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The Expendables 2 is already set for an August 17 release date next year, which gives new director Simon West less than a year to assemble the most ass-kicking men he can find, equip them with weapons, and film the madness as it unfolds. But even though the production is apparently set to start in Bulgaria next month, West is still putting together the pieces of the cast, and if you're an action star who wasn't in the first one, you'd better believe you've been contacted this time. That's the case, at least, for Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen. whom Twitch reports has been offered a role in the film.

Top jewellery executive Erwin Huang is a respected power broker in Hong Kong's business community, but he scored a failing grade when it came to rubbish collection. The 46-year-old got a hard lesson in low-paid work as part of a hit television show that turns some of the financial hub's wealthiest business titans into its poorest labourers for a few days -- sparking a ratings bonanza.

Andy Dick, no stranger to stirring controversy and alienating large groups of people, called shock jock Howard Stern a "shallow, money-grubbing Jew," Tuesday.

TRAGIC Amy Winehouse was found dead on Saturday aged just 27. Her death followed a binge on ecstasy and booze, friends have claimed.

No one comes to Hong Kong for eggs and French toast. But one of the most memorable Hong Kong experiences is dining at a bing sutt (literally, “ice room”), a traditional cafe that serves Western-style breakfast dishes and drinks all day.