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Zhang Yimou Alleged to Have Broken One Child Rule
BEIJING — China’s population planners are probing the country’s leading helmer Zhang Yimou after reports that he sired numerous children in violation of the One Child Policy, and could be in line for a...
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Leaving L.A. for Houston? Dwight Howard’s Misguided Media Move
Dwight Howard made a lousy decision, and not just because Houston is one of those rare cities with a downtown area that’s even uglier than L.A.’s. No, Howard’s choice to bolt the Los Angeles Lakers for...
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U.K. Pics Take 15% Of Global Market Share In 2012
Brit pics continued to perform on a global level in 2012 taking $5.3 billion at the world box office and claiming a 15% share of the world market, according to the British Film Institute’s Statistical...
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4K Ultra-HD TV Faces Bandwidth Challenge to Get Into Homes
4K won’t get anyone excited if there’s no way to get the format into homes, or worse, if it looks no better than today’s HDTV.
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Montreal World Fest Includes 113 Int’l Premieres
The Montreal World Film Festival announced its full slate of 432 films from around the globe on Tuesday, including 113 world or international feature preems. From the U.S. “The Red Robin” by Michael Z....
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Murdoch U.K. Unit Treated as a ‘Suspect’ by Scotland Yard: Report
LONDON — Scotland Yard has made the U.K. newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. a “suspect” in its investigation into alleged phone-hacking and bribery, according to U.K. press reports. The...
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Spike Lee Adds Michael K. Williams to Kickstarter Movie
Spike Lee has added "Boardwalk Empire" regular Michael K. Williams and Stephen Tyrone Williams to the cast of his Kickstarter-funded movie opposite Zaraah Abrahams.
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‘Star Wars’ Deal Marks Latest Coup for the U.K.
While Hollywood continues to feel withdrawal pains from the production exodus, the U.K. is thriving, thanks to a mix of tax incentives and high-quality crews.
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Anchor Bay Inks U.K. Deal with Richwater
LONDON — Anchor Bay Entertainment UK, the British arm of the Starz-owned, Beverly Hills-based distribution company, has inked a co-production pact with Jonathan Sothcott’s London-based indie Richwater...
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‘Metro Manila’ Is U.K.’s Foreign-Language Oscar Entry
“Metro Manila,” a Philippines-set crime thriller, is the U.K.’s submission for the foreign-language film award at the 86th Academy Awards. Though the film was shot in Manila, the Philippines capital,...
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