Are you available between March-June 2024? There’s a new Karate Kid movie in the works — and it’ll star Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio. Macchio is set to reprise his role as Daniel LaRusso, whom he played in the 1984 Karate Kid and its two sequels, as well as Netflix’s Emmy-nominated Cobra Kai series. Chan will return to play Mr Han — a character...
KOTA KINABALU: Graft-busters have arrested another suspect in connection with a syndicate involving enforcement officers approving driving licences for applicants without the compulsory driving tests here. The foreigner in his 40s was detained when he went to provide a statement at the Lahad Datu Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office at 4pm on Tuesday (Nov 21). A seven-day...
JOHOR BARU: The Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on Wednesday stated that his priority as Malaysia’s next Head of State will be safeguarding the interests of 33 million people of Malaysia and not just the 222 elected representatives. Sultan Ibrahim said his election as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong is not a promotion...
KUALA LUMPUR: It was the Perikatan Nasional administration under Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin that moved the Community Communications Department (J-Kom) to the Prime Minister's Department, says Teo Nie Ching. "The decision to move it from the (then) Communications and Multimedia Ministry was made during the Cabinet meeting on May 19, 2021, when Pagoh (Muhyiddin) was the...
According to the ghostwriter, some of the underage girls who claimed they were sexually assaulted by Kris are not real and their claims fabricated by Meizhu. A year after Chinese-Canadian singer and former member of K-pop boyband EXO, Kris Wu, 33, was sentenced to 13 years in jail for rape, there are new claims that the allegations of sexual assault against him...
One of the reasons the 59-year-old actor is still hustling hard, okay? Hong Kong actor Lawrence Ng, 59, who has mostly worked in China for the past 17 years, recently returned home to star in his first TVB drama in eight years. Lawrence, who plays a doctor in a segment of the upcoming anthology series Fei Fen Zhi Zui (非份之罪), was...
What can the 41-year-old actress do to get back in Beijing's good graces? Looks like TVB actress Ali Lee is still cancelled in China after allegedly expressing pro-Hong Kong democracy views in 2019. For a second consecutive year, the 41-year-old’s face was blurred out during the broadcast of the TVB Anniversary Gala in China. The event was held last Sunday (Nov 19). During singer Priscilla Chan's performance,...
ALOR SETAR: A former Kedah Mentri Besar Incorporated (MBI Kedah) chief executive officer pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here Monday (Nov 20) to charges of soliciting and accepting gratification in connection with a rare earth element (REE) mining joint venture in the state. Muhamad Sobri Osman, 63, entered the plea after the charges were...
PETALING JAYA: Gregoria Mariska (pic) created history in the Japan Masters by becoming the first women’s singles shuttler from Indonesia to capture a World Tour Super 500 title. World No. 7 Gregoria stunned China’s reigning Olympic champion Chen Yufei 21-12, 21-12 in a surprisingly one-sided final at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium yesterday. The 24-year-old played brilliantly from...
PETALING JAYA: Former shuttler Goh Liu Ying believes that a tweak in Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah’s training schedules can aid the pair’s push to qualify for the women’s doubles competition in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Pearly-Thinaah had dropped to No. 13 in the world rankings after they were forced to miss several tournaments this year due to...
