Host Zhou Will Offer Exclusive Look at Hollywood on Friday Evenings
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
China Movie Channel CCTV6 today announced an original entertainment news
show "Talking to Hollywood with Betty Zhou," the first and only
television show offering inside access to Hollywood films and stars
exclusively for the Chinese audience.
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Betty Zhou (Photo: Business Wire)
Beginning Friday, May 29th, "Talking to Hollywood with
Betty Zhou" will air weekly on Friday evenings with host Betty Zhou, a
rising star in China known for delivering reliable, entertaining and
inside coverage of American movies and sports. The show will feature new
exclusive content and interviews with top Hollywood talent each week.
It was co-created by Rob Moore, Vice Chairman of Paramount Pictures, and
Zhou in partnership with Hollywood film studios Paramount Pictures, Walt
Disney Studios, Universal Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Zhou
will also serve as the show's producer.
"'Talking to Hollywood with Betty Zhou' delivers an inside look at the
movie business to its most passionate and dedicated fans in China," said
Moore. "My colleagues in Hollywood and I look forward to working with
our friends at CCTV6 on this exciting new venture."
"'Talking to Hollywood with Betty Zhou' is unlike any show in China. I
am thrilled to be bringing a bit of Hollywood glamour to Chinese
audiences," added Zhou.
In "Talking to Hollywood with Betty Zhou," Zhou takes audiences where
the movies are, talking with the biggest stars about Hollywood's
blockbuster films. Join her as she drift races cars with Tom Cruise,
tours the incredible Pixar Animation Studios, spars with Arnold
Schwarzenegger, meets Marvel's newest big screen superhero Antman, and
much more. All the movies you can't wait to see, all the stars like
you've never seen them before, and all the access that no one else gets.
It's China's direct line to Hollywood and the conversation is just
getting started.
View and share a first look at "Talking to Hollywood with Betty
Zhou" via Betty Zhou's official Weibo page http://weibo.com/bettyzhoulingan or
@Betty周玲安.
About Co-Creator Rob Moore
Rob Moore serves as the Vice Chairman of Paramount Pictures. He is
responsible for overseeing the studio's Worldwide Marketing,
Distribution, Home Entertainment, Digital, Interactive, Television,
Licensing, and Business Affairs divisions. He joined Paramount in 2005
as President of Worldwide Marketing, Distribution and Operations and was
named to his current post in 2008.
During his tenure at Paramount, the studio has produced and/or
distributed commercial and critical hit films including the highest
global grossing film in the studio's history, "TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE
MOON;" franchises such as "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE," "STAR TREK," "SPONGEBOB
SQUAREPANTS," "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES," "G.I. JOE," and
"PARANORMAL ACTIVITY;" and films such as "INTERSTELLAR," "WOLF OF WALL
STREET," and "WORLD WAR Z."
Prior to Paramount, Moore spent 5-years at Joe Roth's independent film
production company Revolution Studios and 13-years at the Walt Disney
Studios.
He graduated from Pepperdine University with a degree in business in
1984.
About Co-Creator/Host Betty Zhou
A native of China, Betty began her acting career in Singapore in 2007,
where she appeared in the English-language sitcom "Payday."
She followed that with a supporting role in the Universal film "The Man
with the Iron Fists."
Returning to China in 2011, she began working with the NBA, where she
served as a bilingual on-air host for tour events featuring top NBA
players such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard. To date,
she has interviewed the most NBA players ever for coverage in China, as
well as interviewing them for key events in the U.S., including the NBA
All Star Weekend in 2013 & 2015 and the NBA Finals in 2013.
During the 2013-2014 season she hosted and served as a commentator for
CTV's "NBA Sai Chang." She served as a commentator for both the 2014 NFL
Superbowl and NBA All-Star Weekend broadcasts and currently serves as a
host for the NBA official show in China, "NBA Inside Stuff China" on
Sina.
For all her various hosting duties, Betty has earned the title "Most
beautiful bilingual sports host in China."
She also hosts major movie and international music events in her native
China, most recently serving as a live host for the "Transformers: Age
of Extinction" China movie premiere, which featured a live performance
of the band Imagine Dragons, and as the co-host of the "Transformers"
movie CCTV TV Special.
Betty graduated with a Bachelor of Acting degree from XIEJIN Film & Art
College of Shanghai Normal University.
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