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Screening in competition at Sundance, Kenneth Bi's "The Drummer" stars Josie Ho, daughter of billionaire gambling mogul Stanley Ho. It's the first Hong Kong film to make it to Park City.
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The elder daughter of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has written a rap song expressing her anguish over her mother's death.
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An unprecedented number of homegrown Australian acts have made an impression in an annual national airplay report. But it was American artists who ultimately were the biggest winners.
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Kings of Leon's fourth studio album, "Only By the Night" (Sony), was the best-selling album of the year just ended Down Under, according to the Australian Recording Industry Assn.
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Saudi Arabia's decision to allow a low-key return of cinema after a nearly 30-year hiatus is more than a symbolic gesture and could eventually see the conservative kingdom's rulers contemplate bolder reforms.
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As 2008 comes to a close, early estimates indicate that the MPAA companies' year at the overseas boxoffice will come close to 2007's all-time record of $9.4 billion.
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Channel 4 earned itself a firm rebuke from the government for commissioning and broadcasting a Christmas message from Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose previous dismissal of the Holocaust and refusal to abandon the pursuit of a nuclear capability have caused international dismay.
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Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communication, which regulates the Internet in the country, has banned blogs that are subversive or reveal state, security or economic secrets, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Hong Kong-based broadcaster STAR will launch a Farsi-language, free-to-air general entertainment channel in early 2009, targeting the nearly 100 million speakers of the tongue mostly widely heard in Iran.
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A $20 million high-definition film, TV and advertising production studio will be open for business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the fourth quarter of 2009, KRU Studios said Tuesday.
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Universal Music Group has signed a deal with Music Valley, Malaysia's largest music retail chain, to acquire the domestic catalog of its music subsidiary MVM Home Entertainment.
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The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has eased his criticism of the return of cinema to the conservative Muslim country, saying Sunday that he saw no harm in it as long as what is shown complies with Islam.
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Specialist Australian DVD and entertainment retailer EzyDVD has been placed in receivership after floundering under a pile of debt. The move is roughly equivalent to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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The Dubai International Film Festival on Friday gave its Muhr Arabic Feature Best Film award to "Masquerades" from Algerian actor-director Lyes Salem.
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"Pesantren -- 3 Wishes, 3 Loves," screening this week at the Dubai International Film Festival, fictionalizes the fingerprinting of boys at Indonesia's Islamic boarding schools.
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As the Dubai International Film Festival headed to the finish line Wednesday organizers and participants were exhausted but enthused after a week of screenings, meetings, feasting and, yes, deals.
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Filmmakers in war-torn regions of the world regularly take great risks, or sometimes simply can't avoid them, to bring a project home.
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The force behind some of the most acclaimed films in the Arab world -- including 2006 Festival de Cannes Competition title "Days of Glory" -- had his next project on his mind when he talked to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday.
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Egyptian-based Arab Radio and Television Network has taken all rights for the Middle East to the Dubai Film Connection project "Barbershop Trinity."
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The unsung heroes of any film festival are the local teenagers volunteering around the clock to attend to the every whim of industry big shots and wannabes flown in from around the world.
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MTV Networks Australia and Vodafone Australia have forged a partnership that sees the mobile network operator take on naming rights for the 2009 Vodafone MTV Australia Awards.
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News that Qatari broadcast giant Al Jazeera's fledgling documentary channel may grow in 2009 despite the global financial crisis was welcomed by dozens of nonfiction filmmakers gathered at the Dubai International Film Festival on Tuesday.
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From "Pulp Fiction" to "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" to "Four Weddings and a Funeral" -- some of the most memorable films of all time have bore the tag "indie." But for all their diversity, they share a common trait: tight budgets and a lack of major studio support.
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Prizes totaling about $118,255 were given to six Arab filmmakers at the Dubai International Film Festival on Tuesday as the Film Connection jury chose the winners from a field of 21 competing for deals with global film funds, sales companies and distributors.
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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will celebrate its 40th anniversary this spring with a star-studded lineup featuring Aretha Franklin, Dave Matthews Band, Wilco, James Taylor, Wynton Marsalis, Kings Of Leon, Tony Bennett, the Neville Brothers and Sugarland.
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Two African street kids being plucked from obscurity to become the toast of the continent sounds like something from a far-fetched film plot. But that's exactly what happened to the Nigerian dwarfs known as Aki and Pawpaw, the stars of the film of the same name.
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