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China is now the big player in global cinema. “The Chinese film market is going to be the largest film market in short order,” Charles Rivkin, the new chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), said on a conference call with reporters. “They’re building about 25 screens a day.” Last year, more movie tickets were sold in China than in North America. American studios are desperate to capitalize on this growth by overturning the Chinese government’s edict that a maximum of only 34 American films a year can play on Chinese big screens. At the same time, they...

The grand opening of Scientology's Hollywood movie studio was hosted by church leader David Miscavige and attended by Church celebrities Scientology 'CNN TV' is set to be launched from the new $50 million studio Miscavige told a crowd of 10,000 people that the religion was going to rewrite history...

Forget those plans by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and other theaters to run Team America: World Police in place of The Interview. The Austin-based chain says that Paramount has now decided not to offer South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s 2004 satire that focuses on Kim Jong-il, the late father of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Alamo says that the cancellation at its Dallas theater is “due to circumstances beyond our control” and says it will offer refunds to those who have already bought tickets. Cleveland’s Capitol Theater also tweeted that Team America “has been canceled by Paramount Pictures.”

(Preston-WTNH, May 23, 2006 Updated 11:45 PM) _ There is a whole lot of celebrating going on and some disappointment in Preston after voters approved the Utopia Studios plan. Out of 3,500 voters, some 2,500 cast their ballot. Voters in the tiny town of Preston have passed the $1.6 billion Utopia plan. Utopia - the plan known as Hollywood East - is a go and supporters couldn't be happier. Throughout the day, there was a steady turnout of voters casting their ballots on this hot button issue. The developer vows to work closely with the community and protect the rural...