China Widens Ban on Immoral Songs
China's Ministry of Culture has vowed to tighten supervision on entertainment venues and cafes.
The move comes on the heels of a two-week notice to website administrators to remove morally incorrect songs.
On Monday, the ministry published a list of 120 songs banned from online distribution for "trumpeting obscenity, violence, crime or harming social morality".
The banned songs include hits like "Beijing Hooligans", "Don't Want to Go to School" and "Suicide Diary".
As of today, the ministry says the ban is also effective for entertainment venues, live performances, and audio-visual publications.
The ministry set Aug. 25 as the deadline for the removal of the banned songs, with unspecified "severe punishment" for those failing to comply.
"The Prince and the 108 Demons" Releases Trailer
The first animation co-produced by China and France -"The Prince and the 108 Demons" has released a trailer on its main characters.
In the trailer, heroes such as Gao Yunfei and Mao Tiechui debut and show their skills and talents.
The 3D animation revolves around a falling prince who regains his power and restores his kingdom with the help of a league of legends.
The legends in the movie are developed from the 108 heroes in the classical Chinese novel-Water Margin.
Creator of Downton Abbey Suggests a Downton Movie
Downton Abbey has been given a special award by the British Film and Television Academy for its global success.
The honoring ceremony is a chance for the ensemble cast who finished shooting this week and have already said their goodbyes to get together.
Elizabeth McGovern, who plays The Countess of Grantham says she wasn't as stoic as she thought she'd be.
"It was sad. I decided I wouldn't cry but I did. I shed a few tears."
Like McGovern, the show creator Julian Fellowes doesn't seem to be able to let it go so easily.
The British writer has not even wrapped shooting the last scene for the sixth and final season, but he is already gunning for a movie.
"I doubt it would be a prequel. I mean if the movie happens it would be a continuous one with the same people. But it's not set. I'd like a movie I think it'd be fun."
The sixth season of "Downton Abbey" will start airing in September 2015 in the UK and in 2016 in the US.
The Notebook is Becoming a TV Series
Hollywood hit "The Notebook" is the latest film to become a TV series.
The CW Television Network is currently working on adapting the Nicholas Sparks's novel-turned-movie into a continuing episodic drama for next season.
The series will follow the romantic journey of the two beloved central characters Noah and Allie, at the outset of their blossoming relationship.
They build their lives and their future together against the backdrop of the racial politics, economic inequalities, and social mores of the late 1940s North Carolina.
Noah and Allie were famously played by Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in the 2004 film version of Sparks's 1996 book.
An increasing number of Hollywood films are adapted into TV series this year in the US.
CBS has shows based on "Limitless" and "Rush Hour" in the works, while ABC has "Uncle Buck" and Fox is debuting "Minority Report" this fall.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's cremated remains to be permanently exhibited
The cremated remains of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez are making a return journey home to Colombia.
Starting in December, his ashes will be held in the Caribbean city of Cartagena where he began his writing career.
Garcia Marquez arrived in Cartagena in 1948 and immediately landed a job as a journalist at the local newspaper El Universal while continuing his law studies.
He set several of his works in the city, including Love in the Time of Cholera.
He also established a foundation there to train Latin American journalists.
His family made the decision to bring his remains to Cartagena.
The celebrated author of One Hundred Years of Solitude died in Mexico in April 2014, where he lived for many years with his family