Many celebrities think they can do anything and with the constant ass-kissing they get from "friends" and fans who can blame them for believing this. Jay Chou (
Like his acting skills in Initial D his performance as a director is has been panned by the critics. Needless to say his fans have been supportive so our big- headed hot shot is saying he's good but is still not satisfied with his success and his "small bank account."
To make up for his "small bank account" Chou and his business partner MV director Kuang Sheng (鄺盛) have invested over NT$1 million to transform their old antique store in Taipei, into a new shop selling footwear and clothing and Chou's personal belongings.
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The actress/singer Vicki Zhao (趙薇) is stuck in a downward spiral of trouble these days. Zhao showed her inability to handle alcohol after reportedly getting so drunk at a pub in Beijing that she irritated gangsters from Taiwan's Bamboo Union Gang (竹聯幫). Luckily for Zhao the gangsters weren't believers in hitting women so they smacked Zhao's unlucky boyfriend/escort around like a rag doll instead, according to Next Magazine (壹週刊). Zhao refused to respond to press enquiries about the alleged events.
Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai (
Considered by many to be the successor to Tony Leung (梁朝偉), one would have expected Wing Fan (范植偉) was too famous for a TV production, and he thought so too. The crew complained that the arrogant actor often didn't prepare for the shootings, forgot his lines and rarely acted (pun intended) like a professional. Momoko Tao (陶子), on the other hand, was late for work because her new album and TV shows took priority. Both stars naturally denied the rumors and said they "learned" a lot from the valuable experience.
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Leon Lai (
Things haven't been going smoothly for director Tsui Hark. He recently announced his next film would be an adaptation of Brigitte Lin's (
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April 28 to May 4 During the Japanese colonial era, a city’s “first” high school typically served Japanese students, while Taiwanese attended the “second” high school. Only in Taichung was this reversed. That’s because when Taichung First High School opened its doors on May 1, 1915 to serve Taiwanese students who were previously barred from secondary education, it was the only high school in town. Former principal Hideo Azukisawa threatened to quit when the government in 1922 attempted to transfer the “first” designation to a new local high school for Japanese students, leading to this unusual situation. Prior to the Taichung First
The Ministry of Education last month proposed a nationwide ban on mobile devices in schools, aiming to curb concerns over student phone addiction. Under the revised regulation, which will take effect in August, teachers and schools will be required to collect mobile devices — including phones, laptops and wearables devices — for safekeeping during school hours, unless they are being used for educational purposes. For Chang Fong-ching (張鳳琴), the ban will have a positive impact. “It’s a good move,” says the professor in the department of
On April 17, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) launched a bold campaign to revive and revitalize the KMT base by calling for an impromptu rally at the Taipei prosecutor’s offices to protest recent arrests of KMT recall campaigners over allegations of forgery and fraud involving signatures of dead voters. The protest had no time to apply for permits and was illegal, but that played into the sense of opposition grievance at alleged weaponization of the judiciary by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to “annihilate” the opposition parties. Blamed for faltering recall campaigns and faced with a KMT chair
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