Still going strong, Jackie Chan assures fans
Compiled by C.ARUNO, CHARLES RAMENDRAN and R.ARAVINTAN

RECENTLY spotted with a head full of grey hair, sparking concerns over his health, Jackie Chan (pic) assured his fans that he is still healthy and strong, reported Sin Chew Daily.

“Being able to grow old is a blessing. But I am not as old as you think. Don’t worry. I am still healthy and strong,” Chan said during a visit to the Jackie Chan Movie and Media College in Wuhan, China, recently.

The 70-year-old movie star said the grey hair and beard were his attempt at cultivating a new look for an upcoming role.

He added that it takes an hour a day just to maintain his new hairstyle.

Netizens said the actor looked healthy during his meet-and-greet session with students at the institution, where he serves as the head of college.

Chan has been acting since the 1960s and has performed in more than 150 movies.

> Hong Kong actress Carina Lau made a stunning revelation that being hot-headed has nearly led to her coming to blows with her husband Tony Leung during arguments, reported Sin Chew Daily.

“We do argue and often nearly come to blows. But in the end, it never became physical,” she told fellow actor Moses Chan, who appeared as a guest on her talk show.

Lau explained that both she and Leung are hot-tempered by nature, which has led to the two of them clashing often.

“I would explode while he would try to suppress it.

“But when he is no longer able to hold it in, he will throw a tantrum as well.

“While he can’t hit me, he will hit the wall,” she said.

Lau added that Leung would often lock himself in his room when he is angry.

“When I have calmed down, he will be willing to talk. He will then write me a card to apologise.

“That melts away all the animosity and all will be good,” she said.

Lau added that what haunts her in her relationship is her husband’s drinking.

She claimed that Leung becomes childlike when he is drunk and that she is unable to reprimand him when he is in such mood.

“I feel very frustrated. He behaves just like a child and I will often want to protect this childlike side of him,” she said.

Lau, who started her career at TVB in 1984 before taking on film roles, married Leung in 2008.

She won the Best Actress award at the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.

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RECENTLY spotted with a head full of grey hair, sparking concerns over his health, Jackie Chan (pic) assured his fans that he is still healthy and strong, reported Sin Chew Daily.