U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon honored Mandela as a "giant for justice," German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls him a "shining example" while Indian media compares the late South African leader to Mahatma Gandhi. | Read More
Universal and Illumination Entertainment's hit animated film will be released just weeks after NBCUniversal announced it was opening a Beijing office. | Read More
The annual celebration of female input in the British film industry also honored Clio Barnard, Pippa Harris and Sheridan Smith at an awards luncheon in central London on Friday. | Read More
The Hong Kong-based exhibition convention offers regional players a glimpse at Hollywood blockbusters, cutting-edge technology (4D, anyone?) and the latest strategies for combating piracy. | Read More
"Spectator" columnist Rod Little summed up the BBC's coverage of Mandela's death as "famous nice black man dies," causing a social media firestorm. | Read More
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman recently spoke of a "stabilization of the European economy and particularly in Continental Europe," which should boost financial momentum. | Read More
Venezuela's Academy submission, by first-time director siblings the Rodriguez brothers, portrays a deaf girl's struggle to be heard by her abusive family. | Read More
It's easy to remember a musical for its songs. That is, after all, what makes a musical different from every other kind of narrative: The characters will shout to the rafters in full throat, revealing things they just can't speak, because the music gives them leave to lay themselves bare. | Read More
Thursday night's results show brought another double elimination on The X Factor and cut the top six contestants down to the final four. Simon Cowell dedicated the show to the late Nelson Mandela, who died earlier in the day and set a somber tone for a night that would crush two hopefuls' dreams. | Read More
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