The Taiwanese star was known by her fans as 'Big S.' Learn more about her life, career and untimely death here. Barbie Hsu, a Taiwanese actress best known for her role in the television film Meteor Garden, died in January 2025. She was 48 years old. Known by her fans across East Asia as “Big S,” the late film...
PARIS (Reuters) -A French court on Monday found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actress Adele Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge from French cinema. Ruggia, who had denied the allegations against him, will avoid jail. The court in Paris sentenced him to four years,...
Taiwanese actress and singer Barbie Hsu has tragically passed away just days before what would have been her third wedding anniversary. Hsu, who died at the age of 48 due to complications from influenza, married her former boyfriend – South Korean singer Koo Jun-yup (also known as DJ Koo) – on Feb 8, 2022. The couple rekindled...
Ye and wife Bianca Censori shocked the Grammy Awards on Sunday when the model walked the red carpet in a sheer dress that left little to the imagination — moments before they escorted out of the building. The couple reportedly did not have an invitation to the show. The 47-year-old rapper formerly known as Kanye West, in...
HONG KONG: Thai authorities rescued a Hong Kong woman from a Chinese call centre gang operating on the Myanmar side of the border near Tak, on Feb 2. The rescue of the 31-year-old Hong Kong passport holder was carried out through cooperation between the Royal Thai Army and the Royal Thai Police, following an earlier alert...
SINGAPORE: Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu, star of the seminal idol drama Meteor Garden (2001), has died at the age of 48. The news was confirmed on Feb 3 in a statement sent out to Taiwanese media by her family via her younger sister, famed Taiwanese host Dee Hsu, 46. According to Taiwanese news outlet Star ETToday, the...
Those with kids would know how folding a stroller can sometimes be a hassle. But is it really that complicated? In a video going viral on Xiaohongshu, netizen Yi Zhi Che Fan Fan saw a group of six male airport ground crew trying and failing to fold a double stroller on the runway. "Now you know who takes care of the...
China’s Ya’an Bifengxia Wildlife Zoo has gone viral for selling really unconventional merch. According to one visitor, the Sichuan zoo now sells the urine of their Siberian tigers. In the photo they shared online, each bottle of yellow liquid retails for 50 yuan (S$9.40). A label on the bottle claims that tiger’s urine can help treat conditions such as rheumatism, sprains, and...
The Weeknd is heading on tour in 2025. Learn everything you need to know about the 'After Hours Til Dawn' tour below. Calling all concertgoers and The Weeknd fans! Abel Tesfaye, also known as The Weeknd, is heading back on tour in 2025, performing in stadiums across North America alongside Playboi Carti as part of the After Hours Til Dawn tour. This announcement...
Artists came together for a moving cause. Find out all about the benefit concert! Music unified today’s biggest musicians for a great cause. The L.A. wildfires ravaged the city, and many were left without housing, food and supplies. The FireAid benefit concert, which was held on Thursday, January 30, 2025, stepped in by bringing artists together to...
