Gong Li vows never to return after Golden Horse Awards snub
#459505372 / gettyimages.com Chinese actress Gong Li is vowing never to attend the Golden Horse Awards ever again, calling them “unjust” after she failed to pick-up any awards this past weekend in Taipei. Gong was nominated for best lead actress category in the movie “Coming Home” and was widely tipped as the expected winner. However,...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
Stray Dog Follows Extreme Sports Team on 690km Journey
Four Swedish extreme sports athletes trekking through the rain forest in Ecuador sat down to a meal of canned meatballs, and unexpectedly gained a new four-legged teammate. Team Peak Performance was participating in the Adventure Racing World Championships, which involves continuous hiking, trekking, mountain biking, and kayaking over several days, through the Andes, the Pacific,...Continue reading
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival recap
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival – the “Asian Oscars” – hosted an array of professional talent, aspiring filmmakers and cinematic achievements this past weekend. Chinese film “Blind Massage” unexpectedly won best feature film at the 51st awards ceremony Saturday. Director Lou Ye used professional and amateur blind actors to chronicle the lives and loves...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
Taiwan Animated Series Nominated for Asian Television Awards
An animated series from Taiwan that highlights the issue of climate change has been nominated as the best 3D animated program for the Asian Television Awards. “Weather Boy!”, produced by director Chiu Liwei at his Tainan-based Studio 2 Animation Lab, follows the adventures of a Taiwan schoolboy who, along with his meteorologist father, is taken...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
HereSay Episode 3: “Lost and Found”
Listen This episode features four stories told at Taipei Story Slam’s June event, all on the theme “Lost and Found.” It was broadcast Thursday November 20th at 9pm, but you can still catch it online. So there’s the embed on this page right up top. You can also stream the show through the Taiwan Talk...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
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