While the APEC summit in Beijing ended almost two weeks ago, the style statement surrounding it still lingers. Both online and offline communities in China have since talked about the clothes that President Xi Jinping, foreign leaders and their spouses wore to various events there.
At 52, Wu Qiong has established herself as one of the country's most famous actresses in Huangmei Opera. While many of her generation's actors have abandoned the "outdated and old" art form - that originated from Huangmei county, Hubei province, in the 18th century and also became popular in neighboring Anhui and Jiangxi provinces - she likes to push the edges of traditional theater and reach out to audiences with her modern sensibilities.
He may be the best-selling artist alive, but on his first day at art school Jeff Koons had a crushing realization: He "knew nothing" about the world he was about to join.
The three-day international Shaolin kung fu festival, which ended on Oct 22 in Zhengzhou, capital city of Henan province, attracted 1,800 contestants from 63 countries and regions, eager to present their skills in the Chinese martial art. Competitors wielded a gamut of Chinese weapons, including swords, spears, whips, cudgels, and even fans.
Why are Chinese TV series poorly made? Many experts say it's because celebrities are paid too much, taking a large part of the budget that could have otherwise gone to other aspects of TV production, such as costume, lighting and setting.
If Fox launches a comeback over the next couple of years, the network may very well look upon the week before Thanksgiving 2014 as its low point.
While provincial satellite channels are draining their brains for program ideas to meet the audiences' growing needs for entertainment, China Central Television believes in another function of TV shows - social responsibility.
German movies can be both entertaining and serious. That seems to be the theme for the 2014 Festival of German Cinema in China, which is being presented jointly by Goethe-Institut and German Films in Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Shenzhen through Nov 29.
For a movie that's more paint by numbers than Picasso, Penguins of Madagascar begins with something completely unexpected: a Werner Herzog voice-over.
Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province, is striving to revive its ancient glory and become a hub of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
With characters like Sherlock Holmes, Julian Assange and Stephen Hawking, Benedict Cumberbatch has accumulated a filmography littered with high IQs.
For nearly three decades, Austrian-born Christoph Waltz was a jobbing actor in Europe. He finally came to Hollywood in 2009, and in the next four years he won two Oscars.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|