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American actor John Lithgow at the Olivier Awards 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Europe

John Lithgow wins best actor at UK Olivier Awards

American actor won for portrayal of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author in Giant, a play that confronts Dahl’s antisemitic views.

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Film director Ridley Scott brings his artist’s eye to graphic novel

6 Apr 2025 - 5:27PM

What were Donnie Yen’s early movies like before Ip Man? 5 films revisited

6 Apr 2025 - 1:15PMvideocam

K-drama

K-drama casting news about Jun Ji-hyun, Ji Chang-wook and more

From a fantasy drama offer made to Jun Ji-hyun to one for Squid Game’s Park Sung-hoon, the latest Korean drama casting announcements.

5 Apr 2025 - 7:15PM

Korean actress Jun Ji-hyun has been offered a leading role in the fantasy drama series Human X Gumiho. Photo: Netflix

Family & Relationships

Dating is a fraught affair in Iran, where tradition and modernity collide

In Iran, cultural shifts and societal pressures create challenges for young people eager to find a partner. To succeed they must break rules.

6 Apr 2025 - 4:15PM

Explainer | Case of Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron shows harsh spotlight on Korean stars

An actress under relentless scrutiny. An actor accused of underage dating. His tearful denial. Her suicide. What is it with actors in Korea?

5 Apr 2025 - 1:15PMvideocam

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Health & Wellness

What is best to eat for breakfast? 4 nutrition experts tell us theirs

Breakfast should not be skipped, especially if you are a woman, nutritionists say. Eat it soon after you awake and include protein, they add.

6 Apr 2025 - 5:30PM

Nutrition experts describe eating a variety of healthy breakfast foods that include avocado, muesli, eggs, chia pudding, oatmeal, fruits, berries, nuts and seeds. Photo: Shutterstock

Food & Drink

9 places to eat near Kai Tak Stadium so you don’t go hungry like rugby fans

If you’re attending an event at Kai Tak Stadium you can find Thai, Mexican, burgers, soups and much else to eat, all within walking distance.

6 Apr 2025 - 11:15AM

For Park Ji-hoon, new fights and friends in Netflix’s Weak Hero Class 2

Trailer for the Korean teenage action drama debuting April 25 show main character Si-eun battling unresolved trauma and more school violence.

5 Apr 2025 - 6:31PMvideocam

K-drama

7 of the best new K-drama series to watch in April 2025

Shin Min-a and Park Hae-soo team up in limited series thriller Karma, Kim Ji-yeon stars in a horror period drama and Son Suk-ku is in heaven.

30 Mar 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Shin Min-a as Lee Ju-yeon in a still from Karma. Photo: Jihyeong Seo/Netflix

Artists & celebrities

What did IU learn from Netflix’s When Life Gives You Tangerines?

Singer-actress IU talks about playing Ae-sun and Geum-myeong and what the K-drama taught her about living a successful and fulfilling life.

4 Apr 2025 - 12:45PM

IU as Ae-sun’s ambitious daughter Geum-myeong in a still from the hit Korean drama When Life Gives You Tangerines. Photo: Netflix

Entertainment

Review | The Last Dance (extended version): what the deleted scenes entail

The highest grossing Hong Kong film ever returns with 12 minutes of extra scenes that add some comedy, but do they warrant a re-release?

2 Apr 2025 - 12:41PMvideocam

Entertainment

Jack Black on A Minecraft Movie and his ‘incredible journey’ in acting

School of Rock star who ‘can see retirement’ but keeps going talks about the acting bug and how praise from George Clooney changed his life.

6 Apr 2025 - 2:45PMvideocam

Health & Wellness

Crying out for a no-tears way to slice onions? How to make it happen

A professor of botany explains why onions make us cry, and we consider some of the ways you can try to stop the tears flowing.

5 Apr 2025 - 6:30PM

The easiest and foolproof solution to prevent tears is to simply wear swimming goggles when chopping onions. Photo: Shutterstock

Health & Wellness

Scientists find women’s hearing is better than men’s. Say what?

Many people have the impression women’s hearing is sharper. Now tests in 13 countries have shown they do. Researchers offer some reasons.

5 Apr 2025 - 11:15AM

Following tests on around 450 people in 13 countries, British and French researchers found women “typically” have hearing amplitude that is around two decibels more sensitive than men’s. Photo: Shutterstock

Health & Wellness

Can alternative cancer treatment like in Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar work?

Integrative cancer treatment fusing conventional medicine and holistic therapy from meditation to yoga is getting eyeballs. Experts weigh in.

5 Apr 2025 - 4:15AM

Chinese culture

Explainer | What is the Chinese Ching Ming Festival and how is it marked?

Traditionally a Chinese spring ritual, the tomb-sweeping festival is said to have its roots in an emperor’s cruelty to a follower.

3 Apr 2025 - 3:56PM

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Chinese culture

Is Year of the Snake’s third month lucky for you? 12 zodiac sign horoscopes

Feng shui master Andrew Kwan breaks down this lunar month’s prospects for love, career, health and finance for the 12 Chinese zodiac signs.

29 Mar 2025 - 9:42AM

The third lunar month of the Year of the Snake begins on March 29, 2025. What does the month have in store for you? Photo: VCG via Getty Images

K-drama

Review | When Life Gives You Tangerines: one of the best K-dramas ever made

An emotionally rich script and a sensational cast make this series a gripping and rewarding watch from start to finish. Have tissues on hand.

31 Mar 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Health & Wellness

10 things about dementia to ask a doctor to keep your brain healthy

Dementia risk factors range from mental health to diet. Ask your doctor about them to help you slow down or prevent the onset of disease.

17 Mar 2025 - 10:58AMvideocam

Food & Drink

Hong Kong’s 132-year-old tofu restaurant where people go silly for soy

At Michelin-recognised Kung Wo Beancurd Factory in Sham Shui Po, soy products from tofu pudding to soy milk are made fresh on site.

3 Apr 2025 - 7:15AM

Renee So, the owner and director of Kung Wo Beancurd Factory, at the tofu restaurant and shop in the heart of Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po neighbourhood. Photo: Kylie Knott

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Chen Rui, known online as @trumpbyryan and by his English name Ryan, is a content creator from Chongqing, China known for imitating Donald Trump. Photo: @trumpbyryan/ Instagram

The influencer from China who speaks exactly like Donald Trump

Chen Rui, a Chinese marketer who went viral for his spot on Trump impressions, teaches English through his social media.

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There was little festive cheer 75 years ago, as the Battle of Hong Kong raged to a bloody conclusion. Some of the people who lived through the invasion recall how they suddenly found themselves in a war zone

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The best inspiration is found at home, this artist finds

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A version of The Suprême croissant at Lafayette Bakery in New York. Photo: Instagram/lafayette380

Food and Drinks

Cronuts so yesterday now there’s croissant pizza, cookie, brownie, hot dog

The pastry of New York is the bagel, right? Not so fast. What about the croissant crossovers, from pistachio fillings to pigs-in-a-blanket?

5 Apr 2025 - 10:24AM

All about cloves, how to use them in cooking and a recipe idea

4 Apr 2025 - 3:15PM

The secret to great pizza? It’s how you ferment the dough, chef says

6 Apr 2025 - 11:22AM

For coffee fans, 5 new Hong Kong cafes and 2 festivals to visit in April 2025

3 Apr 2025 - 11:20AM

A cafe latte at Fineprint. Photo: Jonathan Wong

No hot food before Ching Ming? Diving into the forgotten Cold Food Festival

4 Apr 2025 - 7:45AM

People in Vietnam prepare sugar-filled glutinous rice balls for the little-known Cold Food Festival, once widely celebrated in Chinese and East Asian communities but now absorbed into the tomb-sweeping festival called Ching Ming. Photo: Shutterstock

Enjoy a soy symphony at Ming Court in Hong Kong’s Cordis hotel

3 Apr 2025 - 8:22AM

Tofu’s versatility shines at Ming Court in the Cordis, Hong Kong hotel, where a special menu pairs soy products with seasonal ingredients in dishes such as tofu panna cotta (above). Photo: Ming Court

Ancient grain farro a superfood trending in Asia. Why it’s so healthy

2 Apr 2025 - 3:15PMvideocam

Farro still features in Mediterranean cuisine. Photo: Shutterstock

Health & Wellness

Shingrix is a second-generation vaccine against shingles. Photo: Shutterstock

What you should do after dementia finding about shingles vaccine

Research showing older adults’ risk of getting dementia fell if they had shingles vaccination another reason to consider getting the shot.

4 Apr 2025 - 1:45PM

Ancient grain farro a superfood trending in Asia. Why it’s so healthy

2 Apr 2025 - 3:15PMvideocam

EU proposes ‘wine package’ as Trump threatens 200% tariffs

31 Mar 2025 - 3:20PM

Dementia’s links to diabetes, herpes explored as research widens

31 Mar 2025 - 4:15AM

This teacher lost 36kg. Now she runs races that used to be impossible

31 Mar 2025 - 12:21PM

Chinese culture

People in Vietnam prepare sugar-filled glutinous rice balls for the little-known Cold Food Festival, once widely celebrated in Chinese and East Asian communities but now absorbed into the tomb-sweeping festival called Ching Ming. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese culture

No hot food before Ching Ming? Diving into the forgotten Cold Food Festival

A nobleman once cut a piece of his flesh to feed an exiled Chinese prince. The Cold Food Festival in his honour was inspired by his death.

4 Apr 2025 - 7:45AM

Seoul and Incheon’s Chinatowns tell stories of Chinese immigration to Korea

1 Apr 2025 - 7:15AM

50 years of growth and cultural change in London’s Chinatown

25 Mar 2025 - 7:15PM

Chinese-Thai Phuket hotelier channels ‘true spirit of being Peranakan’

13 Mar 2025 - 11:23AM

Hotelier Pichakorn Phanichwong in the Reading Room of Hotel Verdigris. Photo: handout

Contemporary Chinese ink artist tips hat to singer Anita Mui in show

9 Mar 2025 - 11:15AM

Artist Hong Wai at her show “No Way To Be Good”. Photo: Elson Li

Explainer | Ayurveda, TCM share approach to healing. How else are they similar?

9 Mar 2025 - 8:54AM

Practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda check a person’s pulse to help arrive at a diagnosis. Photo: Shutterstock

Cantonese opera or J-pop? Hong Kong’s Rika Woo does both. Here’s why

5 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM

To some, Rika Woo is a J-pop singer. To others, she is a Cantonese opera performer. The Hong Kong artiste explains why she does both. Photo: Reuters

Monkeys are far better yodellers than humans. Photo: Shutterstock

How ‘cheap trick’ helps monkeys yodel better than humans

Human yodellers can switch up and down an octave, but monkeys have a 3½-octave range. Researchers have just discovered why that is.

4 Apr 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

AI threatens anime artists but Ghibli’s Miyazaki irreplaceable, son says

3 Apr 2025 - 9:52AM

Armless musician Felix Klieser on overcoming the ‘impossible’

31 Mar 2025 - 7:15AM

Review | Visually stunning Bizet’s Carmen in Hong Kong recreates original staging

31 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM

US$330 million later, New York’s Frick Collection to reopen its doors

30 Mar 2025 - 6:15PM

Bruce Springsteen in San Diego in 2024. His coming collection, “Tracks ll: The Lost Albums”, will contain songs written and re-recorded between 1983 and 2018. photo: TNS

Bruce Springsteen to drop 83 unreleased songs in 7-album collection

Tracks ll: The Lost Albums will contain songs The Boss wrote and re-recorded between 1983 and 2018 – 74 of them never heard before.

4 Apr 2025 - 11:50AMvideocam

Ukrainian punk-rock band provide escape from ‘madness’ of war

5 Apr 2025 - 6:27PM

Discover secrets and tools of real-life James Bonds at MI5 exhibition

4 Apr 2025 - 4:15PM

Sin City at 20: why the 2005 neo-noir hit was such a landmark film

4 Apr 2025 - 5:57AMvideocam

Jessica Alba (left) and Nick Stahl in a still from Sin City.

Lee Dong-wook leads The Divorce Insurance, workplace romcom K-drama

3 Apr 2025 - 7:21PMvideocam

Lee Dong-wook in a still from The Divorce Insurance. Photo: Online

Profile | At 87, The Joy Luck Club star Kieu Chinh has no plans to slow down

3 Apr 2025 - 6:15PM

Vietnamese-American actress Kieu Chinh, who published her memoir, Kieu Chinh: An Artist in Exile, in 2012, got her breakthrough role as Suyuan Woo in the 1991 movie The Joy Luck Club. Photo: Kieu Chinh

A video game more influential than Doom, Super Mario Bros? Apparently so

3 Apr 2025 - 1:45PMvideocam

Sega launched video game Shenmue in 1999 for the Dreamcast console. It has topped a Bafta poll of the most influential video games. Photo: Instagram/dkoldies

Lee Dong-wook in a still from The Divorce Insurance. Photo: Online

Korean drama reviews

Lee Dong-wook leads The Divorce Insurance, workplace romcom K-drama

A team of divorcees at an insurance company weigh the merits of selling divorce insurance in Killing Romance director’s small-screen debut.

3 Apr 2025 - 7:21PMvideocam

How When Life Gives You Tangerines made actor a better husband

6 Apr 2025 - 9:05AM

Is that Park Eun-bin in Hyper Knife? Actress barely recognisable

2 Apr 2025 - 5:15PM

Review | Karma: Park Hae-soo, Shin Min-a lead morally murky Netflix thriller

1 Apr 2025 - 10:25AMvideocam

Teenage K-drama Weak Hero Class 1 sees big resurgence after Netflix debut

1 Apr 2025 - 4:15AMvideocam

Travel & Leisure

A black rhino in a photo taken by Save the Rhino Trust rangers in Namibia.Photo: Instagram/savetherhinonamibia

Fancy getting hands-on conserving African rhinos and elephants?

In drought-stricken Namibia, where conservation groups are fighting to preserve endangered species, paying tourists can join ranger patrols.

4 Apr 2025 - 5:02AM

Dodge the tourist crowds in Armenia, a cultural treasure trove

2 Apr 2025 - 4:15PM

Can Japan’s growing fan culture move the dial for consumer spending?

3 Apr 2025 - 5:15PM

Cruising Norway’s Arctic north, land of natural wonders and mystical light

4 Apr 2025 - 9:59AM

The MS Trollfjord in a Norwegian fiord surrounded by mountains. Hurtigruten cruises between Bergen and Svalbard in the Arctic Circle offer breathtaking scenery and never-ending sunlight. Photo: Shutterstock

Trump slump? Why US flight and hotel bookings are down

3 Apr 2025 - 9:57AM

The detention of tourists by US immigration authorities has created “bad buzz”. Photo: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS

3-day Ethiopia travel itinerary enough to see the best of African nation

2 Apr 2025 - 4:15AM

The famed cross-shaped Biete Ghiorgis, or Church of Saint George, in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Some consider Lalibela, with its 11 churches painstakingly carved out of solid volcanic rock, an Eighth Wonder of the World. Photo: AP

How have travel trends changed since Covid? 7 experts open up

31 Mar 2025 - 5:21PM

Tourists are looking for more meaningful experiences, says Sasha Andrews from Exodus Adventure Travels. Photo: Shutterstock

Family & Relationships

Momoka Matsui and her co-worker Saki Matsumoto at After All Coffee in Tokyo, where Matsui’s favourite boy band stopped by. They are taking part in “oshikatsu”, a fan-driven phenomenon in Japan that is boosting consumer spending. Photo: Reuters

Can Japan’s growing fan culture move the dial for consumer spending?

Fans of bands, anime characters, mascots and online entertainers in Japan may spend as much as US$23 billion a year.

3 Apr 2025 - 5:15PM

From boomers to Beta, what do generational labels tell us about people?

27 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM

Self-love, not marriage or motherhood: Korean women spurn family life

20 Mar 2025 - 4:15PM

Sadness, fear, even disgust? How young Koreans view marriage and childbirth

21 Mar 2025 - 9:37PM

Men’s obesity risk triples if they’re married, new research finds

17 Mar 2025 - 7:15PM

Uma Nota’s trio tartare of prawns, salmon and hamachi with yuzu kosho and gyoza chips. Photo: Handout

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for April 4-6

March madness is finally over! Celebrate cheese, sustainability and seasonality with our first April weekend dining guide.

2 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 3-5

2 Apr 2025 - 5:00PM

Why neighbourhood bars in Hong Kong are gaining popularity

27 Mar 2025 - 8:30AM

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for March 27-29

26 Mar 2025 - 5:45PM

Honky Tonks Tavern during their 4th anniversary celebration in 2024. Photo: Handout

Dish in Focus: New Zealand coastal lamb rack and lamb fillet Wellington

26 Mar 2025 - 4:51PM

Omaroo Grill’s New Zealand coastal lamb rack and lamb fillet Wellington. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for March 28-30

26 Mar 2025 - 12:45PM

Omaroo’s rooftop bar in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Drink in Focus: 1881 at DarkSide

25 Mar 2025 - 2:37PM

The 1881 cocktail from DarkSide’s new menu, Timeless Tales. Photo: Handout

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