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From tycoons to influencers, latest news and updates on Hong Kong celebrities and icons.
The death of Hong Kong singer-songwriter Coco Lee following her attempted suicide should galvanise community awareness of depression, which is a disorder that can affect anyone.
Donnie Yen’s stand-out appearance in John Wick: Chapter 4 is an excellent opportunity to raise Hong Kong’s global prominence, and the city’s government must step up to take it.
Recognition for the Asian actress – and others from the region – will boost the confidence of the industry here and beyond.
‘Hong Kong, add oil!’ was being heard long before the 2019 social unrest and simply translates as ‘keep it up’. It knows no boundaries of age or gender, and is normally above politics.
As Hong Kong mourns storyteller Ni Kuang and filmmaker Alex Law, it can take comfort from knowing their much-loved legacies will live on.
Why are Hong Kong housewives and aunties so obsessed with handsome local butcher Samuel Lau? Maybe it’s because Hongkongers are desperate to feel more ‘local’ to reinforce their identity.
The death of Kenneth Tsang Kong, a cinema and television icon for six decades, has been met with a flood of tributes from those in the entertainment industry and beyond.
- Blend Hong Kong’s love of horse races with the city’s elite athletes and you get an event like the ‘Champions of the Valley’, hosted at Happy Valley racecourse by Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC)
- Hong Kong’s National Rugby Sevens team captain Max Woodward shares his thoughts on the future of the city’s athletes and the highlights of the Hong Kong Sevens earlier in April
Star of category III soft porn films such as Erotic Ghost Story and Sex and Zen, Amy Yip talks about her time in Hong Kong’s adult movie industry, the ‘Yip tease’, and thoughts of acting again.
Sham article is almost identical to one debunked two weeks ago, featuring Hong Kong movie star Donnie Yen and US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.
Infernal Affairs, the 2002 psychological Hong Kong cop drama starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau, was a box-office hit, but proved a hard act to follow when the studio asked for two more films.
In 2009, Dragonball Evolution adapted Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball for the big screen, but the result was a low-budget, laughably bad movie that sidelined Asians and debased the iconic manga series.
With Lydia Sum ‘everything came from the heart’, said the TV producer who turbocharged the career of the comedian and actress. Known as Fei Fei, she is remembered for the joy she brought audiences.
Chef and cookbook author Grace Choy tells Kate Whitehead about her ‘simple’ childhood above the family’s mahjong shop in Hong Kong and how itchy feet have led her to Tokyo.
In 1975’s The Man from Hong Kong, Jimmy Wang Yu thought he had found the vehicle that would propel him to Bruce Lee-level international fame – but the James Bond-like film did not click with viewers.
Nicole Leung was ready to become a waitress when benefactors saw her potential and sent her to play basketball in the US college system. There she befriended fellow Hong Kong hoops star Yannie Chan.
A migrant from China to Hong Kong (Raymond Lam) winds up in the Kowloon Walled City, where he befriends mobsters, in Soi Cheang’s lavishly funded yet edgy film, a spectacle let down by its storytelling.
Scammers have published a fictitious article with the appearance of a South China Morning Post story and a reporter’s byline to promote two online financial trading apps.
Crowds pack Hennessy Road for Mirror member’s 25th birthday, amid a free ride day sponsored by the fan club.
Starring Patra Au, Tai Bo and Leung Chung-hang, director Ray Yeung’s LGBTQ drama All Shall Be Well sees an elderly Hong Kong lesbian at risk of losing everything after her partner suddenly dies.
Hold You Tight and Lan Yu were daring films for their time. The first stars Chingmy Yau, then an actress in adults-only films, as a bored wife who has an affair, while the latter is a stylish gay drama.
Donna Ong’s documentary examines cinema and Hong Kong history from the 1950s onwards through the eyes of a titan of the cultural scene. Fascinating and packed with archive material, it is narrated by Law.
A look at Ekin Cheng’s journey from actor and Cantopop star to husband to actress Yoyo Mung – and the public romances that made him a tabloid magnet and drew public criticism.
Director Sam Wong has tried to pack too much into Suspect, and the result is an incoherent mess. Playing a detective with unusual powers, Nick Cheung endures some frankly stupid set pieces.
In 1998, Rush Hour shot Jackie Chan to international fame. But after making the film with Chris Tucker, Chan ultimately decided not to abandon Hong Kong, and continued to make films in both places.
Organisers cancel Kuala Lumpur concert due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’, offering to swap tickets for Singapore stop and compensate travel costs.
As two Hong Kong films premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, we look back at the city’s cinema history at the event, including Wong Kar-wai’s many hits and Johnnie To’s successes in the 2000s.
Actress rose to fame in TV adaptation of martial arts novel, going on to become household name in mainland China after role in series starring Fan Bingbing.
Tourism Board invited industry professionals, celebrities and internet influencers to produce over 330 short videos documenting their travel experience in Hong Kong
Veteran Tony Leung takes best actor prize for his role as a flamboyant con-man in crime thriller The Goldfinger.
Viva Erotica (1996) and Vulgaria (2012) are two contrasting Category III satirical films that reveal a different side of Hong Kong’s once-famed, often crazy adult movie industry.
Martial arts film icon and the 2024 Hong Kong Film Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Sammo Hung talks about his movies, stars like Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan – and eating.
Sandra Ng Kwan-yue, now a respected Hong Kong actress and producer, started out playing minor, unattractive roles in the 1980s. But through hard work and humility, she carved a path to success.
Both Hong Kong-born and London-based, Chan and Wun had never met – until a certain A-list rapper paired her enormous earrings with his striking bronze and gold gown
The same five titles dominate the nominations in all major categories of the Hong Kong Film Awards 2024. Post film editor Edmund Lee predicts the winners and reflects on who or what actually should win.
Writer and director Sasha Chuk stars in her debut film Fly Me to the Moon, which follows a young immigrant from mainland China as she struggles to live life in Hong Kong.
