Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:47 AM EDT
Rising Japanese singer-songwriter Yui led her four-member band with confidence, switching between electric and acoustic guitar and the keyboard.
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Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:07 AM EDT
He's tackled rural drama, kung fu choreography and period epic over a 23-year career that has made him Chinese cinema's top names. But Zhang Yimou says his recent production starring Christian Bale has been one of his toughest.
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Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:31 AM EDT
The propaganda film "Beginning of the Great Revival" naturally is a prime advertising opportunity: It's a star-studded film that's overtaken movie screens in China, a coveted market with 1.3 billion people.
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Mon May 16, 2011 5:24 AM EDT
A Hong Kong performing arts school will offer a Cantonese opera degree in the latest effort to preserve the traditional art form designated as a key cultural heritage.
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Fri May 13, 2011 3:55 AM EDT
Taiwanese pop sensation Jay Chou, Chinese-American singer-songwriter Leehom Wang and Hong Kong's Karen Mok led nominations for Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards announced Friday.
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Mon May 9, 2011 6:41 AM EDT
Liu Xuan energetically walked on stage as the celebrity entertainment for a Mother's Day event at a Hong Kong mall. The 2000 Olympics balance beam champion had traded her tights for a green blazer, blue jeans and white high heels.
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Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:15 AM EDT
Lawyers for an American woman convicted in Hong Kong of drugging her banker husband and bashing him to death say she has decided not to appeal. They say she will seek a transfer to a U.S. prison.
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Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:00 AM EDT
A pioneering 3-D erotic comedy has taken the Hong Kong box office by storm, beating the first-day record set by "Avatar" and drawing viewers from mainland China as it eyes a global rollout.
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Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:41 AM EDT
Director Gu Changwei is praising the all-star cast he assembled in his first film in four years, a drama exploring how AIDS impacts a rural Chinese village.
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Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:53 AM EST
Hundreds of Hong Kongers held aloft white candles at a local park Sunday in tribute to late democracy activist Szeto Wah, a leading campaigner for the victims of Beijing's 1989 crackdown on protesters at Tiananmen Square and a voice for mainland dissidents.
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Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:56 AM EST
A low-budget Hong Kong action-comedy stole the spotlight at the local critics' awards prize ceremony on Tuesday, earning praise for capturing this southern Chinese territory's can-do spirit and providing an alternative to star-studded blockbusters.
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:17 AM EST
Wrapping up the Asian leg of her world tour, Taylor Swift is relishing her growing international appeal as the singer-songwriter steadily gains fan outside the U.S. with her combination of confessional lyrics and country sound.
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Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:12 AM EST
Stepping up his push into the mainland Chinese market, Hong Kong director Johnnie To is now shooting his second romance in a row, in a break from the stylish crime thrillers that helped him win international acclaim.
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Tue Feb 8, 2011 3:58 AM EST
Director Tsui Hark's new costume drama, former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh's latest kung fu thriller and Donnie Yen's second biopic of Bruce Lee's kung fu master were the top nominees in the Hong Kong Film Awards shortlist announced on Tuesday.
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Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:06 AM EST
The South Korean remake of the John Woo gangster classic "A Better Tomorrow" has received a tepid response in its spiritual home Hong Kong, with the new version receiving lackluster reviews and box office results.
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Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:41 AM EST
A Chinese political satire and a Japanese psychological thriller are the top contenders at the fifth Asian Film Awards as organizers announced the nominations on Thursday.
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Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:37 PM EST
It's the kung fu classic that launched the career of a then little-known 17-year-old Chinese martial arts champion called Jet Li.
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:20 AM EST
Jiang Wen's latest film has earned rare box-office success in the sensitive genre of Chinese political satire, but theories are flying that it accomplishes much more: eluding strict censorship to criticize China's current government.
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:26 AM EST
The judge presiding over the retrial of an American housewife accused of drugging and bashing her husband to death in Hong Kong seven years ago has ordered a new jury because of procedural concerns.
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Sun Jan 9, 2011 11:47 PM EST
Hong Kong authorities have arrested eight people suspected of helping smuggle a young Chinese passenger onto a flight to Canada wearing a Hollywood-style disguise as an elderly white man.
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Sat Jan 8, 2011 5:33 AM EST
Vera Zvonareva topped Caroline Wozniacki 6-1, 6-0 in 58 minutes at the Hong Kong Classic exhibition tournament on Saturday, winning a matchup of the world's top two female players ahead of the Australian Open.
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Tue Jan 4, 2011 2:44 AM EST
John McEnroe says he expects the rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to last at least a few more years before a new face breaks through the top ranks of men's tennis.
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Sun Jan 2, 2011 4:08 AM EST
Veteran Hong Kong democracy activist Szeto Wah, a leading campaigner for the victims of Beijing's 1989 crackdown on protesters at Tiananmen Square and a voice for mainland dissidents, died Sunday of lung cancer. He was 79.
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Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:19 AM EST
The chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee says several American cities have expressed an interest in hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, but a new U.S. bid must wait until officials have rebuilt relationships with their international counterparts.
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Sat Nov 13, 2010 3:32 AM EST
The candidates for the 2018 Winter Games have taken their campaigns to Asia, where Munich and Annecy face a challenge trying to convince regional Olympic committee members to vote against a bid from South Korea's Pyeongchang.
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