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Death Girl
''Gloomy Salad Days'' (死神少女; pinyin: ''Sǐ Shén Shào Nǚ'') is a 2010 Taiwanese television series starring Aaron Yan and Serena Fang. The first episode aired on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 9 p.m. on PTS Channel; two episodes were broadcast back-to-back every week. Synopsis The drama consists of 12 different stories of teenagers based on real life social cases. The main character is Du the Death Girl, guardian of the bridge called the "Nai He Qiao"; she is the Chinese equivalent of Charon, and the river under her bridge is the Chinese equivalent of the Styx. The bridge is crumbling and its masonry is eroding, so Du sets off to repair the bridge; she seeks people who are willing to be turned into a rock in exchange for a wish. Du can only be summoned when a particular person has a rock from the bridge and is in such despair that they wish to die. However Shen Qi, who has a brain tumor, can see Du even without desiring death nor possessing a rock. After he learns that Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Chou
Zero Chou (; born 24 July 1969) is a Taiwanese director and screenwriter. Life and career Chou was born in Keelung, Taiwan in 1969. She earned a B.A. in Philosophy from National Chengchi University in 1992. She worked as a journalist before becoming an indie film director. She entered into film making because of her attraction to the combination of content and form. She has been heralded as the most talented documentary director in the recent years of Taiwan. She has also received various festival awards around the world for films. Chou and Hoho Liu () are an openly lesbian couple. Chou "is one of the few openly lesbian filmmakers in the world, and the only one in Taiwan," according to AfterEllen. She is currently filming a six-film series called the Six Asian Cities Rainbow Project (亞洲六城彩虹計劃). She is trying to finish as quickly as possible and worries she will go missing while filming, since many of the locations have rules against films presenting LGBT conten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wen Chen-ling
Wen Chen-ling (born October 23, 1992) is a Taiwanese actress and television host. Life and career Wen's mother is Chinese Filipino. Her father is of Japanese and Han Chinese descent. Wen made her acting debut in television series ''The Kite Soaring'' when she was 16. She won the Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film in 2014 and Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film award in 2017. She has been in a relationship with actor River Huang River Huang (; born November 13, 1989) is a Taiwanese actor. He is the first actor signed by the director Yee Chin-yen. At age 18, Huang won the Best Actor award at the Golden Bell Awards for his debut role in ''Dangerous Mind'', making him the ... since 2014. Filmography Television series Film Variety and reality show Music video appearances Awards and nominations References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wen, Chen-ling 1992 births Living people 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Records
The Rock Records Co., Ltd. () commonly known as Rock Records (), is a record label based in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in the 1980s as the Rock Music Publishing (滾石有聲出版社; ) by Tuan Chung-tan and Tuan Chung-i, It is the largest record label in Chinese-speaking world and the second largest independent record label in Asia. Beside its headquarters in Taiwan, it also has locations in Japan, Singapore, Malaysia (acquired SCS in 1995 (Suara Cipta Sempurna, founded in the 1980s), South Korea and the Philippines. Distributors * Avex Group (Japan, former) * Nippon Crown (Japan, former) (until 1997) * Pony Canyon (Japan and South Korea) * Synergy Music / Ivory Music (Philippines) * Star Records (Philippines, former) (1997-????) Artists Singers * Wakin Chau (周華健) * Yorick Lau (刘洋) * Gary Chaw (曹格) * Ambrose Hui (許紹洋) * MC HotDog * Chang Chen-yue (張震嶽) * Nine Chen (陳零九) * Shi Shi (孫盛希) * MJ116 Groups * Astro Bunny () * New Formosa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wen
James Wen (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Vûn Sin-hò''; born 22 February 1978) is a Taiwanese actor, former reporter and model. He is known for his supporting performance in Taiwanese drama ''My Queen'', for which he received one of his four Golden Bell Awards nominations. According to Yahoo! Search, Wen was the 9th most searched celebrity from January to April 2009. Life and career Wen's ancestral home is in Gaoshu, Pingtung but was born in Kaohsiung. He graduated from College of Journalism and Communication at Shih Hsin University. In 1999 Wen won ''Most Photogenic Award'' at the ''Men's UNO'' model contest, subsequently worked as a model and reporter before turning to acting. Selected filmography Television series Film *''High Heels'' (2015) *''My Dear Stilt'' (2012) *''The Ghost Tales'' (2012) *''The Fierce Wife'' (2012) *''Night Market Hero'' (2011) *''Zoom Hunting'' (2010) *''Tears'' (2010) *''A Place of One's Own'' (2009) *''1895'' (2008) Music video appearances * "結婚 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Chu
Jennifer Chu is a Korean American beauty pageant queen. She was crowned Miss Asia USA in 2005, and crowned her successor, Jennifer Pham, the following year. At the time she was crowned, she resided in both Calabasas, California and Santa Barbara, California. She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduate ..., and was declared as a Psychology major. References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20070823215127/http://www.indonesiamedia.com/2006/05/early/local/miss%20asia.htm American people of Korean descent Living people Miss Asia USA delegates People from Calabasas, California Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-pageant-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Wang
Darren Wang Talu (; born May 29, 1991) is a Taiwanese actor. He is best known for his breakout role as Hsu Tai-yu in the coming-of-age film, '' Our Times''. Career Wang made his debut in the 2008 drama series ''Mysterious Incredible Terminator'', and went on to make his big-screen bow in the 2010 film ''In Case of Love''. He appeared in the hit high school romance film '' Our Times'' in 2015, after which he was crowned GQ's Man of the Year. He has contributed a number of songs to the soundtracks of films he starred in and appeared in ''The Last Wish'' (2019). In 2019, Wang starred as the male lead in the romance film ''Fall in Love at First Kiss ''Fall in Love at First Kiss'' () is a 2019 Chinese–Taiwanese romantic comedy film directed by Frankie Chen. It is based on the manga series ''Itazura na Kiss'' and stars Lin Yun as Yuan Xiangqin, a regular schoolgirl from the F class, and Darr ...'', a remake of the Taiwanese series of the same name. Filmography Film Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsai Yi-chen
Tsai Yi-chen (), born 23 August 1987, stage named Wu Xiong (五熊). She is a Taiwanese actress who is best known for her minor performance in Taiwanese series, KO One, as Tsai Wu Xiong, and for her lead performance in ''Summer x Summer'' as Xia Ya. Her older sister, is also an actress. Filmography Television series Films *''LOVE'' (2012) *''Flavor Lover'' (2013) *''Our Times'' (2015) Music videos *Say what you want – Xiao Yu *Tired – Shin (band) *24 hours crazy – Nylon Chen Discography * Tokyo Juliet (2006) *Heaven duet with sister , They Kiss Again (2007) *Qin Xia Tian Yi Xia duet with Joe Cheng, Summer x Summer ''Summer & Summer'' () is a 2007 Taiwanese television series starring Joe Cheng, Wu Xiong and Ethan Juan. It was based on the Japanese josei manga, , written by Yachi Emiko. It was produced by Comic Productions and directed by Wang Mingtai. The s ... (2007) References External linksChinese Weibo 1987 births Living people Taiwanese television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Million Star (season 1)
The first season of ''One Million Star'', a Taiwanese televised singing competition, began on January 5, 2007. Episodes Ranking The ranking and score of each episodes. : The winning contestant. : The contestants who scored higher than 20. : The contestant who failed. : The contestant who was eliminated. The six finalists : The contestant with the highest score. : The contestant with the full score. Million Star Gang Members of Million Star Gang (星光幫) * James Lin (林宥嘉) * Judy Chou (周定緯) * Peter Pan (潘裕文) * Afalean Lu (盧學叡) * Miles Liu (劉明峰) * Stanly Xu (許仁杰) * Kevin Xie (謝震廷) * Sharon Li (李宣榕) * Charks An (安伯政) * Ring Hsu (徐宛鈴) *Aska Yang Aska Yang (, Born April 4, 1978 in Taoyuan City (now Taoyuan District), Taiwan) is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. Education He graduated from the National Changhua University of Education (NCUE), with a major in Guidance and Counseling. During hi ... (楊宗緯) Disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choc7
Choc7 () is a Taiwanese boyband group led by Ah Ben and is the second spin-off group of the Taiwanese variety show Mo Fan Bang Bang Tang (模范棒棒堂). Career A year after Lollipop was formed, Channel is ready to create the second batch pop group of ''Bang Bang Tang'' variety show.棒棒堂2. Taiwan, 2008. Television. After a round of making-the-band competitions, ten boys remained. Prior to the creation of Choc7, two five-member groups were formed: "Knights of Princess (Gong Zhu Bang)"; and "Elite of Otaku (Zhai Nan Shu)", which battled with each other in order to win the available spots in the new to-be-formed group. The former is formed by 翁瑞迪 (Ah Ben),韦佳宏 (Ye Shou), 簡翔棋 (Xiao Ma), 王勇翰 (Han Jiang), and 邱翊橙 (Mao Di), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kao
Jack Kao (, born 23 April 1958) is a Taiwanese actor. Career He began his career in the late 1980s films of Hou Hsiao-hsien. Kao credits his success to the many real-life gangsters he knew when he was young. He appeared in '' City of Sadness'', a film about Taiwan's White Terror, which received the 1989 Golden Lion award the Venice Film Festival. Another of his films about that same period, 2009's ''Prince of Tears'', was also included in the festival. His 2001 film ''Millennium Mambo'' was featured in the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 2016 retrospective "Going Steadi: 40 Years of Steadicam". Selected filmography *''Daughter of the Nile'' (1987) - Lin Hsiao-fang, the brother *'' Rouge of The North'' (1988) *''A City of Sadness'' (1989) - Wen Leung *''Mudan niao'' (1990) *''Island of Fire'' (1990) - Ho *''Wawa'' (1991) *''Dust of Angels'' (1992) *''Wu hu si hai'' (1992) - Fan Yat Wai *''Treasure Island'' (1993) *''Sheng nu de yu wang'' (1993) *''What Price Survival'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiao Man
Lilu Wang (), stage name Hsiao Man (), is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She was formerly in the girl band Hey Girl and currently works as a model in Eelin Modelling Agency. Biography Suan Wang was in a group originally known as Hei Se Hui Mei Mei which underwent a name change to Hey Girl. Hey Girl consisted of seven other girls, and they are known to work with another popular Taiwanese boy band, Lollipop, which consists of six boys. On 17 March 2010, Hsiao Man announced that she left ''Hey Girl'' to pursue her career as a model in Eelin Modelling Agency. In 2010, Hsiao Man, along with the five other top models who turned 21 years old, established Cute Girl and released their first album, Cute Fantasy. Drama TV Show Theme Songs *''Lollipop & Hey Girl – Ku Cha, Brown Sugar Macchiato'' (2007) *''Hey Girl – Hello Ai Qing Feng, Brown Sugar Macchiato'' (2007) *''Lollipop A lollipop is a type of sugar candy usually consisting of hard candy mounted on a stick a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Hu Jiang (band)
Wu Hu Jiang () was a Taiwanese boy band formed in early 2009. Their name is a reference to the Five Tiger Generals in the series of ''K.O.3an Guo''. Band members included George Hu, Benjamin Wang (leader of the band), Shao Xiang, Si Wei Hong Zheng, and Bo Yan. Bo Yan left the band in late 2009 owing to their company's decision that a four-member band would be "easier to operate with". The band was disbanded in 2011. History The band was created in 2009. Their name is a reference to the Five Tiger Generals in the series of ''K.O.3an Guo''. It consisted of four members: George Hu, Benjamin Wang (leader of the band), Shao Xiang, and Si Wei Hong Zheng. They were originally five, but because the company adopted the philosophy that "it is easier to operate with four people", the fifth member Bo Yan was forced to leave the group around October 2009. Other members protested the decision to management but the company stood firm. The band was different from other boy bands in that its member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
