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Chelsea star Oscar has been left 'trapped in China' as his move to Brazilian side Flamengo was blocked by Shanghai Port FC.Oscar was one of many stars that moved to China to secure the vast riches that presented themselves over in the Far East, and after earning more than £100million in wages the Brazilian thought his venture was over. Having secured more than enough wealth to last a lifetime, Oscar thought he was set to secure his dream move to Flamengo.However, even after Oscar was seen posing in the Flamengo kit, Shanghai Port have blocked his move as they did not approve of the deal and refused to sign the necessary paperwork.

Manchester United's interest in Bologna forward Marko Arnautovic pushed a season ticket holder of 30 years to the verge of quitting the club for 'principled reasons'. The former Stoke and West Ham striker was linked with a move to Old Trafford having scored 15 goals across 35 appearances for his current club having left Shanghai Port last year.

The Festival of Fantasy parade tonight at Disney World is going to have some extra bounce in its step after today’s quarterly earnings report from the House of Mouse.

China has set an August 19 release date for Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru. This will be the first major tentpole from Hollywood to hit the market since Universal’s own Jurassic World Dominion which has grossed $157.4M there through Sunday and during an extended nine-week run; it is the biggest studio import of 2022.

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Naman Ramachandran Global Indian origin actors Pallavi Sharda (“Tom & Jerry,” “Lion”) and Suraj Sharma (“Life of Pi,” “How I Met Your Father”) star in Netflix romantic comedy “Wedding Season,” directed by “Shanghai Noon” and “Showtime” filmmaker Tom Dey.Variety has secured access to an exclusive clip from the film, which is produced by Imagine Entertainment, in association with Jax Media and Samosa Stories. The lead producer is Swati Shetty, who previously had senior management stints with Imagine, Netflix and Disney India and produced “Umrika,” starring Sharma, which won awards at Sundance, Palm Springs and Cairo.As a studio executive, Shetty shepherded Disney India’s first live action film “Do Dooni Char,” and Netflix’s “Love Per Square Foot,” “Rajma Chawal” and “Lust Stories.” “All these were films that I pushed for and championed from the studio side — so clearly, this is not the first in that sense,” Shetty told Variety.

Zach Galligan, who starred as Billy Peltzer in the Gremlins films, will have a recurring guest role in Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, it was revealed during the show’s panel at Comic-Con on Friday. The animated prequel series will debut on HBO Max next year and later on Cartoon Network.

Wilson Chapman editorThe “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” cast is officially stacked. The prequel series just announced a whole new line-up of celebrity voice talent at their San Diego Comic-Con panel including the return of original Billy, Zach Galligan.Galligan surprised fans on stage revealing that he will have a recurring guest role on the HBO Max series “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.” But that’s not all, the panel also announced a truly iconic list of guest stars for the new series including: Sandra Oh, Randall Park, George Takei and Bowen Yang.  The series had already announced a roster of Hollywood icons before including, James Hong, BD Wong, Ming-Na Wen and Matthew Rhys.“Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” is set in 1920s Shanghai in East China, and focuses on Sam Wing (Izaac Wang), an ordinary 10-year-old boy who meets Gizmo (A.J.

Former Rangers hero Craig Moore admits he attempted to convince his former club to sign Aaron Mooy before he penned a deal with Celtic.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Belfast Film Festival has named Variety film critic Jessica Kiang and Rose Baker as its new programmers, and has also launched an inaugural feature competition.Kiang and Baker will serve as the creative leads for this year’s BFF, which runs from Nov. 3-12.

Actress Rebecca Rittenhouse and Kelly Lamor Wilson attend the opening of HermèsFIT in Los Angeles on Wednesday (July 20) held at the Hollywood Athletic Club, where they enjoyed a performance by Neil Frances.

Ange Postecoglou could have filled a problem position this summer with the addition of Aaron Mooy, but the arrival could be bad news for Parkhead misfit James McCarthy.

Billy Reid has heard that Celtic’s fans have been rather underwhelmed by the signing of Aaron Mooy and he’s scratching his head to understand why.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWanda Film, China’s largest cinema operator, has forecast a return to heavy losses for the first half of 2022. In a regulatory filing, the company warned of net losses (including non-recurring items) reaching between RMB 580 million – RMB 660 million ($85 million – $97.8 million) for the six months to June. That compares with a net profit of RMB613 million $90.8 million in the equivalent period last year.The company pointed to the impact of COVID-control measures in China, which it said caused the temporary closure of 415 of its multiplexes and led film distributors to reduce the supply of new movies to cinemas.

Former Brighton star Aaron Mooy is set to sign a one-year deal with Celtic with an option for an added 12 months at Parkhead.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWildBrain CPLG, a leading entertainment, sport and brand-licensing agency, has been appointed by Peanuts Worldwide as the exclusive licensing agent for the Peanuts brand in parts of Asia-Pacific.   The companies already have a licensing relationship in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and, more recently, India.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNi Kuang, one of Hong Kong’s most distinguished screenwriters and novelists, has died. He was 87.He died on Sunday in Hong Kong, with local media reporting skin cancer as the cause of death.Ni wrote some 300 screenplays, many in the martial arts genre and many for the Shaw Brothers studio with co-writer Chang Chen. He wrote the scripts for classic films “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” and “One Armed Swordsman” and had a hand in two of Bruce Lee’s six movies “The Big Boss” and “Fist of Fury” though the writing credit went to Wei Lo.As a novelist, Ni wrote the “New Adventures of Wesley” a series of detective stories that often featured aliens and extra-terrestrial creatures.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Shanghai Disneyland theme park will reopen to visitors later this week, park management announced on Tuesday. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, ahead of a resumption of operations on Thursday.The park was shuttered on March 21, 2022, as city authorities tried to contain the fast-spreading omicron variant of the COVID-19 disease.Management said that the park will see a “careful ramp up of operations.” In the first stage of reopening it will resume operations with limited daily capacity and enhanced health and safety protocols.” These will include unspecified capacity limits.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Universal Beijing Resort will begin to restart operations from Saturday (June 25, 2022) after being closed for nearly two months due to COVID. The resort, which includes a theme park, two hotels and a Citywalk retail-entertainment area, closed on May 1 as COVID cases resurfaced in the Chinese capital after months of abeyance. Plans to reopen from June 15 were previously announced, but these were scrapped when the COVID wave flared up again.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHBO Max’s animated prequel series “Gremlins: Spirit of the Mogwai,” which world premiered on June 16 at France’s Annecy Animation Festival, begins with a hint of “The Sound of Music.”A young Gizmo stands in his bucolic grassy homeland, hidden down a huge hole in snowbound high Himalayas, chanting from a circular stone dias, replete with mysterious engravings. As his fellow Mogwai chant back, positioned on grassy knolls around him, suddenly the hills are alive with the sound of Mogwai.Then a shadow falls out of the sky – a huge heinous eagle plummeting towards the Mogwai.

fire broke out early Saturday morning (June 18).Fire crews are tackling a massive fire at a petrochemical plant in Shanghai with the sky lit up by flames following reports of an explosion.Evacuations have taken place at the facility in the the Jinshan District after a fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday morning, the fire department reportedly said.It was not immediately known if there were any casualties from the fire.Shanghai Petrochemical Company confirmed that the fire broke out just after 4am local time and that an emergency plan was immediately put into action.There are several areas of the facility that appear to be on fire while so far there are no reports on injuries.It is reported that there were several explosions leading to the fires.Many people have taken to social media to show the flames ripping through the chemical plant in the south west of the city while residents have also said how they felt their homes shake with the force of explosions.In a video posted on Twitter by the state-backed Shanghai Daily roaring fires was seen engulfing part of a sprawling factory, emitting columns of thick black smoke. People have been fleeing the area in the chaos caused by the huge blaze leading to traffic congestion.Shanghai Fire Protection News reportedly stated: "A fire broke out in the ethylene glycol plant of a petrochemical company on Long'an East Road, Jinshan District, Shanghai.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up for one of our free newsletters here ."After receiving the alarm, the Municipal 119 Command Centre quickly dispatched rescue forces such as from Jinshan and Fengxian to the chemical industry zone.