The program is backed by the media group IDG, whose chairman Hugo Shong called for a greater understanding of Chinese history and culture: "We love 'Mulan' and 'Kung Fu Panda,' but they could be made anywhere." | Read More
Danny Cohen talks to THR about how his team is looking ahead after recent scandals, his interest in working with Hollywood creatives, when to cut in to programming to cover Prince George and the 10 million U.K. ... | Read More
The show will follow the lives of Chinese young people adjusting to life in the U.S. and is expected to reach an audience of hundreds of millions when it airs via China's state broadcaster in 2014. | Read More
Stanislav Govorukhin, who was campaign chief for President Vladimir Putin in the last election and serves in the Russian parliament, says the media law adopted in the 1990s is no longer relevant. | Read More
A mysterious woman's claims that she is the daughter of Andy Kaufman have helped to revive long-standing rumors -- fueled in life by Kaufman himself -- that the comedian may have faked his own death. PHOTOS: From Fat to Fit: 8 Funnymen Who Trimmed Down | Read More
Shirley Mitchell, the comic actress who played Marion Strong, Lucy Ricardo's friend with the cackling laugh on the TV classic I Love Lucy, has died. She was 94. Mitchell, who is believed to be the last surviving adult castmember from the legendary CBS sitcom, died Nov. 11 of heart failure at her condominium in Westwood, her sister-in-law, the Oscar-nominated Sunset Blvd. actress Nancy Olson, told The Hollywood Reporter. | Read More
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