Tintin comic book art breaks auction record at $3.1 million

Rebecca Davis editorDouyin, the Chinese version of ByteDance’s TikTok short video app, has filed suit in Beijing against rival Tencent Holdings for alleged monopolistic behavior, seeking $13.9 million in compensation, ByteDance said Tuesday.Tencent prohibits the sharing of Douyin content on its extremely popular apps WeChat and QQ, a practice that ByteDance hopes the court will rule runs counter to China’s anti-monopoly law and must cease.“We believe that competition is better for consumers and

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChart positions for the top five films remained largely unchanged over the weekend in China, as the Middle Kingdom’s box office returned to a familiar early-year torpor.Data from Artisan Gateway shows that aggregate revenues amounted to $32.8 million over the Friday to Sunday period, down from $37.5 million the previous weekend.

It’s been five long years since Kim Kardashian West was robbed in Paris back in 2016, and now, one of the alleged perpetrators is coming out with a new tell-all book about the incident. Whoa!

Kim Kardashian was robbed at a Paris Hotel in 2016? Well according to Page Six, one of the robbers has written a tell-all book about the infamous heist. Complete with strange and funny details about Kardashian, accused robber Yunice Abbas is ready for his spotlight- and he has some pretty interesting stories to share.Abbas is accused of stealing $10 million in jewelry from the reality star.

One of the crooks who allegedly robbed Kim Kardashian at a Paris hotel in 2016 has written a tell-all book about the heist, complete with strange and funny details about the reality TV star, it was revealed Friday.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Carolyn Giardina spoke to Yibing Jiang, director of WiNDUP, and the short's animation supervisor Jason Keane, for a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. Written by Jiang, who was born in Wuhan, China, WiNDUP is a story of hope told through the connection of a father and his ailing daughter, Kiki.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Alex de la Iglesia is back on set with “El cuarto pasajero,” Laurine Garaude departs Reed Midem, Chinese video app Kuaishou stuns investors in Hong Kong, Tencent finalizes its Universal Music Group share increase, Mopar Studios hire Jessica Pope as creative director and Pluto TV launches six new networks in Latin America.Spanish genre master Álex de la Iglesia, hot off the heels of his hit HBO horror series “30 Coins,” is back on set to shoot road movie

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSingapore-based TV production firm, Beach House Pictures is expanding its Asian production capacity. It has acquired a majority stake in Japanese producer Vesuvius Pictures and appointed Felix Feng as GM in China.Founded in 2012, Vesuvius specializes in premium original factual, factual entertainment, reality and scripted programming.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMildly titillating romantic comedy “Big Red Envelope” topped the box office rankings in China as overall takings in the world’s biggest theatrical movie market amounted to a lowly $37.5 million over the weekend.The new release title may be intended as a critique of obsessions with money, gifting culture and societal status – red packets are gifts of money in Chinese culture, given especially, but not exclusively, at Chinese New Year – but chunks of the audience

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFamily drama film “A Little Red Flower” continued its dominance of China’s box office in 2021 with a third weekend on top of the charts. The weekend was, however, a typically quiet one for January, worth an aggregate $47.1 million according to exhibition and distribution consultancy, Artisan Gateway.While the individual films’ scores are modest, six movies in China achieved grosses over the past weekend that were stronger than any film in North America.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTencent Music Entertainment, which is already China’s biggest online music platform, is planning on getting bigger through the proposed acquisition of Lazy Audio.Among the current owners are financial investors, the company’s management and fellow Tencent group company China Literature.

Picture the scene: Hong Kong International Airport is attempting a mass evacuation when a high-speed train packed with missiles crashes into a terminal. Shown in slow motion, a nuclear explosion rips through the airport and blows it sky high into a mushroom cloud. 

PARIS -- Not even the coronavirus can get in the way of intrepid Belgian reporter and comic book legend Tintin.Comic book lovers and tourists alike can catch a socially distanced glimpse of a Tintin drawing by Herge in Paris before it goes under the hammer Thursday, estimated to sell between 2 and 3 million euros and possibly break the record for the most expensive comic book art in history.The 1936 work in Chinese ink, gouache and watercolor, was destined as a cover for The Blue Lotus, the

Today show star Al Roker and his wife Deborah Roberts put on a brave face over the weekend as they said goodbye to daughter Leila following her stay in New York.MORE: Al Roker's home is a better take on the Hamptons - see inside Leila is currently studying journalism in Paris, and had come home for the holidays to be with her family.Deborah shared a family photo on Instagram of herself and Al with Leila and their son Nick at the airport, and while they were all smiles, the TV journalist revealed