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ICRT Vlog #2: Mid-Autumn Festival Bus Discounts, Jolin Tsai's Birthday and Taipei Livability Index!

ICRT Vlog #2: Mid-Autumn Festival Bus Discounts, Jolin Tsai’s Birthday and Taipei Livability Index!

This is our new ICRT Vlog where we cover some more interesting aspects of news, lifestyle, happenings and entertainment in Taiwan. Now we get to kick back and relax and talk about some of the more trendy and hip things going on around the island! This week we chat about a new way to save for...Continue reading
Taipei 101 Named Among World's Most Beautiful Skyscrapers

Taipei 101 Named Among World’s Most Beautiful Skyscrapers

Taipei 101 has been named one of the eight most beautiful skyscrapers in the world by news network BBC. In a report posted on its website Oct. 9, BBC said that Taipei 101 is not only one of the most beautiful highrises in the world but also one of the safest skyscrapers on the globe. “Designed...Continue reading
House of Cards season 3 to premiere February 27, 2015

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
First Full Length Trailer for Doctor Who Season 8 Lands

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
BBC Releases Another Teaser Trailer for Doctor Who's August 23rd Return

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

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
Doctor Who Trailer Teases Peter Capaldi's August Return

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