Pro-Beijing action movie legend Jackie Chan angered Syrians and human rights activists this weekend by producing a movie that reportedly filmed scenes in Hajar al-Aswad, a town leveled by dictator Bashar Assad and occupied by Islamic State forces during the Syrian civil war.
Hong Kong action movie legend Jackie Chan is keen to satisfy a “longing” to join the Communist Party of China (CPC) and bask in its “greatness,” according to a report Sunday in the Global Times state news outlet.
The economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic has impacted Chinese billionaires in the entertainment industry, who are publicly admitting to financial struggle and selling off prime real estate, Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper reported on Thursday.
The Chinese Communist Party hosted a “carnival celebrating diversity” late Wednesday in Beijing featuring Party-approved performances from the likes of Jackie Chan and Andrea Bocelli, a stark contrast to efforts to eradicate Uighur identity and the Muslim faith on the other side of the country.
Television viewers in Iran were spared a view of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s nipple when he appeared in a hospital scene in the science fiction monster action film Rampage.
The simple act of screening a few fleeting seconds of a sex scene from a Jackie Chan movie has cost a regional TV producer in Iran his job.
