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Taiwanese actress Vicky Chen (left), Taiwanese director Yang Ya-che and Hong Kong actress Kara Wai after their film 'The Bold, The Corrupt, And The Beautiful' wins Best Film at Taiwan's 54th Golden Horse film awards in this file photo. — AFP
China blocks movies, stars from Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards
BEIJING/TAIPEI — China's film regulator on Wednesday said it was blocking the mainland movie industry from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards without a giving a reason, in the latest sign of rising tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island.The China Film News, a magazine published by the China Film Administration, made the announcement on its official WeChat account."China Film Administration says that it will suspend mainland movies and their personnel from participating in 2019' 56th Golden Horse Awards," said the post.The move comes after the annual event, the Chinese-speaking world’s version of the Oscars, last year became a lightning rod for questions about Taiwanese independence, sparking a debate between Taiwanese and mainland stars as...
August 07, 2019

China blocks movies, stars from Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards

TV Personality Monica Lewinsky attends The Hollywood Reporter's Power 100 Women In Entertainment at Milk Studios, in Los Angeles, California, in this Dec. 5, 2018 file photo. — AFP
Lewinsky-produced 'impeachment' drama to air weeks before US election
LOS ANGELES, California — Monica Lewinsky will produce a major true crime series about impeachment proceedings against former US president Bill Clinton set to air just weeks before the 2020 election, the FX network said on Tuesday.The third season of the "American Crime Story" franchise will dramatize events that saw White House intern Lewinsky and two other women become "swept up ... in the country's first impeachment proceedings in over a century," FX said in a statement.It follows the network's first two seasons of "ACS," which dealt with the trial of O.J. Simpson and the murder of Gianni Versace, respectively, and together earned a bevy of awards -- and considerable controversy.The announcement of season three prompted an immediate social media...
August 07, 2019

Lewinsky-produced 'impeachment' drama to air weeks before US election

Director Guillermo Del Toro poses during the ceremony for his Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame, in Hollywood, California, on Tuesday. — AFP
Del Toro gets Hollywood star, urges immigrants to reject fear
LOS ANGELES, California — Mexican director Guillermo del Toro was honored on Tuesday with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, where he urged fellow immigrants to reject fear and division in the US.The double Oscar-winning filmmaker, 54, is known for creating surreal worlds filled with fantastical monsters in movies such as "Pan's Labyrinth" and "The Shape of Water."Speaking in the aftermath of the El Paso mass shootings, he told the crowd that "great fear" was being used to divide people, but "those divisions are complete fantasies.""When people say, 'You dwell in fantasy,' I say, 'I don't. Politicians do, churches do, I don't. I deal with facts of the soul and the stories.'"He added: "Do not believe...
August 07, 2019

Del Toro gets Hollywood star, urges immigrants to reject fear

Actress and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge attend the FLEABAG Emmy For Your Consideration screening event  held at The Metrograph  in New York City in this May 8, 2017 file photo. — AFP
'Fleabag' creator rules out third season — until she's 50
LOS ANGELES, California — Emmy-nominated "Fleabag" creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has ruled out a third season of the hit British comedy — at least for another 16 years.The British actress and screenwriter wrote the offbeat, irreverent BBC series based on a play of the same name about a self-absorbed young Londoner struggling to deal with family, sex and social conventions.It was streamed globally by Amazon Prime and has become a phenomenon — its second season received 11 Emmy nominations, including writing and acting nods for Waller-Bridge as well as best comedy series.Asked at a Los Angeles screening on Monday whether her upcoming reprisal of the original play in London's West End is the last we will see of "Fleabag," Waller-Bridge said the show had come...
August 07, 2019

'Fleabag' creator rules out third season — until she's 50

The logo of Universal Music Group (UMG) is seen at a building in Zurich, Switzerland, in this July 25, 2016 file photo. — Reuters
Vivendi talks Universal with Tencent to tap music revival
PARIS/BEIJING — Vivendi is in talks to sell up to 20 percent of Universal Music Group (UMG) to Tencent, valuing its prized asset at around 30 billion euros ($34 billion), as both firms look outside their core regions to expand in a recovering global music market.While at a preliminary stage, the discussions highlight Tencent's role as gatekeeper to China's growing but tightly-controlled music market and the desire of Universal, whose revenues are surging as a result of online streaming, to expand beyond its traditional markets.Global music-streaming retail sales are expected to more than double to $45.3 billion by 2026 from $19.6 billion in 2018, UK-based media analysis firm Midea predicts.French media group Vivendi, controlled by billionaire Vincent Bollore, said on Tuesday that...
August 06, 2019

Vivendi talks Universal with Tencent to tap music revival

Emergency services are seen next to a Cessna 560XL that caught fire upon landing at Aarhus Airport in Tirstrup, Denmark, in the early hours of Tuesday. — FP
US singer Pink's tour crew crash land at Danish airport
COPENHAGEN — A private aircraft carrying members of US singer Pink's tour crew crash landed at a Danish airport early on Tuesday and burst into flames but all occupants escaped unharmed, concert promoter Live Nation Norway said."I have been told that it was part of Pink's team which was onboard the plane and that everybody is unharmed," Rune Lem of Live Nation Norway told Reuters.The American singer, who is due to give a concert in the Danish town of Horsens on Wednesday night, was not on the plane.The aircraft had been traveling from the Norwegian capital Oslo, where she performed on Monday night.Pink is known for pop songs like ‘What About Us’, 'Just Give Me A Reason' and ‘Just Like A Pill’.Danish police said a plane arriving from Oslo had an accident...
August 06, 2019

US singer Pink's tour crew crash land at Danish airport

General view of the Louvre Museum in Paris, in this Aug. 6, 2007 file photo with the glass Pyramid entrance designed by Chinese-born US Architect I.M. Pei. — Reuters
Overcrowded Louvre struggles to cope with rising tourist tide
PARIS — Like a human wave every few minutes, two hundred or so tourists surge toward the "Mona Lisa," mobile phones in hand to make the best of every second of their time in front of the world's most famous painting.Hundreds of other hearts sink as museum attendants swiftly draw the rope across to hold back the next wave of the queue that snakes round the vast gallery in the Louvre in Paris.Nobody seems to notice the superb Rubens that line the walls of this monumental corner of the Richelieu wing — everyone is focused on the end of the queue and their big selfie moment.The queuing begins several hundred meters (yards) away under the museum's glass pyramid where tourists join the first of a series of staggered lines that will slowly lead them to their brief audience...
August 06, 2019

Overcrowded Louvre struggles to cope with rising tourist tide

R. Kelly, center, walks inside the Criminal Court Building as he arrives for a hearing on eleven new counts of criminal sexual abuse,  in Chicago, Illinois, in this June 6, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Singer R. Kelly charged in Minnesota with soliciting sex from minor
NEW YORK — Singer R. Kelly, jailed in New York last month after he was charged in Brooklyn and Chicago with numerous sexual misconduct felonies, was charged on Monday in Minnesota with soliciting sex from a minor at a Minneapolis hotel room 18 years ago.The 52-year-old R&B vocalist known for such hits as "I Believe I Can Fly," is accused in the Minnesota case of paying a 17-year-old girl $200 to take off her clothes and dance for him, and then engaging in sexual contact.Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said, however, that the sexual activity did not include intercourse. He said the girl told an older brother about the incident at the time, but "did not come forward until all these other allegations about R. Kelly" surfaced. She called a law enforcement hotline...
August 06, 2019

Singer R. Kelly charged in Minnesota with soliciting sex from minor

Emma Watson
Actress Emma Watson launches UK sexual harassment helpline
LONDON — Women need to know their rights if sexual harassment at work is to stop, actress Emma Watson said on Monday as she launched a legal advice line for victims in Britain.The service will give advice on what constitutes sexual harassment; how to bring a grievance or claim at an employment tribunal, and on settlements and non-disclosure agreements."Understanding what your rights are, how you can assert them, and the choices you have if you've experienced harassment, is such a vital part of creating safe workplaces for everyone," said the "Harry Potter" star."This advice line is such a huge development in ensuring that all women are supported, wherever we work," added Watson, a supporter of the anti-sexual harassment movement Time's Up.The advice...
August 05, 2019

Actress Emma Watson launches UK sexual harassment helpline

This handout courtesy of Medi Bastoni taken and released on Monday shows Bastoni as he takes a selfie during a quick stop in Kendal, during his ongoing campaign to draw attention to the issue of deforestation in Indonesia. Bastoni is walking 700-kilometres (435 miles) from his home on a volcano in East Java to Jakarta in the hope of drawing attention to the archipelago's quickly shrinking forests — and he is doing it backward. — AFP
Indonesian man walking in reverse to save forests
JAKARTA — An Indonesian man is walking 700 km from his home on a volcano in East Java to Jakarta in the hope of drawing attention to the archipelago's quickly shrinking forests -- and he is doing it backwards.Medi Bastoni, a 43-year-old father of four, set out on his arduous, in-reverse journey in mid-July, with the goal of reaching the capital by August 16, a day before the Southeast Asian nation's independence day anniversary."Of course I'm exhausted, but I'm willing to do this to fight for the next generation," Bastoni said."(My home) is losing all of its trees so I have to do something. I can take the pain and fatigue."When he arrives, Bastoni said he hopes to meet with president Joko Widodo and highlight deforestation across the archipelago...
August 05, 2019

Indonesian man walking in reverse to save forests

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