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Fan Bingbing is a Chinese film star and one of the world's highest-paid actresses. She had roles in Lost in Beijing, X-Men: Days of Future Past and I Am Not Madame Bovary, among others. In 2018, she was caught up in a tax evasion scandal.
Cui Yongyuan, one of China’s most renowned TV chat show hosts from the 1990s has shown he’s not afraid to take on the big guns, whether it’s tax-evading celebrities or judges at China’s highest court
- Fan wore a bamboo forest-inspired print by Christopher Bu, looks by Yanina Couture and Miss Sohee, and two structural dresses in gold from Vietnamese designer Chung Thanh Phong
- Hugo Boss co-hosted Campbell’s birthday, with Blackpink’s Lisa, Julia Garner and Irina Shayk also attending, while Fan and new bestie Coco Rocha were both dressed by the host for a Michael Kors event
Asia’s glitterati took over the Cannes Film Festival 2023, with looks from Gemma Chan’s red-hot Louis Vuitton cut-out dress to Sakura Ando’s angelic Chanel piece
Jackie Chan, Fan Bingbing and Johnny Knoxville teamed up for Die Hard 2 director Renny Harlin’s buddy-cop film, which was let down by a robotic script, and bombed in the US upon release.
Penelope Cruz, Jessica Chastain and Fan Bingbing lead a powerful female cast in this spy thriller that sadly never lived up to its potential thanks to its lame dialogue, lacklustre set pieces and cliched characters.
No stranger to luxury, Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing counts these 7 fashion designers as her faves … from Louis Vuitton and Dolce & Gabbana to Christopher Bu and Atelier Versace
Fan was ordered to pay US$130 million in taxes and penalties by the Chinese government in 2018 and has largely disappeared from public view.
Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, at the Berlin International Film Festival with her new film Green Night, opens up about how tough it was not acting for five years, and what she learned from it.
Fan Bingbing makes an audacious comeback after nearly five years out of the limelight for tax evasion in Green Night. Thelma & Louise meets Blue is the Warmest Colour in a flashy but flawed film.
Despite telling netizens not to copy her extreme fast, Fan still posted her experience online to millions, courting controversy
Netflix drama Money Heist: Korea features Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo and Lost actress Kim Yun-jin. There’s Yumi’s Cells 2, and Chinese star Fan Bingbing makes a cameo appearance in Insider.
Rumour has it that her career was a bloody one, but there’s no doubt she transformed China in a way few rulers have – no wonder there’s so many films and TV series about her
The Chinese superstar actress is back after a four-year break for her first K-drama, while K-pop star from NCT, Doyoung, is also making his TV series debut in To X Who Doesn’t Love Me.
Neo-noir thriller The Wild Goose Lake is new to Netflix in February, but there are plenty of classics by big name directors like Jia Zhangke and Zhang Yimou to catch up on
Jessica Chastain, Diane Kruger and Penélope Cruz lead an A-list cast (look out for Fan Bingbing) in The 355 – a female-driven spy thriller with a dismal, Z-list story.
From Fan Bingbing’s pointless cameo to brazen product placement, Marvel’s attempts to tailor the film for Chinese audiences stirred up considerable anger.
A lookalike of Chinese actress Fan Bingbing is among many who have landed themselves in hot water after profiting from their celebrity resemblances.
Image consultant Li Dongtian started out styling hair on Chinese film sets, and has worked with leading actresses such as Fan Bingbing, Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh.
Le Monde de SHC in Shanghai’s French Concession is the city’s most buzzed about boutique right now, selling Chinese and international brands including Holiday Boileau, Yang Li, Koché, Charlotte Chesnais and Huishan Zhang.
Actress back in the state media eye for a charity appearance – but she’s hard to spot in the picture.
These power couples showed how beautiful love could be – only to drown in a despair that no K-drama could ever hope to match
Recently named the face of Rihanna’s beauty line in Greater China, and one of a group of emerging stars dubbed ‘little fresh meat’, singer and model Fan Chengcheng has earned a string of luxury brand endorsements in the past year.
It’s Fan’s birthday on Monday, and what a year to forget it has been for her. She hit the headlines for tax evasion rather than her films. Whatever mistakes she made in her personal life, professionally she made great choices.
Actress, who was ordered to pay US$129 million after tax evasion investigation last year, wins case against social media user who accused her of engaging in ‘improper sexual relationships.
Star of Hollywood blockbusters like Iron Man 3 was placed under house arrest for four months while being investigated for not paying US$34 million in taxes
China’s biggest film star thanks actor Li Chen, 40, for his love and support, in a statement posted online.
Fan disappeared from the limelight last year after a tax evasion scandal. She recently attended a gala in Beijing, sparking rumours of an imminent comeback.
After Fan Bingbing’s hasty exit from the spotlight, her position as spokeswoman for many Chinese products is up for grabs. From Dilraba Dilmurat to Zhao Liying, these actresses are making waves in their home market and could take her spot.
Figure represents almost a third of China’s box office revenue in 2018.
