Culture

Seo Hyun-jin as Seo Jun-kyung, an obstetrician-gynaecologist, in a still from Love Me, a new Korean drama exploring grief, guilt and healing through family bonds.

K-drama

Love Me: Seo Hyun-jin leads slow-burn family K-drama with heavy emotions

Loneliness and redemption are explored through family drama and romance in Love Me, starring Seo Hyun-jin, Yoo Jae-myung and Chang Ryul.

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Tours to visit Christmas movie locations in US state prove huge hit

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Villains: Yoo Ji-tae leads unconvincing counterfeiting thriller K-drama

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Entertainment

7 of the best TV shows from 2025, from Adolescence to The Pitt

Need a show or two to binge this Christmas season? Check out some of the best shows from 2025, such as the stand-out Adolescence on Netflix.

21 Dec 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Owen Cooper in a still from Adolescence, one of 2025’s top television shows that we recommend. Photo: Netflix via AP

Entertainment

3 forgotten Hong Kong wuxia gems from director Chor Yuen

Chor Yuen’s Duel for Gold, Clans of Intrigue and Jade Tiger may be less famous than some of his other films, but are just as groundbreaking.

21 Dec 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Politics

From Labubu to blockbuster films, was 2025 the year of China’s soft power?

Chinese lifestyle brands and other cultural exports proved to be a hit around the world this year, here are some of our most notable stories.

21 Dec 2025 - 11:00AM

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K-drama

Latest K-drama casting news about Lee Min-ho, Han Hyo-joo and more

Lee Min-ho may be joining Moon Ga-young in period drama Scent of the Night, while Han Hyo-joo has been confirmed to appear in Your Ground.

20 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM

Korean actor Lee Min-ho may take a leading role in the coming romantic period drama series Scent of the Night. Photo: Instagram/actorleeminho

Entertainment

Review | Pass and Goal: Gigi Leung leads football-themed Hong Kong family comedy

Pass and Goal, starring Gigi Leung and newcomer Chau Tsz-yuet, defies expectations with its feel-good story, good acting and funny dialogue.

19 Dec 2025 - 6:16PMvideocam

Entertainment

Profile | The bold reinvention of 1990s Hong Kong sex symbol Veronica Yip

Veronica Yip posed topless for a Hong Kong magazine and acted in erotic films before becoming a pop singer, TV fixture and a tycoon’s wife.

19 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

Entertainment

12 new Hollywood movies to watch this winter, from Hamnet to Song Sung Blue

Project Hail Mary, Wuthering Heights, Anaconda and Scream 7 join Hamnet, Song Sung Blue and others on our list of anticipated upcoming films.

18 Dec 2025 - 7:15AMvideocam

Ryan Gosling in a still from Project Hail Mary, coming to Hong Kong cinemas in early 2026. The sci-fi is among a bevvy of star-studded Hollywood movies being released this winter. Photo: Jonathan Olley

United States & Canada

Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving US network ABC

Landmark deal with Google’s video giant ends a 50-year TV broadcast era and takes Hollywood’s biggest night fully online.

18 Dec 2025 - 1:57PM

The Academy Awards will stream for free worldwide on YouTube. Photo: TNS

Arts

Want to watch Tolkien illustrator John Howe as he works? Now you can

At Howe’s ‘Tower of Fantasy’ studio in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, visitors can watch him as he creates and view hundreds of his illustrations.

17 Dec 2025 - 9:15PM

Entertainment

‘Hollywood’s the dream’: how Korean actors are finally achieving it

Shows like Squid Game and KPop Demon Hunters are helping South Korean actors overcome barriers and find new opportunities in the US.

17 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM

Entertainment

Review | Good Autumn, Mommy: Shu Qi anchors gritty Chinese rural drama

Shu Qi stars as an impoverished woman who believes her newborn was taken from her in Good Autumn, Mommy, set in rural Guangzhou in 1995.

17 Dec 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Shu Qi (front) and Bai Ke in a still from Good Autumn, Mommy.

Entertainment

Review | Avatar: Fire and Ash – stunning visuals carry breathless third instalment

Avatar: Fire and Ash sees the Na’vi again fighting for survival in an action-packed sequel that introduces Pandora’s menacing Mangkwan clan.

16 Dec 2025 - 10:00PMvideocam

Varang (played by Oona Chaplin) in a still from Avatar: Fire and Ash (category TBC), directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña. Photo: 20th Century Studios

Entertainment

How KPop Demon Hunters finally gave Arden Cho her golden moment

Years of failing to find decent acting roles nearly broke Arden Cho. Her role as Rumi in Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters has changed everything.

16 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM

Arts

Review | Lucrezia Drei dazzles in Musica Viva’s Lucia di Lammermoor in Hong Kong

Despite amazing vocals, the opera by Gaetano Donizetti needs more space than offered by Hong Kong City Hall’s Concert Hall to truly shine.

16 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM

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Photo trove offers window on life in China’s wartime capital Chongqing

A man descends one of Chungking’s many stone staircases on a mule. Photo: A Danger Shared/Melville Jacoby

Behind the scenes of classic 1987 movie The Last Emperor in photos

Wu Tao, a Beijing born student who had never acted before, played Pu Yi at age 14. Peter O’Toole took the role as his tutor quite literally, and started teaching Wu some basic acting techniques beginning with their first scene together. Photo: Basil Pao

Wonders old and new in China’s Greater Bay Area, land of opportunity

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) links Hong Kong to the western part of the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Huang Kunzhen

Instantly familiar, strangely foreign: photos of 1970s Hong Kong

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A herbalist at his shop, Hong Kong.

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