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China Eyes Merger Of TV, Film Press WatchdogsIn a move that could help to streamline China’s clearance or censorship of entertainment content, the government plans to merge the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP). Currently, movie and TV distributors who want to do business [...]

Silvio Berlusconi To Appeal Wiretap VerdictItalian media mogul and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was handed a one-year jail term today by an Italian court over an illegal wiretap. It’s highly unlikely the Mediaset chief will do any time as he has appeals available to him and, under Italian law, isn’t expected to go to [...]

The meetings feels rather clandestine compared to standard publicity affairs. At the end of a hotel hallway, a press agent’s bedroom is converted into a pop up interview suite with just enough space for two chairs, one for South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook and another for his ever-present translator. Such modest surroundings are commonplace for [...]

By Richard Kay PUBLISHED: 20:51 EST, 7 March 2013 | UPDATED: 23:03 EST, 7 March 2013 The pictures flashed around the world. They showed a shocked Duchess of Cornwall besieged by a baying mob in the royal limousine as she and Prince Charles were driven through the West End. Camilla was jabbed in the ribs [...]

Back after three years, the Taiwanese band once again had fans screaming in delight, writes Loong Wai Ting ROCK band Mayday’s recent performance at the Putra Indoor Stadium in Bukit Jalil left everyone in awe and wanting more. Its two-show here was already a hot topic months before the band was scheduled to arrive and [...]

IN FACT Leigh never received anything from the establishment. In 1952, when she was first overlooked, she was 39 and already had both her Oscars. In particular, she was riding high with the critical acclaim for her performance as Blanche Dubois. Her biographer Hugo Vickers believes the feeling Leigh was not quite in “The Dame [...]

I liked the “Boob Song” on the Oscars last Sunday, but, I’m a guy, and it seemed okay to me. Then my friend Jane Fonda, who is smarter than me especially on these subjects, explained why it was wrong on her blog.  Fonda, who stole the Oscar show in a yellow Versace gown, didn’t look [...]

US movie companies are seeking partners in China to co-produce films so they can get around the restriction on the number of imported movies each year, reports Zhang Qidong from San Francisco. Shanghai Calling. But nobody was answering. That was the situation American screenwriter and director Daniel Hsia found himself in as he tried to [...]