Taiwanese News 

Source: Liberty Times
Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Earlier, Ady An filmed a drowning scene but because her acting skills looked so real, the drama crew & the lifeguard team on standby thought she was really drowning. The director immediately yelled cut, filming stopped and everyone jumped into the sea to save her! Hence, Ady had to come up with her own cipher: “If I start swearing, then I’m really drowning, only come save me if you hear those key words la!”

Ady...

Source: 88news.net


October 30th, 2009

A WEBSITE has falsely reported that Malaysian-born singer Nicholas Teo is dead, according to Sin Chew Daily.

The report, posted by a netizen on a Chinese website, said that the Taiwan-based singer had died of complications following a liver transplant. It appeared on...

October 30th, 2009

Source: 88news.net

ELVA Hsiao will be holding a New Year countdown concert on December 31st, and her guest will be her best friend, Cheryl Yang. Some fans also hope that Amei Chang could be a special guest at the concert as well so that they could sing the songs,...

88news.net

October 30th, 2009

From taking part in “Hi My Sweetheart”, the relationship between Show Luo and Rainie Yang initially was a bit awkward, has quickly heated to falling in love with each other in the drama, their relationship was so good...

Popular Taiwanese singer-songwriter David Tao wrapped up his concert tour and partied with 50 co-workers
27 October 2009



Source: MediaCorpTv

Both his current and former girlfriends, Liz and Joanna, were present together at a party that Taiwanese singer-songwriter David Tao recently threw to celebrate wrapping up his...

Moungar ditched Ethan Ruan for Mark Zhao



Before its official release, [Moungar] has already begun to gain attention. At first, all the focus was put on male lead Ethan Ruan. After Mark Zhao won a Golden Bell award, there are rumors that the focus has now turned over to Mark. Will both male leads have equal parts? Producer Li Lie Di strongly stated that she has never considered who is better than the other!

[Moungar],...

Source: 88news.net

During filming for a music video in his upcoming new music album, Seven Days, Taiwanese indie singer, Crowd Lu, was nearly involved in an accident while driving towards one of the gardens in Taipei. His car tires were punctured when he bumped into one of the pot-holes on the road surface and started to spin out of...

Vanness Wu is now afraid to memorize drama lines



Source: 88new.net

Recently, VanNess Wu, Ady An, and others were acting in a court of law scene in Taipei for idol drama, . VanNess Wu, who plays a lawyer, said laughingly that for this 12 page long court...

Fahrenheit’s Jiro continues dancing with sprained wrist



Source:
http://www.88news.net/2009/10/26/fahrenheit’s-jiro-continues-dancing-with-sprained-wrist/#more-6329]88news.net

Fahrenheit from today will have concerts at the Taipei arena in the next 2 days, Jiro Wang who...

Jay Chou and Cindy Yen battling piano skills
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009



Source: 88news.net

Jay Chou has been busy filming “The Green Hornet” in Hollywood, recently in order to fully support his junior female apprentice Cindy Yen, he took time out of his...

Wu Chun has no plans to leave Fahrenheit to go solo
Wednesday October 28, 2009 Taiwan



Credits: prella for posting it in the AF news section

Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit recently threw a party to commemorate wrapping up their successful concert tour. One of the group member, Wu Chun's family members had reportedly...

26 October 2009
Source:MediaCorpTv


Taiwanese singer Wang Lee Hom was in town over the weekend as a special guest for the grand opening ceremony of ION Orchard. With his nifty dance moves and smooth velvety vocals, Lee Hom danced and sang his ways into hearts of the audience present.

Casually dressed in jeans, 33-year-old Lee...

The winner list for the Golden Bell award was leaked out before the award ceremony. Tao Zi said that after she walked into the venue, she was told that Mark Zhao won the award for Best Male Actor. The fact that Hu Gua won an award had been guessed correctly from the atmosphere in the award ceremony. “If it was not Hu Ge, the organisers would not have dared to greet him in such a friendly manner. I say, come and see him receive his award. He looked...

David Tao held 3 concerts starting last Friday for his . After being too energetic in the first two concerts, during his third at Hsinchu, fans reported that he sounded tired in his voice, and expressed their disappointment.

David Tao gave up on holding a grand and prestigious concert, and chose to hold his concert at a small venue to be nearer to fans. From last Friday to Sunday, he held three concerts at Kaohsiung, Taichong,...

Vic Chou knew of Mark Chao’s Best Actor win three hours before the ceremony
Taiwanese newbie actor Mark Chao recently won the Best Actor award in the Taiwan Golden Bell Awards
21 October 2009

Source: Media Corp TV




The recently-concluded Taiwan Golden Bell Awards ended with a wave of unhappiness when word got out that the results...

Taiwanese singer-actor Nicky Wu officially divorced his wife and has to fork out S$20,000,000 worth of alimony
22 October 2009

Source: MediaCorp TV

Due to their busy work schedules, Taiwanese singer-actor Nicky Wu and his wife Ma Ya Shu inked their divorce a few days ago. According to Chinese reports, the couple returned to the registration office in Yunnan, where they registered their marriage, to finalise their divorce proceedings...

Ken Zhu’s rounder face in his latest drama irks netizens
The F4 member has been criticized by the net community for sporting a rounder face in Momo Love
21 October 2009
Source: MediaCorp Tv




F4 member Ken Zhu’s appearance of a rounder face in his latest drama Momo Love has been slammed by netizens. “Is Ken Zhu’s...