The 94th Academy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday US time. To attract viewers, the organizer has created a “#OscarFanFavorite” category by inviting fans to vote online. And instead of being televised live, some minor awards will be edited into the broadcast, so as to control the runtime of the show.
“The Power of the Dog” is leading this year’s nominees with 12 nods, including Best Picture. Other nominations for the category are: “Belfast,” “CODA,” “Don’t Look Up,” “Dune,” “King Richard,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley” and “West Side Story,” as well as Japanese film “Drive My Car” featuring Taiwanese actress Sonia Yuan.
Plus, Bhutan’s “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” has been nominated for Best International Film. Directed by Bhutanese Pawo Choyning Dorji and produced by his wife Stephanie Lai, daughter of Taiwanese director Stan Lai, the movie tells the story of a teacher at the world’s highest school, in the Himalayas.
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(Eddy Chang, Taipei Times)
第九十四屆奧斯卡金像獎頒獎典禮即將登場，於美國時間週日在洛杉磯舉行。為了吸引觀眾，主辦單位推出「#奧斯卡影迷最愛電影獎」，邀請粉絲們上網投票。此外某些獎項的頒發將不進行現場電視轉播，改用剪接的方式穿插在節目中，以避免典禮播出超時。
《犬山記》強勢入圍奧斯卡十二項，是本屆大贏家。其它入圍該獎項的有︰《貝爾法斯特》、《樂動心旋律》、《千萬別抬頭》、《沙丘》、《王者理查》、《甘草糖披薩》、《夜路》、《西城故事》，及台灣女星袁子芸所主演的日本電影《在車上》。
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而不丹電影《不丹是教室》搶進今年奧斯卡最佳國際影片，該片是由台灣女婿巴沃邱寧多傑執導，並由他的妻子、台灣知名導演賴聲川的女兒賴梵耘擔任製片，是關於一位國小老師，在喜馬拉雅山上的「世界最高學府」任教的故事。
（台北時報張聖恩〉
South Korea’s famous kimchi is falling victim to climate change, with scientists, farmers and manufacturers saying the quality and quantity of the napa cabbage that is pickled to make the ubiquitous dish is suffering due to rising temperatures. Napa cabbage thrives in cooler climates, and is usually planted in mountainous regions where temperatures during the key growing summer season once rarely rose above 25 degrees Celsius. Studies show that warmer weather brought about by climate change is now threatening these crops, so much so that South Korea might not be able to grow napa cabbage one day due to the intensifying heat. “We
It’s widely recognized that there are far more right-handed people than left-handed people in the world. Being right-handed simply means preferring to use one’s right hand for tasks that involve only one hand, such as writing and eating. But have you ever wondered about the possible reasons behind the global dominance of the right hand over the left? As with many complex biological questions, multiple factors appear to be at play. First, one reason seems to be genetics. __1__ Therefore, the global dominance of right-handedness is something that has been passed down through many generations of humans. Next,
A: What’s even more horrible is that the five suspects who purposely supplied ketamine to actor Matthew Perry were all his “friends.” B: Who exactly are the five suspects? A: They include Matthew’s two doctors, a broker, a drug dealer, and even his live-in assistant. B: Those scumbags should go to jail. A: Yeah, one of the doctors may be sentenced to up to 120 years in prison. A: 更可怕的是，提供男星馬修派瑞「K他命」的5人全是他的「朋友」。 B: 嫌犯是誰啊？ A: 其中包括他的2位醫生、1位仲介、1位毒販、甚至他的同居助理！ B: 那些人渣真該去坐牢。 A: 對啊，其中1位醫生可能面臨120年徒刑。 （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
On blazing hot summer days, fresh ingredients and cool refreshments straight from a refrigerator feel like nothing short of a miracle. However, chilled foods didn’t begin with modern refrigerators. In fact, the origin of refrigeration precedes the invention of this now-indispensable appliance by centuries. Initially, the quest for refrigeration was motivated more by the desire to cool beverages than to preserve food. The ancient Greeks and Romans, for instance, used snow stored in insulated pits to chill wine. Around the fourth century BC, the Persians made a significant stride in refrigeration techniques when they devised the yakhchal. Fashioned from
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