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KUALA LUMPUR — An Australian art director is using his Covid-19 quarantine time to create cowboy regalia from brown paper bags that contained meals sent to his hotel room. Apart from a ‘horse’, which David Marriott named Russell (as in ‘rustle’), he also created a cowboy attire and styled a poke bowl into a cowboy […]

PETALING JAYA — It was a dramatic end to the Mrs Sri Lanka 2021 pageant when the winner Pushpika De Silva was unceremoniously stripped of her crown. The deed was carried out by last year’s winner Caroline Jurie who duly placed the coveted crown on the first runner-up’s head. In online video footage, Jurie is […]

SINGAPORE – Veteran comedian Mark Lee’s eatery, Nam Heong, met with a two-hour-long queue after announcing its reopening following a long break during the circuit breaker. Nam Heong is popularly known for specialising in dim sum and noodle dishes of Ipoh delicacies. It was in 2019 that Lee decided to bring the diner chain to […]

A Chinese company with a history of dubious claims in its advertisements has found itself in hot water with authorities after it said that new hires would be getting high pay, cars, new homes, as well as be pursued by “beautiful girls or handsome boys” once they became part of its management training programme, the […]

KUALA LUMPUR — K-Pop girl group Blackpink member Lisa is caught in the crossfire over a group of clothing brands that rejected cotton produced in China’s Xinjiang. K-pop entertainment news portal Koreaboo reported that the 24-year-old’s recent cover with Bazaar China had been scrapped from the fashion magazine’s socials. The development was unfortunate for Lisa, […]

PETALING JAYA — A waiter of Ipoh’s Sri Ananda Bahwan restaurant was hailed as ahero after returning a customer’s lost ring. The customer, Kunavathi Paul Raj and her son, had visited the restaurant on Tuesday for breakfast where Nagendran took their orders. She told Malay Mail that while they were heading to their car after […]

Singapore— China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi after talks with his Singapore counterpart, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, is also meeting the foreign ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines this week. However, questions are being raised because he is meeting his counterparts from the four Asean nations separately, according to an article in the South China Morning […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian celebrity couple Kamal Adli and Uqasha Senrose revealed that they are planning to have three wedding receptions, including one planned especially for fans. The Hantu Kak Limah actress told local portal Mstar that their first wedding reception was for family and close friends with a limit of 350 people. “For our […]

PETALING JAYA — Fans of the popular ’90s Malaysian girl group Elite can rejoice following the announcement that they have reunited just in time for their 25th anniversary. The group’s original members Abby Abadi, Azza Zawari, Linda Rafar, Watie Sadali and Sasha Saidin are commemorating their reunion with a new single titled Alhamdulillah. Abby told […]

PETALING JAYA — Malaysian entrepreneur Neelofa left fans in awe after it was revealed that 5,000 Swarovski crystals and other premium materials were used to craft her wedding dress.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Neelofa (@neelofa) Fashion designer Alia Bastamam told mStar that Neelofa, 32, had a clear vision […]

Singapore—K-pop supergroup BTS has spoken out against anti-Asian discrimination, saying they themselves have been victims of such prejudice. BTS’ March 30 tweet in both Korean and English has been liked over 1.5 million times and shared over 800,000 times. #StopAsianHate#StopAAPIHate pic.twitter.com/mOmttkOpOt — 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 30, 2021 The hashtags #StopAsianHate and #StopAAPIHate (Asian Americans and […]

PETALING JAYA — Dashcam footage of a Proton Wira driver using a fire truck’s siren to escape a traffic jam has sparked fury in the online community. Firefighter Mohd Ridzwan Shah posted the video to his TikTok on March 28 to urge Malaysian road users to give way to emergency vehicles. “Please give your cooperation […]

PETALING JAYA — The young daughter of Erra Fazira and businessman Engku Emran has been earning praise from Malaysians for complying with Covid-19 guidelines at a recent celebrity wedding. Twelve-year-old Engku Aleesya was the only person seen wearing a face mask in a group photograph at the akad nikah (solemnisation) ceremony of popular hijab entrepreneur […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Cantopop singer Eason Chan may have to fork out HK$60 million (S$10.4 million) as compensation for cutting ties with sportswear brand Adidas. Hong Kong’s hk01.com reported that Chan had been working with the brand for 10 years before the 46-year-old’s recent decision to cut working ties after a group of clothing brands […]

Singapore—Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan called the crisis in Myanmar “an unfolding tragedy” in remarks to the press on Mar 26 after he met with Indonesian leaders in Jakarta.  “It’s not a happy topic. It’s a tragedy that is unfolding,” he said. He also expressed the belief that the crisis will not ease any time […]