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From Quentin Tarantino’s violent blockbusters to Steven Spielberg’s family entertainment, and from indie gems premiering at Sundance film festival to popular Hollywood franchises making waves at Comic-Con, this is the place to go for features, interviews and reviews about movies both classic and new from the United States.
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The influencer from China who speaks exactly like Donald Trump

Chen Rui, a Chinese marketer who went viral for his spot on Trump impressions, teaches English through his social media.

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There was little festive cheer 75 years ago, as the Battle of Hong Kong raged to a bloody conclusion. Some of the people who lived through the invasion recall how they suddenly found themselves in a war zone

The Battle of Hong Kong: eyewitness accounts

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Bangkok’s landmark Dusit Thani hotel reimagined by André Fu

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The good, bad and ugly sides to being a tourist in Kathmandu

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View from the Patan Museum looking onto Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Getty Images

Insiders’ guide to Kathmandu, 3 city states that became the Nepalese capital

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Hong Kong artist Chow Chun-fai’s Interview the Interviewer II series of paintings will be on display at Art Basel Hong Kong’s Insights sector. Photo: SC Gallery

The best inspiration is found at home, this artist finds

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2 men found guilty of ‘moronic mission’ of felling UK’s famous tree

The tree, estimated to be almost 200 years old, had featured in a 1991 Hollywood film. The men will be sentenced on July 15.

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Who is Billy Crudup and Mary-Louise Parker’s son, William Atticus Parker?

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Crimson Tide at 30: why submarine-set thriller is as timely as ever

Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington play officers at odds aboard a US submarine in a countdown to nuclear Armageddon in Tony Scott’s film.

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Meet Laurie Feig, wife of Another Simple Favor director Paul Feig

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Meet Cooper Koch’s Emmy-nominated editor twin brother, Payton

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Who is Anchorman actor Will Ferrell’s art-loving wife, Viveca Paulin?

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Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial opens with added allegations from ex-model

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Suzie Wong star Nancy Kwan looks back on her life and breaking barriers

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Who is Fabien Frankel, who plays Ser Criston Cole in House of the Dragon?

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