https://www.scmp.com/rss/518089/feed The latest news on Martin Scorsese, American filmmaker, including showbiz news and updates. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Cameron Dueck Cameron Dueck We approach from the east, leaving the main islands of Japan behind. The late afternoon sun bounces off the sea in a blinding glare as our anchor chain rattles out of its locker and slides into a small bay off Tairajima Island. All is still as our sailing boat, the Teng Hoi, gracefully pirouettes in the currents, searching for her point of balance, where she’ll rest for the night. Below the sinking sun stretch the Goto Islands, or Goto Retto, literally “five-island chain”, an archipelago of 140... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/travel/article/3345546/remote-villages-surprise-cocktail-bars-and-hilltop-churches-nagasakis-goto-islands?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/travel/article/3345546/remote-villages-surprise-cocktail-bars-and-hilltop-churches-nagasakis-goto-islands?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:00:07 +0000 James Marsh James Marsh Are your loved ones in luck this year? See our predictions for all the zodiac signs in the Year of the Horse. According to the Chinese horoscope, those born in the Year of the Horse are characterised as popular, charming and active, as well as energetic and independent. In the Year of the Fire Horse, however, whose 60-year cycle returns in 2026, those traits can be amplified to become temperamental and troublesome. Women born in Fire Horse years are said to be so strong-willed that they shorten... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3342383/5-horse-themed-chinese-language-movies-watch-jackie-chan-drama-tibetan-epics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3342383/5-horse-themed-chinese-language-movies-watch-jackie-chan-drama-tibetan-epics?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 03:15:08 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in our From the Vault feature series, in which we reflect on culturally significant movies celebrating notable anniversaries. When Taxi Driver was released 50 years ago this month, it kick-started the careers of director Martin Scorsese, writer Paul Schrader and lead actor Robert De Niro. It won the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival and received four Oscar nominations. But it also caused more than its fair share of controversy. Though half a century has... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3342180/how-taxi-drivers-travis-bickle-still-terrifyingly-relevant-50-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3342180/how-taxi-drivers-travis-bickle-still-terrifyingly-relevant-50-years?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:15:08 +0000 SCMP Style Reporter SCMP Style Reporter In the early 20th century, when an age of modernity was dawning, two era-defining marvels made headlines within a year of each other. The first was the unveiling of a revolutionary waterproof wristwatch – known as the Oyster – by the founder of Rolex, Hans Wilsdorf, in October 1926. A year later, in October 1927, followed the release of The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson. Incorporating recorded music and lip-synchronous singing, the film heralded the commercial breakthrough of sound in... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/watches/article/3333091/style-edit-zendaya-becomes-latest-rolex-testimonee-world-film?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/watches/article/3333091/style-edit-zendaya-becomes-latest-rolex-testimonee-world-film?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 02:00:23 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Diane Ladd, the three-time Academy Award nominee whose roles ranged from the brash waitress in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore to the protective mother in Wild at Heart, has died at 89. Ladd’s death was announced on Monday by her daughter Laura Dern, who issued a statement saying her mother and occasional co-star had died at her home in Ojai, California, with Dern at her side. Dern, who called Ladd her “amazing hero” and “profound gift of a mother”, did not immediately cite a cause of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331398/us-actress-diane-ladd-nominated-3-oscars-dies-89?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331398/us-actress-diane-ladd-nominated-3-oscars-dies-89?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:31:28 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Severance separated itself from the field with 27 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, while The Studio led comedy nominees with 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+. No other dramas came close to the dystopian workplace series Severance, which achieved a convergence of acclaim and audience buzz for its second season. Leading acting nominations came for Adam Scott and Britt Lower for what amounted to dual roles as their characters’ “innie” work selves and “outie” home selves. Tramell Tillman got a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318353/severance-and-studio-lead-emmy-nominations-appletv-dominates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318353/severance-and-studio-lead-emmy-nominations-appletv-dominates?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:52:08 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Apple TV+ is on a roll. After the explosive premiere of Seth Rogen’s The Studio, which features cameos from the likes of Martin Scorsese and Charlize Theron, the streaming giant released the highly anticipated documentary Number One on the Call Sheet. The two-part series celebrates the legacy and continued success of Black actors in Hollywood. The show stars icons like Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis and Eddie Murphy, who recount their journeys in Hollywood and share interesting... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3312126/who-spike-lees-wife-tonya-lewis-lee-ex-lawyer-married-director-year-after-meeting-him-and-adapted?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3312126/who-spike-lees-wife-tonya-lewis-lee-ex-lawyer-married-director-year-after-meeting-him-and-adapted?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 May 2025 10:00:28 +0000 Independent picture Anora won big at the Oscars on Sunday, taking home five awards, including best picture and best actress for star Mikey Madison. This marks 25-year-old Madison’s first Academy Award nomination and win. “This is very surreal,” she said in her acceptance speech. “Thank you to my incredible family: my mom and my dad, and my sister and my little brother, and my twin brother Miles – thank you for being my best friend.” Her win saw her beat out awards favourites Demi Moore in The... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3301012/who-are-anora-star-mikey-madisons-parents-tracy-and-michael-rosberg-oscar-winner-was-raised-2?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3301012/who-are-anora-star-mikey-madisons-parents-tracy-and-michael-rosberg-oscar-winner-was-raised-2?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:00:10 +0000 Oppenheimer, the blockbuster biopic about the race to build the first atomic bomb, claimed the prestigious best picture trophy at the 2024 Academy Awards. Director Christopher Nolan’s film starred Irish actor Cillian Murphy as theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, leader of the US effort in the 1940s to create a weapon devastating enough to end World War Two. Murphy won the best actor trophy, and Nolan was named best director, and the film picked up four technical awards. Emma Stone won... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3254899/oppenheimers-best-picture-win-caps-night-oscars-triumph-blockbuster-biopic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3254899/oppenheimers-best-picture-win-caps-night-oscars-triumph-blockbuster-biopic?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2024 03:56:57 +0000 The Barbenheimer phenomenon gripped the public’s imagination in 2023 and helped prop up ailing cinema chains. Now, with the 96th Academy Awards ceremony coming on March 10, that battle resumes. Christopher Nolan’s atomic-bomb drama Oppenheimer has 13 nominations to the eight enjoyed by Greta Gerwig’s pink-hued comedy Barbie – which, notably, do not include a best director nod for Gerwig. Not that they have it all their own way: Yorgos Lanthimos’ feminist fantasy Poor Things and Martin Scorsese’s... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3254198/oscars-2024-why-oppenheimer-should-and-will-win-best-picture-and-other-academy-awards-predictions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3254198/oscars-2024-why-oppenheimer-should-and-will-win-best-picture-and-other-academy-awards-predictions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:15:14 +0000 This year’s Berlin International Film Festival – the 74th edition – was a feisty affair, with protests on the red carpet against the war in Gaza, as some called for boycotts of major German cultural institutions. But it was also a forward-looking one: Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o made history as the first black head of the jury, ultimately awarding Mati Diop’s one-hour documentary Dahomey the coveted Golden Bear. In what is the last official selection made by outgoing artistic director Carlo... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3253313/berlin-international-film-festival-2024-10-best-movies-kristen-stewarts-love-lies-bleeding-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3253313/berlin-international-film-festival-2024-10-best-movies-kristen-stewarts-love-lies-bleeding-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Feb 2024 02:56:40 +0000 After a tumultuous film year marred by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations on Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, Oppenheimer, which came away with a leading 13 nominations. Nolan’s three-hour opus, viewed as the best picture front runner, received nods for best picture; Nolan’s direction; acting nominations for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jnr and Emily Blunt; and multiple honours for the craft of Nolan’s J. Robert Oppenheimer drama. Greta... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3249530/oscars-oppenheimer-tops-all-nominees-13-barbie-snags-8?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3249530/oscars-oppenheimer-tops-all-nominees-13-barbie-snags-8?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:24:08 +0000 Hollywood, it seems, ain’t what it used to be. In the post-streaming age, it’s rare for actors to bring in quite the same mammoth salaries – at least compared to the glory days when audiences were drawn to a film primarily based on its leading star. Years ago, if a certain actor’s name was attached to a film, it almost guaranteed success. In the 90s, Will Smith, Tom Cruise and Jim Carrey were paid massive salaries simply because they attracted a crowd. For instance, Carrey was paid US$20 million... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3248156/29-highest-paid-film-deals-all-time-ranked-leonardo-dicaprios-payday-killers-flower-moon-and-margot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3248156/29-highest-paid-film-deals-all-time-ranked-leonardo-dicaprios-payday-killers-flower-moon-and-margot?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jan 2024 02:00:17 +0000 Fresh from its wins at the Golden Globes, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer on has topped the nominations for the influential Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, which are key to Oscars success. The SAG Awards, voted on by Hollywood actors, are likely to enjoy a profile boost of their own this year as they are broadcast globally on Netflix – an awards show first for the world’s biggest streaming platform. Oppenheimer, which tells the story of the inventor of the atomic bomb, earned nominations for... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3248021/oppenheimer-leads-nominations-sag-awards-key-oscars-predictor-which-netflix-will-broadcast-first?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3248021/oppenheimer-leads-nominations-sag-awards-key-oscars-predictor-which-netflix-will-broadcast-first?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Jan 2024 03:47:23 +0000 Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer dominated the 2024 81st Golden Globes, winning five awards including best drama, while Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein riff Poor Things pulled off an upset victor over Barbie to triumph in the best comedy or musical category. If awards season has been building toward a second match-up of Barbenheimer, this round went to Oppenheimer. The film also won best director for Nolan, best drama actor for Cillian Murphy, best supporting actor for Robert... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3247602/golden-globes-2024-celebrities-red-carpet-ahead-rebooted-movie-and-tv-awards-show-where-barbie-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3247602/golden-globes-2024-celebrities-red-carpet-ahead-rebooted-movie-and-tv-awards-show-where-barbie-and?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:37:28 +0000 Paul Newman and Robert Redford, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau – indelible on-screen partnerships all of them, ones that will be remembered forever. To that list we can add Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah, two of the greatest cinematic stars Hong Kong has ever produced. After first working together almost 40 years ago, and last collaborating on the classic 2002 cop-crime saga Infernal Affairs and its sequels, they are back together again this week... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3246352/tony-leung-and-andy-lau-goldfinger-their-new-movie-sees-hong-kong-superstars-reunited-first-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3246352/tony-leung-and-andy-lau-goldfinger-their-new-movie-sees-hong-kong-superstars-reunited-first-time?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Dec 2023 23:15:15 +0000 Anne Marie “Ree” Drummond, the American chef beloved for her wholesome, home-made recipes, recently celebrated Thanksgiving with her whole family – including her kids Alex, 26, Paige, 23, Bryce, 21, Todd, 19, and foster son Jamar Goff, 21 per People. Fans were eager to get a glimpse into the Drummond family’s festivities on the Drummond’s Pawhuska, Oklahoma ranch. In case you haven’t come across Drummond yet, here’s everything you need to know about her – and what she’s been up to lately. Ree... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3244756/who-pioneer-woman-real-life-ree-drummond-blogger-author-and-tv-show-host-food-network-what-are-her?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3244756/who-pioneer-woman-real-life-ree-drummond-blogger-author-and-tv-show-host-food-network-what-are-her?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:00:15 +0000 Jack Nicholson’s lookalike son is all loved up! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Backgrid (@backgrid_usa) Ray Nicholson, 31, and his Portuguese model girlfriend, Sara Sampaio, 32, were spotted holding hands at a Guns N’ Roses concert in Los Angeles last Thursday, according to JustJared. Sampaio is best known for being one of the Victoria’s Secret Angels, as well as a Giorgio Armani beauty ambassador. View this post on... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3240647/who-jack-nicholsons-lookalike-actor-son-ray-hes-dating-victorias-secret-model-sara-sampaio-has?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3240647/who-jack-nicholsons-lookalike-actor-son-ray-hes-dating-victorias-secret-model-sara-sampaio-has?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:00:08 +0000 Business Insider Business Insider Nick Cannon has been surprisingly open about the births of his dozen children (and counting) in the media. The 43-year-old entertainer said he practises “consensual non-monogamy” and selects the mothers of his children wisely. “Trust me, there’s a lot of people that I could’ve gotten pregnant that I didn’t. The ones that got pregnant are the ones that were supposed to get pregnant,” he said on his on his syndicated radio show in July 2021. ‘TikTok’s Dynamic Duo’: Who is Martin Scorsese’s Gen Z... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3240909/meet-all-12-nick-cannons-children-and-their-mums-he-married-only-once-mariah-carey-and-co-parents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3240909/meet-all-12-nick-cannons-children-and-their-mums-he-married-only-once-mariah-carey-and-co-parents?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:00:10 +0000 Alexander Payne, the double Oscar-winning writer/director of Sideways and The Descendants, ruffled some feathers last week while promoting his latest film The Holdovers at Virginia’s Middleburg Film Festival. The source of the controversy? The director’s not entirely unreasonable assertion that “there are too many damn long movies these days”. Payne was diplomatic enough not to single any specific films out as the source of his ire, but it may not be entirely coincidental that his comments came... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3240205/5-longest-movies-ever-are-they-worth-watching-oppenheimer-and-avatar-2-marvels-avengers-endgame-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3240205/5-longest-movies-ever-are-they-worth-watching-oppenheimer-and-avatar-2-marvels-avengers-endgame-and?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Nov 2023 13:00:24 +0000 Martin Scorsese may be known as the legendary filmmaker behind films from 1976’s Taxi Driver to this year’s anticipated hit Killers of the Flower Moon, but away from the director’s chair, this Academy Award-winning mastermind appears to have a Slighthearted side to him too. And his daughter is helping him show off his witty personality to the world. Earlier this month, Francesca Scorsese brought her dad in front of the camera to “guess the meaning” of different Gen Z slang for a TikTok video.... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3239820/who-martin-scorseses-23-year-old-daughter-francesca-she-makes-tiktok-videos-her-killers-flower-moon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3239820/who-martin-scorseses-23-year-old-daughter-francesca-she-makes-tiktok-videos-her-killers-flower-moon?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Oct 2023 22:00:27 +0000 This is a difficult time in Hollywood. The Writers Guild of America strike has entered its fourth month, while SAG-AFTRA, the union representing screen actors, downed tools on July 14. The unions are yet to reach an agreement with the industry’s major production studios over their demands. While this means that production has halted on all major film and television projects, the impact is also being felt on the release schedule. Without big-name talent to walk the red carpet or promote their... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3235001/12-best-new-hollywood-movies-autumn-2023-wish-and-napoleon-saw-marvel-and-aquaman-sequels?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3235001/12-best-new-hollywood-movies-autumn-2023-wish-and-napoleon-saw-marvel-and-aquaman-sequels?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:15:11 +0000 William Friedkin, the groundbreaking US director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, died on Monday, a family friend said. He was 87. Friedkin died in Los Angeles after suffering unspecified health issues in recent years, said Stephen Galloway, a former Hollywood Reporter executive editor. “He died this morning,” confirmed Galloway, after speaking with Friedkin’s wife. Friedkin had “been working until a few weeks ago”, but “had been in declining health”, he added. Friedkin was among a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3230314/exorcist-director-william-friedkin-dies-aged-87?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3230314/exorcist-director-william-friedkin-dies-aged-87?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:36:48 +0000 Before Hollywood actor Chris Evans was cast in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), beginning the run of Marvel films that made him a household name and raked in billions at the box office, he tried a lot of different comic-book roles for size. The most famous was Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in the less-than-fantastic Fantastic Four (2005) and its 2007 sequel. But he also appeared in TMNT (2007), The Losers (2010) and Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010). One of the better efforts was Push,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3229830/how-hong-kong-setting-gave-chris-evans-superhero-movie-push-real-feel-world-away-marvel-films-he?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3229830/how-hong-kong-setting-gave-chris-evans-superhero-movie-push-real-feel-world-away-marvel-films-he?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Aug 2023 23:15:09 +0000 Director Martin Scorsese is no stranger to controversy. Taxi Driver (1976) inspired a presidential assassination attempt; The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) saw him getting death threats of his own; and his recent thoughts on the Marvel Cinematic Universe weren’t much better received. Yet it was Kundun (1997), a contemplative drama about the early life of the Dalai Lama – played by Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, a relative of the actual Dalai Lama – that caused the biggest furore, ripping a hole in... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3226599/how-disney-got-kicked-out-china-over-martin-scorseses-kundun-1997-movie-ripped-hole-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3226599/how-disney-got-kicked-out-china-over-martin-scorseses-kundun-1997-movie-ripped-hole-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jul 2023 23:15:19 +0000 The 76th Cannes Film Festival started with Johnny Depp on the comeback trail and ended with the Palme d’Or going to Justine Triet, for legal drama Anatomy of a Fall. In between, there were mixed emotions for the return of Indiana Jones, scathing reviews for HBO drama The Idol and a tender, almost certain swansong for Ken Loach with The Old Oak. It was, by any measure, a stimulating two weeks of cinema, with a rich selection not just in main competition, but across the whole festival. Here, then,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3222174/cannes-film-festival-2023-10-best-movies-jonathan-glazers-zone-interest-martin-scorseses-killers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3222174/cannes-film-festival-2023-10-best-movies-jonathan-glazers-zone-interest-martin-scorseses-killers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 May 2023 20:15:09 +0000 French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or on Saturday, beating out 20 other films in competition for the top prize. Triet used her award speech to criticise how the protest against pension reforms in France “has been denied and repressed in a shocking way” and also called for more room to be made for young filmmakers. “We have to make room for them, room that I was given 15 years ago in a slightly less hostile world where it was... https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/3222072/frances-justine-triet-wins-cannes-film-festivals-top-prize-anatomy-fall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/3222072/frances-justine-triet-wins-cannes-film-festivals-top-prize-anatomy-fall?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 May 2023 21:22:45 +0000 Pope Francis resumed regular appointments on Saturday, one day after cancelling his schedule due to a fever. The pontiff held a number of private meetings, including with visitors from Georgetown University who were in town for a conference with a Jesuit-run journal. According to Vatican News, a number of poets, writers and film directors from around the world attended the conference, including director Martin Scorsese and his family. Francis later was captured on video arriving at the studios... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3222071/pope-resumes-appointments-after-illness-meets-american-director-martin-scorsese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3222071/pope-resumes-appointments-after-illness-meets-american-director-martin-scorsese?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 May 2023 20:27:12 +0000 Jeff Bezos could be heading down the aisle again – and probably with a prenup this time. The Amazon founder is reportedly engaged to girlfriend Lauren Sanchez. According to Page Six, which first reported on the engagement Monday, the former Amazon chief executive and Blue Origin founder popped the question while he and the former TV anchor were sailing the Mediterranean on his new US$500 million superyacht, which pays tribute to Sanchez’s likeness on the bow. The two were recently in the south... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3221476/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-are-reportedly-engaged?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3221476/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-are-reportedly-engaged?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 May 2023 02:35:34 +0000 5/5 stars Premiering out of competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon sees the celebrated director deliver yet another remarkable look at America’s bloodstained fingerprints. Set largely in the 1920s, this epic take on author David Grann’s 2017 true-crime account is an absorbing three-and-a-half-hour saga that dives into a series of shocking murders in the Native American community in Oklahoma. Scripted by Scorsese and Eric Roth, the film begins... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3221363/cannes-2023-killers-flower-moon-leonardo-dicaprio-robert-de-niro-and-lily-gladstone-star-martin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3221363/cannes-2023-killers-flower-moon-leonardo-dicaprio-robert-de-niro-and-lily-gladstone-star-martin?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 May 2023 04:45:14 +0000 Growing up as an Asian American and an aspiring actor was not easy for Michael Tow. Boston, plagued by a cocaine epidemic and gang violence, was a rough place to be an adolescent in the 1980s and ’90s – especially a Chinese one. Although his family had been in the United States for generations – his paternal grandfather had been born in San Francisco in 1892 – this was no different for Tow. “The racism was obvious, subtle and everything in between. I got into fights,” says Tow, of the stress he... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3221103/asian-american-actor-michael-tow-racism-us-fantasy-world-acting-and-how-avoid-stereotypical-roles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3221103/asian-american-actor-michael-tow-racism-us-fantasy-world-acting-and-how-avoid-stereotypical-roles?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 May 2023 20:15:08 +0000 Hong Kong is a favourite subject matter for residents Chow Chun-fai and Stephen Wong Chun-hei, who have been friends since art school and have, between them, committed large swathes of their home to canvas. The two men, both born in the 1980s, are highly skilled painters who create intricate, realistic representations while adopting perspectives that allow their monumental canvases to capture more than the eyes – or camera lenses – can see. Their paintings are aesthetically pleasing and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3220016/hong-kong-fantasy-colourful-moody-paintings-two-artists-factories-and-fast-disappearing-places?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3220016/hong-kong-fantasy-colourful-moody-paintings-two-artists-factories-and-fast-disappearing-places?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 May 2023 04:45:16 +0000 At 91, Carmen Dell’Orefice is one of the oldest living models still working. That does not mean she is slowing down – just this April, Dell’Orefice graced the cover of Vogue Czechoslovakia. She is being called one of the oldest Vogue cover girls – not the oldest, as Vogue Philippines’ April cover features tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od, also known as Maria Oggay, who is 106 – following the shoot by photographer Albert Watson for Vogue Czechoslovakia’s “eternal glamour” issue, but the model does not... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3217307/91-shes-one-oldest-vogue-cover-girls-she-doesnt-care-meet-vogue-czechoslovakias-carmen-dellorefice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3217307/91-shes-one-oldest-vogue-cover-girls-she-doesnt-care-meet-vogue-czechoslovakias-carmen-dellorefice?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:15:10 +0000 “We’re successful, but I want to be Supreme successful.” Edison Chen does not mince words when it comes to the future of Clot, the streetwear brand he started in Hong Kong two decades ago. He only wants to be as big as the biggest name in the industry. The one-time actor, rapper and all-round entertainment idol is in a contemplative mood as he looks out over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. It is a rare return to the city that made him a noughties-era superstar – but it’s business that’s on his... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3216183/i-want-be-supreme-successful-clot-founder-edison-chen-going-cantopop-streetwear-king-his-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3216183/i-want-be-supreme-successful-clot-founder-edison-chen-going-cantopop-streetwear-king-his-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Apr 2023 01:00:15 +0000 At a time when diversity and representation are at the forefront of mainstream cinema, Cambodian-French filmmaker Davy Chou has come up with Return to Seoul, a probing, unpredictable exploration of identity and self-affirmation. The film stars first-time actress Park Ji-min as a Korean adoptee, raised in France, who unexpectedly finds herself in the South Korean capital after her flight is diverted. On a whim, she attempts to track down her birth parents, and the decision irrevocably changes the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3210136/return-seoul-director-davy-chou-cultures-clashing-his-hit-movie-working-non-professional-actors-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3210136/return-seoul-director-davy-chou-cultures-clashing-his-hit-movie-working-non-professional-actors-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:15:09 +0000 Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday. Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies filed the charging documents naming Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who supervised weapons on the set of the Western Rust. The filing comes nearly two weeks after she first announced that Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3208652/alec-baldwin-formally-charged-fatal-rust-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3208652/alec-baldwin-formally-charged-fatal-rust-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:32:37 +0000 As 2023 gets under way, it’s time to dust off the crystal ball and consider what will happen in the film business. After a strange couple of pandemic-hit years, audiences have gradually started to come back to cinemas. All eyes will be on how Hollywood copes in this unique time. What’s in store for audiences in the months ahead? Here are what we think will be the trends and talking points in cinema for the coming year. 1. Box office struggles continue Can cinema be saved? It’s been the perennial... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3205392/hollywood-2023-tom-cruise-and-timothee-chalamet-barbie-and-ken-film-indiana-jones-and-fast-furious?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3205392/hollywood-2023-tom-cruise-and-timothee-chalamet-barbie-and-ken-film-indiana-jones-and-fast-furious?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Jan 2023 08:15:08 +0000 2022 certainly was a roller coaster of a year, but some of the lowest points were undoubtedly the moments when we had to bid farewell to some of showbiz’s brightest stars. Here are 21 late celebs we mourned this year, and whose legacies we’ll surely remember in the years to come … 1. Kirshnik Khari Ball aka Takeoff, 28 Takeoff, whose real name was Kirshnik Khari Ball, was shot dead at a bowling alley while playing dice alongside his uncle in Houston, Texas in the early hours of November 1,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3204421/21-celebrities-we-lost-2022-harry-potter-star-robbie-coltrane-actress-anne-heche-and-foo-fighters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3204421/21-celebrities-we-lost-2022-harry-potter-star-robbie-coltrane-actress-anne-heche-and-foo-fighters?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Dec 2022 16:10:10 +0000 A few months after Narco-Saints, a group of wily middle-aged Korean men are once again abandoning their families and gallivanting to third world countries in search of infamy and fortune in the year-end Disney+ Korean drama Big Bet. The debut K-drama of The Outlaws director Kang Yoon-sung and the first television show in around 25 years for its star Choi Min-sik (Oldboy), this crime saga chronicles the rise and fall of the shrewd entrepreneur Cha Moo-sik (Choi). Moo-sik began life as a street... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-drama/article/3204565/disney-k-drama-big-bet-choi-min-sik-crime-saga-tv-debut-outlaws-director-kang-yoon-sung-gamble-has?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-drama/article/3204565/disney-k-drama-big-bet-choi-min-sik-crime-saga-tv-debut-outlaws-director-kang-yoon-sung-gamble-has?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Dec 2022 09:45:08 +0000 The Fifa World Cup 2022 saw many celebs hooting for their favourite teams and hyping them up along with the crowds. It’s not uncommon for Hollywood celebs like Sylvester Stallone and Hugh Jackman, who are major football fans, to be seen cheering on their favourite players in the stadiums for different games when they are not on film sets. But some of these A-listers have gone beyond wearing their favourite teams’ jerseys and have even bought whole football clubs for millions of dollars. Here are... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3202685/celebrity-world-cup-5-stars-who-splurged-football-clubs-ryan-reynolds-docuseries-wrexham-fc-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3202685/celebrity-world-cup-5-stars-who-splurged-football-clubs-ryan-reynolds-docuseries-wrexham-fc-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Dec 2022 16:10:14 +0000 Everyone knows that Hollywood movie stars make some of the world’s biggest pay cheques. But not all actors show the same standard of talent and some can make much more than others when factoring in pulling power. This year has been a lucrative one for showbiz veterans like Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt with new films, while Joaquin Phoenix’s critically-acclaimed role in the Joker (2019) has given him a financial booster for the film’s upcoming sequel. So, as we near year-end, which... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3201851/10-highest-paid-actors-2022-ranked-tom-cruises-top-gun-maverick-millions-and-will-smiths-pre-oscars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3201851/10-highest-paid-actors-2022-ranked-tom-cruises-top-gun-maverick-millions-and-will-smiths-pre-oscars?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Dec 2022 16:05:13 +0000 Although Quentin Tarantino has produced some of the best films in American cinema history, the director is also known for his outspoken views and occasional controversies that often result in backlash. Most recently in November, the Pulp Fiction filmmaker sparked outrage in his interview on the 2 Bears, 1 Cave podcast for attributing the decline of Hollywood movie stars to the industry’s “Marvelisation”, despite its growing praise in representation. Tarantino added that Marvel films are “the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3200861/simu-liu-slams-quentin-tarantino-hollywood-was-white-hell-chinese-born-shang-chi-star-took-twitter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3200861/simu-liu-slams-quentin-tarantino-hollywood-was-white-hell-chinese-born-shang-chi-star-took-twitter?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:10:12 +0000 Move over Shen the T-rex. Here come the Old Masters. After Monday’s abrupt cancellation of the first Hong Kong sale of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, the limelight during this week’s auction previews is shifting to a group of paintings that the auction house Sotheby’s describes as rare works by veritable titans of the Renaissance and Baroque eras that still remain in private hands. These are highlights in upcoming London and New York auctions that come under the “Old Masters” category – loosely... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3200665/no-t-rex-you-can-buy-renoir-and-preview-old-masters-hong-kong-ahead-upcoming-london-and-new-york?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3200665/no-t-rex-you-can-buy-renoir-and-preview-old-masters-hong-kong-ahead-upcoming-london-and-new-york?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Nov 2022 10:15:08 +0000 K-drama fans will have a lot to choose from in November, with action, thrills and drama coming in all shapes and sizes. Here’s our preview of next month’s 10 most exciting offerings. 1. The Fabulous The fashion world is set to get the glossy K-drama treatment in Netflix’s The Fabulous. Chae Soo-bin (Rookie Cops) appears as the bubbly and hard-working Pyo Ji-eun, who dreamed of working in fashion but struggles as a marketer in the fast-paced industry. Minho of K-pop group Shinee plays Ji... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-drama/article/3197585/10-new-k-dramas-watch-november-2022-song-joong-kis-return-reborn-rich-netflixs-fabulous-and-somebody?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-drama/article/3197585/10-new-k-dramas-watch-november-2022-song-joong-kis-return-reborn-rich-netflixs-fabulous-and-somebody?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Oct 2022 09:15:10 +0000 It may be hard to imagine today, but in the mid-1990s Hollywood made a series of high-profile films criticising China, rather than pandering to the country to maximise worldwide box-office profits. Released with varying degrees of fanfare in 1997, Martin Scorsese’s Kundun, Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Seven Years in Tibet and Jon Avnet’s Red Corner are scarcely talked about today. Whether that’s a question of quality or diplomacy is another matter. Red Corner is a glossy but by-the-numbers tale of an... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3194857/did-china-ruin-actor-richard-geres-career-after-1997-film?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3194857/did-china-ruin-actor-richard-geres-career-after-1997-film?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Oct 2022 23:15:09 +0000 Bling Empire has just dropped a trailer for season three and it’s already drawing attention for the gasp-worthy moment in which it reveals the series newcomer, Devon Diep. The Vietnamese actress, singer and model made an entrance alongside the bling-tastic season two cast members and will be up to the usual glamorous shenanigans with the rest of the crew. Which Bling Empire cast member has the most fabulous home? So let’s dig into just who Devon Diep is, how she went from a refugee child to a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3195055/who-devon-diep-bling-empires-new-crazy-rich-asian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3195055/who-devon-diep-bling-empires-new-crazy-rich-asian?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:05:13 +0000 It was in the mid-1990s that Hong Kong actor Lau Ching-wan became a member of the unofficial stock company at director Johnnie To Kei-fung’s innovative Milkyway Image production house. “In a city that often pigeon-holes its performers, Lau Ching-wan has become noted for his versatility. Action, drama, romance, comedy, he has done the lot,” effused the Post in 1998. Lau, who is often credited as Sean Lau despite never adopting it as his own name, trained at Hong Kong broadcaster TVB’s drama... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3192742/i-am-not-jackie-chan-or-chow-yun-fat-hong-kong-actor-lau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3192742/i-am-not-jackie-chan-or-chow-yun-fat-hong-kong-actor-lau?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:15:07 +0000 Film director Jean-Luc Godard, the godfather of France’s New Wave cinema, died on Tuesday aged 91, newspaper Liberation and other French media said. Godard was among the world’s most acclaimed directors, known for such classics as “Breathless” and “Contempt”, which pushed cinematic boundaries and inspired iconoclastic directors decades after his 1960s heyday. His films broke with the established conventions of French cinema and helped kick-start a new way of filmmaking, complete with handheld... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3192342/french-new-wave-film-director-jean-luc-godard-who-influenced?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3192342/french-new-wave-film-director-jean-luc-godard-who-influenced?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:03:22 +0000 Hollywood’s beloved action and comedy hero, Brendan Fraser, has made a comeback to the big screen after being away from the movie field for several years. His role in the new film The Whale, directed by Darren Aronofsky, landed him some heart-warming praise and got him a six-minute standing ovation at the film’s premiere in Venice for which the actor broke down in tears. Man this makes me so happy to see this beautiful ovation for Brendan. He supported me coming into his Mummy Returns franchise... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3191969/what-happened-brendan-fraser-after-years-hardship-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3191969/what-happened-brendan-fraser-after-years-hardship-and?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:05:13 +0000 Hong Kong films had ruled the roost at the local box office until the mid-1990s, when Hollywood films started to outdo them in popularity. By the end of the millennium, Hong Kong filmmakers were feeling desperate, wondering whether the city’s film industry could survive. The 2002 production Infernal Affairs, co-directed by Andrew Lau Wai-keung and Alan Mak Siu-fai, marked a concerted effort to entice viewers back to locally made films and, although its effects were short-lived, it did provide a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3188903/infernal-affairs-20-how-crime-drama-trilogy-wowed-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3188903/infernal-affairs-20-how-crime-drama-trilogy-wowed-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:15:25 +0000