76 Days Review TIFF 2020
The Plot Director Hao Wu’s & Weixi Chen’s detailed documentary account of life inside the 76 day lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The original epicentre of the COVID 19 global pandemic. Following a small team of hospital workers as they struggle to deal with the unprecedented medical crisis and a relentless stream of [...]
Amanda Seyfried Clé de Peau Beauté 2016 Launch
The SHISEIDO Group’s high-prestige brand Clé de Peau Beauté (CPB) hosted an autumn/winter 2016 global press conference with the theme of Fearless Beauty, held at Shanghai’s Fairmont Peace Hotel on Thursday, June 16, 2016. Amanda Seyfried, the brand’s muse and global spokesperson who visited China for this event, appeared on stage at the opening of [...]
Company Demands Transformers 4 Edits
The Chinese owners of Pangu Plaza complex, a location featured in Transformers Age of Extinction are reportedly demanding that Paramount halts release of the film and make significant edits to remove any images of their properties and logos. The demand comes in response to a dispute about a $1.6 million sponsorship deal. The Company had [...]
Del Toro Writes Pacific Rim Sequel
Guillermo Del Toro has confirmed that he has secretly been co-writing a sequel to Pacific Rim with Avengers writer Zek Penn, though the director admits that Legendary Pictures haven’t yet given the project a green light. “I’m working very, very hard with Zak Penn. We’ve been working for a few months now in secret. We [...]
Asian Awards 2013 Winners List
Tonight the third annual Asian Awards took place in London at the Grosvenor House Hotel. In addition to honouring specific acts of creative and economic achievement by those of Asian origins, this year’s ceremony also saw the launch of a new list of Top 100 Most Influential Asians. President of China, Xi Jinqping was unveiled in top spot, followed by Indian leader, Sonia Gandhi, Vice [...]
Transformers 4 To Film In China
Paramount have reached a landmark deal with two major Chinese media companies, an offshoot of state broadcaster CCTV and streaming service Jiaflix, to partly film sequel Transformers 4 in China. China is now officially the second largest market for films in the world with box office revenue of $1.8 billion in 2012 alone. Western studios [...]
An Idiot Abroad Won’t Get New Series
On the red carpet at the European Premiere of his new romantic comedy film ‘I Give It A Year’, Stephen Merchant has sadly confirmed that there will not be another series of the hugely popular comedy travel series An Idiot Abroad. The third series which paired Karl Pilkington with actor Warwick Davis for three episodes [...]
Buzz Aldrin Interview Space, God & The Future
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin one of few human beings to ever venture into space and set foot on the surface of the Moon spoke to a lucky crowd of people at Omega House, the exclusive venue of official Olympic timekeepers Omega. Answering questions he spoke about the future of space exploration, Missions to Mars, how to inspire the next generation an [...]
Jessica Chastain & Andy Lau join Iron Man 3
The casts of Iron Man 3 continues to grow like a well-tended bonsai tree, as Chinese actor/singer Andy Lau and recent Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain begin negotiations to fill up the film’s supporting roles. After Disney and Marvel announced that Iron Man 3 would be a co-production with Chinese company DMG Entertainment and partly filmed [...]