Not many female Chinese singer-songwriters have made a career abroad before making their mark in the domestic market. Few have been able to break into the scene overnight with an eccentric music style. And few have had the audacity to withdraw from the limelight at the peak of her career. Long Kuan has done all of the above and more.
Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin has announced his first studio album in four years as he promised an active 2015.
Confucius said: "At 50, I know the will of heaven; at 60, my ears are attuned; at 70, I follow my heart's desire without crossing the line."
Most film stories have a three-act structure, and Jiang Wen's new work had run through two of the acts by the time it opened.
Critics, filmgoers' reviews and cinema attendance have shot holes in projections that Gone With the Bullets would be the highest-grossing film in China's box-office history.
Unbroken is a story about Louis Zamperini that seems to have little interest in Louis Zamperini.
When Xu Ang held aloft the top award of the 9th Roman International Film Festival, the director had never expected this moment.
Love stories have become a hit genre on the big screen during the annual golden period.
Starting next year, US TV serials are likely to run on Chinese video websites at least six months later than their premieres in the US, due to the time-consuming process of content examination, local media report.
From the extraordinary Maggie Gyllenhaal-starring miniseries The Honorable Woman on SundanceTV to Syfy's goofy Sharknado 2: The Second One, TV delivered in 2014 - streaming, on cable and over the air.
It's been 15 months since the finale of Breaking Bad, and tourism linked to the hit television series is flagging slightly - but it could be reignited by a new spinoff series.
Yang Yongfang (also known as Chef Grace) is just one hotel pastry chef in China who's been in a gingerbread frenzy this month.
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