Feng Xiaogang’s ‘If You Are the One 3’ Picked up by Fortissimo Ahead of China Release

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Chinese-produced movies took all of the top ten chart places at the China box office as theatrical revenues in 2023 rebounded strongly. Gross revenues reached an annual total of RMB54.9 billion or $7.73 billion. That was an 83% improvement on the previous year, according to data from China Film Administration, but still 14.5% adrift of 2019, the last pre-COVID year, when grosses hit RMB64.3 billion.

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The region’s enterprise agency has appointed two new board members.

Little Jack Kennedy has been praised for his big-hearted efforts to help the less fortunate in the community.

A Kirkcudbright businessman has urged the Scottish Government to help Dumfries and Galloway’s hospitality industry.

Castle Douglas Legion raised the fantastic sum of £7,048.55 for the annual poppy appeal this year.

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Now a mother of three, Casey Batchelor knows the drill when it comes to parenting, and is run off her feet balancing work and family life. However, the former Celebrity Big Brother star admits that one thing she didn't expect from motherhood is the changes in her body - sharing how she was surprised to still have a bump after giving birth.The yoga coach, 39, who shares Florence, five, Sadie, three, and two-year-old Daisy, with fiancé Dane Goodson, 38, explained to OK!: "People talk about pregnancy weight, but not about how, when you have the baby, you still have the belly too and look pregnant. "I had bad diastasis recti [a separation of the abdominal muscles] so I could literally sink my hand in my stomach too.

A Manchester University student who deliberately mowed down her fiancé in a 'jealous' act spoke five words to detectives after she was arrested.

A teenage driver opened up Snapchat seconds before he crashed into a taxi, leaving its driver in a coma, after reaching speeds estimated at around 80mph, a judge heard.

Ruth Langsford has addressed any possible future on This Morning as the show continues to go through changes to its hosting line-up. Since Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby's exit last year, only Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary have remained the ITV daytime show's constant duo.

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has said she's got a 'good feeling' about the year ahead as she made a vow after being 'robbed' of the 2023 she had planned. As the year drew to a close over the weekend, the dancer reflected on what had been a difficult journey.

Amad is now a key player for United and can't be loaned out in January. United's bench looks worrying, and that's where Amad steps in.

If you are thinking about upgrading your home media in 2024, as well as boosting your internet speeds, Sky might just be the provider for you. And whilst Christmas is already done and dusted for another year, the January sales that come after the holidays are not.

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Even qualified yoga teachers let loose at Christmas and Casey Batchelor admits she “loves to indulge” at that time of year. But the reality star exclusively tells OK! her focus for 2024 will be on maintaining a balanced lifestyle. Casey, 39, may be best known for her stint on Celebrity Big Brother in 2014, but she has been making her mark in the world of wellness and showcasing her impressive fitness regime on social media.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A strong December for local films helped make up for an otherwise miserable 2023 at the South Korean box office – previously the fifth largest cinema territory worldwide. And while theatrical markets in other major territories have recovered to reach at or near pre-pandemic levels, Korea finished 44% below 2019. Data from the Korean Film Council’s Kobis tracking service showed annual gross revenues of KRW1.261 trillion ($964 million at Jan 2024 rates of exchange) in 2023. That represented a gain of 9% on 2022, but it was far below the KRW1.91 trillion ($1.46 billion) recorded in 2019, the last pre-COVID year. The bleak trend was mirrored in terms of attendance or ticket sales, which remains the country’s preferred performance measure.

In the history of football, only 13 players have won the World Cup and played professionally for Manchester United.

A grandma was forced to leave her home for Christmas because of damp and mould – after she had already been moved out for two weeks so the issue could be fixed. The 54-year-old says she returned from a fortnight staying in a hotel throughout December to find that her home was still covered in damp and mould, despite apparent work arranged by her housing association to deal with the problem.

WIth the new year underway, now may be the best time to start looking for your first or next home. But with a region as big as Greater Manchester, it can be difficult to know where the most affordable areas are.

After a turbulent start to the New Year, people in Greater Manchester have faced relentless downpours, maintaining a pattern seen in recent weeks.

We’re a few days into 2024, which means many of us will already be starting to question our new year’s resolutions. But following the excesses of the festive season, a lot of us look to make changes to our diets, whether it’s cutting back on - or abstaining from - meat for Veganuary, or even giving Dry January a go.

Bolton’s claim to be the ‘Hollywood of the North’ is ringing increasingly true with production crews for various television and movie projects spending 88 days filming at locations in the town in 2023. The town’s locations, in particular the cobbles and grand, curved architecture of Le Mans Crescent, have featured in dozens of productions over recent years.

The Osbournes Podcast, Sharon – wife of former Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne – was asked if Ozzfest, which last took place in 2018, could ever make a return.Ozzy brought up the topic of bringing the festival back, asking his wife: “Not just one [at] the fucking Forum, but a whole Ozzfest [tour]?” Sharon replied: “Yeah, sure. Of course.”Their daughter Kelly then commented that artist managers need to be “realistic” when it comes to booking fees.

NCT Dream win the ceremony’s Daesang (grand prize) for a second consecutive year, while BTS, SEVENTEEN, NewJeans and more took home various other prizes in numerous categories.SEVENTEEN bagged the trophy for Best Album with ‘FML’, a mini-album released in April 2023, while rookie girl group NewJeans went home with the award for Best Song for ‘OMG’, which released in January 2023.Meanwhile, K-pop titans BLACKPINK and BTS were each awarded the World Best Artist Award and World Trend Artist Award respectively, while Rookie of the Year went to two acts: RIIZE and ZEROBASEONE. Both boybands also took home two of the 18 Bonsangs (main prizes) given out that evening.Daesang (Grand Prize)NCT DreamBonsang (Main Prize) winners aespa (G)I-DLE IVE BTS’ Jimin BTS’ Jungkook Kang Daniel Lim Young-woong NCT Dream NewJeans NMIXX RIIZE SEVENTEEN STAYC Stray Kids Sunmi BTS’ V Young Tak ZEROBASEONEWorld Best Artist AwardBLACKPINKWorld Trend Artist AwardBTSRookie of the YearRIIZE ZEROBASEONEBest Performance of the YearBilllieFan Choice of the Year VOST Award EXO’s Baekhyun – ‘Hello’ from Dr. Romantic season threeBallad AwardDay6’s YoungKBand AwardXdinary HeroesTrot AwardYoung TakR&B/Hip-Hop AwardDynamic DuoDiscovery of the Year FIFTY FIFTYK-pop Special Award Sandara ParkGlobal Producer Award GOT7’s Mark Tuan, Youngjae and BamBamNew Wave Star AwardKISS OF LIFE PLAVE YujuY Global Special Awardn.SsignPopularity Award Kim Ho-joongBest Thai ArtistFourth Gemini NuNew Zee Pruk

Drivers will soon be fined for breaking the rules of the road at six ‘high risk’ junctions in Manchester, it has emerged.