Are YOU at WAR with the ENVIRONMENT, YOURSELF and EVERYBODY AROUND YOU?

MOST OF US ARE LUCKY.
We don’t know.

Or maybe we feign not to know.
MOST OF US ARE BLESSED.
Yet we are perpetually complaining about our lot in life.

We discard foods, even though in some disaster-ravaged and war-torn countries, starving people are thriving on scraps.

I am sure we hear these horrific words ringing through laughter and tears. Do you believe in the truth and the power of these words?

Spare a thought and do whatever we can within our means to make this world a better place.

IT IS OUR WORLD. WE ARE THE WORLD. HEAL THIS WORLD.

Shall we?

INDULGE, EXPLORE, CHANGE. You only have One Life.

“Don’t exist.
Live.
Get out, explore.
Thrive.
Challenge authority.
Challenge yourself.
Evolve.
Change forever.
Become who you say you always will.
Keep moving. Don’t stop.
Start the revolution.
Become a freedom fighter.
Become a superhero.”

~Brian Krans

MY FRIEND SENT ME THIS.
There’s no point in challenging myself to change for the better.
I am far too imperfectly simple.
It is one thing to read.
Yah.
It’s another to follow.
God bless me.
Amen.

BYRON PANG 彭罡原 ACTOR. ACTION DIRECTOR. “There’s KUNG FU in DANCE, you know?”

 

彭罡原小档案（Byron Pang）

彭罡原是当今香港影坛颇受注目的新生代演员。

2005年参加香港先生在最特出表现个人大奖环节夺得第三名；

2008-2010年参演多部港产电影尝试能文能武不同角色开始受注目；

2011年担任电影“安非他命”主要男主角；

2011年入围香港电影金像奖最佳新人奖。

他从一个完全不为人知的新人，慢慢地在香港及华人地区的国家渐露光芒，令很多同行，

更令很多粉丝对这位新人另眼相看。

彭罡原从小学武术，十年苦练使他身手敏捷，在他参演的多部电影中可看到他的武术造诣，

从一个威风凛凛的侠士到少林和尚，他的演绎有型有样，令人赞叹。

他形容自己是一个充满活力，喜爱冒险的年轻战士。除了武术，他更喜欢向高难度挑战，精通跳降伞，爬山，越野单车，高空弹跳，赛车及深海潜水等充满挑战和刺激性极高的运动。

香港著名时装摄影师 Patrick Lam 对彭罡原更大为赞赏，他形容彭罡原是目前香港影坛的新生代型男，他的明星味的感觉特别浓，也让这位摄影大师对他特别钟爱。

来自香港的彭罡原，除了地道的广东话，更加精通接近台湾腔的华语以及英文三种重要的语言；使他在未来的演艺事业，绝对可以应付各种不同领域，不同语言的演出。

他凭着自己不断努力，不断创新的毅力去多方面钻研不同的尝试，近期更进修写剧本，他对自己的要求不止能在幕前能发挥好他的表演功力；在幕后，他也希望能做一个全能的幕后英雄。

“安非他命”的突破性演出，已经让这位影坛新人王大发光彩。可以肯定的，在未来的日子里，彭罡原在他的演艺事业里，会有更多的发挥和发展空间，会更加让人期待。

 BYRON PANG: LATEST PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY courtesy of PATRICK LAM

from PL Photography & Productions in Hong Kong

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Lighting Asst:  TOMMY TANG

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 BINGO! Let me take you through the fine steps of ROCK and ROLL!

I love getting applause.  Tell me which artiste don’t?

I think artistes by nature want to be appreciated.

They love people saying, “You are jolly good.”
I love it when people shower you with positive reviews about your work. It’s basically like a piece of fine art done well.

1. 1.   What is your idea of perfect happiness?

A successful and meaningful career, good friends, a stable, happy family, the chance to keep on trying new things, to be able to push myself to the limits and enjoy doing so …

1. 2.  What is your greatest fear?

My fear is that one day I would no longer be able to perform to the best of my ability, and let my friends, family and fans down.

3.  What do you most dislike?

Hypocrisy. People who pretend to be your friends when things are good, then strike you when you’re down.  These are people I can do without.

4.  What do you most value in your friends?

Loyalty and understanding. Friends who accept me for what I am, and stick by me through thick and thin.

5.   Aside from acting and modeling, what are the other passions in your life?

I have been training in martial arts for most of my life, so I am very focused on perfecting my art.

6.   In your opinion, can a guy and girl be platonic friends? Especially in the acting industry?

I guess anything is possible. Maybe it seems a bit difficult with all the stories we hear in the media, but we as actors also have to be professional in our jobs and our relationships on the set. I believe I can be professional in that respect.

I like myself.  I got to. Would I be around if I don’t? 

I hope this is a humbling statement.

LIFE is BITTERSWEET, ain’t it?

Bad experiences teach me to mellow a bit.  But I don’t change the things I talk about.  I watch my tone before I speak these days.

I keep myself healthy with an active lifestyle and a well-balanced diet.  Ask me!

 To sum it all up, there’s DANCE in KUNG FU.  And vice-versa!

“THE LONE RANGER” Movie Review. An Unlikely Duo bonds in this goofy classic Western.

“THE LONE RANGER” PRESS PREVIEW

I daresay that I’ve been a real big fan of the LONE RANGER comics during my formative years.

And I did look forward to the screening of this latest classic western re-make to jolt my memory of yesteryears. Growing up is hard to do.

The LONE RANGER  is a fabled masked character who, with his American Indian pal TONTO fights the lawless in the great wild West. He goes on to become the endearing icon of the American culture.

This film title may be “THE LONE RANGER”, but it is truly JOHNNY DEPP in a stirring performance as TONTO the stern-faced Red Indian that steals the thunder in almost every scene from his goofy masked screen partner.

Little wonder why the feature has not been named “TONTO” instead.

This one is the re-imagining of this new “feel good” Western that is nice, warm and entertaining, shooting its way to your heart and mind.

Go for it.

The producer is JERRY BRUCKHEIMER and the film director is GORE VERBINSKI.  The pair is the formidable team behind the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise.

Who is THE LONE RANGER?

He is John Reid (ARMIE HAMMER). After completing a law degree, Reid returns to his hometown, Colby, Texas, to become the city’s government prosecutor.

However, when his brother, Dan (JAMES BADGE DALE), is  brutally slain by the notorious outlaw Butch Cavendish  (WILLIAM FICHTNER) Reid realizes that some criminals operate above of the law and he turns to a different form of justice as a masked vigilante.

Is “THE LONE RANGER” an action flick or a quirky comedy?

It is both, so you have a fine blend of both worlds.

Here’s a crackling, high energy Western that delivers from start to finish.

You can count on it.