Bona Film Group Scores $1.5 Billion Valuation as Shares Soar on Stock Market Debut

Brittany Snow and Tyler Stanaland announced that they called it quits this week after two years of marriage.

Rege-Jean Page and Glen Powell have an exciting new project on the horizon!

CBS has announced several renewals and cancellations so far this year, and they just announced another series has been canceled.

As Prince William and his family continue to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, he will no longer make his planned trip across the pond to celebrate the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit.

Celebrity MasterChef star Melanie Blatt was seen bursting into tears on the latest episode of the BBC cooking show after meeting her “idol”, British Bake Off star, Mary Berry.The 47-year-old All Saints singer admitted she was anxious after host Gregg Wallace introduced their special guest for tonight’s food challenge, admitting this was a “big moment” in her life.As Mary made the rounds on the chefs as they attempted to cook on her recipes in just 90 minutes, Mel, 47, was seen telling the camera: “I have more anxiety than usual because I’m such a fan.READ MORE: Love Island's Faye Winter sobs on Celebrity MasterChef over dad's health battle“I wanna make Mary proud, I just want her to love me like I love her.When Mary finally arrived at Mel’s table, she admitted that one of the first recipe books she bought was her,s before telling her “this is a big moment for me” and telling her she loved her before she was seen bursting into tears.As Mel wiped the tears away from her eyes with her t-shirt, Mary embraced the star and thanked her for being such a fan.Viewers immediately reacted to the star’s emotional moment.“I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed someone so in awe of their idol as Melanie Blatt is with Mary Berry #celebritymasterchef,” said one fan.A second added: “Mel having absolutely zero chill in front of Mary Berry was very cute.”While a third agreed: “lol major fangirl moment from Mel over mary berry I’d probably be the same tbh.”Some fans also blasted the episode for giving some celebrities harder dishes than others. While some had to skin fish and make difficult savoury dishes with lots of elements, other were given recipes fans thought were much easier like meringue.

A Live at the Apollo comic will head-up an evening of comedy in Ayrshire later this year.

OnlyFans model Astrid Wett has announced she is getting back in the ring after pulling out of her much anticipated boxing clash with Elle Brooke.As football fans of Premier League rivals Chelsea and Manchester City respectively, Astrid Wett and Elle Brooke planned to bump up their racy content income by clashing in the ring. The bout never happened, however, and Wett slammed the KingPyn boxing event as a "freakshow" and cited concerns for her safety after Elle repeatedly made threats to "kill" her in the ring.READ MORE: OnlyFans star Astrid Wett appears to confirm new boxing fight with cryptic postA pumped-up Brooke had told Astrid "you're going to bleed from every orifice on your face" before she ended up beating Love Island star AJ Bunker in July.Now Wett has confirmed she is putting that missed opportunity behind her to join a host of social media personalities going toe-to-toe at Sheffield's Utilita Arena in the MF & Dazn: X Series 002 on October 15.This time her opponent is TikTok sensation and Simple Simon's daughter, Keeley Colbran who she shared a football pitch with at the beginning of this year.

House Of The Dragon, describing an unfolding “web of lies”.Adapted from George R.R. Martin’s novel Fire & Blood, the HBO prequel spin-off is set 200 years before events in Game Of Thrones. The show follows a war of succession among House Targaryen, known as the ‘Dance of the Dragons’.Alcock and Carey play younger versions of their characters, Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower respectively, who will be replaced by Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke as the show continues to jump forward in time.Speaking to NME, Carey teased how the show progresses during what’s left of their time in the role.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Train to Busan” director Yeon Sang-ho is to direct a Korean, live action series adaptation of hit Japanese manga “Parasyte: The Grey.” Netflix is the exclusive distributor worldwide. The story is about unidentified parasitic life-forms that live off human hosts and strive to grow their power. As they start to disrupt society, a group of humans wage war against the rising evil. Korean stars Jeon So-nee, Koo Kyo-hwan, Lee Jung-hyun have been confirmed to head the cast. The series is being produced on behalf of Netflix by Climax Studio and Wow Point. The series is adapted from a hit manga series created by Iwaaki Hitoshi about invasive life-forms that seize and control human bodies. Published by the Kodansha company in its Morning Open Zkan and its Monthly Afternoon magazine from 1988 to 1995, it sold over 25 million copies in over 20 territories and countries.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKakao Piccoma, a Japanese online animation firm, has reportedly pushed back its plans for a share listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, previously indicated for December this year. The company hopes that the delay will help it hold on to a $6 billion valuation.The company is jointly owned by Kakao, the Korean tech and messaging giant, and Kakao Entertainment, with shareholding respectively 73% and 18%. Piccoma raised finance last year though a private share sale that brought in Anchor Capital, valued it at JPY847 billion ($6.17 billion at current exchange rates).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese animation film “New Gods: Yang Jian” was the top film at the mainland China box office over the latest weekend. “Minions: The Rise of Gru” opened in third place.“New Gods: Yang Jian” earned 19.8 million (RMB134 million) on its debut between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. It places ahead of previous winner “Moon Man” which slipped from first to second place with a $17.8 million (RMB121 million) fourth weekend.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Hunt,” the period political thriller directed by “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae, held top spot at the South Korea box office for the second weekend. “Nope” was the highest opener, landing in third spot.“Hunt,” made $5.68 million over the weekend, down 35% compared with its opening score a week earlier.

Jennifer Grey says she’s still enthusiastic about the “Dirty Dancing” sequel despite its challenges.

Patrick Swayze's widow ahead of the 35th anniversary of one of his most beloved roles — Johnny Castle in .«It's really incredible,» Niemi says of the continued love for the movie, which was released in August 1987. «When Patrick was still alive, he would always say, 'I’m on my second generation of fans'… He'd get approached by young ladies who weren't even born when the movie came out.»«Any artist,» she continues, «for their work to live on like that and make such an impact in such a positive way, what more could you ask for?»As for the film's most iconic scenes — where Swayze's Johnny lifts Jennifer Grey's Baby — Niemi reveals that her late husband «had that down forever.»«Patrick loves going off and he was strong enough to do all that stuff,» she says, «so when they want to pull off a great lift, he says, 'I got one for you.'»Back in 2020, ET confirmed that Grey is on board to star in and executive produce a sequel to the beloved '80s flick, which Swayze was approached about in the wake of the original movie's success.«He would not do it again,» Niemi says.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefOrganizers of the Asian Contents & Film Market, the industry section operated in parallel with the Busan International Film Festival, have underlined their commitment to hold the market as an in-person event this October.The Asian film industry had recently witnessed rumors that the Busan market would be staying as an online-only event, as it was in 2020 and 2021, during the height of the COVID pandemic.“To clarify, the Asian Contents & Film Market 2022 WILL be held in person, and in full capacity, for the first time in three years,” Busan market organizers said in a statement emailed to Variety. “[We] assume the misunderstanding arose from the news of cancellation of a different event that was scheduled to be held during the same period at the same location.” Last week, it was announced that the Cine Korea convention that was to have run Oct.

China’s Bona Film Group, producer of such hits as The Battle At Lake Changjin, made its debut on the Shenzhen stock exchange on Thursday, with shares closing the day at RMB 7.24 ($1.07). This was a 44% increase from the initial public offering price of RMB 5.03 ($0.74) per share and put the market capitalization at just under RMB 10B ($1.47B), according to the South China Morning Post. The company raised RMB 1.38B ($203M) from the deal.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Tokyo International Film Festival is to add new venues at this year’s event. It will be the festival’s first-full-scale edition since the COVID pandemic.The festival relocated to the Hibiya-Yurakucho-Ginza area in 2021, having previously operated from the Rpppongi district for many years. It functioned as a real-world event, but had on a few dozen foreign visitors, due to strict border controls.This year, border controls are slowly being lifted and organizers are forecasting an increase in foreign festival guests.

Amazon Prime Video announced today that two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will premiere on Sept. 1 and 2 (depending on time zone). The rest of the episodes will follow a weekly, single-episode rollout.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSpace comedy Moon Man held on to the top spot at the mainland China box office for a third weekend. It has now accumulated $363 million.Released on July 29, “Moon Man” earned RMB217 million ($32.4 million) between Friday and Sunday earning some 45% of the nationwide weekend total, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. The film’s invulnerability underlines once again how the Chinese exhibition and distribution sector has become focused on major hits and top-heavy.There could scarcely be more powerful demonstration of that than the photographs carried over the weekend by Mainland Chinese of Hong Kong star Louis Koo apparently in tears over the disappointing box office stars for “Warriors of Future,” the sci-fi fantasy that he starred in, financed and produced.