Christine & Blackie wedding video

May 10, 2011 3 Comments

Wedding video of Taiwanese celebrity couple Christine Fan and Blackie Chen who tied the knot on Saturday. The newly weds have been in relationship for a decade…

The video theme song is The Most Important Decision, sung by Christine, a singer-songwriter. Blackie is a TV host, but both of them have spanned their entertainment career across other things, e.g. acting etc.

The wedding ceremony was a star-studded event, with Wang Leehom, Eddie Peng, Godfrey Gao the best men, and Pace Wu, Makiyo, Candice Liu the bridesmaids. Other celebrity guests include Barbie & Dee Hsu, A-Mei and Cecilia Cheung etc.

[Update] Another video from the wedding dinner. Congratulations…

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47th Golden Horse Awards (2010)

November 21, 2010 4 Comments

The 47th Golden Horse Awards – Chinese equivalent of American Oscars – were presented on Saturday in Taipei. Some red carpet pics and major winners below…

Ethan Ruan (best actor)
Ethan Ruan at Golden Horse Awards 2010 red carpet

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46th Golden Horse Awards (2009)

November 30, 2009 2 Comments

Taiwanese film No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (lit. I Can’t Live Without You in Spanish) was the biggest winner at the prestigious 46th Golden Horse Awards on Saturday night in Taipei. It’s the first local movie to win the best picture in seven years; and director Leon Dai also begged the personal award.

Hot favourite Li Bingbing was crowned the best actress; while Huang Bo and Nick Cheung were both named as best actor(s), a first in the award history. Full winning list after some red carpet and winners’ pics…

Best leading actress Li Bingbing
Chinese actress Li Bingbing at Golden Horse 2009

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CowParade Taipei 2009

February 13, 2009 Leave a Comment

CowParade is an international public art exhibition which featured in major cities worldwide, where fibreglass sculptures of cows decorated by local artists would be distributed over the city centre. The cows are normally auctioned off after the exhibition at each city with proceeds donated to charity.

CowParade Taipei 2009
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Cows… CowParade Taipei 2009 (Image by Dicky)

Taipei City is the 65th venue for the parade; the exhibition has just ended in early February… a pretty fitting event to welcome the Chinese New Year of Ox.

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Golden Bell Awards 2008

November 1, 2008 21 Comments

The 43rd Golden Bell Awards were presented in Taipei on Friday (Oct 31); Golden Bell is Taiwan’s most prestigious radio and television broadcasting awards.

“Fated to Love You” won the best drama series as expected; Ariel Lin was crowned the best actress (in drama series) with “They Kiss Again”; while Jacky Wu and A-Ya claimed the best variety show hosts award with “Guess Guess Guess”.

Other winners are relatively unknown; couldn’t recognise most of the names to be frank. Sharing a few red carpet pics (from Sohu) instead…

The emcees – Patty Ho, Jacky Wu and Tian Xin

Picture of Taiwanese stars Patty Ho, Jacky Wu and Tian Xin at Golden Bell Awards 2008 in Taipei

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Taichung attempt for saxophone record

October 21, 2008 Leave a Comment

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.

Picture of saxophone players in record bid for largest saxophone ensemble in Taichung, Taiwan
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.

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