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All the latest news, reviews and interviews about your favourite television series, as well as shows and films on Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ and other streaming platforms.
Go Min-si in a still from Tastefully Yours, which premieres on ENA/Netflix on May 12.
K-drama news

9 of the best new K-drama series to watch in May 2025

From Spring of Youth to Tastefully Yours to Nine Puzzles, here’s our pick of the best Korean dramas coming to screens in May.

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Celebrity Families

Who is model Brooks Nader’s equally stunning youngest sister, Sarah Jane?

Fame and celebrity

Ransom Canyon actress Minka Kelly’s dating history, revealed

Korean drama reviews

The Haunted Palace: Bona, Yook Sung-jae in spirited period K-drama

A shaman’s granddaughter and an official whose body a vengeful spirit has taken over end up in the royal palace. Will romance follow?

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Yook Sung-jae (left) as a royal official whose body a vengeful spirit has occupied and Bona as a skilled artisan and shaman’s granddaughter in a still from Korean drama series The Haunted Palace. Photo: Online
Italy

What is ‘the sisterhood of ill repute’? Ask Amanda Knox

Knox reveals why she felt ‘seen and understood’ by Monica Lewinsky, her co-producer on a TV series about her wrongful conviction for murder.

Obituaries

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Jiggly Caliente dies from infection after leg amputation

Philippines-born Caliente immigrated to US 20 years ago. In 2018 she released a hip-hop album that includes track where she raps in Tagalog.

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Netflix

How was Black Mirror’s Hotel Reverie made? Director on AI, love of old films

Haolu Wang, a lifelong cinephile, explains why she hopes ‘people will realise AI is terrible for creativity’ after watching Hotel Reverie.

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Haolu Wang directs Issa Rae on the Hotel Reverie set. Wang, a lifelong cinephile, explains why she hopes “people will realise AI is terrible for creativity” after watching the Black Mirror episode. Photo: Netflix
Fame and celebrity

Meet Melanie Martin, former fiancée of lamented pop star Aaron Carter

Long troubled by substance abuse, Carter had a tumultuous relationship with the mother of his son, who appears in the Fallen Idols documentary series detailing his premature passing.

K-drama news

K-drama casting news about Lee Jae-wook, Go Youn-jung and more

Chae Soo-bin has been approached for fantasy romance Charge Me Up, while Lee Jae-wook is set to lead horror fantasy Honey Jar Project.

YouTube and YouTubers

20 years of YouTube, and how it brought us Justin Bieber and MrBeast

From modest beginnings 20 years ago, YouTube has become a rival to streamers and broadcasters. It recently saw its 20th billion video upload.

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YouTube is celebrating 20 years since its first video upload. Photo: AFP
Celebrity children

Get to know Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston’s daughter, Taylor Dearden

One of several actors in The Pitt with famous parents, Dearden – who has been open about her ADHD diagnosis – plays a character dealing with the same condition.

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Bryan Cranston and Robin Dearden’s daughter, Taylor Dearden, is being hailed by fans and critics for her performances in The Pitt. Photos: EPA-EFE, @CinemaBurst/X
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Hong Kong actor Nick Cheung rolled with the punches to emerge on top

A punch bag in Danny Lee films, roles in comedies and TV dramas before being taken seriously as a dramatic actor, Cheung is directing now.

Korean drama reviews

Review | Weak Hero Class 2: school action K-drama sequel moves to Netflix

Reluctant fighter Yeon Si-eun (Park Ji-hoon) is in another new school, where he tries in vain to avoid trouble, in this Netflix drama.

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European cinema

Havoc director on how Tom Hardy thriller is ode to Hong Kong action films

Gareth Evans talks about cribbing ‘rhythms and movement’ from ‘heroic bloodshed’ films for his action movie starring Tom Hardy as a bent cop.

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Tom Hardy in a still from Havoc. Photo: Netflix
Thailand

Travellers in Thailand will need ‘arrival card’ as White Lotus boosts tourism

The reintroduction of the digital arrival card from May 1 aims to streamline immigration processes and reduce waiting times.

Season three of HBO’s The White Lotus has led to a surge of interest in Thailand, so the government is reintroducing its digital arrival cards for visitors to reduce arrival times. Photo: HBO
Celebrity children

Meet Black-ish star Anthony Anderson’s actor-musician son, Nathan

The talented musician, who shares his music on Instagram, appeared on TV shows like All About the Washingtons and Act Your Age, and in an episode of Black-ish.

Celebrity children

Who is Eric McCormack and Janet Holden’s musical son, Finnigan Holden McCormack?

His Hollywood parents almost fled to Canada when Donald Trump was elected the first time, but they stuck around, and now the musical student is carving out his own creative path in the US.

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Disney+

‘I’ve never had this much freedom before,’ Andor creator says of season 2

Andor creator Tony Gilroy and Cassian Andor actor Diego Luna talk about the new season of the Star Wars spin-off, which premieres this week.

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Tony Gilroy poses for a portrait to promote “Andor” on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP)
Food and Drinks

MasterChef Italia’s first ethnically Chinese winner on food and identity

Former model Anna Zhang Yilan, who wowed judges by fusing Italian and Chinese cuisine, talks about her childhood and cooking with her mother.

Korean drama reviews

Heavenly Ever After: new Netflix K-drama tugs at the heartstrings

Starring Kim Hye-ja, Son Suk-ku and Han Ji-min, Heavenly Ever After sees a husband and wife reunite in the afterlife – with a twist.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is Fabien Frankel, who plays Ser Criston Cole in House of the Dragon?

Born in London to parents of Iraqi, Russian, Italian and French descent, Frankel became interested in cinema at a young age; his father Mark, who died when Frankel was 2, was also an actor.

Who is Fabien Frankel, otherwise known as Ser Criston Cole in House of the Dragon? Photo: Getty Images
Asia travel

Hidden delights of Bangkok Noi, the real star of The White Lotus Season 3

Welcome to Bangkok Noi, home to city’s latest ‘it-temple’, Wat Suwannaram, and its magnificent murals, as featured in The White Lotus.

Siri Sala, a location for HBO TV series The White Lotus, is located on the Bangkok riverfront where guests can arrive by boat on their private pier. Photo: courtesy Siri Sala
Wellness

Profile | The Hong Kong aerialist who sent Britain’s Got Talent audience into a spin

Jimmy Wong danced at Disneyland and with Cantopop stars before turning to aerial straps. He talks about his journey and staying in top shape.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Melissa McCarthy’s husband of 19 years, writer and actor Ben Falcone

First meeting as teenagers when McCarthy was ‘very, very goth’, the two connected properly during a writing class as adults, and they’ve since welcomed 2 children, Vivian and Georgette.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Rob Lowe’s ‘strong’ make-up artist wife, Sheryl Berkoff?

Lowe, and Benji and Joel Madden all agreed they have a ‘healthy fear’ of their wives Sheryl Berkoff, Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie, on the actor’s SiriusXM show last month

Rob Lowe’s wife Sheryl Berkoff is a successful make-up artist and jewellery designer. Photos: @sheryllowejewelry/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Meet Dying for Sex star Jenny Slate’s talented husband, Ben Shattuck

Artist, gallery curator and award-winning writer Ben Shattuck is his wife Jenny Slate’s No 1 fan, and the pair share a daughter named Ida.

Jenny Slate and Ben Shattuck at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Photo: Getty Images
Korean drama reviews

Review | Way Back Love: Kim Min-ha, Gong Myung shine in fantasy K-drama

This Korean drama mixes tragedy and humour in a tale of a Grim Reaper figure (Gong Myung) saving a guilt-ridden girl (Kim Min-ha).

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Fame and celebrity

Elisabeth Moss’ dating history, from Fred Armisen to Tom Cruise

Moss, who won an Emmy for her role in The Handmaid’s Tale, was married to Armisen for just 8 months before they called it quits; the father of her child is still undisclosed.

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