Latest news with #TheInvisibles
New Straits Times
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Actor Jazz Lam: My father-in-law told me to be a taxi driver
HONG KONG: Hong Kong actor Jazz Lam recently celebrated his 43rd birthday with his wife Kary Dong and his in-laws. Taking to Instagram, Lam, who shares a five-year-old daughter with Dong, shared a family photo and thanked his father-in-law for hosting the dinner. "From the very first day we met, he has always been incredibly kind to me," he said, adding that both his in-laws have always treated him like their own son. The TVB star then reflected on his two-decade journey in the acting scene, revealing that his father-in-law once urged him to become a taxi driver due to lack of job opportunities. However, Lam turned down the suggestion, believing that he could still succeed as an actor. "I just laughed and said getting a taxi license is really hard! It was funny, just like how a mum would worry about her son. "Both of them love me and treat me like their own child. I can truly feel their love, care and concern. That is what family love feels like," he said. Lam previously revealed that during the lowest point of his career, he went three years without any acting offers or income, spending most of his days at home playing video games. Back then, he would purposely leave his wallet on the table at home, hoping his parents would notice and slip some money into it. Since joining TVB in 2005, Lam has appeared in multiple dramas such as The Mysteries Of Love (2010) and Ghetto Justice (2011). His clinched the Best Supporting Actor at the TVB Anniversary Awards for his role in The Invisibles (2023).
The Star
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Jazz Lam says father-in-law once urged him to be a taxi driver during career low
Hong Kong actor Jazz Lam once went three years without any acting offers or income. Photo: Jazz Lam/Instagram Hong Kong actor Jazz Lam recently celebrated his 43rd birthday with his wife Kary Dong and his in-laws. Taking to Instagram, Lam, who shares a five-year-old daughter with Dong, shared a family photo and thanked his father-in-law for hosting the dinner. 'From the very first day we met, he's always been incredibly kind to me,' he said, adding that both his in-laws have always treated him like their own son. The TVB star then reflected on his two-decade journey in the acting scene, revealing that his father-in-law once urged him to become a taxi driver due to lack of job opportunities. However, Lam turned down the suggestion, believing that he could still succeed as an actor. 'I just laughed and said getting a taxi license is really hard! It was funny, just like how a mum would worry about her son. 'Both of them love me and treat me like their own child. I can truly feel their love, care and concern. That's what family love feels like,' he said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 林子善 (@lamtszsin413) Lam previously revealed that during the lowest point of his career, he went three years without any acting offers or income, spending most of his days at home playing video games. Back then, he would purposely leave his wallet on the table at home, hoping his parents would notice and slip some money into it. This was reportedly during the early days of his career, after his five-year contract with Stephen Chow's production company Star Overseas Ltd ended. On living off his parents at that time, Lam said: 'I was so ashamed.' Since joining TVB in 2005, Lam has appeared in multiple dramas such as The Mysteries Of Love (2010), Ghetto Justice (2011) and more. His perseverance paid off in 2023 when he clinched the Best Supporting Actor laurel at the TVB Anniversary Awards for his role in The Invisibles (2023).
Axios
01-04-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Trump order could return toppled Confederate monuments, but not likely in Richmond
The Trump administration last week ordered a federal review of the statues toppled in the wake of George Floyd's murder — an order that could lead to monuments to Confederate leaders being restored. The big picture: As the former capital of the Confederacy, Richmond was the nation's poster child for Confederate monument removal. Virginia once boasted more " Lost Cause" iconography — falsely recasting the Civil War as a noble regional fight for "states' rights" as opposed to the preservation of slavery — than any other state. By the numbers: Before the 2020 protests, Virginia had 290 Confederate symbols, including 110 statues, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) report. The state also removed or renamed 141, more than any other. Richmond had 20, per the count, including 10 statues, half of which were on Monument Avenue. All 10 monuments are gone. The last one, a statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill that stood atop his burial site, was removed in 2022. Driving the news: Trump signed an executive order Thursday taking aim at the Smithsonian Institution and other federal sites dedicated to America's history. Besides purging "improper ideology" from the Smithsonian, Trump directed the Department of the Interior to determine whether public monuments or other markers had been removed or changed "to perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history." He directed the agency to reinstate them. Reality check: The direct impact of Trump's order will be limited, given that few toppled Confederate monuments were ever on federal land, Jesse Holland, author of " The Invisibles" and " Black Men Built the Capitol," tells Axios. Still, the explicit policy endorsement by the Trump administration could be a powerful catalyst for some states to resurrect them. Zoom in: The city now owns all the land where Richmond's Confederate statues once stood. And most of the monuments continue to be stored where they've been for the last nearly five years: in the city's wastewater treatment plant, city spokesperson Julian Walker tells Axios. The lone exception is the statue of Jefferson Davis that loomed over Monument Avenue for more than 100 years.
