Two American movies, Carol, and Bridge of Spies, topped the nominations in the shortlist for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) annual awards.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned more than $33 million in its Saturday debut in China, ranking third in history only after Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
The festival considered the film "one of the best films and an example of the martial arts genre which is elevated into the realm of art by its superb visual style."
Mr. Six, a domestic action-thriller, ruled the box office in the week ending Jan 3, earning 440 million yuan ($66.8 million).
The fourth season of I Am a Singer will return on Friday night, Jan 15.
To many Chinese, the character of Pigsy as played by Chinese actor Ma Dehua in the hit TV series Journey to the West (1986), is legendary. But the pig is in for an onscreen change with The Monkey King 2 movie scheduled for release on Lunar New Year.
Le Vision Pictures, the film arm of China's tech giant LeTV, recently announced its plans for 2016.
Chinese cinema saw unprecedented growth in 2015, not just in its record-setting ticket sales, but also in the quality of its paraphernalia, including film posters.
Anyone curious to know about lesser-known Chinese New Year dishes could find the answers in an upcoming culinary documentary.
The Chinese have been familiar with the lyrics of the revolutionary opera, The White Haired Girl, for the past seven decades or so.
While in recent years, most Chinese reality TV shows have either been inspired by or simply copied from established programs in South Korea, a new show, tailor-made for China, stands out.
Chinese mythology typically depicts a "nian" as a lionlike creature that lives under the sea or in the mountains. And once each spring, on or around Chinese New Year, it comes out of hiding to attack people.