While the Chinese government's crackdown on official corruption is creating a lot of smoke, it is the crackdown on vice, especially when it involves showbusiness personalities, that is the real sizzle.
On a recent Saturday night, I did some moon gazing by the Huangpu, Shanghai's arterial river, and although I couldn't sight any werewolf as part of my lunar fantasy, I almost drowned in a sea of Chinese tourists at the Bund.
The prostitution scandal that has embroiled Golden Bear-winning director Wang Quan'an may cast a long shadow over the country's entertainment industry, insiders say.
Obsessed Friends fans on Wednesday mobbed a pop-up replica of the coffeehouse from the hit comedy series, some even camping out over-night for some free java and a healthy dose of nostalgia.
It was a fairytale wedding - with a contemporary twist.
There's probably no better advertisement for Vincent Soberano's business than the man himself.
Leonardo DiCaprio will address world leaders at a United Nations climate summit next week as the new "UN messenger of peace" with focus on climate change, the UN chief said on Tuesday.
Pop star Taylor Swift, who has adopted a sexier look on red carpets, was named People magazine's best-dressed celebrity of the year on Wednesday.
Carefree sensuality oozed from every pore as Brigitte Bardot, who turns 80 on Sunday, mamboed her way to fame, leaving men weak at the knees and drawing a generation of liberated young women in her wake.
Dmitry Medvedev is best known as Russia's prime minister and former president - but he's also increasingly celebrated as an acclaimed photographer and a shutterbug who shot one of the world's most expensive photographs ever sold.
China's lowest-grossing film in 2013 earned just 2,000 yuan ($324) at the box office.
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