Dolce Vita (TVB)
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Dolce Vita is an English language information TV programme on Television Broadcasts Limited
in Hong Kong
. It is hosted by Rabeea Yeung, Lorea Solabarrieta, Aimee Chan
, Vaneese Toses, Jason Chan, Winnie Young, Francis Chan
, Vincent Wan (Vinny), Becky Lee, Marcus Kwok, Desmond So and Hilda Chan.
The weekly programme follows the format of former TVB Pearl
Lifestyle-magazine shows Eye on Hong Kong (1988–1995), and Citylife (1995–1999). Eye on Hong Kong was launched in the late 1980s with hosts Deborah Moore
(a former Miss Hong Kong
finalist), and the late Keith Kwan. Subsequent hosts were Paul George
, Paul Husband, Edward Bean, Katie Ledger (Ledger later returned to UK and became a news anchor on ITV
), John Dykes
, Gloria Wu Fontaine and Oliver Tan. The show's chief writers Danny Fung, Fiona Carver, and Flora Chan
also served as segment producers and reporters.
As Eye on Hong Kong was relaunched as Citylife (a project initiated by then newly appointed TVB AGM Alex Ying), some of the previous hosts to Eye on Hong Kong moved on as anchors to the new programme. From 1995 to 1997, hosts to Citylife were Flora Chan
, Danny Fung, Fiona Carver, Annamarie Wood, & Geoffrey Wong. Wood left the show in 1996 as she emigrated to the US, while Fung jumped ship in 1996 to launch the magazine programme ASIA 2000 on the new NBC Asia network. In 1997, Fung returned to become Executive Producer for Citylife. Flora Chan moved on to develop her fledging career as an actress, while Fiona Carver returned to the UK. New presenters Maria Chen, Josephine Chim, & Jacqui Stafford became the staple to Citylife until the program's end in June 1999.
With the launch of Dolce Vita, the lifestyle programme features fine dining, fashion and other latest leisure goods/activities available in Hong Kong. It also interviews English speaking artists, celebrities or fashion designers who visit Hong Kong.
It is shown at 9:30pm every Thursday, 12:00am every Friday and 10:30am every Saturday on TVB Pearl
.
It is shown at 11:00am and 7:00pm every Saturday and 6:00am and 2:45am every Wednesday on TVB HD Jade.
Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...
in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. It is hosted by Rabeea Yeung, Lorea Solabarrieta, Aimee Chan
Aimee Chan
Aimee Chan or Aimee Chan Yan Mei , born on 1 April 1981 in Toronto. She was Miss Hong Kong 2006.-Biography:Aimee was born in Toronto, Canada. Her parents were born in Hong Kong. She began her modeling career at the age of 16. She attended Woodbridge College Secondary School in Woodbridge, Ontario...
, Vaneese Toses, Jason Chan, Winnie Young, Francis Chan
Francis Chan
Francis Chan is an American preacher. He is the former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, CA, a church he and his wife started in 1994. He is also the Founder and Chancellor of Eternity Bible College and author of the best-selling book, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a...
, Vincent Wan (Vinny), Becky Lee, Marcus Kwok, Desmond So and Hilda Chan.
The weekly programme follows the format of former TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
Lifestyle-magazine shows Eye on Hong Kong (1988–1995), and Citylife (1995–1999). Eye on Hong Kong was launched in the late 1980s with hosts Deborah Moore
Deborah Moore
Deborah Moore is an English actress and the daughter of actor Roger Moore and Italian actress Luisa Mattioli.She made her debut on TV as a child in the The Persuaders! episode "The Long Goodbye" in which her father co-starred alongside Tony Curtis, and early on in her career, she was often billed...
(a former Miss Hong Kong
Miss Hong Kong Pageant
The Miss Hong Kong Pageant , or MSHK for short, is a beauty pageant organized by the leading Hong Kong television station, Television Broadcasts ....
finalist), and the late Keith Kwan. Subsequent hosts were Paul George
Paul George
Paul George is a Canadian environmentalist living in Gibsons, B.C. He is married to Adriane Carr, former leader of the Green Party of British Columbia, for which he ran in 1991, receiving 0.82% of the popular vote in the riding of Surrey-Newton....
, Paul Husband, Edward Bean, Katie Ledger (Ledger later returned to UK and became a news anchor on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
), John Dykes
John Dykes
John Dykes is an international sports broadcaster, especially well known in Asia after working for almost a decade as host of ESPN STAR Sports' coverage of the Premier League and European football.- Biography :...
, Gloria Wu Fontaine and Oliver Tan. The show's chief writers Danny Fung, Fiona Carver, and Flora Chan
Flora Chan
Flora Chan Wai-Shan was born in 30 May 1970 in Hong Kong. She is a Hong Kong television and film actress.-Biography:Chan was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts at a young age. As a child, she had hoped to become a dancer, but because of an injury when she was a teenager, she...
also served as segment producers and reporters.
As Eye on Hong Kong was relaunched as Citylife (a project initiated by then newly appointed TVB AGM Alex Ying), some of the previous hosts to Eye on Hong Kong moved on as anchors to the new programme. From 1995 to 1997, hosts to Citylife were Flora Chan
Flora Chan
Flora Chan Wai-Shan was born in 30 May 1970 in Hong Kong. She is a Hong Kong television and film actress.-Biography:Chan was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts at a young age. As a child, she had hoped to become a dancer, but because of an injury when she was a teenager, she...
, Danny Fung, Fiona Carver, Annamarie Wood, & Geoffrey Wong. Wood left the show in 1996 as she emigrated to the US, while Fung jumped ship in 1996 to launch the magazine programme ASIA 2000 on the new NBC Asia network. In 1997, Fung returned to become Executive Producer for Citylife. Flora Chan moved on to develop her fledging career as an actress, while Fiona Carver returned to the UK. New presenters Maria Chen, Josephine Chim, & Jacqui Stafford became the staple to Citylife until the program's end in June 1999.
With the launch of Dolce Vita, the lifestyle programme features fine dining, fashion and other latest leisure goods/activities available in Hong Kong. It also interviews English speaking artists, celebrities or fashion designers who visit Hong Kong.
It is shown at 9:30pm every Thursday, 12:00am every Friday and 10:30am every Saturday on TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
.
It is shown at 11:00am and 7:00pm every Saturday and 6:00am and 2:45am every Wednesday on TVB HD Jade.
Interviewees
| Name | Occupation |
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| Mouglalis, Anna Anna Mouglalis -Biography:Anna Mouglalis was born in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, to her Greek father and French mother. She spent her youth in the Var département, before moving back to Nantes with her family. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a masseuse. Until 2001 she studied at the Conservatoire National... |
Actress |
| Koune, Jan | Director |
| Connick, Harry | Jazz artist |
| Siu, Gordon | musician |
| Zidane, Zinedine Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship... |
Football player |
| Cordeiro, Reinaldo | Disc jockey |
| Wong, Susan Susan Wong Susan Wong is a Hong Kong English language singer.-Biography:She was born in Hong Kong, and immigrated to Sydney, Australia with her family at the age of seven.... |
singer |
| Tan, Hanjin | musician |
| Emmy the Great Emmy the Great Emma-Lee Moss , known by her stage name Emmy the Great, is a London-based singer-songwriter. She has released two albums, First Love and Virtue.-Early life:Moss was born in Hong Kong to an English father and a Chinese mother... |
singer |
| Potts, Paul Paul Potts Paul Robert Potts is an English pop opera tenor who won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent in 2007, singing an operatic aria, "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot". As a singer of operatic music, Potts recorded the album One Chance, which went to #1 in nine countries... |
singer |
| Green, Daniel | chef |
| Kapono, Jason Jason Kapono Jason Alan Kapono is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2003 NBA Draft, Kapono later also played for the Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, and Philadelphia 76ers... |
basketball player |
| Jean, Wyclef Wyclef Jean Wyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country... |
musician |
| Beck, Barry Barry Beck Barry Beck is a retired former professional ice hockey player who was drafted second overall in both the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft and the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft from the New Westminster Bruins. Beck helped the Bruins to the Memorial Cup in 1977. He opted to move to the NHL over the WHA, and began... |
ice hockey player |
| Chu, Joseph | watch collector |
| Choi Ming Fat | businessman |
| Cheung, Maggie Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Man yuk is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England and Hong Kong, she has over 70 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983... |
actress |
| Lo Kai-yin | designer |
| Goodrem, Delta Delta Goodrem Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home... |
singer |
| Heynann, Klaus | businessman |
| Nishizaki, Takako Takako Nishizaki Takako Nishizaki is a Japanese violinist.She was the first student to complete the Suzuki Method course, at age nine.Nishizaki came to the United States from Japan in 1962... |
violist |
| Keys, Alicia Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano... |
singer |
| Clooney, George George Clooney George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award... |
actor |
| Henry, Deborah Priya | beauty contest winner |
| Mikli, Alain Alain Mikli Alain Mikli is a French designer of high-end handmade eyeglasses and accessories. Mikli's line features unique colors and shapes, and are a favorite among European celebrities and avant-garde Americans. Mikli claims his use of color is inspired by his Armenian-Lebanese heritage.In 1978, Mikli... |
designer |
| Tam, Vivienne Vivienne Tam Vivienne Tam is a fashion designer based in New York City. She was born in Guangzhou, China and moved to Hong Kong at the age of three. She attended Hong Kong Polytechnic University.... |
designer |
| Zeman, Allan Allan Zeman Allan Zeman GBM, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman. He was born in Germany, raised in Canada and is of Jewish descent. He is known in Hong Kong as the Father of Lan Kwai Fong .... |
entrepreneur |
| Kam Kwok-leung | producer |
| Mika (singer) Mika (singer) Mika is a British singer-songwriter.After recording his first extended play, Dodgy Holiday EP, Mika released his first full-length studio album, Life in Cartoon Motion, on Island Records in 2007. Life in Cartoon Motion sold more than 5.6 million copies worldwide and helped Mika win a Brit... |
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| Hui, Raman Raman Hui Raman Hui is a co-director of Shrek the Third, a computer animated / comedy film of the Shrek series. He was also supervising animator and character designer for the original Shrek. He graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1984 and later studied at Sheridan College in Canada.... |
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| Chang, Gary | |
| Picasso, Paloma Paloma Picasso Anne Paloma Picasso known professionally as Paloma Picasso, is a French/Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman, best known for her jewelry designs and signature perfumes. She is the youngest daughter of famed 20th-century artist Pablo Picasso and painter and writer Françoise Gilot... |
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| Lang Lang Lang Lang Lang Lang may refer to:* Lang Lang , Chinese pianist* Lang Lang, Victoria, a town in Australia* Lang Lang River, a river in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia* A character from the Japanese manga Steam Detectives-See also:... |
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| Garrett, David David Garrett David Garrett may refer to:*David Garrett *David C. Garrett, Jr., American businessman*David Garrett , former New Zealand politician*David Garrett , American filmmaker... |
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| Newton-John Olivia Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA... |
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| Paige, Elaine Elaine Paige Elaine Paige OBE is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, North London, Paige attended the Aida Foster stage school, making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16... |
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| Patrizzi, Osvaldo | |
| Ooi, Joanne Joanne Ooi Joanne Ooi is an environmentalist, art dealer and marketing expert.-Background & Education:Ooi moved to Hong Kong from New York City in 1994, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School... |
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| Lo, Poman | |
| Liu Yang | |
| Legend, John John Legend John Roger Stephens , better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, musician, and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Prior to the release of his debut album, Stephens' career... |
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| Il Divo Il Divo Il Divo is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's record label, Syco Music... |
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| Ko, Kenneth | |
| Glebova, Natalie Natalie Glebova Natalie Glebova is a Russian Canadian beauty queen, the 2005 Miss Universe title holder.-Personal life:Glebova was born in Tuapse, Russia. She studied classical piano and graduated from a professional musical school at age of 12. She also has won various regional rhythmic gymnastics championships... |
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| Row, Savile Savile Row Savile Row is a shopping street in Mayfair, central London, famous for its traditional men's bespoke tailoring. The term "bespoke" is understood to have originated in Savile Row when cloth for a suit was said to "be spoken for" by individual customers... |