Jan Lee
Journalist at The Straits Times
Producer and Host at #PopVultures
Journalist with The Straits Times. Host of Pop Vultures. I also write about pop culture, entertainment, lifestyle and beyond. Tweets are mine and mine alone.
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6 days ago |
straitstimes.com | Jan Lee
SINGAPORE – A true-blue Singaporean brand has made it onto the blue carpet rolled out for the Met Gala held in New York on May 5, one of the starriest fashion events of the world. Home-grown shoe label Charles & Keith was spotted on the feet of several celebrities, including Colombian singer Shakira, former Pussycat Dolls band member Nicole Scherzinger and famed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
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6 days ago |
straitstimes.com | Jan Lee
SINGAPORE – Malaysia-born actress Sora Ma just got her first Mother’s Day gift. The 41-year-old, who became a Singaporean in January, treated herself with her nine-month-old son’s angbao money. In a video uploaded to Instagram on May 6, Ma spoke to the camera while her baby boy, Skye, played with a red packet in the background.
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1 week ago |
straitstimes.com | Jan Lee
Fans of popular Japanese boy band Arashi have been hit with bittersweet news from their idols. The quintet – comprising Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya and Jun Matsumoto – have been on an indefinite hiatus since end-2020, after leader Ohno expressed his desire to take a break from the entertainment industry. On May 6, the five members appeared together in one frame for the first time since 2020 in a video message uploaded to Arashi’s official online fan club.
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1 week ago |
straitstimes.com | Jan Lee
Netflix originals won big in the television category at South Korea’s prestigious Baeksang Arts Awards on May 5. The streamer’s hit cooking competition series Culinary Class Wars, which pits established chefs against underdogs, became the first variety series to clinch the top honour of Grand Prize, also known as “daesang”, in the television category.
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1 week ago |
earth.org | Jan Lee
Hot, wet, acidic, and dangerous – tropical peatlands are excruciating to study, but understanding them may hold the key to maximizing their potential as a global carbon sink. —Peatlands cover 3.7 million square kilometres and are the most efficient carbon sink on the planet. What remains of near-natural peatland – about 3 million square kilometers – sequesters 0.37 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
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Included Nino's drama My Family in today's Worth The Watch!! It's out on Disney+ in Singapore already! Flock there my Arashians (or did Jun say we're Arashists?) Go go go! https://t.co/DZYvaY5pBl
First global streaming series for Nippon TV! Amazing for Micchi!
Unveil the Truth under the Mask The legendary suspense series “The Files of Young Kindaichi”, starring Shunsuke Michieda (Naniwa Danshi), will be broadcast on April 24 in Japan and available on Disney+ worldwide. #TheFilesofYoungKindaichi #ShunsukeMichieda #DisneyPlus https://t.co/gr5BrtQcWF
Hi calling all my J&A fangirls/J-content lovers based in Singapore! I'm working on a story about J-dramas (not anime and movies) and their increasing accessibility on streaming, if you're a J-drama fan, please let me know if you'll be open to talking to me!
