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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Golden Horse Film Project Promotion Unveils 14 Series Selections, Including ‘Taiwan Travelogue' Adaptation
The Golden Horse Film Project Promotion has selected 14 television series for its 2025 edition, headlined by an adaptation of Yang Shuang-zi's U.S. National Book Award-winning novel 'Taiwan Travelogue.' Japanese screenwriter Yoshida Erika, known for her work on 'Cherry Magic!,' is adapting 'Taiwan Travelogue' for World Softest Productions. Producer Maehata Sachiko and Chang Chen-yu are developing the series, which examines colonial-era Taiwan through a romance between a Japanese writer and local interpreter in 1938. More from Variety 'Chewing Gum' Scoops Grand Prize at Golden Horse Film Project Promotion 'A Woman Builds,' Story of Female Needs, Secures Multinational Backing Ahead of Golden Horse Project Market Pitch (EXCLUSIVE) 'Papa Fujii's Unexpected Journey' Wins Golden Horse Film Project Market Grand Prize Several projects represent international partnerships. Director Yang Chih-lin helms 'Good Days' for Neverland Entertainment, with producer Holly Chan Yu-shan overseeing the Taiwan-Japan co-production about an office worker returning to her hometown. 'The Life Changers' connects Taiwan and South Korea via Select Entertainment, with director Hsu Fu-hsiang and producers Danielle Yen and Mio Liang tracking a screenwriter seeking vigilante justice. Director If Chen reunites with GrX Studio producer Lee Wen-yi for Taiwan-U.S. collaboration 'The Ones I Killed and The Ones Who Killed Me,' adapting a serial murder case spanning decades and continents. Comedy-drama offerings include director Wong Yee-lam's 'Let-Go List' for Zero One Film, produced by Chen Yi-ching and written by Ruby Chen, about a professional organizer confronting his own past. Golden Horse winner Bamboo Chen executive produces 'The South Way Station' for Kingyo Productions, with director Wang Chia-chun and producer Kuo Jo-chi following an unlikely friendship at a remote train station. Director Liao Shih-han helms 'Ageless' for Creative Group, with producers Pan Chung-wei and Amee Lin Kuei-min exploring an unconventional family dynamic between an ageless woman and single mother. Crime thrillers feature prominently. 'Liminal' is a Taiwan-Singapore co-production from JUO Studios, 22ND Creatives & Productions, and Kusu Films, with director Lin Yen-ting and producers Charlyn Ng and Nelson Chang following a student investigating her friend's disappearance. Fantasy offerings include 'Leopard Island,' an animated project from baibaiyy studio with directors Huang Ping-an and Chang Chun-yu exploring emotional transformation on a mysterious island. Director Tseng Ying-ting returns with 'The Undying' for Love Me Tender Productions, with producer Lin Shiang-ling overseeing a story about resurrection and family secrets. Su Hui-yu directs sci-fi allegory 'The Five Ways of Life' for Ping Film Production and Jing Moving Image, with producers Chen Ping-chia and Huang Jing-han creating a parallel Taiwan under authoritarian rule. Real-world inspiration drives several selections. Directors Jae Yang and YC Tom Lee helm 'Judoka' for Renegades Entertainment, with executive producers Lu Wei-chun and Jonathan H. Kim backing a story of 1990s judo athletes whose international romance faces political obstacles. Director Sun Chieh-heng creates 'Human and Animal Hazard Affairs Handling Agency' for Unseen Film Studio, featuring a girl using psychic abilities to communicate with animals while solving crimes. Directors Nelson Yeh and Herb Hsu collaborate on 'Oriental Beauty' for Good Image Co., with producers Tama Pan and Gisele Yeh exploring women's choices across 160 years of tea culture history. The program has generated tangible results from previous years. 'Our Bar' has launched on streaming platforms, with 'Undertaker' scheduled for Q4 release. Additional titles including 'The Fixers,' 'Boys and Spirits,' and 'Connecting to You' are in various stages of production. The industry event runs Nov. 17-19 in Taipei. Award winners will be revealed at the Nov. 19 closing ceremony. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week What's Coming to Disney+ in August 2025 What's Coming to Netflix in August 2025
BBC News
24-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Machine blasts chewing gum off Farnborough town centre streets
Chewing gum is being blasted from the streets of a town centre thanks to a £17,300 clean-up in Farnborough comes after Rushmoor Borough Council became one of 52 areas across the country to receive money from the Chewing Gum Task Guinness, council cabinet member, said: "Chewing gum is unsightly and nobody wants it stuck on the end of their shoes and then traipsed in through their house."She said the clean-up makes people think twice about dropping their gum on the floor. "People think more afterwards about what they're doing and and you find that for quite a long time people don't put their chewing gum on the floor and do actually use the bins."She added: "Hopefully Farnborough will look amazing."Cleaning teams used a machine to clean away detritus from the pavements to see the then use heat and low pressure which melts the gum so it drains away along with other dirt. Cleanliness Town centres and markets manager Diane Highet said: "We want a town centre that people are proud to visit."We want people to be able to sit and not have to worry about what they're sitting in."According to a recent council survey 98% of people were concerned about the cleanliness of town centres. Some shoppers who spoke to the BBC backed the clean-up, while one thought it was a waste of money. Paul Hamilton welcomed the move. "I've trodden in it, I think we all have, it's horrible," he Chapman, from Farnborough, added: "It's a very good idea. It's disgusting on the streets."The Chewing Gum Task Force was established by the government and is administered by Keep Britain Tidy. It brings together major gum producers to clean-up litter on the streets.
BBC News
14-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Chewing gum: Tackling a sticky issue in Ards and North Down
Chewing gum splattered streets in Ards and North Down are set for a fresh start as the council tackles one of its stickiest litter problems has received £27,500 in funding for a high-powered street washing machine, thanks to a grant from the Chewing Gum Task Force. The area's mayor, councillor Gillian McCollum, is delighted that the council is one of 52 across the UK to benefit from the clean-up said tourism and visitor footfall was an important part of the area's business economy and that "we want to do everything we can to make the area as attractive as possible". 'Gum comes right off' On the streets of Bangor, County Down, street cleaner and driver team leader Paul Agnew, said he believes the machine will be a real boost to their service."It is much more effective - the sweepers can't lift the gum," he explained. "This new machine heats up to 110C."There are specific chewing gum attachments for it, but we don't even need to use them because there is such high pressure - the gum just comes right off." 'I think it's disgusting' On Bangor's Main Street, residents had mixed feelings about the gum problem, but welcomed the council's Uprichard, 78, believes we should go even further to tackle the issue."It's disgusting, it really is such a bad look," he said."We should do what they do elsewhere which is ban it." Cecilia Adu, 75, believes gum littering in Bangor is not as bad as other cities in the UK."It isn't as rampant here. I lived in England before and it was worse."However, I still think the money is still worth spending," she Bangor resident, Rain Barago-Maurer, 24, said it was a problem she was very aware of, particularly near the marina. "It is definitely something I have noticed in Bangor and it would be a great investment."I don't chew gum myself because I don't like to have litter and then have nowhere to dispose of it," Rain told BBC News NI. "There also needs to be some small bins scattered around the area designated for chewing gum." 'Removing gum a huge problem' According to Keep Britain Tidy, councils across the UK spend, on average, around £7m annually trying to remove Chewing Gum Task Force (CGTF) is funded by major gum manufacturers including Mars, Wrigley and Perfetti Van Melle, with an investment of up to £10m spread over five McCollum said gum could become a "huge problem" if it was not disposed of correctly due to the length of time it takes to decompose."We also know from our street cleaners who work for the borough that removing the gum is a huge problem," she added. 'Reinforcing good behaviour' A report from social enterprise Behaviour Change revealed that in areas treated under the CGTF scheme, gum littering was reduced by as much as 80% within two months, benefits that were still evident six months later thanks to targeted cleaning and prominent there are currently no plans for special signage in Ards and North Down, McCollum believes cleaner streets alone will act as a deterrent. "It has the knock on effect of discouraging people to dispose of gum more responsibly," she said."It is really just reinforcing good behaviour. A clean tidy appearance encourages people to take pride in their area and act responsibly." Established by Whitehall's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the CGTF is run by charity Keep Britain grant will allow Ards and North Down council to roll out the gum removing machine across Bangor, Newtownards, Comber, Holywood and Donaghadee.
Korea Herald
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
NCT Dream to return in July with 5th LP
NCT Dream will be back July 14 with its fifth studio album, label SM Entertainment announced Monday. The band of seven will return with the LP 'Go Back To The Future,' a nine-track set that will portray the emotions and experiences of traveling through time with a time machine. The time travel device is likely to be a hover board — if a teaser clip for the LP is an indication — a symbolic item from the septet's debut single 'Chewing Gum.' From next week, a string of teasers will be released, and on July 9, the music video for the main track 'BTTF' will be unveiled. On the following day, the band will kick off its fourth world tour, 'Dream Show 4: Dream The Future,' in Seoul.
Irish Independent
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Adolescence star Ashley Walters says show changed the way he parents his children
The 42-year-old Top Boy actor played DI Luke Bascombe, who finds himself caught up in the case of 13-year-old boy Jamie Miller (newcomer Owen Cooper) accused of murder. The four-part series, co-created by and starring Stephen Graham, has received huge praise since its release in March, becoming one of Netflix's most-watched shows ever. It has sparked conversation about the influence of the internet on young boys, been discussed in UK Parliament and had calls for it to be included on school syllabuses. Walters said it has also had the inadvertent effect of making him realise he had been 'too liberal' with his own children. It comes after creator Graham also issued a warning to parents about the effects of the internet on young people. 'I guess none of us knew how much conversation it would create,' Walters told Fearne Cotton on the Happy Place podcast. 'The biggest thing I've taken from it is how it's affected me and my family. It's very rare that I will be in a show and then learn huge things about myself afterwards.' The actor has two children and a stepson with his current partner and Chewing Gum actor Danielle Walters, four children with an ex-partner, Natalie Williams, and two with another ex-partner. His children are aged between 21 and seven, and Walters became a grandfather at the age of 38 in 2023. Explaining how it had affected his parenting, Walters said: 'I realised I've been a bit too liberal as a parent. I've been a bit too easy-going with my kids, with devices, screen time, stuff like that. 'I don't think I understood how dangerous those things can be sometimes so there are a lot of changes that happened in my house, a lot of conversations between me and my wife just about where we're going with them and how much time they spend on screens and on their iPads. 'The stuff that they're doing on there as well that we maybe felt was like quite harmless, actually you look deeper into it and you're like, wow, that could lead to this and that could lead to that.' The conversations with his family were not easy but the star said that he has forced himself to have them and that this is part of the enduring appeal of the show. ADVERTISEMENT 'I feel like that is part of why it's become so big, because before that, I felt scared to have those conversations with my kids,' he continued. 'I didn't want to make them stand out. Their friends are doing it so it's fine, right? I feel like what Adolescence did was say to parents, okay, you can all have the conversation now, like here's evidence and proof of the extreme of where it can go if you're not going in their room and checking on them. 'Parents all around the world have gone 'Okay now we can discuss this openly without feeling like c****y parents'.' Graham told The UK Independent that he wanted to explore the wider influences affecting young boys from 'ordinary' backgrounds, when creating the show. 'It's just being mindful of the fact that not only we parent our children, and not only the school educates our children,' he said. 'But also there's influences that we have no idea of that are having profound effects on our young culture, profound effects, positive and extremely negative. So it's having a look at that and seeing that we're all accountable.' The Boiling Point actor went on to unpack the 'microcosm of the home' and 'the macrocosm of the world outside', explaining that the separation no longer existed. 'When we were kids, if you got sent to your room or if Kenny Everett was on the telly, and it got a bit racy, you'd be sent to your room and then you couldn't watch it,' he reflected. 'But today even within the context of that home, when lads and girls go to their bedrooms, they have the world at their fingertips.'
