Jackie Chan Enjoys #1 Spot, Pace Change with Karate Kid

Jackie Chan says his serious role in "The Karate Kid" was a pleasant break from his usual action-comedy parts.

China TV Dramas Show Big Appetite for Foreign Actors

Along with men in fedoras and 1930s cars, the costume drama "Grassroots King" has a feature that nearly every Chinese TV

Zhang Yimou Begins Shooting Coen Brothers Remake

China Patriotic Film Nears Transformers Record

China's blockbuster anniversary film to mark 60 years of communist rule has broken the 400 million Chinese yuan ($59 million) mark, but still lags the ...

Tokyo Film Festival Opens with Green Carpet, Dolphins

The Tokyo International Film Festival opened Saturday with stars including Hollywood actress Sigourney Weaver strolling a "green" carpet made of recycled plastic bottles.

Josh Hartnett, Co-Stars Tells Pusan About I Come with the Rain

Josh Hartnett charmed one of Asia's top film festivals on Friday with his knowledge of Korean food. The 31-year-old "Pearl Harbor" star was at South ...

Slumdog's A.R. Rahman in High Demand in Hollywood

Hollywood is finally getting to know A.R. Rahman, the short, humble and deeply religious man who took two Oscars home to southern India for his ...

Pusan Film Festival Opens with Presidential Comedy

One of Asia's top film festivals opened Thursday by taking a lighthearted look at the South Korean presidency. Jang Jin's "Good Morning President" playfully examines ...

China's Patriotic Film Set to Break Transformers Record

China's star-studded propaganda blockbuster that marks 60 years of communist rule is on track to match the country's box office record set by the Hollywood ...

Edison Chen Appears with Kelly Hu in Almost Perfect

Edison Chen will appear in his first movie since his career was derailed by a sex photo scandal more than a year ago. The 28-year-old ...

Ang Lee Baffled by Taking Woodstock's Poor Box Office

Ang Lee says he's baffled by the poor box office results of Taking Woodstock — the Oscar-winning director's worst-performing English-language movie in the U.S. in ...

Winter Sonata to Be Released As Anime Series

Winter Sonata (aka Winter Love Story), a 2002 TV drama that helped launch the worldwide craze for Korean drama, is being reprised as an animated ...

Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death Wins in Spain

hinese director Lu Chuan's film "City of Life and Death" has won the top prize at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival. The movie, a sensitive ...

Cheang's Accident Breaks Hong Kong Thriller Mold

Hong Kong director Soi Cheang's urban thriller "Accident" was two years in the making. The director spent much of that time plotting murders that go ...

China Pumps Star Power into State-Funded Movie

China's staid cultural commissars are turning to the likes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, hoping that an injection of star power into a state-funded ...

Andy Lau Apologizes for Lying About Vegas Wedding

Veteran Hong Kong actor-singer Andy Lau has apologized for lying about his marriage, saying he behaved inappropriately for a public figure. Lau denied that he ...

Gillian Chung's Stage Debut Marks Comeback from Sex Scandal

Chow Yun-Fat to Play Bad Guy in Chinese Western

After taking on the ancient sage Confucius, Chow Yun-fat has signed on to play an early 20th century bad guy in a $19 million Chinese ...

Empire of Silver Wins Jury Prize at Shanghai Film Festival

Plight of Ling, Lee Puts Current TV Under Pressure

Jodhaa Akbar Dominates Bollywood Awards in Macau

My Sassy Girl Actress Stars in Hollywood Vampire Actioner

Edison Chen Discusses Reasons for Sex Photo Scandal

Korean, Filipino Films Among Cannes Winners

Cannes Nears End As Jury Begins Deliberations

Isabel Coixet Celebrates Tokyo with Lush Sounds, Visuals

Another Slumdog Star's Home Demoiished, Father Beaten

Jackie Chan, Other Stars Perform at Beijing Bird's Nest

Jackie Chan and a host of Chinese pop stars performed at Beijing’s massive Bird’s Nest stadium on Friday without a hint of the uproar caused ...

Jackie Chan Announces 100th Movie

Jackie Chan has celebrated a milestone with the announcement of his 100th movie project — a collaboration with “Rumble in the Bronx” director Stanley Tong

Nanjing Massacre Movie Opens Big in China

A new movie backed by the Chinese government about Japanese atrocities during the World War II-era “Nanking Massacre” earned a strong $10 million in its ...

5 Asian Films Among Contenders at Cannes

Golden Horse Awards Pass Over Big-Budget Flicks

An Australia-based director's romance, a Taiwanese family drama and the story of a Chinese peasant guarding a cow are the unlikely trio of top contenders

Hugh Jackman Struggles with Mandarin Song

He's mastered the role of a mutant with metal claws — but foreign languages are a tall order for Hugh Jackman.

Jackie Chan Took 20 Years to Write New War Film

Jackie Chan says his new Chinese movie was some 20 years in the making, crediting an unknown director for helping him develop the story of ...

Wang's Apart Together Opens Berlin Film Festival

The Berlin film festival opened Thursday with a premiere from Chinese director Wang Quan'an that follows the bittersweet reunion of a couple divided

Daniel Dae Kim Cast As Chin Ho in Hawaii Five-0 Remake

"Lost" star Daniel Dae Kim is the first actor cast for the remake of the hit cop series "Hawaii Five-0."

Tony Leung Says Wong Kar-Wai Kung Fu Biopic Fast-Paced

Hong Kong art-house filmmaker Wong Kar-wai is known for his slow, moody dramas, so when he announced his next project would be a kung fu ...

Lucy Liu to Star in Broadway's God of Carnage

From "Kill Bill" and "Charlie's Angels" to Broadway. And don't forget "Ally McBeal."

Chow Pits Confucius Against Avatar for China Box Office

Hong Kong megastar Chow Yun-fat said Thursday that he was confident a biopic about the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius can take on the hugely

Slumdog Kid Star Gets $145,000 in New Deals

"Slumdog Millionaire" child star Rubina Ali played a poverty-stricken child in the Oscar-winning film, but the real-life daughter of India's shantytowns

Jay Chou, Lin Chi-Ling Do Own Stunts in Treasure Hunter

He's one of Chinese pop's biggest acts and she's one of the most famous Chinese faces on the catwalk.

Diane Sawyer Begins Anchoring ABC News

Diane Sawyer was all business on a busy first day as anchor of ABC News' flagship evening newscast on Monday, save for a brief salute

Avatar Tops Hollywood's Risky Budget Busters

It's fair to say that it's a risky venture to create a movie about an exotically colored, 10-foot-tall tribe called the Na'vi and spend more ...

Top Cinematographer Mark Lee Expresses Disdain for Digital

A top Asian cinematographer has expressed his distaste for digital cameras in a recently released book, complaining about having to use them

Leon Dai Film Wins 4 Golden Horse Awards

Taiwanese social drama "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti" won Chinese cinema's top honor on Saturday — a rare victory for an industry that has been ...

Nominees for Golden Horse Awards

A list of nominees in the top categories at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, which will be announced this Saturday in Taipei:

Small Hong Kong Film Wins Big Attention for Berlin Prize

Hong Kong celebrated a rare foreign prize for one of its films Monday — a low-budget family drama set in the 1960s — a triumph ...

Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai to Star in Taj Mahal Film

Ben Kingsley, famous for his Oscar-winning portrayal of Indian independence hero Mohandas Gandhi, is reaching deeper into the country's history

Live-Action Mulan Shows Woman Warrior's Deep Struggles

More than a decade after Disney made a blockbuster animated film out of a folk tale about a young woman in ancient China who takes ...

Ninja Assassin Rains Blood, Dry on Character

When considering the meager merits of the bone-snapping, blood-splattered "Ninja Assassin," it's best to remember the words of John Goodman's