
Variety - 4 hours 1 min ago
Joseph Mazzello, the "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Jurassic Park" actor, heads the cast of "A Grim Life," a supernatural thriller set inside Los Angeles' Cecil Hotel. Hong Kong outfit Cappu Films has picked up international sales, it was unveiled at the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market. Francesco Lucente writes and directs. Mazzello, whose credits also […]...

The Guardian - 8 hours 39 min ago
Blaze last year was deadliest housing fire globally since 1980 and some ex-residents and victims' families say they still need justice Hong Kong's leader has apologised for government shortcomings that contributed to a fire that killed 168 people in the city last year, a rare sign of public contrition that nevertheless failed to impress some victims' families. The chief executive, John Lee, and seven other officials bowed in apology at the release of a report that pointed to "decades...

The Guardian - 10 hours 21 min ago
Howe's exceptional' Foretokens took the main 10,000 award, while Nur Turkmani, Tara Bergin and Biff Smith swept up the remaining categories Sarah Howe has won the Forward prize for best collection, one of the UK's most prestigious poetry awards, for Foretokens, a collection that explores new parenthood, the death of her father and her mother's early life in Hong Kong. Howe was announced as the winner during a ceremony hosted by Joelle Taylor at London's Southbank Centre on Saturday...

NBC News - 12 hours 44 min ago
HONG KONG Hong Kong's leader made a rare apology Thursday for a residential fire that killed 168 people last year, announcing that a top housing official would resign after an investigation blamed corruption and regulatory failures for the Chinese territory's worst human-caused disaster in decades.

Huffington Post - 14 hours 37 min ago
Hong Kong leader John Lee apologized Thursday and said his housing secretary resigned after an investigation into the city's deadliest fire in decades found inadequate regulatory oversight.

New York Times - 15 hours 55 min ago
Smoke rising from the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong, last November.