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Kim Hye-jun in a still from A Shop for Killers season two. Photo: Disney+

K-drama

Profile | Who is Kim Hye-jun, star of K-dramas A Shop for Killers and My Bias, My Boss?

Kim Hye-jun, who started in advertisements and on Saturday Night Live Korea, first dreamed of being a designer or a nurse, not an actress.

Review | All Wishes Come True!: Chinese animation reinvents the Eight Immortals

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Flex X Cop season 2: Ahn Bo-hyun, Jung Eun-chae in action-comedy K-drama

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Entertainment

Profile | Alex To’s 40-year Cantopop legacy: R&B origins, comebacks, acting triumphs

The now 64-year-old Hong Kong-born singer and actor remains one of the industry’s most enduring and unpredictable figures.

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Alex To performs during the “2021 New Year Concert – Sailing in the Greater Bay Area” in Shenzhen in January 2021. Photo: Weibo
Alex To performs during the “2021 New Year Concert – Sailing in the Greater Bay Area” in Shenzhen in January 2021. Photo: Weibo

K-drama

Our Sticky Love: Jung Hae-in, Ha Young tackle amnesia in Netflix romcom

Genres collide in Netflix’s Our Sticky Love, as Ha Young navigates identity and intrigue in a K-drama threatened by real-world scandal.

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Lifestyle

Influencers spark Canto revival; Stephen Chow’s genius: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From a quiet modern home in Tokyo to The Odyssey’s age-old concept of hospitality, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

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Entertainment

Review | The Invite: Olivia Wilde’s adult-oriented sex comedy pulls no punches

Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz, Ed Norton and Wilde herself deliver excellent performances, interpreting the racy script with unabashed gusto.

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Olivia Wilde (front) and Seth Rogen in a still from The Invite (category IIB), directed by Olivia Wilde. Peneope Cruz and Edward Norton co-star.
Olivia Wilde (front) and Seth Rogen in a still from The Invite (category IIB), directed by Olivia Wilde. Peneope Cruz and Edward Norton co-star.

Entertainment

How this British-Chinese filmmaker aims to build the Blumhouse of action

Inspired by John Woo and Chow Yun-fat, Chee Keong Cheung talks about his Action Xtreme studio and upcoming film Bad Day at the Office.

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Travel & Leisure

Why Ben Fogle thinks he discovered the ‘real’ China in new TV series

In Ben Fogle’s Chinese Adventure, the TV presenter ‘transcends stereotypes’ as he travels from the Great Wall to Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

Entertainment

Review | Forgotten Island: DreamWorks’ trippy animated dive into Filipino folklore

Forgotten Island blends Filipino folklore with a distinct 1980s feel as two childhood friends navigate a surreal world of fading memories.

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A still from Forgotten Island (category TBC), directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado. H.E.R., Liza Soberano and Dave Franco voice characters.

Entertainment

How did Snow Flower and the Secret Fan become such an ambitious failure?

Wayne Wang’s 2011 film blends past and present, but despite its ambition and talent, it struggled to resonate with audiences.

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Jun Ji-hyun (left) and Li Bingbing in a still from Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011), a film that earned director Wayne Wang some of the worst reviews of his career.
Jun Ji-hyun (left) and Li Bingbing in a still from Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011), a film that earned director Wayne Wang some of the worst reviews of his career.

K-drama

Latest K-drama casting news about Lee Chae-min, Roh Yoon-seo and more

Roh Yoon-seo and Lee Chae-min lead My Reason to Die, Nam Joo-hyuk headlines Heartbeat, plus casting for High School Queen and more.

Chinese culture

Want to learn Cantonese? These influencers are sparking a Canto revival

Influencers like Uncle Donnie, Andrew Bui and Mihi Matshingana are connecting a Cantonese-speaking diaspora and inspiring learning.

K-drama

The Affair Was Just the Beginning: Kim Hye-soo in riveting black comedy K-drama

This colourful tale of marital infidelity and unintended criminality sees Kim Hye-soo in superb form as a social media influencer.

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Kim Hye-soo (left) as social media influencer Park Kyung-hee in a still from The Affair Was Just the Beginning, a Korean drama now streaming on Viu.

Arts

What not to miss at the 2027 Hong Kong Arts Festival

The 55th Hong Kong Arts Festival mixes the familiar and the eclectic, with a virtual Yuja Wang and Shakespeare renditions among highlights.

German choreographer Alexander Ekman offers a different take on the Bard with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed by Ballett Dortmund. Photo: HKAF
German choreographer Alexander Ekman offers a different take on the Bard with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed by Ballett Dortmund. Photo: HKAF

Entertainment

How Curry and Pepper showed Stephen Chow’s comedy genius before superstardom hit

The 1990 buddy cop film was released less than three months before All for the Winner turned Stephen Chow into a superstar in Hong Kong.

K-drama

My Bias, My Boss: Kim Hye-jun leads cookie-cutter workplace romcom K-drama

Kim Hye-jun stars as a K-pop fanatic who takes a job at a fashion company owned by one of her idols in this formulaic romcom.

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OPINION
Chow Chung-yan

Opinion | What Nolan’s Odysseus tells us about Western elite’s existential angst

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Alex Lo

As I see it | How the death of Argos, Odysseus’ faithful dog, still haunts us

Alex Lo
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As I see it | How an obscure psychologist reshaped the Homeric hero

Alex Lo
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Bernard Chan

Opinion | For many outside China, Dear You reflects family history, not politics

Bernard Chan
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Phoebe Zhang

Opinion | A Teochew hit film shows what’s ailing Chinese entertainment

Phoebe Zhang
Alex Lo

As I see it | How ancient Chinese philosophers make sense of modern headaches

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MULTIMEDIA
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Photo trove offers window on life in China’s wartime capital Chongqing

A man descends one of Chungking’s many stone staircases on a mule. Photo: A Danger Shared/Melville Jacoby
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Behind the scenes of classic 1987 movie The Last Emperor in photos

Wu Tao, a Beijing born student who had never acted before, played Pu Yi at age 14. Peter O’Toole took the role as his tutor quite literally, and started teaching Wu some basic acting techniques beginning with their first scene together. Photo: Basil Pao
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Wonders old and new in China’s Greater Bay Area, land of opportunity

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) links Hong Kong to the western part of the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Huang Kunzhen
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Instantly familiar, strangely foreign: photos of 1970s Hong Kong

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A herbalist at his shop, Hong Kong.

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