‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ pushed forward for UK cinema release

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe English Premier League, soccer’s most lucrative club championship, will return to screens in China from this weekend.

Jessica Kiang From “All the President’s Men” to “Spotlight,” American films that valorize those ethically uncompromising reporters who have gone above and beyond, often at significant personal cost, in pursuit of stories of intense public interest, are not uncommon.

Disney's Mulan malfunctioned in its China box office debut with a disheartening $23.2 million. The $200 million tentpole was made with both Chinese and American audiences top of mind.

South China Morning Post reports that the ByteDance board of directors wants to keep the site’s source code under its ownership, though a potential new owner for the site would be able to devise a new source code and sharing algorithm.

Jo Malone London, the British perfume and scented candle brand, has issued an apology to John Boyega — who was last year named its first male global ambassador — for taking a personal video he made for them and reshooting it for the Chinese market, in the process removing not onlyStar Wars actor entirely but not featuring a single black individual.

Reuters Friday.Reuters reported based on anonymous sourcing that “Chinese officials believe a forced sale would make both ByteDance and China appear weak in the face of pressure from Washington, the sources said.”President Trump previously took the unprecedented step of signing an executive order to ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. if ownership of the company’s U.S.

Mulan” is escalating, with a US senator accusing the Mouse House of “whitewashing genocide” as it cooperated with the Chinese government to get the movie made.As the film nears its theatrical debut in China on Friday, critics have pointed to a line in the movie’s credits that thanks the Xinjiang authorities, including one entity on the US-sanctions list, for their cooperation.

Declan McKenna has posed in the iconic ‘Who The Fuck Is Mick Jagger?’ t-shirt design as his chart battle with The Rolling Stones heats up.The singer is locked in a fierce battle for this week’s top spot, according to the latest data collected by the Official Charts Company, with roughly fewer than 50 physical units (CD, vinyl and cassette) separating the acts as they vie for the prestigious position on the UK album chart.McKenna is hoping to score his first number one with his second studio

Invictus Games competitor JJ Chalmers.NFL player Jason Bell will be hoping to make a name for himself here in the UK while Bill Bailey will be showing a more serious side during some of the routines. Good Morning Britain's Ranvir Singh is another competitor with close connections to a former Strictly hopeful and will likely turn to Susanna Reid for tips.

Rebecca Davis editorThe Premier League, the leading U.K. soccer division, has terminated its massive $747 million TV rights contract with China’s PPTV two years early due to unpaid payments, it said Thursday.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Premier League, England’s top soccer division, has terminated a lucrative TV rights contract with Chinese broadcaster PPTV over unpaid money.The initial deal, signed in 2016, was worth $750M (£564M) and covered three seasons between 2019 and 2022.

Dave McNary Film ReporterWith moviegoing slowly returning to life after five months, a quartet of new titles are arriving amid the serious challenge of attracting customers worried about the COVID-19 pandemic — and Hurricane Laura.Disney’s “X-Men” spinoff “The New Mutants” opens at 2,412 North American locations and should lead the weekend in the $7 million to $10 million range.