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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.

  • Song Kang-ho plays the titular character, a political fixer in post-war Seoul who tries to recruit Byun Yo-han’s idealistic civil servant, Kim San
  • With its historical backdrop, the series has a literary sensibility that the director leavens by focusing on the relationship between the lead characters
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Korean actress Chun Woo-hee, currently on screens in Netflix’s The Atypical Family and The 8 Show, has been appearing in films and on TV in Korea for two decades. We look back over her acting career.

TikTok is testing 60-minute video uploads, and has gradually increased its video length limits to 10 minutes for all users. Longer video uploads may shift viewership from streaming services like YouTube.

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Eight strangers, each living on a separate floor in a giant room, play a violent game, whose rules are unclear, to earn prize money in The 8 Show, a stylish Korean drama series that is compulsive viewing.

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Yuyu Kitamura, one of the stars of Netflix hit Dead Boy Detectives, talks about learning from her character, what she gained from growing up in Hong Kong, and being allowed to chase her dreams.

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Celebrity chefs have built multimillion-dollar empires by being business savvy about their cooking – but did you know that Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal is among them?

The one-time The Price is Right contestant who ‘didn’t win a doggone thing’ has never looked back from her 1982 debut on Wheel, and is now worth a reported US$85 million

Disney+ K-drama Crash stars Kwak Sun-young as Min So-hee, the head of Traffic Crime Investigation, and Lee Min-ki as insurance investigator Cha Yeon-ho, as they track down a serial killer.

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The one gimmick in a show packed with K-drama clichés – having the male lead dress, talk and act as if he is from the historical Joseon era in Korea – doesn’t come off. As a result, Dare to Love Me falls flat.

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Sima Taparia, aka Sima Auntie, is the star of Netflix show Indian Matchmaking. She talks to the Post about helping young people find love, her own marriage and why she always stops for photos with fans.

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She was a struggling actress taking odd jobs in London before joining an open audition at the Old Vic Theatre … now she’s returning to our screens as Penelope Featherington on the hit Netflix show

Judge Judy was a trailblazer on New York’s legal scene, then retired and became a pioneer of reality TV – here’s how the woman behind the famous eye-rolls and witty one-liners spends her cash

South Korea’s 1979 coup d’état is brought to the big screen in 12.12: The Day. The film’s director, producer, and lead actor Jung Woo-sung talk about dramatising an event whose details were secret for decades.

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Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha-joon star as an instructor and her former star pupil at one of the after-school private academies ubiquitous in South Korea in this tvN series on Viu directed by Ahn Pan-seok.

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Newton is taking on the leading-man mantle on season three of Bridgerton this week, but he made his start in musical theatre ... and seems to be keeping fans guessing about his romantic status

Harvey, the alleged real-life stalker from Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, told show’s creator Richard Gadd to ‘get a life’ and ‘leave [her] alone’ when on Piers Morgan Uncensored – here’s what else she’s said

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Han Hyo-joo and Ju Ji-hoon put in adequate performances in a Disney+ K-drama that moves away from its promising sci-fi premise to become a boring story about corporate greed.

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From Playboy Playmate to Scream 3 actress to The Masked Singer judge, Jenny McCarthy has been keeping busy – here’s what you need to know about the 51-year-old doting mother

Percy Hynes White won’t be in Wednesday season 2 after allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denies – here’s what you need to know about him, and what he’s said about the claims

Aussie actor Hoa Xuande is a rising star in Hollywood after landing the biggest role of his life in HBO-A24 series The Sympathizer, starring alongside Robert Downey Jr – so what do we know about him?

Busy Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo has roles in the pipeline in Queen Woo and heist series Project Y, and is being courted for social drama Genie House; Park Eun-bin is eyeing superhero series The B Team.

The Australian actress speaks to Style about Sofia Coppola, Sigourney Weaver and Cate Blanchett, and coming Netflix releases It’s What’s Inside and Apple Cider Vinegar

When 13-year-old Alana (played by Anantya Kirana) and her friend are abducted and taken to a remote house, she escapes her abductor, and uncovers the extent of the atrocities he has committed.

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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.

An unusual family with special powers lose their gifts for one reason or another, until the appearance of a woman offers them hope of regaining them – but she is not all she seems.

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Actor, director, playwright and musician Daniel York Loh talks about his latest play and how, despite a résumé that includes movie The Beach, he still loses parts for ‘not being Chinese enough’.

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Netflix K-drama Frankly Speaking follows a TV anchor (Go Kyung-pyo) who cannot help saying what he is thinking. So far, it has been filled with toilet humour and has a weak narrative.

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Hong Kong-based multilingual singer Eli Zaelo’s favourite films include titles that resonate because she grew up in South Africa and reaffirm her belief in God. She’s a sucker for romantic comedies too.

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In the spotlight due to the Netflix hit 3 Body Problem, China’s sci-fi industry saw revenues grow by 29 per cent year on year to 13.29 billion yuan (US$15.6 billion) in 2023.

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