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Actors

Chinese actress Zhao Lusi seen working at a night market in Hainan

In several videos posted online, Zhao Lusi was seen handling everything herself – from cooking and packing the food to collecting payment.
In several videos posted online, Zhao Lusi was seen handling everything herself – from cooking and packing the food to collecting payment.

Hollywood stars Olivia Wilde, Natalie Portman slam ICE after fatal Minneapolis shooting

Olivia Wilde (left) and Natalie Portman used red carpet appearances at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan 24 to denounce the killing of an American protester.
Olivia Wilde (left) and Natalie Portman used red carpet appearances at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan 24 to denounce the killing of an American protester.

Wrexham move into promotion play-off places with last-gasp win

Field Notes from Hong Kong

HK has another hit movie. Can such flicks save the industry from terminal decline?

Actor Raymond Lam (centre) in Hong Kong’s latest hit flick Back To The Past.
Actor Raymond Lam (centre) in Hong Kong’s latest hit flick Back To The Past.

Tasha Low and Tyler Ten play love interests for 3rd time, but just ‘good friends’ offscreen

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Jan 23, 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and US President Donald Trump posing for a photo during their meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and US President Donald Trump posing for a photo during their meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Forum: Treat stunt action on screens as a professional discipline

Ariana Grande snubbed and Timothee Chalamet supreme? Five Oscars takeaways

Ariana Grande failed to garner an Oscar nod for Wicked: For Good, while Timothee Chalamet was nominated in the best actor category for a third time for Marty Supreme.
Ariana Grande failed to garner an Oscar nod for Wicked: For Good, while Timothee Chalamet was nominated in the best actor category for a third time for Marty Supreme.

Wounded Ukrainian veterans find healing on stage

Olha Semoshkina (top right), chief choreographer of the Veterans' Theatre group, talks to the actors before the premiere of an 18th‑century Ukrainian parody of Virgil's \"Aeneid\", amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 4, 2025. Fellow member and veterans' psychologist Yehor Babenko, 27, said the transformative trauma of serious injury often compels people to seek meaning in something new. He said it was critical for his fellow comrades to understand that life does not simply end after a serious injury. \"Sometimes, you understand it’s the opposite - that it just starts getting going.\" REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Olha Semoshkina (top right), chief choreographer of the Veterans' Theatre group, talks to the actors before the premiere of an 18th‑century Ukrainian parody of Virgil's \"Aeneid\", amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 4, 2025. Fellow member and veterans' psychologist Yehor Babenko, 27, said the transformative trauma of serious injury often compels people to seek meaning in something new. He said it was critical for his fellow comrades to understand that life does not simply end after a serious injury. \"Sometimes, you understand it’s the opposite - that it just starts getting going.\" REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Ryan Coogler’s vampire horror Sinners breaks all-time Oscars record with 16 nominations

The nominees for Best Picture "Sinners" during the 98th Academy Awards nominations announcement at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, on January 22, 2026 (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)
The nominees for Best Picture "Sinners" during the 98th Academy Awards nominations announcement at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, on January 22, 2026 (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.