Cannes Takes Diplomatic Gamble, Gives Late Festival Slot to ‘Revolution of Our Times’ Hong Kong Protest Feature

Vivienne Chow Independent digital news platform Initium Media announced on Tuesday that it will quit Hong Kong and relocate its headquarters to Singapore.The same day, veteran journalist Steve Vines and contemporary artist Kacey Wong also announced their departure from Hong Kong. Vines has arrived in the U.K.

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.

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

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed All the Crows in the World writer-director Tang Yi after the film won the short film Palme d’Or this month at the Cannes Film Festival.

T.I. has used Lil Nas X to make a bizarre defence of DaBaby, who has come under fire for a homophobic rant he delivered during a performance at Miami’s Rolling Loud Festival.Appearing at the festival last weekend, DaBaby told the crowd: “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone light up.“Ladies, if your pussy smell like water, put your cellphone light up.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a clearly provocative move, rapper Da Baby brought out Tory Lanez during his set at the Rolling Loud Miami festival on Sunday night — right after a set by Megan Thee Stallion, who accused Lanez of shooting her in the foot last year.Lanez was brought out onstage during Da Baby’s set wearing an oversized costume, according to livestreamed video footage.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTravis Scott premiered a new song apparently titled “Escape Plan” during his headlining set at Day Two of the Rolling Loud Miami festival on Saturday night. Scott had teased the song and video earlier on Saturday with a minute-long clip — lensed in a wide variety of locations, including a private jet, a yacht and a number of expensive-looking tropical locales — with the caption “Hmm someone [asked] me how I’m starting I said this is how.

Rihanna, 33, and A$AP Rocky, 32, are giving us all the feels! The adorable couple were spotted out in Miami, Florida yet again as they headed to the Rolling Loud music festival, where A$AP, née Rakim Mayers, was headlining. The duo engaged in a passionate kiss as they stood in the crowd looking more in love than ever on Friday, July 23. Surrounded by security, glimpses of Rihanna’s sexy gold mini dress could be spotted, which appeared to feature the graphic design of a face.

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.

Kanye West is reportedly set to toast the arrival of his new album ‘DONDA’ with a set at the Rolling Loud festival in Miami on Sunday (July 25).The long-awaited album is set to be released tomorrow (July 23), and was previewed by the single ‘No Child Left Behind’ as part of a Beats by Dre advertisement starring US athlete Sha’Carri Richardson.Sources have now told Billboard that Kanye is set to bring his new album to the live stage this weekend.

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.

Cannes Film Festival beat the odds by delivering two weeks of nonstop movies — and major stars such as Matt Damon, Regina King and Timothée Chalamet — in the middle of a global pandemic.It wasn’t an easy task. Variety has learned that the festival fronted more than $1 million to cover the costs of regular, free COVID testing to approximately 28,000 attendees.

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.

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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”).

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).

coronavirus pandemic. It usually draws hundreds of thousands of people looking for everything from the latest bestsellers to works by political figures.This year, far fewer politically sensitive books are on display.