Johnny Webster Joins Pakula/King & Associates As Agent

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown marks the return of the long-running racing series.The new instalment from KT Racing had been teased earlier this year, but a new cinematic trailer from yesterday’s Nacon Connect (July 6) finally revealed that it will be set on Hong Kong Island.Soundtracked to Yuksek’s ‘Fireworks’, the trailer encapsulates Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown‘s luxurious style, from the shiny cars to the accessories adorned of the hands behind the wheel.In between racing through

Johnny Green Jr. has been named president and general manager of CBS News and Television Stations businesses in New York City, overseeing WCBS-TV, WLNY-TV, CBSN New York and CBSNewYork.com.

Spike Lee made history at the Cannes Film Festival jury press conference Tuesday.

Johnny Marr has reflected on his time in The Smiths in a new interview, discussing how the seminal Manchester band had a “blind spot” of being obsessed with media and notoriety.The Manchester icons became indie darlings at the height of their fame, before calling it a day in 1987.Speaking to Poet Laureate Simon Armitage for the new BBC Radio 4 series The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Marr said that the band could have done with “less” coverage at the height of their 1980s fame.Discussing

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAMM Global, a production and investment company spun out of Hong Kong’s Asia Television, and Phoenix Waters Productions have announced “Crypto Keepers,” which they claim will be Asia’s first NFT drama series.NFTs or non-fungible tokens, which aim to lock in the value of digital intellectual property, have taken the art and music worlds by storm and are now being expanded into more traditional media spheres.The drama, an English and Cantonese language hybrid, is

Rebecca Davis editorA senior journalist at Hong Kong’s recently shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has been arrested at the airport attempting to leave the city, according to local reports.Editorial writer Fung Wai-kong was halted Sunday and arrested on suspicion of “conspiring to collude with foreign countries or foreign sources to endanger national security,” a crime punishable by up to life in prison via the city’s Beijing-imposed security law.

Former Skid Row singer Johnny Solinger has reportedly died of liver failure at the age of 55, according to his wife and his ex-bandmates posting on Facebook.

Johnny Solinger has sadly died.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Table for Six,” an ensemble comedy directed by and starring Sunny Chan, has joined the Cannes Market and pre-Cannes sales slate of Hong Kong’s Edko Films.The setup is a familiar one: family gatherings gone wrong. In “Table For Six” big brother Dai (Dayo Wong) nothing is more satisfying than dining with his two younger half-siblings (Louis Cheung and Peter Chan).

Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s most-read newspaper and the territory’s leading opposition voice, may end all its operations by the end of this week.Local authorities and the city’s new Security Bureau have arrested several of its top editors on national security grounds and ordered the freezing of HK$18 million ($2.3 million) of its affiliates’ financial assets.

Jack Huston is set as a male lead in Expats, Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming drama series based on Janice Y.K. Lee’s novel The Expatriates, from Lee, director-showrunner Lulu Wang, Nicole Kidman and Per Saari’s Blossom Films and Amazon Studios.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJack Huston has been cast in the upcoming Amazon series “Expats,” the adaptation of Janice Y.K. Lee’s novel “The ExpatriatesSet against the fabric of Hong Kong, “Expats” is the story of an international community whose lives are bound together forever after a sudden family tragedy.Huston will play David Starr, who has long lived in the shadow of his impressive wife Hilary.

Rebecca Davis editorFive hundred Hong Kong police officers raided the offices of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday.

Ball culture has been an underground phenomenon in the African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ community for years, influencing popular culture from behind the scenes. HBO Max’s Legendary brings ballroom to a wider audience, showcasing the glamour and artistry that comes with a ball.

Stormi Webster may only be three-years-old but she stole the spotlight during her latest public appearance! The incredibly cute tot stayed by her mom Kylie Jenner, 23, and dad Travis Scott, 30, while posing and walking around the 72nd annual Parsons Benefit in New York City on June 15. The rapper was honored at the event and was fully supported by his daughter and his ex as they took multiple pics together.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic“Wish Dragon” is well aware that “Aladdin” got there first. Making his spirited feature debut, dream-big animation director Chris Appelhans pretty much assumes you’ll be thinking of Disney’s blue genie when his humble Hong Kong hero rubs a jade teapot and produces a fluorescent flamingo-pink dragon, ready to grant his wildest dreams — or three of them at least.

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong censors now have the power to ban films that endanger national security, prompting concerns that freedom of expression is being further curtailed in a city once known for its vibrant arts and film scene.Authorities are cracking down on criticism of Chinese Communist Party rule, arresting many pro-democracy activists in the city and implementing a sweeping national security law last year that criminalizes actions such as the calls for independence during months of

Rebecca Davis editorHong Kong on Friday issued new amendments to its film classification rules, effectively injecting Beijing’s strict censorship standards on the previously liberal territory.Hong Kong censors previously screened content merely to rate it for typical metrics like violence or obscenity, classifying them into one of three categories to indicate age appropriateness.Now, they will have to actively intuit what will displease Beijing.