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National garment association gives out awards |
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 The National Garment Association gave out its annual prestigious awards to notable Chinese fashion designers at Beijing Exhibition Center Theater Friday. |
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Winehouse plays Brit awards |
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 Amy Winehouse and Paul McCartney set their recent troubles aside to steal the show Wednesday at the Brit Awards, the British music industry's most prestigious prizes. |
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Taiyuan celebrate Lantern Festival |
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 Residents of Jinci Town in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan perform traditional folk arts to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on February 21 this year. |
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Chinese director wins Silver Bear award |
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 Chinese director and screenwriter Wang Xiaoshuai has picked up his second Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, winning the best screenplay prize for the film In Love We Trust on February 16, 2008. |
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Winehouse donimates Grammys from afar |
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 Trapped half a world away by the place she promised to never "go, go, go," a vibrant, exuberant Amy Winehouse dominated the Grammys on Sunday night, winning five awards and delivering a defiant performance of her autobiographical hit "Rehab" via satellite from London. |
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58th Berlin Film Festival opens |
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 The 58th Berlin Film Festival opened Thursday evening. The gala featured the world premiere of Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese's concert movie about the legendary rock group the Rolling Stones. |
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Theron, Walken get Hasty Pudding awards |
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 Academy Award winners Charlize Theron and Christopher Walken will add another trophy to their collection—a Hasty Pudding award. |
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Rock veteran rules Beijing pop awards |
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 Veteran rock singer Zheng Jun dominated the Beijing Pop Music Awards on Wednesday with five honors, proving his decade-long career is not in a downturn. |
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Stars shine at 2007 Internet Awards |
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 2007 has been another exciting year here in China. A fair amount of events from grand festivals to hot online topics are still living vividly in our memories. |
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20th Star Light Awards held in Shanghai |
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 The twentieth "Star Light Awards," one of the highest TV awards in China, were awarded on Wednesday evening. |
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Jay Chou collects ringtone awards |
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 Pop star Jay Chou is the most popular voice for mobile phone ring tones and ring-back tones as he received the Most Downloaded Male Singer award on Sunday at a pop charts gala jointly held by China Mobile and Shanghai Media Group. |
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Chan, Yung 'most popular singers' anew |
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 Hong Kong singers Eason Chan and Joey Yung continued their reigns over the local pop music scene, walking away with the Most Popular Male and Female Singer awards at Saturday's Jade Solid Gold ceremony. |
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Singers, actors claim fashion awards |
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 Fashion trendsetters of the screen and stage reigned over the 2007 China Fashion Awards, held on Sunday in Shanghai. |
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Chinese film Western Trunk Line wins Tokyo award |
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 The Western Trunk Line, a Chinese movie telling the story of a remote town at the end of 1970s, won the Special Jury Prize at the 20th Tokyo International Film Festival on Sunday. |
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Golden Rooster film gala concludes in Suzhou |
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 The 16th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival finished on Saturday in the eastern city of Suzhou. |
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Pusan Int'l Film Festival opens |
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 The 12th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), started its eight-day schedule on Thursday, in the southeastern port city of Pusan, South Korea. |
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Rock Hits the Capital! |
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 The third annual Beijing Pop Music Festival delighted music lovers with its big name acts such as Brett Anderson, the New York Dolls and Public Enemy on Saturday at Beijing's large Chaoyang Park. |
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Ang Lee Wins Second Golden Lion |
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 Ang Lee's erotic spy thriller Lust, Caution won the Venice Film Festival's top Golden Lion award yesterday, two years after he captured the same prize with Brokeback Mountain. |
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Golden Bauhinia Awards handed out in Hong Kong |
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 An awards ceremony for the 12th Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Awards was held Saturday night in Hong Kong Polytechnic University. |
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75th Anniversary Venice Film Festival Opens |
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 The British film Atonement kicked off festivities at the 75th anniversary edition of the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. The 11-day event will see Chinese director Zhang Yimou head the jury and Chinese helmers, including Jiang Wen and Ang Lee, vie for the top prize. |
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The Knot Wins Big at Huabiao Awards |
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 At Sunday night's award ceremony for the 12th Huabiao Film Awards -- the top official award for Chinese movies -- the romance blockbuster The Knot, or Yun Shui Yao, was honored as the top winner, carrying off six key prizes for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Playwright, and Best Film Technology. |
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Mandarin Music Awards Still Reign of Andy Lau |
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 Cantonese-speaking superstar singer Andy Lau on Saturday garnered six big prizes at the Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards, continuing his reign as the king of Hong Kong's only music awards for Mandopop. |
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Shanghai Joins in Live Earth's Global Chorus |
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 China's contribution to the Live Earth worldwide show was a low-profile concert in Shanghai on Saturday. Veteran British singer Sarah Brightman led a pack of domestic pop stars hailing from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The three-hour show went on despite the rain, as part of an international effort to promote further action against climate change. |
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The 1st China Fashion Award Unveils in Shanghai |
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 The 1st China Fashion Award ceremony was held in Shanghai International Convention Center on Thursday night, with many big names in fashion circle attending the event. |
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Eason Chan Crowned 'Entertainer of the Year' |
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 The 7th Chinese Music Media Awards was held in Hong Kong on Saturday night. |
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Li Yuchun, Jeff Chang Win Music Radio Awards |
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 Chinese pop singer Li Yuchun, the winner of 2005 "Super Girl" contest, and pop veteran Jeff Chang received their 2006 Music Radio Awards in Shanghai on Tuesday June 26. |
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Jolin Tsai Biggest Winner at Golden Melody Awards |
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 Taiwan pop diva Jolin Tsai was the biggest winner at the 18th Golden Melody Awards on Saturday, dubbed the Chinese-language Grammys. |
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10th Shanghai Int'l Film Festival Kicks off |
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 More than 270 movie stars from around the world, including Sharon Stone and Maggie Cheung, walked on the red carpet in Shanghai Grand Theatre on Saturday night, marking the opening of the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival. |
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Cannes Film Festival Wowed by Wong's Blueberry Nights |
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 Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai received the single honor of opening the 60th Cannes film festival on Wednesday with his latest creation, My Blueberry Nights, starring singer Norah Jones and actor Jude Law. |
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Stars Gild CCTV's Lily Awards |
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 A-list stars stole the winners' thunder as they appeared at the Lily Awards ceremony on Saturday in Beijing. This year was the seventh Lily Awards, which is organized by China Central Television's movie channel (CCTV-6) to honor outstanding contributors to the country's digital film industry, in particular the films made for TV. |
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Cross-Straits Love Wins The Knot Best Picture at Beijing Student Film Festival |
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 The Knot, a movie about love separated by the Taiwan Straits, won Best Feature Film at the 14th Beijing Student Film Festival on Saturday evening. |
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Midi Riffs Exposed to the Masses |
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 China's largest outdoor rock festival the Midi Music Festival will become bigger and better than ever this year. Altogether, 90 bands and 57 individual musicians will perform at five stages at the festival this week. |
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A French Movie Banquet for Chinese Moviegoers |
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 An opening banquet was held on Friday night at the Embassy of France in China, for the ongoing French film screening titled "Panorama Du Cinema Francois" in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Nanjing. |
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Tribeca Film Festival Opens in New York |
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 The sixth annual Tribeca Film Festival, which opened in New York Wednesday, will showcase 157 features and 88 shorts from 47 countries and territories, including four Chinese films. |
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Fuzi Sweeps Hong Kong Film Awards |
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 The 26th Hong Kong Film Awards were held at the Hong Kong Cultural Center on Sunday night. Fuzi, as known as After This Our Exile, collected five major awards including best picture and best director while Lau Ching Wan and Gong Li earned best actor and actress awards. |
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Aaron Kwok and Xu Jinglei Most Attractive in Cinematographers' Eyes |
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 Hong Kong actor Aaron Kwok and Chinese mainland actress Xu Jinglei have been awarded this year's Most Attractive Actor and Actress by Hong Kong's Society of Cinematographers. |
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Zhang Ziyi Brings Charm to the World |
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 Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi accepts a "You Bring Charm to the World" award for being an influential Chinese in 2006 from director Feng Xiaogang at Peking University Hall in Beijing, Saturday, March 31, 2007. Zhang Ziyi was honored for being a two-time Oscar awards presenter and a judge at last year's Cannes Film Festival. |
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Korean Stars Dot Firmament of 1st Asian Film Awards |
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 South Korean thriller The Host enjoyed the glory of winning four out of five nominations, including best picture, at Hong Kong's inaugural Asian Film Awards on Tuesday night while Chinese director Jia Zhangke was honored for best directing. The awards further marked the opening of the 3rd Entertainment Expo Hong Kong to run March 20 until April 15. |
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Chinese Love Saga Bags Golden Bear |
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 Tuya's Marriage, an unconventional Chinese love story about a herdswoman and her two husbands, has won the Golden Bear prize for best picture at the 57th Berlin Film Festival. |
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'Curse' Fails Oscar Quest for Best Costume Design |
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| Hong Kong designer Yee Chung Man failed to receive the Oscar for Best Costume Design for his work on Curse of Golden Flowers in the Academy Awards. |
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No Country For Old Men won the Oscar for best film and its makers, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, were named best directors on Sunday, giving the bleak crime drama four of the world's top movie awards.
