The 50p coin that sell for hundreds with many more still out in circulation

Jo O'Meara turned heads at a red carpet event as she showed off a sleeve tattoo of angels and flowers which stretches from her elbow to her hands. Posing with her old bandmate Rachel Stevens, the pair headed out to the opening night on Tuesday of 'Grease' The Musical at The Dominion Theatre in London, which stars Peter Andre. Jo, 43, has been inked several times with tattoos on both arms, her bum, stomach and ankle.

DEALSAsiatic Records, a Warner Music Asia label, has made its first move into the Mongolian market by signing Mrs M, a key player in the country’s hip hop scene. “Mongolia has always had a great hip hop scene”, she says.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe question arising at every Cannes Film Festival lineup announcement about why the festival has not selected films from a particular country tends to irk chief selector Thierry Frémaux. But this year, with films from China notable by their absence, Frémaux may be asking himself if he messed up, or whether bigger forces are at play?Last year, Cannes was at pains to conceal its selection of Hong Kong pro-democracy film “Revolution of Our Times” until as late as possible, in order not to alert mainland Chinese authorities or disrupt the other Chinese indies showing in the festival.China experts differ as to how much Cannes’ defiance last year was a factor in this year’s de facto boycott.

ESPN is reporting that the NBA playoffs are back for China’s TV viewers after a long banishment over controvesial political statements by an executive.

Two Breaking Bad-style labs have been discovered in an operation to smash a gang's multi-million pound racket in supplying deadly fake prescription drugs. Four suspects were arrested, and cash, drugs, and guns seized in dawn raids today (May 17).

The dinosaurs are ready to stomp into China with a June 10 date confirmed for Universal’s Jurassic World Dominion. This will be in step with the North American release — a rarity of late — after international rollout begins a few days prior. Universal confirmed the China release date on its official Weibo account with a video from stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt. Check out some new posters below.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHong Kong-based sales firm Golden Network has picked up international rights to Jackie Chan’s upcoming film “Ride On.”The feature has recently wrapped production and is scheduled to be released on Dec. 31 in time for what is normally a peak cinemagoing period in China and elsewhere.Asian films are currently struggling to achieve pre-sales in international markets, but “Ride On” could be an exception.

DEALSIndependent music investment firm Exceleration Music has announced a “strategic financial alliance” with indie label Mom+Pop Music, which will allow the record company to expand and sign new artists. “We chose this path because it provides financial tools enabling us to maintain our self-sufficiency”, says label co-owner Thaddeus Rudd.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe mainland China box office remained moribund over the latest weekend, lacking direction or new releases and achieving nationwide revenue of just $11.4 million.The country is continuing to suffer from clusters of COVID infections that have caused mass lockdowns in some cities and the temporary closure of many cinemas. Even as there is now talk of easing restrictions in Shanghai, which had been locked down for five weeks, there is the prospect of new restrictions in capital city Beijing. The government has also imposed a blanket ban on all but essential overseas travel.U.S.

Everything Everywhere All At Once.The martial arts legend was originally envisioned by directors and writers Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan as playing the movie’s lead role. However, when he said he was unavailable, they rewrote the part for Yeoh.“Jackie actually texted me,” she told the Guardian about his response to the film.

Rolling Stone, in the early days of his presidency, Trump repeatedly asked his national security aides if China had a weapon that could create large, man-made hurricanes, and was using it to deliberately target the United States. According to one Trump official, “It was almost too stupid for words” — and Meyers largely agreed.“This was at the beginning of his presidency, and somehow his presidency still had a middle and an end,” Meyers marveled.But what hit Meyers the most wasn’t the idea of the hurricane gun itself; it was that Trump apparently took that as a forgone conclusion and had a series of steps he wanted to take in response.

Frankie Grande‘s dreams just came true!

Joe Leydon Film CriticViewed with 20/20 hindsight, all of history appears inevitable simply because it went to the trouble of happening. More than four decades after it defied skeptics, entertained millions, and hit the No.

The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival announced its 2022 lineup including Disney’s documentary Mija and the Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max film Father of the Bride bookending the celebration. LALIFF will run from June 1 to 5 at the TCL Chinese Theater and TCL Chinese 6 in Hollywood.

Brits are being urged to check their purses, wallets, cars and down the side of the sofa for a 'special' 50p coin, which could actually be worth £150. There are an estimated 210,000 in circulation.