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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” rereleased in 3D and in Imax versions, topped the box office chart over the weekend in China.

Sarah Jessica Parker shares a sweet moment with her daughter Tabitha while making an appearance at her SJP Collection shoe store on Wednesday (August 12) in New York City.

Rebecca Davis editorSome moviegoers feel China’s exhibition sector has been unfairly targeted by prolonged closures and excessive COVID-19 prevention measures, Variety found in a WeChat-based survey of cinema patrons.Survey respondents, who participated on the condition of anonymity, felt the protective measures required of cinemas helped to lower the risk of movie-going, but that the exhibition sector had been subject to overly cautious treatment.The vast majority of the 36 respondents —

Rebecca Davis editorCinemas in some parts of China have been told that they may now sell up to 50% of their available tickets for each screening and play films over two hours in length without restrictions starting from Aug.

Dwayne Johnson has topped Forbes magazine’s Highest-Paid Actors list for the second year in a row.The action man raked in an estimated $87.5 million over the last year, $16 million more than second-placed Ryan Reynolds.Mark Wahlberg comes in third with $58 million, just ahead of Ben Affleck and Vin Diesel.Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Will Smith, Adam Sandler, and Jackie Chan also make the top 10.In total the top 10 stars made over $545 million for the year with a quarter of

Sam Mendes' harrowing World War I movie 1917 debuted at the top of China's box office this weekend, as the country's theatrical business still deals with pandemic-related restrictions on operations. China's cinemas are now into their third week of reopening after a novel coronavirus enforced lockdown in January, and theatrical companies are operating with limits on the number of screens and with strict social distancing measures in place.

Roman Kemp has made his weekly appearance on TV for his and his father Martin Kemp’s show Sunday Best, after taking a break from his radio show earlier this week.The 27 year old radio star, who hosts Capital Breakfast alongside Siân Welby and Sonny Jay, reportedly took a break from his morning show following the tragic death of a friend.

Dave Chappelle hosted another of his socially distanced “Summer Camp” comedy shows this week, held in a field in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Fans in attendance, however, were surprised to see an unannounced guest appear onstage: Louis C.K.

hereAnd there's a shock for Chesney when he comes downstairs naked from the waist up and carrying his shirt covered in baby sick.He’s mortified to discover Gemma live streaming her latest vlog and is convinced he’ll be a laughing stock.

Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy steals the show in the new trailer for her forthcoming Disney+ special Black Is King.The eight-year-old daughter of the Halo star and rapper JAY-Z is seen wearing an elegant white off-the-shoulder dress with a pearl necklace in the teaser for the visual, as she sports a wide smile and her hair up in a bun, topped with a gold and pearl crown.“To live without reflection for so long might make you wonder if you even truly exist,” Beyonce begins, before a crew of people

Ibrox top is seen alongside retro shirts of Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid as the group strut their stuff in their latest video. The white top with a blue and red stripe across the centre was worn in the memorable Helicopter Sunday season and worn by stars such as Alex Rae, Dado Prso and Marvin Andrews.

[email protected] panel, Shinkoda — who played crime boss Nobu Yoshioka in nine episodes — revealed that Loeb had instructed writers to scrap plans for a storyline that would delve deeper into Nobu’s relationship with Madame Gao (Wai Ching Ho).“Jeph Loeb told the writers room not to write for Nobu and Gao — and this was reiterated many times by many of the writers and showrunners — that [he said] ‘Nobody cares about Chinese people and Asian people.

Rebecca Davis editorRobert Downey Jr.’s family film “Dolittle” and Sony’s thriller “Bloodshot” led China’s first opening weekend at the box office since the coronavirus outbreak, a sign that new titles sell better than re-runs of beloved classics. Five out of the top 10 films this weekend were Hollywood titles.China began reopening theaters in regions deemed at low risk for COVID-19 on Monday.

Prince Philip stepped out of retirement for a rare public appearance to pass over the role of Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifles to Duchess Camilla.The Duke of Edinburgh, 99, attended the ceremony at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, July 22, while the Duchess of Cornwall, 73, participated in a separate ceremony at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, England. Assistant Colonel Commandant Major General Tom Copinger-Symes thanked Philip for his 67 years of support in the Rifles.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Lots of movement on the international box office front this past weekend, and into the beginning of the week. Korean zombie sequel Peninsula, as we reported Sunday, made a meal of five overseas markets with a $21M Wednesday-Sunday frame.