Name	Karena Lam
Chinesename	林嘉欣
Tradchinesename	林嘉欣
Simpchinesename	林嘉欣
Ancestry	Chaozhou, Guangdong
Origin	Taiwan, Republic of China
Birthdate	August 17, 1978
Birthplace	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	actress, singer
Yearsactive	1996 – present
Spouse	Steve Yuen (2010 - )
Hongkongfilmwards	Best New Performer2002 July Rhapsody Best Supporting Actress2002 July Rhapsody
Goldenbauhiniaawards	Best Supporting Actress2003 July Rhapsody
Goldenhorseawards	Best New Performer2002 July Rhapsody Best Supporting Actress2002 July Rhapsody

Karena Lam (Chinese language: 林嘉欣; Cantonese: Làm Gāyān; pinyin: Lín Jiāxīn; born 17 August 1978) is a Hong Kong based award-winning actress and singer, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Personal life

Her father is from Hong Kong, while her mother is from Taiwan.

Career

Karena was working at her Vancouver family restaurant when she was discovered by a talent scout from Taiwan in 1993, at age fifteen. The scout persuaded her to fly to Taiwan that Christmas, alone, for a singing audition in the hope of securing a professional contract. The audition was a success and she released two albums, her debut album in 1995 and her second album later in 1999. However both were met with modest success.

Her film debut in 2002 changed all this and propelled her to real stardom. Karena starred in three successful Hong Kong films in the same year, winning the awards of Best Supporting Actress and Best New Performer for her role in July Rhapsody directed by Ann Hui (at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards) and for Inner Senses by Lo Chi Leung (at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards), gaining her recognition as a talented young actress and marking the start of her film career.

In recent months she has been taking on much more challenging roles, as witnessed in the 2005 horror film Home Sweet Home, where she plays an insane and horribly deformed "phantom" monster who kidnaps a boy from his genetic mother to claim as its own, and was nominated for major awards again.

Filmography

{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |rowspan="3" | 2002 || Tiramisu戀愛行星 || Jane Chan || |- | Inner Senses異度空間 || Cheung Yan || Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress |- | July Rhapsody男人四十 || Choy-Lam || Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting ActressHong Kong Film Award for Best New PerformerGolden Horse Award for Best New PerformerGolden Horse Award for Best Supporting ActressGolden Bauhinia Award for Best Supporting Actress |- |rowspan="3" | 2003 || Heroic Duo雙雄 || Brenda || |- | 六樓后座 || Karena || |- | The Floating Landscape戀之風景 || Maan || Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress |- |rowspan="3" | 2004 || Six Strong Guys六壯士 || Ding Ding || |- | Super Model我要做Model || Karena || |- | Koma救命 || Suen Ling || Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress |- |rowspan="3" | 2005 || Home Sweet Home怪物 || Yim Hung || Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress |- | Mob Sister阿嫂傳奇 || Nova || Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress |- | It Had to Be You!後備甜心 || Jill || |- |rowspan="2" | 2007 || Anna & Anna安娜與安娜 || Anna/Siyu || |- | Kidnap綁架 || Lam Hiu-yeung || |- | 2006 || Silk詭絲 || Wei || |- |rowspan="4" | 2008 || Claustrophobia親密 || Pearl || Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best ActressNominated - Golden Horse Award for Best Actress |- | Candy Rain花吃了那女孩 || Ricky || |- | Fit Lover愛情呼叫轉移2 || Nie Bing || |- | Happy Funeral六樓后座2家屬謝禮 || (cameo) || |- | 2010 || Lover's Discourse|| || |- | 2010 || Don Quixote|| || |- |}

References

External links

Karena Lam in pinkwork(sound & video)

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Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian actors of Asian descent Category:Hong Kong people of Chaoshanese descent Category:Canadian people of Chinese descent Category:Hong Kong actors Category:Hong Kong singers Category:People from Vancouver

Name	Nicholas Tse
Tradchinesename	謝霆鋒
Simpchinesename	谢霆锋
Pinyinchinesename	xiè tíngfēng
Jyutpingchinesename	ze6 ting4 fung1
Birthname	Nicholas Tse (謝霆鋒)
Ancestry	Panyu, Guangdong, China
Origin	Hong Kong
Birthdate	August 29, 1980
Birthplace	Hong Kong
Othername	Ling Mong or Lemon (檸檬)
Occupation	Singer, Composer, Actor, Director
Genre	Cantopop, Chinese rock
Instrument	Guitar, drums
Label	Emperor Entertainment Group
Yearsactive	1997 - present
Spouse	Cecilia Cheung (2006-)
Children	Lucas Tse, Quintus Tse
Parents	Patrick Tse, Deborah Lee
Influences	Koma Wong, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai
Website	Nic-zone.net
Hongkongfilmwards	Best New Performer1998 Best Supporting Actor2010 Bodyguards and Assassins
Awards	World Music AwardsBest-Selling Chinese Artist2002 Hundred Flowers AwardsBest Supporting Actor2006 New Police Story Asian Film AwardsBest Supporting Actor2010 Bodyguards and Assassins

Nicholas Tse (aka Tse Ting-fung, , born 29 August 1980) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group. Throughout his career, he has been a singer, an actor, a director, a producer, and a composer.

He originally learned martial arts for the screen and television, which he continues to practice.

Early life

Tse is the first of two children born to Hong Kong natives, actor Patrick Tse () and actress Deborah Lee () raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has a younger sister, Jennifer Tse. He was educated at St. George's School, Vancouver, and later attended Hong Kong International School for one year before dropping out at grade 10. It was that year where he won the most popular new artist award.

Tse received mainstream success in 1998 with songs like "早知" and "如果只得一星期" and became a prominent successor in the entertainment industry. His received a musical award during the 1999 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards with his popular song "非走不可". Recorded on September 27, 1993.

In 2000, Tse released the album and song "活著VIVA", regarded as his most popular song ever, furthered his career significantly. It was after this song which he became an A-list singer at the time. In 2001, he released the album "玉蝴蝶." The album had two hit songs: "玉蝴蝶" and "潛龍勿用".

Film

Nicholas Tse's most notable action films are Dragon Tiger Gate, Gen-X Cops, , and Invisible Target. He also collaborated with Jackie Chan in New Police Story. Tse has also acted in romance films including Tiramisu and Jade Goddess of Mercy. Only later in his career did he participate in comedy roles including Enter the Phoenix, McDull, the Alumni, A Chinese Tall Story. In the Hong Kong translated version of A Bug's Life (), the character Flik was dubbed by Tse. He also lent his voice to the Chinese animation film Lotus Lantern. Tse has also won a film award for Bodyguards and Assassins in 2010, at the 4th Asian Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor.

TV series

Tse has starred in two (or three) TVB Hong Kong local dramas depends how you look at it this including Aiming High (), () which is more of comedy or adventure than a drama and the documentary On the Road II () in Cambodia. The rest of his drama series are filmed and produced by Mainland China companies. Most of Tse's drama are wuxia series, which are based in ancient Chinese societies.

Incidents

2002 motoring incident

In the early morning of 23 March 2002, Tse crashed his Ferrari 360 Modena in Hong Kong Central. Initially it was claimed that his driver was responsible for the crash, but further investigation by the ICAC revealed the story was fabricated, involving three other men and a police officer. Tse spent two weeks in prison and was sentenced to 240 hours of community service for obstruction of justice. The car was originally a gift from the company EEG, as Tse himself accounted for 56% of the revenue.

2003 motoring incident

Tse had another accident in 2003, where he crashed his Toyota Camry into Wan Chai train station. He was banned from driving for six months and fined HK$4000 for reckless driving. Prior to this, he was fined HK$7000 and had his license suspended for a year for two separate charges of speeding.

2005 motoring incident

He later had another accident in November 2005, where he collided with a Public Security Bureau Bus in an Audi RS4 in Lantau. He was banned from driving for another six months and fined HK$4,000, again for reckless driving. After the incident, Tse has resorted to traveling on a motorbike or scooter instead of an automobile.

After the police charge, Tse spent several months to "discover himself", then releasing the album Reborn. He has stated that he would be taking a break from singing and be focusing on his acting for a year.

2008 Edison Chen photo scandal

In February 2008, his wife was implicated in the Edison Chen photo scandal, when intimate photographs of her were widely distributed on the internet. The couple and their relationship were under intense media spotlight, particularly from the gossip magazines, as a result.

Personal life

Tse once had a relationship with musician Faye Wong, who is 11 years Tse's senior. On 31 July 2006, Tse officially admitted dating Cecilia Cheung in an interview with Hong Kong commercial radio station 881/903. On 29 September 2006, Tse showed off his wedding ring at the Hong Kong International Airport, announcing he and Cecilia Cheung were married in a secret wedding ceremony in the Philippines. Cheung gave birth to their second son, Quintus, on 12 May 2010.

Discography

Most of Nicholas Tse's songs are based in the cantopop rock genre. Including "front, back, left, right" (前前後後左左右右), "Exposure" (曝光) and "Lonely Base" (寂寞堂口). Some of his songs are produced in Tse's own 'Nic Production' which was revealed in TVB interviews several times. However, one of Tse's most classical pop rock song is "Live Viva" (活著 Viva), which MTV features Tse with his flame guitar and a flamethrower, this song is widely known in Hong Kong.

Tse has also sang a number of duets with fellow cantopop singers, namely "Love" (愛) with Charlene Choi, "Second Life" (第二世), "Amen" (阿門) both with Joey Yung, "Kid" (細路) with Eason Chan, "You Cant Stop Me" with Sam Lee and Stephen Fung and "Beauty and the Beast" with Meilin 梅琳.

Filmography

(少年古惑仔之激鬥編) (1998) (Tse wins 'Best New Performer' in the Hong Kong Film Awards)

Gen-X Cops (特警新人類) (1999)

A Man Called Hero (中華英雄) (1999)

Metade Fumaca (半支煙) (1999)

Street Angels (少女党) (1999)

The Mirror (怪談之魔鏡) (1999)

Twelve Nights (十二夜) (2000)

Winner Takes All (大贏家) (2000)

Time and Tide (順流逆流) (2000) (Nominated and won: Venice Film Festival, Nominated: Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA)

Comic King (漫畫風雲) (2001)

Master Q 2001 (老夫子2001) (2001)

Heroes in Love (戀愛起義) (2001) [writer/co-director only] (Nominated: Stockholm Film Festival)

My Schoolmate, the Barbarian (我的野蠻同學) (2001)

2002 (2001)

Tiramisu (戀愛行星) (2002)

Demi-Haunted (魂魄唔齊) (2002)

The Medallion (2003) [cameo]

Jade Goddess of Mercy (玉觀音) (2004) (Nominated: Moscow International Film Festival, Nominated and won: Verona Love Screens Film Festival)

Enter the Phoenix (大佬愛美麗) (2004) [cameo]

Moving Targets (2004新紮師兄) (2004)

New Police Story (新警察故事) (2004)

A Chinese Tall Story (情癲大聖) (2005)

The Promise(無極) (2005) (Nominated: Golden Globe, Fantasporto, Golden Trailer Awards)

''McDull, the Alumni (春田花花同學會) (2006)

Dragon Tiger Gate (龍虎門) (2006)

Rob-B-Hood (寶貝計畫/BB計畫) (2006) [cameo]

The Heavenly Kings (四大天王) (2006) [cameo]

Invisible Target (男兒本色) (2007)

Beast Stalker (証人) (2008)

Storm Rider Clash of the Evils (風雲決) (2008) [voice cast]

The Storm Warriors (風雲2 - (Storm Riders Sequel) (2009)

Bodyguards and Assassins (十月圍城) (2009) (Nominated: Asian Film Awards, Golden Globe, Fantasporto, Golden Trailer Awards and Won: Best Supporting Actor in Asian Film Awards and Hong Kong Film Award)

Hot Summer Days (全城熱戀熱辣辣) (2010)

Shaolin (新少林寺) (2010)

The Stool Pigeon (綫人) (2010)

TV series

Aiming High (撻出愛火花) (1998) 20 episodes

(齊天大聖孫悟空) (2002)

The Proud Twins (小魚兒與花無缺) (2005)

On the Road II (向世界出發II) (2007) Star in Episodes 2–6

Big Shot (大人物) (2007)

Wing Chun (詠春) (2007) 40 Episodes

The Spirit of the Sword (浣花洗劍錄) (2008)

Sword Heroes' Fate (2011)

Commercial endorsements

Tse has been in several advertisements from brands such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Sony, Biolyn, New World Mobility and Matsunichi.

He has appeared in various magazines including: Men's Uno, Amoeba, Milk, Ming Pao and East Week, in various forms including television commercials, posters and magazine advertisements.

On 19 June 2006 wax statues of both Tse and Cheung were revealed at the Madame Tussauds Shanghai branch.

References

External links

Tse interview at SquatMagazine

Nic@EEG Music

Nic@Mei Bo

Category:1980 births Category:Cantopop singer-songwriters Category:Hong Kong Mandopop singers Category:Canadian actors of Asian descent Category:Canadian people of Chinese descent Category:Canadian people of Hong Kong descent Category:Hong Kong actors Category:Hong Kong film directors Category:Hong Kong film producers Category:Hong Kong male singers Category:Hong Kong songwriters Category:Best New Performer HKFA Category:Best Supporting Actor HKFA Category:Living people Category:People from Vancouver

Name	Eric Brevig
Birth date	1957
Death date
Nationality	American
Occupation	Film director/Visual effects supervisor

Eric Brevig (born 1957) is a film director and visual effects supervisor known for his work in several major theatrical films and television shows. A pioneer in using digital 3-D for live-action movie production, he directed the 2008 film Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D (a New Line Cinema release), the first narrative feature shot entirely in digital 3-D. He is currently directing Yogi Bear, another 3-D movie, for Warner Bros. He is attached to direct a 3-D Korean War drama, 17 Days of Winter, about the 1950 Battle of Chosin Reservoir. 17 Days of Winter, expected to cost $80–100 million, is scheduled to shoot in Korea and New Zealand over the winter of 2010-2011 for 2012 release.

Awards

Brevig shared a Special Achievement Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with three colleagues for their work on Total Recall, awarded at the 1991 Oscars ceremony. He was nominated in both 1992 and 2002 for the Oscar in Best Effects, Visual Effects. He was Visual Effects Supervisor and Second Unit Director on the 2001 Jerry Bruckheimer/Michael Bay action drama Pearl Harbor.

Filmography

Director

Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D (2008)

Yogi Bear (2010)

(2011)

17 Days of Winter (TBA)

References

External links

Category:1957 births Category:American film directors Category:Living people Category:Visual effects supervisors