YeinJee's Asian Journal

The 45th Golden Horse Awards were presented at Zhongshan Hall in Taichung City, Taiwan, on Saturday (Dec 6). The Golden Horse is arguably the most prestigious award in the Chinese film industry.

Taiwanese movie “Cape No 7″ managed to scope 6 awards, albeit not the major ones… but there’s plenty to celebrate for the host considering how gloomy Taiwanese film industry was for the past decade or two.

Some of the major winners of the 45th Golden Horse Awards…

Best Feature Film – The Warlords
Best Director – Peter Chan (The Warlords)
Best Leading Actor – Zhang Hanyu (Assembly)
Best Leading Actress – Prudence Liew (True Women for Sale)
Best Supporting Actor – Ma Ju Long (Cape No 7)
Best Supporting Actress – Mei Fang (Orzboyz)

Refer to Golden Horse official website for complete list of winners. Check out some red carpet pics via Cfensi, Cri and Chinadaily.

A total of 918 saxophone players performed simultaneously at the Taichung City Plaza in the city of Taichung, Taiwan, on October 18 in a bid to break the world record for the largest saxophone ensemble.

The attempt was held in conjunction with the 6th annual Taichung Jazz Festival. The oldest saxophonists involved was 72 of age, while the youngest just three; Taichung deputy mayor Hsiao Jia Qi also took part in the event.

918 saxophonists in their new world record attempt (Image from Udn)

The current world record for the largest saxophone ensemble was set by Toronto in 2004 with 900 players.