Author: Oliver
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China-Hollywood Deals Flow Turns Into Flurry
Market offers juicy prize, but odds are stacked against success for all Recent confirmation that Sony Pictures is backing the next pictures by Chinese directors Chen Kaige and Jiang Wen seems like deja vu. The…
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Liao Fan Silver Bear winner not afraid of risks
Liao Fan makes the best of whatever role that falls into his lap, nabbing a ‘Silver Bear’ from Berlin for his eye-catching turn in Black Coal, Thin Ice. He’s not going to…
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Alibaba expands in media with $804 million purchase of film, TV company ChinaVision
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is expanding into media by acquiring control of a Hong Kong film and television company, ChinaVision, for $804 million. Alibaba Group will buy new shares giving it a…
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Chinese bid farewell to late film director Wu Tianming
Chinese filmmakers, actors, actresses as well as some ordinary people gathered Saturday afternoon to bid farewell to famous movie director Wu Tianming, who died Tuesday from heart attack. The memorial meeting, at…
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How China Made Sure There’d Be No ‘Touch of Sin’ at the Oscars
On January 3, the film critics of The New York Times published their Oscar nominations wish list. Many of their wishes came true and on Sunday night the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences…
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China film noir ‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’ wins Berlin Golden Bear
The 64th Berlin film festival proved a resounding triumph for Asian cinema, including the Golden Bear for a Chinese noir mystery. Bai Ri Yan Huo (Black Coal, Thin Ice) by Diao Yinan, about…
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Feng Xiaogang: the Chinese Spielberg – BFI Talk in the UK
Every Chinese New Year, a huge migration takes place. Families reunite, they eat dumplings, they set off firecrackers – and they watch a Feng Xiaogang film. Often dubbed “the Spielberg of China”,…
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Q&A with indie filmmaker Zhao Dayong ahead of Berlin Film Festival
About to leave for Berlin’s 64th Film Festival for the world premier of his filmShadow Days, Chinese indie filmmaker Zhao Dayong, 43, spoke to the South China Morning Post from Guangzhou about his path…
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead of Apparent Drug Overdose
Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment Sunday of an apparent drug overdose, law enforcement sources said. Police said Hoffman, 46, was found on the bathroom floor…
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Documentary “Linsanity” Huge Success in China
Not only is Houston Rockets guard, Jeremy Lin having another successful season in the NBA but his documentary “Linsanity,” has been acquired in China by Metan Development, and is hugely popular. Metan…
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China Car brand makes debut in Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction
Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction – Trumpchi E-jet To Make Branding Debut In The New Movie We have details on the most talked about product placement for a Chinese company in the…
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Colbert Catches China Ripping Off His Show in ‘Flagrant Violation of Intellectual Property Rights’
Bassem Youssef might be considered the “Egyptian Jon Stewart” but he has nothing on this Chinese host who has appropriated every aspect of The Colbert Report for his new show, The Banquet. Last night, Colbert uncovered the…
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Crowdfunding in China
Crowdfunding, which allows web users to contribute small sums of money to fund collective projects like concerts and films, is taking off in China — and just how far it will go…
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China’s new rules stop box office cheats
by Liu Lu, Tao Yiping BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — New rules have gone into place in China to prevent cinemas from manipulating viewing figures and other cinematic frauds. The State General…
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Home made cartoon movie sets new China animation record
Despite stiff competition from the latest “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf” film and “Despicable Me 2”, “Boonie Bears: To the Rescue” set a new opening record for a domestic animated film…
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Leandro’s latest fashion magazine shoot李安卓最新时尚大片花絮照曝光
Leandro recently did a shoot for a large fashion magazine shoot.Leandro is an actor/model and is of Brazil / Japan mix, and is one of FTA’s overseas artists. As a child Leandro…
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CHINESE ANIMATION MOVES TOWARDS A GLOBAL MARKET
Of all the things that drive the masses towards film, China is one of them. International co-productions, and future box office dominance are factors that have made China an integral part of…
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Mike Tyson迈克·泰森
Michael Gerard “Mike” Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is a retired American professional boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the World. Tyson has taken acting roles in movies and…
