Hong Kong grabs top honors at Taipei movie awards
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A Hong Kong movie took top honors on  Saturday at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, the most coveted  Chinese-language film prize in Chinese cinema.
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The stars showed up and the likes of Atonement, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood took home the major awards
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Taiwan was flushed with pride on Sunday  as favorite son and world famous director Ang Lee took Venice  film festival&#39;s top award for his steamy thriller &quot;Lust,  Caution,&quot; just two years after winning with &quot;Brokeback  Mountain.&quot;
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The Chinese martial arts epic Hero, starring Jet Li, takes top spot at the box office in the US and Canada.
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The Ang Lee spy thriller âLust, Cautionâ is no longer Taiwanâs entry for the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, The Associated Press reported. The academy ruled that the movieâs sponsor country did not certify that the filmâs personnel, like those involved in cinematography, costumes and music, âexercised artistic controlâ over the project, a requirement. âAn insufficient number of Taiwanese participated in the production of the film,â said Teni Melidonian, a spokeswoman for the academy. âLust, Cautionâ (with Wang Leehom, above), was replaced by Chen Huai-enâs âIsland Etude,â about a university studentâs bicycle tour of Taiwan. Stanley Hung, secretary general of the Motion Picture and Drama Association of Taiwan, has appealed the ruling on âLust, Caution.â Mr. Lee won the Oscar for best director for âBrokeback Mountain.â ... A director who challenged âEklavya: The Royal Guard,â Indiaâs foreign-language submission, withdrew her petition yesterday. Court hearings had gone on past the academyâs entry deadline. So Bhavna Talwar, the director of the shortlisted âDharm,â who had claimed bias in the selection process, said: âEklavyaâ has already gone to the Oscars, and thatâs fine. We let that go.â ... A record 63 countries will compete in the foreign-language film category, Agence France-Presse reported. The 63 will be reduced to 5 nominees for the Oscar, to be awarded at the 80th Academy Awards ceremony, in Hollywood on Feb. 24.
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Taiwan&#39;s opposition Nationalist Party supporters celebrate in front of party headquarters in Taipei after the party and its allies won legislative elections, December 11, 2004.
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Chinese entry "Tuya's Marriage", about a woman who struggles to support her family on the wind-swept steppes of Inner Mongolia, won the Berlin film festival's top honor on Saturday.
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Taiwan-born Ang Lee's erotic spy thriller "Lust, Caution" won the Venice Film Festival's top award Saturday, two years after he captured the same prize here with "Brokeback Mountain."
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Chinese movie "Tuya's Marriage", about a woman who struggles to support her family on the wind-swept steppes of inner Mongolia, won the Berlin film festival's top honor on Saturday.
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Actor Hrithik Roshan won top  honors at the Global Indian Film Awards on Saturday as glitzy  Bollywood put on a dazzling display of unshaven heroes, figure-  hugging saris and outrageous dance routines.
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The two most overtly political movies in  competition at this year's Berlin Film Festival won the top  prizes, surprising some critics who had questioned their  message and methods.
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Two lifts at the world's tallest building in Taipei have been declared the fastest on the planet.
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PASADENA, Calif.  - Two hit films that have been  snubbed this awards season in Hollywood snared top People's  Choice honors on Sunday as anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit  9/11" was named best film and "The Passion of The Christ" best  film drama.
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Here is a list of the top five movies that are topping the charts.
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Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist  Party (KMT) soundly beat the ruling party in legislative  elections on Saturday, boosting its bid to retake the  presidency in March and auguring improved relations with China.
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Taiwan celebrated the official opening of the world&#39;s tallest skyscraper today with a colorful opera performance and some of the island&#39;s top personalities taking elevators up to the 89th-floor observation platform.
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"Eastern Promises," a Russian mob thriller directed by Canadian cult legend David Cronenberg, won the Toronto International Film Festival's top prize on Saturday, positioning itself as an early Oscar favorite.