It's been four months since Wendi Deng saved her husband Rupert Murdoch from a foam pie. And she's spoken about it for the very first time in an exclusive interview with The Guardian. more ›

You may be the wife of the world's most powerful media baron, but you know you've really made it when Next Media Animation cares enough to devote an entire video to you. That's just what Wendi Deng has done, thanks to her heroic defense of her husband Rupert Murdoch at yesterday's phone-hacking hearing. Watch her transform into a tiger and take on the nasty assailant with a plate of shaving foam: more ›

Never ever mess with a man married to a Chinese tiger wife. Earlier today, as Rupert Murdoch and his son sat before British members of parliament for a good grilling over the phone-hacking saga, a protestor interrupted the hearing by attempting to hit Murdoch senior with a paper plate of shaving foam. Fortunately Wendi Deng's lightning reflexes allowed her to protect her husband before a policeman was brought in to restore calm. more ›

Yesterday, Shanghai's 14th International Film Festival came to an end and the winners of the Golden Goblet awards were announced at last. more ›

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"MEDIA tycoon Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi Deng will attend the opening ceremony and a forum of the coming 14th Shanghai International Film Festival, officials said today. Murdoch is expected to share his ideas and experiences in film investment with Chinese filmmakers at the forum on financing the growth of the film industry. China is the world's third largest film market in terms of box office revenue after Japan and the United States. Last year China's cinema earnings grew 63.9 percent to a total of 10.1 billion yuan (US$1.5 billion). The film festival will run from June 11 to 19. Its "Star Hunter" program has also been launched. Mainland citizens who have a talent for film acting can register at http://ent.qq.com/zt2011/Star_hunter/index.htm before May 27. Finalists will be selected by online voters and a professional jury and have a chance to attend world-famous film festivals and sign a contract with a well-known artist agency." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

If you've been browsing the DVD shops lately, you might have already come across Nanking, a documentary—of sorts—about the Nanjing massacre of 1937. The film consists of three elements: first-person accounts from survivors and eye witnesses, including Chinese civilians and soldiers as well as Japanese soldiers. These are all real people, telling their stories on film. Then there actors portraying some of the people, mostly Europeans and Americans, that played a role in setting up... more ›

Earlier this week, we told you that a Chinese state owned bank is in talks to buy a stake in US investment bank, Bear Stearns. Apparently, we got some bad info, well actually Dow Jones Newswires got some bad info. See what happens when Rupert Murdoch gets involved? Anyway, today, we learned from a much more reputable publication, Shanghai Daily, that the deal is off, or something like that, here is the quote more ›

Image of Yang Huiyan, now China's richest person, from China Daily. more ›

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