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Cautious Hollywood edges back to work
When veteran Hollywood actor Gregg Daniel was offered an audition for a new movie in Los Angeles, he nearly didn't show up - the pandemic was well under way, and…
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French director breaking the barriers for young black women
Just like the heroine of her acclaimed debut film, Cuties, Maimouna Doucoure knows what it feels like not to be taken seriously. Her portrait of an 11-year-old French girl and…
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Big budget Chinese drama set during Korean War to end filming in December
A Chinese TV drama marking the 70th anniversary of China's move to support North Korea during the Korean War (1950-53) began filming in Beijing on Saturday. The historical drama, Kuaguoyalujiang,…
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Chinese netizens throw support behind Taylor Swift as pop star takes on Trump
Chinese netizens expressed their support on social media for US singer Taylor Swift after the star posted two tweets on Saturday night slamming US President Donald Trump over what she…
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Pianist Gina Alice Redlinger, wife of famed Chinese pianist Lang Lang, to release first classical EP
German-Korean pianist Gina Alice Redlinger, wife of renowned Chinese pianist Lang Lang, has completed her first classical EP, which is scheduled for release on August 28. The EP, Travel Diary,…
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Director Guan Hu’s war epic an ode to patriotic soldiers and the great Chinese people
As the lights turned back on in the theater, the entire audience - only at 30 percent of capacity due to coronavirus prevention measures - continued to sit motionless in…
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Chinese film The Crossing has been well received in France
Chinese film The Crossing, which focuses on teenagers whose families are split between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Chinese mainland, was released in France on Wednesday and…
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Curfew in top Greek island bars, eateries to limit corona virus
Greece on Monday announced a night curfew for restaurants and bars in some of its top tourist destinations after coronavirus infections hit a new high. A government spokeswoman also announced…
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After soap opera career, media mogul Sumner Redstone dead at 97
Sumner Redstone, who rose from modest beginnings to lead one of the most powerful Hollywood and television empires and became enmeshed in battles worthy of a TV soap opera, has…
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Comedian Bill Cosby files new appeal over sexual assault conviction
US comedian Bill Cosby, who is serving three and a half years in jail, has filed a new appeal against his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 15…