Sometimes I wonder: why are there idols? And I couldn’t help rolling my eyes when majority of them would say that they are there to entertain, when all they do is impose their scandals on us. Not to mention the mediocre singing, bad acting, terrible hosting and self-absorption that they think are entertaining to their…
Linsanity. Everyone’s got it. Well, not really. I may have grown up in a basketball-loving country, watched it on TV with my father as a kid, watched crushes and ex-boyfriends play it… but basketball ain’t for me. I’m a football kind of girl. So no, I am not Linsane. Although I am watching…
Has anyone seen Hong Yi’s works? Hong Yi or Red Hong is a talented Malaysian artist who first gained attention when she painted a portrait of Yao Ming using basketball. The video went viral and merited Red public interest. This is the video of her painting Yao Ming with the basketball and red paint. She…
Let’s talk about a different kind of pop culture. Pop art. I first read about Song Byeok’s story in The Korea Herald. He was exiled to South Korea in 2002 but before that, he was a propaganda artist in the North. He lost faith in the North Korean regime after his mother and sister died…
Ashida Mana is Japan’s Xiao Xiao Bin. Undoubtedly, the girl is adorably cute so no wonder she’s the latest toast of the town. But apparently no more according to this translation of an article that came out recently. Mana-chan… er, I mean, Ashida-san is turning eight this year. Imagine that, only eight years old and…
This ought to be photo of the day, Chow Yun-fat taking the MTR in Hong Kong (photo via @TheGoldenRock, credit as tagged): It’s no big deal actually. In Hollywood, actors take the subway and buy their own coffee. It’s only in Asia that stars are somewhat pampered, driven around in chauffeured cars with bodyguards ready…
(Photos credit as tagged) It all started with Sho-kun in Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de where he played Kageyama, the butler who is also armchair detective, solving the cases of his m’lady. Then came MatsuJun’s Shuntaro in Lucky Seven, the freeter who became a detective by accident. And now, it has been announced that…
Gui Lun-mei is one of the Taiwanese actresses I like not in the fangirl way but in the proper movie critic way. I first watched her in Blue Gate Crossing with Chen Bo-lin during that phase in my life that I was just discovering contemporary Taiwanese cinema, and I never regretted it. I also became…
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