Taiwan Entertainment News

Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) Taiwanese director Leon Dai was named winner of the best director award in the 2009 Golden Horse Festival, while his tear jerker film " No Pudeo Visir Sin Ti" won the best film award in the...

In recent years, the Kinks frontman has lamented the indefinite hiatus of the band he led for decades, but as of late he's responded with renewed energy and ambition unknown to many of his surviving contemporaries from rock's original British...

The Government Information Office (GIO) is seeking opportunities to bring Taiwan's movie industry to the international stage. Taiwan-based filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang's productions will screen at Asia Society in New York from Nov. 13 to 21. Featured movies will include “Face,”...

Nankuan music (南管) and Liyuan dance (梨園), one of the oldest Chinese music and dance styles, for the production. The chapter, based on an ancient panting “The Feast of Han Hsi-tsai” (韓熙載夜宴圖), tells the story of an Imperial official being...

A region of Taiwan that prides itself on puppetry, an art that originated centuries ago in China, lost 400 to 500 of its best pieces to a fire, leaving just one major stash, county officials said on Wednesday. The fire,...

Clara Law's drama "Like a Dream" bagged nine nominations for the top Chinese-language film awards, as jurors shunned star-studded blockbusters for unheralded art-house fare when they announced their top candidates Wednesday. The other top contenders at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards...