The 2015 Golden Globe nominations are finally here!
As Christmas fast approaches, as does Awards season, one of my favourite parts of each year. Things just got serious tonight – the 2015 Golden Globe nominations are finally here! Who will win? Who will lose? Find out on January 11, 2015 when the ceremony will be held. Oh and did I mention this is...Continue reading
House of Cards season 3 to premiere February 27, 2015
Brace yourselves, Frank Underwood’s back. Netflix’s series House of Cards has a premiere date for its new season – February 27, 2015. The date was announced via a “special message from the White House”. A special message from the White House.
https://t.co/YxFcHfA5qy — House of Cards (@HouseofCards) December 1, 2014 Confused as to how HoC fans...Continue reading
”The Heirs” Star Park Shinhye to Visit Taiwan Next Month
#474770939 / gettyimages.com Taiwan fans of the South Korean TV drama series “The Heirs” will get a chance to see one of its co-stars, Park Shin-hye, in person next month. Park’s agency says she will visit Taipei on the second leg of her Asian tour. The actress and singer is scheduled to meet fans...Continue reading
South Korean Show “Running Man” May Film in Taiwan
The popular South Korean variety and game show “Running Man,” which pits celebrities against each other in a series of challenges, could shoot in Taiwan for the first time later this month. An official at Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau said Tuesday that there may be a last minute decision, but they are 90 percent certain that...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Dubbing Cartoons for a Taiwanese Audience (7/21-22/2014)
Listen Episode Description Anyone from an English speaking country who flips to Cartoon Network in Taiwan can tell you, it sounds a little different from back home: The whole thing is dubbed from start to finish into Chinese. But it’s not just a simple matter of translating straight from English to Chinese. In fact,...Continue reading
First Full Length Trailer for Doctor Who Season 8 Lands
Doctor Who Watch Day 200: Yes, it has apparently been that long since Matt Smith’s tearful farewell on The Time of the Doctor, but on this fateful day, there has been another significant development in the Whoniverse. It turns out the BBC can be very generous when it wants to be. During the half time...Continue reading
Complete List of 2014 Emmy Nominations
One of the drawbacks for couch potatoes TV fanatics living in Taiwan is that the import rate of foreign TV shows is significantly lower than that of the movies, making it somewhat more difficult to stay on top of all the shows that are airing in the States and abroad. Luckily, the Emmys – TV’s...Continue reading
BBC Releases Another Teaser Trailer for Doctor Who’s August 23rd Return
The BBC and Steven Moffat – the showrunner/writer with whom I have a love/hate relationship – appear to be feeling rather generous lately. Besides Martin Freeman revealing a potential Sherlock return date (Christmas 2015), the BBC has released a teaser trailer to accompany the official U.S. return date of series 8 of Doctor Who, starring...Continue reading
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
Golden Melody Awards Spreads the Love
There were many winners at the 25th Golden Melody Awards in Taipei on Saturday, but not many came away with multiple awards on a night when the honors were evenly distributed across artists and countries. Malaysian-Chinese singer and songwriter Penny Tai and Taiwanese singer-songwriter and record producer Jonathan Lee walked away with the biggest hauls...Continue reading
Review: The Adventure Time Finn and Jake Exhibition
Yesterday my fellow colleague, newscaster Eric Gau, and I went to the Adventure Time Finn and Jake Exhibition at the National Taiwan Science Education Center (NTSEC) which I mentioned in a previous post. I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this exhibition, but given the fact that a few months ago I went to...Continue reading
Where to Watch 2014 World Cup Brazil on Taiwan TV
The 2014 World Cup Brazil (世界盃足球賽) is scheduled to kick off early Friday morning Taipei time, and viewers in Taiwan can follow every match on Elta TV (愛爾達體育台). Elta TV says it will start airing the opening ceremony at 2 a.m. on June 13th and then the first game, Brazil vs. Croatia, immediately afterwards. The...Continue reading
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