AsiaNews Magazine Jan10-16,2014 ( Jan 1-7,2014) | Page 11

WEEKLY BRIEFING

January 10-16, 2014

AFP

HK movie mogul
Run Run Shaw, 107
HONG KONG: Pioneering
Hong Kong movie producer Run
Run Shaw, died peacefully at
age 107 on January 7, according
to a statement from Television
Broadcasts Limited (TVB), which
he helped found in 1967.
Shaw’s Shaw Brothers Studios
helped launch the careers of big
industry players including director
John Woo and churned out nearly
1,000 movies. His TV empire,
TVB, trained some of today’s
entertainme