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Missing Chinese Actress Reportedly Surfaces

Fan Bingbing has reportedly been released from secret detention

(Newser) - More than three months after she disappeared from public view, Chinese actress Fan Bingbing has resurfaced. Bingbing, China's most famous and highest-paid actress, is best known internationally for her role as Blink in X-Men: Days of Future Past. She had last been spotted July 1 ; on Wednesday, she was...

China Orders X-Men Actress to Pay Massive Fine

'I am unworthy of the trust of society,' Fan Bingbing says in social media post

(Newser) - Chinese tax authorities have ordered X-Men star Fan Bingbing and companies she represents to pay taxes and penalties totaling $130 million, ending speculation over one of the country's highest-profile entertainers since she disappeared from public view three months ago, the AP reports. Of the total amount, Fan is being...

She's One of China's Biggest Stars, but She's Getting a Pay Cut

The country has issued a directive aimed at curbing sky-high salaries and alleged tax evasion

(Newser) - China’s highest-paid entertainers are getting a pay cut. Chinese officials have issued a directive aimed at capping the salaries of some of the country’s biggest stars, reports the Guardian . The salaries of on-screen talent will be held to 40% of total production costs, and leading actors will be...

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