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Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Joyce Cheng sparks speculations by clearing IG account
29 Apr - Joyce Cheng has everybody speculating after she decided to remove all posts from her Instagram account. The singer, who has been on hiatus from showbiz for a while now, rarely updated her social media platforms or attend public events since her Hong Kong Coliseum concert in March 2023. However, she went a step further by clearing her Instagram account of all posts, leaving the account bare. Nonetheless, her followers and following count remain the same. It is said that Joyce's contract with her agency Media Asia has just expired, so it is suspected that she is preparing to start over from scratch. There had been many rumours about Joyce's disappearance from public view. Some said that the singer, who is the sole daughter of the late Lydia Shum, was battling depression, while others speculated that Joyce was working on making a massive comeback. Her last work was guest starring in the music video for Alfred Hui's song and lending her voice for the Hong Kong dub of Disney's "Wish". DJ Pitar Leung revealed back in November that he had ran into Joyce in Hong Kong and that they hugged after not seeing each other for a long time. "Joyce Cheng was in a good state at the time, and I immediately asked her if she wanted me to welcome her comeback? Although it was a joke, Joyce replied, 'Just wait for me to arrange the time'!" he said. (Photo Source: HK01, MPWeekly)
South China Morning Post
23-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Why Hong Kong cinema had a bad early 2000s save for films like Infernal Affairs and Ip Man
Although there were ups and downs, the golden age of Hong Kong cinema extended from the 1960s to the 1990s. But significant problems beset the film industry in the first decade of the 2000s, and it suffered a massive slump. Advertisement We take a deep dive into its difficult decade. The way we were Local films used to rule the roost in Hong Kong, beating out Hollywood blockbusters. The decline set in around 1993, with the situation getting worse throughout the rest of the 1990s. Viewers increasingly preferred the high production values of Hollywood films, and local films lost their dominant position at the box office. Hong Kong filmmakers did not want to give up without a fight. Advertisement Special effects were improved for films like The Storm Riders , but they could not match Hollywood's technology. Studios like Media Asia internationalised their films with movies like Purple Storm, but the results were not brilliant.
South China Morning Post
23-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong cinema had a terrible time in the early 2000s. Here's why
Published: 11:15am, 23 Feb 2025 Although there were ups and downs, the golden age of Hong Kong cinema extended from the 1960s to the 1990s. But significant problems beset the film industry in the first decade of the 2000s, and it suffered a massive slump. We take a deep dive into its difficult decade. The way we were Local films used to rule the roost in Hong Kong, beating out Hollywood blockbusters. The decline set in around 1993, with the situation getting worse throughout the rest of the 1990s. Viewers increasingly preferred the high production values of Hollywood films, and local films lost their dominant position at the box office. Hong Kong filmmakers did not want to give up without a fight. Special effects were improved for films like The Storm Riders , but they could not match Hollywood's technology. Studios like Media Asia internationalised their films with movies like Purple Storm , but the results were not brilliant. People walk past posters for The Storm Riders outside a cinema in Tsim Sha Tsui in 1998. Photo: SCMP
