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.
Category: Drama Movies
Stewart and Assayas find a groove in the shadow of celebrity
Kristen Stewart, left, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, “Personal Shopper,” on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York. Kristen Stewart, left, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, “Personal Shopper,” on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York.
Guatemalan president vows change after fire kills 35 girls
Guatemala’s president called for a restructuring of his country’s youth shelter system following a fire that killed at least 35 girls at an overcrowded government facility for children, while grieving families began receiving the bodies of their loved ones. The shelter outside Guatemala City held some 800 children and mixed victims of abuse with youthful offenders.
Christopher Plummer reflects on roots ahead of Canadian Screen Awards
Of all the revered roles Christopher Plummer has portrayed over the years – Capt. Georg von Trapp, King Lear, Macbeth, to name but a few – the most exciting one for him was that of Henry V. He played the part during his 1956 debut at Ontario’s Stratford Festival – in a tent, no less – alongside a group of “superb” French-Canadian actors he still misses “dreadfully,” he says.
Pacific Theatre: Athol Fugard’s “Valley Song”
The great South African playwright Athol Fugard has always had a gift for putting large-scale ideas in small-scale plays. “Valley Song,” Fugard’s two-actor, three-character drama was his first play after the election of Nelson Mandela.
Pacific Theatre: Athol Fugard’s “Valley Song”
The great South African playwright Athol Fugard has always had a gift for putting large-scale ideas in small-scale plays. “Valley Song,” Fugard’s two-actor, three-character drama was his first play after the election of Nelson Mandela.
How cult filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto ends up in Scorsese’s Silence
Director of cult classic Tetsuo had always admired the Hollywood legend’s films and was surprised his own work was recognised by Scorcese at an audition for the role of a Christian villager in the samurai-era epic Violence pulsates in Shinya Tsukamoto’s early films, driving stories into nightmarish fantasies like in the award-winning 1989 Tetsuo , which ridicules middle-class conformity with a man-becomes-machine metamorphosis. His more recent works still depict violence, though the Japanese director says the nature of the violence has changed – from whimsical “cyberpunk” horror to horrifying reality.
FX’s ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’: Another total knockdown, drag-out hit from Ryan Murphy
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Susan Sarandon, left, as Bette Davis and Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford in FX’s “Feud: Bette and Joan.” A fantastic miniseries has arrived that at last fully tells the painful history of being gay in modern America – and no, silly, it’s not ABC’s dourly dutiful “When We Rise.”
Broadway’s Come from Away Cast, Creatives Set for Guggenheim Preview This Weekend
On Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 7:30pm, Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents a discussion with Canadian writing duo Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Tony-nominated choreographer Kelly Devine, and Tony-nominated director Christopher Ashley on the creative process behind the new musical Come From Away , which will open on Broadway on March 12. The discussion will be moderated by Michael Paulson, theatre reporter with The New York Times, and the cast will perform highlights from the show. In a heartbeat, 38 planes and 6,579 passengers were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, doubling the population of one small town on the edge of the world.
The Rio Carnival Masterpiece Heist
In 2006, thieves took advantage of the bustle of the Rio Carnival, stealing five major works of art from a museum and ending up on the FBI’s Top Ten Art Crimes list. As anyone who has ever watched a good art heist flick knows, the key is in the planning.
See David Bowiea s trek to Mexico in Glendale photo exhibit
David Bowie tries to blend in with the Diego Rivera´s wall painting, “The Man, Ruler of the World,” at the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City. This image, “Diego Rivera’s Mural, Mexico,” will be on exhibit in “David Bowie: Among the Mexican Masters” at the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale starting today.
‘The Present,’ Despite Cate Blanchett, Might Be the Worst Play to Ever Hit Broadway
Fearful of being labeled “the boy who cried wolf,” I had just about decided to refrain from calling Broadway shows “the worst thing I’ve ever seen.” Then I went to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and suffered through a relentless three-hour pile of noisy, pointless and pretentious junk called The Present.
Ex-MI6 officer linked to Trump dossier ‘still working for British intelligence’
Russia has claimed the former MI6 officer reportedly responsible for an explosive dossier on Donald Trump may still be working for British intelligence. Christopher Steele has apparently gone into hiding after being identified as the author of the report claiming Moscow held incriminating material on the US president-elect which it could use to blackmail him.
The Night Manager and The Crown reign over the Golden Globes
The Crown’s Claire Foy and the stars of The Night Manager have won Golden Globes in a night of British success at the Hollywood awards show. Foy was named best actress in a television drama for her portrayal of the Queen in the big-budget Netflix series about the monarch’s early reign.
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The emotional moment Cam Newton surprised a terminally ill 10-year-old boy who made a Christmas wish to meet his NFL hero Thousands sign petition demanding that Hunter College fires boastful professor whose husband harassed Ivanka Trump on a flight with her children ‘My daughter was in tears for most of the day’: Parents furious after thousands of the must-have Hatchimal Christmas toys fail to ‘hatch’ How to EAT your way to success: Millionaire businessman reveals the diets of the world’s rich and powerful Kerry’s parting shot at Netanyahu: Secretary of State criticizes Israeli settlement building and says a two-state solution is the ‘only way’ to ensure peace in Mideast ‘Smooth transition – NOT!’ Trump clobbers Obama for his ‘disdain and disrespect’ of Israel and urges the Jewish state to ‘stay strong’ Married client, 65, is sentenced to life in prison for murdering single soccer mom … (more)
Chris Evans is in festive spirits for BBC Christmas party
Chris Evans is in festive spirits for BBC party: DJ, 50, wears snowflake jumper and Santa hat to Christmas lunch Making his way to the party in London after his Breakfast Show at the BBC Radio 2 studios, the 50-year-old sported a snowflake jumper and Santa hat with cycling shorts, leggings, and multicoloured Nike trainers. Playing Sir Derek Jacobi’s on-screen wife in the hit BBC series Last Tango In Halifax has sparked some real-life tension between the thespian and his co-star Anne Reid.
Before the Kardashians, Zsa Zsa Gabor was the ultimate socialite
Before the world was keeping up with the Kardashians, they were captivated by Zsa Zsa Gabor, whose death was announced on Sunday. She was 99. Born in Hungary, she set the stage for socialites like Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton by being more famous for her glamorous lifestyle than her acting career.
Before the Kardashians, Zsa Zsa Gabor was the ultimate socialite
Before the world was keeping up with the Kardashians, they were captivated by Zsa Zsa Gabor, whose death was announced on Sunday. She was 99. Born in Hungary, she set the stage for socialites like Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton by being more famous for her glamorous lifestyle than her acting career.