Among the streaming activities on China’s internet, it is starlets who take advantage of live-streaming to gain online fame and enjoy financial security as a streaming hostess. However, following the restrictions placed by Chinese authorities on streaming sites, the starlets are using girl-next-door vibes.
Entertainment blogger Song Zude has promised to eat 400 grams of dog poo on live TV if his blog about celebrity chef and actor Nicholas Tse and Chinese singer Faye Wong is false. Song claimed the couple has separated.
Hollywood may have treated Chinese actress Fan Bingbing like a flower vase when she was given only one line to say in “X-Men: Days of Future Past.” But not in Cannes where she was just named a juror to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
While revenue from recorded music increased 5.9 percent globally, the growth rate in China was more than three times bigger at 20 percent. Total music sales globally reached $15.7 billion, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
The “Star Wars” franchise is revving up its spin-off titles starting with the release of the blockbuster hit “Rogue One” and the “Han Solo” movie. As fans expect more spin-off movies from a galaxy far, far away, there are rumblings about a potential film centering on Obi-Wan Kenobi. Actor Ewan McGregor said he’s up to do it.
Netflix is home to a lot of amazing original TV shows, movies and documentaries. In terms of shows, "13 Reasons Why" is taking the cake this year as being Netflix's most talked-about and obsessed-over show to date. Netflix's best original movies on the way this coming 2017 and we've got the list covered.
Marvel is introducing more characters to TV, this time the superheroes are tailor-made for a comedy series. The upcoming Marvel series is titled "New Warriors" and will premiere on Freeform pretty soon.
Netflix may soon become available in China after it entered into a licensing agreement with iQiyi, a streaming company. Original shows of Netflix would become available in China after its content debuts in other regions first.
Since Hollywood movies are the ones the rule the box office in China, Bollywood star Aamir Khan is the exception to the rule. In 2011, his movie “Three Idiots” was shown in China and it was ranked on Douban, a popular entertainment website in China, as the 12th most popular movie of all time in the Asian giant.
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" has begun teasing fans with new information about the characters and many other aspects of the film. Here's all the information we know on "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” got a May 30 premiere day in China. It opens four days after the movie debuts in North America, but the delayed opening would work in China because even if it is a Tuesday, it is also the end of the Dragon Boat Festival, a public holiday throughout China.
The Fighting Boys, a popular boy band in China, spent more than $15 million on ads to greet Karry Wang, the band’s lead singer, when he celebrated his 17th birthday a few months ago. In Times Square in New York alone, they booked 11 giant screens to greet him.
The 7th Beijing International Film Festival ended on Sunday with “Luka,” a movie from Georgia, winning the Best Feature Film award at the closing ceremony. The movie, directed by George Barabadze, is a reflection on the damage wrought by the war on the lives of people. In the movie, the mother and grandmother of Luka look for his body after he was killed on the battlefield.
Many women were offended when Charles Zhang Chaoyang, founder of Sohu, an internet company in China, denied the rumors that he is dating American singer Taylor Swift. What angered females was when he said he does not date foreign women.
“Jian Zi Ru Mian,” a remake of the popular BBC show “Letters Live,” enjoys the approval of TV viewers as it got more than 200 million views when it started to air in December. The show received the thumbs up from both viewers and critics who gave the show a 9.3 rating on Douban.com, a popular review site for films and books.
