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Michelle Chen and Joe Cheng open a new restaurant

2012-02-22T16:21:00.002-05:00

Michelle Chen and Joe Cheng opened a new Italian food restaurant together. Joe revealed that he and Michelle along with seven other non-celebrity friends have invested over a hundred thousand dollars (NT) in opening the restaurant. The restaurant even has secret dining rooms available for their celebrity friends to avoid being photographed by reporters. Joe told the media that it was his

[Updated] Show Luo celebrates fifth place on Oricon

2012-02-18T00:37:00.005-05:00

Show Luo released his Japanese debut single, “Dante”, earlier this week and celebrated his fifth place on Oricon’s daily chart. He daringly told the Japanese media, “In three years, I want to hold a concert at the most famous venue, Budokan!” To show their support, Show’s Chinese speaking fans have thoughtfully provided translations to his other Japanese single, “Hero”, including pinyins so

AK to recruit new members

2012-02-17T19:49:00.000-05:00

The mando-pop duo AK has debuted for three years and now they're looking to recruit four guy and girl members between the ages of 18 to 22. Many fans mistakenly thought that AK was breaking up when they saw the announcement on Facebook yesterday, thus, over a hundred fans commented, asking their management company not to disband them. AK members Andy Chen and Kris Shen released their first

Joe Cheng plans to enlist later this year

2012-02-16T17:11:00.002-05:00

Now that both Ethan Ruan and Ming Dao have gone to the military, the public has shifted their focus on the remaining male celebrities who have yet to fulfill their duties which includes: Joe Cheng, Mike He, Sphinx Ting, Shiou Jieh-Kai, and Jerry Huang. Joe and Mike have indicated their will to go. Joe, who is 29 years old, is planning to enlist in the latter half of this year or early next

Lonely on V-Day for Park Jung Min

2012-02-16T16:47:00.000-05:00

Former Korean boy group SS501 member Park Jung-Min baked a heart-shaped cake for the Children Are Us Foundation. He revealed that he did not have anyone to spend Valentine’s Day with and even cried out to his costar Jian Man-Shu, “You don’t love me.” When they were taking photos together, Park Jung-Min treated the female reporter to a macaroon, but when asked about his love life, he said, “Stop

31 year old Ming Dao enlists in the military

2012-02-15T07:47:00.000-05:00

After twelve years of studying at five different colleges, the 31 year-old actor finally enlisted today. As reported previously, Ming Dao decided to suspend his studies in order to fulfill his military duty. After the announcing the news, he told the media that he felt relaxed about it and had been accompanying his family before the enlistment. Although he is the oldest to join the army, he’s

ELVA and Kai Ko spotted locking lips at a nightclub?

2012-02-08T17:23:00.000-05:00

32 year-old ELVA and 20 year-old Kai Ko were spotted going to the movies together last month. The two stars were reportedly introduced to each other by their good friends. Although the two were quick to deny the rumors of them dating, readers tipped Appledaily that the couple was seen hugging intimately, holding hands, and even locking lips at the nightclub last weekend. ELVA, who is

Anthony Neely holds signing and mini concert event for new album

2012-02-06T16:45:00.000-05:00

Anthony Neely held a autographing and mini concert event to promote the preordering of his upcoming album, “Wake Up”. As reported previously, he gained 10kg last year, weighing 87kg. Thus, he has been exercising and watching what he eats. At 178cm, he currently weighs 77kg, but is still 3kg away from his target weight of 74kg. He said yesterday, “The mirror is my scale. I am much thinner

Netizens attempt to expose Lu Chen's magic trick

2012-01-27T17:35:00.001-05:00

Magician Lu Chen performed at CCTV’s Chinese New Year program for the third time on January 22. But netizens claimed that it only took them five minutes to solve all his illusions, which Lu Chen spent a month to develop. Netizens suspected that the table he used had a mirror-covered triangle base big enough to fit a person. Lu Chen responded, “Magic is an artistic performance. I’m not here

Ella Chen to get married this year

2012-01-26T00:12:00.002-05:00

S.H.E.'s Ella Chen has been rumored to get married with her boyfriend for months now. On the 26th, Ella surprised her fans and posted on her micro-blog, "Holding hands, Cherishing the moment, I am really lucky! Yes, I am....finally getting married...Rumors of me getting married have been circulating for quite a while now, thank you everyone for your support ~ I am happy to announce ~ We are

Vic Chou and Mark Chao go head-to-head at box office

2012-01-25T18:41:00.001-05:00

Many local movies have been released during the Chinese New Year holiday. Vic Chou’s “New Perfect Two” has already reached 10 million TWD at the box office after just four days. “Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault” starring Mark Chao has grossed 40 million TWD after eleven days of release. Due to the popularity of the movie, some netizens on PTT have even started a thread to discuss

Ming Dao films his last commercials before enlistment

2012-01-19T10:11:00.001-05:00

As reported previously, there has been a lot of pressure put on stars who are delaying their enlistments. Following Ethan Ruan’s announcement that he will be completing alternative services next month, Ming Dao also announced recently that he will be suspending his studies and will be enlisted in February of this year. Although it’s less than a month away, Ming Dao is working vigorously to

Leehom Wang films new Nike commercial with Kanye West

2012-01-18T12:06:00.001-05:00

Among Tony Leung, Kaneshiro Takeshi, Zhang Ziyi, and other megastars, Leehom Wang has been chosen to be the new spokesperson for Nike in Asia, pocketing 30 million TWD. He recently went to the states to film the commercial for the KobeSystem Campaign along with Kanye West. During the shoot, the two stars chatted about music and even talked about a possible collaboration on the next album. (

Selina films new commercial with Hebe and Ella

2012-01-18T08:04:00.002-05:00

Ever since Selina’s explosion accident, S.H.E’s commercials have been done with only Hebe and Ella. Thankfully, Selina has been recovering from the injury very well and has finally gone back to work to film the commercial for the clothing brand, “Top Girl”, which also marks their fifth year endorsing the brand. Since Selina can’t be standing for a long period of time, the staff worked

A-Mei Chang, Show Luo, and others awarded as KKBOX's top 10 singers

2012-01-16T19:44:00.003-05:00

The 7th annual KKBOX digital music awards was held yesterday. Despite A-Mei Chang had just returned from her trip to Boracay with her staff, she immediately immersed herself in work. She had just completed a show recording before attending the award show. After receiving her award, she rushed to ASUS’s year-end company concert, which she reportedly got paid 5 million TWD to sing exclusively

Amber Kuo's new drama takes over "Office Girls" time slot

2012-01-16T07:56:00.001-05:00

Amber Kuo appeared at a press conference yesterday to announce her new drama, “向前走向愛走” (roughly translates to Go Forward Towards Love), which will be taking over “Office Girls’” time slot. SETTV/TTV's “Office Girls”, starring Roy Qiu and Alice Ke, has been leading in the ratings battle every week. Without a doubt, Amber’s new drama will be under a lot of pressure to sustain its ratings. Thus

Cast of Skip Beat! holds press conference to boost ratings

2012-01-13T20:46:00.003-05:00

Super Junior members Donghae and Siwon were in Taiwan yesterday to attend the press conference for “Skip Beat!” along with their costars Ivy Chen and Bianca Bai. During the press conference, all four of them wrote Chinese New Year Couplets. Since Donghae and Siwon had learned how to write in Chinese before, their couplets turned out to be written quite neatly. Behind-the-scenes footages

Show Luo to release his first Japanese single

2012-01-13T13:43:00.000-05:00

After Chinese New Year, Shou Luo will be going to Japan to release his first Japanese single, “Dante”. Instead of bringing over his tradition of “3 albums for a hug and 5 for a photo” in Taiwan, he will only be shaking hands with the fans at the autographing session. There will be three versions of the single. Version A will come with two bonus MVs (700 TWD), Version B will have a

SETTV shortens prime time dramas to an hour

2012-01-12T19:22:00.003-05:00

SETTV’s total profit exceeded 4.5 billion TWD last year, which is a 10% increase from the year before. At the end of the year, general manager Chang Rong-Hua proposed to invest 400 million TWD in producing Chinese dramas. Many are skeptical of his plan and are also concerned that the network will lose it’s competitiveness for shortening its daily prime time dramas from two hours to one hour.

[Updated w/ link] Ex-couple ELVA and Sunny Wang appear on Kang Xi Lai Le

2012-01-11T18:26:00.002-05:00

Ex-couple ELVA and Sunny Wang actually appeared on the popular talk show, Kang Xi Lai Le, together. Hosts Kevin Tsai and Dee Hsu praised their courage. For those who didn't know, the two dated for three years, but have already broken up since five years ago. ELVA and Sunny went on the show to promote their micro film. There was no awkwardness when they hugged in front of the camera, which

Cindy Yen chips her tooth with microphone

2012-01-11T18:06:00.000-05:00

Cindy Yen was performing at a concert in Guangzhou China. She got a little too excited when singing her new song, “Come On”, and rammed her microphone to her mouth, chipping her front tooth. She laughed, “Microphones are very dangerous. It’s good that I’m not Eason Chan (who fell on stage and hit one of his testicles). I guess I’m okay for chipping my tooth.” When the accident happened, she

f(x)'s Victoria to star in new drama with Calvin Chen

2012-01-06T09:22:00.002-05:00

Victoria Song, the Chinese member of Kpop group f(x), will be starring in a new Taiwanese drama with Calvin Chen of Fahrenheit, and Zhou Mi of Super Junior-M. The drama’s tentative name is “失去城堡的王子” (roughly translates to The Prince Who Lost His Castle), which will be distributed by GTV. As many have noticed, there has been an increase number of Korean idols crossing over to star in Taiwanese

Chen Bo Lin uploaded photo of sister, fans praise pretty face

2012-01-05T02:50:00.000-05:00

28-year-old Chen Bo Lin became famous for his role of "Li Daren", he recently uploaded a photo of him and his sister on Facebook, this is the first time fans saw “Daren sister" and noted that sister also has her brother's signature dimples, fans praise her pretty face and mentioned that she looked like Vanessa Hudgens from "High School Musical" , “Daren sister” is younger than him 4 years old

Cindy Yen writes song for Mark Chao in debut movie

2012-01-04T17:17:00.002-05:00

Cindy Yen is acting alongside Mark Chao and Angelababy for her big screen debut, “第一次” (First Time). On the set, Mark taught Cindy how to act while she taught him how to sing. Cindy even wrote a song for Mark in the movie, which she praised, “He has great potential (as a singer)!” In fact, Mark is a huge fan of Jay Chou, so when they all went to sing KTV a few days ago, they sang Jay’s songs

JJ Lin insures his private part for $6 million TWD

2012-01-02T19:43:00.000-05:00

To start off the New Year, JJ Lin held an autographing and mini concert event on January 1st. He transformed himself into prince charming, arriving on a white horse. Although he looked dashing in his hypnotising checkered suit, he was actually very nervous as he asked the staff, “Is it dangerous (to ride the horse)?” JJ performed at the Kaohsiung countdown show on New Year’s Eve and then he