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Winners of the 23rd annual Golden Melody Awards

2012-06-23T19:42:00.000-04:00

Veteran pop-rock band Mayday was definitely the big winner of the night, taking home 6 awards. Here are the rest of the winners of major categories highlighted in yellow: Best Song of the year Perfect Landing / Let You Replace Me Noah’s Ark / Second Round So After I’ve Grown Up / So After I’ve Grown Up Speaking of Love / Sing It Out Of Love Those Years / Those Years Best Album Second

[Updated] Van Ness Wu rumored to be engaged

2012-06-06T07:04:00.000-04:00

[6/5/2012] Van Ness Wu and his girlfriend Arissa are rumored to have gotten engaged just last month. Appledaily reported that the couple kept a low profile and only invited their parents to dinner. 33 year-old Van Ness and 29 year-old Arissa first met 5 years ago when she filmed his “My Kingdom” MV back in 2006. It started to date then but broke up after a year. They got back together in

Yoga Lin admits to breaking up with G.E.M.

2012-06-05T19:15:00.000-04:00

Yoga Lin completed his concert at the Taipei Arena over the weekend. While he was playing the guitar during the concert, his strings broke. He joked at the celebration party afterwards, “It’s the first time that my strings broke. It feels like my skills have gone up a level!” When the media asked if he had invited his rumored girlfriend G.E.M. to his concert, he replied, “All my friends

Yen-J wants to become an actor?

2012-06-01T14:09:00.000-04:00

Singer-songwriter Yen-J didn’t have any luck in getting any nominations for this year’s Golden Melody Awards. He admitted to being a bit disappointed but said that he would not change his music style for the sake of winning an award. He plans to release a new album in the summer. Nonetheless, Yen-J has already gotten 5 endorsement contracts this year. Due to his soft looks and height, he

Aaron Yan sheds tears over poor ratings

2012-05-31T18:26:00.001-04:00

CTS/GTV’s “Alice In Wonder City” has just wrapped up its filming. Aaron Yan spent eight months to film the drama including learning how to play the violin. Many viewers praised that his violin playing scenes were very real and that his acting had improved a lot. However, the drama continued to struggle in ratings as it only averaged 0.56% on last weekend’s episode. (Top photo: Aaron (right)

Nick Chou attracts a thousand fans to mini-concert and signing event

2012-05-31T15:45:00.000-04:00

“Nickthereal” Nick Chou held a special preorder sales mini-concert and signing event at Ximending a few days ago. A thousand female fans flooded the area, causing nearby shops to protest as they were unable to do business. His fans, which were mostly middle and high school students, shouted together excitedly, “Nick Chou, you’re so handsome!” They continued to shake the area with their

Della Ding knocks Show Luo out of first place in album sales

2012-05-30T07:46:00.001-04:00

On last week’s G-Music's album sales chart, Della Ding’s “One In A Thousand” debuts at first place, dethroning Show Luo, who had been in the top spot for six weeks in a row! Her album landed in second on Five Music’s album sales chart. She responded during her signing event, “I want to thank my fans for their support. I will continue to work hard.” Della has sung many theme songs for idol

Elva Hsiao admits to going bike riding with Kai Ko

2012-05-25T20:35:00.000-04:00

It’s been 120 days since 32 year-old Elva Hsiao and 20 year-old Kai Ko were rumored to be dating and just days ago, they were spotted riding bikes together at night. Elva was at an event yesterday and admitted to going bike riding with Kai (top photos: Elva covered her ears when the media asked about the love rumor and she tried to hide her smile when talking about Kai). When asked if

A-do makes a comeback after two years

2012-05-24T07:45:00.002-04:00

Singaporean singer A-do is finally coming back to release a new album after two years since his last one. He revealed that during these two years, he has been living a steady life, which he gained a lot of weight as a result. For the sake of releasing the album, he is jogging every day and trying to eat less of starch related products. A-do said, “If I don’t eat rice, I don’t feel full.

Jeremy Liu opts out of the Golden Melody Awards

2012-05-22T19:27:00.000-04:00

Last year in July, Jeremy Liu released the album, “Touched”, and his single, “Thinking of You”, immediately became an internet sensation with his intentional flat vocals accompanied with a retro style MV. After Golden Melody unveiled its list of nominees, some expressed that it was a pity that Jeremy’s album was not nominated. However, Jeremy’s dad, Liu Jia-Chang, revealed that he did not

Aaron Yan beats Jiro Wang by a nose in Sunday night idol drama ratings battle

2012-05-22T07:45:00.000-04:00

Fahrenheit fans were torn apart last Sunday as Aaron Yan’s new drama, “Alice In Wonder City”, premiered against Jiro Wang’s “Absolute Boyfriend”. Here’s the result you’ve been waiting for... Aaron beat Jiro by 0.01%! However, it's hardly anything to celebrate about as it scored a disappointing 0.65% overall. The fans believe that both dramas were hurt due to airing at the same time, causing

Leehom Wang celebrates his 36th birthday

2012-05-18T17:07:00.000-04:00

Leehom Wang turned 36 yesterday! When he arrived on location to film his movie early morning, the crew prepared a cake for him and the director gave him tea leaves that were worth 100 thousand RMB. Thirty members from his fan club visited him on location and give him five cases of red wine and two birthday cakes. Leehom wrote on his microblog in the morning, “My calendar is marked with

Nominees for the 23rd annual Golden Melody Awards

2012-05-15T08:19:00.001-04:00

The GIO (Government Information Office) has announced the list of Golden Melody nominees! (Photo on right: Tanya Chua announced the nominees for GIO) Here are the highlights of the major categories: Best Song of the year Perfect Landing / Let You Replace Me Noah’s Ark / Second Round So After I’ve Grown Up / So After I’ve Grown Up Speaking of Love / Sing It Out Of Love Those Years / Those

Newcomer Kimberley tops five charts

2012-05-14T20:50:00.000-04:00

Kimberley Chen has been deemed the most popular newcomer of the year. She held her first celebration mini concert and signing event on Mother’s Day in Taichung and Taipei. Under the age of 18, performed in front of her fans for the first time, singing her new songs, “Love You” and “Never Change”. She revealed that she has been performing on the street since she was little, so she doesn’t feel

Jay Chou wants to get married in two years

2012-05-14T19:38:00.004-04:00

Jay Chou went to a recording of the talk show, “我們一家訪問人” (Wo Men Yi Jia Fang Wen Ren), a few days ago. He openly spoke his thought about marriage, expressing his desire to get married and have kids by the age of 35. He believed that celebrities often marry late due to focusing on their careers. Celebs also always try to date in secret, making it hard to develop long term relationships like

Gary Chaw forms Jazz band for new album

2012-05-11T13:25:00.001-04:00

Former winner of Golden Melody’s best male singer, Gary Chaw, is leading a new band called “Sensation” with musicians from Argentina and Brazil. He plans to release a full English Jazz album called, “Sensation JAZZ” on June 6th. He was in Taipei filming an MV when his mom paid him a surprise visit, bringing 30 oysters as a treat as well as to show her support for the new band. Gary expressed

Dee Hsu to return to "Kang Xi Lai Le"

2012-05-10T17:37:00.000-04:00

Barbie Hsu sighed in relief as she completed her last recording of “Kang Xi Lai Le” as a substitute host yesterday. She revealed that her sister Dee Hsu was doing well after giving birth to a baby girl. Dee will be returning to host the talk show on the 23rd. She expressed , “I want to thank Barbie for doing such a good job on hosting the show so that I still have a job when I come back.” It

Jolin Tsai doesn't want to get married yet

2012-05-10T17:03:00.000-04:00

Jolin Tsai held a press conference a few days ago for her upcoming “Myself” concert tour which launches on July 14th in Shanghai. When she talked about her good friend Stefanie Sun getting pregnant, she expressed, “We were young girls when we met. I just can’t imagine how I will be like when I become a mom.” She told the media that she had already congratulated Stefanie via a text message.

Yoga Lin overcomes his fear of heights

2012-05-10T16:42:00.000-04:00

Yoga Lin will be holding a concert at the Taipei Arena on the 2nd of next month. As part of the show, he will be lifted 7 meters off the ground while he sings. However, Yoga has been wanting to cancel this segment because he is scared of heights. His record company managed to talk him into it, thus, he is trying hard to overcome his fear by doing indoor climbing. The good news is, he

A-Mei Chang will need a miracle to release a new album this year

2012-05-09T20:08:00.000-04:00

In the midst of her concert tour, A-Mei Chang returned to Taiwan to endorse some robotic massage chairs. She had just finished holding concerts in London and Malaysia, and she flew back to Taiwan on Sunday. At yesterday's event, she fulfilled her duty as the spokesperson as she praised the massage chair non-stop. She also revealed that she kept one in the backstage during her 8 concert shows at

Mr. Rock Jam Hsiao wants to be Mr. Jazz

2012-05-09T20:02:00.000-04:00

Mr. Rock Jam Hsiao is transforming himself to become Mr. Jazz. His new album titled, “Mr. Jazz - A Song For You”, will contain eleven classic English tracks that are recorded from a live performance. Jam says, “It is a very soothing album.” In fact, the songs were recorded during Jam’s birthday celebration event with the fans a few days ago. He prepared and sang a series of Jazz songs at

Nick Chou prepares to release new album and avoids talking about Elva Hsiao

2012-05-09T18:00:00.001-04:00

It’s been almost two years since his debut album and Nick Chou is finally getting ready to release his new album, “S.N.G”, by the end of the month. With all the tracks written by him, he happily exclaimed, “My goal is to be a singer-songwriter!” The idol turned singer-songwriter now avoids talking about his formerly rumored girlfriend Elva Hsiao. He gives his mom all his attention as he says

[Updated] Cyndi Wang denies breaking up Sonia Sui and Yao Yuan-Hao

2012-05-09T17:38:00.000-04:00

[5/7/2012] Recently, Cyndi Wang and Yao Yuan-Hao’s rumored relationship has been making news headlines in the entertainment section. Although Sonia Sui and Yao Yuan-Hao have been on and off for 8 years, they reportedly got back together again in the latter half of last year, but Cyndi is suspected of being the third person. Readers told Appledaily that Cyndi was spotted visiting Yao

Stefanie Sun is pregnant!

2012-05-08T19:24:00.000-04:00

Today is the wedding anniversary of Stefanie Sun and her Indonesian husband Nadim Van Der Ros. To celebrate, 33 year-old Stefanie left the message on her micro-blog yesterday, “Yes, you guys have guessed right,” announcing her pregnancy! She expressed through her record company, “Thank you everyone for caring about my stomach. With Appledaily’s support, my wish has come true.” However,

"Double J" and Lin Chi-Ling land on top 10 of Forbes' China Celebrity 100

2012-05-04T11:08:00.000-04:00

The 2012 China Celebrity 100 list from Forbes has just been out. The list is compiled based on each celebrity’s activities, earnings, and exposure between the period of March 1, 2011 to February 29, 2012. In the top 10, our favorite “Double J” Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai occupy 1st and 7th place respectively. Jolin expressed through her manager, “Thank you for everyone’s support.” Lin Chi-Ling