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Lv Yitao to Direct CCTV Spring Festival Evening Gala 2016
China Central Television has confirmed that director Lv Yitao will be the chief director of the 2016 Spring Festival Evening Gala.
He is set to become the youngest chief director of the gala, ever.
The annual Spring Festival Gala has been one of the most watched programs during the Chinese traditional festival, since the CCTV first aired it in the 1960s.
Final Trailer and Poster of "The Little Prince" Released Today
The final trailer and poster of the upcoming animated film "The Little Prince" have been released before its premiere in China this Friday.
After the release of the Chinese theme song by actor Huang Bo, the trailer has unveiled the characters in the movie including the businessman, the King and the conceited man.
The story follows a little girl who is brought into a magical world, where anything is possible, by her neighbor, the Aviator.
The aviator himself was brought there long before by the little prince.
This is the first adaptation of the much-loved novella, which has sold some 145 million copies in 265 languages worldwide.
The movie will hit Chinese theaters in both English and Chinese.
China's 1st National Film Week for Primary and
China's 1st National Film Week for Primary and Middle School Students is now underway in Beijing.
The film week is to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World War II.
300 student representatives will work as judges to select their favorite featured films, cartoons and cartoon characters.
Wang Dinghua, official with the Ministry of Education, says that film week will also screen 300 micro films made by students.
"We have also called on the primary and middle school students across the country to create and produce micro films. In such a way we try to popularize quality-oriented education, with more students involved in it so as to cultivate their practical abilities."
10 films will be selected as "the most favorite" by an online voting.
Wagner Operas Premiered in the 18th Beijing Music Festival
Two Wagner operas have premiered in the capital's concert hall this weekend during the just started 18th Beijing Music Festival.
"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", the only comic opera piece by Wagner, and a love tragedy, "Tristan und Isolde" met with audiences in the Chinese capital, while some 600 thousand netizens enjoyed the live Internet broadcasts.
All operas are conducted by Gustav Kuhn and performed with the whole cast, 280 members in total featuring orchestras, singers and a chorus.
Kuhn says that this is the only festival in the world presenting Wagner the way the German master had envisioned it - by having the orchestra on stage and the singers acting in front of it.
He will later stage Wagner's four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung in Shanghai from Oct 16-18.
Musicians and artists from over 30 countries and regions will give 18 performances during the 17-day Beijing Music festival before it concludes on Oct. 24.
Cumberbatch's Refugee Appeal: We Must Do More
Benedict Cumberbatch is likely to meet with Home Secretary Theresa May to discuss the refugee crisis.
According to Sky News, the actor stated that he believes the Government is not doing enough to help.
"There's just a huge crisis and not enough is being done about what is happening now. Yes we need long-term solutions and yes it's a good idea to get people out of camps so they don't make the perilous journey, yes it's a good idea to have a specific solution for them once they arrive here. But in the meantime 5,000 people a day are arriving in Lesbos and there's nothing on the shoreline but abandoned lifejackets and there are boats as far as you can see on the horizon day and night and it's happening. "
Cumberbatch made the announcement during the BFI London Film Festival while promoting his new film with Johnny Depp, "Black Mass".
The actor recently lent his support to the charity "Help is Coming", which is a re-released song aiming to raise money for refugees fleeing to Europe.
He has also been encouraging audiences at the sell-out performances of Hamlet to donate money to the cause.
Halloween Haunting Comes to Vancouver Amusement Park
With the Halloween season lurking just around the corner, Vancouver residents are looking forward to Fright Nights, which take place at the city's amusement park "Playland" throughout all of the nights in October.
Over the past 12 years, Fright Nights have become legendary among the youngsters of Vancouver, a city in west Canada known as North Hollywood because it also serves as a major film location.
Seven haunted houses are comprised of mazes full of morbid and scary designs which have monsters lurking inside and out as well as 15 rides to ensure that visitors get their fill of Halloween thrills and chills.
Event Organizers hired nearly 100 actors to keep the visitors looking over their shoulders.
It is recommended that the elderly and children under 12 avoid joining in this frightful activity.
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