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9 September, 2024
Hulk Hogan’s daughter, Brooke Hogan, just gave birth to twins. Photos: WireImage; @mizzhogan/Instagram
Celebrity children

Meet Hulk Hogan’s daughter Brooke Hogan – who just welcomed twins

Hulk Hogan’s daughter Brooke is officially a mother of 2: the 36-year-old recently announced the birth of her twins – a son and a daughter – with her husband, former NHL player Steven Oleksy.

US Politics

Meet Nancy Pelosi’s niece Alexis, whose government salary has drawn scrutiny

Celebrity children

Where are these 16 former US first kids in 2025? From Ivanka to Malia

Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Happyend: dystopian surveillance in chilling Japanese high school drama

The debut feature from Japanese-American director Neo Sora, Happyend is a deft cocktail of teen angst and invasive technology.

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Hayato Kurihara (left) and Yukito Hidaka in a still from Happyend.
Japan

Japan’s Masahiro Nakai sex scandal prompts dozens of companies to pull TV ads

Major sponsors such as carmakers Nissan and Toyota and the owner of 7-Eleven announced they were pulling ads from Fuji TV over the scandal.

Music

Meet Mike Fisher, husband to country music star Carrie Underwood

The retired ice hockey player is focused on family and has recommitted his life to Christianity, but he is reportedly unhappy about Underwood replacing Katy Perry as a judge on American Idol

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Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

Meet Tara Vernon, wife of Rascal Flatts frontman and co-founder Gary LeVox

The couple married in 1999 and have 2 daughters – LeVox has credited their strong faith in God and frequent date nights for their enduring marriage.

Rascal Flatts frontman Gary LeVox is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his marriage to Tara Vernon. Photo: @garylevox/Instagram
Celebrity children

Who is Kid Rock’s supportive son, Bobby Jr, who also seems to be a Trump fan?

Days before Kid Rock performed at Donald Trump’s inauguration event on Sunday, he was celebrating his birthday with his son Robert James Ritchie Jr – so what do we know about the star’s only child?

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Melania Trump

Meet Melania Trump’s trusted stylist, designer and adviser, Hervé Pierre

Since the 1990s, Pierre has designed outfits and curated looks for Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama … and has been accused of cashing in on the Trumps.

US Politics

Meet Laura Shusterman, wife of Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen

Laura Shusterman must rue the day her family introduced her husband Michael Cohen to Donald Trump – who the disgraced lawyer fears may take revenge when he returns to the White House.

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, has been married to his supportive wife Laura Shusterman since 1994. Photo: Getty Images
Sex and relationships

Who is Ricki Lake’s third husband Ross Burningham?

Following a whirlwind romance, the Raised by Ricki host married Burningham in 2022 in their luxurious Malibu home – which has just been destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire.

Ricki Lake and her husband Ross Burningham lost their Malibu home in the Palisades fire. Photo: @rickilake/Instagram
Celebrity Families

Who is Cameron Diaz’s doppelgänger sister, Chimene Diaz?

Although she’s grown more reclusive in recent years, Chimene used to accompany her There’s Something About Mary star sister to red carpet events, and the two reportedly share an ‘intense’ bond

Celebrity Families

Meet Roger Clinton, Bill Clinton’s half-brother who was pardoned in 2001

Roger was jailed after selling cocaine to an undercover officer, and later he was paid by others to lobby for pardons from Bill – nicknamed ‘headache’ by the Secret Service, Roger was also a singer.

Melania Trump

Inside Melania Trump’s humble hometown – a major tourist destination in Slovenia

Melania grew up in this small, picturesque town until her family moved to Ljubljana while she was in high school; visitors have flocked here to see her old home and school since the 2016 US election.

Melania Trump’s humble hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, has a statue and salami dedicated to the FLOTUS. Photos: Reuters; Getty Images
Music

Why are the Village People playing Trump’s inauguration? Victor Willis knows

Disco group the Village People returned to the top of the music charts on the heels of Trump’s political comeback; now the group is playing America’s biggest stage on January 20, to the dismay of many.

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Meet the Village People’s Victor Willis, who’s playing Trump’s inauguration and was married to Phylicia Rashad, aka Clair Huxtable from The Cosby Show. Photo: The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS
United States

Bob Dylan drafts of ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ sell for over US$500,000

The typewritten drafts were among 60 items on sale in an auction, most of them from the personal collection of music journalist Al Aronowitz.

Japan

‘Our society has not learned’: Masahiro Nakai sex scandal sparks anger in Japan

Observers say the former boy band member’s fall from grace echoes music mogul Johnny Kitagawa’s decades of sexual abuse.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Swordsman, Tsui Hark’s wuxia film, started a new fantasy era

Tsui Hark’s 1990 Hong Kong film Swordsman was a long and rambling affair that was difficult to follow, yet it was a resounding success.

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Sam Hui Koon-kit as Ling-wu Chung in a still from Tsui Hark’s Swordsman (1990), the film adaptation of a Louis Cha wuxia novel that launched and era of fantasy martial arts cinema in Hong Kong. Photo: Fortune Star Media
K-drama news

The Penthouse K-drama actor Um Ki-joon marries ‘at 49, finally’

Actor posts announcement with photo of himself in white tuxedo, having revealed he had not expected to find ‘someone to spend my life with’.

Reality TV

The Bachelorette star Jenn Tran on using her television fame for good causes

After becoming the first Asian-American star of The Bachelorette, Tran took on Dancing with the Stars – now she’s leaving reality TV behind to help with the California fires, then return to med school.

Sex and relationships

Who was under-fire LA Mayor Karen Bass’ late ex-husband, Jesus Lechuga?

Amid criticism over her handling of the Los Angeles wildfires, cutting the Fire Department’s budget and ill-timed Ghana trip, Bass’ personal life is under scrutiny too.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has come in for heavy criticism over her handling of the wildfires and her Ghana trip. Photo: Reuters
Music

Meet Chloe Mendel, wife of The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan

Born to French and Taiwanese parents, the fashion powerhouse is expecting her third child with the musician, whom she married in 2023 wearing a wedding gown designed by her dad.

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and his wife Chloe Mendel have a third child on the way. Photo: Getty Images
Sex and relationships

Meet Morgane Stapleton, wife of country music superstar Chris Stapleton

The couple met as songwriters in 2003, married in 2007 and now have 5 children; they frequently write together and Morgane often sings backing vocals at Chris’ concerts.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s new Kai Tak Stadium rocking as 18,000 fans watch trial concert

The 1½-hour ‘Four in Love’ charity concert was the first non-sports trial event at the new venue.

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K-drama news

Profile | Meet Ju Ji-hoon, star of K-dramas Light Shop and The Trauma Code

Ju Ji-hoon was a successful model, then actor, before a scandal brought him down. He fought his way back, and today his talent is in demand.

Ju Ji-hoon in a still from Light Shop. Photo: Disney+.
United States

‘America deserves TikTok’: YouTuber MrBeast throws hat into ring to buy app

Influencer Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, says he has an ‘offer ready to save the platform’.

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YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, has stepped up his effort to buy TikTok. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS
Sex and relationships

Who is Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler’s low-key baby mama, Kaitlin Nowak?

The pair dated from 2019 and have 3 children, but they remain private and model Nowak prefers to stay out of the spotlight. Butler has been linked with celebrities such as Shakira.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs

The most disturbing details revealed in new docu Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy

The claims include Diddy having sex with underage girls and threatening to pimp out female musicians, as well as Combs’ mother Janice hosting drug-fuelled sex parties in his childhood home.

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