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| Hollywood tops Chinese film market in 2012, first time in 4 years Posted: 01 Jan 2013 08:32 AM PST  More Hollywood films screened on mainland China last year, due to a deal cemented February last year. — AFP pic China's box office receipts are expected to reach 16.8 billion yuan (RM8.3 billion) in 2012 and about 8 billion yuan (US$1.28 billion), or slightly less than half the receipts, are from domestic films, the official People's Daily reported yesterday, quoting estimates from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. It is the first time in four years that domestic film receipts totalled less than 50 per cent of the market and signals that the February trade agreement to allow more Hollywood movies to be screened in China is having a significant impact on the country's movie industry. Last year, domestic films made up 54 per cent of box office receipts, down slightly from 56 per cent in 2010, local media reported. China agreed in February to open its market to more American movies, permitting 14 premium format films such as IMAX or 3D to be exempt from the annual 20 foreign film quota. Last month, Tian Jin, China's vice minister of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, said the US film industry was reaping massive profits due to the February concession while domestic producers were under pressure. However, the best-selling film this year is a low-budget, domestically produced comedy called "Lost in Thailand" about two rival businessmen. The movie drew a bigger audience in China than James Cameron's "Avatar", the People's Daily said. — Reuters |
| Booze hound actor Charlie Sheen opens bar in Mexico Posted: 01 Jan 2013 01:23 AM PST  Actor Charlie Sheen. — AFP-Relaxnews pic The perennially troubled Hollywood star hosted a gala opening night dinner Friday at his new bar, The Goose, in the Mexican resort area of Los Cabos, said state Tourism Secretary Ruben Reachi Lugo, who was not invited. Many celebrities "spend their vacation, celebrate their birthdays or open a new restaurant or new development," Lugo said of the resort area at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Sheen, born Carlos Irwin Estevez, was abruptly booted from his long-running gig starring in the television comedy series, "Two and a Half Men" in 2011, after publicly insulting the producer. He returned to television in 2012, with a somewhat tongue-in-cheek role playing a man sentenced to anger management counselling. Son of actor Martin Sheen and brother of another actor, Emilio Estevez, Sheen first became famous for his roles in the Vietnam War drama "Platoon," and 1980s greed parable "Wall Street." Highlights in his career have also included comedic roles in the "Major League" movies and "Top Gun" parodies "Hot Shots" and "Hot Shots: Part Deux." — AFP-Relaxnews |
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