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  1. Pixar Opens Selection of Shanghai Shorts Showcase to Public Vote

    Pixar Opens Selection of Shanghai Shorts Showcase to Public Vote

    8:12 am PDT 5/24/2013
    • Clarence Tsui
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    The animation studio has called on Chinese internet users to choose short films to be included in a program at the Shanghai International Film Festival next month. READ MORE

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  2. Fox International Channels Inks Deal with Thailand's GMM Grammy

    Fox International Channels Inks Deal with Thailand's GMM Grammy

    6:18 am PDT 5/24/2013
    • Karen Chu
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    The GMM Z platform will broadcast 27 new channels from Fox International Channels READ MORE

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  3. Shanghai Festival Announces Project Market Entries

    Shanghai Festival Announces Project Market Entries

    2:28 am PDT 5/24/2013
    • Clarence Tsui
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    Pitches from award-winning Taiwanese filmmaker Sylvia Chang and mainland singer-actress Tian Yuan lead the way for the 30 projects on offer next month. READ MORE

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  4. Sony to Sell $1.5 Billion in Corporate Bonds in Japan

    Sony to Sell $1.5 Billion in Corporate Bonds in Japan

    10:16 pm PDT 5/23/2013
    • Gavin J. Blair
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    The five-year bonds, to be issued in June, will be the first sale to retail investors in Sony's history as the company looks to widen its fundraising options. READ MORE

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  5. Free China: The Courage to Believe: Film Review

    8:21 pm PDT 5/23/2013
    • John DeFore
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    Two proponents of Falun Gong tell stories of fighting repression in China. READ MORE

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  6. Cannes: 'The Lunchbox' Director Ritesh Batra (Q&A)

    Cannes: 'The Lunchbox' Director Ritesh Batra (Q&A)

    12:24 am PDT 5/23/2013
    • Nyay Bhushan
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    Inspired by Mumbai's famous lunchbox delivery service, the Irrfan Khan-starrer screens in the Critics' Week. READ MORE

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  7. Watch Video Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Only God Forgives' Gets Tepid Red Carpet Reception

    Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Only God Forgives' Gets Tepid Red Carpet Reception

    5:55 pm PDT 5/22/2013
    • Patrick Brzeski
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    Thai actor Vithaya Pansringarm drew the only loud applause during the ovation, while the film’s star, Ryan Gosling, was conspicuously absent from the world premiere. READ MORE

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  8. Ai Weiwei Releases 'Dumbass' Single and Music Video

    Ai Weiwei Releases 'Dumbass' Single and Music Video

    10:25 am PDT 5/22/2013
    • Clarence Tsui
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    Inspired by his 81-day detention by the Chinese authorities, the dissident-artist’s avant-rock number will be followed by a full-length album next month. READ MORE

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    Watch Video Only God Forgives: Cannes Review

    Only God Forgives: Cannes Review

    5:24 am PDT 5/22/2013
    • David Rooney
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    Ryan Gosling reunites with his "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn in this bloodbath set in the Bangkok underworld, which premieres in the Cannes competition and also showcases an icy Kristin Scott Thomas. READ MORE

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  10. Cannes: Tsui Hark's 'Detective Dee' Prequel Sells Wide

    Cannes: Tsui Hark's 'Detective Dee' Prequel Sells Wide

    5:05 am PDT 5/22/2013
    • Patrick Brzeski
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    "Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon," from China's Huayi Brothers has sold to France, India, Korea, Taiwan, Russia and across Southeast Asia. READ MORE

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  11. Peter Webber to Direct Rose Tremain's 'The Colour'

    Peter Webber to Direct Rose Tremain's 'The Colour'

    2:13 am PDT 5/22/2013
    • Pip Bulbeck
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    Ray Marshall's Festival Films developed the U.K.-New Zealand co-production. READ MORE

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  12. Sony Board to Discuss Spin-off of Stake in Entertainment Business

    Sony Board to Discuss Spin-off of Stake in Entertainment Business

    1:52 am PDT 5/22/2013
    • Gavin J. Blair
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    The electronics and entertainment giant said it would mull a proposal from an activist investor and cut its profit forecast for its gaming division. READ MORE

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  13. Cannes: New Chinese Film Talents Forum Selects Winner

    10:58 am PDT 5/21/2013
    • Patrick Brzeski
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    In a field of six participants, director Dong Chengguan won the inaugural award with his project "Love Changes the World.” READ MORE

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  14. Cannes: Philippines Cinema Comes to the Fore

    Cannes: Philippines Cinema Comes to the Fore

    7:15 am PDT 5/21/2013
    • Clarence Tsui
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    With three new features and one restored classic making their bow in the festival’s selection this year, the country has emerged as a filmmaking force to be reckoned with. READ MORE

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  15. KKR Exits Australia's Seven West Media; Tim Worner Promoted to Seven West CEO

    4:15 am PDT 5/21/2013
    • Pip Bulbeck
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    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. comes to the end of its investment period after a seven year partnership. READ MORE

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  16. Cannes: Village Roadshow Partners With Hong Kong's Irresistible Films

    Cannes: Village Roadshow Partners With Hong Kong's Irresistible Films

    3:51 am PDT 5/21/2013
    • Patrick Brzeski
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    Roadshow CEO Greg Basser will take a seat on the board of the Hong Kong production and distribution company co-founded by veteran producer Bill Kong. READ MORE

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  17. Beijing International Screenwriting Competition Announces Winners

    Beijing International Screenwriting Competition Announces Winners

    2:02 am PDT 5/21/2013
    • Clarence Tsui
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    Fifteen winners will be flown to Beijing to receive a $1,000 cash award, with the seven awardees in the short-film category also shooting their entries during their stay. READ MORE

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  18. Shanghai Festival Unveils Competition Jury and Entries

    Shanghai Festival Unveils Competition Jury and Entries

    11:01 am PDT 5/20/2013
    • Clarence Tsui
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    Czech master Jiri Menzel and Chinese director Ning Hao are among six filmmakers and critics joining Tom Hooper to choose the Golden Goblet award winner from 12 entries. READ MORE

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  19. Review
    Shield of Straw: Cannes Review

    Shield of Straw: Cannes Review

    5:01 am PDT 5/20/2013
    • David Rooney
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    An elite police unit has 48 hours to transport a psychopath across Japan, dodging bounty hunters along the way, in Takashi Miike's latest, premiering in the Cannes Competition. READ MORE

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  20. China Box Office: ‘American Dreams’ Topples ‘Iron Man 3’ To Top Weekly Charts

    3:39 am PDT 5/20/2013
    • Clarence Tsui
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    Peter Chan’s rites-of-passage drama about three cram-school tutors sends Chinese blogosphere abuzz, taking more in three days than the Marvel franchise in a week. READ MORE

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Int'l Box Office

Weekend of 05/17/2013
1
The Great Gatsby
Weekend
$42.1M
Cume
$132.3
2
Iron Man 3
Weekend
$40.2M
Cume
$1,010.0
3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Weekend
$40.0M
Cume
$80.5
4
Epic 3D
Weekend
$14.5M
Cume
$14.5
5
Fast & Furious 6
Weekend
$13.8M
Cume
$13.8
6
The Croods
Weekend
$10.6M
Cume
$552.6
7
Evil Dead
Weekend
$5.6M
Cume
$81.1
8
Oblivion
Weekend
$4.7M
Cume
$173.0
9
Montage
Weekend
$4.1M
Cume
$4.2

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