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hereHe continues: “By Tuesday morning, they told me I’d need to go into an induced coma, and I woke up again two weeks later.“My wife said she was told there was a 50/50 chance I wouldn’t wake up again.”When he first woke from his coma, Paul was so weak that he couldn’t even hold a cup.He spent a total of four weeks in hospital.But not long after he made his first plasma donation as a convalescent Covid-19 patient.“I made my first donation in early June, about a month after getting out of

Janet W. Lee James Hong is everywhere.No, really — at the spry age of 91, he is one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood history, with 672 credits to his name.

Vivienne Chow Solidly-established Hong Kong film director Soi Cheang (“Accident,” “SPL II,” “The Monkey King” series) returns to action with the new crime thriller “Limbo.” He says his ambition is to revive the former glory of the city’s action cinema by targeting international audiences outside China.Announced just ahead of the opening of Wednesday’s FilMart, which has been postponed from its usual March slot and changed to an online format due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, “Limbo” is

Bruce Springsteen, Josh Homme, Albert Hammond Jr, Tom Morello and more are set to perform on a special live-stream in tribute to Joe Strummer, which will also benefit the #SaveOurStages campaign.Dubbed ‘A Song For Joe’, the two-hour event will air via YouTube this coming Friday (August 21) to mark what would have been the late Clash frontman’s 68th birthday.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMystery surrounds the subscriber numbers of Chinese video streaming company iQIYI, which revealed that it is being investigated by the U.S.’s Securities and Exchange Commission.Confirmation of the SEC probe is expected to send iQIYI’s NASDAQ-listed shares sharply lower. They closed at $21.68 on Thursday.

Mark David About 15 months ago, veteran television titan John Wells, creator of the hit HBO series “Shameless,” just one among many notable shows for which he’s hovered up six Emmys (and 19 more nominations), shelled out a small amount more than $7 million for a stately English Tudor residence in L.A.’s wealthy Hancock Park neighborhood that, after some quick gussy-ups, he’s flipped back on the market at $10.25 million.Designed by L.G.

Fox News Media plans to launch an international streaming service with live content, with an eye to offering Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network programming to 20 countries by early 2021. Fox News International will be priced at $6.99 per month, initially in Mexico from Aug.

“Hollywood’s most prolific actor” — has accrued more than 600 acting credits and inspired countless careers, yet he still doesn’t have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Now, a growing group of fans is actively trying to change that for Hong, 91, whose diverse projects include “Seinfeld,” “Big Trouble in Little China” and “Blade Runner.”“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: James Hong deserves a Star on the #Hollywood Walk of Fame. I’ve already started the nomination process.

Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been arrested over alleged foreign collusion, under provisions of the controversial new national security law. Lai, the founder of Hong Kong's leading newspaper Apple Daily and the media company Next Digital, was detained Monday morning according to a report in Apple Daily.

Lost actor Daniel Dae Kim (nearly £40,000) towards a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for prolific Asian-American actor James Hong.Hong, now 91, has appeared in well over 600 credited roles in a career spanning nearly 70 years.Most famously, he's starred in movies like Chinatown, Big Trouble In Little China, Blade Runner and Airplane!He's also had prominent voice roles in the likes of the Kung Fu Panda movies (playing Po's father Mr.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterJimmy Lai, the influential Hong Kong businessman who runs the listed media company Next Digital and the tabloid-style paper Apple Daily, has become one of the most high-profile arrests under the controversial new security law imposed by China.Lai’s newspaper offices were also raided by more than 200 police officers, according to the BBC, with several other arrests taking place, citing “suspicion of collusion with foreign forces”.Lai is a UK citizen.

Keir Starmer has warned Britain will face a “long and bleak winter” unless Boris Johnson uses this month to halt a devastating second wave of coronavirus.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorDisney+ has enjoyed “rapid take-up” since launching in the UK on March 24, becoming the country’s third-biggest streaming service in the four months of lockdown, according to a detailed study.The Media Nations 2020 report by media regulator Ofcom examined audience behavior in the UK during the height of the coronavirus crisis, and it revealed a huge jump in viewing that boosted both traditional broadcasters and streamers.Brits spent 45 hours a week glued to