https://www.scmp.com/rss/509219/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ben Chin Ben Chin China’s expanding celebrity crackdown has now reached some of its top influencers, including “live-streaming queen” Huang Wei, more commonly known as Viya. The popular Hangzhou-based e-commerce expert was recently fined a record US$210 million for tax evasion. Often touted as being able to “sell anything” on Taobao Live’s live-streaming platform, the 36-year-old quickly became an internet celebrity in her country, amassing over 18 million followers on microblogging site Weibo and 80 million... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3160684/who-viya-chinas-live-streaming-queen-millennial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3160684/who-viya-chinas-live-streaming-queen-millennial?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:29:23 +0000 Are Playboy’s jet set scion Cooper Hefner and Scarlett Byrne, Harry Potter’s Pansy Parkinson, Hollywood’s most unlikely couple? Maybe, but the two are going to be parents – again! Cooper, the son of late media revolutionary Hugh Hefner, and his wife Byrne recently announced they are expecting twins in early 2022. It’s the happy couple’s second pregnancy; they welcomed their first child Betsy Rose last August. Who are Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s closest celebrity friends? Here are just a few... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3157769/playboy-mansion-hogwarts-meet-hugh-hefners-son-cooper-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3157769/playboy-mansion-hogwarts-meet-hugh-hefners-son-cooper-and?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:00:20 +0000 Thanks to the red-hot popularity of K-pop dance covers and dance competitions like Mnet’s Street Woman Fighter, some of South Korea’s most talented dancers are enjoying their own time in the limelight. They were hardly unknown to fans in the first place, often starting out as the backup dancers and choreographers of K-pop’s brightest idols, but now the spotlight is solely on them as individual performers – and they’ve never been bigger. So who are the hottest dancers in South Korea right now? 5... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3155868/meet-k-pops-hottest-dancers-lee-jung-choreographed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3155868/meet-k-pops-hottest-dancers-lee-jung-choreographed?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Nov 2021 03:00:22 +0000 Icicle Fashion Group might not be a household name outside China as yet, but the successful Shanghai-based fashion brand has its eyes set on the world stage. In 2020, the brand clinched the top spot of Tmall’s famous 11.11 Single’s Day sale in the luxury womenswear category, above same-tier international brands such as Theory and Sandro. According to Chinese media, its Shanghai outlet, a 1,076 sq ft boutique, scored an average 50 million yuan (around US$7.7 million) in sales per month. And in... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3125620/why-chinese-brand-icicle-topped-tmall-1111-singles-day-sale?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3125620/why-chinese-brand-icicle-topped-tmall-1111-singles-day-sale?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:08:53 +0000