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Leslie Cheung

Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung
The latest stories on Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor, including film and entertainment news.
Born
12 Sep 1956
Industry
Entertainment, Film, Music
Job Title
Actor, Singer
Hong Kong pop icon Leslie Cheung on the set of director Wong Kar-wai’s Days of Being Wild in 1990. Cheung was a trailblazing Cantopop icon who reshaped Hong Kong’s entertainment scene. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Leslie Cheung broke all the rules to become a Hong Kong superstar

The music and cinema legend’s artistry, vulnerability and defiance in a conservative Asian society forever reshaped Hong Kong pop culture.

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Art

In their words: Wing Shya recalls 20 years of style highs in Hong Kong

Icons and Influencers

In their words: Kevin Poon’s favourite trends in Hong Kong and beyond

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong drinks guide for Valentine’s Day weekend

From Flower Years’ Drunk in Love to Mostly Harmless’ Mardi Gras, there are parties for romantics and rebels this Valentine’s weekend.

From celebrating love to leaving the past behind, Hong Kong’s bars have you covered this Valentine’s weekend. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong's music scene

Where Hong Kong’s teens and an 88-year-old share the dance floor

As Leslie Cheung and Faye Wong echo through the nightclub, a love letter to Cantopop gives the city a space for joy and belonging.

Art

Leslie Cheung rated this sculptor. Can he gain wider appreciation in Hong Kong?

Prolific sculptor Ming Fay, who discovered a love of the art growing up in Hong Kong, is currently being honoured in a US exhibition.

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Horoscopes

What’s your luck like in August 2025, the month of the Wood Monkey?

Overall, the Wood Monkey month is positive, with plenty of luck for Rats, Rabbits, Goats, Snakes and Dragons – but it’s worth being cautious.

How does the Wood Monkey affect your luck in August 2025? Illustration: SCMP Graphics
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Tsui Hark followed up on his fantasy classic A Chinese Ghost Story

Tsui Hark’s popular martial arts fantasy A Chinese Ghost Story spawned a number of sequels. We look at two of Hark’s follow-ups.

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Chinese culture

From Leslie Cheung to Nicholas Tse, Cantopop’s Canadian connections revealed

A new exhibition at Vancouver’s Chinese Canadian Museum highlights how migration played a major role for a host of major Cantopop stars.

My Life

Rowena Cortes on her life, and working with Elton John and Leslie Cheung

The Filipino-Hong Kong singer and actress talks about cutting her first record at age 5, working with stars, and getting married in front of 3,500 people.

Rowena Cortes, Filipino Hong Kong singer, photographed at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

When the place to be seen in Hong Kong was Canton Disco

Kylie Minogue made her live debut there. Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo III after-party was there. Canton Disco made a splash from 1985 to 1991.

Kylie Minogue performing at Canton Disco in 1988. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Fans flock to ‘Keung To Bay’ to celebrate Mirror star’s birthday in Hong Kong

Overseas fans join thousands of locals as birthday-themed parade trams and free rides for residents help mark the occasion.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Recap | Hong Kong cinema legends and greats open up about their careers

What’s it like working with Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-fat, Jackie Chan, Dwayne Johnson, John Woo and Wong Kar-wai? These film and TV legends tell all.

Hong Kong culture

Hundreds gather in Hong Kong to pay tribute to Cantopop legend Leslie Cheung

Flower stands and bouquets line pavement outside Mandarin Oriental hotel, where pop star died 22 years ago, while fans also gather at Avenue of Stars.

Fans of late superstar Leslie Cheung pay tribute to the actor and singer. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong society

On This Day | Pop star Leslie Cheung dies in fall from Hong Kong hotel in 2003 – SCMP archive

The 46-year-old fell from the 24th floor window of the Mandarin Oriental hotel and was found lying in Connaught Road.

Hong Kong actor and singer Leslie Cheung died after a fall in 2003. Photo: Michael Tsui
Hong Kong society

Crowds swell as Hong Kong’s Sunbeam Theatre turns off lights after 52 years

North Point venue became cultural landmark with its staging of Cantonese opera, with one fan saying her visit was ‘like a pilgrimage’.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Leslie Cheung shone in Farewell My Concubine and Temptress Moon

Cheung’s turns opposite Gong Li as a gay opera singer and a gigolo in 20th century China were two of his best, but both fell foul of censors.

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Hong Kong

The Hong Kong musical paying tribute to Leslie Cheung

Starring Kimman Wong and Mischa Ip Hau-lam, new production Café I Do features a Broadway-style score with over 20 songs by the late Cantopop icon

Café I Do – The Leslie Cheung Musical was inspired by the late singer’s enduring legacy. Photo: MQ Musical Theatre
Hong Kong

Profile | ‘Something we could be proud of’: DJ covers Anita Mui, other Cantopop songs

Techno DJ Olivia Dawn Mok, aka Xiaolin, is releasing contemporary takes on some Cantopop classics to remind the world of Hong Kong’s musical influence in the 1980s and 90s.

Hong Kong culture

Fans of late Hong Kong Cantopop, acting star Leslie Cheung gather to pay tribute

Flower bouquets line Mandarin Oriental hotel in Central, where 46-year-old singer who struggled with depression jumped to his death in 2003.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong can deliver on mega events but government must step up

The hiccups at some recent events, from the Wan Chai bazaar to the world rallycross race, are the result of a lack of coordination. A transformation of the government’s role is desperately needed.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Recalling Anita Mui’s achievements and activism, 20 years after her death

On the 20th anniversary of Anita Mui’s death, we look back at the singer’s rise to fame, move into acting, and her legacy of philanthropy in support of hospitals and Hong Kong’s young and old.

Hong Kong singer Anita Mui smiles at a fund-raising campaign for Sars victims in Hong Kong in May, 2003. Photo: AP
Asian cinema: Chinese films

‘I am by nature a girl, not a boy’: life-changing Leslie Cheung movie

Leslie Cheung movie ‘Farewell My Concubine’ influenced Encompass HK founder Benita Chick’s view on gender fluidity, diversity, inclusion and the LGBTQ world. Here’s how.

Cantopop

Video | Cantopop: international flavour but distinctly Chinese

Trending in China

Chinese influencer’s ‘truly amazing’ Leslie Cheung transformation applauded

A mainland Chinese influencer has catapulted to fame with his remarkable impersonations of Hong Kong film and pop superstar Leslie Cheung with unique make-up and similar vocal style.

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Fans of superstar Leslie Cheung have been stunned by a Chinese influencer’s uncanny impersonations of the late singer and actor 20 years after his death. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Hong Kong cinema

Video | Hong Kong designer recreates famous film sets as miniatures

How recreating famous Hong Kong film sets in miniature style helped a designer through the pandemic
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Cantopop

Video | What is Leslie Cheung’s legacy 20 years on?

Hong Kong society

Leslie Cheung’s fans gather at Hong Kong hotel to mark 20th anniversary of his death

Fans line up outside Mandarin Oriental hotel to place bouquets and take pictures at spot where legendary singer and actor jumped to his death in 2003.

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