After years away from the glamorous catwalk, former supermodel Wang Jing-ying (
Chen, a successful business man, didn't waste a minute in striking back: He immediately held his own press conference to deny all the accusations, and Chen's family said Wang had
suffered from severe post-partum depression and was in an unstable state of mind. Both sides are telling completely contrasting stories, and this mystery remains to be solved. Of course, the paparazzi are on the case.
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The local press is spinning the tragedy as another failed example of a beautiful female star trying to marry into a rich family and live happily ever after. The line is that this is the price that beautiful women may have to pay if they aim for the money -- that it's the law of the up-scale marriage market.
Amid all the confusion, one thing is for sure: The fairy-tales about princes and princesses are all just big fat lies, and don't you children fall for it.
In a charity event he attended on Monday, Hong Kong mega star Andy Lau seemed distracted by the excitement over his new Toyota car. The NT$2 million vehicle is said to be a paparazzi-proof, high-tech piece of machinery. It is equipped with surveillance cameras both on the front and at the back, that detects any movement near the car. Passengers are cosseted in the back of the car, which is said to be nearly impregnable. Carina Lau (劉嘉玲), Joey Yung (容祖兒) and Leon Lai (黎明) are all reportedly big fans of this paparazzi-defeating car.
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Notorious for her extravagant life style and amazingly rich love life, Hong Kong party queen Zhang Xiao-hui (章小蕙) revealed on Momoko Tao's (陶子) new TV show Peach Protein (桃色蛋白質) her plans to start a new life in New York. She denied the rumor that she is trying to run away from a NT$1 billion debt by emigrating to the Land of Opportunity, saying Hong Kong was a repressive place to live for women, and she just wanted to wave goodbye to the past and start again somewhere new.
``As for the debts, I don't have any. I have job offers for movies and TV commercials. I can support myself in New York,'' Zhang said, even though she hasn't done any substantial work in the past few years. Clearly, she's a good example of how to maintain an upper-class lifestyle using only excellent social skills.
The godmother of the entertainment business in Taiwan, Chang Hsiao-yen (張小燕), announced that she was taking leave of her TV show last Friday, which left the local media speculating on whether or not the beloved TV hostess would retire from showbiz altogether. Chang said she was calling it quits because she didn't want to comply with the rules of the game in the newly established bloodthirsty paparazzi culture. ``I hope I can do a program I like. If increasing the ratings means I have to hurt my friends, I'd rather leave,'' she told the Great Daily News (大成報).
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Japan is celebrated for its exceptional levels of customer service. But the behavior of a growing number of customers and clients leaves a lot to be desired. The rise of the abusive consumer has prompted authorities in Tokyo to introduce the country’s first ordinance — a locally approved regulation — to protect service industry staff from kasuhara — the Japanese abbreviated form of “customer harassment.” While the Tokyo ordinance, which will go into effect in April, does not carry penalties, experts hope the move will highlight a growing social problem and, perhaps, encourage people to think twice before taking out their frustrations
There is perhaps no better way to soak up the last of Taipei’s balmy evenings than dining al fresco at La Piada with a sundowner Aperol Spritz and a luxuriant plate of charcuterie. La Piada (義式薄餅) is the brainchild of Milano native William Di Nardo. Tucked into an unassuming apartment complex, fairy lights and wining diners lead the way to this charming slice of laid-back Mediterranean deli culture. Taipei is entirely saturated with Italian cuisine, but La Piada offers something otherwise unseen on the island. Piadina Romagnola: a northern Italian street food classic. These handheld flatbreads are stuffed with cold
From a Brooklyn studio that looks like a cross between a ransacked Toys R Us and a serial killer’s lair, the artist David Henry Nobody Jr is planning the first survey of his career. Held by a headless dummy strung by its heels from the ceiling are a set of photographs from the turn of the century of a then 30-year-old Nobody with the former president of the US. The snapshots are all signed by Donald Trump in gold pen (Nobody supplied the pen). They will be a central piece of the New York artist’s upcoming survey in New York. This
In the tourism desert that is most of Changhua County, at least one place stands out as a remarkable exception: one of Taiwan’s earliest Han Chinese settlements, Lukang. Packed with temples and restored buildings showcasing different eras in Taiwan’s settlement history, the downtown area is best explored on foot. As you make your way through winding narrow alleys where even Taiwanese scooters seldom pass, you are sure to come across surprise after surprise. The old Taisugar railway station is a good jumping-off point for a walking tour of downtown Lukang. Though the interior is not open to the public, the exterior
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