Martin Freeman Says BBC’s Sherlock to Return for 2015 Christmas Special
Fellow Sherlockians experiencing withdrawal since season three of Sherlock – our most beloved series starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the eponymous eccentric Baker Street detective and Martin Freeman as his indispensable sidekick – began and ended in January this year, good tidings I bring to you and your kin. Martin Freeman has told The Telegraph that it...Continue reading
American Chef Bryce Gilmore of Barley Swine Visits Taiwan
Over the low and steady hum of the kitchen fan, Bryce Gilmore casually slid seasoned slices of pork belly onto the sizzling pan while white smoke lifted from the two green pods of okra burning on the grill alongside. Students and would-be sous chefs watch on intently, scribbling down notes occasionally, as Gilmore explained over...Continue reading
Taiwanese Culinary Invention “Pudding Ramen” Featured in Los Angeles Times
A culinary mash-up called “Pudding Ramen” (布丁拉麵) has made headlines in the United States after it was featured in the Los Angeles Times. The sweet and savory invention – which is fast becoming a craze in here Taiwan – is made by stirring an egg pudding into a bowl of steaming hot instant noodles. Local food...Continue reading
The Wolf of Wall Street’s Jordan Belfort to Speak in Taiwan
The China Post is reporting that Jordan Belfort, the real life motivational speaker and former stockbroker portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street, will visit Taipei next month as part of his world tour. According to local TV channel TVBS, seats to Belfort’s speaking event is in high demand, with front-row seats...Continue reading
ICRT June Babies Joey and Keith’s Birthday Balloon Celebrations
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a birthday boy or girl at ICRT must be in want of balloons. According to ICRT folklore, the long-standing tradition originated with the arrival of newscaster Nancy Sun, who on September 26th, 2013, surprised her fellow newscaster and cubicle inhabitant Eric Gau with pink heart balloons all around...Continue reading
AmCham Taipei Releases 2014 White Paper on Taiwan Business Climate
The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei this morning released its 2014 White Paper, an annual document that assesses Taiwan’s business climate and identifies priority issues. In the publication, AmCham Taipei notes that it has noticed major positive developments in the past year in the areas of investment policy, intellectual property rights, cross-border data flow,...Continue reading
Innovating Taiwan: Microsoft’s Roan Kang on the Future of Mobile and Cloud Computing
For the first episode of my new podcast series Innovating Taiwan – a collaboration between ICRT and the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei – I had the pleasure of sitting down with Roan Kang, the General Manager of Marketing and Operations at Microsoft Taiwan, to chat about the future of technology. Listen The body...Continue reading
Angelina Jolie Praises Ang Lee’s Works
Actress Angelina Jolie has expressed her admiration for the works of Taiwanese director Ang Lee. While promoting her latest fantasy film Maleficent in Shanghai, Jolie told the Associated Press she admires the work of Ang Lee and hopes to work with Chinese talent. “I’m not sure if you consider Ang Lee Chinese, he’s Taiwanese but he...Continue reading
ICRT Ranks Second for Quality Among College Freshmen
International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT) has ranked second in the category of “high-quality radio” by students majoring in communications from six local universities. In a survey on first-year college students’ media consumption habits conducted by Fo Guang University‘s Lan-Yang newspaper, ICRT received 17 percent of the votes for providing “high-quality radio”, second to Hit FM‘s 20.5...Continue reading
6th Annual ICRT Bike Day in Taipei
More than 1,000 cyclists showed up on Saturday at Taipei’s Dadaocheng Wharf despite the threat of rain to attend ICRT’s first Bike Day of the year. Enrollment for one of the station’s most popular activities was filled in just a little over a week. ICRT’s General Manager Tim Berge kicked off the 16-kilometer bike ride...Continue reading
Doctor Who Trailer Teases Peter Capaldi’s August Return
Whovians rejoice! The BBC – being the notoriously sassy tease that it is – has treated (if you can call it that) us with a short Doctor Who teaser trailer titled “The New Doctor Lands” and an equally vague series return date (late August). Regrettably, the 15 second teaser adds little to what footage we have of...Continue reading
The Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is Here!
The trailer for Interstellar – Christopher Nolan’s first film in two years – hit the web last night. We were granted a teaser trailer five months ago that didn’t show us very much besides some historical footage, and unfortunately the full and proper trailer doesn’t give us a whole lot of insight into the film either. It’s...Continue reading
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