Hong Kong superstar Sammi Cheng invited her husband, Andy Hui to perform in her concert. This move was an attempt at a comeback for Hui after the controversial scandal where a video of him and actress Jacqueline Wong showed them making out in a taxi. It has been three months since Hui and Wong were […]
Japanese pop idol Mayu Tomita is suing the police for inaction over an incident where she was stabbed 60 times. She is seeking almost $700,000 in damages over the 2016 attack, blaming the police for what happened because the police did not take her reports seriously. Stalking incidents are on the rise in Japan although […]
The 1980s sci-fi show, Stranger Things launched its third season recently and it has broken all Netflix’s viewing records, said the streaming service in a tweet. The TV show which is about a bunch of suburban adolescents fighting off supernatural monsters has been watched by 40.7 million account holders in just four days. That figure […]
What do you do when your luggage is over the limit when you are at the check-in counter before your flight? Most people will just pay the excess baggage fees no matter how exorbitant it costs. However, someone decided to wear eight kilograms of clothing to avoid the baggage fees. John Irvine from Scotland was […]
Tourism is one of the key economic boosters in any country but as tourism numbers increase yearly, many destinations struggle to cope with the impact of rising numbers of visitors. Overtourism is real and cities like Amsterdam, Venice, Barcelona and Paris are some of the places that face it. According to a new report from […]
American actor Rip Torn, famous for his roles in Men in Black and The Larry Sanders Show has passed away at the age of 88. With a career spanning seven decades, he won an Emmy in 1996 for playing Artie, Sanders’ irascible producer, in Garry Shandling’s sitcom. The 1983 drama Cross Creek gave him his […]
18-month-old Chloe Wiegand fell through a Royal Caribbean cruise ship’s 11th floor window when she slipped from her grandfather’s hands. Puerto Rican authorities said that they have not ruled out charging family members in the death. The family were onboard the Freedom of the Seas cruise liner while it was docked in San Juan when […]
Japanese entertainment industry mogul Johnny Kitagawa died at the age of 87. For more than five decades, the agency he founded Johnny & Associates turned multiple bands into household names such as SMAP, Arashi and KAT-TUN. The artists he made famous also became TV show celebrities. He died at a hospital in Tokyo after suffering […]
American rapper Nicki Minaj cancelled her upcoming concert in Saudi Arabia in a show of support for women’s and gay rights in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Her scheduled appearance in the western city of Jeddah next week as part of a cultural festival triggered a social media backlash over human rights in the country. “After careful […]
