The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz
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| Al Jazeera’s 101 East awarded best current affairs programme in Asia Posted: 09 Dec 2013 08:01 PM PST The Kuala Lumpur-based team was picked as winner after facing strong challenges from leading international networks including CNN, BBC, CNBC and CCTV. The most recent half-hour episode that won the hearts of the judges was the year-long investigative report, the "Return of the Lizard King", which featured Malaysia's convicted wildlife smuggler Anson Wong. 101 East produces 52 half-hour episodes a year and was launched together with the Al Jazeera English Network globally in November 2006 in Kuala Lumpur. The ATA is Asia's most significant and celebrated event recognising excellence in programming, production and performance. This year's ATA attracted 1,248 entries from 14 countries across Asia-Pacific. Programme editor Sharon Roobol said it was a very challenging field and that winning this prestigious award meant a lot to the team which comprised of multi-national citizens including Malaysians and Singaporeans. "It's been a great year for 101 East, with a number of awards wins – from cinematography to human rights awards - and now this prestigious Asia Television win for Best Current Affairs. It's proof of our commitment to tell stories of life in Asia, from those on the street to those in power. Our style has been to provide a balanced coverage to any issues," she said. 101 East is Al Jazeera's weekly Asia Pacific current affairs programme, known for its special reports, in-depth interviews and debates. Reporters travel to all corners of Asia to explore and uncover stories that affect the lives of its diverse audience. - December 10, 2013. |
| Disney’s “Frozen” cools “Catching Fire” at box office Posted: 09 Dec 2013 07:32 PM PST The 53rd movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, which began with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1937, "Frozen" is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairytale "The Snow Queen". Preliminary figures from box office tracker Exhibitor Relations showed the movie had deposed "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" after raking in a cool $31.6 million (RM101.3 million). The latest installment of the blockbuster "Hunger Games" franchise continued to hold up well, however, taking second with $27 million (RM86.5 million), taking its overall earnings to date to a healthy $336.7 million (RM1.07 billion) in North America alone. The series stars Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, a teenager forced into a deadly battle for survival in the macabre post-apocalyptic kingdom of Panem. In a distant third place with $5.3 million (RM16.9 million) was "Out of the Furnace", a thriller starring Christian Bale and Casey Affleck as two brothers who are sucked into the criminal underworld as they attempt to break free from poverty. In fourth spot was superhero flick "Thor: The Dark World", the latest movie based on Marvel's iconic comic book character, which took in $4.7 million (RM15.06 million) on its fourth weekend. In fifth was "Delivery Man". The comedy, starring veteran funnyman Vince Vaughn as a sperm donor who discovers he has sired 533 children, earned $3.8 million (RM12.1 million). Gritty action-thriller "Homefront", about a former drug enforcement officer forced to battle a meth druglord in small-town America, was in sixth, taking in nearly $3.4 million (RM10.9 million) on its second weekend in theaters. In seventh place was World War II drama "The Book Thief", based on Markus Zusak's best-selling novel about a girl who steals and shares books in Nazi Germany, earning $2.7 million (RM8.6 million) on its fifth week out. Romantic Christmas comedy "The Best Man Holiday", a sequel 15 years in the making to "The Best Man", in which old college friends reignite old romances and rivalries, was just behind with $2.67 million (RM8.5 million). In ninth spot was "Philomena" starring Steve Coogan and Judi Dench, about a journalist who helps a woman's search for her long-lost son, seized when she was forced to live in a convent. It made $2.3 million (RM7.3 million). Rounding the out the top 10 was drama "Dallas Buyers Club", the critically-acclaimed drama starring Matthew McConaughey based on the true story of an AIDS-stricken rodeo cowboy who set up an illegal ring to provide unapproved anti-viral drugs to people battling the disease in the 1980s. The movie, which has earned rave reviews and talk of a possible Oscar nod for McConaughey, earned $1.5 million (RM4.8 million). - AFP/Relaxnews, December 10, 2013. |
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