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Elite Polish cops sacked for protecting Paris Hilton

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:24 AM PDT

Paris Hilton arrives at a hotel in Poland for the opening ceremony of a shopping centre in Katowice, southern Poland October 11, 2011. Three Polish police commandos will lose their posts in an elite anti-terrorist unit for serving as bodyguards for the controversial celebrity during her visit. – Reuters/Agencja Gazeta

WARSAW, Oct 27 – Protecting Paris Hilton on the side could put you in danger of losing your real job.

Three Polish police commandos will lose their posts in an elite anti-terrorist unit for serving as bodyguards for the controversial celebrity during a recent visit to Poland.

"If the policemen who protected Hilton do not leave on their own by the end of the week, they will be disciplinarily fired," Dariusz Biel, the head of the regional police where the three serve, was quoted as saying this week.

Members of the anti-terrorist unit usually conceal their faces and must seek permission for any outside work.

The three commandos, who appeared in various photos on gossip sites with the blond hotel heiress, were also said to have carried their police weapons when they served as Hilton's bodyguards during her appearance at an opening of a shopping mall in Katowice, in southern Poland. – Reuters

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Taiwanese directors try to make their mark on Chinese box office

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:16 AM PDT

HONG KONG, Oct 27 – While much of the box office fanfare in China this year has focused on locally made and international blockbusters, Taiwanese directors have been busy trying to grab their share of the market too – and it looks as though it's a trend that is set to continue.

Leste Chen's rom-com Love on Credit has just picked up a healthy 16.2 million yuan (RM7.8 million) from its opening weekend, according to media reports, and is the first of a number of productions tapping into Taiwanese talent but using Chinese money that are set to roll out over the coming months.

Love on Credit sees Lin Chih-ling playing twin sisters chasing the rich men of their dreams and has been financed by Beijing Galloping Horse Film & TV Production. According to industry watchers Film Business Asia, Tom Lin's Starry Starry Night, backed by Huayi Brothers Media Group and seen in competition at the recent Busan International Film Festival, is set for an early November release in China and will be followed by Doze Niu's Love early in the New Year. Love has also been backed by Huayi Brothers.

And while full box office figures from mainland China have not been made available, official figures released in Hong Kong show audiences have been lured by the charms of the teen comedy You Are the Apple of My Eye – directed by Taiwan's Ke Jingteng. The film picked up US$1.5 million (RM4.65 million) on its first week of release in the city.

South Koreans have meanwhile been flocking to see the baseball-themed coming-of-age tale Punch – directed by Lee Han – which has recorded just over 850,000 admissions in its first week of release, although actual cash receipts from that period have yet to be calculated.

And in Japan, cinema-goers are still in the thrall of the Hollywood sci-fi actioner Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which picked up US$3 million over the past week for a three-week total of US$23 million. – AFP

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Khamis, 27 Oktober 2011

The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz

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