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Review | In Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, soaring performances save the show

21 Nov 2024 - 4:15PMvideocam

Review | Jimmy O. Yang excels in Interior Chinatown, bold detective comedy

21 Nov 2024 - 10:02AMvideocam

Asian stereotypes in Hollywood get the chop in Interior Chinatown

Jimmy O. Yang plays an actor whose world is turned upside down in Interior Chinatown on Disney+. Ronny Chieng and Chloe Bennet co-star.

17 Nov 2024 - 7:15PMvideocam

Jimmy O. Yang (left) and Ronny Chieng arrive for the premiere of Interior Chinatown in Los Angeles. Yang stars as an Asian actor who finds his world turned upside down in unusual ways. Photo: AFP

The Fiery Priest season 2: Kim Nam-gil beats up sinners in action K-drama

Korea’s most temperamental priest returns for a second outing, this time delivering his unique brand of divine justice to criminals in Busan.

11 Nov 2024 - 5:05PMvideocam

Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born midseason recap – Kim Tae-ri’s musical triumph

Kim Tae-ri’s troubled stage singer outshines her rival, played by Shin Ye-eun, in stunning performances. There is the odd far-fetched moment.

8 Nov 2024 - 7:15PMvideocam

Review | The Judge from Hell: Park Shin-hye can’t save demonic K-drama

Park Shin-hye’s spirited turn as a demon who develops human feelings is failed by unconvincing characters and inconsequential twists.

6 Nov 2024 - 7:45PMvideocam

Park Shin-hye in a still from The Judge from Hell.

11 of the best new Korean drama series to watch in November 2024

Crime series Gangnam B-Side, road trip drama Mr Plankton, comedy crime drama Face Me and romcom Marry You are among our Korean drama picks.

16 Nov 2024 - 1:54PMvideocam

Discovery of explorer Shackleton’s ship Endurance in Nat Geo documentary

Film tells 2 remarkable stories, of how wreck was found 3km underwater in the Antarctic and Shackleton’s 1916 escape from the icebound ship.

21 Oct 2024 - 7:57AMvideocam

Profile | Meet Kim Tae-ri, beloved Korean actress of Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

Kim Tae-ri burst onto the scene in acclaimed 2016 erotic thriller The Handmaiden, and she has only gone from strength to strength since.

8 Nov 2024 - 8:01AM

Kim Tae-ri in a still from Jeongnyeon: A Star Is Born.

Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born – Kim Tae-ri shines in period music K-drama

Kim Tae-ri stars as talented young singer Yoon Jeong-nyeon whose mother (Moon So-ri) tries to stop her singing, in this Disney+ period drama.

15 Oct 2024 - 5:15PMvideocam

Kim Tae-ri in a still from Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born.

The Judge from Hell midseason recap: Park Shin-hye’s demonic resolve wavers

As demon Kang Bit-na, Park Shin-hye struggles to control her body and emotions in The Judge from Hell as she sends murderers’ souls to hell.

14 Oct 2024 - 7:15PMvideocam

Gangnam B-Side: Ji Chang-wook in gritty thriller K-drama on Disney+

The seedy underbelly of Seoul’s most glam neighbourhood is laid bare in this stylish thriller starring Ji Chang-wook as a pimp on the run.

11 Oct 2024 - 5:15PMvideocam

Im Yoon-ah eyed for A Tyrant’s Chef and more K-drama casting news

Ji Chang-wook and Exo’s D.O. are set to lead Sculpture City, while Girls’ Generation’s Im Yoon-ah has been offered a time-travelling role.

5 Oct 2024 - 7:15PM

Im Yoon-ah in a still from Big Mouth. Im has been offered a part in time-travel drama A Tyrant’s Chef. Photo: Disney+

8 of the best new Korean drama series to watch in October 2024

Lee Sang-yi and Han Ji-hyun spice things up in a spin-off show, four women sell adult products door-to-door in A Virtuous Business, and more.

24 Oct 2024 - 1:36PMvideocam

Kim Tae-ri in a still from Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, one of eight new Korean dramas coming to our screens in October 2024. Photo: Disney+

5 movies and TV shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, September 27-29

Inside Out 2, Wolfs and The Judge from Hell all hit streaming services while Stuntman and I, the Executioner open in Hong Kong cinemas today.

26 Sep 2024 - 11:12AMvideocam

Disney+ show Agatha All Along’s Kathryn Hahn on her ‘juicy’ role as a witch

The actress talks about her ‘journey as a woman’ and singing with a ‘dream’ cast in this show referencing Nicole Kidman to The Wizard of Oz.

25 Sep 2024 - 4:15AMvideocam

The Judge from Hell: Park Shin-hye lords over court in Disney+ K-drama

Park is formidable as a judge from hell sent to Earth in the body of a slain judge on a quest to kill 10 murderers and return to Hades.

23 Sep 2024 - 8:00PMvideocam

Park Shin-hye as Kang Bit-na in a still from The Judge from Hell, a Korean drama series streaming on Disney+.

4 things to know about Olivia Rodrigo ahead of singer’s Hong Kong debut

What was Filipino-American singer Olivia Rodrigo’s breakthrough song? What are her pet causes? Things you need to know about the superstar.

22 Sep 2024 - 6:15PMvideocam

Seoul Busters: Disney+ K-drama swaps crime for comedy

Over-the-top humour and slapstick comedy characterise show about a useless police team and an expert (Kim Dong-wook) brought in to lead them.

13 Sep 2024 - 6:15PMvideocam

5 movies or shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, September 13-15

See a thriller with James McAvoy or a comedy with Sandra Ng at cinemas; stream Hong Kong’s most-watched film of 2024 or a Kim Woo-bin movie.

12 Sep 2024 - 11:40AMvideocam

James McAvoy in a still from Speak No Evil.

Fame and celebrity

All grown up! Meet Dafne Keen, the former child star in Deadpool & Wolverine

Up-and-coming actress and fashionista Dafne Keen starred in Logan aged 11, then played Lyra in HBO’s adaptation of His Dark Materials … here’s what else you need to know about her

10 Sep 2024 - 2:43PM

Dafne Keen has gone from child star to Hollywood fashionista in a flash. Photos: Ben Rothstein, @dafnekeen/Instagram

7 of the best new Korean drama series to watch in September 2024

Action, drama, romance and comedy are on the K-drama schedule in September, from the heart-wrenching Iron Family to season 2 of monster series Gyeongseong Creature.

30 Aug 2024 - 7:15PMvideocam

5 movies or shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, August 31-September 1

This weekend watch Nicolas Cage as a serial killer or see a princess K-drama, a new Hong Kong gangster film, or an absurdist Greek triptych.

30 Aug 2024 - 10:05AMvideocam

Review | No Way Out: The Roulette review – twisty Disney+ K-drama

Although engaging, an overabundance of hammy characters and a superficial, twisty narrative means the series steadily sinks under the weight of its own story. Will we see a season two?

26 Aug 2024 - 7:15PMvideocam

Cho Jin-woong as Detective Baek Joong-sik in a still from No Way Out: The Roulette, which is engaging but becomes bogged down by the weight of its own story. Yoo Jae-myung, Kim Mu-yeol, Yum Jung-ah, and Lee Kwang-soo co-star. Photo: Disney+

Lee Bo-young eyed for Mary Kills People, and more K-drama casting news

Actress known for role in Mine could play a doctor who performs illegal euthanasia in Mary Kills People. Meanwhile Lee Jae-wook and Choi Sung-eun may team up in romance The Last Summer.

24 Aug 2024 - 7:55AM

Lee Bo-young in a still from Mine. She is being eyed for K-drama Mary Kills People. Photo: Netflix

United States

Disney drops bid to have restaurant death suit tossed over victim’s Disney+

The firm earlier argued that a widower, whose wife died of a food allergy, couldn’t sue because of a clause in his TV streaming agreement.

21 Aug 2024 - 3:27AM