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Cherie Chung a screen goddess, the Marilyn Monroe of Hong Kong, fans said – how she retired from acting at the height of her career and hasn’t looked back

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Cherie Chung a screen goddess, the Marilyn Monroe of Hong Kong, fans said – how she retired from acting at the height of her career and hasn’t looked back

Chung went on to appear in a succession of films, including Ann Hui On-wah’s The Story of Woo Viet. Singer, troublemaker, secret husband: Ronald Cheng’s road to comedy stardom The political drama, which marked Chung’s first collaboration with frequent co-star Chow Yun-fat, served as the second instalment of Hui’s Vietnam trilogy, which delved into the …

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Hello, Love, Goodbye put director on Hong Kong’s radar. Filipino’s new short film shows off city’s artistic side in a ‘romantic light’

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Hello, Love, Goodbye put director on Hong Kong’s radar. Filipino’s new short film shows off city’s artistic side in a ‘romantic light’

Shot entirely in Hong Kong, the film – starring Kathryn Bernardo as Joy, a struggling domestic helper, and Alden Richards as a bartender – is the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time, making more than US$17 million worldwide. The film grabbed top spot from another one of Garcia-Sampana’s romcoms, the 2018 hit The Hows of …

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Jacky Cheung Celebrates his 62nd Birthday: A Glorious Journey from a Successful Acting Debut to an Impressive Guinness World Record

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Jacky Cheung Celebrates his 62nd Birthday: A Glorious Journey from a Successful Acting Debut to an Impressive Guinness World Record

The album’s titular track has garnered attention from renowned musicians such as Taiwanese singer Jay Chou and China’s Hu Yanbin, formerly known as Anson Hu. Additionally, Cheung showcased his talent at a “30-hour charity famine”, a fundraising campaign in Hong Kong during the 1990s. Cheung’s immense talent gained international recognition in 1996 and 1997 when …

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