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Wednesday 13 January 2016
Ridley Scott, Adam McKay among Directors Guild nominations
JAKE COYLE Boston Globe investiga- likely Oscar nominees on his Cold War tale “Bridge where Inarritu won best di-
AP Film Writer tive drama “Spotlight” and Thursday, and which films of Spies.” Being overlooked rector for “Birdman.” This
NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Miller for the post-apoca- have the strongest sup- by the DGA doesn’t mean year, Haynes could be
McKay, Tom McCarthy and lyptic sequel “Mad Max: port from filmmakers. In an that neither could land an the selection subbed in by
George Miller landed their Fury Road.” They are joined awards season lacking a Academy Award nod (the the directors’ branch of
first nods from the Directors by Ridley Scott for the sci- clear front-runner, the only two groups haven’t aligned the Academy of Motion
Guild of America in a group ence-fiction blockbuster films to win the top nomi- perfectly since 2010), but at Pictures, which is a much
of nominees that spanned “The Martian” and Alejan- nations from producer, least four of the DGA nomi- smaller collection of film-
genres from comedy to sci- dro Inarritu for the frontier actor and director guilds nees are likely to hear their makers: about 400 mem-
ence fiction. thriller “The Revenant” — are “Spotlight” and “The names read on Thursday. bers to the DGA’s approxi-
Nominations for outstand- who are both celebrating Big Short.”b Notably left Last year, the overlooked mately 16,000.
ing achievement in di- their fourth DGA nod. out by the directors’ group Bennett Miller (“Foxcatch- A DGA nod is also good
recting went to McKay for The DGA Awards are a were Todd Haynes for the er”) went on to replace news for the best-pic-
the finance romp “The Big closely watched indicator period romance “Carol” Clint Eastwood (“Ameri- ture chances of the five
Short,” McCarthy for his of which directors will be and Steven Spielberg for can Sniper”) at the Oscars, nominees.q
China’s Wanda buys Legendary Entertainment for $3.5 billion
JOE McDONALD of Dalian, also has interests A Chinese moviegoer walks into the Wanda Cinema at the Wanda Group building in Beijing,
AP Business Writer in hotels, retailing and real Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. Wanda Group announced Tuesday it is buying Hollywood’s Legendary
BEIJING (AP) — Wanda estate. Legendary’s pro- Entertainment, the maker of films such as “Batman,” for $3.5 billion in the first Chinese acquisition
Group said Tuesday it is ductions include the “Bat- of a major U.S. film company.
buying Hollywood’s Leg- man” trilogy, “Inception”
endary Entertainment, the and “The Hangover.” The (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
maker of films such as “Bat- company says its movies
man,” for $3.5 billion in the have grossed more than billion potential viewers as Ticket sales in China, al- forecast to rise another 25
first Chinese acquisition of $12 billion worldwide. one of their most promising ready one of the world’s percent this year.
a major U.S. film company. “Wanda will help Legend- markets. Even as economic biggest movie markets, Wang, 62, ranked as Chi-
Wanda, whose chairman, ary increase its market growth slows, China’s con- rose nearly 50 percent na’s richest businessperson
Wang Jianlin, is one of opportunities, especially sumer spending is expand- last year to 44 billion yuan last year, with a net worth
China’s richest business- in the fast-growing China ing faster than that of the ($6.8 billion), according to of $34 billion, according to
people, has expanded market,” said Wang. United States and other Nomura. It said in a Jan. 7 the Hurun Report, which
rapidly into the film industry. Wanda’s latest purchase is Western markets. report that total revenue is follows China’s wealthy. q
It bought the U.S. cinema the fourth-largest Chinese
chain AMC in 2012 and is investment in the United
developing an $8 billion States, according to Dea-
studio complex in eastern logic, a financial informa-
China. tion provider. It ranks be-
New but cash-rich Chinese hind WH Group Ltd.’s $7
companies are on a buy- billion acquisition of pork
ing spree abroad in indus- packer Smithfield Foods
tries from finance to yacht in 2013, the Chinese sov-
building for assets that can ereign wealth fund’s 2007
speed their development purchase of a 9.9 percent
at home and help them stake in Morgan Stanley
expand in global markets. for $5.6 billion and Uni-
With its latest acquisition, splendour Corp.’s offer of
Wanda’s film businesses $3.7 billion this year for 15
will include a full range of percent of Western Digital
production, distribution Corp.
and exhibition, Wang said Global film, music and tele-
in a statement. The com- vision companies see Chi-
pany, headquartered in na and its increasingly pros-
the northeastern port city perous population of 1.3
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, model Jerry Hall engaged
LONDON (AP) — Media Corp. Murdoch, the ex- Cup Final in London and previous marriages. He was Roxy Music’s lead singer
mogul Rupert Murdoch is ecutive chairman of News got engaged last weekend married to Patricia Booker, Bryan Ferry. She entered a
engaged to Jerry Hall, the Corp., and Hall have been while attending the Golden an Australian, and then long-term relationship with
American actress and for- dating since late summer Globes Awards in Beverly to Scottish-born journalist the Rolling stones frontman
mer supermodel who had after being introduced by Hills, California. Anna Torv. He later married in the late 1970s.
a long-time relationship one of Murdoch’s sisters “They have loved these Chinese-born Wendi Deng, Hall and Jagger had an
with Mick Jagger. and his niece in his na- past months together, are whom he divorced in 2013. unofficial private Hindu
Murdoch, 84, and Hall, 59, tive Australia, the Times thrilled to be getting mar- Hall, a Texas native, moved marriage ceremony in Bali,
placed a classified ad in reported in a story posted ried and excited about to Paris as a teenager to Indonesia, in 1990, but dur-
the Births, Marriages and online. They made their re- their future,” a spokesper- pursue a modeling career. ing divorce proceedings
Deaths section of Tuesday’s lationship public in October son for the Murdoch family She was one of the most in 1999 a British court de-
Times newspaper, which is when they appeared to- told the Times. Murdoch has photographed supermod- clared the marriage inval-
owned by Murdoch’s News gether at the Rugby World six children from his three els in the 1970s and dated id. q
