Bront Palarae
Nasrul Suhaimin bin Saifuddin (born 27 September 1978), known professionally as Bront Palarae, is a Malaysian actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Early life and education Palarae was born in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. In 2005, he received a scholarship from the Italian government to attend a short course in Language & Culture at the University for Foreigners Perugia, Italy. He overstayed and toured the country for the next four months. Acting career 2000–2008: Early years Palarae made his acting debut on television in 2000, his first feature film '' Lang Buana'' (2003) but he first gained fame by portraying two characters in ''Cinta Tsunami'', a television series in 2005. In 2008, with the release of his biggest commercial success, ''SinDarEla'' ('' Cinderella''), he rose to prominence in a lead role, Hussin on the hit television series with Sharifah Amani and Remy Ishak, followed by another television series, ''Rona Roni Makaroni'' in the same year, again ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alor Setar
Alor Setar ( Jawi: الور ستار, Kedahan: ''Loqstaq'') is the state capital of Kedah, Malaysia. It is the second-largest city in the state after Sungai Petani and one of the most-important cities on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is home to the third-tallest telecommunication tower in Malaysia, the Alor Setar Tower. Its location along the main travel corridor from Malaysia to Thailand has long made it a major transportation hub in the northern Malay Peninsula. Alor Setar sits along the country's longest expressway, located from Kuala Lumpur and north of George Town, Penang. From Thailand, the city is easily accessible via the Padang Besar–Sadao Highway, it is from Sadao and from Hat Yai. The city was originally founded as Kota Setar in 1785. Owing to the long status as the capital of Kedah, Alor Setar is regarded as one of the core cultural centres for the Kedahan Malays. It is also among the key pioneer in the Malayan transportation history, the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Halfworlds
''Halfworlds'' is a dark fantasy thriller television series produced and created by HBO Asia. Set in present-day Southeast Asia, the series reveals an underground society populated by demons from Asian folklore across the region. The first season of Halfworlds, set in Indonesia, premiered on 29 November 2015. A second season of Halfworlds, set in Thailand, was announced in July 2016 and premiered on 22 January 2017. A third season of Halfworlds was announced in November 2019, to be set in the Philippines, with production scheduled to begin in January 2020. Cast ; Season 1 * Salvita Decorte as Sarah * Arifin Putra as Barata * Reza Rahadian as Tony * Ario Bayu as Juragan * Bront Palarae as Gusti * Tara Basro as Ros * Adinia Wirasti as Nadia * Hannah Al-Rashid as Marni * Alex Abbad as Gorga * Aimee Saras as Pinung * Nathan Hartono as Coki * Verdi Solaiman as Hasan * Cornelio Sunny as Bandi * Puteri Balqis as Tari ; Season 2 * Peem Jaiyen as Fyter * Tia Tavee as Juliet Langsto ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Apa Khabar Orang Kampung
''Apa Khabar Orang Kampung'' (English title:''Village People Radio Show'') is a 2007 Malaysian documentary by Amir Muhammad. It was produced by Da Huang Pictures. Like its predecessor ''The Last Communist'', it was banned in its home country but screened in several international film festivals. It premiered at the Berlinale in 2006. The title ( Malay: "How are the villagers doing?") is a reference to a famous song by Sudirman Arshad of the same name that is used in both the opening and closing credits. Plot The precise role of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) in Malaysian history is still a controversial and hotly contested one. It was a player in the anti-colonial struggle against occupying Japanese forces (1942–1945) and later the returning British administration (1945–1957). However, its continual commitment to armed struggle in the post-Independence era depleted much public support. In the propaganda war, the government made much of the fact that the CPM comprise ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hati Malaya
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Castello (film)
''Castello'' is a Malaysian action film, written and directed by Bade Hj. Azmi. The film, which had wide release on January 9, 2006 in ninety-one cinemas across Malaysia, including Singapore and Brunei, stars Rosyam Nor, Erra Fazira, Que Haidar, and Liyana Jasmay. The main character is played by Nor, and represents the actor's first foray into film production. Production Director Bade Hj. Azmi wrote the film, working on its script for one-and-a-half years."Rosyam to produce his first movie" '''', February 26, 2004, by Zieman [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UNICEF
UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories. UNICEF's activities include providing immunizations and disease prevention, administering treatment for children and mothers with HIV, enhancing childhood and maternal nutrition, improving sanitation, promoting education, and providing emergency relief in response to disasters. UNICEF is the successor of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, created on 11 December 1946, in New York, by the U.N. Relief Rehabilitation Administration to provide immediate relief to children and mothers affected by World War II. The same year, the U.N. General Asse ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gaza–Israel Conflict
The Gaza–Israel conflict is a part of the localized Israeli–Palestinian conflict, but is also a scene of power struggle between regional powers including Egypt, Iran and Turkey together with Qatar, supporting different sides of the conflict in light of the regional standoff between Iran and Saudi Arabia on one hand and between Qatar and Saudi Arabia on the other, as well as crisis in Egyptian-Turkish relations. The conflict originated with the election of the Islamist political party Hamas in 2005 and 2006"Hamas sweeps to election victory" BBC News 26 January 2006 in the and escalated with the split of the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CJ Entertainment
CJ Entertainment ( Hangul: CJ 엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean film production and distribution company under CJ ENM. The company operates as a film production company, film publishing house, investment and exhibition. History During early 1995, Cheil Jedang invested in the upstart film company DreamWorks SKG, and in June of the same year, Cheil Jedang established Multimedia Division. The division's later changed to CJ Entertainment in September, in time for their first film distribution deal with the movie '' Secrets and Lies''. To aid their position in the film distribution industry CJ Entertainment built the first multiplexes of Korea with the first one, CGV Gangbyeon 11, opening in April 1998. CJ Entertainment's importance in the Korean film industry grew in 1997–1998 when the nation was caught in the wave of the Asian financial crisis. Many smaller film companies had to close up, leaving the road open for CJ Entertainment to capitalize on the new-found popularity o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pengabdi Setan (2017 Film)
''Satan's Slaves'' ( id, Pengabdi Setan) is a 2017 Indonesian gothic horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. It is a loose remake-prequel to the 1980 film of the same name directed by Sisworo Gautama Putra based on a story by Subagio S. The plot follows a family who are haunted by the death of their mother, who dies after being bedridden for three years from a strange and debilitating illness. As of November 7, 2017, the movie has been watched by 4.2 million moviegoers, making ''Pengabdi Setan'' the highest-grossing domestic Indonesian film of 2017. The movie was released in a total of 42 countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Germany, and the United States. A sequel, '' Satan's Slaves 2: Communion'', was released in August 2022. Plot The film focuses on a struggling family living in the countryside in 1981: Mawarni, her husband Bahri, his mother Rahma, and the couple’s four children: 22-year-old Rini, 16-year-old Toni, 10-year-old Bondi, and six-year-old Ia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asian Television Award
The Asian Television Awards (launched in 1996), is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, the Awards comprises 56 categories across news, documentaries & current affairs, kids and animation, entertainment, drama, technical, digital as well as performances including acting and directing. The Awards draw about 1,400 entries each year from a wide range of broadcasters, including free-to-air TV stations, pay-TV platforms, OTT platforms as well as many independent production houses in Asia. Every year, a panel of more than 50 judges from more than 10 countries evaluate and select the entries.The winners are then awarded across 3 evenings: a Gala Dinner in Kuching for the technical and creative categories followed by a live telecast the next day for the entertainment and acting categories, also in Kuching. The digital awards are presented separately in another country. Asian TV Awards was fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Upi Avianto
Upi Avianto is an Indonesian screenwriter and film director who has worked on several of Indonesia's most popular films in the 2000s. She directed the 2004 film '' 30 Hari Mencari Cinta'' (''30 Days Looking for Love'') which founded the film career of actress Nirina Zubir. In 2007 she directed, wrote and produced the hit ''Coklat Stroberi''. Filmography As screenwriter * ''Tusuk Jelangkung'' (2003) (screenplay) * ''Lovely Luna'' (2004) * '' 30 Hari Mencari Cinta'' (2004) * ''Realita, Cinta dan Rock'n Roll'' (2006) * ''Coklat Stroberi'' (2007) * '' Shackled'' (2012) * ''Sweet 20'' (2017) As director * '' 30 Hari Mencari Cinta'' (2004) * ''Realita, Cinta dan Rock'n Roll'' (2006) * ''Serigala Terakhir'' (2009) * ''Ada Apa Dengan Monyet'' (2010) * ''Mbah Marijan Ahli G Merapi'' (2011) * '' Shackled'' (2012) * '' My Stupid Boss'' (2016) * ''My Stupid Boss 2'' (2019) As producer * ''Coklat Stroberi ''Coklat Stroberi'' (Chocolate Strawberry) is a 2007 Indonesian teen drama come ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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My Stupid Boss
''My Stupid Boss'' is a 2016 Indonesian comedy film directed and written by Upi Avianto based on a four-part novel series of the same name by Chaos@Work. The film stars Reza Rahadian, Bunga Citra Lestari, Alex Abbad, Chew Kin Wah, Atikah Suhaime and Bront Palarae as workers of a company led by a stupid and weird boss known simply as "Bossman". The film was released simultaneously in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei on 19 May 2016 by Falcon Pictures and Metrowealth Movies Production. Plot Indonesians Diana and Dika, the latter of whom has a characteristically lazy personality, live at a Kuala Lumpur apartment. Bored of constantly staying home, "Bossman", Dika's friend whom he first met when studying in California, offers Diana a job as an administrator. On the day of the interview, Diana is surprised by how many people dislike Bossman, and she later comes to dislike him too. Bossman is widely seen as gibberish, entitled, weird, and irritating. Though rich, Bos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |