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Conclave wins top honour at Screen Actors Guild Awards

Conclave, a drama about the selection a new pope, won the top award at Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday (Feb 23), boosting the movie's chances of success at next weekend's Oscars. The movie starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini won best movie cast at the SAG Awards, a red-carpet ceremony that...

Hong Ling’s mum dies aged 52: ‘She still cooked for us in her final days’

Local actress Hong Ling's mother has died at the age of 52. The announcement was made by the 30-year-old's actor husband Nick Teo this morning (Feb 24). The 35-year-old posted an obituary on Instagram Story with the caption: "My mother-in-law passed away yesterday. The wake will be held this afternoon onwards. PM me if you need more details." Hong Ling followed up...

Despite realising his star power doesn’t mean much in China, Tay Ping Hui ‘cares deeply’ about representing Singapore

No matter where local actor Tay Ping Hui expands his career to, he will always remember his roots. "I went overseas to develop my career, but there's one thing I'm certain of — I'm 100 per cent and completely Singaporean. I love my country. I care deeply about how I represent Singapore," the 54-year-old said in the latest episode...

Shogun and Only Murders in the Building win top TV honors at SAG Awards

Shogun, FX's historical epic set in imperial Japan, claimed the prestigious best ensemble in a drama TV series award at Sunday's (Feb 23) Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony. Hulu's original series Only Murders in the Building, known for three strangers who become involved in a murder in their New York City apartment building, claimed the best TV comedy...

G-Dragon, Elton John, J-hope: Singapore concert calendar for 2025

2024 came and went with some amazing acts visiting Singapore, from American songstress Taylor Swift, classic rockers Deep Purple, Cantopop king Andy Lau and Mandopop's Jay Chou, to Blackpink's Lisa and K-pop group Stray Kids. Here's how 2025's concert calendar is shaping up. This article was first published on Dec 14, 2024, and updated on Feb 24, 2025. February Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros performs on Feb 25 and...

Coming to Singapore: Yoo Yeon-seok’s fanmeet, Song Joong-ki to speak at business forum, Lisa’s debut album listening party

Yoo Yeon-seok to hold fanmeet South Korean actor Yoo Yeon-seok is bringing his Asia fanmeet tour The Secret Code: Y to Singapore. Organisers FriedRice Live Entertainment shared on Instagram today (Feb 24) that the event will be held at The Theatre at Mediacorp on May 27 at 7.30pm. Yeon-seok, 40, will also head to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo,...

Roberta Flack dies aged 88

Roberta Flack has died at the age of 88. The R&B and soul superstar — who was behind the hits The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly with His Song — died "peacefully surrounded by her family" on Monday morning (Feb 24). A representative for the singer-pianist said: "We are heartbroken that the...

‘Maybe the best of the 3 so far’: James Cameron on feedback for upcoming third Avatar movie

James Cameron feels "pretty good" about Avatar: Fire and Ash. The 70-year-old filmmaker has already screened his long-awaited sci-fi movie for "a few selected people" and James has been thrilled by the feedback so far. The acclaimed movie-maker — who wrote and directed the new Avatar movie — told Stuff: "I've shown it to a few selected...

Keanu Reeves Gives Rare Look Into Relationship With Alexandra Grant

Keanu Reeves is opening up about his relationship with longtime girlfriend Alexandra Grant! The 60-year-old actor and his artist love have been dating for several years, and have even worked together on a couple of his books. While they keep their relationship fairly private, he shared a little insight into it when promoting the new The Roku Channel docuseries Visionaries.   “Gard...

Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio & More Premiere ‘Daredvil: Born Again’ in NYC Ahead of Disney+ Debut

Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio and Margarita Levieva get in a group photo on the red carpet at the series premiere of Daredevil: Born Again held at The Hudson Theatre on Tuesday evening (February 24) in New York City. The stars of the show stepped out with their loved ones, including Charlie‘s wife Samantha Thomas and Vincent‘s son Elias, and several more cast members of the Daredevil sequel series, which...