Music
Midi heads southwest
The three-day Midi Music Festival attracted more than 60,000 audience members and gathered established musicians, including Cui Jian and the band Tang Dynasty.
Tranquil retreat
Zhu Zheqin, or Dadawa, has found peace at her new studio in Hangzhou and a new lease on her musical life.
Seeing with ears
A new format for TV singing competitions forbids judges from viewing contestants, ensuring assessments are based solely on singers' skills. Sun Li reports in Beijing.
Television
TV fest to let viewers pick best of best
Local TV fans can view acclaimed foreign and domestic TV productions on local TV channels and will be invited to take part in an online vote to choose their favorite TV series next month at the 18th Shanghai Television Festival.
Youths share pains, gains
Beijing TV station recently recruited 90 youths, who will soon turn 18 years old, to share their growing pains and gains with guest stars.
'Desperate Housewives' find happy endings
For eight years, the women of Wisteria Lane battled alcoholism, cancer, cheating husbands and direct attempts, but in the finale, four "Desperate Housewives" lived a fairy tale ending.
Center protects film, TVCapital Film and Television Legal Center was recently established in Beijing. Jury members at Cannes Film FestivalJury members arrive at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes on the eve of the opening of the 65th Cannes Film Festival, May 15, 2012.
'What to Expect' premieres in HollywoodCast members attend the premiere of "What to Expect When You're Expecting" at Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California May 14, 2012.
Cannes film festival curtain upComedy will dominate the opening of the Cannes film festival with Wes Anderson's child fantasy "Moonrise Kingdom" starring Bruce Willis and Bill Murray.
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PremieresFilm 'Cowboys and Aliens' premieres at O2 Arena in LondonU.S. actor Harrison Ford poses for photographs as he arrives for the British premiere of "Cowboys and Aliens" at the O2 Arena in London August 11, 2011.
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