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Celtic are reportedly monitoring midfielder Wataru Endo with Liverpool "open minded" to a sale following the arrival of Arne Slot.

One of the most talented children's entertainers of his time has died after a career that saw him appear on a string of BBC hits and work on creating spectacles for The Walt Disney Company. Steve Lee died peacefully aged 73 at Brighton General Hospital earlier this month having fought an acute bout of pneumonia after an extraordinary life that saw him travel the world.

Locarno Pro, the festival’s industry arm, hit over 1,743 on-site participants and 141 online accreditations, an all-time historical record of 1,886 delegates, 23% up on last year’s 1,530 total. Business witnessed a mini feeding frenzy from sales agents as 13 of the 28 titles without an announced sales agent at the July 10 Locarno lineup announcement were picked up for international sales by festival start. Variety alone unveiled 16 sales deals, also an all-time high.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The second season of Apple TV+ and Legendary Entertainment’s “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” will shoot in Queensland, Australia. That represents a relocation after the first season of the action-adventure series was largely filmed in Canada’s British Columbia. Location attraction agency, Screen Queensland said that the show will be able to access state subsidies from provided through the Queensland government’s Production Attraction Strategy.

With Shōgun, the epic drama series from FX based on James Clavell’s epic 1975 novel, veteran Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada’s work pushed past any subtitle barriers to earn the show a massive worldwide following that includes 25 Emmy nominations. Sanada stars as Lord Toranaga, the ultimate strategist, whose intricate web ultimately served to unify 17th century Japan. And Sanada was not unfamiliar with the character, since in 1989’s Oda Nobunaga, he had played Tokugawa Ieyasu, the real-life man who inspired the Toranaga character.

What happens when you’ve exhausted all options and cast your last line of hope into the sea of unattainable American Dreams? This is the question posed by co-writer and director Justin Kim WooSŏk in his Korean American short film Sarajin. Making its debut at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, the story follows an unobtrusive but diligent snow crab fisherman (Jongman Kim) struggling to make ends meet for his immigrant family. When the snow crab that he and the rest of the fishing village depend on suddenly disappear due to climate change, he and his family have to decide whether to stay or leave their new home behind.

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has announced three leadership changes, amid other management changes.

Busan International Film Festival has revealed the 30 projects that have been selected for this year’s Asian Project Market (APM), including several from Asian filmmakers who have previously had films selected for the Korean festival. 

There's a free waterside cinema down at Salford Quays for the summer holidays showing a host of family favourites.

Nippon TV ‘s Love’s In Sight! and Homeroom have landed adaptation deals with Malaysian media conglomerate Astro.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who was recently in Locarno for a celebration, has teamed up with his sons Aryan Khan and AbRam as the voice cast of the Hindi-language version of Disney’s upcoming feature film “Mufasa: The Lion.” The film is directed by Barry Jenkins and tells the story of the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands, while also introducing an orphaned cub called Mufasa, a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline—and their expansive journey alongside an extraordinary group of misfits. The film has original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda and an English voice cast of Aaron Pierre as Mufasa, Donald Glover as Simba and Braelyn Rankins as Young Mufasa. The film will reach Indian theatres on Dec.20 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu versions.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Lotte Entertainment comedy “Pilot” flew to a second weekend on top of the South Korean box office with $5.03 million haul and nearly half of the nationwide theatrical haul. Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic) showed the title with a 46% share of the market over the Friday-Sunday period. After 12 days on release, it has a cumulative total of $20.3 million, earned from just over three million admissions.

Refresh for latest….: As we reported earlier today, Deadpool & Wolverine this weekend crossed the $1B global box office milestone, a major feat and with swagger to spare. But, hey, there’s a lot going on at turnstiles alongside the Merc with the Mouth.

The United States secured its 40th gold medal on Sunday in the women’s basketball final, gaining a tie for most gold medals at the Summer Olympics.

The 2024 Olympic Games are coming to an end in Paris, with the closing ceremony due to take place on Sunday, 11 August at place at Stade de France.The closing event is always as extravagant as the opening, with performances from numerous famous faces and heaps of live entertainment. As per traditional Olympic protocol, this year's closing ceremony will feature cultural elements from both the current hosts, France, as well as the next hosts, United States of America.

The Paris Olympics have wrapped up, bringing an end to a thrilling fortnight of sports. Spectators were treated to unforgettable moments, record-smashing performances, historic achievements and plenty of controversies, making this year's Games one for the books. Over 10,000 athletes battled it out in 329 events, competing for more than 980 medals.

Baffled Kris Boyd admits he was left stunned that Celtic did not have an option to buy Adam Idah when he signed on loan in January.

“The zen garden is the type of garden that’s providing people more freedom in a sense of point of view, because it’s meant to be viewed from a certain distance, and from whichever angles you are seeing objects in the garden, it provides a relativity between those rocks or the landscape and how you see things,” says Elastic creative director and main title designer Nadia Tzuo. “It’s like how we follow the protagonist, John Blackthorne, because he’s a foreigner experiencing this entirely alien landscape of Japan and he’s sort of in the onlooker position the whole time. So, we thought that would be perfect to follow his ship in the sequence through the garden.” Below, Tzuo gives insight into how the main title sequence came together.

American skateboarding sensation Nyjah Huston has taken to Instagram to express his disappointment over the deteriorating state of his bronze medal from the Paris Olympics.The 29 year old athlete, who secured third place in the men's street skateboarding competition behind Japan's Yuto Horigome and fellow American Jagger Eaton, showcased the wear and tear on his medal. "Alright, so these Olympic medals look great when they're brand new," Huston remarked while displaying his prize. "But after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and letting my friends wear it over the weekend.." Huston then revealed the damage by flipping the medal to its other side, which was chipped and fading in colour.

for the usual reasons.On August 9, breaking (often referred to as breakdancing) made its Olympic debut, with B-Girls from all over the world showing off their moves in a series of one-one-one battles set to hip-hop music. According to competitors “try to land power moves–acrobatic spins, flips and the like–while also mixing in what is called ‘top rocking,’ or dance elements performed while upright.” However, the breakers don't what the DJ will play ahead of each round and are judged for their originality, as well as their technical skills.Ultimately, Japan's Ami Yuasa took home gold in the women's final while the male competitors (aka B-Boys) will face off on August 10—but the only breaker people seem to be talking about online is Rachael Gunn, the 36-year-old Australian breaker who scored zero points in all three of her battles in the B-Girls' round robin.“This would be me trying to breakdance at the Olympics,” one viewer posted on alongside a clip from one of Raygun's battles.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Here are just some of the online reactions to Raygun on X.com:This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Though Raygun certainly caught viewers by surprise, she didn't fall out of and find herself at the Paris Olympics.

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