Dancing Twins Zony and Yony to Release Album, DVD and Book
Six year-old twins Zony and Yony are set to release an album, a DVD and a book. They have also filmed a music video, which features the elementary age-twins playing on Fulong beach and writing calligraphy at Tainan’s Confucius Temple. Zony and Yony made headlines in Taiwan in February, after a video of them wearing...Continue reading
Gary Baseman’s “The Door is Always Open” Exhibition Debuts at MOCA
Chances are you don’t know his name, but you probably know his work. Famed illustrator, painter, TV/movie producer, and toy designer Gary Baseman has opened his “The Door is Always Open” exhibition at Taipei’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). The exhibition features over 500 works spanning across three decades of Baseman’s career. For the exhibition,...Continue reading
Four New Posters of Evidence Bags Released for David Fincher’s Latest Film Gone Girl
Any David Fincher fan will no doubt be just as familiar with the auteur’s films and style as they are with the viral marketing methods employed for his films, most recently seen in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Variety reports that 20th Century Fox has released four posters ahead of another trailer for Fincher’s...Continue reading
One Piece Expo Opens in Taipei’s Huashan 1914 Creative Park
One Piece fans, pay attention! A special One Piece exhibition has opened in Taipei City’s Huashan 1914 Creative Park. Open seven days a week, the expo gives fans of the manga a tour through some of the recent key storylines through animations, statues, installations, and art. For more info, check out the official page here....Continue reading
Luc Besson’s Lucy Starring Scarlett Johansson in Taipei City Set to Hit Taiwanese Theaters August 22
Lucy, a blockbuster film that was filmed in Taipei, will be hitting theaters in Taiwan August 22. The movie is directed by French director Luc Besson, and it stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. Many locals here in Taipei might remember last year when they spotted Johansson filming in many of Taipei’s most distinguished areas...Continue reading
Taiwanese Tennis Player Chan Hao-ching Advances to the Wimbledon Finals for Mixed Doubles
Taiwanese tennis player Chan Hao-ching and her Belarusian partner Max Mirnyi advanced to the finals of the Wimbledon mixed doubles Saturday, displaying the best performance ever by the young athlete in a grand slam event. Chan wrote on her Facebook page, “It’s very happy to advance to the finals in Wimbledon. I’ll be more focused...Continue reading
Local Chef Chen Li-zhi of 85C Bakery Wins Global Pastry Chefs Challenge in Norway
Taiwan pasty chef Chen Li zhi took the top prize in the first Global Pastry Chefs Challenge in Norway Sunday – with a creation he said highlights the importance of protecting the earth. Chen’s pastry work – titled “The 3-D Reflection of Deep Blue Ocean” – was an edible depiction of a humpback whale leaping...Continue reading
Giant Panda Cub Yuan Zai Celebrates Her First Birthday at Taipei Zoo
Giant panda cub – Yuan Zai – celebrated her first birthday Sunday with a giant fruit cake Sunday. The 34-kilogram cub was also showed several bamboo branches decorated with signs reading different professions — a unique take on the common practice of a one-year-old child choosing from different items symbolizing various jobs. Yuan Zai’s picks...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: NDC Head on Push for Free Economic Pilot Zones (7/7-8/2014)
Listen Episode Description The Ma administration is currently promoting a plan to develop what it’s calling Free Economic Pilot Zones in a number of locations around Taiwan as a way of testing out economic deregulation that it says will pave the way for market liberalization and increased trade. However, key provisions of the plan have...Continue reading
Colin Firth and Emma Stone Create Some Magic in the Moonlight in Stills and Trailer for Woody Allen’s Latest Film
More stills from Woody Allen’s next film Magic in the Moonlight starring two of my favourite actors, Colin Firth and Emma Stone, have been released, and they – both the stills and the actors – look perfect. I’m really liking the direction of Allen’s more recent films – although Annie Hall will always be a...Continue reading
Eric Gau and Kassy Cho Reenact “Cats Say Hi to Each Other, and It’s Awkward”
So I stumbled on this video of cats awkwardly saying hi to each other on the Huffington Post. And then this happened… Continue reading
15th Annual Taiwan Comic Fair Expected to Attract Over Half a Million Visitors
Graphic artists, voice actors and animators from Taiwan and Japan will gather in Taipei on August 7th for the opening of the 2014 Comic Exhibition. According to the Taipei-based Chinese Animation and Comic Publishers Association, 24 artists are so far set to participate in the exhibition’s activities and book-signing events and more are expected to sign...Continue reading
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