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Xierzhati Yahefu’s drama, which follows the wartime friendship between famous Chinese and Kazakhstani composers, picked up prizes for best co-production film, best leading actor, best leading actress and best music. The Composer, a China-Kazakhstan co-production charting the tumultuous life of Chinese composer Xian Xinghai has swept this year’s Golden Screen Awards, picking up gongs for best co-production film, best leading actor, best leading actress and best music. Director Xierzhati Yahefu's The Composer examines the friendship that was forged between Xian and the Kazakh composer Bakhitzhan Baykadamov during the Second World War. The Chinese composer became stranded in the Kazakhstani city of Almaty after Germany had attack the Soviet Union in 1941 and was taken in by Baykadamov who – legend has it – had never before heard of his new house guest. After settling down in Kazakhstan, Xian produced some of his most famous works, including the symphony … [Read more...] about Golden Screen Awards: China-Kazakhstan’s ‘The Composer’ Takes Top Prizes

Play video content Exclusive SplashNews.com Bam Margera is putting himself back on the road to recovery -- on the heels of leaving rehab yet again, and ending up in a bar ... we've learned he's about to give rehab another shot. Sources close to Bam tell TMZ ... he's voluntarily entering a new rehab facility on Thursday, knowing full well he needs help. We're told he intends to try to stay sober. He was at a Los Angeles bar Wednesday night sipping on an ice cold mug of beer. He had just recently bailed on a treatment facility -- the second time he's done so this month. So now, he's making attempt number 3, and we're told Bam's big stumbling block in treatment has been wanting his cell phone with him at all times, so he can communicate with his son. The last facility took his phone, which he didn't take well. Our sources say Bam's checking into a different facility this time, and he's hoping they'll let him keep his phone. Play video content TMZ broke the story … [Read more...] about Bam Margera Checking Himself Back Into Rehab After Relapse

As a result of the less-than-flattering portrayal of legendary martial artist Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a feud has spawned between director Quentin Tarantino and Lee's daughter Shannon. Previously, Shannon voiced her displeasure in Tarantino including her father as a character in the movie, despite not reaching out to her first. Tarantino has also since doubled down on his decision to include Bruce in the movie, leaving Shannon once again disappointed with the filmmaker. "He could shut up about it," Shannon says in response to Tarantino's latest comments. "That would be really nice. Or he could apologize or he could say, 'I don't really know what Bruce Lee was like. I just wrote it for my movie. But that shouldn't be taken as how he really was.'" In particular, Shannon is reacting to comments Quentin Tarantino reportedly made at a Moscow press junket. Responding to criticism about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood depicting Bruce Lee as cocky and arrogant, Tarantino says … [Read more...] about Bruce Lee’s Daughter Suggests Tarantino Shut Up After His Response to Backlash