I would say it’s been a great year for TW-actress Chen Qiao En (Joe Chen) as she successfully transitioned to the elder stateswoman role of evil stepmom in hit C-drama The Double and also got married. She’s 45 years old so playing the mom/aunt role isn’t a stretch it’s just that most of us remember her as the fresh ingenue from twenty years ago hustling to make ends meet before meeting her frog who is really a prince. Most of her same gen TW-actresses all got married one after another in the last ten years so she is one of the last remaining still single until now, as she tied the knot with her non-celeb husband Alan who comes from a wealthy Malaysian family and the two met on a Chinese dating program and turned reel into real. They’ve been dating for a few years now so it’s not a fly by relationship and seems really low key and lovely from what they’ve shared. At the wedding were some of her girl group Seven Flowers mates as her bridesmaids and also her drama costars Ming Dao and Joe Cheng as groomsmen.
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Well, another surprise not quite surprise marriage and baby announcement. In 2020 you would think celebs would be fine just living openly as fans have long since moved past caring about their perceived “single and eligible” status. This week TW-actor … Continue reading
The year of the rat is off to a….start. Not sure if it’s good or bad because all the news seems to be bad but who knows maybe the world is front loading all the negative stuff and the remainder … Continue reading
What a terrible news to start off the new year, and my condolences to the family. TW-actor Ming Dao‘s older brother was discovered over the weekend dead, committing suicide by hanging from a tree beside a popular temple in the … Continue reading
The temperature majorly dipped in Beijing and despite the real and also politically frigid temperatures roaring through C-ent it appeared nearly all the stars were out to attend the 17th annual China Film Huaobiao Awards. The ladies walked the red … Continue reading
Maybe it’s the fall weather and the recent seismic shift in Asian drama viewing options but I’m in a nostalgic mood and one of the classic eras that passed naturally was the Taiwan idol dramas of the 2000s. Starting from … Continue reading
There aren’t a lot of pictures from Tang Yan and Luo Jin‘s Sunday October 28th wedding in Vienna, Austria, guests were not allowed to bring cell phones or cameras and given instant cameras at the event instead. Reportedly the ceremony … Continue reading
I love reunions and this one is a long ways out, thirteen years later to be exact. Upcoming Taiwan movie Let’s Cheat Together (Chinese title The Mayor’s Wife’s Secret) headlines Chen Qiao En as the titular mayor’s wife and Ming … Continue reading
The festivities have moved from Hawaii back to Taiwan for the final stop in TW-actress Ady An‘s wedding extravaganza of the year. Celebrity weddings can be lavish and over-the-top and Ady’s definitely is up there in terms of how much … Continue reading
A concert in Taipei this past weekend was a who’s who gathering of so name big name Taiwanese celebrities onstage and offstage. Actress and singer Cyndi Wang held her first solo concert and in attendance was her actor boyfriend Yao … Continue reading
The prestigious 50th annual Golden Bell Awards just went down this Saturday night in Taipei, and it was definitely one of the years with a plethora of A-list attendees. None more so than two time Golden Bell Best Actress winner Ariel Lin … Continue reading
I’m loving Taiwan’s revamped mandatory military service, which used to be two years for decades on end and has now been shortened to less than a year (and will soon go to a full volunteer military force by 2014 though … Continue reading
While Joe Cheng was off busting illicit tax-evading tobacco smuggling rings, his entertainment colleague and fellow Taiwan armed service member Ming Dao was doing something a bit more in line with his day job. Ming Dao enlisted about 7 months … Continue reading