Actors Phương Linh and Ngọc Sơn in play Tiền Là Số Một, which is about money and love staged by the Small Theatre of HCM City. The play is a top candidate to be nominated for the 2009 Mai Vàng Awards presented by the Người Lao Động (Labourer) newspaper. Photo courtesy of the producer Thu Anh HCM CITY Two dramatic plays staged by HCM City’s private theatres are top candidates to be nominated for the 2019 Mai Vàng (Golden Apricot) Awards presented by the Người Lao Động (Labourer) newspaper. The productions, Lão Hà Tiện (Eugénie Grandet) and Tiền Là Số Một (The Power of Money), feature themes about money and love that have left a strong impression on city audiences, particularly young people who are increasingly tired of … [Read more...] about Hit dramas nominated for 2019 Mai Vàng Awards
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Hai Phượng to be screened on Netflix
Action star: In her latest film Hai Phượng, actress Ngô Thanh Vân performs many fight scenes. — Photo courtesy of Studio68Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Netflix will buy the copyright for Hai Phượng (Furie) starring Ngô Thanh Vân (Veronica Ngo) after its successful premiere in the US. The film will be screened widely in the US via TVs and smart devices. The latest action thriller by Vân promises to be a Vietnamese blockbuster. In the film, Vân plays Hai Phượng, a single mother who leaves a glamorous life behind to raise her daughter and keep her safe. One day, little Mai is kidnapped in front of Phượng’s eyes. She has only 14 hours to get her daughter back. The film includes writer/director Lê Văn Kiệt, fight choreographer Kefi Abrikh and action director Yannick Ben. Distribution label Well Go USA Entertainment released it in American cities such as … [Read more...] about Hai Phượng to be screened on Netflix
DatVietVAC founder wins 2 Asian business awards
October 17, 2018 | 11:14 am GMT+7 Dinh Ba Thanh, CEO of DatVietVAC, Vietnam’s first and largest media company, has won a double honor: ACES Award and Asia HRD Award. ACES recognizes companies and individuals for showing outstanding leadership and corporate social responsibility, while Asia HRD honors companies that have a significant impact on the human resource community. Thanh personally received the ACES Award at the Fairmont Hotel, Singapore. On the same day Trieu The Hiep, acting Group HR director, collected Asia HRD’s Movers and Shakers Award at a function in HCMC. The awards are a culmination of Thanh’s efforts to make DatVietVAC the largest media, entertainment and technology group in the country. Dinh Ba Thanh, CEO of DatVietVAC (middle) received the ACES Award. Since then it has set up 11 more companies, each of which has made its mark in a different field of media and entertainment.In 1994 the company established DatViet Media … [Read more...] about DatVietVAC founder wins 2 Asian business awards
VTV Awards to honour television programmes and figures
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam U23 football team has been nominated in three categories of the VTV Awards 2018, making them the first football team to receive the honour. The awards ceremony will be held today and broadcast live on VTV1. There are 10 categories including Impressive Host of the Show; Impressive Singer; Impressive Actor; Impressive Actress; Impressive News in Image; Impressive TV Serial; Impressive Documentary; Impressive Programme of Culture, Science and Education; Programme of the Year and Figure of the Year. An image of the football team playing during the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship in snowy Changzhou, China early this year, was nominated in the category of Impressive News in Image. A programme From Boys with Bare Foot to Football Heroes featuring the efforts of the U23 team was nominated for Programme of the Year, while the whole team was nominated for Figure of the Year. Acrobatic brothers Giang Quốc Cơ … [Read more...] about VTV Awards to honour television programmes and figures
Celebrity chef, TV host Bourdain dies of suicide at 61
Celebrity chef, TV host Bourdain dies of suicide at 61The Saigon Times Daily Chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain arrives at the 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 15, 2013 - PHOTO: REUTERS (REUTERS) - U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s food-and-travel-focused “Parts Unknown” television series, killed himself in a French hotel room, officials said on Friday, in the second high-profile suicide of a U.S. celebrity this week. He was 61. Bourdain, whose career catapulted him from washing dishes at New York restaurants to dining in Vietnam with President Barack Obama, hanged himself in a hotel room near Strasbourg, France, where he had been working on an upcoming episode of his program, CNN said. Investigators were treating the death in Kaysersberg, France, as a suicide, local prosecutor Christian de Rocquigny said in a telephone interview. His death comes three days after American … [Read more...] about Celebrity chef, TV host Bourdain dies of suicide at 61
Award-winning play features southern characters, lifestyle
Viet Nam News HCM CITY — A drama featuring southern people and their lifestyle will make its debut in HCM City after winning the top prize at the 2018 National Drama Festival. The 90-minute show, Hiu Hiu Gió Bấc (Winter Winds), features southern farmers living in a small village in the Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta region. It highlights poor women, their challenges, dreams and hopes about life and love. The work was adapted from the short story of the same name by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, one of the very few best-selling female authors of the south. Hiu Hiu Gió Bấc is directed by young talent Lê Đăng Khoa of HCM City University of Theatre and Cinematography. It stars young actors Công Danh, Thanh Phượng and Thùy Trang in leading roles. Khoa won the Best Young Director award at the 2018 National Drama Festival from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of … [Read more...] about Award-winning play features southern characters, lifestyle
Netflix series shows ‘necessary’ Philippine drug war: director
The deadly drug war waged by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is to be dramatised in the first Netflix series by award-winning director Brillante Mendoza, who says the internationally-condemned crackdown is "necessary." "Amo," which premieres April 9, is about a high school student who starts selling crystal meth and ends up tangled in a nightmarish world populated by violent kingpins and corrupt officials. It is the latest up-close examination of the dark side of Philippine life from Cannes-honoured Mendoza, who is a Duterte supporter and has filmed two government advertisements promoting the president's anti-drug campaign. "Yes, it (the drug war) is necessary for the Philippines - not only for the Philippines but also other countries afflicted with the drug problem," the 57-year-old Filipino told AFP in a telephone interview. "The reason why I did this is so people can see the other side of the coin," he said - from the point of view of the "victims" as well as the "victimizers." … [Read more...] about Netflix series shows ‘necessary’ Philippine drug war: director
Grumpy Cat wins US$710,000 court payout
The famously moody-looking moggy was at the centre of a copyright infringement case in a California federal court which culminated with the jury ruling in favour of her human pet Tabatha Bundse.The dispute was sparked by a deal signed between Granade Beverage and Bundsen over the use of Grumpy Cat (real name Tardar Sauce) in a line of iced coffee drinks.The five-year-old web sensation featured in a range of Granade's drinks - dubbed "Grumpiccionos".But Bundsen's company Grumpy Cat argued that the drinks firm had gone beyond their contract by using the cat's face on a host of unauthorized products including ground coffee.A court document obtained by AFP on Wednesday (Jan 24) showed the jury sided with Bundsen, awarding her US$710,001."We asked the jury what they thought was right and they came to the right conclusion," Grumpy Cat's lawyer David Jonelis, told AFP, adding he believed it was the first time an internet meme had won a victory in court.Grumpy Cat inadvertantly went … [Read more...] about Grumpy Cat wins US$710,000 court payout
Roseanne returning to TV as Trump supporter
PASADENA, United States — Hollywood is hardly a big fan of Donald Trump, but on the upcoming reboot of Roseanne, the title character will be a supporter of the Republican president. The award-winning 1990s sitcom is returning to the ABC network in March, and actress Roseanne Barr says her choice to depict her working-class character as pro-Trump is "realistic." "I’ve always tried to have (the show) be a true reflection of the society we live in," Barr said Monday. "I feel like half the people voted for Trump and half didn’t, so it’s just realistic," she told journalists at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. "And, in fact, it was working-class people who elected Trump, so I felt like that was very real and something that needed to be discussed," she said. Asked about her own support for Trump, Barr said: "I think it was time for us as a country to shake things up and, you know, try something different." Roseanne, which ran on ABC from 1988 to … [Read more...] about Roseanne returning to TV as Trump supporter
‘Three Billboards’ wins big as Golden Globes power through sex scandal
Dark drama "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" was the big winner with four Golden Globes awards on Sunday on a night marked by scathing jokes about sexual harassment and passionate odes to those breaking their silence. Mother-daughter comedy "Lady Bird" was named best comedy film and the indie A24 movie's star Saoirse Ronan won for comedy actress. Gary Oldman was named best drama movie actor for his role as British wartime leader Winston Churchill in Focus Features' "Darkest Hour" and Frances McDormand took home the award for drama actress for her role as an angry mother seeking vengeance in Fox Searchlight's "Three Billboards." James Franco won the comedy actor award for his cult movie homage "The Disaster Artist," also from A24. Mexican director Guillermo del Toro won best director for magical fantasy "The Shape of Water." However, the night was dominated not by who took home prizes but by jokes and speeches about the sexual misconduct scandal that has rocked … [Read more...] about ‘Three Billboards’ wins big as Golden Globes power through sex scandal