<h3>The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival will not be postponed and there will be online events</h3>
On April 22, according to Variety, the Toronto Film Festival, which was held in September of previous years, will also usher in a change in format, but it will not be postponed. Jona Vincent, executive director of the Toronto International Film Festival, said that "the postponement is absolutely impossible at present, as far as we know, if the epidemic breaks out again in October and November this year, the situation may be worse".
Vincent said: "We know that many guests may not be able to come to Toronto because they come from all over the world, so we will hold a standardized film festival, social distancing between people, and there will be appropriate isolation between seats." Vincent also said that this year's film festival will be a mixed (online + offline) form of film festival, but the proportion of specific online activities has not yet been determined.
<h3>Li Yuchun joined the finals of "Singer Dangda Year" and helped sing Hua Chenyu</h3>
On April 23, "Singer Dangda Year" Director System HongTao announced on his Weibo that Li Yuchun would join the finals broadcast on the 24th as a singing guest for Brilliance Chenyu. Hong Tao revealed that when he prepares "Singer" every year, he will invite Li Yuchun to participate, but he always misses it.
"Singer Dangda Year" finals also known as the "Battle of the King of Songs", Zhou Shen, Yuan Yawei, Misia, Hua Chenyu, Xiao Jingteng, Xu Jiaying and Ji Ke Junyi will compete for the "King of Songs", according to the previous year's competition system, each singer can choose a singing guest in the finals, in addition to Hua Chenyu and Li Yuchun, the remaining singers and singing guest groups are: Ji Ke Junyi + Xu Weizhou, Yuan Yawei + Ma Siwei, Zhou Shen + New Pants Band, Xu Jiaying + Wei Li'an, Xiao Jingteng + Lin Junjie, Mixia + Ishikawa Xiaolily.
<h3>The Miss Hong Kong 2020 Selection Was Held in the form of online voting</h3>
On April 23, according to Hong Kong 01, Yu Yongshan, a senior executive of Hong Kong TVB and the coordinator of the Hong Kong Sisters activity, said at a press conference today that this year's Miss Hong Kong election will still be held, but it will be changed to online form. Participants must be Hong Kongers and spectators can watch the daily lives of the participants online and vote online. The selection will begin at the end of May, and the three winners, runners-up and season will be finally determined.
The Miss Hong Kong selection event has been held annually since 1973, after Yu Yongshan said in an interview that due to the impact of the epidemic, this year's event will be suspended for one year.
<h3>Japanese actress Kumiko Okae died of COVID-19 at the age of 63</h3>
On April 23, according to Japan's "Mainichi Shimbun", Japanese actress Kumiko Okae passed away in Tokyo at 5:20 this morning due to new crown pneumonia, at the age of 63. Kumiko Okae developed fever on April 3, and three days later her condition suddenly deteriorated, and after being tested for confirmed infection with COVID-19, she was admitted to the ICU for treatment. According to her brokerage company, Kumiko Okae underwent surgery for breast cancer last year and was in the hospital for chemotherapy from the end of January to mid-February this year.
Born in August 1956 in Tokyo, Japan, Kumiko Okae debuted in 1975 as a regular actress on the NHK show Lenovo Games, and later married co-actor Owada Tortoise, whose daughter was Miho Owada. Kumiko Okae has starred in Japanese dramas such as "The Counterattack of the Woman Who Sold the House", "Even If It Is Love, There Are Secrets", and "Lucky 7".
<h3>American actress Shirley Knight, who died at the age of 83, was nominated for a Tony Award, an Emmy Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress</h3>
On April 23, according to NBC, American actress Shirley Knight died at the age of 83. Her daughter revealed that Shirley had died of natural causes, at her daughter's home. Shirley Knight has twice been nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Spring Full of Love" and "The Darkness on the Roof".
Born in July 1936 in Kansas, Shirley Knight has been active on the Broadway stage and in several television series in addition to film. In 1975, Shirley Knight won a Tony Award for her stage play Kennedy's Children, and in 1995, she won two Emmys for the tv series "New York Major Crimes Unit" and HBO's "McMartin Trials." In addition, she has starred in "Dr. House" and "Desperate Housewives" and other dramas.