Japanese filmmaker Fukada casts queasy gaze on J-pop idols; new movie shows why pop stars forgo sex and relationships

CANNES, France (AFP): Exploitative contracts that force young female Japanese pop stars to forego relationships and sex are at the heart of director Koji Fukada's latest film, which has premiered in Cannes. The 45-year-old director said he was inspired by a news report about a Japanese "idol", as the starlets are known, who was sued by...

Actor Huang Xiaoming puts on 15kg for new movie, where he plays intellectually disabled man

Is that Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming? That was the question on many netizens’ minds after photos from the actor’s new movie Mostly Sunny, in which Huang appears noticeably heavier, were released on Chinese social media on June 16 and went viral. Huang appears to have shed his idol image and is gunning for awards glory with his...