The 40th Toronto International Film Festival will play host to a star-studded roster of top filmmakers and movie stars next month, including Ridley Scott, Matt Damon, Sandra Bullock and Johnny Depp.
Chinese director Mabel Cheung's A Tale of Three Cities is based on the wartime experiences of Jackie Chan's parents. Xu Fan reports. Mabel Cheung recalls a scene from her wartime epic, A Tale of Three Cities, in which several Chinese soldiers are beheaded by Japanese invaders.
The next James Bond could be black or gay, argues 007 veteran Pierce Brosnan.
Valerian, an upcoming big-budget French sci-fi movie, may have to be filmed outside of France because it will star American and British actors, its director, Luc Besson, said earlier this week.
Men and women flying with swords in hand amid bamboo trees swaying in the wind are images from kung fu films that Chinese born in the 1970s and '80s still cherish.
A stage show about a boy's love for a farm animal that goes to battle presents unusual challenges for the actors, Chen Jie reports.
British-Irish boyband One Direction is to take a break next year, two of their members said on Monday, quickly reassuring the group's passionate fans that they had no plans to split up.
Hollywood star Hugh Jackman revealed on Monday that he will return to the stage in a personal show in Australia inspired by his successful Broadway performances.
The Bangkok bombings' fallout on Chinese visitors is perhaps yet to emerge - beyond the current dent. Yang Feiyue reports.
Modern poet Shen Wei, who spent nearly three decades in the Northwest Chinese region, promotes universal themes for writers there. Yang Yang reports in Shanghai.
Anyone who has glanced at a tabloid recently knows Kanye West as a flashy rapper who is married to reality TV star Kim Kardashian. But Kanye West: God & Monster by Mark Beaumont argues West's talent and influence stretch well past the gossip headlines.
Austrian author Thomas Brezina visited China last week for a third time to sign his books, which are popular among young Chinese readers, ranking only after those by J K Rowling in the foreign writers' category.
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