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Watching two Hong Kong students help win the UK’s long-running University Challenge TV quiz show, Cliff Buddle recalls the challenges of viewing British TV favourites in Hong Kong in the 1990s.

When the opportunity came, VEA chef-owner Vicky Cheng jumped at the chance to be a guest judge on MasterChef Australia’s Hong Kong leg – and he came away thinking, ‘I wish I knew more home cooks like this’.

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At the premiere of A Family Affair in Los Angeles, the former teen heartthrob reacted to his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens’ pregnancy, saying she is going to be ‘the best mum ever’

US president’s son alleges Fox violated New York state’s so-called revenge porn law, which makes it illegal to publish intimate images of a person without their consent.

You laugh, you cry, you root for the characters – it’s what sets K-dramas apart from other types of shows and explains their lasting popularity, according to a leading Korean television critic.

Lee Do-hyun returns in Netflix K-drama Sweet Home season 3, Kim So-hyun and Chae Jong-hyeop share the screen in romance Serendipity’s Embrace, and Jang Na-ra plays a feared lawyer in Good Partner.

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Lok Cheung, bar manager at three-time Asia’s 50 Best Bars winner Coa, explains how connecting his drinks to Hong Kong helped him take first place in ViuTV’s Master Mixologist cocktail competition.

Sul Kyung-gu, Kim hee-ae and Im Se-mi star in Netflix’s new political Korean drama The Whirlwind, but bland scripting that sorely lacks fun and charisma overwhelms its better elements.

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He popularised the terms ‘rizz’ and ‘gyat’, streamed with Kevin Hart and Nicki Minaj, and attended North West’s birthday – despite having beef with Kanye West

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A teenage student cramming for Hong Kong’s university entrance exam joins YouTuber Hui Yin, who is resitting it at 30 to put right his past failures, in documentary Once Upon a Time in HKDSE.

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Cressida Cowper is the Regency-era Mean Girl we love to hate – but Madsen’s gaining attention for her LGBT pride and her fashion choices too

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Sitting on the couch watching TV has been linked to worse health in old age in a recent Harvard study, which recommends replacing TV time with physical activities, although even sleeping is better.

Can A Quiet Place: Day One and Alien: Romulus break the recent prequel curse? Films like Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga have bombed, for a variety of reasons. Is there a prequel formula that works?

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From Blake Lively starting a family with Ryan Reynolds to Penn Badgley’s hit Netflix show You ... and which star confessed to once dating a cast mate?

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American actress Mikey Madison starred in comedy romance Anora, which won the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival … but you might have seen her in other films and TV shows before

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Charmed alum Doherty is asking her estranged ex-husband Iswarienko to cough up spousal support and lawyer’s fees, according to a filing obtained by US media earlier this month

Chun Woo-hee and Song Joong-ki are considering roles in the Korean drama My Youth, while Jin Ki-joo has signed on to Undercover High School, and Kim Da-mi is in talks to lead A Hundred Memories.

MasterChef Australia series 16 contestant Mimi Wong, who began cooking in Hong Kong aged 13, talks about her ‘creative upper hand’ on the show from being ‘from two cultures, from the East and West’.

The Marvel actress formerly dated Logan Paul and Riverdale’s Charles Melton, and is rumoured to be seeing The 1975’s Ross MacDonald … so is Charli XCX’s song really about her, not Taylor Swift?

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Even viewers who know their South Korean history may struggle with Uncle Samsik’s mix of actual and fictional events, depicted using newsreel footage and scenes shot to appear as if they are newsreels.

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One of the stars of Netflix series One Day, Leo Woodall talks about how it feels to suddenly have a horde of online fans, and being inspired to act after watching Peaky Blinders and Skins.

Netflix anime The Imaginary follows an imaginary friend (voiced by Kokoro Terada) trying to get back to his human companion Amanda (Rio Suzuki) in a story that is heavily inspired by the films of Studio Ghibli.

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The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White was recently spotted out and about with his ex-wife Addison Timlin and their children in LA – so what do we know about the 32-year-old actress?