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Disney’s Fox deal gets China’s approval

Editorial Bureau November 20, 2018

(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co  on Monday received unconditional approval from China for its deal to buy Twenty-First Century Fox’s  entertainment assets, clearing one of the last major hurdles for the deal to go through. Disney agreed to purchase Fox’s film and television assets

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Mickey Mouse, the icon of an animation empire, celebrates 90th birthday

Editorial Bureau November 20, 2018

NEW YORK (Reuters) – It was the Roaring ’20s. Calvin Coolidge was in the White House, the New York Yankees had just won their third World Series title and Mickey Mouse made his debut on the silver screen. On Sunday, Mickey Mouse, the brainchild of cartoonist Walt Disney that eventually came to symbolize a global […]

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Box Office – ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ charms with $62 million debut

Editorial Bureau November 19, 2018

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” enchanted moviegoers with a debut of $62 million (£48.3 million). While that’s slightly lower than the start of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” the first instalment in the “Harry Potter” spinoff series, it was easily enough to dominate the

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‘Star Wars’ producer Kennedy wants new movie voices ‘to bring world to its senses’

Editorial Bureau November 19, 2018

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Star Wars” producer Kathleen Kennedy on Sunday accepted a lifetime achievement award from the organisers of the Oscars and said she hoped it would open the door for new voices in the movie industry who “might bring the world back to its senses.” Honoured with her producer husband Frank Marshall, Kennedy […]

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Lights, camera, factions: Stars at Chinese-language “Oscars” split over Taiwan

Editorial Bureau November 19, 2018

TAIPEI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese-speaking world’s version of the Oscars, the Golden Horse Awards, has created a sharp political divide between film stars and directors as the annual event becomes a lightning rod for questions about Taiwanese independence. At Saturday’s ceremony, held in Taipei, documentary film maker Fu Yue called for Taiwan to be

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‘Eighth Grade,’ ‘Beale Street’ land Indie Spirit nominations

Editorial Bureau November 17, 2018

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Coming-of-age movie “Eighth Grade” and family drama “If Beale Street Could Talk” scored best feature nominations on Friday for the Independent Spirit Awards, the annual honours given to Hollywood’s lower-budget movies. “We the Animals,” a film about three biracial brothers, led all movies with five

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JK Rowling charity urges global action to end orphanages, trafficking

Editorial Bureau November 17, 2018

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A charity founded by “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling called on Wednesday for businesses, lawyers and tourists to help end orphanages and the child-trafficking linked to them. An estimated 8 million children live in orphanages worldwide and other institutions, yet more than 80 percent are not orphans, Lumos says.

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Geek bliss – Japanese man pledges to have, hold and cherish a hologram

Editorial Bureau November 17, 2018

TOKYO (Reuters) – When newlywed Akihiko Kondo returns from work at a middle school in a Tokyo suburb, he is greeted by the love of his life, who lights up – literally – in welcome. His wife, Hatsune Miku, is not flesh and blood but a computer-generated hologram. Her ethereal existence did not stop Kondo, […]

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Azzaya Tsugt-Ochir from Mongolia wins the Miss Asia 2018 title

Editorial Bureau November 16, 2018

Azzaya Tsugt-Ochir (Mongolia), has won the Miss Asia 2018 title. In the same event,  Assem Yessengeldiyeva (Kazakhstan), has wristed the Miss Asia Global title, and Apple Joy De Guzman Bacay (Philippines), and S D Chalani Rathinayaka (Sri Lanka ) have been selected as the Miss Asia first runner-up and second runner-up respectively. The grand title […]

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London film fest closes with flash of ‘Stan & Ollie’ comic genius

Editorial Bureau October 22, 2018

LONDON (Reuters) – Laurel and Hardy, perhaps the greatest comedy double act in cinema history, returned to London on Sunday, twiddling their bowler hats to a delighted West End crowd as they arrived for the world premiere of the biopic “Stan & Ollie”. The closing film of the London Film Festival covers the twilight years […]