated like fragrance when I saw friends between backstage and stage. Together, they formed the scrapbook of my life. When I was thirty years of age and uncritical, I loved western musicals and overrated their standards as being ‘godishly’ high. After…
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How Do You Deliver A Good Vocabulary With A Punch? At Home? At Work? With Friends? Good Advice From English Tang
18-09-20 “As I appear on the stage and start to pour my effective vocabulary and punches into the audience, the good show begins,” said English Tang (鄧英敏), one of the most celebrated masters of ceremonies in Hong Kong. He continued, “Speaking well requires skill and an eye for detail. It is composed of 4 elements:…
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Function Singer Ricky Wong—Message For The Depressed Ones In Hong Kong: Work Is Never Too Much Of A Good Thing!
11-09-20 We call the leading actor and actress in a film or TV drama ‘peonies’ and supporting ones ‘green leaves’ in Hong Kong. Peonies are well-rewarded but green leaves are underpaid. To hearten the supporting actors to their task, we usually cite a Chinese idiom to them ‘Peonies can never be beautiful without the green…