Rhydian Vaughan’s Wedding Banquet Threatened by Typhoon
Taiwan actor Rhydian Vaughan narrowly escaped wedding disaster yesterday. The 28-year-old star and his bride Jessie Hong reportedly suffered major anxiety after realizing that Typhoon Megi would tear across Taiwan uncomfortably close to their wedding banquet date yesterday. The couple officially tied the knot in a simple courtroom ceremony back in June, and their wedding...Continue reading
Ella Chen Announced as TIQFF Ambassador
Ella Chen of the girl group S.H.E. has been revealed as the ambassador of the 3rd annual Taiwan International Queer Film Festival. At the press conference in Taipei last week, the singer-actress spoke out in support of people of all sexual orientations Chen says love knows no bounds, and everyone has the right to choose. The...Continue reading
Actress Ariel Lin Drunk on Set
Actress Ariel Lin got a taste of “drinking on the job” for a major scene in her upcoming movie, “My Egg Boy”. The star portrays a woman in her 30’s dealing with the end of a relationship and questions of fertility. For a surreal sequence in which her character has a drunken conversation with a...Continue reading
Wedding Bells for Ruby Lin and Wallace Huo
Wedding bells are ringing for actress-producer Ruby Lin and her longtime friend and fellow actor Wallace Huo. News of the impending nuptials exploded yesterday when Huo confirmed through his management that the two newly-revealed lovebirds were indeed set to be married. Lin quickly followed that announcement with one of her own, confirming the news and...Continue reading
Chen Bolin Makes a Little Girl Cry
Taiwan actor and all-around nice guy Chen Bolin has made a little girl cry. A report from the Apple Daily says the incident occurred when the 32-year-old star was filming a commercial on location near Taiwan’s northern coast. In the plot of the commercial, Chen says “no” to a little girl who tries to offer...Continue reading
“Captain America:Civil War” Tops Taiwan and US Box Office
“Captain America: Civil War” is winning the war for top spot at the box office both in Taiwan and in the US. The latest offering from Marvel, and third installment of the Captain America series was released in Taiwan on April 27th, in time for the Labor Day long weekend. And moviegoers flocked to theaters,...Continue reading
Singer Actor Ken Chu Secretly Married?
Actor and former boy band idol Ken Chu may have gotten himself secretly hitched. Media reports first broke the news yesterday, claiming the 37-year-old JVKV (formerly F4) member has married 33-year old Chinese actress Wenwen Han*. The Apple Daily posted photos of the pair vacationing in Thailand yesterday, and speculated that the maybe-newlyweds might be...Continue reading
Jay Chou Loses Case for “Green Hornet” Car Tax
Taiwan singer and business mogul Jay Chou might NOT get to have his cake and eat it too. The Taipei High Administrative Court ruled against the 37-year-old pop star today, after he claimed that the government overcharged him in taxes. After starring in the Hollywood action flick “Green Hornet” in 2011, Chou had shipped one...Continue reading
2016 Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival
Get Ready for the Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival The 2016 Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival, an event that many movie buffs eagerly await every year, is scheduled for April 8th to 17th. Organizers say this year the festival’s “modern film section” will feature international award-winning works from Thailand, Iceland, Argentina, Italy, Canada,...Continue reading
2016 Oscar-winning Films Showing in Taiwan
So you’ve watched the 2016 Academy Awards, but have you seen the major Oscar-winning films? Here’s your checklist of the Oscar-winners showing NOW in Taiwan: 1.”Spotlight” Best Picture Best Original Screenplay A team of journalists (Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo) from The Boston Globe investigate allegations against an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than...Continue reading
Tune in to HBO, TTV or TWM Broadband for 2016 Oscar Awards Ceremony
HBO, TTV and TWM Broadband to broadcast 2016 the Academy Awards ceremony live at 8 AM on Feb. 29th The 88th Oscar Awards ceremony is slated for Monday morning Taipei time and the TWM Broadband (台灣大寬頻) announces today that viewers will be able to watch it live on its website. The ceremony will kick off...Continue reading
Actor Ryan Reynolds in Taiwan for “Deadpool” Tour
Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds is jumping right into the thick of Taiwan’s current events, as he tours the island to promote his anti-hero action flick “Deadpool”. Reynolds arrived on Wednesday and is scheduled to leave tomorrow, two weeks before his movie based on a Marvel Comics character opens in Taiwan theaters on February 5th. The...Continue reading
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