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Corey Mylchreest attends the Los Angeles premiere for Netflix’s My Oxford Year at Netflix Tudum Theater in July, in Los Angeles, California. Photo: AFP
Netflix

Meet Corey Mylchreest, Sofia Carson’s co-star in My Oxford Year

He played King George in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – and says he’d like to play ‘someone that’s not nice’ in the future.

Celebrity style

How to style like The White Lotus’ Patrick Schwarzenegger

Gen Z

Meet Emma Myers, who plays Enid Sinclair in Netflix’s Wednesday

Icons and Influencers

From a boat in Indonesia to trolleys in Hong Kong, ‘aura farming’ is everywhere

Timothée Chalamet, Travis Kelce and a boat kid in Indonesia have one thing in common: a new viral trend.

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Rayyan Arkan Dikha went viral with his video clip of him dancing at the bow of a boat in Indonesia. Photo: TikTok
Hollywood

Meet Christopher Briney, the actor who plays Conrad Fisher in The Summer I Turned Pretty

Lola Tung and Gavin Casalegno’s co-star in Prime Video’s hit teen show has also been in Dalíland, and the musical remake of Mean Girls.

Celebrity style

Gothic glamour: 5 of Jenna Ortega’s best Wednesday Season 2 premiere looks

Netflix’s hit show is back – and so is Ortega’s delightfully gothic method dressing, including looks by Vivienne Westwood and Willy Chavarria.

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TV shows and streaming video

Who is Jackie Chung, who plays Belly’s mum Laurel on The Summer I Turned Pretty?

Chung is a Stanford grad who began her acting career in theatre before turning to on-screen projects – she’s married to fellow actor Louis Ozawa and has 2 children.

Jackie Chung plays Belly’s mum Laurel on Amazon Prime’s The Summer I Turned Pretty. Photo: @anotherjackiechung/Instagram
South Korea

‘I apologise’: South Korea’s ex-first lady faces public grilling over scandals

With her husband already in custody, Kim is now being questioned over her role in gift and stock scandals – and a surprise trip to Ukraine.

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American cinema

Review | Weapons: hypnotic horror mystery by Barbarian director Zach Cregger

Starring Julia Garner and Josh Brolin, this story of a class of children who vanish plunges viewers into the darkest recesses of the psyche.

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Singapore

Singapore’s next K-pop idols get grooving in first Southeast Asian academy

SM Entertainment, the company behind Girls’ Generation and Exo, plans to use the academy as a ‘scouting ground’ for regional talent.

Trainees at Southeast Asia’s first K-pop training academy in Singapore. Photo: SM Universe
Social media

Profile | What’s your dream? Influencer entrepreneur Simon Squibb on making it real

Business advice guru Squibb, for whom Hong Kong played a special part is his story, talks about helping people gain financial freedom.

Simon Squibb poses at IFC mall in Hong Kong’s Central neighbourhood. The businessman and content creator talks about expanding his mission to help people escape the “sell your time for money” system. Photo: Jonathan Wong
American cinema

Review | Freakier Friday: Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis in body-swap sequel

Curtis shines in this enjoyable Freaky Friday sequel with Lindsay Lohan and Julia Butters, but sometimes it’s hard to work out who is who.

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American cinema

14 of the best recent body horror films, from Old to The Substance

Body horror hit its heyday in the ’80s with films like Videodrome and The Thing, but recent events are seeing the genre’s popularity resurge.

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Music

Meet model and singer Ethel Cain, the ‘American gothic Lana Del Rey’

She’s the first trans woman with a Billboard Top 10 album, and she’s also modelled for Miu Miu and Givenchy – even Barack Obama is a fan.

Meet model and songstress Ethel Cain, who’s been dubbed the ‘American gothic Lana Del Rey’. Photo: Dollie Kyarn
Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs loses bid to get out of jail before sentencing

US judge denies bail for hip hop mogul ahead of October sentencing for prostitution-related offence.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in 2023. File photo: AFP
My Life

Film producer Jessica Kam-Engle talks Disney, John Woo and more

The Hong Kong-born head of CreAsia Studio discusses why she left a booming Silicon Valley and returned to Asia.

Timepieces

9 of Rihanna’s luxury watches, from Cartier and Rolex to Jacob & Co

Shine bright like a diamond indeed – from classics like the Rolex ‘Presidential’ to that Jacob & Co watch choker, here are Riri’s most dazzling watches.

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Art

Meet art dealer Larry Gagosian’s latest girlfriend, model Erica Pelosini

Pelosini is also a stylist and was creative director at her ex-husband Louis Leeman’s eponymous shoe label.

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Erica Pelosini and Larry Gagosian attend MoMA’s Party in the Garden 2025 at the Museum of Modern Art on June 3 in New York City. Photo: Getty Images
Asian cinema: Chinese films

Review | The Lychee Road: rollicking Chinese comedy takes aim at corruption

Da Peng, White-K and Sabrina Zhuang are joined by Andy Lau in this period adventure drama calling out pampered elites.

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Obituaries

Loni Anderson, star of hit US TV series WKRP in Cincinnati, dead at 79

Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated Anderson was also once married to actor Burt Reynolds.

Britain

Man dies in fall during Oasis concert at London’s Wembley Stadium

Band offers ‘sincere condolences’ for incident during Britpop icons’ first reunion tour in 16 years.

Wembley Stadium in London. A man fell to his death during the Saturday night Oasis show. Photo: SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong’s Aaron Kwok named honorary narcotics commissioner in anti-drugs push

Singer gives performance at publicity event for the ‘Anti-Drug, New Era’ campaign, encourages youth ambassadors to stand up to narcotics.

Secretary for Security Chris Tang (third from left) and singer Aaron Kwok (third from right) join youth ambassadors on the stage for a publicity event. Photo: Dickson Lee
TV shows and streaming video

‘Even sweeter’: ER star Noah Wyle on his Emmy nomination for The Pitt

Noah Wyle, who found fame as Dr John Carter in ER, talks about playing another doctor in The Pitt, and the series’ 13 Emmy nominations.

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Hollywood

Get to know Bend It Like Beckham’s Parminder Nagra as its director announces the sequel

Nagra starred alongside Keira Knightley in the popular 2002 comedy – but she’s previously expressed reluctance to return to the role.

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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Joey Wong (left) and Leslie Cheung in a still from A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990). Photo: Fortune Star Media
TV shows and streaming video

Meet Malin Akerman, aka The Hunting Wives’ Margo Banks

She dabbled in modelling and was the lead singer of an alt rock band before her breakout role as Silk Spectre II in 2009’s Watchmen.

Swedish-American actress Malin Akerman stars as Margo Banks in Netflix’s The Hunting Wives. Photo: @malinakerman/Instagram
Hollywood

The Hunting Wives star Brittany Snow’s journey from child actress to mental health advocate

She got her big break aged 12 in the soap Guiding Light, but it was stepping away from the industry for 2 years that reignited the actress’ passion.

Celebrity style

Celeb summer style: from Sabrina Carpenter in Versace to Dua Lipa in Isabel Marant

Celebs are officially on holiday – and providing outfit inspo from St Tropez to Positano.

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