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Get Ready for ‘Kung Fu Hustle 2’!

When director Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle was released back in 2004, it instantly became a cult hit because of how smoothly the movie blended slapstick comedy with action sequences. After 15 years of waiting, fans of the movie have something to cheer about as the director has announced that he will soon begin working ...

Armin Auctor

Stephen Chow.

Some Amazing Ways Music Affects Human Beings

Anyone who has listened to music for long hours will understand that it has a deep impact on their mind. The harmony of sounds triggers various emotions and responses within us so that we are often lost thinking about our deepest feelings when listening to our favorite soundtracks. It has the ability to bring about ...

Emma Lu

Michelle Obama Surprises Everyone at the Grammy Awards 2019

This year’s Grammy Awards had a big surprise for everyone. As the audience waited for the event to begin, former first lady Michelle Obama walked onto the stage together with Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Alicia Keys. She was at the event to explain how music had affected her life.   Michelle ...

Nspirement Staff

These K-Pop Stars Just Got Stripped of Their University Diplomas

Seven famous K-pop stars had their college diplomas revoked by the South Korean Ministry of Education last month. The reason — they did not attend classes as required by the graduation rules. The K-Pop stars who lost diplomas include Jang Hyun-seung, Yong Jun-hyung, Yoon Doo-joon, and Lee Gi-kwang from the boy band Beast. Yook Sung-jae ...

Nspirement Staff

7 famous K-pop idols.

Storm Boy and the Endangered Coorong

Expeience the heart-warming story about the friendship between a young boy and a pelican in Australia’s Coorong, which is retold and based on Colin Thiele’s book, Storm Boy. Mike Kindley is Storm Boy grown up, and now he’s a successful retired businessman. He sees visions of his Indigenous friend he knew from childhood and pelicans. ...

Trisha Haddock

‘A Family Tour’: A Film About Exile Experiences

in the film A Family Tour, exiled Chinese director Ying Liang has refined his life experiences . At the premiere in Taiwan on the evening of November 4, Ying Liang said that he has been in a state of spiritual exile for many years. “I have been drifting away from China,” he said. The film uses ...

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DGA Lifetime Honorary Award Winner Ang Lee

On October 18, Voice of America reported that the internationally renowned film director Ang Lee received a lifetime honorary award from the Directors Guild of America (DGA) for his daring innovation. The DGA said that as an avant-garde filmmaker, Ang Lee dared to take risks, tried various types of film production, and made a huge ...

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Symphony Orchestra Captivates Tens of Thousands of People in Taiwan

Cosponsored by the cultural department of various city and county governments, as well as some civic organizations in Taiwan, the New York-based Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra was invited to perform in Taiwan for a third straight year in September 2018.  Watch the trailer of the Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra 2018: The Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra ...

Billy Shyu

Shen Yun orchestra.

The African American Who Loves Playing the Guzheng

A Minnesota-based African American man is breaking cultural barriers by gaining widespread acclaim for playing the guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument. However, some people have accused him of cultural appropriation, preferring that he focus on music from his own culture since he is not Chinese. Interest in the guzheng Jarrelle Barton became interested in the ...

Nspirement Staff

Meet the Next Phase of Television Entertainment: NewTV

NewTV is billed to be the next phase of television entertainment. When HBO was launched, it changed the television industry forever by offering high-quality TV shows the likes of which the public had never seen before. Later on, Netflix revolutionized the industry by taking full advantage of Internet video streaming technology. And now, a new ...

Emma Lu