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Peter Berg takes command of 'Battleship' action The Charlotte Observer | ABOARD THE USS SPRUANCE - On a clear, windless morning in January, director Peter Berg climbed from a U.S. Navy helicopter onto the deck of this 9,200-ton destroyer steaming north off the coast of San Diego and hurried to the bridge to meet the ship's commanding officer, Tate Westbrook. | "I was t...
Tourism festival scheduled for China's Silk Road Newstrack India | Beijing, May 9 (Xinhua-ANI): An international tourism festival to promote tourist attractions on the "Silk Road," an ancient trade route linking Asia and Europe, is scheduled to open in northwest China's Gansu province in August, local authorities said Wednesday. | The month-long event, set to ope...
Local talents do country proud at Beijing's Poly Theatre The Star | BEIJING: The staging of a musical here has opened the eyes of Chinese audiences to the immense talent of Malaysians. | "I did not know before this that Malaysia had other talented singers besides Fish Leong, Victor Wong and Michael Wong," said Vivi...
'Alien' actress at home with a robot Japan Times | Even today in the performing arts in Japan, gaijin (lit. "aliens"), as foreigners are called, are still often presented like something to be gawped at in a Victorian freak show. | It was a bit like that when a new play called "Sayonara (Goodbye)" p...
Bae launches Tokyo production, distribution outfit Screen Daily | Former Stylejam executive Soojun Bae has launched a Tokyo-based production and distribution outfit, Synca Creations. | The company is acquiring director-driven films for Japanese distribution, working with two existing distributors – Midship, fou...
Gens planning Monet art heist caper Screen Daily | EXCLUSIVE: French genre director Xavier Gens is set to direct a comedy crime caper inspired by the real-life robbery of Claude Monet’s Impression, Soleil Levant from a Paris museum in 1986. | The filmmaker, best known for the horror movie Frontie...
China no threat to India, says Pallam Raju Newstrack India | Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju Saturday said India did not face a threat from China and that no country could take India for granted owing to its strong deterrence posture. | 'We have healthy econo...
China's e-shopping market to be world's biggest Newstrack India | Beijing, May 19 (IANS) Online shopping transactions in China will surpass those in Japan in 2012 and the US by 2013 to become the world's top most, a report has forecast. | The China Business Development Report Forecast (2011-2012) was releas...
Ethiopian Airlines ignores turbulence to focus on growth Business Day | IGNORING the furious winds buffeting the global aviation industry, 66-year-old Ethiopian Airlines is investing more than $2,6bn to ensure it capitalises on its location and the ever-increasing interest in Africa from emerging-market giants such as China, India and Brazil. | Ethiopian will be the first African carrier to bring the new-generation B...
