Also in Wednesday afternoon's round up news, iTunes heads to major Asian markets for music and movies. World's oldest and biggest LGBT film festival announces its winners, the Directors Guild names awards dinner chair, while BAFTA announces its new chairman. CBGB film festival locks its program and Hayden Christensen can proceed with a lawsuit.
iTunes Heads to More of Asia
Apple launched the iTunes store in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan as well as Brunei, Cambodia, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam the online outfit said Wednesday. In addition to local and international music offerings, customers will also be able to rent or purchase movies, of course. The major studios should be happy with iTunes' new reach.
Winners Unveiled at World's Oldest LGBT Film Festival
San Francisco's Frameline Film Festival awarded its Juried Outstanding First Feature to Facing Mirrors by Negar Azarbeyjani while Outstanding Documentary went to The Invisible Men by Yariv Mozer. Thom Fitzgerald's Cloudburst took Best Feature Film in the Audience Award category, while Call Me Kuchu by �Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall took Best Documentary Film. Best short in the category went to Mitsuyo Miyazaki's Tsuyako. For more winners and descriptions, see the Frameline website.
Michael Stevens Named Chair of DGA Awards
Michael Stevens will serve as the chair of the 65th Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards Dinner taking place at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles on February 2, 2013. Stevens is an Emmy Award-winning producer, director and writer of more than 30 prime-time event and concert specials.
CBGB Film Festival Locks Slate
The CBGB movie is being made but for those who need more, there's the CBGB Film Festival. The world premiere of The Rise and Fall of The Clash is on…
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