The period drama “Black Tide Island” (星空下的黑潮島嶼) leads this year’s Golden Bell Awards with 16 nominations, while three actresses from Netflix’s “Born for the Spotlight” (影后) will be vying for Best Leading Actress in a Television Series.
The Golden Bell Awards, often described as Taiwan’s equivalent of the Emmys, unveiled this year’s nominees yesterday.
“Black Tide Island,” centered on jailed dissidents in 1950s Taiwan, has been nominated for Best Miniseries, Creative Award for a Drama Series, and Best Directing for a Miniseries or Television Film.
Photo: CNA
The series’ leading actor, Wu Nien-hsuan (吳念軒), also received a nod for best leading actor in a miniseries or television film, while River Huang (黃河), Liu Cheng-en (劉承恩) and Mu Mei (睦媄) were shortlisted for supporting roles.
In the television series category, “Born for the Spotlight” and “The Outlaw Doctor” (化外之醫) tied for first with 15 nominations each, including Best Television Series, Best Directing, and Best Writing.
Notably, three of “Born for the Spotlight’s” leading actresses -- Cheryl Yang (楊謹華), Suri Lin (林廷憶) and Hsieh Ying-xuan (謝盈萱) -- will compete against each other for Best Leading Actress in a Television Series.
Photo courtesy of Hakka Television Station
Also nominated are Alice Ko (柯佳嬿) for “I Am Married ... But!” (童話故事下集), and Ning Chang (張鈞甯) for the crime drama “The Outlaw Doctor.”
Meanwhile, nominees for Best Leading Actor in a Television Series include Wayne Song (宋偉恩) for “A Second Chance of Life” (血·拾人生), Alex Ko (柯叔元) for “Arong and Ayu” (阿榮與阿玉), Fandy Fan (范少勳) for “Monday Again?!” (X!又是星期一), Lien B?nh Phat for “The Outlaw Doctor,” and Yo Yang (楊祐寧) for “Us Without Sex” (今夜一起為愛鼓掌).
The Special Contribution Award will be presented to veteran actress Chen Shu-fang (陳淑芳) and set decorator Yeh Hui-lung (葉輝龍).
Photo: Wang Wen-lin, Taipei Times
The award ceremony is to be held at the Taipei Music Center in Nangang District on Oct. 17 and 18, with the TV program category to be hosted by TV host Lulu and the drama category to be led by Mando-pop singer and actress Bowie Tsang.
Considering that most countries issue more than five denominations of banknotes, the central bank has decided to redesign all five denominations, the bank said as it prepares for the first major overhaul of the banknotes in more than 24 years. Central bank Governor Yang Chin-lung (楊金龍) is expected to report to the Legislative Yuan today on the bank’s operations and the redesign’s progress. The bank in a report sent to the legislature ahead of today’s meeting said it had commissioned a survey on the public’s preferences. Survey results showed that NT$100 and NT$1,000 banknotes are the most commonly used, while NT$200 and NT$2,000
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday reported the first case of a new COVID-19 subvariant — BA.3.2 — in a 10-year-old Singaporean girl who had a fever upon arrival in Taiwan and tested positive for the disease. The girl left Taiwan on March 20 and the case did not have a direct impact on the local community, it said. The WHO added the BA.3.2 strain to its list of Variants Under Monitoring in December last year, but this was the first imported case of the COVID-19 variant in Taiwan, CDC Deputy Director-General Lin Ming-cheng (林明誠) said. The girl arrived in Taiwan on
South Korea is planning to revise its controversial electronic arrival card, a step Taiwanese officials said prompted them to hold off on planned retaliatory measures, a South Korean media report said yesterday. A Yonhap News Agency report said that the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning to remove the “previous departure place” and “next destination” fields from its e-arrival card system. The plan, reached after interagency consultations, is under review and aims to simplify entry procedures and align the electronic form with the paper version, a South Korean ministry official said. The fields — which appeared only on the electronic form
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is suspending retaliation measures against South Korea that were set to take effect tomorrow, after Seoul said it is updating its e-arrival system, MOFA said today. The measures were to be a new round of retaliation after Taiwan on March 1 changed South Korea's designation on government-issued alien resident certificates held by South Korean nationals to "South Korea” from the "Republic of Korea," the country’s official name. The move came after months of protests to Seoul over its listing of Taiwan as "China (Taiwan)" in dropdown menus on its new online immigration entry system. MOFA last week
RSS