The 62nd prime-time Emmy Awards (the top awards for television production in the US) last Sunday night proved to be full of surprises.

Imagine a modern Sherlock Holmes with a Blackberry phone instead of a pocket watch. Holmes travels around London by taxi instead of coach and horse. And the famous detective hunts criminals by launching the GPS on his laptop.

"IT's a wonderful life." That's what everyone keeps telling Shrek: his wife, Fiona; his best friend, Donkey; and all the happy citizens of the kingdom of Far Far Away. But Shrek remains unconvinced.

British rapper M.I.A. was caught wearing sweat socks and metallic gold sandals last month. She was trying to follow this summer’s socks-and-sandals trend, promoted by top fashion houses, including Burberry and Prada. Unfortunately, somebody called the fashion police because M.I.A.’s socks-and-sandals combo was tragic – not trendy.

After all the good, the odd, the average, and the bad voices, Hunan TV’s Super Boy is finally shifting into finals mode. Only eight of the 230,000 hopefuls remained on-stage after the competition on July 23.

"Aftershock," a movie about the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, has grossed over 160 million yuan (23.5 million U.S.dollars) at the Chinese box office since its opening on July 22, the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) said Monday.

Confident 19-year-old Tang Wen is nation's hope for the Miss Universe title and if her unusual selection for the pageant is any clue, this 'oriental beauty' may just make it.

VAMPIRES, we know by now, are allergic to the sun, enjoy a liquid-only diet and cannot stand to see themselves in the mirror. But in recent films and fiction, such as the Twilight series, they have shed their dark capes and castles for an existence more or less like our own.

While bookmakers are using a scientific approach to calculate the odds at the World Cup in South Africa, a member of the animal kingdom proved he only needs shellfish for a 100 percent prediction record.

Fans of the popular dating show If You Are the One will have noticed some big changes in the format when it aired last weekend.

A DREAM of Red Mansions, the 2010 version, has finally been unveiled. Although it can now only be seen on some local TV channels, it's receiving lots of praise from viewers.

At the age of seven, Jaden Smith appeared in his first movie, The Pursuit of Happiness, playing the son of his real father, Hollywood legend Will Smith. At that same age, in 1961, Jackie Chan was enrolled in the China Drama Academy, where his master Yu Yim-yuen taught martial-arts skills into young boys’ bodies and minds. Both actors understand the discipline of child acting and how to charm an audience, and these skills are on full display in the remake of The Karate Kid.

The young man had a simple question: "Would you often come riding with me on my bike?" It's the kind of line that worked for many suitors in China, the kingdom of bicycles, during its austere decades under Chairman Mao. But Ma Nuo, a Beijing model, seeks loftier transport and wealthier dates.

With more than 384 million netizens desperate to discuss or deride the "next big thing", the demand for Web celebrities - people made famous overnight by a well-seen clip, blog or post - has become enormous.

THE legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer likes to say that he can make a movie from almost anything. Take, for example, his latest picture, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. It was inspired by a 7-year-old video game.