Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:42 AM EST
A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil.
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Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:20 AM EST
Looking for a new project after finishing a comedy, Zhang Yimou is considering adaptations of novels set against China's Cultural Revolution and the Japanese invasion in World War II, his assistant said Wednesday.
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Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:16 AM EST
The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage is refuted has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, organizers said.
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Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:30 AM EST
Jackie Chan didn't take acting lessons or attend a fancy conservatory. The biggest star in kung fu cinema learned his craft from a retired Peking Opera star who turned his apartment into a performing arts boot camp for working-class Hong Kong children in the 1960s.
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Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:27 PM EST
Gregory Bourdy of France shot a bogey-free 7-under 63 on Saturday to take the lead heading into the final round of the $2.5 million Hong Kong Open.
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:26 AM EST
Action star Donnie Yen says he signed on to play an ancient Chinese secret service agent in his new film — even though it was another kung fu epic — because he wanted to tackle the role of a villain who discovers his humanity.
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Wed Nov 4, 2009 5:39 AM EST
Zhang Yimou says his first movie in three years has shades of comedian Stephen Chow's outlandish humor and marks the first time the "Raise the Red Lantern" director shot in digital format.
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Tue Nov 3, 2009 3:49 AM EST
One of America's best-known entertainment news shows is launching an Asian edition.
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Tue Nov 3, 2009 1:22 AM EST
A third leading Chinese movie studio is aiming for a listing — this time on the New York Stock Exchange — as the country's entertainment companies turn to the capital markets to raise funds.
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Mon Nov 2, 2009 6:52 AM EST
U.S. casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. aims to raise $2.5 billion through an initial public offering in Hong Kong this month to help repay massive debts and restart languishing casino projects in Macau, a document showed Monday.
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Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:45 AM EDT
Even though the stakes may not be as high as in their epic clashes of the past, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras aren't planning to put on a friendly exhibition.
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Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:37 AM EDT
The king of kung fu cinema is set to star in a new movie about China's famed shrine of martial arts, the Shaolin Temple.
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:53 AM EDT
The new management of a famed Hong Kong film studio that worked with Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and John Woo promised Wednesday to revive the company into a Chinese powerhouse in movie production and multiplexes.
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:49 AM EDT
After taking on the ancient sage Confucius, Chow Yun-fat has signed on to play an early 20th century bad guy in a $19 million Chinese frontier film.
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:23 AM EDT
China's blockbuster anniversary film to mark 60 years of communist rule has broken the 400 million Chinese yuan ($59 million) mark, but still lags the all-time box office record set by "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" earlier this year, a publicist said Tuesday.
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:49 AM EDT
Pete Sampras predicts Roger Federer still has a few more Grand Slam titles to win despite his recent loss in the U.S. Open final.
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Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:02 AM EDT
A famed Chinese director who was banned for a 1993 film says his nine-year absence from the movies turned out to be a welcome chance to catch up on foreign works.
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Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:20 AM EDT
Andre Agassi says Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's domination of the men's game is coming to an end, tipping Scotsman Andy Murray as the most likely successor.
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:56 AM EDT
Harry Connick Jr. says he did the right thing by expressing his outrage at a blackface skit poking fun at the Jackson Five in Australia last week.
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:09 AM EDT
A Golden Globe-winning Afghan director who made the country's first post-Taliban movie says he's worried the group's resurgence may threaten artistic freedom again.
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Fri Oct 9, 2009 1:13 PM EDT
Josh Hartnett charmed one of Asia's top film festivals on Friday with his knowledge of Korean food.
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Thu Oct 8, 2009 7:02 AM EDT
One of Asia's top film festivals opened Thursday by taking a lighthearted look at the South Korean presidency.
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Mon Oct 5, 2009 11:35 PM EDT
The Michael Jackson documentary "This Is It" has snapped up one of the last of China's 20 annual foreign movie import slots, a Sony Pictures executive said Tuesday.
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Mon Oct 5, 2009 3:00 AM EDT
Edison Chen will appear in his first movie since his career was derailed by a sex photo scandal more than a year ago.
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Sun Oct 4, 2009 8:59 PM EDT
China's star-studded propaganda blockbuster that marks 60 years of communist rule is on track to match the country's box office record set by the Hollywood film "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" in July, a senior movie executive said Monday.
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