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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCantonese-language singer Anthony Wong Yiu-ming has been formally charged with corruption by Hong Kong authorities. The move relates to alleged crimes in connection with a 2018 election.Wong and former legislator Au Nok-him were charged on Monday by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

election, in part for publicizing the rally on social media and saying that Wong would be performing.The watchdog said in a statement that providing others with refreshments and entertainment at an election event is “a corrupt conduct and a serious offence” and is against the elections ordinance.Local media reported that Wong was released on bail. Au, meanwhile, has been in jail since March.

Letting the kids be kids! Prince William and Duchess Kate “are strict, but fair” while raising Prince George before he inherits the throne, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.

Rebecca Davis editorAs soon as Chinese film fanatic Li heard the news earlier this month that the Cannes Film Festival had scheduled a surprise special screening for a documentary about political unrest in Hong Kong, he rushed straight to his computer to open the page for his favorite online bookstore.He already owned a copy of festival director Thierry Fremaux’s book, “Selection officielle,” but he didn’t want to miss the chance to order two more, fearing they could soon be taken off the

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Angelina Jolie continued to enjoy her family trip to France on Thursday when she stepped out with four of her six children in Paris. The actress, 46, was seen making her way to dinner alongside her son Pax, 17, daughters Zahara, 16, and Shiloh, 15, plus her 13-year-old son Knox, with the group heading to a restaurant near the Eiffel Tower.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKiwi Chow, the Hong Kong-based director of the controversial “Revolution of Our Times” documentary that screened on the penultimate day of the Cannes Film Festival, says he has disposed of his interests in the film.“Revolution,” which takes its title from a pro-democracy protest slogan, chronicles the popular uprising in Hong Kong that started in mid-2019 and the government’s strongarmed suppression of the movement.

interview with NOLA.com, the Louisiana representative explained why he got his jab in July in spite of saying he’d do it for months: “Especially with the Delta variant becoming a lot more aggressive and seeing another spike, it was a good time to do it. When you talk to people who run hospitals, in New Orleans or other states, 90% of people in hospital with delta variant have not been vaccinated.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHong Kong police on Wednesday arrested and detained another senior editor from the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.The police confirmed in a statement that the man was arrested by its National Security department and said that he was suspected of collusion with a foreign country to endanger national security.He was not named by the police, but local media have identified him as Lee Man-chung, executive editor-in-chief of Apple Daily.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up North American rights to Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis’s first fiction feature film The Tale Of King Crab.

Vogue Hong Kong honors women in sports ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and chose Naomi Osaka to be part of their unique feature. The publication released images of the athlete rocking exquisite tennis-inspired fashion.

Britney Spears recently shared a post on Instagram where she called out her colleagues from the music industry who have now come in support of her amid the battle but have remained silent for years.

Vivienne Chow Action star Sammo Hung will take the helm of the production of “Seven Little Fortunes,” a feature film re-telling Hung’s childhood story where he and a generation of Hong Kong action movie icons such as Jackie Chan were coached by their mentor, Peking opera master Yu Jim-yuen.Co-produced by Yuen Biao Films Production, Beijing Renxing Film Media Culture and Quanton Times Pictures, Hung will be the chief director of the film penned by Raymond To (“I Have A Date With Spring”).

The cast of Power Book III: Raising Kanan are stepping out for the premiere of their show!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSpecialty U.S. distribution company KimStim is to give a North American release to “Wood and Water,” a German-made feature set against the backdrop of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.The film premiered in the Deutsche Perspektive section of this year’s erlinaleand won the Compass-Perspektive Award special mention during the Berlin festival’s summer edition.

A confidential screening of Hong Kong protests documentary Revolution Of Our Times was held for select members of the press at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. Not on the official schedule, the Special Screenings title is a harrowing two-hour-plus look at the 2019 pro-democracy riots and is directed by Kiwi Chow (A Complicated Story, Ten Years, Beyond The Dream).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIn a late move, the Cannes Film Festival has announced the addition of a new film to its official line-up. The documentary, “Revolution of Our Times,” depicts recent political and social events in Hong Kong, and will play on Friday in a special screening.Cannes this year is chock full of issue-led programming about climate change, crises in Africa, diversity and equality.