Interview: Chinese-American actor wishes to tell Chinese stories to the world through films Phillips shares Wuershan's wish of telling Chinese stories to the world. In his view, a blockbuster film with a good story can easily transcend boundaries of language and culture, like the Marvel ... 04/25/2024 - 8:07 pm | View Link
TikTok could soon be sold. Here's how much it's worth and who could buy it. President Joe Biden has signed legislation that could lead to TikTok being sold or banned. Here's who might buy it — and for how much. 04/25/2024 - 6:26 am | View Link
China’s unique retirement plan: why children still matter when it comes to support in old age For centuries filial piety has formed backbone of China's elderly care system As society changes families look for new ways to ease seniors through old age At the end of last year, the number of ... 04/24/2024 - 7:00 pm | View Link
‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’ is a lively, unexpectedly moving account of the novelist’s feathered friends But they would be missing out, because Tan, best known for “The Joy Luck Club” — the iconic 1998 novel of intergenerational Chinese and Chinese-American mothers and daughters — is a tremendously ... 04/24/2024 - 7:34 am | View Link
35 and Out: Age Discrimination Rampant in China’s Tech Industry As Chinese tech giants struggle with management due to government regulations and economic repression, job opportunities for mid-30s tech workers are rapidly declining, the Financial Times (FT) ... 04/23/2024 - 9:40 pm | View Link
Having won a BAFTA (and landed an Oscar nomination) for her role as Colin Farrell’s kind-hearted but cynical — and distinctly less donkey-friendly — sister in Martin McDonagh’s darkly comic “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Kerry Condon is back in her native Ireland for her next film role. Set in the height of the Troubles in the mid-1970s, […]
The seventh edition of The Changing Face of Europe, a section in Toronto’s Hot Docs Film Festival, explores the cultural, economic and political forces shaping contemporary Europe. From an investigation of a right-wing group in Fabien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning’s “Norwegian Democrazy” to the fight for bodily freedom in Elina Psykou’s “Stray Bodies,” this […]
The next project from Garima Pura Patiyaalvi, who co-wrote the Oscar-winning “The Elephant Whisperers,” is a teen drama Amazon series. “Amber Girls School” is set in an all-girls institution that focuses on conditioning young women in traditional Indian culture. It follows the story of Ojaswini, a 15-year-old who is amongst the most promising students of […]
It’s the action film as slasher movie as gonzo damaged-superhero movie. It’s a depraved vision, yet I got caught up in its kick-ass action-horror pizzazz, its disreputable commitment to what it was doing.
Karol G and Feid took home the most awards during the 2024 Latin American Music Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday night. Though Karol didn’t attend the ceremony in person, she won six awards, including artist of the year and album of the year for her 2023 record “Mañana Será Bonito.” The album won album […]
On Thursday night, guests gathered in New York City to celebrate the 2024 TIME100, a list that ran the gamut from Hollywood’s brightest stars to global leaders and changemakers. One of the night’s most significant honorees, E. Jean Carroll, was surprised that she was included on this year’s list—but she shouldn’t have been.