Watch Colin Firth get his spy game on in Kingsman: The Secret Service international trailer
For the third Monday in a row, I bring forth to you a new trailer for a new movie that I am very excited about. This week it’s the first full-length international trailer for Kingsman: The Secret Service, the film that X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn opted to film over X-Men: Days of Future...Continue reading
Bastille releases new single “Bite Down” featuring HAIM from new mixtape VS. (Other People’s Heartache Pt. III)
Besides visiting Taiwan for the first time next January for a concert, English rock band Bastille has been the gift that keeps giving this Christmas season. Most Bastille fans may have already heard “Torn Apart”, the first song from the band’s third and upcoming mixtape VS. (Other People’s Heartache, Pt. III), which was released a few...Continue reading
Listen to Band Aid 30’s Ebola charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” featuring best-selling British musicians
A host of UK musicians have gathered together to perform the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” as part of an Ebola charity single for the supercharity group Band Aid 30. Bob Geldof and Midge Ure announced the group ealier this month, saying that he did so after the United Nations contacted him about help...Continue reading
Listen to Carey Mulligan sing in the teaser trailer for Far From the Madding Crowd
After I heard news that one of my favourite actresses Carey Mulligan would be starring in a film adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Far from the Madding Crowd, I went and bought the book. Since then, I’ve been busy working on the book and waiting eagerly for any and all updates about the film...Continue reading
Taichung Metropolitan Opera House to open Sunday
The Taichung Metropolitan Opera House is scheduled to open to the public this Sunday. The city’s Cultural Bureau says it has invited the Taiwanese folk opera group Ming Hwa Yuan for the opening charity performance as part of the opening celebration. Taichung officials say they have already lined up a schedule of performances well into...Continue reading
The Christmas song for this Internet Age: Kristen Bell and Straight No Chaser’s “Text Me Merry Christmas”
Continuing the slew of Christmas songs to usher in the holiday cheer, the adorable Kristen Bell – who you may know as Anna from Frozen, teen detective Veronica Mars and the voice of Gossip Girl – and the acapella group Straight No Chaser have teamed up for the song “Text Me Merry Christmas”. With references to smiley...Continue reading
Actress Lily Collins arrives in Taiwan for Golden Horse Film Festival on Saturday
Actress Lily Collins arrived in Taiwan last night to attend the Golden Horse Film Festival awards ceremony, which will take place this Saturday in Taipei. Collins posted on her WhoSay account yesterday a photo of the plane she was aboard with the caption “Ready to get lost in translation” with the hashtag #IwannagotoTaiwan. She was...Continue reading
The Decemberists release new single “Make You Better” ahead of new album
This past week I came across the new song from indie folk rock band The Decemberists, “Make You Better”, the lead single from their seventh studio album titled What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, which will be released on January 20, 2015. The Decemberists is fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Colin Meloy and – like...Continue reading
Idina Menzel and Michael Buble sing “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and other best renditions of the Christmas classic
With the weather cooling down and Christmas just around the corner, Idina Menzel and Michael Buble have released their own rendition of the holiday classic “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”. The music video features some cute kids dancing to the conversation. Menzel and Buble also make brief cameos. Since it was first written in 1944 by...Continue reading
Watch the new trailer for Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Imitation Game
The second trailer for The Imitation Game debuted over the weekend, and I wanted to bring your attention to this film. I do this not only out of my love for Cumbie, or the Batch, as he likes to be known, but because this film is now being hailed as one of the best movies of...Continue reading
Popular sights to check out along the new Taipei MRT Songshan Line
The opening of Taipei MRT’s Songshan Line, an extension of the Xindian line, tomorrow will pave for the way to some of the best spots in the capital that were previously inaccessible by MRT. Stretching 8.5 kilometers, the line crosses the pre-existing Ximen, Zhongshan, Songjiang Nanjing and Nanjing Fuxing MRT stations and stops at the...Continue reading
Actress Lily Collins to visit Taiwan as presenter for Taipei Golden Horse Festival and Awards
#457489404 / gettyimages.com English-American actress Lily Collins will be making her first visit to Taiwan after being named as one of the presenters of this year’s Golden Horse Film Festival. Organizers of the festival say Collins will take the stage with Taiwan actor Bo-lin Chen (陳柏霖), who is perhaps best known for his role in...Continue reading
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