China’s Chufei Churan twins, made up of sisters Yoni and Joyce, have been called the Kardashian sisters of China. But the similarity with Kim, Khloe, Kylie and Kendall ends with the two being social media stars because of their huge following on Taobao, Weibo and Youku.
As the United States deals with animal rights issues regarding its marine parks, halfway around the world, more marine parks are opening up to enthrall Chinese audiences, USA Today reported.
“Kong: Skull Island” gobbled the bulk of yuan that Chinese moviegoers paid on Friday, March 24, when the Hollywood film premiered in China. Its first-day earnings of $22.5 million is almost 76 percent of the total box-office earnings that day.
China is the guest of honor at the 23rd International Mediterranean Film Festival which opened in Morocco on March 25. There are several movies from China that are being exhibited at the festival that runs until April 2.
Fans of superhero films were all wounded when Hugh Jackman and Sir Patrick Stewart announced that “Logan” was their last outing as X-Men’s Wolverine and Professor Charles Xavier. It appears, however, that other stars are also planning to retire as superheroes soon.
The furor created by Matt Damon playing the lead role in “The Great Wall,” a co-production between American and Chinese movie producer, has barely died down and a similar controversy is hounding an upcoming Netflix movie.
In 2015, Park Bo Young played a friendless assistant chef named Na Bong Sun in “Oh My Ghostess.” Currently, he plays Do Bong Soon, a young woman with superhuman strength in “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon.”
Malaysian director Adrian Teh made a local remake of “Goodbye, Mr. Loser,” a hit Chinese movie which garnered five awards at the Gold Aries Macau International Film Festival. The movie held its world premiere at the 2017 Osaka Asian Film Festival recently in Japan.
Kim Tae Ri played Sook Hee in the romantic drama mystery film “The Handmaiden,” which premiered in Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2016. For her performance in the film, she won the Best Newcomer award at the 11th Asian Film Awards.
In 2014, Fan Bingbing played Blink in “X-Men: Days of Future Past.” Two years later, she played Li Xuelian in “I am not Madame Bovary,” which earned her the Best Actress award at the 11th Asian Film Awards.
“Thor: Ragnarok” star Tadanobu Asano, 43, won the Best Actor award at the 11th Asian Film Awards. He won the award for his performance in the Japanese film “Harmonium,” which was written and directed by Koji Fukada.
“Descendants of the Sun” starring Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo was the most popular South Korean drama series in early 2016. In early 2017, it appears that “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon” is the new drama series can potentially become the most popular one in South Korea.
After the successful TV debut of the South Korean webtoon “Cheese in the Trap” in January 2016, a movie version of the manhwa series would be made. Filming of the webtoon, a trend in Korea in which webcomics or manhwa are made into films or TV series, begins in April.
“Rap God” rapper Eminem is set to headline Reading and Leeds Festival 2017. One of the performers joining him during the event is “Gossip Girl” alum Taylor Momsen and her band The Pretty Reckless.
“Gossip Girl” alum Taylor Momsen was recently asked about the possibility of collaborating with “Rap God” rapper Eminem. The former is one of the performers of Reading and Leeds Festival 2017, which will be headlined by the latter.
