Taiwan Film Icon Hou Hsiao-hsien to Be Honored at Golden Horse Awards

Vivienne Chow Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite” leads the race of this year’s Asian Film Awards, which will be hosted in his home country South Korea for the first time since the prize ceremony’s inception in 2007. The acclaimed drama picked up 10 nominations, including best film, best director and best screenplay.“Parasite” was closely followed by Wang Xiaoshuai’s drama “So Long, My Son” from mainland China, and Taiwan drama “A Sun” by Chung Mong-hong.

Vivienne Chow Taiwan brings virtual reality (VR) projects featured at this year’s Venice Film Festival to the island as one of the world’s 15 local hosts of the event’s competition section as it gains a greater international foothold in the discipline that blends cinema and technology.Forty-four VR films from 24 countries — including three from Taiwan — in the Venice VR Expanded, the official virtual reality competition of the 77th Venice Film Festival running, are available to viewers on the

Netflix‘s top 10 movies of the entire month of August have been revealed and surprisingly, there are only a few original films on this list.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentRussian World War II drama “Saving Leningrad” has sold to several major territories, including the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea and China.The film was sold to Capelight for Germany and the U.S., Signature Entertainment for the U.K., Kinovista in France, New Select in Japan, iQIYI in China, Super Vision Trading in Taiwan, W&W Investments Holding in Poland, Eagle Pictures in Italy, Studio Show Entertainment in Sweden, and

Who is the Golden State Killer and what did he do?The Golden State Killer terrorised his victims through the 1970s and 80s.He is known to have committed at least 13 murders and 50 rapes spanning six California counties over two decades.It started in 1973 with a bunch of house burglaries - a man locals called the Visalia Ransacker.He would break into his victims' homes by prying open a window or door while they slept.But his crimes soon escalated into rapes and murders along the California

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSwitzerland has selected “My Little Sister,” starring Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger and Marthe Keller, as its entry in the International Feature Film category of the 93rd Academy Awards.

Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry‘s whirlwind romance is something that’s straight out of a fairytale! The singer, 35, and actor, 43, have traveled the world together while supporting each other’s careers, and they even met Pope Francis together. Though, they’ve had their fair share of ups and downs. But, what Hollywood couple hasn’t?

Also Read: HFPA Vice President Ali Sar Named President After Lorenzo Soria's DeathTewksbury served as treasurer for a third of his 36 years as a member of the HFPA. During that time, he regularly wrote features for the Golden Globes website and eventually executive-produced nine Golden Globe Awards television ceremonies.He also served as vice president of The Young Artist Awards.David SternThe former longtime commissioner of the NBA died Jan.

sentenced Friday to multiple life terms in prison without the possibility of parole.

Will Thorne Staff WriterJoseph James DeAngelo, known as the Golden State Killer, was sentenced to multiple life terms in prison Friday for the series of murders he committed over a 13-year period between 1973 and 1986.The sentencing was delivered by Honorary Judge Michael Bowman in the Sacramento Superior Court in California, where victim’s families had gathered to hear the sentence.In delivering his the maximum possible sentence in his power, Bowman said that the “victims must be assure that