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Extras dressed in period costume walking on set during filming for a Chinese TV drama at Hengdian World Studios in Dongyang in China's eastern Zhejiang province. — AFP
Chasing celluloid dreams at China's Tinseltown
Hengdian, China — Fed up with the drudgery of his sales job in southern China, Lu Qi quit and traveled a thousand kilometers north to one of the country's biggest film studios with hopes of making it in movies.That dream remains a work in progress for Lu and thousands like him who eke out a precarious living as extras at Hengdian World Studios.Just as movie-goers use film to escape reality, so too do many of Hengdian's army of more than 6,000 extras."I failed so many times (in sales) and haven't made much progress," said Lu, his head shaved bald save for a knit cap keeping it warm."Most people here have no degrees, skills or relations. (We) can't do any business either, so we are just here to escape the reality and the competition out there," the...
March 19, 2019

Chasing celluloid dreams at China's Tinseltown

Kevin Tsujihara
Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara resigns as AT&T probes 'mistakes'
Los Angeles — Kevin Tsujihara has resigned as the head of Warner Bros as one of Hollywood's most powerful studios investigates a report that he improperly helped an actress obtain roles at the studio.He is the latest in a line of executives to lose their jobs in the media business following accusations of improper conduct or sexual harassment. — Reuters
March 19, 2019

Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara resigns as AT&T probes 'mistakes'

Jerry Lee Lewis
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis in rehab following stroke
Memphis, Tennessee — Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has been discharged from a hospital to a rehabilitation center in Memphis, Tennessee, two weeks after suffering a stroke, his publicist said on Monday, quoting his doctor as saying Lewis is expected to fully recover.However, the health setback has forced Lewis, 83, to cancel some upcoming appearances, including an April 28 date at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, a May 18 show at the Tennessee Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee, and a June 8 engagement at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, spokesman Zack Farnum said. — Reuters
March 19, 2019

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis in rehab following stroke

Britain's largest bronze sculpture arrives by barge in Plymouth Sound before being taken by road to the Theater Royal in Plymouth, Britain. — Reuters
Britain's biggest bronze statue crosses land and sea to reach new home
PLYMOUTH, England — Britain's largest bronze sculpture — a giant figure of a crouching woman — glided into its new home in the coastal city of Plymouth on Monday, bolted onto the back of a sea barge.The seven-meter (23 ft) high artwork, showing an actress poised to leap into action, crossed the waters of Plymouth Sound and landed at the city's Millbay Docks, dwarfing the hard-hatted crewmen below who did not even made it up to her knee.The statue was hoisted onto a flatbed lorry and crowds cheered as it was driven at walking pace to its spot outside the Theater Royal Plymouth.The figure was created by 44-year-old sculptor Joseph Hillier as part of a wider regeneration project for the southwest English city.Hillier, who was born in the neighboring county of Cornwall, said he...
March 19, 2019

Britain's biggest bronze statue crosses land and sea to reach new home

Octavia Spencer
Plus-size actresses finally assume leading roles
New York — Long relegated to providing comic relief or playing supporting parts, plus-size actresses are finally getting their due with juicy front-and-center roles in a sign of shifting attitudes towards diverse body types.New Hulu series "Shrill," which debuted Friday and is adapted from the best-selling autobiography of Lindy West, is the latest example of studios willing to depart from the tried and tested formula of slender leading ladies who have dominated the small screen since its creation.To be sure, curvy actresses like the Oscar-winning Octavia Spencer and Mo'Nique, or hip hop icon Queen Latifah, blazed an early trail starting more than decade back with a string of starring film and television roles.In more recent years, Chrissy Metz has gotten attention for...
March 18, 2019

Plus-size actresses finally assume leading roles

K-pop star Jung Joon-young (C) speaks to the media as he arrives for questioning at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul. — AFP
Police seek arrest warrant in K-pop sex video scandal
Seoul — South Korean police Monday sought an arrest warrant for a K-pop star accused of filming and distributing illicit sex videos in a burgeoning scandal that has rocked the country's music industry.Singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young last week admitted to filming himself with girls and sharing the footage without his partners' consent.The videos of at least 10 women were shared through mobile chatrooms in 2015 with recipients including fellow K-pop star Seungri of BIGBANG.After opening an investigation, Seoul police said Monday an arrest warrant has been requested for Jung on charges of sexual offenses using cameras, according to Yonhap news agency.Police are also seeking an arrest warrant for another male -- a nightclub employee who was part of the chatroom with Jung -- for...
March 18, 2019

Police seek arrest warrant in K-pop sex video scandal

Brie Larson
'Captain Marvel' clobbers the competition to stay atop box office
Los Angeles — Female-led superhero movie "Captain Marvel" took in an estimated $69.3 million over the weekend, outearning the combined North American totals of the next nine films, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.The Disney/Marvel blockbuster had a huge opening last weekend -- the biggest ever for a female-fronted superhero flick -- and, with the foreign total of $494 million added in, "is now assured of ultimately earning $1 billion," according to the Hollywood Reporter.The film, which stars Brie Larson as a former fighter pilot who gains superpowers and finds herself embroiled in a galactic conflict, has already passed the lifetime takes of superhero adventures including "Ant-Man and the Wasp" and "Iron Man 2," according to...
March 18, 2019

'Captain Marvel' clobbers the competition to stay atop box office

Dick Dale
'King of Surf Guitar' Dick Dale dead at 81
Washington — Dick Dale, the California rocker behind the song "Misirlou" which plays during the opening scene of "Pulp Fiction," has died at the age of 81.His death on Saturday was confirmed on Facebook by Dusty Watson, a drummer who once toured with Dale, though the cause of death was not immediately known.Dubbed the "King of Surf Guitar," the genre he invented in the 1950s, Dale's work was influential to a generation of musicians including The Beach Boys, Eddie Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix.The keen surfer and musical pioneer described the style in a 1994 interview with the New York Times as "a heavy machine-gun staccato picking style to represent the power of Mother Nature, of our Earth, of our ocean."According to a biography on his website,...
March 18, 2019

'King of Surf Guitar' Dick Dale dead at 81

Paris Jackson
Paris Jackson slams reports of suicide attempt
Los Angeles — Paris Jackson, daughter of the late superstar Michael, struck down rumors that she attempted suicide Saturday, assailing "liars" in an expletive-laden tweet.Celebrity news website TMZ initially ran the report saying Jackson, a 20-year-old model, was hospitalized after a suicide attempt at her Los Angeles home.Without providing additional details a police spokesman told AFP that units from Hollywood responded to an "attempt suicide" requiring an ambulance, at about 7:30 am, after which the "subject was transported to a local hospital."Jackson has been open about her struggles with mental health. She attempted to kill herself in 2013, and told Rolling Stone magazine she had previously attempted suicide "multiple times."Saturday's...
March 17, 2019

Paris Jackson slams reports of suicide attempt

Puerto Rican singer iLe
Puerto Rican star iLe confronts rape culture with defiant new song
New York — A rising Puerto Rican star who struck a chord with a song lambasting US oppression of her homeland is back with a provocative track tackling rape culture and society's machismo.The singer iLe (pronounced EEE-Lay) -- whose career kicked off as a singer for her brothers' renowned reggaeton rap band Calle 13 -- imbues the traditional Latin bolero style that's often reserved for romance yet with dark, poignant lyrics, calling attention to sensitive issues she says society prefers to ignore.Speaking in New York ahead of her performance at the festival "Migrations: The Making of America" -- put on by the acclaimed Carnegie Hall -- the edgy balladeer said news of the sexual assault and murder of a Puerto Rican woman inspired her to pen the vulnerable...
March 17, 2019

Puerto Rican star iLe confronts rape culture with defiant new song

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