‘Friends’ Reunion Censored By The Chinese, Cutting Guest Stars Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber And BTS

Rebecca Davis editorAnimation luminary Fred Seibert’s FredFilms will team up with Chinese content production firm DeZerlin Entertainment for an incubator projected called “Hot Pot! Cartoons,” which hopes to bring emerging Chinese talent and content out to the global market.In the project, FredFilms’ U.S.-based development and production team and Qingdao-headquartered DeZerlin will supervise up-and-coming Chinese creators to develop animated shorts for global distribution.“Often what’s happening

Jon Stewart used his time as the first post-COVID guest on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" to push the theory that the coronavirus came from a lab in Wuhan, China.  The former "Daily Show" host sat down with his old comedy friend for an interview where he almost immediately began pushing the unproven theory that COVID-19 began spreading across the world after leaking from a lab that was doing research on bat coronaviruses in Wuhan.  "I think we owe a great debt of gratitude to science

Rebecca Davis editorOne of the most prominent Chinese propaganda films of the year is set for a flashy, state-sanctioned premiere as the opening night selection of the Shanghai Intl. Film Festival on Friday.

On Sunday’s episode of “Last Week Tonight”, John Oliver brought to light the little-known story of the Chinese survivors of the Titanic tragedy.

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Warner Music China is expanding its hip hop label Juuice, extending the division’s operations into Taiwan and Hong Kong. The label has also announced the signing of rapper Bohan Phoenix.Confirming all this, Jonathan Serbin – CEO of Greater China for Warner Music Asia – says: “We are delighted to announce the expansion of Juuice across Greater China.

Rebecca Davis editorChina’s leading video streamers iQiyi, Tencent and Alibaba’s Youku are all fierce competitors, but they rallied together Friday to present an unusual united front against rival Bilibili for hosting unauthorized videos of “Friends: The Reunion” illegally on its platform.The three streamers held the rights to officially broadcast HBO Max’s “Friends” special, which they released in China at 3 p.m. local time on Thursday, May 27.

much-anticipated “Friends” cast reunion special in China got a different, shorter experience than was aired elsewhere.Viewers in China were treated to a censored version of HBO Max‘s hour and 44-minute reunion of the ’90s sitcom’s cast, one which lacked guest appearances from Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, K-pop supergroup BTS or references to the LGBTQ community or urine. The three Chinese streaming platforms with broadcast rights for “Friends: The Reunion” — iQIYI, Youku and Tencent Video — all

BTS, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber were cut from the version of Friends: The Reunion broadcast in China.The popular musicians are thought to have been removed from the one-off special on account of insulting the country in the past, as the BBC reports.Bieber was banned from the country in 2017 by the Chinese government.

After the iconic reunion which had been requested by fans ever since the show ended in the 90s, was finally revealed to their fans worldwide and featured cameos from many other global celebrities. However, things were different when the reunion episode aired in China, with a conspicuously less star-loaded episode.

reunion episode of popular US sitcom Friends finally hit our screens on Thursday - but in China, it looked a little different after streaming websites censored a number of celebrity cameos for political reasons. Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and K-pop band BTS were all cut out, apparently because they had been seen to insult Beijing in the past.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefEndeavor China, part of talent, sports and media agency Endeavor, is poised to acquire the Chinese firm Mailman Group.The Shanghai-based Mailman is a sports digital agency that covers strategy and marketing, content production, management of social media accounts, influencer marketing, sponsorship activation, PR and communications.The transaction is reported to be valued at $60 million and will be effected through Endeavor China, according to Sports Business,

Rebecca Davis editorChina’s top streaming platforms censored around six minutes of material from HBO Max’s “Friends: The Reunion” special on the day of its debut Thursday, deleting footage of artists like BTS previously deemed to have “insulted” China, gay fans, references to pee and a shot of Matt LeBlanc in his underwear, among other moments.“Friends” has amassed a huge, devoted following in China over the years, and thousands of fans had expressed their excitement for the special across all

Did I actually resent my niece, this perfectly innocent little being? I wondered the next morning, as I hovered over a chicken and ginger congee bubbling fiercely on the stovetop. The answer to that question may have been in the pot.

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Weibo, a Chinese government-controlled social media service, is banning prominent accounts for fans of the South Korean pop group BTS.