The 2009 Hong Kong film Look for a Star was inspired by the lives of two people one of whom was born in 1921 and has what nickname?
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Look for a Star Look for a Star () is a 2009 Hong Kong romantic comedy film that was produced and directed by Andrew Lau. Inspired by the relationship between Stanley Ho and his fourth wife, Angela Leong, the film stars Andy Lau as a millionaire, who falls in love with a feisty casino dealer played by Shu Qi. "Look for a Star" was shot at the MGM Grand in Macau, and was released in Hong Kong on 26 January 2009.
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Stanley Ho Dato' Sri Stanley Ho {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'GBM GLM GBS GML OBE', '4': "} (Chinese: 何鴻燊, born 25 November 1921) is the founder and Chairman of SJM Holdings, which owns nineteen casinos in Macau, China including the Grand Lisboa. Ho has been nicknamed "The King of Gambling", reflecting the government-granted monopoly he held on the Macau gambling industry for 40 years. Ho's wealth is divided among his wife Angela Leong($4.1B), daughter Pansy Ho($4.4B) who owns MGM Macau, and son Lawrence Ho($2.2B) who owns City of Dreams.
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Feng Feng Feng Feng (; 1 December 1916 – 16 February 2000) was a veteran Hong Kong actor. He began his career as a leading man in 1946. An accident in 1949 left the left side of his face paralysed, but, while no longer able to attract leading roles, he enjoyed a long career as a character actor, appearing in films alongside such stars as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. He was the father of Fung Bo Bo, a child star of the 1960s, and Fung Hak On, an actor known for playing villainous roles in several kung fu/action comedies of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Bunny Currant Christopher Frederick Currant, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (14 December 1911 – 12 March 2006), nicknamed "Bunny", was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War.
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Single Life (film) Single Life is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Campbell Gullan, Kathleen Vaughan, and Sidney Paxton.
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Sin Chang-won Sin Chang-won (born May 28, 1967) is a South Korean criminal who gained notoriety after escaping from prison in 1997 and evading police for over two years. Despite a nationwide manhunt, he narrowly avoided arrest on many occasions. While some dubbed him a "Robin Hood" or "Hong Gil-dong" (a Korean fictional hero) for his donation of a part of his proceeds to the needy and his ability to evade his pursuers, Korean authorities objected to this characterization, and noted that it originated in the overseas press. Regardless, his story attracted wide public fascination and sympathy, and he even inspired a fad for the colorful Missoni T-shirt that he was wearing when he was finally captured.
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James Stewart James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer who is among the most honored and popular stars in film history. A major Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, Stewart was known for his distinctive drawl and down-to-earth persona, which helped him often portray American middle-class men struggling in crisis. Many of the films he starred in have become enduring classics.
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Liu Yichang Liu Yichang (劉以鬯) (born December 1918), in Cantonese Lau Yee Cheung, a notable writer and novelist in Hong Kong. One of his most notable stream of consciousness novellas "Tête-bêche" (《對倒》) inspires Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love".
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Lui Lok Lui Lok (born May 16, 1920, died May 13, 2010)('), also named Lui Mo Lok ('), was a former Hong Kong Detective Staff Sergeant I, or chief detective Chinese. He was best known for his corruption during the 1960s to 1970s in the British Hong Kong period, and being wanted by ICAC for a long time. He was claimed as 'The Five-Hundred-Million-Dollar Inspector' For Hong Kong Citizens.
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Kim Peek Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the autistic savant character Raymond Babbitt in the movie "Rain Man". While Peek was previously diagnosed with autism, it is now thought that he instead had FG syndrome.
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Cho Tat-wah Cho Tat-wah (or Tso Tat-wah) (15 September 1915 – 10 January 2007) was a film actor of Hong Kong, most famous for the roles he played in a number of "Wuxia" films in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Hai Deng The Venerable Hai Deng (; also sometimes spelled as Hai Teng and Hai-tank) (reportedly 1902–January 11, 1989) was a Buddhist monk, martial artist and pro-tem abbot of Shaolin Temple during the 20th century. He was born Fan Wubing () in Jiangyou County, Sichuan province. His parents gave him the name "Fan Wubing", which means Fan the Never Sick, in hopes that this might improve his being constantly sick when he was young.
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Stanley Kwan (banker) Stanley Shih Kuang Kwan (; January 10, 1925 – December 31, 2011) was a Hong Kong banker best known for creating the Hang Seng Index. The Hang Sang Index opened on November 24, 1969.
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Dan Barton Dan Barton (September 20, 1921 – December 13, 2009) was an American actor.
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Larry Ching Larry Ching (1921–2003), the "Chinese Frank Sinatra", was a performer at the Forbidden City nightclub in San Francisco, U.S.A. Nearly 40 years after the end of his career there, he recorded a hit record produced by Ben Fong-Torres.
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Ernesto Pastor Ernesto Pastor Lavergne (4 April 1892 - June 11, 1921) was the first of only two, Puerto Rican-born bullfighter ("torero") to gain international fame, the other being Juan Ramón Fernandez.
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Affifa Iskandar Affifa Iskandar Estefan (Arabic: عفيفة إسكندر إصطيفان ) was an Iraqi singer throughout the middle of the 20th century. She was born on 10 December 1921 in Mosul, Iraq. She was considered one of the best female singers in Iraqi history. She was nicknamed the "Iraqi Blackbird" (شحرورة العراق).
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Andy Lau Andy Lau Tak-wah, BBS, MH, JP (, born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, lyricist and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time. In the 1990s, Lau was branded by the media as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop.
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Keith Miller Keith Ross Miller, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (28 November 1919 – 11 October 2004) was an Australian test cricketer and a Royal Australian Air Force pilot during World War II. Miller is widely regarded as Australia's greatest ever all-rounder. Because of his ability, irreverent manner and good looks he was a crowd favourite. English journalist Ian Wooldridge called Miller "the golden boy" of cricket, leading to his being nicknamed "Nugget". He "was more than a cricketer ... he embodied the idea that there was more to life than cricket".
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Carol Channing Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) is an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian. Notable for starring in Broadway and film musicals, her characters typically radiate a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect. Carol Channing also studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
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Raymond Yellow Thunder Raymond Yellow Thunder (January 1, 1921 – February 13, 1972) was an Oglala Lakota, born in Kyle, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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Emile Czaja Emile Czaja (July 15, 1909 – 16 May 1970), better known by his ring name King Kong, was an Australian-Indian professional wrestler and actor born in Hungary in 1909. He was active from 1929 until 1970. He was a simple friendly character. His very presence filled any hall or stadium. For he was the favorite of Far East from 1937 till his death in 1970. He wrestled mostly in Japan, Singapore, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. In professional wrestling his arch rivals were Aslam Pahalwan,Hamida Pahalwan, Sheik Ali and Dara Singh.