Hong Kong Disneyland May Reopen Soon

Vivienne Chow The 40th edition of the Hong Kong Film Awards will be postponed to the first quarter of 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced on Monday.The Hong Kong Film Awards Association explained that many scheduled theatrical releases have been delayed or canceled as cinemas are unable to operate normally.

James McClain Summer 2020 has officially slipped away, but at least Armie Hammer is closing the season out with a residential bang. The Golden Globe-nominated actor (“Call Me By Your Name,” “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” “The Lone Ranger,” “The Social Network”) has punted his historic Los Angeles house onto the market, where it’s landed with a $5.8 million thud.

Rebecca Davis editorHong Kong police on Thursday arrested prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong for his participation in a protest last October and for wearing a mask at the time. He was released the same day on bail.Wong, 23, has been an outspoken supporter of the global call to boycott Disney’s new live-action “Mulan,” tweeting on its Sept.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Hong Kong Disneyland theme park is to reopen this week after being closed two times for coronavirus control reasons. It will reopen on Friday (Sept.

Brandon Choe Photo EditorThe 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards were filled with a slew of surprises including a sweep of all comedy categories by Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek. The now-ended series won seven trophies including Outstanding Comedy Series.

as chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty laid the ground for strict new controls in an urgent push to stop the ongoing surge in new coronavirus infections across the UK.

In a devastating blow for local LGBTQI communities, a Hong Kong court this week has refused to recognise same sex marriages conducted abroad. “The applicant’s attempt in the present case to achieve complete parity of legal recognition of foreign same-sex marriages and foreign opposite-sex marriages is too ambitious,” Judge Anderson Chow wrote in his judgment.The case bought forward by Jimmy Sham, a local district councillor who in 2013 had married his partner in New York, argued that Hong

Matt Hancock has warned Britain is at a “tipping point” as he refused to rule out a second national coronavirus lockdown.With cases on the rise, Hancock said there was a danger the numbers could “shoot through the roof” unless effective action was taken to halt the spread of the virus.His warning came as the UK Government announced anyone in England who refuses an order to self-isolate could face a fine of up to £10,000.He said: “This country faces a tipping point.

Lindsay Blake Ryan Murphy’s new “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” prequel, “Ratched,” finally dropped today on Netflix. The highly-anticipated origin story takes a look at the early career of infamous villain Nurse Mildred Ratched (played by a deliciously vicious Sarah Paulson) as she perfects her special brand of patient care and lobotomy skills at the fictional Lucia State Hospital.

BTS members share a deeply-knit bond that is now beyond friendship and more like a family. RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook have been by each other's side for nearly a decade and judging by the massive success that they are achieving years later with their music is a testament that they're not going anywhere, anytime soon.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe 25th edition of the Busan International Film Festival will shrink by a third and be presented in a hybrid in-person and offline format, due to the challenges posed by the coronavirus.Running with newly announced dates of Oct.

Mark David Having already acquired a substantially larger and considerably more expensive home in one of the most heavily celebrified neighborhoods in Beverly Hills, hugely successful film and television writer and producer Kevin Williamson has none-too-surprisingly heaved his swank mansion in L.A.’s historic (and historically high-toned) Hancock Park neighborhood up for sale at just under $10 million.

Jessica Kiang Once more with rather less feeling: after “Love in a Fallen City” and “Eighteen Springs,” acclaimed Hong Kong director Ann Hui returns to the work of celebrated 20th century author Eileen Chang with “Love After Love,” a not-at-all-short adaptation of a Chang short story laboring under the English title “Aloeswood Incense: The First Brazier.” Hui has assembled something of an all-star lineup, with the young leads played by rising actors Sandra Ma (“Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly

As Disney's mega-budget live-action remake of Mulan prepares to roll out in theaters in select markets across Asia, pro-democracy activists in several countries in the region are calling on audiences to steer clear of the movie via the growing #BoycottMulan movement.

Mulan” is facing renewed boycott calls from Asian activists.Thai and Taiwanese activists have joined Hong Kong protestors fighting for democratic reform who first raised the call for boycotts of the film last year, after its Chinese-born star sided with the Hong Kong police and their crackdown of pro-democracy militants.“I support the Hong Kong Police,” said Liu Yifei, who is also an American citizen, sharing a post from the Beijing People’s Daily on Weibo, a Chinese blog site in August 2019.

Disney film’s online release yesterday (September 4).After the film’s initial March release date in cinemas, which was curtailed due to the coronavirus outbreak, the film finally arrived on the Disney+ streaming service this week.Fans have been calling for a boycott of the film due to star Liu Yifei’s reported support of Hong Kong police during ongoing clashes in the country.Posting on Chinese social media site Weibo (via The Los Angeles Times) last year, Liu shared a statement from reporter Fu

Janet W. Lee Mark Ruffalo virtually joined Tuesday morning’s Justice for Jacob Community Celebration in his hometown, Kenosha, Wis.

Influential Chinese video platform Bilibili has taken a 9.9 percent stake in Huanxi Media, the rising film and TV studio that counts blockbuster directors Xu Zheng, Zhang Yimou and Ning Hao as major shareholders. Bilibili agreed to invest $513 million Hong Kong dollars ($66 million) in Huanxi in exchange for almost 347 million shares in the studio, which is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.