TVB documentary shows

poverty alleviation

Hong Kong TVB’s documentary series “No Poverty Land,” telling stories about China’s poverty alleviation, has attracted huge attention and earned a 9.5 out of 10 score on the Chinese reviewing website Douban since its premiere in late August.

Jackie Chan film ‘Ride On’

starts shooting

Jackie Chan has begun shooting his next film, a martial arts-based comedy about a man and his horse, entitled “Ride On.”

Chris Pratt, Sam Richardson reteam for comedy

Chris Pratt is teaming with his co-star of “The Tomorrow War,” Sam Richardson, for an action-comedy set up at Universal Pictures.

Helen Mirren to host

‘Harry Potter’ quiz show

Helen Mirren is diving head first into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The Oscar-winning actress has been tapped to host four-part competition series “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses” for WarnerMedia. The previously announced series, which marks the 20th anniversary of the first film in the “Harry Potter” franchise, will air first on Cartoon Network and TBS before making its debut on HBO Max on a date to be determined.

Justin Bieber, Lil Nas X take

top prizes at VMA

U.S. rapper and pop star Justin Bieber won the top prizes at MTV’s annual Video Music Awards (VMA) show, in a ceremony packed with surprise appearances, live performances and thousands of masked fans.

Broadway’s big musicals return

Broadway’s biggest musicals roared back to life, banishing the eerie silence of the last 18 months in New York’s pandemic-hit theater district with screams, tears and standing ovations.

October to see star-studded

films compete in China

China’s lucrative National Day holiday box office is set to see a star-studded four-part anthology film roughly translated as “Me and My Father’s Generation” lock horns with the highly-anticipated war film “The Battle at Lake Changjin.”

‘The Bodyguard’ gets remake

Matthew Lopez, the Tony-nominated playwright of “The Inheritance,” has been hired to write a reimagining of the iconic Whitney Houston film “The Bodyguard” at Warner Bros. (SD-Agencies)