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The Cove is a 2009 documentary film that analyzes and questions Japan's dolphin hunting culture. It was awarded the (2010) Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film is a call to action to halt mass dolphin kills; change Japanese fishing practices; and to inform and educate the public about the risks, and increasing hazard, of mercury poisoning from dolphin meat. The film is told from an ocean conservationist's point of view. The film highlights the fact that the number of dolphins killed in the Taiji dolphin hunting drive is several times greater than the number of whales killed in the Antarctic, and claims that 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan every year by the country's whaling industry. The migrating dolphins are herded into a hidden cove where they are netted and killed by means of spears and knives over the side of small fishing boats. The film argues that dolphin hunting as practiced in Japan is unnecessary and cruel. The film was directed by former National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos. Portions were filmed secretly during 2007 using underwater microphones and high-definition cameras disguised as rocks. The documentary won the U.S. Audience Award at the 25th annual Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. It was selected out of the 879 submissions in the category. Synopsis The film follows former dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry's quest to document the dolphin hunting operations in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. In the 1960s, O'Barry helped capture and train the five wild dolphins who shared the role of "Flipper" in the hit television series of the same name. The show, a pop-culture phenomenon, fueled widespread public adoration of dolphins, influencing the development of marine parks that included dolphins in their attractions. After one of the dolphins, in O'Barry's opinion, committed a form of suicide in his arms by closing her blowhole voluntarily in order to suffocate, O'Barry came to see the dolphin's captivity as a curse, not a blessing. Days later, he was arrested off the island of Bimini, attempting to cut a hole in the sea pen in order to set free a captured dolphin Since then, according to the film, O'Barry has dedicated himself full-time as an advocate on behalf of dolphins around the world. After meeting with O'Barry, Psihoyos and his crew travel to Taiji, Japan, a town that appears to be devoted to the wonder of the dolphins and whales that swim off its coast. In a nearby, isolated cove, however, surrounded by wire fences and "Keep Out" signs, an activity takes place that the townspeople attempt to hide from the public. In the cove, a group of Taiji fishermen engage in dolphin drive hunting. The film states that the dolphin hunt is, in large part, motivated by the tremendous revenue generated for the town by selling some of the captured dolphins to aquariums and marine parks. The dolphins that are not sold into captivity are then slaughtered in the cove and the meat is sold in supermarkets. According to anecdotal evidence presented in the film, most Japanese are unaware of the hunt or the marketing of dolphin meat. The film states that the dolphin meat contains dangerously high levels of mercury and profiles local politicians who have, for that reason, advocated the removal of dolphin meat from local school lunches. Attempts to view or film the dolphin killing in the cove are physically blocked by local volunteers who treat the visitors with open intimidation, derision, and anger. Foreigners who come to Taiji, including The Cove's film crew, are shadowed and questioned by local police. In response, together with the Oceanic Preservation Society, Psihoyos, O'Barry, and the crew utilize special tactics and technology to covertly film what is taking place in the cove. The film also reports on the alleged "buying" by Japan of votes in the International Whaling Commission. The film indicates that while Dominica has withdrawn from the IWC, Japan has recruited the following nations to its whaling agenda: Cambodia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Kiribati, Laos, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This is not entirely accurate, however, as Ecuador has been a strong opponent of whaling. At the end of the film, O'Barry marches into a meeting of the Commission carrying a TV showing footage of the Taiji dolphin slaughter. O'Barry walks around the crowded meeting room displaying the images until he is escorted from the room. Production In the film, Ric O'Barry states, "Today they would kill me, if they could. And I'm not exaggerating, if these fisherman could catch me and kill me, they would." The film shows KernerFX's (previously part of ILM) contribution of specialized camouflaged high-definition cameras that were designed to look like rocks. These hidden cameras helped capture footage and were so well camouflaged that, according to director Louie Psihoyos, the crew had a hard time finding them again. Filming controversy in Japanese media Some media in Japan have questioned whether one scene was manufactured for the camera, discussed whether the movie should properly be called a documentary and sought to discredit it. Louie Psihoyos, the documentary’s director, argues that such allegations are fabricated to protect the local whaling industry and that none of the scenes in the film were staged. An NHK TV program alleged that various techniques were used by anti-hunt activists in the film to irritate local people by saying nasty words both in Japanese and English, and then using violence or aggressive tactics with local fishermen until local police arrived. NHK concluded that the activists did so in order to shoot angry and wild expression of local fishermen on film and in photos. Reception Critical reviews and reactions The film received very positive reviews from critics. Roger Ebert gave the film four stars (out of four), calling the film "a certain Oscar nominee." Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times called the film "an exceptionally well-made documentary that unfolds like a spy thriller," going on to describe it as "one of the most audacious and perilous operations in the history of the conservation movement." Other reviewers also played up the espionage angle of the film, including Time Magazine's Mary Pols who said that The Cove "puts Hollywood capers like Mission Impossible to shame," and Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor, who called it "a rousing piece of real-world thriller filmmaking." Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 96% of critics had given the film positive reviews, based upon 115 total reviews, summarizing the consensus as "Though decidedly one-sided, The Cove is an impeccably crafted, suspenseful exposé of the covert slaughter of dolphins in Japan." At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 82, based on 26 reviews. There were several unfavourable reviews, usually describing the film as well-made propaganda. David Cox of The Guardian Film Blog called it a "piece of evangelism", and subsumed that from a Japanese point of view "Westerners... kill and eat cows. Easterners eat dolphins. What's the difference?". Academic Ilan Kapoor, echoing the famous phrase by Gayatri Spivak, argues that "it's a case of (mostly) 'white men saving cute dolphins from yellow men.'" Hirotaka Akamatsu, Japanese Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, said "it is regrettable that this movie is made as a message that brutal Japanese are killing cute dolphins". According to Michelle Orange of Movie Line "How much of this (The Cove) should we believe? As a piece of propaganda, The Cove is brilliant; as a story of ingenuity and triumph over what seems like senseless brutality, it is exceptionally well-told; but as a conscientious overview of a complex and deeply fraught, layered issue, it invokes the same phrase as even the most well-intentioned, impassioned activist docs: Buyer beware." There has been some controversy over the depiction of the Japanese people in the film. However, upon questioning, director Louie Psihoyos said of his sympathy for the Japanese people, many of whom are unaware of the situation at the cove, "To me, it's a love letter. I'm giving you the information your government won't give you." After the screening of the film in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane film festivals, the councillors of the Shire of Broome, Western Australia, voted unanimously in August 2009 to suspend its sister city relationship with the Japanese whaling port town of Taiji, as long as the latter continues its dolphin slaughter. The decision was reversed in October 2009. Whale/dolphin hunting season in Japan begins on September 1 each year. The 2009 whale/dolphin hunting began on September 9. Although activists tend to believe that it was because of the publicity generated by the film, it has been reported that the delay was due to the weather and rough seas. According to campaigners, out of the 100 dolphins captured on September 9, some were taken to be sold to marine museums and the rest were released, while 50 pilot whales were killed and sold for meat on the same day. While campaigners claim that it has become apparent that The Cove is having an impact on the way in which Japanese fisherman normally conduct the dolphin hunt, on 23 March 2010 the Japanese government stated "The dolphin hunting is a part of traditional fishery of this country and it has been lawfully carried out." Upon the film's winning the Oscar, the town mayor of Taiji and the chief of Taiji Fishery Union said "The hunt is performed legally and properly with the permission of Wakayama Prefecture [local government]." Several people who appear in the film, including Taiji assemblyman Hisato Ryono and Tetsuya Endo, an associate professor at Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, say that they were lied to by the documentary's producers about what the film would contain. Since the release of the film, a much larger number of activists, mainly non-Japanese, have visited Taiji to protest or film the dolphin hunts. The Taiji fishermen responded by constructing an elaborate structure of tarps to better conceal the drive-hunting activities in and around the cove. Release in Japan The film was initially screened only at two small venues in Japan: at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Tokyo in September 2009, and at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2009 where it received mixed reviews. A Japanese film distributor, Medallion Media/Unplugged, subsequently acquired the rights to screen the film in Japan. The company hoped to begin a run of the movie in Japanese cinemas in June 2010. Medallion prepared the documentary for presentation in Japan by pixelating the faces of Taiji residents and fishermen depicted in the film. Nationalist protesters vowed to block the release of the film in Japan and dozens equipped with loudspeakers have demonstrated outside of the distributor's office in central Tokyo. As of June 2010, the controversy over the film and the film's subject had received little press attention in Japanese-language media in Japan. Boyd Harnell of the Japan Times stated on May 23, 2010, that Japanese news editors had told him that the topic was "too sensitive" for them to cover. In April 2010, Colonel Frank Eppich, the United States Air Force vice commander of Yokota Air Base, located near Tokyo, banned screenings of the film at the base theater. A base spokesman said that The Cove was banned because using a base venue to display the film could be seen as an endorsement of the film. The spokesman added, "We have a lot of issues with Japan ... and anything done on an American base would be seen as an approval of that event." In response, Louie Psihoyos said that he would give away 100 DVD copies of the film for free to Yokota base personnel. A screening scheduled for June 26, 2010 at Theater N in Shibuya was canceled after staff were harassed by right-wing protesters. Unplugged stated that it was in negotiations with other theaters to screen the film. Another theater in Tokyo and one in Osaka subsequently declined to screen the film. In response, a group of 61 media figures, including journalist Akihiro Ōtani and filmmaker Yoichi Sai, released a statement expressing concern over the threat to freedom of speech by the intimidation of right-wing groups. The Directors Guild of Japan also asked theaters not to stop showing the film, arguing that "such moves would limit opportunities to express thoughts and beliefs, which are the core of democracy." On June 9, 2010, Tsukuru Publishing Co. sponsored a screening of the film and panel discussion at Nakano Zero theater in Nakano, Tokyo. The panelists included five who had signed the statement above. Afterwards, panel member Kunio Suzuki, former head of Issuikai, an Uyoku dantai (rightist) group, condemned the right-winger's threats against theaters and urged that the film be shown. "Not letting people watch the movie is anti-Japanese," said Suzuki. In response to the cancellation of screenings of the film in Japan, Japanese video sharing site Nico Nico Douga screened the film for free on June 18, 2010. The same week, Ric O'Barry was invited to speak at several universities in Japan about the film. O'Barry stated that he was planning on bringing several Hollywood stars to Taiji in September 2010 in an attempt to halt that year's hunt. On July 3, 2010, six theaters in Sendai, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka, and Hachinohe began screening the film. Right-wing nationalists protested outside four of the theaters, but close police supervision prevented any disruption to the viewing schedules and ensured free access for viewers to the theaters. The two in Tokyo and Yokohama were successful in obtaining prior court injunctions prohibiting protests outside their venues. A local Taiji activist group, called People Concerned for the Ocean, announced that they would distribute DVDs of the film, dubbed in Japanese, to all 3,500 residents of Taiji. The DVDs were to be distributed to the residents on 5-6 March 2011. Lawsuit and allegations of inaccuracy The assistant chief of the whaling division at Japan's Fisheries Agency Hideki Moronuki is portrayed as having been fired in the movie. However Moronuki was not fired, and is still working for Japan's Fisheries Agency. Close-up Gendai, a Japanese social affairs television program, showed a video-conference in English with Psihoyos and asked how he came to think Moronuki was fired. Psihoyos stated that he met Akira Nakamae, the Deputy Minister of Fisheries, on an airplane going to the 2008 IWC meeting in Santiago and was told then, but Nakamae denied ever having such a meeting. Tetsuya Endō, an associate professor of the Health Sciences University of Hokkaido who is shown in the film discussing the high mercury content of dolphin meat, is suing the Japanese rights-holder, Medallion Media, and the distributor, Unplugged, for ¥11 million over what Endō said were misleading edits of his comments in the film which have damaged his reputation. The litigation opened in Tokyo District Court on 1 December 2010. Sea World spokesperson Fred Jacobs has responded by saying that, "We think we're being unfairly criticized for something we're opposed to." He adds that, "SeaWorld opposes the dolphin hunts documented in The Cove. We do not purchase any animals from these hunts. More than 80 percent of the marine mammals in our care were born in our parks. We haven't collected a dolphin from the wild in decades." O'Barry has thus been criticized for emphasizing that dolphinariums are a large contributing factor to the economic success of the dolphin slaughter in Taiji and for encouraging boycotts of dolphin shows to protest the dolphin slaughter. The scene in The Cove that displays a map consisting of arrows emanating from Taiji and pointing to countries with dolphinariums has been said to be misleading since the majority of those countries do not currently have dolphins of Japanese origin. In the United States it is currently illegal to import dolphins obtained from a drive, including the drive hunt at Taiji, as it is considered an inhumane method. Since 1993 there have been no permits issued to facilities in the United States to import dolphins acquired through drive hunt methods. Marilee Menard, the executive director of the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums, has also stated that she believes that the filmmakers are "misrepresenting that the majority of zoos and aquariums with dolphins around the world are taking these animals." Noteworthy achievements The Cove has enjoyed success across the globe, winning awards from all corners of the world, winning over 25 well-respected film awards. Some notable awards include "Best Documentary" from the Environmental Media Awards, Three Cinema Eye Honors for "Outstanding Achievement", the “Golden Tomato Award” from the critic website rottentomatoes.com, and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature on the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. Awards and nominations The Cove has been nominated for or received numerous awards, including the following: 82nd Academy Awards (2010) - Best Documentary Feature (won) 62nd Writers Guild Awards (2009) - Best Documentary Feature Screenplay (February 20, 2010) Directors Guild Awards (2009) - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary, Directors Guild of America (January 31, 2010) National Board of Review - Best Documentary, (December 3, 2009) 15th BFCA Critics' Choice Awards (2009) - Best Documentary Feature, Critics' Choice Awards in Los Angeles (January 15, 2010) Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Documentary Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (2009) - Allan King Documentary Award (December 16, 2009) Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (2009) - Best Documentary Feature (December 16, 2009) Newport Beach Film Festival (2009) - Audience Award for Best Documentary New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) - Best Documentary (December 13, 2009) Sheffield Doc/Fest (2009) - The Sheffield Green Award (November 8, 2009) Traveling through film festivals and social events all around the United States, The Cove has also received the best documentary nod from many critics organizations, including The Boston Society of Film Critics, San Diego Film Critics Society, Dallas/Ft. Worth Film Critics Association, Utah Film Critics Association, Florida Film Critics Association,Houston Film Critics Association and the Denver Film Critics Society. As the film has received more and more recognition, the Oceanic Preservation Society translated their website into multiple languages to cater to interest from around the world. 82nd Academy Awards controversy There was some controversy when The Cove won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary. ABC cameras abruptly cut away to the crowd when former dolphin trainer and dolphin activist Ric O'Barry raised a banner urging the audience to "Text DOLPHIN to 44144". TV Guide labeled the moment as "Fastest Cutaway", and film critic Sean Means wrote it showed that the Oscar ceremony was "studiously devoid of genuine excitement."

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Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music. He is part of both the alternative country and the mainstream country music camps. He was influenced by songwriters Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt. Crowell played guitar and sang for three years in Emmylou Harris' "Hot Band". Biography Early life Crowell was born August 7, 1950 in Crosby, Texas to James Walter Crowell and Addie Cauzette Willoughby. He had come from a musical family, with one grandfather being a church choir leader and the other a bluegrass banjo player. His grandmother played guitar and his father sang semi-professionally at bars and Honky tonks. At age 11, he starting playing drums in his father's band. In his teen years, he played in various garage rock bands in Houston performing hits of the day mixed with a few country numbers. 1972 - 1986: Early Career In August 1972 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee in search of a musical career and got a job as a songwriter after being discovered by Jerry Reed He later met and befriended fellow songwriter, Guy Clark, who became a major influence on his songwriting and vice versa. While there, he said, "I got a real cold splash in the face of what real songwriting is about. I started filling my mind with as many symbols and images as I could. I started reading. I got real hungry to have something to contribute". Emmylou Harris had recorded some of Crowell's songs and made a request to meet him. After he visited Emmy Lou's home in Washington D.C., she asked him to play rhythm guitar in her backing band, The Hot Band. He accepted and later followed her to Los Angeles. In 1977 as a side project he formed a musical group, The Cherry Bombs, together with Vince Gill, Tony Brown and others. One year later, he signed a solo deal with Warner Bros. Records and in late 1978, released his debut album, Ain't Living Long Like This. His debut album, as well his following two albums, But What Will the Neighbors Think and Rodney Crowell, were not commercially successful despite garnering a huge cult following. Crowell himself criticized his debut album for not translating onto vinyl the same clarity and energy he felt in the studio. His single "Ashes by Now" from But What Will the Neighbors Think reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981. Though he had already several country hits by artists covering his songs (including "Ain't Living Long Like This" by Waylon Jennings, "Leaving Louisiana..." by the Oak Ridge Boys, and several covers by Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, Jerry Reed and others), Crowell got his first big taste of pop songwriting success with "Shame on the Moon". "Shame on the Moon" was recorded on the 1982 album "The Distance" by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band. Glenn Frey joined Seger on background harmony on the song. Appealing to a broad cross-section of listeners, the song spent four weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, topped the adult contemporary chart, and placed in the Top 15 of the country chart in early 1983. The song's dark, poetic and hypnotic style helped boost Crowell's cult status. The album Rodney Crowell was released in 1981 by Warner Bros. Records and was his last album on that label before switching to Columbia. It was the first album Crowell produced by himself. It reached #47 on the Top Country Albums chart and #105 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The songs, "Stars on the Water" and "Victim or a Fool" were released as singles. "Stars on the Water" reached #30 on the Hot Country Songs chart, his highest charting song up to that point. It peaked at #21 on the Canadian country charts. "Victim or a Fool" reached #34 in the U.S. In 1981, Rodney left Warner Bros.' roster, putting his career on hold to produce several of his wife Rosanne Cash's albums. In 1983 Crystal Gayle had a number one Country single with his song "'Til I Gain Control Again" from her first Elektra album, "True Love". The song was first recorded in 1975 by Emmylou Harris. 1986 - 1995: Columbia Records and Mainstream Success After producing Rosanne Cash's Rhythm & Romance, Crowell signed to Columbia Records in 1986. His first album for that label Street Language was co-produced with Booker T. Jones and featured a blend of Soul and country music. The album did not chart. Although best known as a songwriter and alternative country artist, Crowell enjoyed mainstream popularity during the late 1980s and early 1990s. His critically acclaimed album, 1988's Diamonds & Dirt, produced five consecutive No. 1 singles during a 17-month span in 1988 and 1989: "It's Such a Small World" (a duet with Cash), "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried," "She's Crazy For Leavin'," "After All This Time" and "Above and Beyond" (a cover of Buck Owens' 1962 hit). His follow-up album, 1989's Keys to the Highway, produced two top 5 hits in 1990, which were "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" and "If Looks Could Kill." As Crowell's popularity in hit-radio country music faded, he continued his prolific songwriting. After 1992's Life Is Messy, he left Columbia Records and signed to MCA Records where he released two more albums. 2001 - Present In 2001, after a brief hiatus from recording, he released The Houston Kid on Sugar Hill Records, his first studio album since 1995's Jewel of the South. Many songs on the album were semi-autobiographical, and the album included a duet with Crowell's ex father-in-law Johnny Cash on "I Walk the Line (Revisited)". Initially, Cash was annoyed at Crowell changing the tune to his song, but he came to like the finished product. Crowell followed up this effort with Fate's Right Hand in 2003 and The Outsider in 2005, both of which came out on Columbia Nashville, a division of Sony Music. Leading critics and Crowell consider these three albums his finest work as a solo artist. 2004 saw the release of The Notorious Cherry Bombs, a reunion of Crowell's 1970s road band, including Vince Gill and Tony Brown. The future Keith Urban hit "Making Memories of Us" was included on this disc. In 2005, Crowell served as producer for established Irish singer/songwriter Kieran Goss on the album Blue Sky Sunrise. In 2008 CMT announced that Crowell's next album, Sex and Gasoline, would come out on Yep Roc Records, ending his relationship with Sony Music. This marked the first time Crowell did not produce his own CD, turning production over to Joe Henry. The album was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. Crowell figures prominently in musician-neuroscientist Daniel Levitin's book The World in Six Songs for which he was interviewed, and three Crowell songs, "Shame On The Moon," "I Know Love Is All I Need" and "I Walk the Line (Revisited)" are featured in the book. In 2009, Crowell wrote Wynonna Judd's title track to her album, Sing: Chapter 1, which also was released in 2009. The song was given several electronic dance music remixes, and sent to dance radio as Judd's second release from the album. In August 2009, the single reached #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. In 2010 Chely Wright will release her seventh studio album on Vanguard Records. The album titled Lifted off the Ground is produced by Crowell. Wright also made a cameo appearance in Crowell's 2008 music video Sex and Gasoline. A memoir, Chinaberry Sidewalks, was published in 2011. Personal life He was married to Rosanne Cash (daughter of Johnny Cash), from 1979 to 1992 and they had an influence on each other's careers with Rodney producing most of her albums during that period and her success influencing his songwriting. They collaborated on a number of duets, including 1988's "It's Such a Small World." Although Crowell and Cash are now divorced, they remain on friendly terms, performing together occasionally. Crowell and Cash have three daughters, Caitlin, Chelsea, and Carrie, and raised Hannah, Rodney's daughter from a previous marriage. He married Claudia Church in 1998.

Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin. Although Cash is often classified as a country artist, her music draws on many genres, including folk, pop, rock and blues. In the 1980s, she had a string of chart-topping singles, which crossed musical genres and landed on both C&W and Top 100 charts, the most commercially successful being her 1981 breakthrough hit "Seven Year Ache", which topped the U.S. country singles charts and reached the Top 30 on the U.S. pop singles charts. In 1990, Cash released Interiors, a spare, introspective album which signaled a break from her pop country past. The following year Cash ended her marriage and moved from Nashville to New York City, where she continues to write, record and perform. Since 1991 she has released five albums, written two books and edited a collection of short stories. Her fiction and essays have been published in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Oxford-American, New York Magazine, and various other periodicals and collections. She won a Grammy in 1985 for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me," and has received nine other Grammy nominations. She has had 11 #1 country hit singles, 21 Top 40 country singles and two gold records. She was portrayed by Hailey Anne Nelson in the 2005 Academy-award winning film Walk the Line, directed by James Mangold. Early life Cash was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1955, just as father Johnny was recording his first tracks at Sun Records. The family moved to California in 1958, first to Los Angeles, then Ventura, where Cash and her sisters were raised by mother Vivian (Vivian and Johnny separated in the early 1960s and divorced in 1966). After graduating from high school, she joined her father's road show for two and a half years, first as a wardrobe assistant, then as a background vocalist and occasional soloist In 1976, Cash briefly worked for CBS Records in London before returning to Nashville to study English and drama at Vanderbilt University, then relocated to Los Angeles to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Hollywood. She recorded a demo in January 1978 with Emmylou Harris' songwriter/sideman Rodney Crowell, which led to a full album with German label Ariola Records. Music career 1978 - 1980: First American release Her self-titled debut album was recorded in 1978, but Ariola never released it in the United States, and it has since become a collector's item. Mainly recorded and produced in Munich, Germany with German-based musicians, it also included three tracks recorded in Nashville and produced by Crowell Though Cash was unhappy with the album, it attracted the attention of Columbia Records, who offered her a recording contract. She began playing with Crowell's band The Cherry Bombs in California clubs. Crowell and Cash married in 1979, and Cash started work on her first Columbia LP. The album, Right or Wrong, was released in early 1980, and produced three Top 25 singles. The first, "No Memories Hangin' Around," a duet with country singer Bobby Bare, reached 17 on the Country Singles chart in 1979. It was followed by "Couldn't Do Nothin' Right" and "Take Me, Take Me" in 1980. Cash, pregnant with her first child, was unable to tour in support of the album, which was nevertheless a critical success. Cash and Crowell moved to Nashville in 1981. 1981 - 1989: Critical and Commercial Success Cash's career picked up considerable momentum with the release of her second album, Seven Year Ache, in 1981. The album achieved critical raves and solid sales, and the title track was a #1 hit on the Billboard Country Chart, and crossed over to the Billboard Pop Chart, peaking at #22. The album yielded two additional #1 country hits, "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" and "Blue Moon with Heartache," and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Cash's third album, Somewhere in the Stars (1982), was considered a disappointment after the commercial success of Seven Year Ache. The album still reached the Top 100 of the US pop album charts, and included three US country chart singles, "Ain't No Money", "I Wonder" and "It Hasn't Happened Yet". Cash struggled with substance abuse during this time, and in 1984 she sought medical treatment. After a three-year hiatus, Cash released her fourth studio album, Rhythm & Romance (1985), which yielded two #1 hits, "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" and "Never Be You", and two other Country Top 10 singles, "Hold on" and "Second to No One." Rhythm & Romance drew high critical praise for its fusion of country and pop. "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" won the 1985 Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance; "Hold On" won the 1987 Robert J. Burton Award from BMI as the Most Performed Song of the Year. In the '80s, Cash curtailed her touring for childbearing and raising a family (three daughters with Crowell, as well as Crowell's daughter by his first marriage, Hannah). She continued to record and in 1987 released the most critically acclaimed album of her career, King's Record Shop. It spawned four #1 hits, including a cover version of her father's "Tennessee Flat Top Box," John Hiatt's "The Way We Make a Broken Heart," "If You Change Your Mind," and "Runaway Train," and became Cash's second gold album. In 1988 Cash recorded a duet with Crowell, "It's Such a Small World" (released on his Diamonds & Dirt album), which also went to #1 on the country charts, and Cash was named Billboard's Top Singles Artist of the year.[ In 1989, Columbia released her first compilation album, Hits 1979-1989. The album yielded two new hit singles, the Beatles cover "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party", which landed at #1 on the Billboard country charts, and "Black and White", which earned Cash her fifth Grammy nomination. 1990 - 1995: Break Up, Relocation In 1990, Cash released the critically acclaimed, deeply personal Interiors. Cash produced herself for the first time, and wrote or co-wrote all the songs. "Her brutally dark take on intimate relationships was reflected throughout and made clear the marital problems that had been hinted at on earlier albums." "Highly autobiographical (though Cash has often insisted it isn't quite as true to life as everyone assumes), Interiors was a brilliant, introspective album" and "her masterpiece". Other critics called it "maudlin" and "pessimistic." Interiors topped many best album lists in 1990, and received a Grammy award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album. It yielded one Top 40 single ("What We Really Want"), and marked the beginning of sharp commercial decline for Cash. Though it may have been inspired by the breakup of her marriage, it also signified her departure from Nashville and its country music establishment. In 1991 Cash relocated to New York City; in 1992, she and Crowell divorced. The Wheel, released in 1993, was "an unflinchingly confessional examination of the marriage's failure that ranked as her most musically diverse effort to date." The album was Cash's last for Columbia Records. It received considerable acclaim from critics, though neither of its two singles, "The Wheel" or "You Won't Let Me In", charted. 1995 - present: New York, New Albums and Books Cash settled in lower Manhattan, and in 1995 married producer/songwriter/guitarist John Leventhal, with whom she had co-produced The Wheel. She signed with Capitol Records, and in 1996 released 10 Song Demo, a collection of stark home recordings with minimal accompaniment. She also pursued a career as a writer, and in 1996 Hyperion published her short story collection Bodies of Water, to favorable reviews. In 1997, Cash was awarded an honorary doctorate from Memphis College of Art. She gave the commencement address that year and continues to work with college master classes in writing and speak to women's groups. In 1998, she and Leventhal began working on what would later become Rules of Travel: the recording sessions were cut short when she became pregnant and was unable to sing for two and a half years, due to a polyp on her vocal cords. Unable to record, Cash focused on her writing: her children's book Penelope Jane: A Fairy's Tale, which included an exclusive CD, was published by Harper Collins in 2000, and in 2001 she edited a collection of short fiction by songwriters titled Songs Without Rhyme: Prose By Celebrated Songwriters. Recovering her voice, she resumed recording and in 2003, released Rules of Travel, her first full-fledged studio album for Capitol. The album had guest appearances by Sheryl Crow and Steve Earle, a song cowritten by Joe Henry and Jakob Dylan, and the poignant "September When It Comes," a duet with her father. Rules Of Travel was nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Cash was also an inaugural member of the Independent Music Awards' judging panel to support independent artists. In 2005, Legacy Recordings reissued Seven Year Ache (1981), King's Record Shop (1987), and Interiors (1990), plus a new collection spanning 1979-2003, The Very Best Of Rosanne Cash. In 2006, Cash released Black Cadillac, an album marked by the loss of her stepmother, June, and father, Johnny, who both died in 2003; and her mother, Vivian, Johnny's first wife, who died as Rosanne finished the album in 2005. The album was critically praised, and named to the top 10 lists of the New York Times, Billboard, PopMatters, NPR and other general interest and music publications. The album was nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. Cash toured extensively in support of the album, and created a multimedia performance, with video, imagery and narration drawn from the songs and from Cash's family history. In 2006, a short documentary by filmmaker Steve Lippman, Mariners and Musicians, based on the album and interviews with Cash, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was screened at festivals worldwide. Cash's music was also featured prominently in an American Masters biography of photographer Annie Leibovitz, who has photographed Cash and her family numerous times. In late 2007, Cash underwent brain surgery for a rare benign condition (Chiari I malformation) and was forced to cancel her remaining concert dates. After a successful recovery, she resumed writing and live appearances. In 2008 she wrote for "Measure for Measure", the songwriters column in The New York Times, recorded with Kris Kristofferson and Elvis Costello, and appeared on Costello's TV series Spectacle. Cash released her next studio album, entitled The List, on October 6, 2009. The album is based on a list of 100 greatest country and American songs that Johnny Cash gave her when she was 18. Cash has picked 12 songs out of the 100 for the album. The album features vocal duets with Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy, and Rufus Wainwright. An iTunes Store-only 13th song features a duet with Neko Case. In addition to her own recordings, Cash has made guest appearances on albums by Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Marc Cohn, The Chieftains, Willy Mason, and others, as well as children's albums by Larry Kirwan, Tom Chapin, and Dan Zanes and Friends. She has also appeared on tribute albums to Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, The Band, Tammy Wynette, Doc Pomus, Laura Nyro, Yoko Ono, John Hiatt and Jimi Hendrix. In December 2009, it was announced that Cash would be portraying Monique in the upcoming album Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a collaboration between rock singer John Mellencamp and novelist Stephen King. Personal life Family Cash's parents, Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto, were married in San Antonio, Texas in 1954. She has three younger sisters, Kathy, Cindy and Tara. Johnny and Vivian divorced in 1966, and he married June Carter in 1968. Cash's stepsisters are country singers Carlene Carter and Rosie Nix Adams, also known as Rosey Carter, June Carter's daughters from her first two marriages. Johnny and June's son John Carter Cash is Rosanne's half brother. Cash's father died in 2003; her mother died in 2005. Cash married country music singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell in 1979. They have three daughters: Caitlin, Chelsea and Carrie. Cash also raised Crowell's daughter, Hannah, from a previous marriage. Cash and Crowell divorced in 1992. She married her second husband, John Leventhal in 1995, and they have one son, Jakob. Cash lives with her husband, son and youngest daughter in Chelsea, Manhattan. Chiari Malformation On November 27, 2007, Cash was admitted to New York’s Presbyterian Hospital for brain surgery. In a press statement, she announced that she suffered from Chiari Malformation Type I and expected to "make a full recovery." The surgery was successful, though recovery was slow, and in March 2008 she was forced to cancel her spring tour dates for further recuperation. She wrote about the experience in her New York Times article "Well, Actually, It Is Brain Surgery". She resumed writing, recording and performing in late summer of 2008. Other projects Cash supports several charitable organizations. She is a longtime board member of PAX, an organization dedicating to preventing gun violence among children. She was honored by PAX at their fifth annual benefit gala in 2005. Cash is active on behalf of SOS Children's Villages, which houses and cares for orphaned and abandoned children. The Cash family are long-term supporters of SOS. In the 1970s Johnny and June Cash donated property and financed the construction of a family house in Jamaica for SOS, and after their deaths the family established a memorial fund to benefit their work. In 2004, Cash accepted the SOS Children's Champion Award on behalf of her father for the Cash family's support of SOS Children's Villages. Cash sponsors a child through SOS. She also sponsors three children through Children, Incorporated, which works to support and educate needy children and young adults worldwide.

Lauren Felice Collins (born August 29, 1986) is a Canadian actress, best known for playing Paige Michalchuk on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Early life and career Collins was born in Thornhill, Ontario, the daughter of Sari and Stan Collins. Her father was born in London, England. Collins was raised Jewish. She has one brother, a copy editor, and her cousin is Spencer Rice, one of the stars of Kenny vs Spenny. She is a graduate of Thornlea Secondary School. Collins first began acting in 1998, with roles in various television series including Once a Thief, Noddy, and I Was a Sixth Grade Alien. From 2000 to 2001, she had a recurring role on In a Heartbeat before landing the role of Paige Michalchuk on Degrassi in 2001. She is also known as Derek's ex-girlfriend Kendra on Life with Derek. Collins can also be seen as a recurring role on The Best Years. She has also appeared in numerous theatrical productions, playing the title roles in Alice in Wonderland and the production of Annie, and starring in the made-for-television film Virtual Mom. She has been a member of CharActors Theatre Troupe, a children's community theater company, for over five years. In 2006, Collins made her feature film debut in Take the Lead, appearing alongside Antonio Banderas. The following year she appeared in Charlie Bartlett. In 2008, she co-starred in the direct-to-DVD feature Picture This, opposite Ashley Tisdale. After YouTube celebrity Shane Dawson expressed his interest in watching the Degrassi series', Collins starred in a parody video released March 6, 2010. She will work once again with Disney Channel and Tisdale on the newest installment of High School Musical's Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, playing the role of Tiffany. Filmography 1998 Valentine's Day Young Alma Television movie 1998 Real Kids, Real Adventures Meggie 1 episode 1998 Blood on Her Hands Ruby Collins Television movie 1998 Once a Thief Cleo at 13 1 episode 1998 Tempting Fate Ruby Television movie 1998 Happy Christmas, Miss King Libby Hubble Television movie 1998–1999 Noddy Rox 3 episodes 1999 Rocky Marciano Mary Anne Television movie 1999 I Was a Sixth Grade Alien Lindy Mae 2 episodes 1999 Restless Spirits Rhonda Television movie 2000 Virtual Mom Lucy Foster Television movie 2000 Deliberate Intent Erin Smolla Television movie 2000 Baby Portia Pinter Television movie 2000–2001 In a Heartbeat Brooke Lanier 18 episodes 2001 What Girls Learn Susie Television movie 2001–2008 Degrassi: The Next Generation Paige Michalchuk 143 episodes 2003 Blue Murder Shannon Brady 1 episode 2003 Mutant X Megan Morrison 1 episode 2003 The Eleventh Hour Sara Chase 1 episode 2004 Renegadepress.com Amanda 1 episode 2005 Totally Spies! Voice 2 episodes 2005 Radio Free Roscoe Blaire 2 episodes 2006 Take the Lead Caitlin 2006 Booky Makes Her Mark Ada-May Television movie 2006 Angela's Eyes Heather Keene 1 episode 2006–2009 Life with Derek Kendra 10 episodes 2007 Grossology Naomi (Voice) 2 episodes 2007 Charlie Bartlett Kelly 2007–2009 The Best Years Alicia O'Sullivan 2 seasons 2008 Picture This Alexa Direct-to-DVD release 2009 Degrassi Goes Hollywood Paige Michalchuk Television movie 2011 Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure Tiffani Direct-to-DVD release

No Have you ever passed out in someone's yard?

pissed off!

going to kill my oldest son

In all fairness, maybe each round needs to have the same amount of time, give or take a few hours?

Name: 賈靜雯 (贾静雯) / Chia Ching Wen (Jia Jing Wen) English name: Alyssa Chia Also known as: 妞紐 / Niu Niu Profession: Actress, model and singer Birthdate: 1974-Oct-07 Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan Height: 160cm Weight: 46kg Star sign: Libra Chinese zodiac: Tiger Blood type: A Family: Daughter Talent agency: Ye He Xing Guang TV Series Entangling Love in Shanghai (侬本多情) (2010) Infernal Lover as Yuan Shi Kai's daughter (SETV, 2010, guest) Bei Shang Shi Chang Shou Ge as Guan Liang Pei (2007) The 100th Bride as Yi Fan (2005) Turn Left, Turn Right / A Chance of Sunshine (向左走，向右走) (2004) Qin Wang Li Shi Min as Yan Zhi (2004) Miracle Healer as Ti Ying (2004) You Jian Ju Hua Xiang as Qian Qian (GTV, 2003) Lady Wu - The First Empress as Wu Mei Niang (2003) Shuang Long Hui as Qing Ting (2003) Yi Tian Tu Long Ji as Zhao Min (2002) Da Han Tian Zi as Nian Nu Jiao (2002) Super School as Xu Kai Di (2001) Fei Long Zai Tian (2000) Legend of Dagger Li (1999) The New Liang San Bo and Zhu Ying Tai (新梁山伯與祝英台) (1999) Swordsman III (1999) The Legend of a Chinese Hero / Zhong Hua Er Nu (1998) First Love (guest) Romance of Three Kingdoms (1994, guest) Movies True Feelings Crazy Love (1998) Trivia Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese and English Native origin: Tianjin, China

Charlene Choi (born 22 November 1982) is a Hong Kong based actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung. Biography Choi was born in Vancouver, Canada. She moved with her family to Hong Kong a few years later. She is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. Choi was educated at a number of institutions. After graduating from Rosaryhill School, where many other pop stars had attended, she started working full-time as a model in Hong Kong. She was scouted by Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG), and was then linked with Gillian Chung to form the Cantopop group Twins. Solo acting career Early years Aside from her musical career, Choi has become a successful actress in the Hong Kong film industry, co-starred alongside actors such as Andy Lau, Eason Chan, Jay Chou, Mike He, Wu Chun and Nicholas Tse. She wrote an article describing her acting career: Earlier before, I have shared with everyone some of my acting experiences. This time, I want to talk about movies. As an artist, whenever I'm working, I have to show the best side and give the best performance to everyone. I have to show the most fit side of me and hence, I'm often in "battling mood". When free, I like to watch slow-pace movies. The too exciting movies I can't stand. I'm the type who can be easily thrown into the world of the movie. Those type of fast-pace movies will end up making me tense and nervous so comedy, romance or humanity issue discussion movies are all more suitable for me." Choi's first acting gig was a starring role in the 2000 television drama Youth Y2K. Then, Choi made her first film debut in 2001 in Funeral March (filmed prior to Twins' debut), which drew rave reviews from critics and earned her a Best New Artist nomination at the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards. Choi's next big acting break was in 2003 with her earnest and pretence-free portrayal of a young girl who battles through all odds in hopes of becoming a singer in Diva - Ah Hey. Breakthrough success Since then, Choi has taken Jim Chim as a mentor, and has been in the comedy film Simply Actors as a kind and comedic porn star. Her breakthrough role in the Pang brothers' psychological thriller Diary (2006) earned her many film award nominations and she received the Best Actress award at the 11th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PIFAN Korean Movie Award). Choi's acting has been once again duly identified by an abundance of film critics with her portrayal of Dani Dan in Simply Actors. Only months later, she won the Best Actress and Favourite Actress awards at the 2007 Golden Bauhinia Awards for his performance in Simply Actors. Choi has also appeared alongside the Taiwanese singer Jay Chou in Kung Fu Dunk. Choi has appeared in The Butterfly Lovers, based on the Chinese legend of the same name. Appearing alongside Wu Chun and Hu Ge, The Butterfly Lovers was released on October 9, 2008. Throughout the filming, rumors of an off-set romance between Choi and Wu Chun (the leading actress and actor) developed. Though they have denied such rumors, Wu has stated that the pair has reached an agreement with director Jingle Ma to collaborate once again in the future. In December 2008, she began filming her first Taiwanese television drama, Calling For Love, produced by Angie Chai, co-starring with Mike He. The series was first aired in May 2010. Finally in December 2009 after over a year of post-production, positive response at the Shanghai International Film Festival, The Storm Warriors was released with Choi taking on the main female lead role as Second Dream and starring alongside Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Simon Yam and Nicholas Tse. Though it was only released on December 10, The Storm Warriors was ranked fifth in the list of Top 10 Hong Kong Movies of 2009 based on box office results. 2010 In 2010, after having concentrated heavily on music in the previous year, Choi started taking on more acting projects. Her first film for that year was Beauty on Duty, which she co-starred with Sandra Ng. Following that, Choi appeared in Triple Tap with Daniel Wu and Louis Koo. Choi's next film, The Jade and the Pearl, saw her co-starring with Raymond Lam and her close friends Joey Yung and Wong Cho-lam, as well as a collaboration between Choi and Lam in singing a duet theme song. Choi has concluded work on God of Fortune's Inn with Nicholas Tse and Nick Cheung. As of July 2010, she has started a three to four months long project, Mainland Chinese television series Sword Heroes' Fate, with Nicholas Tse again. Solo singing career Solo music released with Twins Choi's first solo song, Diva, Ah Hey!, was released in Twins' 2003 album Touch of Love. The song received a nomination for Best Song at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards and won a place in the Top 10 Songs at the Jade Solid Gold Songs Awards Ceremony. Choi's second solo song, Watching Movie Alone, was released in Twins' 2006 Mandarin album Around the World with 80 Dollars. Choi's third solo song, You are Not a Good Lover, was released in Twins' 2006 Cantonese album Ho Hoo Tan. This was Choi's first recorded personal composition and Twins' recorded version earned the place of Hit Song at the Metro Showbiz Hit Awards and one of the Top 10 Songs at the Jade Solid Gold Songs Awards Ceremony. Choi's remaining two solo songs, Little Sister and 60 Percent, were released before the Edison Chen photo scandal in their 2008 Mandarin album Tong Hua Yan Yu. Both solo songs were extremely personal, Little Sister, in particular, recounts Choi's relationship with her mother throughout the years despite her parents' divorce at a younge age and won Choi several music awards at the Metro Showbiz Hit Awards and TVB8 Music Awards. Choi's first solo single was released in 2008 with the award-winning Make a Wish, which sold 5000 copies within a span of 30 minutes with all proceeds going to the Make a Wish Foundation. Meanwhile, her two hit songs, Little Sister and Make a Wish ranked first in music charts and remained in the top 10 for four music charts over 11 weeks. With Twins placed on hiatus, Choi went on to be awarded with a variety of solo singer awards in 2008: Favorite Idol and Most Voted Singer at the Metro Showbiz Hit Awards, Most Popular Female Singer at the Vanguard Music Awards and Most Popular Hong Kong Female Artist at the Sprite Music Awards. Music career as a solo female singer Towards the end of 2008, Choi further expanded her career, entering new fields of the entertainment industry. As an entertainer, not only is she an actress and singer, but she is now a theater star. In the musical, Knight Star, she stars as the female lead Rose. Acting as her lover, she has finally reunited with Jimmy Lin after 7 years. Lin first collaborated with Choi in her first series The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra when she first entered the industry. Other stars in the musical include Julian Cheung, and Alice Liu. The musical served as a promotional event for the Chivas company to expand in China with their "Live with Chivalry" campaign. Choi's first musical collaboration as a solo singer with another artist was the duet Little Dimples, released in late September 2008, which she performed with JJ Lin. The song received six awards in the remaining three months of 2008. Choi released her debut solo album Two Without One on April 9, 2009. In less than one week, the album sold 10,000 copies in Hong Kong and has been certified "Gold" in Hong Kong. In less than a month, the album sold a total of 30,000 copies in Hong Kong and was certified "Platinum". Due to high sales and demand, a second version of the album is slated to be released on May 6 as a limited edition with 5,000 copies available. Following the success of Two Without One, Choi released her next EP, titled Another Me, on October 15, 2009. Consisting of five tracks and three music videos, the overall theme of the EP is an evolving process as an individual. The release of Another Me marked new territory for Choi with a black-and-white cover and a largescale photo exhibition open to the public. As with Two Without One, Another Me was also certified "Platinum", selling nearly 60,000 copies in Hong Kong, in addition to high sales in Asia and overseas. Choi's success as a solo female singer in 2009 was best displayed at the 2009 IFPI HK Top Sales Music Awards, where she was awarded "Top 10 Best Selling Hong Kong Singers of 2009". In addition, Two Without One and Another Me were each awarded "Top 10 Best Selling Cantonese Albums of 2009." Present Following her success in 2009 as a solo singer, Choi released her debut Mandarin album As A Sa in 2010. With more than HK$1 million spent on producing the album, As A Sa was released across China on June 15. Consequently, Choi launched her country-wide promotional tour with a multitude of mini-concerts, autograph sessions, performances, recorded television programs, national radio interviews, and talk shows. Having released three self-composed songs (You're Not a Good Lover, Love of Prague, Able to Let Go / Willing To Love), when asked about whether she hopes to follow the singer-songwriter path, Choi explained that she has no intention to do so. However, she enjoys composing songs and hopes for each of her albums to contain one self-composition. Choi has released her third Cantonese album Beauty Remains on October 15, 2010. On the album cover, Choi is seen photographed wearing her personally worn clothes that she and her stylist have combined to create new one-of-a-kind high fashion clothing. All the articles of clothing they have created together are being auctioned with all proceeds (no manufacturing costs will be deducted) donated to a foundation providing aid for those in Africa suffering from malaria. Photographed in an abandoned Hong Kong meat slaughterhouse, the message that Choi wished to convey is: "As long as you make the effort and have the intention, you will find beauty in even the most unfortunate, unpleasant or unattractive situations, circumstances or even people." Despite nearly no promotions for the album due to Choi's filming schedule, the album has since gone on to be her third Cantonese album to be certified with "Platinum" sales. Choi is scheduled to release a CD and DVD collection album on February 10, 2011. Charity As a donor to the Make a Wish Foundation since 2001 and a Make a Wish ambassador in 2008, Choi released the hit single and award-winning Make a Wish, which sold 5000 copies within a span of 30 minutes with all proceeds going to the foundation. Choi also sold clothing from her own "SAL" clothing line to fans to raise more money for the foundation. Choi also wrote an autobiographical book about her teenage years as a child of divorced parents. Although she remains close to both her parents, Choi lived with her father after her parents' divorce. However, following her decision to become a singer-actress, the time she spent at home and with her parents rapidly diminished. As a result, the means of communicating with her father became all the more special. In her book Single Family's Love, many little notes exchanged between her and her father over the years can be seen. Through the autobiography, readers are encouraged to find happiness in single parent families. The money raised from the 5000 Limited 1st Edition copies sold were all donated to the Make a Wish Foundation. Choi thanked her friends and fans for the good sales of her autobiography. Her friends such as Jay Chou (who wrote her book's introduction), bandmate Gillian Chung (who also put her thoughts into Choi's introduction), Niki Chow, Mani, and Wu Chun were big supporters as well, buying copies for their friends and families. As of now, a new edition of her book is being printed and will be distributed overseas. Choi became an ambassador for the 30 Hours Famine charity in the beginning of February 2009. She went to Nepal for a week to help the locals by bringing supplies to schools. In return, she was taught the local gardening technique. In April 2009, Choi performed at the 30-Hour Famine Concert, opening the concert and performing an assortment of new Chinese and English songs, as well as old Twins songs for nearly an hour. Discography Year Title Notes 2008 Make a Wish Cantonese single 2009 Two Without One Cantonese album Another Me Cantonese EP 2010 As A Sa Mandarin album Beauty Remains Cantonese EP 2011 Sweetest Day Cantonese CD + Cantonese & Mandarin DVD Collection Filmography Films 2000 What Is a Good Teacher 自從他來了 Student Cameo 2001 Funeral March 常在我心 Wong Kwan-yee Heroes in Love 戀愛起義之不得了 Charlene 2002 Just One Look 一碌蔗 Nam My Wife Is 18 我老婆唔夠秤 Yoyo Ma Suk-ling Summer Breeze of Love 這個夏天有異性 Choi Kei 2003 The Twins Effect 千機變 Helen The Death Curse 古宅心慌慌 Nancy Ting Diva... Ah Hey 下一站…天后 Kam Dai-hei Good Times, Bed Times 戀上你的床 Tabby Special appearance 2004 Protege de la Rose Noire 見習黑玫瑰 Sandy Fantasia 鬼馬狂想曲 Chopsticks Sister Special appearance Hidden Heroes 追擊八月十五 Chan Mei-ling Leave Me Alone 阿孖有難 Jane Love on the Rocks 戀情告急 Crystal Au-yeung Sum-kit Special appearance New Police Story 新警察故事 Sa Sa Papa Loves You 這個阿爸真爆炸 Ellen Yam Yin-jai The Attractive One 身驕肉貴 Love Cab's taxi driver Cameo The Twins Effect II 千機變II之花都大戰 Spring 6 A.M. 大無謂 (herself) 2005 Bug Me Not! 蟲不知 Sasako (Sasha) Cameo A Chinese Tall Story 情癲大聖 Yue Meiyan All About Love 再說一次我愛你 Leung Tze-ching House of Fury 精武家庭 Ella Special appearance 2006 Chicken Little Abby Mallard Cantonese voice-over Rob-B-Hood 寶貝計劃 Pak Yin Diary 妄想 Winnie Leung Wing-na 2007 Twins Mission 雙子神偷 Jade Super Fans 甜心粉絲王 Sussie Simply Actors 戲王之王 Dani Dan Naraka 19 地獄第19層 Wendy Special appearance 2008 Kung Fu Dunk 功夫灌籃 Lily The Butterfly Lovers 武俠梁祝 Zhu Yanzhi 2009 All's Well, Ends Well 2009 家有囍事2009 Insurance agent Cameo The Storm Warriors 風雲II Second Dream 2010 Hot Summer Days 全城熱戀熱辣辣 Bikini girl Cameo Beauty on Duty 美麗密令 Zhong Aifang Triple Tap 鎗王之王 Ting The Jade and the Pearl 翡翠明珠 Princess Yin 2011 God of Fortune's Inn 財神客棧 Fire Dragon Girl It's Love 白蛇傳說 Green Snake Television Year Title Role Network Notes 2000 Youth Y2K 青春@Y2K Cheng Shasha 2001 The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra 齊天大聖孫悟空 Purple Orchid TVB 藍寶石的夜空 Shek Po-yi TVB Eason Chan's music video 2002 一Twins零一夜 Ah Sa TVB Music video 2003 Triumph in the Skies 衝上雲霄 Charlene TVB Cameo All About Boy'z 一起喝采 Langlang Princess now.com.hk Appearance in episode 2 2半3更之困車立 Ah Sa now.com.hk 愛在陽光下 AIDS patient Music video produced to support the global anti-AIDS campaign 2004 Kung Fu Soccer 功夫足球 TVB Guest star Sunshine Heartbeat 赤沙印記@四葉草.2 Ah Sa TVB Guest star 家有寶貝 Ah Sa Guest star 2007 Colours of Love 森之愛情 Wai-fong / Ching-lan TVB Life Off Stage 2010 Calling for Love! 呼叫大明星 Chen Dexin CTS Sword Heroes' Fate 劍俠情緣 Tang Xiaowan / Ning Xin Awards and nominations 2002 21st Hong Kong Film Awards - Nominated for Best New Performer Award for Funeral March 2004 10th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards - Nominated for Best Actress Award for The Death Curse 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards - Nominated for Best Original Film Song Award for Diva, Ah Hey 4th Chinese Film Media Awards - Awarded Most Popular Actress Golden Award (Hong Kong and Taiwan) for Diva, Ah Hey! / The Twins Effect 2006 Yahoo! Search Award 2006 - Awarded Local Movie Actress Award Metro Radio King of Entertainment News - Awarded Queen of Actress Award 2007 HKSAR 10th Anniversary Film Awards - Awarded My Favourite New Generation Actress Award HKSAR 10th Anniversary Film Awards - Awarded Most Potential Actress Award Hong Kong Filmart 2007 - Awarded Most Popular Local Actress Award (Top 5) 11th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival(PiFan) - Awarded Best Actress Award for Diary 12th Golden Bauhinia Awards - Awarded Best Actress Award for Simply Actors 12th Golden Bauhinia Awards - Awarded Most Popular Actress Award for Simply Actors 5th MTV Super Award - Awarded Most Characteristic Actress Award (Hong Kong and Taiwan) 2008 14th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards - Nominated for Best Actress Award for Simply Actors 27th Hong Kong Film Awards - Nominated for Best Actress Award for Simply Actors 3rd Tencent 2008 Net Star Ceremony - Awarded Best Actress for Taiwan and Hong Kong for The Butterfly Lovers Metro Radio Hit Mandarin awards - Awarded Hit Song Little Sister Metro Radio Hit Mandarin awards - Awarded Favorite Karaoke Song Little Sister Metro Radio Hit Mandarin awards - Awarded Favorite Idol Yes Idol 2008 - 4 awards bagged- Including Female Yes Idol of 2008. Vanguard 2008 Music Event 《音乐先锋榜》 - Awarded Most Popular Female Singer award TVB8 Music award - awarded a Top Ten Gold Song award aka Golden Song award Little Sister The Sixth "Yahoo! Popular Search Awards 2008" - awarded Most Popular Song - Make A Wish The Sixth "Yahoo! Popular Search Awards 2008" - JJ and Charlene Choi awarded Most Popular Mandarin Song - Little Dimple 3rd Quarter TVB music awards - awarded China's Most Popular Song Little Dimple TVB Weekly, "The Most Popular Brand Awards 2008" - awarded Queen of Advertisement 2008 Metro Radio Hits Music Songs: Make a Wish Metro Radio Hits Karaoke Songs Awards - Little Dimples Metro Radio Hits Songs Awards: Little Dimples Metro Radio Hits Most Voted Singers Big Awards: Charlene Choi Baidu 2008 Most Searched Taiwan and Hong Kong Actress Baidu 2008 Most Searched Duet - Little Dimple Sprite Music Awards - Awarded Most Popular Female Artist (Hong Kong) Sprite Music Awards - Awarded Best Duet (Little Dimples) Sprite Music Awards - Awarded Media Award (Hong Kong) 2009 Music King Awards - Big Media Award Yahoo! Brand Awards - Brand Award for Coca Cola Ad with William Chan Sina Music Awards - Top 20 Most Listened Songs for Make a Wish Metro Music Mandarin Awards - Top 21 Songs for Little Dimples Metro Music Mandarin Awards - Best Karaoke Song for Little Dimple Metro Music Mandarin Awards - Most Popular Idol (Hong Kong & Taiwan) HK Radio Station - Ranked #4 for Female Artist with the Most Airplay Singapore Golden Melody Awards - Nomination for Favorite Female Artist Award (Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong - The only Hong Kong Female Singer nominated) Top 5 Best Selling Actress 2009 (3rd year in a row) Jade Solid Gold Round 1 Awards - Excellent Election-Winning Classics for Two Without One Jade Solid Gold Round 2 Awards - Excellent Election-Winning Classics for I'm Sorry TVB Weekly Most Popular Brand Awards – Most Popular Advertising Female Artist Award (second year in a row) Global Chinese Music Awards - Best Duet for Little Dimple Global Chinese Music Awards - Golden Melody Award for Two Without One Global Chinese Music Awards - Top 5 Most Popular Mandarin Female Singers HKFDA (HK Fashion Designers Association Annual Best Dressed Personalities Award Show - Top 10 Best Dressed Personalities Touch Icon Awards - Touch Icon of the Year Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards - People's Choice Best Dressed Award Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards - Top 10 Most Searched Songs Award for Two Without One JSG Round 3 Awards - Top 14 Songs for Survivor 2009 China Digital Music Awards - Most Downloaded Duet for Little Dimple (5,465,381 times) Baidu 4th Most Searched Taiwan and Hong Kong Female Singer (74,539,012 hits) MOOV #9 Most Downloaded Song of 2009 for Two Without One (108,049 downloads) Metro Radio Survey of Over 10,000 Hong Kong high school students: Students' Favorite Female Singer (2nd place) Metro Radio Survey of Over 10,000 Hong Kong high school students: Idol with the Healthiest Image (1st place among male & female singers) Metro Radio Hits Awards - Top 21 Hit Song Award for Two Without One Metro Radio Hits Awards - Top 4 Best Female Singers Award Metro Radio Hits Awards - Top 4 Cover Songs for I'm Sorry Metro Radio Hits Awards - Top 3 Most Voted Singers Award Metro Radio Hits Awards - Ultimate 4 Channels Album Outstanding Performer Big Award GOLD TVB8 Music Awards – Top 10 Mandarin Songs for Two Without One Among Movie Actresses in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China: #4 Highest Revenue in 2009 Among Movie Actresses in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China: Highest Salary per movie Chosen among professionals in all of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China as #2 in "Ten Most Beautiful Women of 2009" 2010 RTHK Top 10 Chinese Gold Songs Awards - Hong Kong & Taiwan Top 10 Excellent Singers Winners RTHK Top 10 Chinese Gold Songs Awards - National Award for Top 5 Best Female Artists RTHK Top 10 Awards - Top 5 Female & Male Artist Broadcasts/Radio Airplays U-Channel Radio Music Awards - Millennium's Decade Artist with the Healthiest Image Canadian Hit Music Awards - North America's Most Esteemed Top 10 Songs for Two Without One JSG Top 10 Awards – Golden Melody Top 10 Songs Award for Two Without One JSG Top 10 Awards – Outstanding Performer Award (Silver) Sina Music Awards - Top 20 Most Listened Songs for Two Without One Sina Music Awards - Outstanding Performer Award Sina Music Awards - Most Searched (Hits) Artist Award Yahoo! Poll - Voted as Netizens' Most Ideal Lover Bravely March Forward Show - Won Best Actress Title IFPI HK Top Sales Music Awards - Top 10 Best Selling Hong Kong Singers of 2009 IFPI HK Top Sales Music Awards - Top 10 Best Selling Cantonese Albums of 2009 for Two Without One Album IFPI HK Top Sales Music Awards - Top 10 Best Selling Cantonese Albums of 2009 for Another Me EP 2010 Forbes China Celebrity 100 List – Ranked #52 Among All Celebrities from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan combined (Based on 2009 income and frequency of media exposure) JSG Round 1 Awards - Top 14 Golden Melody Awards for Able to Let Go Yahoo! Brand Awards - Most Ideal & Desired Spokesperson Award QQ Music (China’s largest internet music platform) – #1 Overall Music, #1 Mandarin Music, #1 New Music for Confidant QQ Music (China’s largest internet music platform) – #2 Ranked Album for As A Sa Music King Awards – Nominated as Most Popular Hong Kong Female Singer Metro Radio Mandarin Hit Music Awards - Hit Female Singer Award Metro Radio Mandarin Hit Music Awards - Most Popular Global Idol Award Metro Radio Mandarin Hit Music Awards - Top Mandarin Hit Songs for Confidant 7th Music King Awards - The Album of the Year for Two Without One 7th Music King Awards - Top 10 Golden Melody Mandarin Songs for Confidant 25th China Golden Eagle TV Awards – Nomination for Hong Kong & Taiwan's Most Popular TV Series for Calling For Love Golden Melody Music Awards – Best KTV Song of the Year for Little Dimples Golden Melody Music Awards – Top 10 Mandarin Songs for Big Storm

Name: 舒畅 / Shu Chang Profession: Actress Birthdate: 1987-Dec-01 Birthplace: Baishan, Jilin, China Height: 163cm Weight: 42kg Star sign: Sagittarius Chinese zodiac: Rabbit Blood type: AB Family: Younger half brother TV Series Chun Qiu Yan Cheng as Luo Fu (2009) Royal Tramp as Princess Jian Ning (2008) Magic Mobile Phone as Sha Niu (CCTV, 2008) Cuo Ai Tian Shi as Zhou Jing Yi / Su Ya (2007) Lotus Lantern as Xiao Yu (CCTV, 2005) Shao Nian Da Qin Chai 少年大钦差 as Xu Lian (2004) Li Wei Dang Guan 2 as Shi Liu (2004) Huang Tai Zi Mi Shi as Princess Yun (CTV, 2004) Xiao Zhuang Mi Shi as Dong E Fei (CTV, 2003) Secret of the Linked Cities as Shui Sheng (2003) Tian Long Ba Bu (2003) The Story of a Noble Family as Jin Mei Li (CCTV, 2003) Trivia Hobbies: Reading and karaoke Skills: Singing and hosting