Category Archives: News

‘Shogun’ Meets ‘Squid Game’: Netflix Unveils Epic Samurai Battle Royale in 2025 Japan Slate
Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content slate for 2025, headlined by “Last Samurai Standing,” a period drama featuring 300 samurai warriors gathered at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by...
Naman Ramachandran Feb 12, 2025

BLACKPINK producer SINXITY says the K-pop industry has become “safer” for LGBTQIA+ community
BLACKPINK producer SINXITY has opened up about the safety he feels as a gay person working amid the K-pop industry, saying it’s “safer than in the past”. READ MORE: (G)I-DLE’s ...
Carmen Chin Feb 12, 2025

Koji Fukada’s New Film ‘Love on Trial’ About a Rising J-Pop Idol Joins MK2’s EFM Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
Koji Fukada is set to direct “Love on Trial,” a film inspired by real cases in Japan where J-Pop idols have been sued for violating "no relationship" contracts. “Love on Trial”...
Elskes Feb 12, 2025

Here are all the final couples on ‘Single’s Inferno’ season 4
Netflix’s hit dating reality series Single’s Inferno has just wrapped up its final episodes for the fourth season – here are all the couples who successfully left Inferno i...
Carmen Chin Feb 12, 2025

Kanye West dropped by talent agency following anti-Semitic posts
Kanye West has been dropped by his talent agency following his highly controversial posting spree on social media last week. READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye ...
Surej Singh Feb 12, 2025

Dream Theater cancel show due to James LaBrie illness
Dream Theater cancelled their scheduled show in Atlanta, Georgia last night (February 11) due to illness. The progressive metal band kicked off the North American leg of their 40th anniversary tour la...
Tom Skinner Feb 12, 2025
‘The Investigation’ Producer Miso Film Turns 20 With Packed Slate, Including ‘Uniform,’ DR’s New Crime Series Starring ‘Face to Face,’ ‘The Guilty’ Actors (EXCLUSIVE)
In a tough Nordic market that is slowing recovering from the downfall of Viaplay and streamers scaling back on commissions, Miso Film, the Fremantle-owned Nordic powerhouse behind Tobias Lindholm̵...
Elskes Feb 12, 2025

ARTMS add new dates to 2025 ‘Lunar Theory’ world tour
K-pop girl group ARTMS have announced the European leg for their 2025 ‘Lunar Theory’ world tour, including concerts in Milan, Paris and more. READ MORE: ARTMS on putting together their 202...
Carmen Chin Feb 12, 2025

‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Takes Top VFX Society Award; ‘Dune 2’ Claims Three Trophies as VES Spreads the Wealth
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” won the top Visual Effects Society Award for outstanding VFX in a photoreal feature at the 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards. Yet Tuesday at the Beverl...
Carolyn Giardina Feb 12, 2025

New Berlinale Chief Tricia Tuttle on Political Furor and ‘Bold, Exciting’ Cinema: ‘Filmmakers Are Noting That We Live in a Crazy, Divisive World’
The Berlin Film Festival prides itself on being a political event, which dates back to its inception in 1951 as a beacon of democracy in West Berlin, surrounded by Communist East Germany in the Cold W...
Leo Barraclough Feb 12, 2025