Hollywood Reporter May 15, 2010 By Karen Chu Boosted by the domestic audience’s renewed interest in local content, Taiwanese cinema is showing an increasing emphasis on commercially driven films that exemplify market diversity. Within the past three years, Taiwanese cinema has shown it is back on its own two feet, and they have names:...
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The New York Times May 13, 2010 By DAVE ITZKOFF Lin Yu-chun Here is why being saddled with the nickname Little Fatty and told that you sing like a girl is the best thing that could ever happen to you. On Thursday Sony Music Entertainment said that it had signed a recording deal with...
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The China Post May 11, 2010 By Amber Wang AFP TAIPEI — When Taiwanese artist Chen Forng-shean paints and carves, he needs to hold his breath and use a magnifying glass because of the materials he works with — hair strands, ant abdomens and sesame seeds. The 54-year-old has produced some of the tiniest...
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Central News Agency 2010-05-06 Taipei, May 6 (CNA) A documentary compiled from thousands of hours of original footage from the World War II era that is to be shown in Taiwan is designed to show viewers the brutal war as a part of Taiwan’s history and as it really happened, a political commentator said...
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Focus Taiwan May 6, 2010 AMTV ExaminerMatt Carter Lin Yu Chun — otherwise known to millions as Taiwan’s answer to Susan Boyle — will reportedly sign a record deal with Sony Music on May 13 in order to make an English-language album in the near future. Lin made headlines around the globe for his...
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