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Giddens Ko
Giddens Ko (; born 25 August 1978) is a Taiwanese novelist and filmmaker. He has published more than 60 books, many of which have been adapted as films. He writes under the pseudonym of "Nine Knives" (). Early life and education Born on 25 August 1978 in Changhua County, Taiwan, Ko grew up as the second of three sons in Changhua, where his parents own a pharmacy. Ko discovered his love of writing when he penned a story as part of his university application. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Management from National Chiao Tung University and Master of Social Science from Tunghai University. Career Early period: establishing reputation as a novelist He started writing fiction in 1999, and posted most of his first works on the Internet. Ko struggled through the first five years of his writing career, before branching out into multiple genres, namely horror, science fiction, and romance. He writes 5000 words daily, and at his peak writing pace published one book per month fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ke (surname)
Ke () is a Chinese surname. It originally appeared on the Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2006 was no longer one of the top 100 most common surnames. A 2013 study found that it was the 145th most common surname, shared by 1.06 million people or 0.080% of the population, with the province most being Hubei. It is also spelled as Quah, Qua, Kua, Kuah, Kwa, Ke, Ker, Ko, Koa, Kok, or O in English, owing to variations in dialect (for instance, O derives from the Cantonese pronunciation of the character) or romanisation system (compare Ke, which derives from Pinyin, with Ko, which derives from Wade-Giles.) Origin There are several origins of this last name: #the descendants of Duke Ke Lu (柯盧) of the State of Wu during the Spring and Autumn period; #the descendants of a tribe in the Northern Wei dynasty whose surname was originally Keba (柯拔) but was simplified to Ke; #the descendants of the Qiang people, Qiang tribe or the Xianbei tribe with the last name Ke. One website lists it as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Huang
Mickey Huang Tzu-chiao (; born 30 March 1972), also known as Jiao Jiao, is a Taiwanese host and comedian. He is best known for co-hosting the long-running show ''Super Sunday'' (超級星期天) in the late 1990s and early 2000s with Chang Hsiao-yen, Harlem Yu and Pu Hsueh-liang. He became master of ceremonies for Golden Bell Awards in 2006 and 2017, Golden Melody Awards in 2012, 2015–2017, Golden Horse Awards in 2015–2016 and Golden Note Composition Awards every year since its inception in 2010. He also MC'd the KKBOX Digital Music Awards from 2010 to 2017, except in 2012. Personal life From 1996 to 2000, Micky Huang dated Dee Hsu for four years. Their high-profile breakup derailed Huang's career due to the Hsu sisters' allegation of his affair with Bowie Tsang, which was validated months later by the founding issue of Next Magazine (Taiwan). Huang and Tsang split in 2003. In 2010, at the 47th Golden Horse Awards ceremony, upon the suggestion of Hsu's friend Kevin Tsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel News Asia
CNA (an initialism of Channel NewsAsia) is a Singapore-based multinational news channel owned by Mediacorp, the country's state-owned media conglomerate. The network is broadcast in Singapore on free-to-air terrestrial television and Mediacorp's streaming service meWatch, and is distributed internationally via television providers in the Asia–Pacific, as well as streaming and free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) platforms. The network has been positioned as an alternative to Western-based international media in presenting news from "an Asian perspective." Alongside its main focus as an English-language news television channel, CNA also produces news and current affairs content in Singapore's other official languages of Chinese, Malay, and Tamil, which is distributed via digital outlets and Mediacorp's local channels in the languages. Mediacorp's Channel 5 previously aired a simulcast of CNA during the weekday breakfast hours until 1 May 2019, when it was replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Film Festival
The Taipei Film Festival (TFF; ) is a film festival promoted by the city of Taipei, Taiwan, through the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City Government. It was first held in 1998, from September 28 to October 5. Currently chaired by cinematographer Mark Lee Ping Bin, Taipei Film Festival is the only festival in Taiwan that offers a New Talent Competition for aspiring directors from around the world and a Taipei Awards competition for Taiwanese filmmakers. The Festival screens around 200 films from more than 30 countries worldwide. With approximately 100,000 attendants each year, Taipei Film Festival has become one of the most influential film festivals in the Chinese-speaking world. History Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 Taipei Film Festival was the first in-person film festival to be held that year worldwide. Competition sections *International New Talent Competition - Films in this section must be a director's first or second feature. **Grand Prize **Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Shampoo
''Miss Shampoo'' () is a 2023 Taiwanese romantic comedy film directed and written by Giddens Ko. Marking his fourth feature, the film was adapted from Ko's 2010 novel '. It stars Vivian Sung, Daniel Hong, Kai Ko, Emerson Tsai, and Ying Wei-min, and centers on a Triad (organized crime), triad boss (Hong) who falls in love with a hairstylist (Sung) after she saves him from an assassination attempt. Giddens Ko originally pitched to adapt ''Precisely Out of Control'' into a feature film for 21st Century Fox, the proposal was scrapped due to Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, the company's acquisition. Ko revived the project while producing ''Bad Education (2022 film), Bad Education'' (2022), choosing to adapt only the fourth chapter of the novel with Machi Xcelsior Studios, following their collaboration on ''Till We Meet Again (2021 film), Till We Meet Again'' (2021). Principal photography took place from August to October 2022 in Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taoyuan, and New Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
