Shanghai to hold first Singaporean film show
Shanghai will hold an exhibition on Singaporean film from Nov. 11 to 15 for the first time in the city's history.
Five films will be displayed to introduce the culture and daily life of Singaporeans.
Comedy film "Ah Boys to Men" tells the story of a group of army recruits in the National Service in Singapore.
Family film "Ilo Ilo" won the Camera d'Or in 2013, the first Singaporean feature film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Singapore Consul General in Shanghai Ong Siew Gay said this year marked the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the film exhibition can hopefully offer Chinese audiences a close-up view of Singapore.
Fan Bingbing selected as one of the world's most stylish icons
Chinese actress Fan Bingbing has been selected to represent Asia in a new book about fashion called "A Journey in Style."
The book has been penned by Elizabeth Walker.
She's a former fashion and beauty editor with fashion magazine Marie Claire.
Her book documents the travelers, outfits and luggage that people have taken through London's Heathrow airport.
Walker says she chose the idea to show how celebrities dress in more normal occasions, rather than on the red carpet.
Fan Bingbing is the only celebrity from China to make it into the book.
The 34-year-old actress is listed as the 4th highest-paid actress in the world, according to Forbes magazine.
Disney Film Lost For 87 Years Rediscovered
The first-ever character animated by Disney, "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" is set to be a star again.
This comes after one of the films he appears in has been rediscovered 87-years after it was produced.
"Sleigh Bells," a 6-minute animation, has been discovered by a researcher browsing an online database of the British Film Institute's archives.
The BFI says the find is believed to be the only surviving print of the 1928 film.
Walt Disney Animation Studios has since used the print to make a new master and digital copies.
A fully-restored version of "Sleigh Bells" is set to be shown next month as part of a collection of Disney shorts made from the 1930s to present day.
CeeLo Green to receive Outstanding Achievement prize at Mobo Awards
American singer CeeLo Green is set to be honored at this year's Mobo, or Music of Black Origin Awards.
The 41-year-old is set to be given the Outstanding Achievement prize at the UK event.
Boyz II Men, TLC, Sean Combs and Mick Hucknall have won the award previously.
CeeLo will also be performing at the event, along with Rita Ora, Mark Ronson and Jess Glynne, among others.
Ora, currently a judge on The X Factor alongside Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Nick Grimshaw, is up for Best Video for "Body On Me," which also features Chris Brown.
Mark Ronson, who has enjoyed success with "Uptown Funk," his collaboration with Bruno Mars, is nominated for Best Male Artist and Best Song.
Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Daniel Radcliffe Starring in 'The Modern Ocean'
Shane Carruth's new drama "The Modern Ocean" is set to include an impressive line-up of stars.
It's been confirmed Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Daniel Radcliffe, Chloe Grace Moretz, Tom Holland, Asa Butterfield, Abraham Attah and Jeff Goldblum are all on board.
Carruth will also be in the film.
Carruth's previous work includes "Upstream Color," which won the 2013 Special Jury Prize at Sundance.
He also won the 2004 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Prize for his film "Primer."
"The Modern Ocean" is supposed to detail a cut-throat world of global shipping.
BBC to Turn Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" Fantasy Trilogy into drama series
British novelist Philip Pullman's widely read and controversial fantasy trilogy "His Dark Materials" are being adapted into a television show.
The books have already been adapted for the stage, a radio play and a graphic novel.
A 2007 movie based on the first book in the trilogy, "The Golden Compass," disappointed at the box office.
This deflated plans to create a film series in the vein of "Lord of the Rings."
New Line Cinema, which distributed the film, is helping produce the new TV adaptation, which is going to air on the BBC.
Former "Doctor Who" executive producer Julie Gardner and fellow television veteran Jane Tranter are also onboard with their company, Bad Wolf.
The trilogy, which takes its title from a passage in John Milton's "Paradise Lost," has sold some 17.5 million copies world-wide.
A premiere date or casting details have not been put out.