Nasi lemak may be the dish to unite Malaysia. Well, that’s what controversial rapper-cum-filmmaker Namewee is aiming for. The ethnic Chinese rapper accused of stirring Malaysian racial tensions has brought his social commentary to cinemas with a food-themed comedy celebrating the country’s mixed cultural recipe. The comedy Nasi Lemak 2.0, named after the national rice dish and which opened last ...

The Wall Street Journal recently released its Southeast Asia’s Power List of the 30 most influential business leaders in Southeast Asia who are paving the way for strong economic growth in the region. The top five people on the list are Indonesians while positions 6 to 10 on the list are all Malaysians. Aburizal Bakrie, owner of Bakrie Group, takes ...

Fan Yang is a world renowned Canadian bubble scientist, artist, and performer who has earned international acclaim as a result of his complex displays of bubble theater. Over the past two decades, Fan has explored the fascinating unknown world of soap bubbles, combining art with science, transforming a simple bubble into a beautiful piece of art and bringing bubble media ...

Fiona Xie Wan Yu (born January 24, 1982) is a Singaporean actress, model and television host. Spotted by a talent scout at the age of fifteen while was studying in St. Hilda’s Secondary School, she modeled for numerous print and television commercials in Singapore and Hong Kong before joining MediaCorp Studios. Fiona made her acting debut in 2000 as a ...

Say a big hello to World Peace. Nay, I am not an ambassador of world peace. I’m taking about Ron Artest. The Los Angeles Lakers star is now legally “Metta World Peace.” The most ballyhooed name change of the year became official Friday morning when a Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner granted Ron Artest’s name change petition to become ...

Emmanuel Kelly, an Australian originally from Iraq, moved judges to tears with his rendition of John Lennon’s classic ‘Imagine’ during his September 8 audition on ‘The X Factor’. Emmanuel is 17 years old even though he doesn’t actually know the exact date he was born. Emmanuel and his brother Ahmed were adopted by Children First Foundation boss Moira Kelly from ...

A calico cat named Willow that disappeared from her Colorado home five years ago has been found nearly 3,000km away from its home on a Manhattan  street on Wednesday. A man found Willow wandering down East 20th Street and sent her to the Animal Care & Control (ACC) – an animal rescue and shelter in New York City.  A scanner ...

An internet newbie elderly couple from northwestern Oregon, struggling to learn how to use a webcam, has become accidental celebrities after a video of them went viral, thanks to their granddaughter who posted the fumbling footage online. ” Webcam 101 for Seniors” featuring Bruce and Esther Huffman has received over 3 million page views since it was uploaded on YouTube ...

Today is Malaysia Day. To all fellow Malaysians, Happy Malaysia Day! On this day in 1963, the formation of Malaysia which consisted of the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo (which was renamed Sabah) and Singapore was formally promulgated. The formation of the new federation was initially scheduled to take place on June 1, 1963, but was later postponed to ...

Oh no, we have lost track of Happy Feet! For those of you who have been following the odyssey of Happy Feet, the news about him is not looking too good. After showing up on Peka Peka Beach, north of Wellington on the North Island’s western coast, in New Zealand on June 20 and being nursed back to health by ...