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Tony Leung Ka-fai poses on the red carpet during the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2016. His fifth best actor win at the HKFA cements his legendary Hong Kong cinema status. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | The wild journey behind Tony Leung Ka-fai’s Hong Kong Film Awards record

Tony Leung Ka-fai’s fifth HKFA best actor win cements his legendary cinema status amid years of resilience, reinvention and cultural impact.

Celebrity style

How to Style like Kristen Stewart, Sofia Coppola, Nick Jonas and Jeff Goldblum

Korean drama reviews

Absolute Value of Romance: high school comedy K-drama with a boys’ love twist

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Korean drama reviews

We Are All Trying Here: Koo Kyo-hwan, Go Yoon-jung lead ace filmmaking K-drama

We Are All Trying Here stands out from other recent film-industry-set Korean dramas with its dialogue, energy and stellar performances.

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Koo Kyo-hwan plays eccentric filmmaker Hwang Dong-man in a still from the new Netflix K-drama We Are All Trying Here.
Weddings

Meet Claudia Doumit, who just married her The Boys co-star Jack Quaid

The Scandal and New Girl actress wed the actor – whose parents are Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid – in a star-studded ceremony in her native Australia.

France

French activists sue ‘deceptive’ laughing gas suppliers

A road safety group is seeking a ban on Chinese and Polish companies behind a firm that markets the gas from operating in France.

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Fashion

Your granny loved kisslock bags – and so do Coach and Vivienne Westwood

They may have originated in the early 20th century, but today the bag is trending again, on and off the runway.

A guest at Paris Fashion Week in June 2025 cradles a Jacquemus clutch featuring a decorative clasp. Photo: Getty Images
Sexual harassment and assault

Weinstein preyed on aspiring US actress, court told in rape retrial

The Hollywood mogul took advantage of Jessica Mann by enticing her with a film role she had no chance of getting, prosecutors say.

American cinema

Review | Michael: ‘King of Pop’ biopic features all the hits, none of the controversy

While the film is packed with great performances, it is an utterly sanitised view of Michael Jackson’s life and the allegations he faced.

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TV shows and streaming video

Meet Ken Kirby, who plays Dr John Shen in HBO Max medical drama The Pitt

The Canadian actor – who grew up between Vancouver, Hong Kong and Shanghai – has TV credits including Dynasty, The Gifted and Good Trouble.

Ken Kirby plays Dr John Shen in The Pitt. Photos: @mrkenkirby/Instagram
TV shows and streaming video

Meet Alexa Demie, who plays Maddy Perez in HBO Max’s Euphoria

Sam Levinson’s hit show starring Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schafer and Jacob Elordi is back – but what do you know about Alexa Demie?

Alexa Demie as Maddy in Euphoria. Photo: @euphoria/Instagram
Crime

US singer pleads not guilty to murder of teen girl found dismembered in Tesla

David Burke, the 21-year-old artist behind ‘Romantic Homicide’, has been charged with the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

Sex and relationships

Who is Olivia Rodrigo’s rumoured new boyfriend, Geese’s Cameron Winter?

Winter is one of the youngest ever musicians to headline Carnegie Hall – both he and Rodrigo recently played Coachella.

TV shows and streaming video

Meet queer comedian Robby Hoffman, who plays Randi on Hacks

Hoffman grew up in a Hasidic Jewish household and almost became an accountant – she’s also currently starring in HBO’s Steve Carell-led Rooster.

Robby Hoffman in 2024. The comedian was nominated for an Emmy for her role on Hacks last year. Photo: @robbyhoffman/Instagram
TV shows and streaming video

Meet Martha Kelly, who plays Laurie on Euphoria – which earned her an Emmy nod

Kelly is a series regular on Euphoria Season 3 as drug lord Laurie, who Zendaya’s Rue must pay debts to.

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Martha Kelly reprises her role as Laurie in Euphoria, which earned her an Emmy nomination in 2022. Photos: Reuters/@euphoria/Instagram
Hong Kong entertainment

Hong Kong Film Awards: Ciao UFO wins top prizes as Sons of the Neon Night glows

Sci‑fi drama Ciao UFO named best film while crime thriller Sons of the Neon Night wins eight prizes.

TV shows and streaming video

Meet Corey Stoll, star of Apple TV’s Imperfect Women

Stoll, who has been nominated for a Golden Globe and Tony Award, plays suspected murderer Howard on the Apple TV mystery thriller.

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Celebrity children

Meet Eddie Murphy’s daughter Bella Murphy, who’s in Netflix’s Roommates

The 24-year-old previously appeared in Coming 2 America alongside her Emmy-winning father – and has spoken about being a nepo baby.

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Bella Murphy and Eddie Murphy at Netflix’s Roommates premiere. Photo by AFP
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why these 1980s Hong Kong crime movies produced by Tsui Hark are hidden gems

The Big Heat and Gunmen, both released in 1988, are brutal action thrillers full of violence, brotherhood drama and intrigue.

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Fashion

Meet Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang, the Olympians who made their runway debut

The brothers, who were born to a Chinese father and Hungarian mother, now represent China in sport – and appeared at Shanghai Fashion Week.

K-drama news

Latest K-drama casting news about Lee Hye-ri, Choi Hyun-wook and more

Lee Hye-ri is eyeing a role as a spy in Caution, Hazardous Wife, while Choi Hyun-wook is considering the baseball-themed Green Light.

Korean singer and actress Lee Hye-ri has been approached for a lead role in the coming K-drama Caution, Hazardous Wife. Photo: Instagram/hyeri_0609
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s Mirror star Keung To urges public to learn from his driving mistakes

‘I do not drive now. I do not dare to. I should brush up on my driving first,’ singer says after being fined for series of traffic offences.

Keung To performing at the Venetian Arena in Macau last October. Photo: Karma Lo
Celebrity children

Meet Chris Rock’s daughter Zahra Rock, who’s in Netflix’s Roommates

Zahra stars in the Netflix film alongside Adam Sandler’s daughter Sadie, Eddie Murphy’s daughter Bella, and Laura Dern’s daughter Jaya Harper.

TV shows and streaming video

Meet Aimee Carrero, who stars in Apple TV’s Your Friends & Neighbors

Carrero, who rose to fame voicing Disney’s first Latina princess, reprises her role in the Jon Hamm-led show’s second season.

American cinema

How M. Butterfly subverted Western fantasies of Chinese femininity

David Cronenberg’s 1993 movie starring John Lone as a cross-dresser who woos Jeremy Irons’ diplomat was an interesting but failed experiment.

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John Lone in a still from M. Butterfly. David Cronenberg’s Beijing-set romance featuring Lone as a spy who disguises himself as a woman to seduce Jeremy Irons’ French diplomat was an interesting experiment, even if it failed to convince audiences.
Korean drama reviews

Yumi’s Cells season 3: Kim Go-eun returns for a final romantic chapter

Yumi’s Cells season 3 begins with the main character living on autopilot. Then, her life gets a jolt when a new love interest appears.

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Kim Go-eun as the main character Kim Yumi in a still from Yumi’s Cells season three, a new Korean drama now streaming on HBO Max.
TV shows and streaming video

Meet The Testaments actress Lucy Halliday, who’s already won a Bafta Scotland

Halliday plays Daisy in The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, alongside Elisabeth Moss who reprises her role as June Osborne.

TV shows and streaming video

Q&A | Asian-American Sheng Wang likes to be bored. His best jokes come from it

The Taiwanese-American talks about how jokes in Purple, now on Netflix, were inspired by small everyday events, and his bond with Ali Wong.

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