Always eager to deliver his opinions, but not always in an eloquent manner, TV host Jacky Wu (
The joke was on Wu and prompted him to perfrom three formal apologies to the insulted Muslim community. After eating a slice of humble pie, the paparazzi-hater quickly blamed the media for the debacle. Wu said if the press hadn't made such a fuss over the comment, the whole thing would have blown over. If Wu is as smart as he claims to be, the wisest move for him is probably to keep his poorly judged jests to himself and learn to live in peace with the press.
Taiwan's pride and joy, Lin Chi-ling (
Having gotten cozy with a wealthy corporate man in the past two months, the super-model was left in shock by the dirt dug up by paparazzi about her rumored boyfriend last week. According to the Liberty Times, this very close male friend of hers has been convicted of a white-collar crime and faces a two-year stretch in the clink. The guy in question has divorced the same woman twice and he still maintains "close relations."
Chen was said to have broken into tears after the news dominated the gossip rags, worrying that no man would ever dare to court her again if he had skeletons in his closet.
Hong Kong pop king Leon Lai's (
While the couple spent a cozy night together, the star's angry fans organized an all-night stakeout outside the house, protesting against the affair. But the star, who has arguably already passed the prime of his life, seems unwilling to let his paramour pass him by.
Local it couple Big S and Tsai Tsai (
unusually slow-moving star.
Upset about the media doing too much reading between the lines, Big S' mom said to the paparazzi: "I am also a slow walker. How come you don't report that I am pregnant too?" A point well made.
Producer Hsu Li-kong (徐立功) announced last week his decision to make a sequel of the TV mini-series April Rhapsody (人間四月天), an acclaimed drama about the life of the early 20th century Chinese poet Xu Zhimo (徐志摩). Our king of pop Jay Chou (周杰倫) was among the recommended candidates for the role of Xu Zhimo. However, Hsu discarded the idea, saying Chou was too homely looking for the role. "Chou could play the funny version of the romantic poet if I was to make a comedy," Hsu told the local media.
In late October of 1873 the government of Japan decided against sending a military expedition to Korea to force that nation to open trade relations. Across the government supporters of the expedition resigned immediately. The spectacle of revolt by disaffected samurai began to loom over Japanese politics. In January of 1874 disaffected samurai attacked a senior minister in Tokyo. A month later, a group of pro-Korea expedition and anti-foreign elements from Saga prefecture in Kyushu revolted, driven in part by high food prices stemming from poor harvests. Their leader, according to Edward Drea’s classic Japan’s Imperial Army, was a samurai
The following three paragraphs are just some of what the local Chinese-language press is reporting on breathlessly and following every twist and turn with the eagerness of a soap opera fan. For many English-language readers, it probably comes across as incomprehensibly opaque, so bear with me briefly dear reader: To the surprise of many, former pop singer and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ex-lawmaker Yu Tien (余天) of the Taiwan Normal Country Promotion Association (TNCPA) at the last minute dropped out of the running for committee chair of the DPP’s New Taipei City chapter, paving the way for DPP legislator Su
Located down a sideroad in old Wanhua District (萬華區), Waley Art (水谷藝術) has an established reputation for curating some of the more provocative indie art exhibitions in Taipei. And this month is no exception. Beyond the innocuous facade of a shophouse, the full three stories of the gallery space (including the basement) have been taken over by photographs, installation videos and abstract images courtesy of two creatives who hail from the opposite ends of the earth, Taiwan’s Hsu Yi-ting (許懿婷) and Germany’s Benjamin Janzen. “In 2019, I had an art residency in Europe,” Hsu says. “I met Benjamin in the lobby
April 22 to April 28 The true identity of the mastermind behind the Demon Gang (魔鬼黨) was undoubtedly on the minds of countless schoolchildren in late 1958. In the days leading up to the big reveal, more than 10,000 guesses were sent to Ta Hwa Publishing Co (大華文化社) for a chance to win prizes. The smash success of the comic series Great Battle Against the Demon Gang (大戰魔鬼黨) came as a surprise to author Yeh Hung-chia (葉宏甲), who had long given up on his dream after being jailed for 10 months in 1947 over political cartoons. Protagonist