Zhang Ziyi stunned many with her red carpet look from Gucci at the 81st Venice Film Festival closing ceremony on Saturday (Sept 7), but was also stunned onstage herself, and not in a good way. The 45-year-old Chinese actress, who served as one of the jury members at the event, presented the Volpi Cup for Best...
American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter to develop a stentorian voice recognised the world over as intergalactic villain Darth Vader, died on Sept 9 at the age of 93, his agent said. Jones, a longtime sufferer of diabetes, died at his home surrounded by family members,...
Selena Gomez "can't carry" children due to medical reasons. The Wizards of Waverly Place actress, 32, recently said she was planning to adopt a baby before she met her music producer boyfriend Benny Blanco, 36, who she has been dating since 2023. She has now revealed she has had to "grieve" her inability to naturally become...
Elle Macpherson has been warned by a cancer-survivor TV host her support for holistic treatments for the disease could end up leading to someone's death. Supermodel Elle, 60, has been at the centre of a massive backlash from medics and cancer groups since she recently revealed she had been diagnosed with the disease seven years ago...
BEIJING: A boy in eastern China dropped out of school after earning 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) in just 10 days, a decision influenced by his mother, who initially encouraged him to sell snacks to instil an understanding of hard work and its inherent challenges. In an interview with the Post, the mother, surnamed Deng, said she concocted...
Oasis have topped the album charts for the first time in 14 years. The iconic band's debut album, Definitely Maybe, has returned to the summit of the Official Albums Chart, after their recently-announced reunion prompted a 408 per cent week-on-week uplift in sales. Martin Talbot, the chief executive officer of the Official Charts, said: "As if the...
She may be one of Hong Kong's most decorated and highly-paid actresses, but Sandra Ng's journey in showbiz "hasn't always been smooth." In a recent video interview with host-actress Carol Cheng on her YouTube channel The Do Show, the pair reminisced about their time working at Hong Kong broadcaster TVB. During the conversation, Sandra, 59, revealed that she left...
Local actor Xie Shaoguang has returned to showbiz after a hiatus of 20 years and sat down with AsiaOne for an interview yesterday (Sept 6). Among several topics that we chatted about, one of them was about his long-time screen partner Huang Biren. Shaoguang feels that his "fate" with the actress is "very deep". Besides being well-liked by audiences when they acted...
It's been over a decade since she entered the entertainment industry. At the time, she was only 18 years old. South Korean singer Kwon Eun-bi turns 29 this month, and in a recent interview with AsiaOne, she told us what she hopes for her 30s. "I feel like I ran really hard in my 20s and lived without regrets....
LIANYUNGANG: With most crimes today often committed by international syndicates, countries must recognise this as a common threat and work hand-in-hand to combat it, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that national efforts alone would not be enough to combat transnational crime; it demands strong international collaboration. Law enforcement agencies,...
