Entertainment stories you read most in 2024 about adult film stars and more

As 2024 crawls to a close, we look back at some of the stories from the entertainment world that resonated with Post readers during the year.

A profile on an actress who went from soft-porn to mainstream fame struck a chord, as did a feature that delved into Chinese martial arts in film.

1. Actress Shu Qi went from soft-porn to mainstream cinema star

Shu Qi is the rarest of all exceptions in a conservative Chinese society: she was a soft-porn model who switched to film and established herself as a bona fide superstar in world cinema.

After a body-baring start to her career, which saw her become a sex symbol in her native Taiwan and her adoptive home, Hong Kong, Shu has become one of the highest-paid and most critically acclaimed actresses in Chinese-language cinema.

2. Adult film legend Amy Yip

It has been 30 years since Amy Yip Chi-mei last appeared in a movie and, for much of that time, the star of Hong Kong films such as Erotic Ghost Story and Sex and Zen has kept herself out of the public eye.