China Box Office: ‘Need for Speed’ Takes Pole Position; Benedict Cumberbatch, Maggie Smith Back U.K. Press Regulation; Paramount Denies Report That Pope Canceled Meeting With 'Noah's' Russell Crowe

If you are unable to see the message below, click here to view it in a browser. TOP STORIES China Box Office: Strong Week for Hollywood As 'Need for Speed' Takes Pole Position A lull between Chinese holiday periods gave a boost to overseas titles. | Read More Benedict Cumberbatch, Alfonso Cuaron, Maggie Smith Back U.K. Press Regulation UPDATED: A coalition of more than 200 British celebrities -- including ‎current and past "Doctor Who" stars Peter Capaldi and David Tennant -- urges newspaper owners to embrace a royal charter ‎agreement reached a ... | Read More LATEST MOVIE NEWS Paramount Denies Report That Pope Canceled Meeting With 'Noah's' Russell Crowe The star of Darren Aronofsky's movie has been urging the Catholic leader to watch the upcoming biblical epic and wanted to attend a public papal event Wednesday in St. Peter's Square. | Read More Russian Parliament Mulls Nationalization of Soviet-Era Films Under new draft legislation, films made during that period will now be available online for free. | Read More LATEST TV NEWS BSkyB to Launch 'Buy and Keep' Movie Service Within Weeks CFO Andrew Griffith says the U.K. pay TV giant, in which Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox owns a 39 percent stake, will unveil the offer soon in a move that sees it take on DVD and movie sellers. | Read More Canada's CBC Cancels 'Arctic Air,' 'Cracked' as Budget Chops Bite The cash-strapped pubcaster has signaled a partial move away from procedurals to distinguish itself from private-sector rivals. | Read More THE BUSINESS China Film Group Boss Han Sanping Steps Down, Ending an Era During his tenure at the state-owned film industry colossus from 1999 to 2014, China's box office expanded a staggering twenty-fold. | Read More Australian Broadcasters in Legal Battle Over Poaching of Programming Executive John Stephens, one of the country's most experienced programmers, was to join Lachlan Murdoch's Network Ten in June, but now he says he wants to stay at top-rated Seven Network. | Read More REVIEWS A Tale of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story (Bushi no Kondate): Film Review Yuzo Asahara offers an alternative take on the samurai genre with a story revolving around the relationship between a gastronomically gifted young woman and her frustrated, fighter-minded husband working as a chef in ... | Read More Divergent: Film Review Shailene Woodley and Theo James topline the first of three features based on novelist Veronica Roth's postapocalyptic trilogy. | Read More RECOMMENDED FOR YOU The 'Blackfish' Effect: California's Proposed Orca Ban, Artists Canceling Theme Park Concerts Proposed legislation that would ban the use of orcas as amusement-park acts in California could turn up the heat on musical groups that can earn a 25 percent to 50 percent premium playing such venues. | Read More Disney Plans Third 'Cars' Movie Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger disclosed Tuesday that Pixar is working on a new Cars movie. He also said Frozen is close to surpassing Toy Story 3 as the biggest animated film of all time, and that the next Star Wars movie will take place 30 years after the events in 1983's Return of the Jedi.  "There will be some very familiar faces along with a trio of new young leads," Iger said of Star Wars on Tuesday during Disney's annual shareholder's meeting in Portland, Oregon. | Read More You are currently subscribed to The Hollywood Reporter International newsletter as zakakl9000.worldmovies@blogger.com Unsubscribe | Newsletter Preferences | Forward To A Friend | Follow us on Twitter or Facebook ©2014 The Hollywood Reporter. 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 All rights reserved. | Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy