Stevie Wonder, Common team for cancer fundraising TV special

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFrank Zhu, former head of Chinese animation studio Pearl Studio, has joined Tencent-owned Riot Games as MD for Riot Games’ China Entertainment.

Pearl Studio alum Frank Zhu has joined Riot Games as the League of Legends and Valorant publisher’s  Managing Director of China Entertainment.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina on Monday announced strict new rules that will ban children from playing online games during weekdays and limit them to just three hours per week.The rules were unveiled by the National Press and Publication Administration in order to curb gaming addiction among teenagers, state news agency Xinhua reported.Gamers aged below 18 will be limited to one hour of online game play, between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.

BEIJING -- China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down on the technology sector.Minors in China can only play games between 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and Kung Fu Panda film franchises feature heavily, along with the Minions from the “Despicable Me” movies.Beijing's historic sites have long drawn tourists.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Free Guy” grabbed a convincing win at the top of the China box office, marking the end of a Hollywood drought and was earned despite difficult conditions.The family-friendly comedy earned $23.8 million in three days, according to data from Artisan Gateway. That was fully 56% of the nationwide theatrical haul between Friday and Sunday.It earned $3.77 million of its total from Imax screens.

Refresh for latest…: One of the only Hollywood titles to recently be granted a China release date, Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy flew into the market with a $23.9M start. This is a solid launch in the Middle Kingdom, particularly in the current climate, and helped push the Ryan Reynolds-starrer past $100M at the international box office. The full offshore weekend was $37.3M in 47 markets, a slight 23% drop from last session, and the total overseas cume is now $100.3M for $179.6M global.

After a two-month blackout period in China for Hollywood movies, Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy is looking to lead all pics in the country at the weekend B.O. with a $18M+, possibly $20M take. That’s a promising start for one of the first big movies from Hollywood after a long-hiatus, besting the $15M opening weekend of A Quiet Place Part II, and the $7.8M first weekend of Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway. 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina announced further steps to control celebrity fan culture, which regulators say has become “chaotic.” The moves came as one of China’s most prominent stars Vicki Zhao Wei was scrubbed from the internet and another star, female actor Zheng Shuang was embroiled in a tax scandal.The Cyberspace Administration of China on Friday issued a pair of connected notices.

Patti Smith has shared a seven-track EP entitled ‘Live at Electric Lady’, created in partnership with Spotify.The EP, released today (August 26), is – as its title would suggest – a collection of live performances recorded by Smith and her band at New York City’s Electric Lady Studios.

Sofia Vergara discussed her experience with developing thyroid cancer at age 28.Sofia Vergara posted one of the sexiest throwback photos of herself yetSofía Vergara supports Nightbirde after heartbreaking decision to withdraw from AGTThe Stand Up To Cancer event was attended by dozens of A-List celebrities, including Katie Couric, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Garner.

The stars are showing their support for the 2021 Stand Up to Cancer telethon.

Stand Up To Cancer’s seventh televised fundraising special on Saturday is sure to be star-studded.

Angelique Jackson Chadwick Boseman will be honored in a special tribute during Stand Up to Cancer’s (SU2C) fundraising telecast and streaming event on Saturday.The late actor’s wife Simone Boseman and SU2C host Anthony Anderson will honor him during the biennial fundraising telecast and streaming event.

UPDATE, Aug. 20 Stand Up To Cancer will honor Chadwick Boseman with a special tribute by the late actor’s wife Simone and host Anthony Anderson at this year’s fundraising special tomorrow. Boseman, who starred in 42, Get On Up and Black Panther, died last year at the age of 43 of colon cancer.