If you’ve been watching this year’s exceptionally brutal NHL Playoffs, you know there’s been a fair share of questionable conduct, and this “NHL Playoff Violence” Taiwanese animation sums up everything with cartoonish accuracy: Blood spraying everywhere, guys flying into each other with rocket skates, dudes cross-checking one another then morphing into literal penguins, etc. It really is the best postseason… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : VH1’s Today In Music Discovery Date : 20/04/2012 14:20 Number of articles : 2
Those NMA TV wizards have done it again: Watch as the Taiwanese animators offer their take on the in-progress South by Southwest Music, Film and Interactive festival (“If you’re watching this animation, that likely means you’re not at SXSW. You’re probably not even cool enough to go”). Tears, hippie DJs, 21 Jump Street , bands the rest of the world will hear about months from now… it’s all here! Okay, okay. SXSW isn’t quite as douchey as this video suggests — though the divide between the Interactive/Music folks and the Film attendees always feels like some sort of class division. But earlier today, I di d overhear the following while walking downtown: “What if pills could contain… ideas?” And also: “The thing is, I already have a green trucker hat!” Here’s hoping more notable SXSW ’12 events happen that warrant their own NMA video. Where’s Jake Gyllenhaal when you need him? [ NMA ] Catch up with Movieline’s ongoing coverage of SXSW Film and follow along on Twitter .
Get one minute and 41 seconds closer to the end of this godforsaken week with this latest video from the masterminds at Taiwanese animated-news institution NMA, now featuring the sordid story of Morgan Freeman, his step-granddaughter, some aliens and Woody Allen for good measure. Apologies to anyone I left out. [ NMA ]
So much awards news! And it’s not all good for J. Edgar , the latest high-profile Oscar hopeful to see its balloon deflate as the Academy rolled out its Best Makeup short list. High-fives are in order, meanwhile, for the teams behind Albert Nobbs , Hugo , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and four other awards contenders. Read on for the complete list. The group below will be pared to three when the Academy announces its nominations on Jan. 24. Good luck to all! Albert Nobbs Anonymous The Artist Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Hugo The Iron Lady [ AMPAS ]
If Yoda shilling for cup noodles made your skin crawl and your soul cry “Nooooo,” get ready to feel the Force sell-out even harder, and weirder, with a recent spate of George Lucas -approved shameless Star Wars marketing tie-ins. First, there’s Darth Maul and Yoda stumping for Lipton iced tea . Embarrassing, but that’s nothing compared to the super disgusting idea of a Darth Vader-themed hamburger featuring black-dyed buns. Blech. These are not the burgers you’re looking for, at least not to eat. The Vader burger is offered at French-Belgian fast food chain Quick, along with two other new sandwiches, the Dark Burger on dyed red buns a la Darth Maul, and the Jedi Burger, topped with diced mozzarella cheese cubes. The special Star Wars fare will be available for a limited time from January 31 to March 1, though the Vader burger, which is comprised of “two minced beef patties topped with one slice of melted pepper Cheddar cheese, pepper sauce, endives and rings of red pepper all between black-colored buns sprinkled with black pepper and poppy seeds” and is inexplicably spelled “Vador” burger in this Quick ad, will get an extended run through March 5. You can thank the upcoming 2012 release of Star Wars Episode I — The Phantom Menace 3D for the upsurge in shameless cross-branding, which is fine and a part of the business, especially when reintroducing a film to newer audiences and older fans who are now old enough to drink iced tea and order gross burgers at the drive-through. Still, that doesn’t excuse Lucas from the real problem: These burgers look completely disgusting. Who in their right mind will be ordering the Vader burger? French diehard Star Wars fans, I’m sure, and the kind of perversely curious fast foodies who thought the Double Down sounded intriguing. Oh, and maybe the members of the International Church of Jediism , followers of a new faith whose quest for recognition was immortalized this week by the Taiwanese animators at NME. According to the NME news video, these real life Jedis hang out drinking Mountain Dew and eating Doritos. Substitute the Quick Jedi Burger for Communion bread and everybody wins, no? [ MintinBox , Topless Robot , International Business Times ]
Mayor Bloomberg’s animated Taiwanese doppelganger commands his troops. (Photo: YouTube) Mayor Bloomberg has a starring role in a new clip from Taiwanese meme factory Next Media Animation inspired by our post about a speech where he referred to the NYPD as “my own army.” The artistic geniuses at NMA created a 30 second clip that features a cartoon version of Mayor Bloomberg wearing a military helmet… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Capitol confidential Discovery Date : 01/12/2011 10:26 Number of articles : 2
Hong Kong singer and actor Daniel Chan has released his 11th Mandarin album So Hot after a three-year hiatus from the music scene, reports aiyatheydidn’t.livejournal.com. He invested NT$10 million (RM1.03 million) to produce this 11-track album under his own record label, Xiaotung Music. The album includes Feeling Different, one of the soundtracks for the Taiwanese drama series Material Queen. In addition, he also wrote the lyrics to four of the songs, some of which were based on his personal
Hong Kong actor Ruco Chan, who shot to fame in TVB’s hit courtroom drama The Other Truth wlll reprise his role as the legal eagle Keith Lau in the sequel, reports jaynestars.com. This series centres on a group of lawyers from two fictional law firms in their fight against injustice. In the sequel, the ambitious and fearless Lau, who has a strong sense of righteousness, will once again be involved in a love triangle with the characters played by Tavia Yeung and Raymond Wong, who are also part o
Vivian Dawson headed to work as usual and had a tiny cake celebration with his colleagues over lunch. In the evening, Jolin picked Vivian up at his agency in her Lexus and the model took over the driver#39;s seat. When the Taiwanese pop princess discovered that paparazzi had been tailing them, she slid into the back passenger seat to hide. The bracelet that was seen on Vivian Dawson#39;s left hand shared strong similarities to the one Jolin Tsai wore in a picture that she took with her nephew,
Profile for Cynthia Wang * Name: 王心如 / Wang Xin Ru * English name: Cynthia Wang * Profession: Singer, actress * Birthdate: 1986-Jul-08 * Birthplace: Taiwan * Height: 160cm * Weight: 44kg * Star sign: Cancer * Chinese zodiac: Tiger * Blood type: A Cyndi Wang (traditional Chinese: 王心凌; pinyin: Wáng Xīnlíng) was born on 5 September 1982. She is a Taiwanese singer and actress. Her birth name is Wáng Jūnrú (traditional Chinese: 王君如). Wang has released eight albums, nearly all of which carries her
