The world's focus has shifted to the war in Ukraine, but two major new documentaries aim to throw the spotlight back on Afghanistan and the people left behind by the United States' rapid withdrawal last year.

The festival’s third edition selects nine works and rewards filmmakers with mentorships from the University of Southern California’s professors.

The three-day convention celebrates all things Japanese pop culture.

Twenty years after she put out her album This Is Me... Then, singer and actor Jennifer Lopez announced on Friday a follow-up This Is Me... Now, to be released next year.

Chinese-Canadian ex-pop star Kris Wu has been jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of rape, a Chinese court said on Friday.

The oldest member of K-pop phenomenon BTS will begin his military service on Dec. 13, becoming the first in the band to enlist, local media reported on Thursday.

Adidas said it initiated the probe after receiving an anonymous letter making several allegations against the musician, who now goes by Ye.

The Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) celebrates an inclusive list of winners as the nation echoes similar joy at the country’s film industry achievements this year.

The wildfire popularity of streaming platforms has hoisted Nigerian and other artists from English-speaking Africa to unprecedented popularity around the world.

Viewers will be able to vote via a secure online platform, and a full list of eligible countries will be published nearer the time of the event, usually held in May.

Senators Klobuchar and Mike Lee, the top Republican on the committee, did not provide a date for the hearing or a list of witnesses.

Bandung, West Java, post-punk unit Leipzig talks about getting lost in its semantics, the absence of rationale in their chaotic stage acts and avoiding any accountability related to their debut studio album.

Elton John performed his final North American concert of his farewell tour on Sunday, with a star-studded show at the Los Angeles Dodger Stadium.

The second entry of the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe is a much-welcome improvement with committed performances by Pevita Pearce and Reza Rahadian. Unfortunately, the franchise still lacks the element of fun.

The actor was popular for his role as the green, and later white, ranger.

Actor Michael J. Fox, who charmed audiences in 1980s TV comedy Family Ties and the Back to the Future movies, received an honorary Oscar on Saturday for advocacy work that has raised US$1.5 billion for research into Parkinson's disease.

Climate change activists occupied celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's three-star Michelin restaurant in London on Saturday evening, demanding an overhaul of the United Kingdom's food system.

Oscar-winning actor Charlize Theron has sparked a firestorm in her native South Africa for suggesting that Afrikaans, a language descended from Dutch settlers, was heading for oblivion.

After days of glitches and long waits, frustrated fans trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets during presale windows, Ticketmaster, on Thursday said they were canceling Friday’s slated public sale.

The Jakarta Post offers recommendations on what to watch, read, listen to, visit and indulge in.

Pop royalty Beyonce and Adele will face off at the Grammys once again, after the music titans released blockbuster albums that vaulted them to the front of the list of 2023 nominees.

Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie said Hollywood has largely kicked its former drug-filled excesses, as their new film Babylon about 1920s Tinseltown hedonism entered the Oscars race.

Presales began on Tuesday and brought millions of people to the Ticketmaster website, causing periodic outages and long online wait times. 

Karaoke events held in hip bars and clubs and attended by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of participants, have become the country’s new ‘it’ party.

As this year’s Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) draws closer, the award committee has disclosed its final jury in charge of picking the winners.

Pop icon Beyonce on Tuesday received the most 2023 Grammy nominations with nine in total, putting her into a tie with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, as the most nominated artists of all time.

Millions of Taylor Swift fans swarmed Live Nation's Ticketmaster LYV.N website on Tuesday to try to score seats for her first tour in five years, causing periodic outages and long online waits that often ended in disappointment.

As the masses have started becoming more familiar with the Indonesian hardcore punk scene through the emergence of more-accessible touch points, the scene’s innately hermetic values might face challenges in adapting to an increasingly-wider audience.

Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie said Hollywood has largely kicked its former drug-filled excesses, as their new film Babylon about 1920s Tinseltown hedonism entered the Oscars race.

Country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton received a US$100 million prize from the Bezos Courage & Civility Award given by Amazon.com founder, billionaire Jeff Bezos, an honor that recognizes leaders who "pursue solutions with courage and civility,” he said online.