For superhuman Nirmal Purja, climbing ‘death zone’ Everest took only a day

Spider-Man: No Way Home” star Tom Holland would swing into their theater on opening night had no such luck this go-round.The actor and another special surprise guest (for the sake of spoilers, we’re not naming them) planned to pop in and surprise movie-goers at early evening screenings on Friday in Los Angeles at the TCL Chinese Theatre and AMC at The Grove mall.However the road show was nixed just hours before due to COVID-19 concerns as well as possible crowd control issues, according to

Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed an estimated $5.28M in Korea on its first day today. This is significant for a number of reasons: Korea has been extremely soft of late, yet the launch day is 11% over the first day of 2019’s pre-pandemic Spider-Man: Far From Home and is the biggest day-one figure for any title of the pandemic era.

Manori Ravindran International EditorBritish reality star Katie Price has been handed a 16-week suspended prison sentence for drunk driving while she was disqualified and without auto insurance.The 43-year-old media personality, who has become a fixture in recent years on channels like Discovery-owned Quest Red, will need to meet certain conditions as part of the sentence — which has been suspended for 12 months — including 100 hours of community service along with a driving ban.

Katie Price is facing a prison sentence as she learns her fate for drink-driving offences on Wednesday.

Katie Price has allegedly had liposuction and a breast lift just days before her next court hearing. Katie, 43, is expected to face the courts on Wednesday 15 December after she pleaded guilty to driving under the influence after crashing her car in late September.The mum of five’s initial sentencing was delayed by a judge so that Katie could spend time at rehabilitation centre, The Priory.

After having been cleared by authorities in late November for an eventual China release, the market has now given Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s highly-anticipated The Matrix Resurrections an official date — on January 14, 2022.

Marcus Lim The rise of new OTT platforms in Southeast Asia has made content distribution and story development much more data driven, according to media executives at the Asian Television Forum in Singapore.Anna Burdin, of Chinese OTT platform iQiyi, described a content landscape vastly different from the previous years.“In the golden days of pay-TV, the pay-TV operator would sign a contract [with the telco], disappear for three years, and then come back for more money,” said Burdin.

Vin Diesel penned an emotional message to Paul Walker on the eighth anniversary of his death Tuesday.

The new Netflix film "14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible” will tell the story of how the legendary Nepali mountaineer Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja embarked on a quest to ascend all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in seven months.

Naman Ramachandran A man who smuggled copies of smash hit South Korean Netflix series “Squid Game” into North Korea has been sentenced to death, after authorities caught high school students watching the show, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA).U.S.-headquartered independent news agency RFA reported, quoting sources, that the series was smuggled in from China on USB flash drives and that the smuggler faces death by firing squad.“A student who bought a drive received a life sentence, while six

Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s highly anticipated The Matrix Resurrections has been cleared for release in China, however an exact date is yet to be fixed. Warner’s official Weibo account posted the news, saying the film “is confirmed to be introduced, and it will be released in theaters nationwide soon!”

outside a room. The 43 year old, who recently returned from Las Vegas, in Nevada, in the United States, with partner Carl Woods, shared a snap on social media.

Rebecca Davis editorChinese film authorities on Wednesday granted both “Dune” and “No Time to Die” one month longer in local theaters, giving the Hollywood blockbusters a full two months on the big screen in the world’s largest film market.The former will now run through Dec. 21 and the latter through Dec.