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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.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
Ju Ji-hoon in a still from The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call. Photo: Netflix
Korean drama reviews

Review | The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, starring Ju Ji-hoon, is thrilling

Ju Ji-hoon stars as an impossibly good surgeon who is handsome, fearless and an all-round hero in this Netflix drama.

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Food and Drinks

Why Netflix star chef Edward Lee hasn’t opened a restaurant in Korea

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Netflix

Meet Gabriel Basso, the lead in Netflix show The Night Agent

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Icons and Influencers

Meet Will Douglas, who may’ve dated CNN star Kaitlan Collins

Kaitlan Collins, CNN’s youngest chief White House correspondent, has a rumoured past with the aspiring politician, who owns a pharmacy and wishes to make medications affordable for communities

Meet Will Douglas, who may’ve dated CNN star Kaitlan Collins. Photos: @willdouglasfortexas, @kaitlancollins/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Who is Ricki Lake’s third husband Ross Burningham?

Following a whirlwind romance, the Raised by Ricki host married Burningham in 2022 in their luxurious Malibu home – which has just been destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire.

K-drama news

The Penthouse K-drama actor Um Ki-joon marries ‘at 49, finally’

Actor posts announcement with photo of himself in white tuxedo, having revealed he had not expected to find ‘someone to spend my life with’.

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Fame and celebrity

The Bachelorette star Jenn Tran on using her television fame for good causes

After becoming the first Asian-American star of The Bachelorette, Tran took on Dancing with the Stars – now she’s leaving reality TV behind to help with the California fires, then return to med school.

Former The Bachelorette star Jenn Tran. Photo: Sarah Cebulski
K-drama news

Profile | Meet Ju Ji-hoon, star of K-dramas Light Shop and The Trauma Code

Ju Ji-hoon was a successful model, then actor, before a scandal brought him down. He fought his way back, and today his talent is in demand.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Friends star David Schwimmer’s former partner, artist Zoë Buckman?

Buckman was raised in London in a creative family; she met Schwimmer while waitressing in 2007 and they married and had a child before divorcing in 2017, although they remain cordial co-parents.

Korean drama reviews

In K-drama Unmasked, Kim Hye-soo plays investigative news for laughs

Given recent events in South Korea, a K-drama about investigative-news journalism may appear timely. Unmasked mixes the heavy with the light.

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Kim Hye-soo as investigative-news reporter Oh So-ryong in a still from Disney+ Korean drama series Unmasked. Jung Ji-sung and Joo Jong-hyuk co-star.
Fame and celebrity

Meet televangelist Joel Osteen’s co-pastor, fellow preacher wife, Victoria

Known as the First Lady of Lakewood Church, 63-year-old Victoria Osteen has forged a career for herself as a co-pastor and social media sensation. But what’s she really like?

Joel Osteen posted this Instagram pic of him and his wife Victoria to celebrate their anniversary. Photo: @joelosteen/Instagram
K-drama news

Why so many webtoons and web novels are being made into K-dramas

More K-dramas based on web fiction are launching, as streamers seek to reverse falling viewership. Webtoon platforms are getting involved.

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Netflix

Why American Primeval actress Betty Gilpin is a ‘true American legend’

The Glow star, who filmed parts of Netflix’s new Western series six months pregnant, will make her Broadway debut this month in Oh, Mary!

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Hong Kong singer G.E.M. became ‘China’s Taylor Swift’

Early in her career, Gloria Tang enjoyed success and an awards nomination for her music. Then mainland Chinese TV shot her to superstardom.

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G.E.M. performing during her I Am Gloria world tour. Photo: Facebook/G.E.M.
Fame and celebrity

Who is Severance star Adam Scott’s wife Naomi Scott?

The couple met at a bar on Sunset Boulevard in 1998, and Adam joked that she ‘left promptly’ upon hearing he was an actor … but he turned things around, and the couple now have 2 children.

Adam Scott and Naomi Scott at the 2024 UTA Emmy Party. Photo: Getty Images
Fame and celebrity

Meet Pete Hegseth’s bestie Will Cain, who’s replacing Neil Cavuto on Fox News

Long-time Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto is stepping away from the network and being replaced by Will Cain – here’s what you need to know about him.

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Donald Trump

Trump vows to help ‘troubled’ Hollywood with Gibson, Voight and Stallone

Special envoys are typically chosen to respond to troubled hotspots like the Middle East, not California.

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Celebrity children

Meet Katie Springer, daughter of controversial TV show host Jerry Springer

Born without nasal passages, legally blind and deaf in one ear, Katie is now married with a child and appears briefly in a new, 2-part Netflix documentary about her father’s show.

Jerry Springer and his daughter Katie Springer. The controversial TV show host generally kept his family out of the spotlight. Photo: @PanCANChicago/X
Obituaries

Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks director David Lynch dead at 78

Lynch was considered a master of surrealism and one of the most innovative filmmakers of his generation.

Netflix

Review | XO, Kitty season 2: Netflix’s Seoul-set spin-off series disappoints

Anna Cathcart returns as Kitty Song Covey for a second semester in Korea, but the new season wastes opportunities to explore engaging topics.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Yuyu Kitamura, who stars as Niko in the Netflix series Dead Boy Detectives

Kitamura’s journey has been one of resilience, creativity and mental health awareness after she overcame body-image issues, depression and self-harm as a teenager

Meet Yuyu Kitamura, who plays Niko in Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives and grew up as a third-culture kid in Hong Kong. Photo: @yuyukitt/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Meet Andy García’s wife of 42 years, Marivi Lorido García

Fans were not expecting to see Andy García in Landman’s season finale, which aired on Paramount+ on Sunday – what do we know about his wife, who he said swept him off his feet?

Andy García’s wife of 42 years, Marivi Lorido García. Photo: @andygarcia/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Who is Casey Wortmann, wife of Yellowstone actor Jefferson White?

Wortmann, who has a master’s in social work and cares about social justice, may have known White since at least 2013; the couple have been married for a year and a half, after eloping in June 2023.

Celebrity Families

Who is Griffin Steinfeld, big brother of Spider-Man star Hailee Steinfeld?

The 28-year-old actress of True Grit fame is best friends with her big bro, who even joined her on the set of Bumblebee as a stunt driver and personal adviser.

Korean drama reviews

Check-in Hanyang midseason recap: hotel/period K-drama gets political

Netflix period drama about trainees at a prestigious guest house is shifting focus towards political intrigue and a royal backstory.

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Kim Ji-eun as hotel trainee Hong Deok-soo in a still from Netflix period K-drama Check-in Hanyang. Bae In-hyuk, Jung Gun-joo and Park Jae-chan co-star.
Netflix

Meghan Markle’s Netflix show delayed as LA fires wreak havoc

With Love, Meghan has been pushed back until March. As wildfires halt TV productions, one actress urges Hollywood to scrap its awards season.

Markle in a still from With Love, Meghan. The release of the Netflix lifestyle show has been postponed as the Los Angeles wildfires rage on. Photo: Netflix
Natural disasters

US$83m house from Succession series among those destroyed in LA wildfires

The house, with six bedrooms and 18 bathrooms, was bought for US$83 million in 2021, and appeared in the season four premiere of Succession.

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Celebrity children

Who is Billy Bob Thornton’s daughter Amanda – and are they estranged?

Brumfield is the only child from Thornton’s first marriage, but he was never a present father – despite a short effort at reconciliation, the pair haven’t seemed to make it work.

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