The Golden Melody Awards are set to take place next week, and this year the traditional hostess of the event, Momoko Tao (
Pop Stop isn't quite sure if the theme is meant as a verb or a noun, but is certain that having Lin Chih-lin don a shaggy wig and pretend to be a member of the Beatles and Patty Hou dress like a 1950s teenie bopper at a pre-event press conference this week didn't quite scream party. It was just plain weird. Hopefully it doesn't foreshadow more Golden Melody bloopers to come. In the past there has been a dais that didn't rise out of the stage when it was supposed to, award presenters who've announced awards for themselves, or who have been handed the wrong category envelope, or whole categories where no winner was selected.
This week the Cannes Film Festival was in full swing, but there has been little hype about the competing Chinese-language films. The only news out of Cannes concerned the glitterati parties at nearby French castles and Shu Qi (
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After veteran actor/comedian Ni Min-jan's
Expecting her second baby in July, sexy mom Lee Chien-rong (
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PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
Following the shock complete failure of all the recall votes against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers on July 26, pan-blue supporters and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were giddy with victory. A notable exception was KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫), who knew better. At a press conference on July 29, he bowed deeply in gratitude to the voters and said the recalls were “not about which party won or lost, but were a great victory for the Taiwanese voters.” The entire recall process was a disaster for both the KMT and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The only bright spot for
Water management is one of the most powerful forces shaping modern Taiwan’s landscapes and politics. Many of Taiwan’s township and county boundaries are defined by watersheds. The current course of the mighty Jhuoshuei River (濁水溪) was largely established by Japanese embankment building during the 1918-1923 period. Taoyuan is dotted with ponds constructed by settlers from China during the Qing period. Countless local civic actions have been driven by opposition to water projects. Last week something like 2,600mm of rain fell on southern Taiwan in seven days, peaking at over 2,800mm in Duona (多納) in Kaohsiung’s Maolin District (茂林), according to
Aug. 11 to Aug. 17 Those who never heard of architect Hsiu Tse-lan (修澤蘭) must have seen her work — on the reverse of the NT$100 bill is the Yangmingshan Zhongshan Hall (陽明山中山樓). Then-president Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) reportedly hand-picked her for the job and gave her just 13 months to complete it in time for the centennial of Republic of China founder Sun Yat-sen’s birth on Nov. 12, 1966. Another landmark project is Garden City (花園新城) in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店) — Taiwan’s first mountainside planned community, which Hsiu initiated in 1968. She was involved in every stage, from selecting
As last month dawned, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was in a good position. The recall campaigns had strong momentum, polling showed many Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers at risk of recall and even the KMT was bracing for losing seats while facing a tsunami of voter fraud investigations. Polling pointed to some of the recalls being a lock for victory. Though in most districts the majority was against recalling their lawmaker, among voters “definitely” planning to vote, there were double-digit margins in favor of recall in at least five districts, with three districts near or above 20 percent in
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