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Money Loads The Gun, Joyce Cheng Pulls The Trigger—7 Money Notions On Earth
01-01-21 Lydia Shum(沈殿霞) is the most famous and loved female comedian in the history of Hong Kong. She passed away in 2008 at the age of 62. Her 33-year-old daughter, a popular singer, Joyce Cheng(鄭欣宜) will inherit her huge properties under Lydia’s will when she turns 35 according to newspaper. ‘How will Joyce spend the…
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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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“International-mindedness Is Central To The Cultural Attributes Of Hong Kong”： Wan Pin Chu Who Scored Music For A Chinese Film Nezha Which Earned 700 Million USD!
7-12-2020 In 2020, China’s population is over 1.4 billion. In 2019, a film composer and Erhu(二胡)music player Wan Pin CHU(朱芸編) in Hong Kong, about 28 years old, scored music for an epic animated film Nezha(哪吒之魔童降世)which had an incredible gross box office over 700 million USD in China. When things impossible in Hong Kong are possible…
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6 Common Mistakes That Actors Make In Hong Kong: Shek Sau (石修)’s Tips For Acting Naturally On Camera
25-11-20 Anthony Hopkins said, “The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them in fact is bad acting.” Dylan Bruce remarked, “I think sometimes soap acting gets an unfair label for being bad… you learned from it what worked and didn’t work, what was bad acting and…
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Romantic Prowling In Taipei—In Search Of A Dream City For Your Staycation？
01-08-20 It was said that retirement is wonderful if you have 2 essentials: much to live on and much to dream for. We belong to the golden age. We earned more than our children do nowadays. We live longer than our parents. The advantage of us being 80 years old one day is that we…
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‘In For A Penny, In For A Pound’ —— The Benevolent Adrian Cheng And His Venturesome Heritage Preservation Project ‘State Theatre’ In North Point
17-11-2020 While new buildings are faceless, old buildings have a soul and smile. It was said the old buildings sang and new buildings have no music in them. While ordinary businessmen were ambitionless, a cultural tycoon had a dream. When the senior had no art in them, a young hero already used arting up to…
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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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Raymond Young: Sweets And Bitters Of Being A Singer, As Contrasted With His Former High-level Official Role
05-10-20 If we can inspire ourselves to dream more, learn more, try more and become more, we will be an inspiration for other people. Many in Hong Kong are enjoying their uncritical satisfaction with the present ‘achievements’. Pride, if not arrogance, is often a bad companion of unrealistic perception. Complacency is vermin, more to be…
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Goodbye, Hong Kong’s Love ——My 10 Fond Memories Of Dragonair
01-11-20 On 21st October 2020, Cathay Pacific announced that its Cathay Dragon would shut down after almost four decades in business. This proud aviation brand was over. People of Hong Kong felt very miserable about the demise of our city’s first truly local airline, originally known as ‘Dragonair’. In 1985, some local Chinese businessmen founded…