Filmart: Chinese Actors Say Farewell to Hollywood

No longer content to play underdeveloped roles in overstuffed tentpoles, China’s screen talents are turning down L.A. offers in search of bigger paydays, greater exposure and meatier roles at home. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Hong Kong’s A-list talent weren’t considered true superstars until they had made their mark in Hollywood.

Host Alec Baldwin, ‘SNL’ Cast Skewer Trump White House

Alec Baldwin, who has scored in guest shots on “Saturday Night Live” with his mocking impersonation of Donald Trump since the campaign’s final weeks, presided Saturday night as guest host of the NBC comedy show, serving up yet another Trump masquerade. In his spoof, President Trump made good on a tweeted vow to “see you in court” directed at the three Ninth Circuit federal judges who last week refused to lift a stay preventing his immigration ban from being enforced.

Paul McCartney Sues Sony to Regain Rights to Beatles Songs

Sony/ATV is the defendant and could be primed to make a defense similar to the one being used against Duran Duran. Paul McCartney, the iconic songwriter, has filed suit in New York against Sony/ATV and is looking to get a declaratory judgment that states he will soon regain his copyright ownership share to a treasured catalog of songs created as a member of The Beatles.

Paul McCartney Sues Sony to Regain Rights to Beatles Songs

Sony/ATV is the defendant and could be primed to make a defense similar to the one being used against Duran Duran. Paul McCartney, the iconic songwriter, has filed suit in New York against Sony/ATV and is looking to get a declaratory judgment that states he will soon regain his copyright ownership share to a treasured catalog of songs created as a member of The Beatles.

Rock and Roll God Gene Simmons Thinks the Dow Will Blow Past 20,000

Kiss legend Gene Simmons isn’t just a god of rock and roll, he is also keen on investing in the stock market. “My belief is that as soon as Donald Trump takes power, and as soon as he lowers the amount of taxes that people on the street are going to have to pay, watch the 20,000 ceiling on the Dow break,” Simmons told TheStreet in an interview.

Syncing feeling

It seems quaint to recall that bands used to be accused of “selling out” if a TV programme or commercial used their music. Nowadays, rock and pop artists of all kinds have become reconciled to that particular way of doing what the Clash used to call “turning rebellion into money”.