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Icons and Influencers
Who's making headlines and creating trends? Meet the social media icons and influencers who shape the world as we know it.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
Joan Chen sparked debate online as past dishwashing jobs in US resurfaced in media. Photo: SCMP composite/Baidu/Weibo
Trending in China

Profile | Chinese actress Joan Chen’s past as dishwasher in US sparks lively debate online

As her tale of struggle and hardship resurfaces on Chinese social media, it deeply resonates with netizens.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Bella Thorne’s fiancé Mark Emms, who’s worked with Dua Lipa and Stevie Wonder

Millionaires and billionaires

Who is the richest US Supreme Court justice? Net worths, ranked

Fame and celebrity

Meet Patrick Jackson, US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s husband

‘We love a supportive spouse! Welcome to the club, Dr Jackson,’ wrote Pete Buttigieg’s husband Chasten when Jackson was caught weeping through his wife’s March 2022 confirmation hearing.

Meet Patrick Jackson, US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s husband of nearly three decades. Photo: Getty Images
Trending in China

Profile | Taiwan singer Jimmy Lin praised for resilience post-facial surgery after car crash

Accident in 2022 caused severe facial and shoulder fractures, requiring several reconstructive surgeries, a challenging recovery.

Fashion

Q&A | Audrey Diwan on filming Emmanuelle in Hong Kong, and her love for Chanel

Audrey Diwan came to Hong Kong for the first time in 2023 – it didn’t take her long to return for Chanel’s cruise show, and she also directed a short film starring Angela Yuen for the occasion.

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Art

Tattoo artist Mr Koo talks mental health and finding solace in art

Mr Koo shares his journey from rebellion during his youth to health struggles and advocating for mental health awareness in Hong Kong.

Tattoo artist Mr. Koo moved from Toronto to Hong Kong this year with a backpack – and is slowly rebuilding himself through art with a mental health focus. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Britain

UK police to seize US$2.5 million from ‘serial’ tax evader Andrew Tate

The former kickboxer and his brother Tristan failed to pay any tax on 21 million pounds in revenue from their online businesses.

Malaysia

Malaysian influencer faces backlash over alleged South Korea travel scam

She has apologised and promised refunds as police investigate reports of fraud after some clients were left stranded in South Korea.

Fame and celebrity

Meet the UFC’s Colby Covington, who loves Trump and just called out LeBron James

Covington walked into a recent UFC fight kissing a bobblehead of the president-elect on a gold chain; the mixed martial artist says he plans to attend Trump’s inauguration in January.

Meet the UFC’s Colby Covington, who campaigned for Trump and just called LeBron James a “scumbag”. Photo: @colbycovington/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Who is Gina Loudon, the Trump surrogate who slammed Ariana Grande in Wicked?

The Maga mouthpiece wrongly called Grande Hispanic, dubbing her performance ‘racist’ – the mum of 5 previously spoke out against a ‘sinful’ couple on Wife Swap as well as ‘the horrors of abortion’.

Meet Gina Loudon, the Trump surrogate and Sean Hannity co-host who accused Ariana Grande and Wicked of “racial appropriation”. Photo: @realdrgina/Instagram
Fashion

Meet Matilda Djerf, the Swedish influencer working with Hailey Bieber’s Rhode

At just 27, Djerf’s amassed millions of followers and created a wildly successful fashion brand that espouses authenticity – but she’s also faced allegations of workplace bullying and bodyshaming.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Daily Show star Ronny Chieng’s dual-qualified lawyer wife, Hannah Pham?

The M3gan actor’s partner is qualified to practise law in both Australia and New York, but pivoted to managing her husband’s career, including executive producing his 2022 Netflix special Speakeasy.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Randy Moss’ son Thaddeus, who called out Larry Fitzgerald Sr?

Thaddeus Moss was furious at Larry Fitzgerald Sr after the ex NFL player told the world his father had cancer before he had a chance to announce it himself, and admonished Brett Favre as well.

Randy Moss’ son Thaddeus Moss has clapped back against retired NFL players speaking out without his father’s permission. Photo: TNS; @Thaddeusmoss/X
Fame and celebrity

Who is Kimberly Marasco, the writer and poet suing Tay Tay for US$7 million?

The author has finally served Swift, after claiming the pop princess plagiarised her poems in several songs across the albums Lover, Folklore, Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department.

Who is Kimberly Marasco, the author and poet suing Taylor Swift for US$7 million? Photo: AP
Fame and celebrity

Meet Ronnie Wood’s wife Sally Humphreys, who is 31 years his junior

The couple married in 2012 with Paul McCartney and Rod Stewart as best men; their twin girls Gracie and Alice were born in 2016, and Humphreys has supported Wood through 2 bouts of lung cancer.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Forrie J. Smith, the real-life cowboy behind Yellowstone’s Lloyd Pierce

Born in Montana to generations of rodeo cowboys, the Better Call Saul actor is as authentic a ranch hand as they come. But why was he kicked off a plane and banned from the Screen Actors Guild Awards?

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Kevin Bacon’s musician, composer and filmmaker son, Travis Bacon

The Bacon family all stepped out in a rare outing for the premiere of the Timothée Chalamet-led Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, and Kevin’s son Travis turned heads with his goth girlfriend.

Meet Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick’s son, musician, composer and filmmaker Travis Bacon. Photos: @kevinbacon, @svrtcntraclt/Instagram
Trending in China

‘Copycat tax’: China influencer presents lavish gifts to pop star he imitates

Their online interactions spark extensive discussions about legal implications of profiting from celebrity likenesses.

Fame and celebrity

Is Shailene Woodley dating Roberta Colindrez after Aaron Rodgers?

A new report claims The Fault in Our Stars actress has been getting close with her Broadway co-star Roberta Colindrez – so what do we know about the LGBTQ advocate?

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Jennifer Landon, the actress behind Yellowstone’s Teeter

Jennifer Landon may be best known for her work on the neo-Western, but she also has a growing film career, including in this year’s Brothers, starring Josh Brolin, Brendan Fraser and Peter Dinklage.

Meet Jennifer Landon, Yellowstone’s Teeter and daughter of the late TV icon Michael Landon. Photos: Getty Images; @thejenlandon/Instagram
Middle East

Syrians on a shopping spree in former rebel stronghold

Dana in Idlib province was cut off from the rest of the country until the fall of the Assad regime despite its proximity to Aleppo.

A youth holds a Syrian independence-era flag inside a shopping mall in the town of al-Dana, near Sarmada, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, on Friday. Photo: AFP
Music

Why the popular North Star Boys want to ‘inspire Asian-Americans’

We speak to the boy band about their work in expanding Asian-American representation, how they met and why ‘the stars aligned’ for them all.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Connie Angland, Landman star Billy Bob Thornton’s 6th wife?

Angland, whose credits include Men in Black, has been with Thornton for over two decades; he prefers their low-key lifestyle to the days of hanging out with bigwigs like George Lucas with Jolie.

Fashion

Meet Matthieu Blazy, the low-key designer who just took over Chanel

The young Belgian designer has worked with the crème de la crème of fashion and created iconic pieces like the Maison Margiela crystal mask Kanye West wore on his 2013-14 Yeezus Tour.

Matthieu Blazy walks the runway following Bottega Veneta’s spring/summer 2023 show at Milan Fashion Week in September 2022. Photo: Getty Images
Food and Drinks

The secret to Bar Leone’s success, according to its owner Lorenzo Antinori

The lawyer turned bartender eschews the trend of too fancy cocktails and believes that creating the right atmosphere is a crucial part of the whole mix.

Bar Leone co-founder, Lorenzo Antinori poses i a corner booth at Bar Leone. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Fame and celebrity

Who is Dakota Brubaker, who’s dating Reese Witherspoon’s daughter Ava Phillippe?

Brubaker has been sharing photos with Phillippe, including a sweet Christmas-themed snap; the employment specialist and musician spent a year working overseas, taking him to Thailand, Cuba and Peru.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Sam Burns, the Maga-loving golfer with a hunting controversy?

Burns has 5 PGA Tour wins under his belt, but his Instagram post of himself wearing a Maga hat while posing with a dead deer sparked mixed reactions – off the course, he’s a husband and new dad.

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