Shanghai: Hollywood director Oliver Stone won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremony of the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival Saturday night.
The 66-year-old Stone is known for his Oscar-winning films like 'Midnight Express', 'Platoon', and 'Born on the Fourth of July'.
Tsui Hark, 52, a film director and producer from Hong Kong, was given the Chinese Film Award for Outstanding Contribution, Xinhua reported.
A total of 14 films will compete for this year's Golden Goblet. A jury panel headed by Oscar-winning British director Tom Hooper will decide the winner....
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05:38 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Chennai: Canadian filmmaker Lenin M Sivam's Tamil-Canadian venture 'A Gun & A Ring' is set to make its world debut at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) in June. Nominated for the prestigious Golden Goblet Award, the highest prize awarded at the festival, the film uses brilliantly interwoven montage of characters to explore the harsh realities faced by different generations of Tamil Canadians who try to re-build their lives...
10:57 AM, May 29, 2013
Mumbai: Director Dibakar Banerjee has rubbished rumours about making a sequel to his last year's release 'Shanghai'. Dibakar, who is currently busy with another of his project, said he has no plans to do so for a long time. "Right now I am just writing for my next film and I don't think I have announced the sequel so far and the plans are not to do so for a...
02:46 PM, May 13, 2013
Shanghai: About 100 people could have died or been injured in a 6.6 magnitude earthquake which struck near Ya'an city in China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Saturday, close to where a massive temblor struck in 2008, killing almost 70,000. The earthquake occurred at 8:02 am local time (0002 GMT) in Lushan county and the epicentre had a depth of 13 km (8 miles), state news agency Xinhua reported. The...
07:53 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Beijing: The new strain of deadly bird flu spread in Beijing as one more case was reported from the Chinese capital, raising the total number of people affected from the avian influenza in the country to 61. On Saturday, a 7-year-old girl had become the first person in Beijing to be infected with the H7N9 bird flu. Earlier, the flu had been confined to the eastern city of Shanghai and...
01:23 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Shanghai: Red Bull boss Christian Horner slammed Formula One conspiracy theorists on Sunday after Mark Webber's Chinese Grand Prix ended with a wheel coming off his car and a penalty for causing a collision. The Australian, barely on speaking terms with world champion team mate Sebastian Vettel after a 'team orders' row at the previous race in Malaysia, had started from the pitlane after Red Bull failed to put enough...
08:46 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Shanghai: Paul di Resta brought his Force India back home in eighth place at the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix here Sunday, getting his team's first points at the Shanghai International Circuit. Fernando Alonso won the race in his Ferrari ahead of Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, who finished second and third. Di Resta, who started 11th on the grid, bagged four points from his effort and is...
05:19 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Shanghai: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton's best time on Saturday at the Shanghai International Circuit was 1 minute, 34.484 seconds, qualifying a quarter of a second ahead of Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will start third in Sunday's race. A cat-and-mouse qualifying session saw all runners restrict their time on the track to preserve their tires for the...
12:44 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Shanghai: Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa have set the two fastest times in Saturday's pre-qualifying practice session at the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. Alonso was the quickest around the Shanghai International Circuit with a time of 1 minute, 35.391 seconds - more than six tenths of a second faster than his teammate. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton was third fastest, though there were concerns for the team with teammate and...
09:56 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Beijing: The deadly new bird flu, which has caused 11 deaths in China so far, spread to Beijing as the capital reported its first case on Saturday, increasing the total number of cases in the country to 44. A seven-year-old child in Beijing was suspected to have been infected with H7N9 strain of bird flu, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted local health officials as saying. It needs to be confirmed...
07:35 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Shanghai: Red Bull principal Christian Horner denied on Friday that Sebastian Vettel had weakened the boss's position at the Formula One champions by ignoring orders in Malaysia last month. "Is my leadership undermined? I don't think so," the Briton told reporters at the Chinese Grand Prix, referring to his team's three successive drivers' and constructors' world championships. "I've led the team from the time that Red Bull entered the sport...
11:40 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Shanghai: Mercedes pair Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton set the fastest times in Friday's opening practice session for the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. Rosberg, who won here last year for his sole F1 victory, set a time of 1 minute, 36.717 seconds around the Shanghai International Circuit, putting him almost half a second ahead of teammate Hamilton, who is the only two-time winner of this grand prix. Red Bull...
09:19 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Shanghai: Adrian Sutil wasted no time dwelling on the past on his return to China on Thursday for the first time since a 2011 nightclub brawl left him with a criminal record and almost ended his Formula One career. "No worries, no emotions. The past, for me, is done and I'm concentrating on my future," was the Force India driver's clipped reply on being asked how he felt to be...
11:23 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Shanghai: Struggling mobile phone maker Nokia said it shut its flagship store in Shanghai, China, as part of a strategy to save costs and sell its phones through carriers and retail partners instead. The Finnish company confirmed it closed its biggest store for good last week, leaving Helsinki home to the last remaining flagship outlet. "For a while now, we've been focusing on operator and third-party retail outlets, rather than...
10:29 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Abhay Singh Deol was born to Ajit Singh Deol and Usha Deol on March 15, 1976. He started his film career in 2005. ...
11:40 AM, Mar 15, 2013
From starting his Bollywood journey with a supporting role to working with Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic, Emraan Hashmi has come a long way and the actor is hoping that his debut international film will open many doors for him. ...
02:18 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Drogba can play in a Champions League last-16, first leg at home to Schalke next Wednesday. ...
11:06 PM, Feb 13, 2013
