Earlier this year, the documentary Nanking (南京) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and co-director Bill Guttentag said while the filmmakers submitted an outline of the movie to the Chinese government, officials didn't interfere with its content. Partly shot in Nanjing, it also revolves around foreigners who protected locals from Japanese soldiers. Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway and other actors play the foreigners in stage readings recounting the horrors.
A tale of more personal animosity is unfolding around Cameron Diaz and Jessica Biel, who organizers of Sunday's MTV Movie Awards are working to keep apart to make sure they don't start fighting over pop star Justin Timberlake, reports US Magazine.
Diaz was Timberlake's long-time girlfriend before they split up last year and the best-selling singer hooked up with Biel.
This caused a fracas after the Golden Globe awards show in January, when Diaz launched into a jealous rage at a party after seeing Timberlake and Biel flirting.
Meanwhile, a pink cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's was auctioned for US$192,000 — more than six times its estimated value.
The sleeveless dress, worn for the scene in which Holly Golightly discovers her brother has died, sold Wednesday to a private European buyer at Christie's sale of film and entertainment memorabilia. The auction house said it had expected the dress to sell for up to US$30,000.
"The sale was filled with iconic pieces," said Helen Hall, Christie's head of entertainment memorabilia. "It captured people's imagination." Hall said the auction house was pleased with the results of the sale, which brought in US$1.2 million.
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