Finnish film director Pirjo Honkasalo has dismissed an invitation to become a member of the Los Angeles based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that awards the Oscars, reported Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat on June 28.
Universal's 3D film "Jurassic World" crossed the half-billion dollar mark in ticket sales in North America this weekend, and dominated the box office returns for a third straight week.
Chinese actress Fan Bingbing is seemingly securing her image as one of the country's top homegrown stars attached to foreign and collaborative projects.
One hundred students from 16 universities from Hong Kong and Macao are visiting Beijing to experience the life and culture of the capital through July 26, sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Culture, the Hong Kong United Youth Association and the Macao Foundation.
Chinese paintings are enriched by the legacies of artists who were Buddhist monks.
Beijing TV is producing a 50-episode TV series Love Is You and Me. Actor Feng Yuanzheng will be the director and play lead role, Hu Jizong.
The Chinese Cultural Center in Berlin is hosting Leica’s "Flying over China" exhibition which opened last week, with nearly 200 Germans from all walks of life attending the opening ceremony.
A 12-episode documentary produced by China Radio International, South Africans in China, was released on June 24.
Ahead of this year's China-EU Leaders' Meeting in Brussels, a group of Belgian middle-school students are preparing for a trip to China next month to learn more about the country.
In 1997, when Hollywood blockbuster Titanic dominated mainland theaters, a low-budget Chinese film Spicy Hot in Love emerged as a surprisingly dark horse at the box office.
On June 24, Chinese three tenors Dai Yuqiang, Warren Mok and Wei Song recorded the Yellow River Cantata, which was composed by the late Chinese composer Xian Xinghai during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) in Beijing.