Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics

Anderson Cooper is making it clear that he has no plans to leave his son, Wyatt, much inheritance, believing unearned money is a "curse.""I don't believe in passing on huge amounts of money. I don't know what I'll have," the CNN newsman said the Morning Meeting podcast on Sept.

Anderson Cooper's son, Wyatt, may only be one years old, but the 54-year-old TV host is already thinking about his future. On Monday's episode of the podcast, Cooper got real about his financial plans when it comes to the toddler, revealing he's taking a page out of his mom, the late Gloria Vanderbilt's, parenting book. “I don’t believe in passing on huge amounts of money.

Anderson Cooper opened up about the extreme measures his mom was willing to take in order to see him become a father. During a Thursday night appearance on the 54-year-old TV journalist said his mom had offered to be a surrogate for him when she was 85 years old.

All athletes must be vaccinated against Covid-19 to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Wednesday.

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Rebecca Davis editorA battalion of producers and stars worked the opening night red carpet of the Beijiing Intl. Film Festival Tuesday for the world premiere of their mammoth Chinese war film “The Battle of Changjin Lake,” which is expected to rank amongst China’s highest grossing films of the year.The nearly three-hour-long historical epic is a grind through the blood, sweat and tears of the real-life People’s Volunteer Army as they fight against all odds to defeat the U.S.

Rebecca Davis editorFollowing a string of celebrity scandals, Chinese officials have told young filmmakers entering China’s top film school that their foremost task is to develop the “moral cultivation” necessary to further China’s rise in the world.The Beijing Film Academy, cradle of the country’s top filmmaking talent, last week opened a major new campus in the capital’s northern Huairou district, an hour’s drive outside the urban center.

Rebecca Davis editorThe Universal Beijing Resort finally had its grand opening Monday, the culmination of a 20-year wait and further pandemic-related delays.The park has proved a big hit with Chinese consumers so far. Tickets for Monday’s opening were sold out in minutes, quickly followed by tickets for the week-long National Day holiday coming up on Oct.

coronavirus outbreaks in China’s southeast that prompted the government to tighten travel controls in some areas.“We’ve been longing for the opening for quite a while,” said a visitor, Niu Haoxuan.Visitors were required to wear masks and display a smartphone-based health code that shows whether they have been to regions deemed at high-risk of infection.After a report of a possible case in Beijing last week, “we were very worried,” said Zoe Shi. “We thought about whether we should still go.

Rap artist Nicki Minaj slammed America’s cancel culture after she spoke out about her vaccine hesitancy and compared it to China's restrictions on residents and visitors from criticizing the country's leaders.

Rebecca Davis editorA selection of Russian films will screen in-person during the Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) through a collaboration with the new Russian Film Festival, part of an effort by both governments to promote Russian cinema in China and cultural exchange.The Chinese festival is set to run from Sept. 17 to Sept.

Rebecca Davis editorLou Ye’s embattled 2019 film “Saturday Fiction” will have a theatrical outing in the Chinese auteur’s home country nearly two years after its planned high-profile premiere there was abruptly cancelled.After its long time in the dark, the black-and-white drama will return triumphantly to the official limelight as the closing film of the Beijing Intl. Film Festival on Sept.

All but a handful of ads on next February’s Super Bowl on NBC have been sold, fetching as much as $6.5 million for 30 seconds, according to the latest report from NBCUniversal ad execs.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe previously postponed Beijing International Film Festival is to make a 2021 comeback and will be held later this month in the Chinese capital.The festival is normally held in late April, but organizers took the precautionary move of shifting it to August this year.

BEIJING -- Chinese social media platform Weibo banned a fan club of popular South Korean K-pop band BTS from posting for 60 days, saying it had raised funds illegally, days after photographs of a customized airplane funded by the fan club were posted online.The fan club account, which had over 1.1 million followers on Weibo, was centered around BTS member Jimin.