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News on Entertainment & Culture in China

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Can Cameron’s new Avatar blockbuster save the Chinese box office?
Dec 9, 2022 (WiC 611)

At the beginning of the pandemic cinema operators in China got creative in trying to repurpose their venues, which were largely closed to moviegoers. Some reopened their auditoriums as basketball courts, with players taking advantage of the ...

Profiting from gossip

Celebrity divorce brings sales bonanza for star’s former mother-in-law
Dec 2, 2022 (WiC 610)

When it comes to messy divorces, Barbie Hsu and Wang Xiaofei’s split must rank highly on the list of China’s most high-profile partings. Since the two broke up a year ago – Hsu has since married her former lover South Korean singer DJ Koo ...

From adulation to incarceration

Canadian star jailed for 13-years after rape convictions
Dec 2, 2022 (WiC 610)

When rape allegations against Kris Wu first surfaced in 2021, the Canadian-Chinese pop icon wrote on his weibo: “If there is behaviour of this kind, rest assured everyone, I will walk into the prison myself.” Wu didn’t quite walk into ...

Fading star power?

Yang Mi’s latest role falls flat with audiences
Nov 25, 2022 (WiC 609)

The pairing of an older woman with a younger man is not a new phenomenon. Hollywood actress Demi Moore used to be married to Ashton Kutcher, who’s 15 years younger. French President Emmanuel Macron is 24 years younger than his wife, who was ...

To the manor born?

Nepotism debated as celebrated director’s son finds fame in new hit drama
Nov 18, 2022 (WiC 608)

For centuries, children born into rich and powerful families have enjoyed advantages in life, inheriting business empires, wealth and status. In some cases, those who have done well have gone on to surpass their parents’ successes. And in the ...

Why this year’s Singles’ Day has targeted the ‘silver’ pensioner economy
Nov 11, 2022 (WiC 607)

Since his return to Taobao Live in late September, China’s biggest livestreaming personality Li Jiaqi has been making up for lost time. The e-commerce host, who disappeared for three months after having offended the country’s censors, has ...

Palace intrigue over remake

Female retirees cause a stir with their production of a much-loved drama
Nov 4, 2022 (WiC 606)

Empresses in the Palace, also known as Zhen Huan Zhuan in Chinese, is one of the most highly acclaimed TV dramas from China in recent memory (Netflix purchased the streaming rights to the show for broadcast in the US back in ...

Funny guy with serious plan

At 60, comedian Stephen Chow wants to crack the metaverse
Oct 28, 2022 (WiC 605)

Last week, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it has partnered with blockchain start-up Eluvio to launch the metaverse version of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Officially, the impending release is called ...

Music to the ears?

New TV show challenges the idea of motherhood
Oct 28, 2022 (WiC 605)

In Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film The Lost Daughter, Olivia Coleman plays Leda Caruso, a promising translator who deserts her young daughters for several years to pursue her career. The film challenges the idea of motherhood: that a mother ...

Going against the grain

Rice-counting homework stirs debate about China’s educational ethos
Oct 20, 2022 (WiC 604)

While it is hardly unusual for parents to help their children with homework, when a father from Jiangxi province posted a video of himself helping out his son last week, it turned into a media frenzy. In footage that spread widely on social ...

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