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Korean actress Go Joon-hee has revealed that she is undergoing egg freezing procedures, sharing her emotional struggles during the process.She confessed that, during her first procedure, she broke down in tears after learning that only a few eggs could be retrieved because of the toll dieting had taken on her body.In a recent video uploaded to her YouTube channel, the actress, born in 1985, shared that she began freezing her eggs two years ago.In the video, she had a candid conversation with her mother, who expressed concern, saying, “It must be hard. You need to take supplements and get your body into its best condition. Your age is not considered young any more.”Recalling Go’s first attempt at egg freezing, her mother said: “Even then, I thought it was getting late for marriage. Now that...

3/5 starsMarvel needs a new team-up. Ever since the hugely successful Avengers movies Infinity War and Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has struggled to replace the superhero collective that included Thor, Hulk and Iron Man.We had Chloé Zhao’s 2021 film Eternals, but that proved to be a non-starter. A promising-looking reboot of The Fantastic Four is coming, but before that we have Thunderbolts* – and no, the asterisk is not a misprint.Behind it is Jake Schreier, who has trodden the typical MCU path by directing indies – Robot & Frank and Paper Towns – before launching into his first blockbuster.Clearly, he and his screenwriters are conscious of the post-Endgame malaise. “The Avengers are not walking through that door,” we’re told. “We have no relatable heroes.”The trouble ...

As the Covid-19 vaccine began spreading more widely in early 2021, singer-songwriter Jensen McRae joked in a tweet that fellow US singer Phoebe Bridgers would release a song in two years about “hooking up in the car while waiting in line to get vaccinated at Dodger Stadium”, a ballpark in Los Angeles in the US state of California.Bridgers did not release the song, but McRae did. As the tweet took off, she threaded a video of herself singing “a pre-emptive cover”. “Immune”, penned by McRae in Bridgers’ contemplative style, was released in full within two weeks.“It was a perfect storm,” McRae, 27, says. “I was parodying Phoebe Bridgers who was becoming world famous in that exact moment … I was also writing about this topic that everyone was thinking about constantly because we were in lockdo...

The Bolshoi Ballet dance company is performing in Shenzhen on May 14 and 15, the only stop in southern China as part of a tour that also include dates in Beijing.Founded in 1776 as part of the Bolshoi Theatre opera house in Moscow, Russia, the Bolshoi Ballet is one of the oldest and most prestigious ballet companies in the world.Its international activities have been severely limited since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Many countries have imposed de facto bans on state-backed Russian groups like the Bolshoi Theatre to avoid being seen as supporting Russia.Invitations have, however, continued to be extended by mainland China, which has not condemned the actions against Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin.Elizaveta Kokoreva, principle dancer with the Bolshoi B...

There is something to satisfy most K-drama fans in May, with a healthy mix of genres and stars crowding the springtime schedule. Here is our pick of the best.1. Spring of YouthLead cast: Ha Yoo-joon, Park Ji-huFollowing April’s Crushology 101, May is set to give us another spring-set youth romance.Spring of Youth is a new SBS drama featuring Ha Yoo-joon (Namib) and Park Ji-hu (All of Us Are Dead).Ha – a member of the coming K-pop outfit AxMxP – plays Sa-kye, a K-pop star who enrols at university after being kicked out of his band.There, he falls for fellow music student Kim Bom (Park) and forms a new band on campus. (SBS, May 6)2. Tastefully YoursLead cast: Kang Ha-neul, Go Min-si

Indian art-house cinema is flourishing, showing a different side to the Indian movie industry best known for its glossy Bollywood films.“I think it’s been a good year for us,” says Payal Kapadia, director of All We Imagine as Light, with almost disarming modesty.Twelve months ago, her sensitive, subtle, dreamy film about three women hospital workers in Mumbai became the first Indian drama selected for the Cannes Film Festival’s main competition in 30 years.It won the Grand Prix, the festival’s second-most prestigious prize after the Palme d’Orand.All We Imagine as Light was not the only Indian film to feature at Cannes in 2024. It was joined by Karan Kandhari’s droll British-funded marital comedy Sister Midnight, which stars Radhika Apte as a new wife in a Mumbai slum who undergoes an unus...

03:39Major events reaffirm Hong Kong as a global art hubMajor events reaffirm Hong Kong as a global art hubVisitors to Hong Kong last month would have seen first-hand how the dynamic metropolis has fully embraced art.Major international events, including the 12th edition of Art Basel Hong Kong and the city’s own Art Central fair, had – very visibly – taken up residency in the heart of the city, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and Central Harbourfront, where local galleries hosted exhibitions and parties.Other activities including special auctions under the “Art March Hong Kong 2025” celebration initiated by Hong Kong’s art and culture hub, the West Kowloon Cultural District, and the fourth Museum Summit, organised by the city’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department, em...

OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT is now helping users find products online, enhancing its challenge to Google amid regulatory pressure on the search giant’s market dominance.The new shopping capability further blurs the line between AI chatbots and search engines, signalling OpenAI’s ambition to compete with Google in a market the latter has controlled for decades.“Search has become one of our most popular and fastest-growing features, with over a billion web searches just in the past week,” the San Francisco-based company said in a post on X.The update allows shoppers to find and compare items through natural conversation, then connect directly to merchants for purchases.“Instead of scrolling through pages of results, you can simply start a conversation,” OpenAI’s post said, adding that ...

In less than two hours in a hire car you can travel to any drivable part of southern Portugal’s Algarve region from Faro Airport, its only international airport, even at a leisurely pace.The region is a well-known holiday destination for families. Other than the beautiful beaches and weather – it is said to have one of the best year-round climates – there are also plenty of places and activities that are suitable for children of all ages, including water parks and theme parks, family golf centres, go-karting, food festivals, and fun daily excursions.What is more, the Algarve has reclaimed the “best value spot” after nine years in the UK Post Office’s 2025 Holiday Money Report, its list of the best holiday hotspots for bargain-hunters.But where should you head to if you are travelling as a ...

The effects of smoking, drinking too much and not exercising enough are felt by the age of 36, researchers have warned.By stopping these behaviours early in adulthood and midlife, years of subsequent ill health can be prevented, according to the study, which tracked people for more than 30 years.Smoking causes lung cancer and heart and breathing problems, while a lack of exercise and too much alcohol are linked to issues such as cancer, stroke, heart attacks and early death.In the new research, published in the Annals of Medicine, experts from Finnish universities found that people as young as 36 were showing signs of poor health choices.Smoking, which is linked to cancer and heart and breathing problems, is one of the poor health choices researchers say should be tackled early to avoid he...