MANILA: Amid celebrities speaking up against sexual harassment, Kapuso Dustin Yu (pic) recounted his own experience of having suffered a policeman’s inappropriate behaviour while they were inside an MRT train. Yu first talked about the incident in a November 2023 interview, revealing he was only 18 years old when it transpired. “My first time to ride the...
A female cat has more freedom in Afghanistan than a woman does, Hollywood actor Meryl Streep said at the United Nations on Monday (Sept 23) in a bid to get world leaders to focus on the plight of Afghan women and girls. "The way that ... this society has been upended is a cautionary tale for the...
Actor Kathryn Hahn met with a person she describes as a real-life witch every week to help her further embrace her role as the witch Agatha Harkness in the show Agatha All Along. "Her mission was to try to de-trope what we see as witches and really add the aspect of community and nature," Hahn said. The Marvel...
Bob Newhart, who fled the tedium of an accounting job to become a master of stammering, deadpan humour as a standup comedian and later as a US television sitcom star, died on Thursday (July 18) at the age of 94, his publicist said. Newhart died at his home in Los Angeles after a series of short...
“I felt emotional and overwhelmed…” Actor Byeon Woo Seok, who has recently skyrocketed to fame due to his role in the tvN drama Lovely Runner, was moved to tears during his fan meeting in Manila on June 22. | SportsChosun The event, part of his 2024 Byeon Woo Seok Asia Fanmeeting Tour SUMMER LETTER, took place at the New Frontier Theater and drew a massive...
It shows her heart of gold. Reply 1988 father-daughter duo Sung Dong Il and Hyeri reminisced on the past on a recent episode of Hyell’s Club. The interview was filled with both laughter and touching moments. Sung Dong Il (left) and Hyeri (right) | Hyell’s Club/YouTube At one point, Hyeri asked what he originally thought of her. Sung Dong Il quipped, “I really wondered if she...
The United Nations refugee agency named British actor Theo James as a global goodwill ambassador on Monday (June 17). James, who acted in television series The Gentlemen and The White Lotus, has supported UNHCR since 2016, and has travelled to Greece, France and Jordan to meet asylum seekers and refugees, the agency said. James said his own family's...
Squid Game actor Oh Young-soo has been convicted of sexual misconduct. The 79-year-old actor was convicted on Friday (March 15) of two counts of sexual harassment, and as well as an eight-month prison term, which has been suspended for two years. He was also ordered to complete 40 hours of attendance at a sexual violence treatment...
SEOUL: A woman suspected of blackmailing actor Lee Sun-kyun was taken into custody by local police on (Wednesday) Dec 27, a few hours after the actor was found dead in an apparent suicide. According to reports, Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency apprehended the suspect, in her 20s, after she failed to appear at Incheon District Court on...
Actor Jonathan Majors, a rising Hollywood star who had been set to play the leading role in an upcoming Marvel superhero film, was found guilty by a New York jury on Dec 18 on charges he attacked his ex-girlfriend in the back of a car. Shortly after the verdict, a spokesperson for Walt Disney- owned Marvel...
