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Israeli director brings six movies to BeijingIsraeli award-winning director Dan Wolman introduced six movies to Chinese audience in Beijing serving as a lense into the local customs of the histori-cal West Asian land. The event kicked off with “An Israeli Love Story,” starring Adi Bielski and Aviv Alush, on December 25, and will run for two months in differ-ent cinemas in Beijing.

Chen Kaige looks to cast out demons with new epic

Renowned director Chen Kaige’s epic, “Legend of the Demon Cat,” opened across China on Decem-ber 22, sparking online debate about whether it will revive Chen’s fortunes after a string of box offi ce fl ops in recent years.

Jodie Whi! aker becomes fi rst female ‘Doctor Who’Jodie Whittaker has offi cially taken over for Peter Capaldi as the lead role in the hit BBC science-fi ction series “Doctor Who.” She made history as the fi rst woman to ever play the iconic time-traveling character. Running since 1963, “Doctor Who” is the longest-running sci-fi series in the world and airs to dozens of territories globally.

‘Black Mirror’ delivers a female-led season 4

When the fourth season of Char-lie Brooker’s dystopian anthol-ogy “Black Mirror” launches on December 29, viewers will have to watch all six episodes before connecting the dots that each one stars a female protagonist. (SD-Agencies)

世界巡回演唱会谁最风光? 资深男性摇滚歌手独领风骚

Veteran male rock’n’roll acts have biggest 2017 world tours

Time's Up: Women launch campaign to

fight sexual harassment

China box offi ce posts turnaround in 2017 2017中国票房突破500亿

好莱坞大咖女性发声募集资金 反对职场性骚扰

More than 300 actresses, writers and directors have launched a project to help fi ght sexual harassment* in the fi lm industry and other workplaces.

The initiative*, which is called Time’s Up, was announced via a full-page advert printed in the New York Times.

The Hollywood project is described as a “unifi ed call for change from women in entertainment for women everywhere.”

It comes in the wake of sexual abuse allegations* by high-profi le actresses against fi lm producer Harvey Wein-stein.

In a “solidarity letter*” published on its website, Time’s Up says the “struggle for women to break in, to rise up the ranks and to simply be heard” must end, adding: “Time’s up on this impen-etrable* monopoly*.”

The letter, which is aimed at “every woman ... who has had to fend off

sexual advances,” goes on to say that such harassment can often continue because “perpetrators* and employers never face any consequences.”

The campaign, which is backed by hundreds of actresses including Nata-lie Portman, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Eva Longoria and Emma Stone, has already raised more than US$13m of its US$15m target.

The money raised will be used to fund legal support for both female and male victims of sexual harassment at work.

The project is aimed primarily at those who are unable to meet the payments to defend themselves, such as agricul-tural or factory workers, caretakers and waitresses.

It also calls for “gender inequality and the imbalance of power” to be addressed, stressing the need for more women to gain positions of authority and parity* of pay. (SD-Agencies)

(From L) Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Eva Longoria and Emma Stone.

China’s movie box offi ce revenue rose 13.45 percent last year to 55.91 billion yuan (US$8.59 bil-lion), more than tripling* the 2016 growth rate as foreign fi lms won a larger share of ticket sales com-pared to the previous year, said the Xinhua News Agency.

Domestic fi lms recorded ticket sales of 30.1 billion yuan in 2017, accounting for 54 percent of total box offi ce, Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing data from the State Administration of Press, Publica-tion, Radio, Film and Television. Domestic fi lms in 2016 accounted for 58 percent of total box offi ce.

China is the second-largest movie market globally after the United States.

China added 9,597 screens last year to reach 50,776 in total, the media regulator said. That com-pares to just over 40,000 screens in the United States, according to data from U.S.-based National Association of Theater Owners.

The movie “Wolf Warrior 2” was China’s highest-grossing fi lm last year, raking in 5.68 billion yuan in ticket sales. (SD-Agencies)

People wait for tickets at a ticket offi ce of a movie theater in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

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Veteran*, white male rock stars raked in* the most cash from world tours in 2017, according to an annual list released last week, while the highest-ranked women, Celine Dion and Lady Gaga, failed to make the top 10.

Irish band U2 grossed a leading US$316 million from its 30th anni-versary “Joshua Tree” tour. It was followed by hard rock band Guns N’ Roses which took in US$292.5 million, according to trade publica-

tion Pollstar’s ranking of the top 20 worldwide tours of 2017.

British band Coldplay came in third,

with US$238 million, on a list where Bruno Mars, 32, of Puerto Rican and Philippine descent, was the only musician of color in the top 10. Mars grossed US$200 million. Ed Sheeran, 26, was the youngest singer in the top 10, pulling in US$124.1 million.

Pollstar’s ranking is based on ticket sales data and does not include rev-enue from merchandise* which can add a sizable chunk* to tour earn-ings. (SD-Agencies)

Irish band U2.