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Alex Law Kai Yui, a screenwriter and director who created several of the most celebrated Hong Kong films of the past 40 years, including An Autumn's Tale and Echoes of the Rainbow , has died at the age of 69. Actor Tenky Tin Kai Man on Sunday (July 3) confirmed that Law died in hospital the night before with his...
Clement Manyathela was in conversation with the jazz legend Selaelo Seloto, looking at his over 20-year musical journey.
Action star Sammo Hung will take the helm of the production of Seven Little Fortunes, a feature film re-telling Hung's childhood story where he and a generation of Hong Kong action movie icons such as Jackie Chan were coached by their mentor, Peking opera master Yu Jim-yuen. – Photo: SHAARI CHEMAT / The Star Action star Sammo Hung will take the helm of the production of Seven Little Fortunes, a feature film re-telling Hung's childhood story where he and a generation of Hong Kong action movie icons such as Jackie Chan were coached by their mentor, Peking opera master Yu Jim-...
SINGAPORE - Veteran local actor Tang Hu, 82, had to undergo surgery on Tuesday (May 25) to amputate his right leg due to diabetes. Speaking to Chinese-language evening newspaper Lianhe Wanbao after the three-hour below-the-knee operation, he said: "My right leg which has accompanied me for more than 80 years has finally left me." The retired actor, who has suffered...
Staff Last modified: Monday, May 05, 2014 Who was Slint? “Teenagers who thought about music differently than other people did,” is one fan’s simple description of the game-changing quartet from Louisville, Ky. The band only made two enigmatic records in the late ’80s and broke up before the second one, “Spiderland,” was released; their legend started growing immediately. As the years passed, the love for that strange, intense, abstract “rock” record seemed to grow exponentially. Now the album is regularly hailed as the big bang for the genre called “post-rock” and leaves a...