Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was among the few prominent figures absent from Tuesday’s (Dec 7) state funeral for his predecessor Jiang Zemin. The previous day he had joined Xi Jinping and dozens of other top officials in bidding farewell to Jiang. An official source said Hu and some other party elders did not attend Tuesday’s funeral because...
Indonesia has passed into law a controversial criminal code that human rights activists and civil groups say could potentially send the world's third-largest democracy back to authoritarian rule. Articles viewed as problematic include bans on insulting the president, vice-president and state institutions, views that contradict the state ideology Pancasila, protests without a permit, sex outside marriage and...
Morocco dumped Spain out of the World Cup in a last-16 penalty shootout on Tuesday with Spanish-born Achraf Hakimi scoring the decisive spot-kick after Spain squandered all three of their attempts, following a 0-0 draw over 120 minutes. Hakimi, a product of the Real Madrid youth system, calmly slotted his penalty past Unai Simon in Spain's...
Ellen Pompeo hits the blue carpet with her Grey’s Anatomy co-stars for the 2022 People’s Choice Awards! The cast of the hit ABC show – James Pickens Jr., Kelly McCreary, Caterina Scorsone, Chandra Wilson, Jake Borelli, and Camilla Luddington – stepped out for the event on Tuesday (December 6) at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. While on the red carpet, Ellen opened up about how many more episodes...
The stars are stepping out for the 2022 People’s Choice Awards! Stars from reality shows including Selling Sunset, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and The Bachelorette attended the annual awards show held on Tuesday night (December 6) at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. During the show, Ryan Reynolds will be honored with The People’s Icon Award, Shania Twain will be honored with The Music...
Scarlett Johansson is kicking off filming on Project Artemis! The 38-year-old actress was seen in a retro, lime green dress on the set of the upcoming Apple movie, attempting to break a store window with a trash can that was on the street in Savannah, Ga., on Tuesday afternoon (December 6). Scarlett was also seen with a few of her...
Shania Twain is slaying the red carpet! The 57-year-old “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” singer looked so fierce in a leopard-print outfit with pink hair while arriving at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards on Tuesday (December 6) held at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. During the show, Shania will be receiving The Music Icon Award, honoring her four-decade career...
Revenge is sweet for Song Joong Ki in Reborn Rich, which is expecting to surpass 20 percent in ratings. An employee who is murdered by a chaebol family, he is reborn as the youngest grandson who returns to face off powerful patriarch Lee Sung Min. Although the premiere episode only garnered 6.06 percent in nationwide ratings, the growing popularity is making huge turnarounds...
With Donnie Yen (甄子丹) taking on multiple roles as producer and lead actor, and deeply involved in both pre- and post-production, Sakra <天龍八部之喬峰傳> which was made on a 220 million HKD budget, has got viewers excited about its upcoming release. However, Donnie recently expressed that the blockbuster epic will not be released in theaters during the Lunar New Year...
Marrying Malaysian former beauty queen Carol Chu (朱麗倩) in 2018, “heavenly king” and megastar Andy Lau (劉德華) was 50 when he became a father to daughter Hanna Lau (劉向蕙) in 2011. Keeps a Low Profile Known to be a doting father, Andy once revealed that he fetches his little princess to and from school personally. As hands-on parents, the couple personally chose their...
