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Everybody lies. But, for eight gripping seasons, there was a prescription for that. It's been almost 20 years since audiences were first bittersweetly charmed by the medical mystery drama House,

Rising star Rhea Norwood, known for her role in Netflix’s “Heartstopper,” is captivating audiences at London’s West End as Sally Bowles in the revival of “Cabaret,” a part she describes as her “dream role.” “Cabaret,” set in 1930s Berlin against the backdrop of the rising Nazi party, follows American cabaret singer Bowles as she performs […]

Daniel Brühl is getting back behind the camera to direct “Break,” a biopic about the tennis champion Gottfried von Cramm whose rise to stardom in the 1930s saw him face off with the Nazi regime in his native Germany. “All Quiet on the Western” front star Felix Kammerer will lead the feature, which reunites the […]

HONG KONG STUMBLE A local film “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” earned an all-time record-breaking HK$105 million ($13.5 million) at the Hong Kong box office. But it was not enough to keep the territory’s theatrical business on a recovery track. Data from Hong Kong Box Office Ltd. Shows that January to end of June […]

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be honoured by the Locarno Film Festival with its Honorary Leopard achievement award in recognition of his outstanding career in Indian cinema spanning more than 100 films “in a breathtaking multitude of genres,” it announced on Tuesday. Khan, who is known in India as “King Khan,” will be making […]

Danny and Michael Philippou, directors of last year’s breakout horror hit “Talk to Me,” have set up their second feature film “Bring Her Back” in their Adelaide, Australia, hometown. The film has attracted financial support from the South Australia Film Corporation and is expected to start production “in summer.” The producers are Samantha Jennings and […]