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    Director Zhang Yimou sues ex-production partner for $2.5M

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    In this July 2, 2015 photo, movie director Zhang Yimou speaks at a press conference of his latest movie “The Great Wall” at a hotel in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    BEIJING (AP) --

    Chinese director Zhang Yimou has sued a production company that he has worked with for more than a decade, seeking 15 million yuan ($2.5 million) he says he is owed as his share of the distribution money of one of his movies.

    His lawyers argued Tuesday at Beijing Chaoyang District Court that Zhang hadn't received his share of money for his 2009 film "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop," a dark comedy about a noodle shop owner scheming to murder his wife and her lover.

    In its defense, Beijing New Picture Film Co. argued that Zhang started his lawsuit in 2014, after a deadline expired, the court said on its microblog.

    Zhang and the production company have worked together on many films, including two of Zhang's best-known: "House of Flying Daggers" and "Hero."

    Zhang wasn't in court for the hearing, and the court didn't say when the judgment would be announced.

    Zhang is making his first English-language film, a $150 million Chinese-Hollywood fantasy movie "The Great Wall" starring Matt Damon. It's due to be released late next year.

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    Football Practice Preps Nikki Glaser For Hosting The Golden Globes

    Thursday, December 26, 2024
    Nikki Glaser stands on the field after NFL football game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Denver Broncos, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

    What do Tom Brady, Taylor Swift and comedy have to do with learning about football?

    In the case of Nikki Glaser, it is all intertwined.

    Glaser has become a familiar face to football fans this season. Her breakthrough performance at the Tom Brady Roast on May 5 paved the way for five appearances on Amazon Prime Video's "Thursday Night Football" postgame show.

    Before last Thursday's game between the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers, Glaser said doing her "Late Hits" segment was a no-brainer following her success at the Brady roast.

    "The football audience is kind of familiar with me already. It's one that is OK with me not knowing every detail about football or expecting me to be an expert about it because I was who I was on the Brady Roast. I kind of admitted to not really following football that much," Glaser said. "And I became a fan of Tom Brady and the sport in doing it through that process. So then I was like, 'Let me just keep learning about football through joking about it.' And that was kind of my goal."

    Glaser admits her knowledge of football is not all the way there yet. Still, it is further ahead than it was a year ago when she started casually watching Chiefs games due to Swift's relationship with Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce.

    And mostly then, it was to see when Swift appeared on screen.

    However, Glaser decided to start learning more about the game, which she compared to trying to learn a new language.

    "I went my whole life putting on blinders because I was just scared to look stupid if I tried to learn. I always thought football fans would be really judgmental and cruel about my lack of knowledge. But they're not," Glaser said. "They're eager for you to understand and... Read More

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