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Copyrights on Popeye, Tintin, Singin’ in the Rain start expiring in 2025
The sailor and boy detective can be reproduced without permission from 2025, but some details, like Tintin’s red hair, are still copyrighted.
26 Dec 2024 - 4:33AM
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
The Hong Kong films released in 2024, ranked from worst to best
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
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The Prosecutor: Donnie Yen literally fights for justice in court drama
18 Dec 2024 - 6:15PM
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Squid Game 2 star on its ‘genius’ writer and ‘living with Gi-hun’
As the Netflix K-drama hit returns for a second season, cast and crew including Lee Jung-jae reflect on show’s impact globally – and on them.
24 Dec 2024 - 7:15AM
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Lee Jung-jae as Gi-hun in a still from Squid Game season two. The first season of the show was a global hit, and expectations are high for the new season. Photo: Netflix
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United States
Saturday Night Live takes on New Jersey’s ‘mystery drones’ in Bowen Yang skit
Show’s first Chinese-American comedian appeared in skit as part of SNL’s final episode of 2024, a nod to mysterious drone sightings in US.
24 Dec 2024 - 7:03AM
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Asian cinema: Korean films
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Hidden Face, a Korean erotic thriller, serves up scandalous fun
This sexy K-movie follows a conductor who sleeps with the replacement player for his cellist fiancée, who seems to have disappeared.
23 Dec 2024 - 1:15PM
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Lee Min-ho makes return to TV in Netflix space romcom When the Stars Gossip
The new series, set aboard a space station, boasts a production budget of US$34.5 million and aims to set a new standard for K-dramas.
23 Dec 2024 - 11:15AM
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Lee Min-ho as Gong Ryong and Kong Hyo-jin as Eve Kim in a still from When the Stars Gossip, which is set aboard a space station. Photo: tvN
Arts & Culture
Art
‘Right time, right place, right people’: Chow Yun-fat on his photography
Hong Kong actor talks about blending into a crowd to take street photographs, his inspiration, and his new show at Harbour City.
23 Dec 2024 - 7:15AM
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Art
4 Macau shows that celebrate its heritage and Chinese culture
As casino city looks to turn itself into a cultural tourism destination, resorts put on art exhibitions and shows. Here are four of the best.
22 Dec 2024 - 4:18PM
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Hong Kong art show homage to Wong Kar-wai asks: can we be happy together?
In How to Be Happy Together, artists consider the human connections economic migrants make and the sense of homelessness engendered by exile.
24 Dec 2024 - 11:15AM
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
3 of John Woo’s lesser known action films, one so violent it was shelved
A triad movie with a young Stephen Chow, a crude war film and a crime caper starring Leslie Cheung. These 3 Woo projects fly under the radar.
22 Dec 2024 - 4:15AM
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Cherie Chung, Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fat in a still from Once a Thief, one of John Woo’s more obscure action films. Photo: Fortune Star Media Limited
K-drama
K-drama news
Actor Ju Ji-hoon on the message of Disney+ K-drama Light Shop
Ju runs a light shop to which other characters are drawn. He recalls the ‘emotion I was experiencing for the first time’ shooting the series.
21 Dec 2024 - 7:15PM
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Music
John Lennon’s son Sean Ono remixed album to show his love for his father
John Lennon’s son, who won an Oscar for a short film based on his parents’ song Happy Christmas, has remixed Lennon’s Mind Games album.
21 Dec 2024 - 6:15PM
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Fashion & Beauty
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Manila pageant school that’s like boot camp for world’s beauty queens
One of the world’s leading pageant schools, in the Philippines, puts willing contestants from around the world through a total body workout.
21 Dec 2024 - 1:15PM
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K-drama
Korean drama reviews
The 15 best K-dramas of 2024 ranked, from Queen of Tears to Squid Game 2
From a vigilante thriller to a period political drama, and Korea’s most awaited sequel, here is our pick of the top 15 K-dramas of 2024.
21 Dec 2024 - 7:12AM
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Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in a still from Squid Game season 2. Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix
Food & Drink
What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 20-22
A dance workout to get in shape for the holidays, a charity roast goose feast and a celebration of a Japanese pop duo are among our picks.
20 Dec 2024 - 4:16PM
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Hong Kong celebrities and icons
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How ‘big sister’ Liza Wang has delighted Hong Kong for over 50 years
Liza Wang, 77, actress, singer and Cantonese opera star, is still performing and releasing new music over half a century since her TV debut.
20 Dec 2024 - 7:19AM
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Light Shop: mawkish supernatural K-drama of two halves
Despite some clever subterfuge on the part of its creator Kang Full, and some affecting scenes, the show’s narrative lacks proper exposition.
19 Dec 2024 - 8:15PM
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Ju Ji-hoon in a still from Light Shop. Photo: Disney+.
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Mobile gaming
New Pokémon mobile game downloaded over 60 million times in 6 weeks
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket ranks second among mobile games measured by their first-month revenue, surpassed only by 2016’s Pokémon Go.
19 Dec 2024 - 8:17PM
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Music
How Gen Z, Tinder and Spotify are disrupting clubbing capital’s rhythm
Berlin’s nightlife scene is under threat, with the number of clubs dropping by almost half in 10 years and many more considering closing.
19 Dec 2024 - 7:15PM
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Hong Kong culture
From movie villains to TV nice guys, Hong Kong’s original crossover stars
Hollywood actors like Harrison Ford have been hailed for making the move to small-screen roles, but in Hong Kong this is nothing new.
18 Dec 2024 - 7:15AM
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OPINION
Ashlyn Chak
Opinion
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Frat-boy behaviour tainted Hong Kong Clockenflap 2024. A sign of the times?
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Liam Payne’s death has shaken a world of 1D fans and non-fans alike
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Bridgerton season 4’s casting of Yerin Ha does not mean it’s ‘ruined’
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Black Myth: Wukong video game the latest take on Journey to the West
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Why linguists love Olympics singer Aya Nakamura for her use of back slang
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