Hong Kong film stars choose Golden Roosters over Golden Horse Awards on a night when who was where mattered nearly as much as who won what

At the Golden Rooster Awards in China and the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, both held on Saturday, there was nearly as much attention paid to who attended the ceremonies as to which films won, given China’s boycott of the event in Taiwan and threat of sanctions on attendees.Following the announcement of the boycott, a long list of people from the film and entertainment industries in Hong Kong and mainland China announced they would not attend the Golden Horse Awards, seen as the Oscars of…

from South China Morning Post https://ift.tt/2XExUhi