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From tycoons to influencers, latest news and updates on Hong Kong celebrities and icons.
Michelle Yeoh (right) in a still from Wing Chun (1994). The Malaysian actress is one of many women to have starred in Hong Kong action movies over the decades. We look at her roles and those of others, from Angela Mao Ying to Brigitte Lin.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

From Cheng Pei-pei to Michelle Yeoh, Hong Kong’s history of action heroines

Hong Kong studios embraced female action stars long before Hollywood. Here’s how some of the biggest triumphed in wuxia and kung fu films.

Hong Kong society

‘Rest in eternal peace’: veteran horror actor, filmmaker Simon Loui dies at age 62

Cantopop

Profile | How Cantopop lyricist Wyman Wong became a cultural force in Hong Kong

Hong Kong society

Museum brings back Leslie Cheung exhibition to mark late star’s 70th birthday

The ‘Miss You Much. Leslie 70th Birthday. Exhibition’ runs from September 9 this year to May 10, 2027, at Hong Kong Heritage Museum.

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The “Miss You Much. Leslie 70th Birthday. Exhibition” runs from September 9 to May 10, 2027. Photo: Karma Lo
The exhibition presents more than 300 items, including vinyl records, film posters and popular-culture items. Photo: Karma Lo
Leslie Cheung released more than 40 albums and appeared in 56 films over the course of his life. Photo: SCMP
The exhibition will mark the first time many of the loaned items will be seen by the public. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong celebrity Jeffrey Ngai splashes out on US$16,000 rental home

The singer and actor recently moved into a Mid-Levels duplex near his friend, singer Tyson Yoshi, market sources say.

Hong Kong courts

Louis Koo’s production firm disputes HK$149m lawsuit, says claim ‘incomplete’

One Cool Film Production accuses Sino Hero Ventures of breaching confidentiality principles and omitting that it was dissolved for three years.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

The wild days of Hong Kong’s Category III era: when sex and gore went mainstream

The adults-only, Category III rating was introduced in 1988, making stars of actresses including Shu Qi and Amy Yip.

Clockwise from left: Elvis Tsui (left) and Shu Qi in a still from Sex and Zen II (1996); Chingmy Yau Suk-ching in a still from Naked Killer (1992); Veronica Yip Yuk-hing in the film, Hidden Desire (1991); Simon Yam Tat-wah in a still from Dr Lamb (1992); Amy Yip Chi-mei in a still from Sex and Zen (1991); The Untold Story. (Pork bun murders) starring Anthony Wong.
Hong Kong cinema

Remembering Lau Siu-ming, pioneering Hong Kong dancer and revered actor

From wartime refugee to classically trained dancer to on-screen villain, Ming Sir’s artistry and mentorship have shaped generations of actors.

Hong Kong culture

Late Hong Kong dance pioneer Lau Siu-ming remembered for outstanding achievements

Culture minister among those paying tribute to late performer, known as Ming Sir, for his artistic contributions to sector.

Crime in Hong Kong

Man, 87, arrested after gravestone of film star Linda Lin Dai found vandalised

Marble altar at Lin’s Happy Valley grave found covered in cement, with police saying cemetery staff reported suspected vandalism.

Linda Lin’s grave at St Michael’s Catholic Cemetery in Happy Valley was previously found damaged. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Cantopop diva Anita Mui’s mother dies at 102 after collapsing in flat

Tam Mei‑kam was being fed liquid oatmeal on Sunday morning when she suddenly collapsed in her Causeway Bay home.

Tam Mei-kam, pictured in 2012. Photo: SCMP
American cinema

Desk job to Jackie Chan stunts: martial artist Alfred Hsing’s rise in film

After leaving a financial career, the wushu champion became a fight coordinator, stuntman and actor working with some of film’s top stars.

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Cantopop

Profile | How Josie Ho rejected her billionaire heiress destiny for indie filmmaking

Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho’s eighth child has built her own legacy as a musician, award-winning actress and movie producer.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Wakesurf Lovers: Jeffrey Ngai, Renci Yeung make a splash in uneven sports drama

Full of beautiful bodies but paper-thin characters, Fung Chih-chiang’s film about wakesurfing and cybershaming drifts nowhere in particular.

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Renci Yeung (left) and Jeffrey Ngai in a still from Wakesurf Lovers (category IIB, Cantonese), directed by Fung Chih-chiang.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Ronny Yu and Jet Li made Fearless (2006) a martial arts masterpiece

Director Ronny Yu put Jet Li’s martial arts skills and acting chops to good use in this classic, blending superb fights and a human story.

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Jet Li in a still from Fearless, the acclaimed 2006 martial arts film directed by Ronny Yu. Photo: SCMP
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | A Mighty Adventure: wordless animation by McDull director is breezy if flawed

Hong Kong director Toe Yuen’s film about insects surviving the city is a visual marvel, though dialogue would have made it more expressive.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | The Dating Menu: a drifter chef looks to connect in wistful romantic drama

Lo Chun-yip plays a chef who tries out a dating app and cooks for four very different women as he tries to get over a previous relationship.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How ‘Siuyea’ Lo Chun-yip shed his indie director mindset to become a leading man

The ‘late bloomer’, who switched directing for acting in 2015, takes on his first main lead role with new film The Dating Menu.

Hong Kong actor and filmmaker Lo Chun-yip, also known as Siuyea, at an interview with the SCMP at the Golden Scene office in Jordan. Photo: SCMP/Jonathan Wong
Cantopop

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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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

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.

Hong Kong society

Friends and fans pay tribute to late ‘Lyrical Maverick’ Peter Lai

Long-time collaborator and entertainer Sam Hui expresses sorrow over Lai’s death in handwritten letter posted to social media.

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Peter Lai, legendary Hong Kong lyricist, who wrote songs Sam Hui, Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung and other Cantopop stars of the 1980s and 90s. Photo: Instagram
Crime in Hong Kong

Beauty queen Grace Chan files police report after son splashed at cinema over row

Police searching for a woman who allegedly splashed one of the actress’s sons with ‘cream-like’ substance after Spider-Man movie screening.

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On social media, some audience members said Grace Chan’s children had appeared overly excited, talking loudly and screaming throughout the film. Photo: Weibo
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

What makes the 1981 horror film The Imp such a terrifying cult classic?

Directed by Dennis Yu, The Imp blends elements of Western horror classics with Taoist beliefs to create a thoroughly modern shocker.

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Cantopop

Profile | How trailblazing Hong Kong guitarist Ellen Joyce Loo chose to speak her truth

Ellen Joyce Loo was a fearless musician who championed mental health and LGBTQ rights, and whose artistry continues to inspire.

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Wellness

Hong Kong TV star Kenneth Chan opens up on battles with insomnia and depression

The face of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in Hong Kong in the 2000s, Chan wishes to help others battling sleep and mental health issues.

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Ken Chan Kai-tai (right) , host of the television game show “Who wants to be a millionaire?” gives the cheque to Wong Man-cheung , the winner of HK$250,000 at the ATV Studio in Kowloon Tong on 15 May 2001.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why Daniel Wu is swapping ‘broken’ Hollywood for Hong Kong films

Wu discusses his coming films including Cold War 1995 and the Twilight of the Warriors sequel, and how Hollywood has ‘dropped diversity’.

Daniel Wu is pictured at the New York Asian Film Festival 2026. Wu is making his Hong Kong comeback as he loses optimism in a Hollywood system that feels as if it has “dropped diversity altogether”. Photo: Chris Kammerud
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why Jacob Cheung’s Cageman and Intimates became his most memorable films

In Cageman, Cheung leaned on social observations and light drama. In lesbian romance Intimates, he focused on romance, not sexual passion.

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Hong Kong entertainment

Screen legend Patrick Tse saved my brother from drowning, woman recalls

Social media user pays tribute to the late actor, reveals how he came to her younger brother’s rescue.

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