Honest conversations on reality show My Dearest Ladies 婆婆和妈妈 which is all about familial relationships should have been what TV gold is made of. However, instead of raking in the ratings, Taiwanese host and former TV anchor Patty Hou and her mum Lin Yueyun’s tearful heart-to-heart put the two in the hot seat as their conversation brought attention to Yueyun’s...
Chinese comedian Yang Li has emerged as a leading feminist voice in China.YouTube No single comedian has been attacked as much as Yang Li, who rose to fame in August on a talk show competition with her iconic catchphrase “Why are men so ordinary, yet so confident?” Around Christmas, she joked about men again, “A friend told...
One day you’re in, the next day you’re out. Huang Zitao learned this first hand after his new song She and You 她与你 was suddenly axed by the censors for one show when he was prohibited from singing the song. The singer-actor released “She and You” on February 26, landing at the top spot on the ratings list after...
Nothing can escape the eyes and radar of netizens, as a fan of Yang Mi (杨幂) and Wei Daxun (魏大勋) realized that both shared a meal together at home. He pointed to photos posted on the stars’ social media which showed the same bowl design. Not only that, the same netizen added that even the table color and design in the...
One of the few Chinese actresses who has made a name for herself in Hollywood, Li Bingbing (李冰冰) last appeared in 2018’s The Meg <極悍巨鯊>, which had garnered US$530 million worldwide. Since then, she has rarely attended any public activities nor appeared onscreen, deliberately keeping a low profile but speculations over her love life continued. Turning 48 recently, Bingbing is newly...
Scores of Chinese nationals demonstrate outside their embassy in Malaysia in 2019 claiming they lost their life savings to Teow’s MBI group.Facebook/Irene Andy An enigmatic Malaysian businessman with links to the rich and famous disappears, apparently fleeing the country and leaving in his wake hundreds of millions of missing ringgit, a string of angry investors and...
Just another day in Chinese entertainment as another celebrity in the form of THE9’s Esther Yu Shuxin is forced to apologise for the behaviour of some of her fans online. We all know how fans can get fiercely protective of their idols, but Esther’s fans took things a little too far today when they badgered a well known university to...
Staff wear personal protection suits at a registration site for passengers at a train station following the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on Jan 13, 2021. China reported its biggest daily jump in new Covid-19 cases in more than 10 months as infections in northeastern Heilongjiang province nearly tripled, underscoring the growing threat ahead of...
Viewers are unconvinced about her portrayal of a 15-year-old in new drama “Monarch Industry”. Monarch Industry <上陽賦>, the first costume drama which Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) filmed three years ago, finally premiered on January 9. The supporting cast consisting of Zhou Yiwei (周一圍), Yu Hewei (于和偉), Kara Hui (惠英紅) and other veterans undoubtedly pushed up anticipation for the drama. In less than a day, Monarch Industry climbed in...
Filming for their upcoming drama series You Are My Glory <你是我的荣耀> has already completed, yet they’re still overloading us with cuteness! To commemorate the end of filming, Yang Yang (杨样) and Dilraba Dilmurat (迪丽热巴) filmed a short clip of them exchanging gifts to celebrate the beginning of an end. They referred to each other as their characters in the clip. The gifts were...
