- published: 22 Oct 2015
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Ming (明) is a common personal name among Chinese people, Vietnamese people, and Korean people. In pinyin, it is written Míng, in romanized Vietnamese, it is written as Minh, and in Korean it is pronounced Myeong. Directly translated as "enlightenment", the Chinese character is a conjunction of the words sun (日) and moon (月), representing light, and therefore enlightenment. It may also mean:
Yao Ming (born September 12, 1980) is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At the time of his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in).
Yao, who was born in Shanghai, started playing for the Shanghai Sharks as a teenager, and played on their senior team for five years in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), winning a championship in his final year. After negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, Yao was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. Yao was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. He reached the NBA Playoffs four times, and the Rockets won a first-round series in the 2009 postseason, their first playoff series victory since 1997. However, Yao missed 250 regular-season games due to foot and ankle injuries in his final six seasons.
Jay Chou; (born 18 January 1979) is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for popular Mandarin singers. Although he was trained in classical music, Chou combines Chinese and Western music styles to produce songs that fuse R&B, rock and pop genres. He composes all his own songs, as well as songs for other singers.
In 2000, Chou released his first album, titled Jay, under the record company Alfa Music. Since then he has released one album per year except in 2009, selling several million copies each. His music has gained recognition throughout Asia, most notably in regions such as Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and in overseas Asian communities. He has sold more than 28 million albums worldwide up to 2010. He debuted his acting career in Initial D (2005), for which he won Best Newcomer Actor in both the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in Curse of the Golden Flower (2006). He produced the theme song for the film Ocean Heaven starring Jet Li. His career now extends into directing and running his own record company JVR Music.
Actors: Ray Chao (actor), Elaine Chu (actress), Christopher Rowe (writer), Christopher Rowe (director), Christopher Rowe (producer), Sean Riggs (actor), William Spangler (actor), Benjamin Young (composer), Nicholas D. Johnson (editor), Nicholas D. Johnson (producer), Samantha La Rocco (actor), Christof Buddystarr (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Logan Cross (editor), Logan Cross (actor), Logan Cross (actor), Stephen Chang (actor), Logan Cross (producer), Logan Cross (writer), Logan Cross (director), Megan Vickers (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Pong Fong Wu (actor), Yu-Chieh Cheng (actor), Summer Lei (composer), Cheng-Nan Liu (editor), Cheng-Nan Liu (producer), Cheng-Nan Liu (writer), Cheng-Nan Liu (director), Kuolun Hsu (producer), Angel He (actor), Jacob Chen (writer), Mei-Nyu Gao (actor), Yui Matusmoto (actor), Pin-Lin Liu (actor), Lie Yang (actor),
Plot: This is a story about how a group of people, the furthest from being a family, come to find a new mode of family... Ming is an upcoming installation artist facing the opportunity of winning a fellowship. Brought up by his grandmother after his parents were divorced, Ming always avoids family gatherings by claiming that he is busy with work. He is always silent when his girlfriend talks about future plans of forming a family with him. He focuses all his energy on finding a light of his own. As Ming wanders among his interview, his uncle's loneliness, and the feelings of tolerance and restriction brought forth by his aunt and Si-Yu, his deep yearnings for a family is gradually awakened...
Genres: Drama, Family,Actors: Edward Shieh (producer), Edward Shieh (director), Edward Shieh (writer), Kristine Familletti (miscellaneous crew), Brooke Stone (actress), Lindsey Kraft (actress), Marcia T. Mohiuddin (producer), Dennis Chang (producer), Richard Chang (actor), Khalid Rahmaan (miscellaneous crew), Fannie Chan (actress), Olympia Lettry (actress), Steven von Kampen (composer), Maurice Abbate (editor), Adriana Biasi (actress),
Plot: Two immigrants embrace an ingenious solution while distributing restaurant menus.
Keywords: chinese-food, mexican-food, new-york-city, restaurantActors: Zorinah Juan (miscellaneous crew), Brian Delate (actor), Chemi Che-Mponda (actress), Sharon Kahn (miscellaneous crew), Sonya Joyner (actress), Bill Haney (producer), Billy Smith (actor), Billy Smith (writer), Lucia Small (producer), Thomas Olson (actor), Stephen Kyle (actor), Molly Cranna (actress), Sabrina Zanella-Foresi (editor), Cindi Alex (actress), Katie Honaker (actress),
Plot: A film about finding the path that sets you free, AMERICAN WAKE is a music-infused portrait of a fireman and a musician in search of meaning and connection. Jack Connolly has fulfilled the dream of his late father, a Boston cop, by becoming a distinguished firefighter and hero. But in the aftermath of a blaze in which he lost his oldest friend, he is struggling to make sense of life. As is Niall McKnight, a gifted young fiddle player, whose father harbors the hope that his son will accompany him back to Ireland, a homeland Niall barely remembers. For Jack and Niall to embrace the lives they want to live, and the women they are coming to love, they must choose what to keep and what to leave behind, and learn that with every leap of faith comes both sorrow and joy.
Keywords: fiddle, firefighter, immigrant, irish, irish-musicActors: Seeta Indrani (actress), Jake Bernard (editor), Duncan Duff (actor), Paul Smith (writer), Amanda Fairbank-Hynes (actress), Jasper Britton (actor), Dez McCarthy (director), Peter Cocks (writer), Lucy Raby (writer), Kelly Salmon (actress), Matt Adams (actor), Katy Landis (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Family,Actors: Pam Grier (actress), Lori Grabowski (miscellaneous crew), Joseph Merhi (producer), Master P (director), Gary Busey (actor), Master P (producer), Richard Pepin (producer), Master P (actor), Clifton Powell (actor), Jeff Fahey (actor), George Cheung (actor), Gary Daniels (actor), Frank Zagarino (actor), Jeff Clanagan (producer), Larry Manetti (actor),
Plot: A major arms deal is going down, and 3 seperate characters are desperately trying to get in on it. Each is either a true career criminal, out for personal profit or an undercover agent, intercepting to elevate a CV. Everyone is playing each other off against one another.
Keywords: action-hero, arms-deal, independent-film, undercoverActors: Michael Wong (actor), Jordan Chan (actor), Eric Tsang (producer), Tat-Ming Cheung (actor), Henry Fong (actor), Raymond Chow (producer), Takeshi Kaneshiro (actor), Josie Ho (actress), Moses Chan (actor), Maria Cordero (actress), Teddy Chan (actor), Kelly Chen (actress), Mark Lui (composer), Chi-Ngai Lee (writer), Chi-Ngai Lee (director),
Plot: Lam meets Mr. Worm, the chief of a lost-and-found company, and tasks him to find her lost lover Ted for her. Flashbacks show she was diagnosed as having leukemia. While recuperating she helps Mr. Worm solve a very hard case. Before she gets any worse, Lam decides to visit Ted's homeland in St Kilda, Scotland, to find where "the ends of the world" is. Along the way, she discovers more about herself and life than she was initially looking for.
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Fui-On Shing (actor), Kent Cheng (actor), Yuet Sang Chin (director), Charles Heung (producer), Fat Chung (actor), Sandra Ng Kwan Yue (actress), Billy Lau (actor), Lung Chan (actor), Ha Huang (actor), Chau Sang Lau (actor), Pauline Wong (actress), Nina Li Chi (actress), Fook-On Shing (actor), Elvina Kong (actress), Bei-Dak Cheong (editor),
Plot: Hung Ping is a "ghostbuster", vampire buster and scientist in early 20th century China. He's a very talented wizard but there's not much call for people in his line of work. He shares his home with his extremely jealous wife, a successful and talented fortune teller, plus his dim-witted son and assistant Ming, his beautiful and talented daughter Fa, and their Ghost Servant. The story resolves around Hung Ping's efforts to capture and control "the Copper Vampire", a bloodthirsty demon on the rampage. Unfortunately, the bloodthirsty demon brings back luck to whoever holds him.
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror,Actors: Tung-Shing Yee (director), Deannie Yip (actress), Tung-Shing Yee (writer), Dennis Chan (actor), Yun-Fat Chow (actor), Paul Chun (actor), Shui-Fan Fung (actor), Tony Leung Chiu Wai (actor), John Sham (actor), Bing-Chuen Cheung (actor), Season Ma (actress), Yuan-fa Tsao (actor),
Genres: Drama,