the J-girls

With Taiwan media hot on the heels of Jay Chou’s supposed romance with half-Taiwanese, half-Australian Hanna Quinlivan, let’s take a look at his romantic history. Vivian Hsu – they were rumored when she wrote Ke Ai Nu Ren for his first album, Jay, in 2000. The two apparently had a bitter falling out over some…

Jerry is sick of what?!

Two weeks after I blogged that F4 is a bunch of depressed guys, reports came out that Jerry Yan has hypomanic disorder. Say again? Jerry is hypomanic? I can tag this as part of my “selling the drama” series since these rumors started when Jerry went to China to start filming his My Wonderful Life…

movie: apple of Taiwan’s eye

It’s the season for nice, successful films in Taiwan right now. After Eddie Peng’s Jump Ashin, here comes The Apple Of My Eye, based on the love story of famous writer Giddens Ko. Angie Cai, Taiwan’s most famous and powerful female impresario, co-produced this through her Star Ritz. When I interviewed her last January, she…