At the Durban FilmMart, African Cinema Looks Toward the Future

U.K. artist BERWYN has only released two singles to date, “GLORY” and “TRAP PHONE," but he has established himself as a voice calling out to be heard.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired Pathé's Venice-bowing comedy-drama The Duke for a range of territories worldwide, including the U.S. The distributor also picked up the film —starring Oscar winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren —for Latin America, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe (excluding Poland, the Czech Republic and the former Yugoslavia), Russia/CIS, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, South Africa, India and Southeast Asia (excluding Japan and China).

Andy Cohen and his 1-year-old son, Ben, are totally twinning! The 52-year-old Bravo host shared a precious side-by-side shot featuring a throwback childhood photo of himself and a present-day shot of Ben. «Twinning with Ben #Snoopy,» Cohen captioned the split image.In the throwback, the SiriusXM radio host is rocking a green pilot's cap and red scarf like his favorite cartoon dog.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentWhile international film and TV shoots have been halted in South Africa for months due to a ban on foreign flights during the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the local industry have found a novel way to lift their spirits.On Thursday, hundreds of South African actors and crew members will come together to make a feature film centering on the “Jerusalema” dance craze that has swept the world.

Rebecca Davis editorDisney’s “Mulan” made only $6.47 million over its second weekend in China, allowing it to be handily defeated once again by the local war epic “The Eight Hundred,” according to data from industry tracker Maoyan.As of Sunday evening, the Disney title has earned a cumulative $36.5 million (RMB 247 million) in the key territory.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRefresh for latest…: Christopher Nolan’s Tenet handily passed $200M overseas this weekend with a $25M offshore frame to bring the overseas box office to $214M. Including domestic, the global cume is now $250.1M.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson “Yeah, well, I didn’t downplay it,” Donald Trump told an ABC News’ town hall tonight of his response to the deadly coronavirus. “I actually, in many ways, I up-played it, in terms of action,” the incumbent added, citing his bans on some travel to and from China and Europe this spring.

if Trump was joking, he's fully aware of the ramifications of statements like these. After a recording of Trump praising Chinese President Xi Jinping's abolishment of presidential term limits in November 2019, Trump went on to clarify his statements. “I only joke,” he told Chuck Todd.

76 Days— which follows exhausted doctors and nurses in Wuhan, China struggling to cope as the deadly global outbreak of the new coronavirus first originated — will be eagerly anticipated at the Toronto Film Festival as it's the first documentary from ground zero of the COVID-19 crisis to reach movie theaters. The irony is the ongoing global pandemic will keep New York City-based co-director Hao Wu from physically attending the world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept.

Disney's live-action version of Mulan is now available to stream on Disney+, and fans of the story are understandably excited to watch the remake.Actress Liu Yifei plays the lead in Mulan, and has been thrust into the global spotlight as a result of the iconic role. Here's everything you need to know about the star.Liu Yifei was born in China, and immigrated to America.Liu Yifei was born in Wuhan, China, on August 25, 1987.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTwo apartments in Beijing that are home to movie star Jackie Chan are being forcibly put up for auction. The reason appears to be an ownership dispute.The adjacent apartments in a residential compound in the capital city’s Dongzhimen district are where Chan and his family have lived since 2007.

coronavirus for another four four years, a specialist doctor has warned. Dr Zhang Wenhong, the Director of Infectious Diseases at a Shanghai hospital, has urged countries to be alert for a second international outbreak - which could arrive as early as the autumn, reports the Mirror.