China Box Office: ‘Death on the Nile’ Makes Fourth Placed Debut

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Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe made quite the commotion with their sultry outfits while arriving at the SKIMS swim pop up shop in Miami on Saturday night.The reality TV stars looked incredible with Kim, 41, putting her hourglass curves on display in a minuscule metallic silver bra that showed off her ample cleavage, and a pair of matching skintight leggings.Meanwhile her younger sister, 37,opted for a plunging blue dress with mesh panels that showcased her long tan legs, and paired the look with clear heels. Turning heads! Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe made quite the commotion with their sultry outfits while arriving at the SKIMS pop up shop in Miami on Saturday nightThe event saw a huge turnout with fans excited to meet the reality stars and get their hands on the latest SKIMS merchandise.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Uncharted” held on to the top spot at the South Korean box office for the second successive weekend, a weekend that was the quietest this year for Korean cinemas.The Tom Holland-starring “Uncharted” grossed $1.05 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That was earned from 1,238 screens and represented 38% of the nationwide revenue aggregate. “Uncharted” now has a $4.77 million cumulative after two weekends.Recently-published financial reports show that Korean cinema chains continued to lose vast amounts of money over the last year.

President Joe Biden is expected to announce his Supreme Court nomination.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe shares of Alibaba crashed by nearly 7% on Thursday to an all-time low in Hong Kong ahead of publication of the company’s October-December third quarter results. The company is one of a small handful of entrepreneurial tech giants that have remade everyday life for a billion Chinese consumers and facilitated tens of millions of small businesses. But it remains in the crosshairs of the Chinese government’s regulatory quest to remake things again in a more controlled and top-down socialist manner.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe U.S.-made action adventure film “Uncharted” took a comfortable first place a the South Korean box office on its first weekend of release.“Uncharted” took $2.12 million between Friday and Sunday, grabbing 53% of the total Korean market, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over five days since its Wednesday opening, the film earned $3.00 million.

Newcastle star 'what did you expect?' after leaving him bloodied with a flying elbow.Keane, known for his fiery temper, was embroiled in a midfield battle with a young Darren Ambrose as Manchester United faced the Magpies at Old Trafford in 2005.But there was only ever going to be one winner in the heated exchange.Ambrose had scored to give the Toon the lead, but felt the wrath of captain Keane in the Irish great's final season at United.He believes Keane had favour from the referees despite his ruthless aggression. "He scared everyone, he scared the referees," Ambrose said about Keane on TalkSPORT."I was having a battle with him at Old Trafford and he threw an elbow at me properly."I was all young and enthusiastic and on his back.

The NFL season may be over, but the talk around Brittany Matthews and Jackson Mahomes continues. Patrick Mahomes is laughing off reports that he asked his fiancée and his brother not to attend Kansas City Chiefs games for the 2022-2023 season.

Shawhead’s Gregor Hiddleston made another appearance in the U20 Six Nations on Friday night.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarner Bros.’ franchise title “The Batman” and Sony’s game adaptation “Uncharted” have both been given confirmed theatrical release dates in mainland China.“The Batman” will reach conventional and Imax theaters in China on Friday March 18, 2022. “Uncharted” will release four days earlier on Monday March 14.The confirmations mean that there is a rebounding flow of Hollywood movies into China after a drought in 2021, when revenue sharing import numbers fall short of the bilaterally agreed 34 film annual quota. There has also been a complete absence of Marvel movies (from both the Disney and Sony stables).

Candace Bushnell admitted she was'startled' by many decisions made in HBO Max's Sex and the City reboot, based on her 1996 book anthology of the same name.In an interview withThe New Yorker, the best-selling author, 63, revealed she struggled to see herself in any of the characters or storylines, which left fans shocked by Mr. Big's death and Miranda Hobbes' coming out.'I'm really startled by a lot of the decisions made in the reboot,' she told the outlet.

The Terminal List has a new addendum. Amazon has set a July 1 premiere date on Prime Video for all eight episodes of the new conspiracy-thriller series starring Chris Pratt.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Osaka Asian Film Festival has unveiled its biggest ever program – a total of 76 films – to unspool next month (March 10-20, 2022).Its competition section includes the acclaimed Korean debut film “Aloners,” which offers an exacting critique of the alienating effects upon life of modern capitalist economies; Hong Kong biopic “Anita”; the world premiere of “Angry Son,” which combines LGBT and mixed race themes in a heartwarming comedy; Kong Dashan’s new take on “Journey to the West,” as a ragtag group of people on a UFO hunt; “Mama’s Affair,” the second film by Kearen Pang, whose 2017 debut “29+1” won Osaka’s audience award, “No Land’s Man” from Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and festival circuit hit “Barbarian Invasion.” The spotlight section includes ten titles. Among them are “The Ground Beneath her Feet” from Bangladesh’s Mohammad Rabby Mridha; “A Room of Her own” from China’s Xie Yiran; and Carlo Francisco Manatad’s “Whether the Weather is Fine.”The largest component section is the twenty-title Indie Forum, a platform for Japanese indie films that allow the winner to claim the Japan Cuts Award.

Zack Sharf Candace Bushnell, the author whose 1996 book anthology “Sex and the City” was adapted into the iconic HBO series of the same name, was left “really startled” by sequel series “And Just Like That.” Bushnell dropped her “And Just Like That” reaction during a recent interview with The New Yorker. “And Just Like That” polarized “Sex and the City” fans with storylines such as Big’s death and Miranda’s decision to divorce her husband Steve after falling in love with a nonbinary queer comedian.“I’m really startled by a lot of the decisions made in the reboot,” Bushnell said. “You know, it’s a television product, done with Michael Patrick King and Sarah Jessica Parker, who have both worked with HBO a lot in the past.

Oscar winner Colin Firth embraced Oscar nominee Toni Collette in front of a Christmas tree in the first image of HBO Max's eight-episode crime drama The Staircase, which premieres this spring.The 61-year-old Englishman portrays crime novelist Michael Peterson, who was convicted of murdering his second wife Kathleen and staging it to look like a fall down the stairs at their North Carolina home in 2001.In the second released image, the married couple sit at a dining table with their blended brood of five children (Olivia DeJonge, Dane DeHaan, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Odessa Young, and Sophie Turner). Premieres this spring! Oscar winner Colin Firth embraced Oscar nominee Toni Collette in front of a Christmas tree in the first image of HBO Max's eight-episode crime drama The Staircase $1.5M life insurance policy:The 61-year-old Englishman portrays crime novelist Michael Peterson (L), who was convicted of murdering his second wife Kathleen (R) and staging it to look like a fall down the stairs at their North Carolina home in 2001Kathleen had daughter Caitlin Atwater from her first marriage to Fred Atwater, while Michael had two sons Clayton and Todd as well as two adopted daughters Margaret and Martha.Antonio Campos and Maggie Cohn's limited series also features Rosemarie DeWitt, Juliette Binoche, and Parker Posey in the ensemble.'I didn't communicate with Michael Peterson,' Colin told Deadline on Tuesday during The Staircase's CTAM presentation.

The first look at HBO Max’s The Staircase eight-episode series just debuted online!

Sarah Jessica Parker addressed Kim Cattrall’s absence in “And Just Like That…” once again Monday as she chatted to Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live”.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“The Battle at Lake Changjin II” passed $500 million in total sales and remained unchallenged atop the mainland Chinese box office over the latest weekend.Data from consultancy Artisan Gateway showed no positional change among the top five films on a weekend that came a week after the Chinese New Year holiday wound down. Bona’s “Lake Changjin II” earned $43.5 million over the Friday to Sunday weekend, ahead of comedy “Too Cool to Kill” with $37.3 million over the same three days. In third place over the weekend was drama “Nice View” with $21.6 million and animation “Boonie Bears: Back to Earth” with $14.0 million.

Marvel Studios dropped an official trailer for the Doctor Strange sequel - Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness - on Super Bowl Sunday.There's plenty of high-octane action and supernatural theatrics as Dr. Stephen Strange, who's played byBenedict Cumberbatch, joins other familiar castmembersBenedict Wong (Wong), Rachel McAdams (Christine Palmer) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Karl Mordo), who all reprise their roles.This go-around the newcomers include Xochitl Gomez (America Chavez), Michael Stuhlbarg (Dr. Nicodemus West), and Elizabeth Olsen (who reprises her role asWanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch from other MCU productions).There's also no shortage of rumors and speculation about potential cameos from the likes of Tom Cruise and John Krasinski, But it appears one of those rumors is in fact true: Patrick Stewart's original Professor X can be heard delivering a line in the new trailer, according to Unilad.

The official Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trailer has dropped, leaving Marvel fans absolutely gagging for the film’s upcoming debut.The first teaser arrived in December shortly after the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, however, a new two-minute clip sees Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) as he faces the consequences of dabbling with the multiverse with what sounds like a cameo from Patrick Stewart.Halfway through the trailer, Stephen looks intrigued as a character who is off-screen tells him: ‘We should tell him the truth.’Fans were immediately sent into a frenzy by the snippet and rushed to social media to share their hunches that Stewart’s Professor X is back.‘Did I hear Patrick Stewart…?’ one viewer wrote, while another penned: ‘I SWEAR I JUST HEARD PATRICK STEWARTS VOICE!’Could viewers be in for a treat with an appearance from Professor X? Only time will tell…Stewart’s involvement in the new film has not yet been confirmed, but he had previously said in 2020 that he had conversations with Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige about reprising his role. ‘I met with Kevin Feige a couple of months ago and we had long, long conversations,’ he commented to Digital Spy.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefOnly a few months ago, hundreds of Asian film executives were expecting to attend this week’s Berlin festival and the European Film Market. For many, it would have been their first participation in a top-tier overseas festival for nearly two years.But the Omicron variant has upended those dreams. And, except for those folks with a film playing in the festival, most have stayed at home.