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South China Morning Post
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
How TVB's Superstar Specials changed Hong Kong TV in the 70s with its big-screen aesthetic
True to its title, TVB's Superstar Specials featured A-list Hong Kong movie stars making their first forays on television. Advertisement The series, comprising 15 stand-alone 45-minute episodes, premiered 50 years ago this week, at a time when Hong Kong's terrestrial TV industry was on the cusp of a revolution. Titled simply Roy Chiao – but since renamed Treasure Hunt on Hong Kong broadcaster TVB's streaming platform – the episode revolves around a mysterious man's search for hidden treasure. Superstar Specials ran for 15 episodes and is available for viewing on TVB's streaming platform. Photo: TVB While there is plenty of derring-do as Chiao – or maybe his stunt double – gets into an underwater struggle and a scuffle aboard a propeller plane, the story itself subverted the actor's usual persona with animal-related absurdities aplenty.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Chances of asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 fluctuating but small
(NewsNation) — An asteroid could potentially hit Earth in eight years — though the chances are very small, according to scientists. The European Space Agency said as of Monday, the probability of the asteroid named 2024 YR4 hitting Earth is 2%. On Saturday, that figure was 2.2%. Estimating the likelihood of an asteroid coming in contact with Earth 'isn't a completely precise science because, of course, any object that's out there orbiting or flying close to the Earth and our solar system is going to be influenced by other objects out there,' former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao said on 'NewsNation Live' on Monday. 'Every day, we have objects from space entering the Earth's atmosphere. Most of it burns out, but some big pieces come down,' Chiao said. 1 in 5 taxpayers are missing out on thousands with this tax credit Chiao said astronomers track these objects, make observations and refine their estimates of how close they will come to Earth. 'I wouldn't focus on this particular asteroid,' Chiao said. 'I think it just caught everyone's attention because it went from 1% to 2%, but that could easily go back down.' In fact, the risk forecast could even be reduced to zero, the European Space Agency said. 'Basically, the more observations we get, the more we can localize and confirm the asteroid's trajectory, which is most likely to turn out to be a flyby, and not an impact,' the agency said on its website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
