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Eugenia Yuan
Eugenia Yuan is an American actress and former rhythmic gymnast who has won a Hong Kong Film Award. Early life On January 22, 1976, Yuan was born in Inglewood, California, Inglewood, Los Angeles county, California. Yuan's mother is Cheng Pei-pei, an actress who is known for being a Shaw Brothers Studio alumnus and the role of Jade Fox in ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''. Yuan grew up in San Marino, California. Career Gymnastic Yuan began her career as a rhythmic gymnast for the U.S. Olympic Team and was ranked #4 in the world. Yuan was a member of the U.S. National Rhythmic Gymnastics team for about seven years. Entertainment Yuan's first screen role was acting alongside her mother in ''Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger'' (2002), a martial arts movie. Yuan co-starred in the 2002 drama ''Charlotte Sometimes (film), Charlotte Sometimes'' which won the best first feature award at the Independent Spirit Awards. Yuan returned to Hong Kong to star in one segment of ''Three (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Has A Name (film)
''She Has a Name'' is a 2016 Canadian drama thriller film directed by Daniel Kooman and Matthew Kooman and written by Andrew Kooman, based on the play She Has a Name, of same name by Andrew. The film stars Will Yun Lee, Eugenia Yuan, Teresa Ting, Gil Bellows, and Giovanni Mocibob. Cast * Will Yun Lee * Eugenia Yuan * Teresa Ting * Vanessa Toh * Gil Bellows * Giovanni Mocibob * Deborah Fennelly Production In February 2012, Andrew Kooman was adapting a screenplay version of his play ''She Has a Name''. The idea of a 'stage-to-film adaptation' of the play was also independently suggested by Pat Donnelly of the ''Montreal Gazette''. In 2014, Shari Aspinall, Kooman and his younger brothers, Daniel and Matthew, scouted locations in Cambodia in preparation for the film. Principal photography on the film began in November 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand and ended on January 22, 2016. References External links * 2016 films Canadian thriller films 2016 thriller films English-lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Horse Awards
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse Awards () are a film festival and associated awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. The festival and ceremony were founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan and is now run as an independent organisation. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times. Overview Since 1990 (the 27th awards ceremony), the festival and awards has been organized and funded by the Motion Picture Development Foundation R.O.C., which set up the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee. The Committee consists of nine to fifteen film scholars and film scholars on the executive board, which includes the Chairman and CEO. Under the Committee, there are five different departments: the administration department for internal administrative affairs, guest hospitality and cross-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Leerhsen
Erica Lei Leerhsen (born February 14, 1976) is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her leading part in the moderately successful horror sequel '' Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2'' (2000). Her work led her to take on a recurring role in the first season of ''The Guardian'' and star in the horror hit '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2003). She has since appeared in numerous films of that genre, including '' Wrong Turn 2: Dead End'' (2007), '' Lonely Joe'' (2009) and '' The Butterfly Room'' (2012), and is considered a scream queen. She has also acted in the Woody Allen films '' Hollywood Ending'' (2002), '' Anything Else'' (2003) and '' Magic in the Moonlight'' (2014) as well as in Allen's play ''A Second-Hand Memory'' (2004). Early life Leerhsen was born in New York City, and was raised in Ossining, Westchester County, New York, along with her two younger sisters, Debbie and Nora. Their father, Charles Leerhsen, is a longtime editor of celebrity publication ''Us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drummer (2007 Film)
''The Drummer'' is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Kenneth Bi and starring Jaycee Chan, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Angelica Lee. A Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production, it is Kenneth Bi's second film as a director. The film was released in Hong Kong on 11 October 2007. It features the Chinese Zen drumming group, U-Theatre. The film is available in the United States on DVD from filmmovement.com. Summary Sid, the spoiled son of a gangster (Kwan), is getting caught having a love affair with the girlfriend of a big gangster boss, who is also the boss of his father. To save the life of his son, Kwan sends him to off to Taiwan, where an uncle (Chiu) is watching over him. One day Sid discovers a temple with Zen buddhist practising drums. He joins them and learns important lessons about life. Cast and roles * Jaycee Chan as Sid * Tony Leung Ka-fai as Kwan * Angelica Lee as Hong Dou * Roy Cheung as Ah Chiu * Josie Ho as Sina * Kenneth Tsang as Stephen Ma * Yumiko Cheng as Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Bi
Kenneth Bi (born March 4, 1967) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian filmmaker. He has written, directed, and acted in Canada and Hong Kong in numerous theatre and film productions. Biography Kenneth Bi is the son of two movie stars from the Shaw Brothers Studio, Ivy Ling Po and Chin Han (Hong Kong actor), Chin Han. They have both starred in numerous films and also had a cameo on Kenneth Bi's first film ''Rice Rhapsody''. Kenneth Bi graduated with Honours in Theatre/Film from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Career In 1992, he won a Special Merit Award in Toronto for his CBC-Radio Drama, ''Rice Krinkles''. Local director/producer Teddy Robin, enlisted Bi in the multi-talented capacities of actor, writer, and editor in his 1995 film ''Hong Kong Graffiti'', and offered Bi his first chance at the big screen. In 1998, Bi line-produced ''Slow Fade'' for first time director Daniel Chan Fai which was selected into 1999 Berlin Film Festival. He gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Leung Ka Fai
Tony Leung Ka-fai (; born 1 February 1958) is a Hong Kong actor who is a four-time winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor. As he is often confused with actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung Ka-fai is known as "Big Tony", while Tony Leung Chiu-wai is known as "Little Tony", nicknames which correspond to the actors' respective age and physical statures. Career Leung has been in the film industry for more than 30 years, starring in a variety of roles. His debut film was ''Burning of the Imperial Palace'' (1983), where he played the Xianfeng Emperor. He would later work with Chow Yun-fat in three films, '' Prison on Fire'' (1987), '' A Better Tomorrow 3'' (1989), and '' God of Gamblers Returns'' (1994). He also appeared as Joyce Godenzi's husband in '' She Shoots Straight'', Joyce's trademark film. In 1991, Leung went to France to appear in Jean-Jacques Annaud's '' The Lover'', based on Marguerite Duras's novel, as the older lover of a young teen schoolgirl, who was played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choking Man
''Choking Man'' is a 2006 drama film, written and directed by Steve Barron. The film stars Octavio Gómez Berríos and Eugenia Yuan. Synopsis ''Choking Man'' is an intense blend of psychological drama and magical realism that encapsulates the contemporary immigrant experience in America. Jorge (Octavio Gómez Berríos) is a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher toiling away in a shabby diner in Jamaica, Queens run by Rick (Mandy Patinkin). He works all day long in the shadow of the ever-present Heimlich maneuver instruction poster which hangs in the diner kitchen. From his solitary kitchen corner, Jorge gropes mutely for a bond with Amy (Eugenia Yuan), the newly hired Chinese waitress and even though she tries to reciprocate, the gulf that separates them may be too large. On the job he is continually tormented by his coworker Jerry ( Aaron Paul) and at home in his Harlem boarding house, under the psychological control of his late uncle, who was truly like a father to him. His uncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotham Awards
The Gotham Awards () are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of ''Salmagundi'', published on November 11, 1807. Part of the Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)), "the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film" (founded in 1979), the awards were inaugurated in 1991 as a means of showcasing and honoring films made primarily in the northeastern region of the United States. Scope In 2004, the scope of the awards broadened to include the international film scene, when the number of awards presented increased from six awards given to films and those involved in making them primarily from the northeastern U.S. film community to nine awards, including in its broader scope films originating in Los Angeles, California, and international locations as well. Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me & Ro
Me most often refers to: * Me (pronoun), the first-person singular pronoun, referring to the speaker Me, M.E. or ME may also refer to: Language * Me (cuneiform), a sign in cuneiform writing * Me (kana), a letter in Japanese script * Middle English, a historic phase of the English language Arts and entertainment Music * ME (band), an Australian rock group * Me, a solfège syllable, for a note of the third scale degree Albums * ''Me'' (Biff Bang Pow! album), 1991 * ''Me'' (Buck Brothers album), 2007 * ''Me'' (Empress Of album), 2015 * ''Me'' (Fiona album), 2005 * ''Me'' (James McCartney album), 2013 * ''Me'' (single album), by Jisoo, 2023 * ''Me'' (Jo Dee Messina album) or the title song, 2014 * ''Me'' (The Mekons album), 1998 * ''Me'' (Misono album), 2010 * ''Me'' (Ray Stevens album) or the title song, 1983 * ''Me'' (Sandie Shaw album), 1965 * ''Me'' (Super Junior-M album) or the title song, 2008 * '' Me...'', by Emi Hinouchi, 2008 EPs * ''Me'' (Aoxuan Lee EP), 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memoirs Of A Geisha (film)
''Memoirs of a Geisha'', released in Japan as ''Sayuri'', is a 2005 American epic film, epic Historical drama, period drama (film and television), drama film directed by Rob Marshall and adapted by Robin Swicord from the 1997 Memoirs of a Geisha, novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. It tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house () to support them by training as and eventually becoming a geisha under the pseudonym "Sayuri Nitta." The film centers around the sacrifices and hardship faced by pre-World War II geisha, and the challenges posed to geisha society by the war and a modernizing world. It stars Zhang Ziyi in the lead role, with Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li, Youki Kudoh, Suzuka Ohgo, Samantha Futerman and Ken Watanabe. The film was produced by Steven Spielberg (through production companies Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures) and Douglas Wick (through Red Wagon Entertainment). Production was split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
