Top 5 Highest-earning Taiwan HOSTS
And continuing with its tally of top-earning Taiwan celebs….. The Apple Daily has released its list of the highest-earning hosts. Top of the list is outspoken and out-of-the-box Dee Hsu, who raked in $117.6 million NT so far this year. The former singer survived 2014’s Top Pot Bakery scandal, ended her highly successful run on...Continue reading
Top 5 Highest-earning Taiwan Singers
Popstar Jay Chou has maintained his iron-grip on the top spot as the highest-earning singer in Taiwan so far this year. According to the latest tally from the Apple Daily, Chou banked $790 million NT this year, coming ahead of second place Wang Lee-hom, with $630 million NT. Wang is fast making up ground after...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
Taiwan Talk: Wu Feng returns to talk travel
Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! Today on the show we speak with Taiwan based Turkish performer and travel host Wu Feng (aka 吳鳳 … aka Rifat Karlova) about his new travel book, “玩出台灣Way,” which draws on Wu’s extensive travel experiences in Taiwan to highlight...Continue reading
Charlie Puth Addicted to Taiwan Bubble Milk Tea
Charlie Puth came to share his good voice with fans and was deeply fascinated by Taiwan. The talented young artist Charlie Puth had his first concert in Taiwan on August 16, this past Tuesday. The tickets were sold out in 10 minutes after they were available. In the interview before the concert, he tasted famous...Continue reading
Chou Tzuyu and TWICE Drive Korean Soldiers Crazy
A performance by Chou Tzuyu and her band members made over a hundred Korean soldiers dance, cheer, and shout, and even brought some to tears. The kpop group TWICE was invited by Korean variety show “Real Man” to perform for the military. And soldiers showed their love for the band, singing loudly and dancing to...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
English in the News–Cherry-picking 精挑細選
cherry pick—摘櫻桃,仔細挑選 to select the best or most desirable from (a group) Examples: Isn’t there a danger that the state universities might start cherry-picking the pupils with the best exam results? 這難道不會有[州立大學可能率先挑選考試成績最優學生]這樣的危險? (BBC, 6/29/2016) In a speech to the German parliament before leaving for Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU was strong enough...Continue reading
“Fresh Off the Boat” in Taiwan to Film Season 3 Premiere
Vulture entertainment news website is reporting that the Season 3 Premiere of the US sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat” will see the Huang’s coming to Taipei on a family vacation. The Huang’s will be in town for the wedding of Louis’ younger brother, Gene. Season 2 finished with a ‘polite Chinese fight’ between Louis (played...Continue reading
Bargains at the 2016 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition
With the number of Chinese visitors plummeting, many hotels and restaurants are offering big discounts at the 2016 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition, which runs from August 5th to 8th in Taipei. Organizers say while the trade show aims to display the art of Chinese cuisine, they are hoping to generate business opportunities for hoteliers as well....Continue reading
Ruby Lin Wallace Huo Wedding Photos Revealed
Fans are getting their first look at celebrity couple Ruby Lin and Wallace Huo’s wedding photos, as details of their upcoming union continue to emerge. Photos from the shoot in Paris have been making the rounds on the internet, and feature Lin surrounded by flowers against lavish and romantic backdrops. The stars are set...Continue reading
Pokemon Go Not Coming to Taiwan?
Pokefever is sweeping the mobile gaming industry, but will Taiwan be left out in the cold? Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game for smartphones featuring cutesy digital monsters like Pikachu and Squirtle, has players using the camera function to find virtual creatures in real world locations.The game has topped download charts in the US, Australia,...Continue reading
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