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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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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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“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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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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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…
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Eason Chan Sings To Promote Mental Well Being. My Personal Sharing Too: Shall We Talk?
02-10-20 Mental health is about how we, driven by our brain, act and react cognitively, behaviourally and emotionally. In other words, it affects how we think, feel and behave in our daily life. Every day, most of us stay fit and normal: we can sleep, wake up, work, talk to friends, recognize our family members…
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How Can You Take Steps To Equip Yourself To Be An International Artist―Experience As Your Reference From Hong Kong’s World Conductor Lio Kuokman (廖國敏)
23-08-20 Hong Kong’s ‘homegrown’ world-class orchestra conductor Lio Kuokman is young and energetic. He speaks like a lawyer, in fact faster, sharper and more precise than lawyers. In 2017, he finished his tenure as Assistant Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, founded in 1900 and one of the ‘Big Five’ American orchestras. Now, he has a…
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Kong Kong’s Superstar Agnes Chan: Tokyo Is The City Where All Those Diverse Energies Are Incredibly Harnessed
02-09-20 “If Japan is enigmatic, Tokyo will be the heart of that riddle. Its rhythm and essence are so utterly alluring that the city demands to be explored. It has a depth that keeps travellers in a constant state of rapture and delight,” said by Michael Ryan. In Japan, entertainment is all about competition. A…
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The Lonesome Tussle of A Hong Kong St. Stephen’s Girl In London Against The Theatre World: Lilian Tsang
18-06-20 A Hong Kong girl called Lilian, alone in London for her stage actress career, has fought many battles, most beyond her control and is still fighting to survive. Everything about her sounds moving. She is a wildflower and her dreams are in the same direction but forced to ‘go with flow’. If not for…