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All the latest news, reviews and interviews about your favourite television series, as well as shows and films on Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ and other streaming platforms.
TV personality and actor Tan France (left) has been married to husband Rob France since 2007. Photo: @tanfrance/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Who is actor and Queer Eye star Tan France’s artist husband, Rob France?

Tan France’s husband of 18 years is a paediatric nurse-turned-artist who ‘pours his heart and soul into each piece’ and lives with the Queer Eye star in Salt Lake City.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Carman Lee, her interrupted screen career and emergence as fitness icon

Asia travel

5 things to do in White Lotus country in northern Koh Samui, Thailand

HBO and Max

The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey on what to expect in seasons 2 and 3

The Last of Us season two promises more action and is ‘more emotionally complex’, says Ramsey, and drops hint of third season’s direction.

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Bella Ramsey at the premiere of the second season of The Last of Us on April 10, 2025, in London. Season two promises more action and is “more emotionally complex”, says Ramsey. Photo: AP

How Taiwanese dramas strike a chord in mainland China, and 5 favourites

Shows such as The World Between Us rate highly on review aggregator site Douban for their realistic approach to contemporary social issues.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is The White Lotus star Parker Posey’s twin brother Christopher?

The twins grew up in Louisiana and Mississippi and Parker speaks fondly of her brother, who she says has a ‘creative thing going on inside of him’ despite his conservative job.

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Korean drama reviews

Review | Hyper Knife: Park Eun-bin, Sul Kyung-gu tango in uneven thriller K-drama

Sul Kyung-gu and Pak Eun-bin are duelling surgeons who share a dark secret. Their final showdown is powerful but not what we were expecting.

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Park Eun-bin as surgeon Jung Se-ok in a still from Hyper Knife, a Korean drama series co-starring Sul Kyung-gu on Disney+. Photo: Online
Fame and celebrity

Meet Brittany O’Grady, the White Lotus actress who’s been acting since she was 4

Hailing from Virginia, O’Grady started out taking dance lessons and singing in the church choir; these days she’s better known as Simone in Fox show Star, and Paula in The White Lotus.

Fame and celebrity

Who was The White Lotus star Walton Goggins’ first wife, Leanne Knight?

Goggins married his Canadian wife in 2001, but she grew disenchanted with his work schedule and LA – she died by suicide in 2004, after which Goggins went to Asia, foreshadowing his White Lotus role.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Wheel of Fortune host Vanna White’s daughter Gigi Santo Pietro

Her mum may be a pop culture icon, but Santo Pietro prefers to stay out of the limelight and let her tattoo art take centre stage – though she’s not above asking to meet her favourite celebrities.

Gigi Santo Pietro attends The Paley Center For Media Presents: Wheel of Fortune: 35 Years As America’s Game in New York in 2017 with her brother, Nikko and parents Vanna White and George Santo Pietro. Photo: Getty Images
Fame and celebrity

White Lotus star Patravadi Mejudhon – a champion of the arts

Acclaimed Thai actress Patravadi ‘Lek’ Mejudhon is making waves in series three of the hit HBO show, but she is just as well known for her work promoting arts among Thailand – and Myanmar – youth.

Patravadi “Lek” Mejudhon attends the Los Angeles premiere of HBO’s The White Lotus, season three, at the Paramount Theatre, in February. Photo: Getty Images
Fashion

The Philippines’ 4 Miss Universe wins as Netflix’s A Queen’s Runway debuts

Netflix documentary considers why the Philippines is so obsessed with beauty contests. We recall the four Filipino winners of Miss Universe.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is singer Sofia Carson’s beauty maven sister, Paulina Char?

While Carson lights up the stage with tenor Andrea Bocelli, younger sister Paulina Char works behind the scenes developing new make-up products for Tower 28 Beauty.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Who is Meghan Markle’s protective friend, make-up artist Daniel Martin?

Martin, who is of French-Vietnamese descent, got into make-up at a young age – now, some of his clients include Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Biel, Priyanka Chopra and Elisabeth Moss.

Who is Meghan Markle’s friend, make-up artist Daniel Martin? Photo: @danielmartin/Instagram
HBO and Max

Actresses on that dinner scene between friends in The White Lotus season 3

Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan discuss their characters’ friendship and how their off-screen bond enhanced their chemistry.

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Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb and Carrie Coon in a scene from The White Lotus. Photo: TNS
Fame and celebrity

Meet Steven Yeun’s wife, his ‘strength’ and mum of his 2 kids, Joana Pak

While Yeun enjoys a packed schedule in the industry limelight, his wife Pak avoids the attention – although the couple did have a star-studded Los Angeles wedding in 2016.

Korean drama reviews

Review | The Potato Lab: Netflix romcom K-drama is unconvincing to the end

Lee Sun-bin plays a researcher and Kang Tae-oh an executive who antagonise, yet fall for, each other in this weak romantic comedy.

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HBO and Max

End of The Handmaid’s Tale ‘hasn’t hit’ its star Elisabeth Moss yet

The TV show’s star reflects on the end of an era as the series about a totalitarian, religious extremist government debuts its final season.

Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne in a scene from The Handmaid’s Tale. The show’s star is reflecting on the end of an era as the series debuts its final season. Photo: AP
Netflix

Physical 100 star among cast of The Season, Hong Kong-set drama

K-drama actor turned fitness star Lee Jae-yoon, Mirror’s Anson Lo, Collar singer Marf Yau and Karena Lam to appear in White Lotus-like drama.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Home Improvement star Tim Allen’s wife of almost 2 decades, Jane Hajduk

Hajduk and Allen are confessed ‘neat nicks’, and they share a child, Elizabeth, who appeared alongside Allen as his on-screen daughter in the Disney+ series The Santa Clauses.

Celebrity children

Who is Willow Katherine White, daughter of The White Lotus’ Michelle Monaghan?

Willow Katherine White is the 16-year-old daughter of The White Lotus’ Michelle Monaghan and graphic artist Peter White – here’s what you need to know about her.

Willow Katherine White and Michelle Monaghan arrive at the Carolina Herrera fashion show during New York Fashion Week in September 2024. Photo: Getty Images
Fame and celebrity

Meet Tyler Hilton, ex-One Tree Hill actor and long-time Taylor Swift friend

Swift was a fan of Hilton in his One Tree Hill days and got him to star in the music video for her song “Teardrops on My Guitar” – now he’s married to actress Megan Park and has 2 children.

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Tyler Hilton has been friends with Taylor Swift for years. Photo: @tylerhilton/Instagram
Sex and relationships

Language Matters | The manosphere and its lexicon explained after Adolescence

The Netflix TV series introduced many to the language of toxic masculinity, from incel to red pills and blue pills. But misogyny is not new.

Fame and celebrity

Who is director Martin Scorsese’s fifth wife, Helen Morris?

Martin Scorsese currently stars in Apple TV’s The Studio alongside Catherine O’Hara and Kathryn Hahn; in real life, he’s married to Helen Morris, an ex-book editor related to novelist Edith Wharton.

Fame and celebrity

How does Michelle Monaghan look so youthful at 48?

At 48, Monaghan hardly looks a day over 30 – here’s what we know about her wellness routine, from her workouts and favourite skincare products to baking as a form of meditation.

Michelle Monaghan looks after her skin – and so doesn’t look a day over 30, despite nearly being in her 50s. Photos: @michellemonaghan/Instagram
K-drama news

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.

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

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.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet comedian Katherine Ryan’s husband, Bobby Kootstra

Star of Netflix’s The Duchess Katherine Ryan and her partner Bobby Kootstra first dated when they were at school together, and rekindled their romance after reconnecting on a TV show years later.

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