Top News
May-21-2013
- 'American Dreams in China' trumps 'Iron Man 3' at box office
- "American Dreams in China," a drama by Hong Kong director Peter Chan, knocked Hollywood blockbuster "Iron Man 3" off the top of the Chinese box office charts in the week ending on Sunday.
May-21-2013
- Ray Manzarek of 'The Doors' dies at 74
- Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and one of the founding members of American rock band "The Doors", died on Monday at the age of 74.
May-21-2013
- Taylor Swift dominates Billboard Music Awards
- Country singer and songwriter Taylor Swift won eight awards at the annual Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday.
May-21-2013
- Chinese actress Li Bingbing joins 'Transformers 4'
- Paramount Pictures of the United States announced on Monday that it had added Chinese actress Li Bingbing into the cast for the upcoming sci-fi actioner "Transformers 4," based on the product line of the well-known American toy maker Hasbro.
May-21-2013
- Producers to nab Oscars in animated feature category
- Producers are now able to garner Oscar statuettes in honor of the best animated features during the 86th Academy Awards race, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced on Monday.
May-21-2013
- Czech auteur Menzel joins Shanghai film fest jury
- Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel will be among the jury for the main competition of the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival.
May-20-2013
- Acrobats help put on spectacular Michael Jackson show
- Seven Chinese acrobats were selected to be part of an international cast for a highly anticipated new Michael Jackson show in Las Vegas. The first full-length dress rehearsal took place on the night of May 18.
May-20-2013
- World's first pole dance drama performed in Tianjin
- Dancers of China's National Pole Dancing Team perform in "Fairies on the Pole," the world's first pole dance drama, in Tianjin, north China, May 17, 2013.
May-20-2013
- Center promotes Chinese comics
- Established in 2011, Shanghai Comic Center has become a platform for promoting Chinese comics.
May-19-2013
- Art legend made white the new black
- When the wind blew into his studio in 1963 and flipped one of his sketches over onto the floor, it turned a new page for Liu Kuo-sung's painting career.
