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Ann Hui’s The Golden Era continued its awards sweep at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night, winning five prizes including best film and best director.

The biopic of writer Xiao Hong also won best cinematography, best art direction and best costume and make-up. It recently won best director and best supporting actor at the Asian Film Awards in Macau.

Overheard 3 was also a multiple winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards, clinching best actor for Lau Ching-wan, best supporting actor for Kenneth Tsang and best screenplay for Alan Mak and Felix Chong’s script.

Best actress went to Vicky Zhao Wei for Peter Ho-sun Chan’s child abduction drama Dearest, while Ivana Wong picked up both best supporting actress and best new performer for her role in comedy Golden Chickensss.

David Lee won the best new director award for Derek Yee-produced thriller Insanity. Zhang Yimou’s Coming Home won the award for best...

2Nd Update: : International actuals are in from most of the studios with a few figure shifts. The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies came in higher than projected with a total $54M weekend and a cume of $504.65M. Disney’s Into The Woods, previously at a projected $1M for the weekend, nearly doubled that to take a confirmed $1.7M. In Italy, Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper was above its estimated record-breaking haul with $7.1M on 425 screens and the best per-screen average in the market. There’s also a new local movie record in fast-growing Vietnam — see the key market round-ups below for more on that one.

Figures have been updated throughout for The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, Exodus: Gods And Kings, Penguins Of Madagascar, Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb, Big Hero 6, Into The Woods, Seventh Son, Taken 3, American Sniper, The Water Diviner,...

Final Update, Monday 4:49 Pm Pt: Across the Top 10 major studio releases internationally there’s reason for some holiday cheer. This weekend’s figures are up 19.4% over last frame with The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies leading the pack at $89M, plus strong perfs from Exodus: Gods And Kings in new key markets and the Night At The Museum finale. Still, that result is down from last year, largely due to the impact that Frozen was having on the season with a $50.5M take in the comparable frame. Five Armies in the estimates is also about 9.3% off from Smaug’s performance last year, but there are those nasty currency fluctuations to take into account.

Still, it a big weekend for local titles. Last frame’s Indian release Pk added Bollywood flair to the international box office with an offshore haul of $14.3M for a global cume of $61.46M.

Barring a break-out hit or at least several strong performers, the B.O. total of Australian films this calendar year is highly unlikely to match 2013.s $38.5 million.

Through last Sunday, 34 local films have racked up $16.03 million nationwide. That includes mostly small amounts earned this year by 19 titles that opened in 2013 or earlier.

While the local B.O. results should not be seen as the sole yardstick of any film.s global performance, the industry would have expected stronger ticket sales for David Michôd.s The Rover and last week.s opener, Zak Hilditch.s These Final Hours, while Rhys Graham.s Galore also underperformed.

Rolf de Heer Charlie.s Country is tracking below Tracker, his first collaboration with David Gulpilil, which grossed $818,000 in 2002. Ten Canoes, the second of the .trilogy,. is the highest-earner of de Heer.s career, making $3.5 million in 2006.

Only The Railway Man (which opened on Boxing Day...

Fresh from playing the lead in Fat Tony & Co, Robert Mammone will play a homeless man who is confronted by a malevolent presence on a late-night commuter train in Bunny.

The supernatural thriller is due to start shooting in Sydney in May, the feature directing debut of Us screenwriter Peter Schink, who wrote and was associate producer on the 2010 pic Legion, which starred Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid.

Mammone, who came back last week after playing a Greek general in Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner, will also serve as an executive producer on Bunny.

The plot revolves around a group of strangers on the train who find the body of a young junkie. The original idea came from Sydney-based, Us producer Jeff Wannberg, who regularly commutes to and from Sydney late at night.

.Jeff pitched it to me as The Conjuring on a train,. Schink told If on the line from the Us.

Russell Crowe has been hard to miss since breaking out as the tough-yet-likable Bud White in 1997's "L.A. Confidential."

In the years following, the international star has racked up countless achievements, most notably his Oscar-winning performance in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" (2000), and has cemented his status as one of Hollywood's top leading men. The actor steps back into antiquity again this Friday, as he teams up with Darren Aronofsky to portray Biblical patriarch Noah in, well, "Noah," a film already shrouded in controversy.

From his days as "Russ le Roq," to his jaw-dropping smoking habits, here are 19 things you probably don't know about Russell Crowe.

1. Contrary to popular belief, the actor was born in New Zealand, not Australia. Crowe did move to Australia as a young boy, however.

2. Both of his parents were movie-set caterers, and his father also managed a hotel. Crowe's maternal grandfather was a cinematographer, who...

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert producer Al Clark will receive the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts' highest honor, the Raymond Longford Award, in Sydney in January. Since 1983, Clark has produced or executive produced 19 films, including Russell Crowe's debut feature The Crossing, Chopper, which introduced director Andrew Dominik and actor Eric Bana to international audiences, and the British films 1984, starring Richard Burton, and Absolute Beginners, costarring David Bowie. After a stint as spokesman for Virgin Records in the U.K., where he represented the Sex Pistols, Xtc, Phil Collins and Devo, and was, according to punk

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‘Highway Thru Hell’ Lands At Nat Geo Us Beyond Distribution has sold Highway Thru Hell, a documentary series examining the treacherous trucking route, the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia, to National Geographic Channel U.S., where it will premiere next February. Produced by Vancouver’s Great Pacific Media, the docu was commissioned by Discovery Canada where it posted the highest series debut in the channel’s history in September. The eight-part series follows the heavy rescue team as it attends the scenes of numerous wrecks, removing often dangerous cargo, cleaning up twisted metal and clearing the roads.- Don Groves Producer Al Clark Feted By Australian Film Academy The Raymond Longford Award is the Australian film industry’s highest honor, named after the pioneer filmmaker and bestowed by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (formerly the Australian Film Institute). The latest recipient, Al Clark, has produced or executive produced 19 films including Chopper,...

Veteran Australian producer Al Clark will receive the Aacta Raymond Longford Award in recognition of his three-decade career which has included iconic films such as Chopper and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Clark, who emigrated from the UK in the 1980s after representing music acts such as the Sex Pistols and Phil Collins, has produced or executive produced 19 feature films. He has also served on the board of the Australian Film Commission (1989-1992) and participated in official juries of several international film festivals, including the San Sebastian and Valladolid Film Festivals.

..With a love of films that always transcends the frustrations of getting them made, I.ve tried to choose distinctive projects, to navigate them soundly, to find gifted people to work with, and to bring out the best in their considerable talents," Clark said after being told of the award. "I.m grateful to Aacta for...

Russell Crowe has thanked fans for their support after his marriage ended. The 'Gladiator' actor and his wife Danielle Spencer - who have sons Charles, eight, and Tennyson, six, together - revealed their separation earlier this month but until now Russell has not commented on the situation. After a fan named Sarah tweeted him on Sunday (21.10.12) to commiserate, writing 'Heard about your separation today. I said a prayer for you and your family', Russell responded by tweeting 'Hey Sarah, that was very kind of you. Thank you for your thoughts.' Russell, 48 and 43-year-old Danielle first met 22 years ago on the set of the movie 'The Crossing' and were married in a purpose-built chapel at the actor's farm...

With rumors running rampant that Russell Crowe and his wife, Danielle Spencer, have separated after nine years of marriage, we thought we'd take a moment to look back at their time together. 1989: Crowe and Spencer meet while playing lovers in the movie The Crossing. December 2002: Crowe proposes to Spencer in a Sydney restaurant. April 2003: The couple ties the knot at a chapel on Crowe's New South Wales farm. Dec. 21, 2003: The newlyweds welcome their first child together, son Charles. Sept. 5, 2005: Crowe and Spencer serve up some serious Pda on the red carpet while attending the Cinderella Man premiere at the Venice Film Festival. July 7, 2006: Spencer gives birth to...

By now, we all know that Russell Crowe and Danielle Spencer have split after nine years of marriage, but what the nosy really want to know is how much the former Mrs. Crowe is getting from the divorce. The Sydney Morning Herald puts the estimate in the ballpark of $25 million -- and possibly more, once one factors in all of the glittering properties and assets the "Gladiator" actor has acquired over the years.

Here's a rough breakdown of the Crowe financial estate: a $50 million property portfolio, including a $14 million penthouse in Sydney and farmland in New South Wales; $3 million each for sons Charles, 8, and Tennyson, 6; and investments in Australia's Rabbitohs football club and Black Standard Beef production. Oh, and not to mention the $150 million the Oscar winner has earned over the past two decades.

While Spencer, a singer, will see a pretty penny through her divorce, it looks like much of it was preordained.

It seems like Russell Crowe and his wife Danielle Spencer are calling it quits. The duo, who wed at a chapel on Crowe's New South Wales farm in 2003, have reportedly separated after nine years of marriage, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The 48-year-old Gladiator star and his musician wife met while playing lovers in the 1990 movie The Crossing, according to People. Crowe and 43-year-old Spencer have two children together, Charles, 8, and Tennyson, 6. The couple's reps have not yet responded to requests for comment.

Russell Crowe has split from his wife Danielle Spencer, according to reports. The break-up between 48-year-old Crowe and Spencer, who he's been married to for nine years, is said to be "amicable", reports The Sydney Morning Herald. Crowe and 43-year-old singer Spencer have two children together, 8-year-old Charles and 6-year-old Tennyson. The pair met while filming the 1990 film The Crossing, and are both said to be "committed to protecting their boys" during this "tough (more)...

More than 20 years after the couple met playing lovers in the 1990 movie The Crossing, Russell Crowe and Danielle Spencer may not have their Hollywood happy ending after all. Married in April 2003, the New Zealand-born Oscar winner, 48, and his Aussie musician wife, 43, are reportedly no longer together, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Crowe's rep has not responded to People's request for comment. The couple's apparent split comes after rumors of a rocky romance swirled over the summer. In June, Spencer was photographed out at a Sydney casino lounge with Damian Whitewood, her pro dance partner on season 12 of Australia's Dancing with the Stars.

Sad news for Russell Crowe.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the actor, 48, and his wife of nine years, Australian singer Danielle Spencer, 43, have decided to separate after nine years of marriage. The pair, who married in April 2003 in a purpose-built chapel at Crowe's farm in South Wales, have two children together, sons Charles, 8, and Tennyson, 6.

Reportedly, the split is in part due to Crowe's busy film schedule, which has kept him away from his family in Sydney for most of the year. The Australian actor has six films coming out in the next 12 months, including "Man with the Iron Fists," "Les Miserables," "Broken City," "Man of Steel," "Noah" and "Winter's Tale."

The separation is said to be amicable and the couple's number one concern is raising their sons. Crowe will continue to shoot the biblical epic, "Noah," in the U.S. while Spencer will stay with the boys in Sydney.

Sad news for Russell Crowe.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the actor, 48, and his wife of nine years, Australian singer Danielle Spencer, 43, have decided to separate after nine years of marriage. The pair, who married in April 2003 in a purpose-built chapel at Crowe's farm in South Wales, have two children together, sons Charles, 8, and Tennyson, 6.

Reportedly, the split is in part due to Crowe's busy film schedule, which has kept him away from his family in Sydney for most of the year. The Australian actor has six films coming out in the next 12 months, including "Man with the Iron Fists," "Les Miserables," "Broken City," "Man of Steel," "Noah" and "Winter’s Tale."

The separation is said to be amicable and the couple's number one concern is raising their sons. Crowe will continue to shoot the biblical epic, "Noah," in the U.S. while Spencer will stay with the boys in Sydney.

Russell Crowe's wife Danielle Spencer has revealed that she fears her husband's fame will affect her music career. The singer-songwriter, who took six years off to raise her two sons, has admitted that she worries about how her comeback album Calling All Magicians will be received because of her relationship with Crowe, Contactmusic reports. Spencer said: "I don't feel defensive about what I'm doing. I like to keep a low profile, and Russell's the same. We don't court the limelight. The attention we get... that's out of my control. "Some people may judge me more harshly but I hope that the majority will just listen to the music and take it for what it is." Spencer, who met the actor on the set of the 1990 film The Crossing, (more)...

The mystery over Russell Crowe's new girlfriend has been solved - he's back together with the "lost love" he first split with 12 years ago. And at Sunday's Golden Globes in Los Angeles, Crowe unveiled the secret woman who's stolen his heart, pretty Danielle Spencer, and even planted a kiss on her lips as he stepped up to claim his Best Actor prize. Crowe had a four-year relationship with Danielle, an Australian soap star and singer, but called an end to the relationship when he left his adopted home country to seek fame in Hollywood. But, having conquered the movie world, Crowe realized the one thing missing from his life was Danielle's love. He threw himself into rekindling their passion and eventually succeeded late last year. He then bought a stunning love-nest in Sydney and Danielle moved in with him in December. Earlier this month, the New Zealand-born star, when asked about his latest relationship in an American interview, responded, "It's somebody I've known for a very long time. And we're just together. It's as simple as that, you know." And the pair certainly have a history together - Danielle appeared alongside Crowe in his first starring role in The Crossing, back in 1990. She also supported Crowe's rock group 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts last summer, and accompanied him to last year's Oscars.