Joanna & 王若琳 is the second studio album by Joanna Wang, released in January 2009. It comprises two discs, given two separate titles: the first, also titled Joanna & 王若琳, is described in this article; disc 2 is titled The Adult Storybook, under the name "New Tokyo Terror".
The album's title includes Wang's English and Chinese names, thereby reflecting the duality of the singer and the songwriter. The first disc displays the performer and includes covers of works by other artists. Conversely, the second disc emphasizes the creative Wang, as every song on it was written by her. Although her father, co-producer Ji-ping "Bing" Wang (王治平), was involved in the album's production, Wang was given more freedom, enabling her to fully express herself through her music.
All songs written by Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (music) and Joanna Wang (lyrics), except where noted.
Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα Iōanna from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה Yôḥānnāh meaning 'God is gracious'. Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne.
The earliest recorded occurrence of the name Joanna, in Luke 8:3, refers to the disciple "Joanna the wife of Chuza," who was an associate of Mary Magdalene. Her name as given is Greek in form, although it ultimately originated from the Hebrew masculine name יְהוֹחָנָן Yehôḥānān or יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānān meaning 'God is gracious'. In Greek this name became Ιωαννης Iōannēs, from which Iōanna was derived by giving it a feminine ending. The original Latin form Joanna was used in English to translate the equivalents in other languages; for example, Juana la Loca is known in English as Joanna the Mad. The variant form Johanna originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The Greek form lacks a medial -h- because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially.
Johanna (or Joanna) was an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC), possibly named for the island of Anjouan, then known as Johanna. She made five voyages for the EIC between c. 1671 and 1681, On her sixth voyage she became the first Indiaman lost on the South African coast when she wrecked in February 1682.
Captain Hopefar Bendall was her captain for the first five, successful voyages.
For her sixth voyage, Johanna was under the command of Captain Robert Brown. She left the Downs on 24 February 1682, and wrecked near the Cape Agulhas on 8 June 1682, while in a convoy to India with four other ships. Ten persons lost their lives, while the remaining 104 were able to make their way to Cape Town.
A considerable amount of gold was on board. Dutch East India Company governor of the Cape Simon van der Stel immediately recovered some of it. Three hundred years later, in 1982, treasure hunters salvaged a further 23,000 coins and several hundred kilograms of silver.
Actors: Kristian Agung (actor), Donny Alamsyah (actor), Nabil Alata (actor), M. Thahir Alrafi (actor), Oka Antara (actor), Aditya Antika (actor), Haryadi Anwar (actor), Ardani (actor), Ardi (actor), Ferdian Ariyadi (actor), Adi Ariyono (actor), M. Bagus (actor), Makmur Effendi (actor), Ken'ichi Endô (actor), Alex Abbad (actor),
Plot: He thought it was over. After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen - a fight that left the bodies of police and gangsters alike piled in the halls - rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought it was done and he could resume a normal life. He couldn't have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama's opponents in that fateful building were nothing more than small fish swimming in a pond much larger than he ever dreamed possible. And his triumph over the small fry has attracted the attention of the predators farther up the food chain. His family at risk, Rama has only one choice to protect his infant son and wife: He must go undercover to enter the criminal underworld himself and climb through the hierarchy of competing forces until it leads him to the corrupt politicians and police pulling the strings at the top of the heap. And so Rama begins a new odyssey of violence, a journey that will force him to set aside his own life and history and take on a new identity as the violent offender "Yuda." In prison he must gain the confidence of Uco - the son of a prominent gang kingpin - to join the gang himself, laying his own life on the line in a desperate all-or-nothing gambit to bring the whole rotten enterprise to an end.
Keywords: abandoned-warehouse, action-hero, ambiguous-ending, anal-sex, apartment, assassin, assassination-attempt, attempted-rape, axe, axe-murderActors: Joanna Arnow (actor), Keith Poulson (actor), Eleanore Pienta (actress), Rachel Wolther (producer), Joanna Arnow (writer), Joanna Arnow (director), Joanna Arnow (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Tempest Ashlee-Webb (actor), Leona Cruz (actor), Stacie Cruz (actor), Maria Danenkowa (actor), Brendan Foley (actor), Jacob Gibeault (actor), Kati Lubek (actor), Alberto Martinez (actor), Alberto Martinez (actor), Britt Petrovics (actor), Aaron Pinder (actor), Samantha St. Onge (actor), Zhamedra Thom (actor), Chauntney Thompson (actor), Ginn Choe (actress),
Plot: 'What Am I' is a film about a man who after a string of heart breaks and failed relationships decides he will shut himself off emotionally from women. To fill the void, however, that being in a relationship fulfills, he decides to become a photographer of women, adapting an alter ego, a project hidden from his family and friends. But one of his biggest fans soon complicates his world when she joins him on a few shoots, and he finds that he must ultimately choose who exactly he wants to be, lest the decision is made for him.
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Brian Cobos (actor), Haley Alea Erickson (actor), Katherine Gartman (actor), Nick Thompson (actor), Eric Zycha (actor), Ariel Livingston (actress), Brian Cobos (producer), Christopher James Thompson (producer), Jimmy Willden (producer), Jimmy Willden (writer), Jimmy Willden (composer), Christopher James Thompson (director), Katherine Gartman (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Action, Drama, Short,Actors: Hazel Baker (actor), Stuart D. Davies (actor), Charley R. Hall (actor), Brent Morgan (actor), Stephanie Young (actor), Donna Males (actress), Alison Scarff (producer), Richard Waters (producer), Richard Waters (writer), Sounds Like (composer), Richard Waters (director), Richard Waters (editor),
Plot: 'Into White' is the Irish/Welsh psychological horror drama following the mental and physical breakdown of Chloe, a young woman who is attacked by a crazed stranger. As reality blurs, she questions who she is, what she knows, what is real and what is not, before her entire world destroys itself.
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Short, Thriller,Actors: Ces Aldaba (actor), Jelson Bay (actor), Anthony Cinco (actor), Rener Concepcion (actor), Rez Cortez (actor), Anthony Falcon (actor), Rolando Inocencio (actor), Gary Lim (actor), Dennis Marasigan (actor), Paul Jake Paule (actor), Lou Veloso (actor), Shamaine Buencamino (actress), Lilia Cuntapay (actress), Antonette Garcia (actress), Skyzx Labastilla (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Sammi Briggs (actor), Mike Connell (actor), Alex Emanuel (actor), Kylie Manning (actress), Kylie Manning (actress), Alyssa Simmons (actress), Ruomi Lee Hampel (producer), Colin Sonner (producer), J. Colin Sonner (writer), J. Colin Sonner (director), Evan Kultangwatana (editor), Roger Middenway (editor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jason Economus (actor), Marika Engelhardt (actor), Adam Stephenson (actor), John Stokvis (actor), Christian Stolte (actor), Dion Strowhorn Sr. (actor), Marc Underhill (actor), Olivia Mascheroni (producer), Adam Tanguay (producer), Adam Tanguay (producer), Adam Tanguay (writer), Chris Adamescu (composer), Adam Tanguay (director),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Short,Actors: Beppe Abela (actor), Joanna Bonnici (actor), Karl Consiglio (actor), Christopher Galea (actor), Fenna Lampe (actor), Andre Rizzo (actor), Gregory Sammut (actor), Marieclaire Camilleri (actress), Annabelle Galea (actress), Marie Louise Vella (actress), Marta Verdugo Pastor (actress), Mark Dingli (producer), Sascha Sammut (producer), Mark Dingli (writer), Sascha Sammut (writer),
Plot: Karl, a free-spirited Gozitan artist who returns to Malta after many years abroad seeking a connection to his roots. Through childhood friends and old haunts, shared memories and a former love, he realises he is no longer the person he once was and wonders whether he can truly return to the place he once called home. Then Karl meets Anna, an unfamiliar face in a familiar land and a new bond is forged. Their friendship gives Karl the freedom to see both Malta and himself from a fresh perspective with renewed hope, and a possible future begins to unfold.
Keywords: maltaActors: Sasanna Babashoff (actor), Adrian Flowers (actor), Matt Huebner (actor), Juan Diego Ramirez (actor), Andrew Rinella (actor), Michael Rosenbaum (actor), Adria Saldivar (actor), Eric Satterberg (actor), Jessica Martinez (actress), Anthony Couturie (producer), Juan Diego Ramirez (producer), Juan Diego Ramirez (director), Adam Huebner (editor),
Genres: Comedy,Day after day I danced in your shade
My smile hid the pain
And I stored it away
As your credits rolled by
I stood as your prize
But I was craving so much more
Oh I was wasting away
Tell me why oh tell me why
Is it easier to hurt myself
Than simply say
Chorus:
I don't love you,
I don't need you,
I don't want to understand
Saying you love me
Makes it too easy
You can't fix me this time
Cause I'm broken
Oooh broken, we're broken
Night after night
I thought I could lie
But it was burning a hole
Chorus:
I don't love you,
I don't need you,
I don't want to understand
Saying you love me
Makes it too easy
You can't fix me this time
Cause I'm broken
Oooh broken, we're broken
I should feel guilty but I don't
We should stop, but we won't
Love it complicated always
In your eyes I see the pain
Boy you know I feel the same
Joanna & 王若琳 is the second studio album by Joanna Wang, released in January 2009. It comprises two discs, given two separate titles: the first, also titled Joanna & 王若琳, is described in this article; disc 2 is titled The Adult Storybook, under the name "New Tokyo Terror".
The album's title includes Wang's English and Chinese names, thereby reflecting the duality of the singer and the songwriter. The first disc displays the performer and includes covers of works by other artists. Conversely, the second disc emphasizes the creative Wang, as every song on it was written by her. Although her father, co-producer Ji-ping "Bing" Wang (王治平), was involved in the album's production, Wang was given more freedom, enabling her to fully express herself through her music.
All songs written by Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (music) and Joanna Wang (lyrics), except where noted.