The dystopian South Korean thriller has become the most popular Netflix series launch ever, the streaming giant said Tuesday, but it is unlikely to pass China's censors because of its brutally violent content.

The unprecedented global viral hit imagines a macabre world in which marginalized people are pitted against one another in traditional children's games.

The proceeds will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which supports vulnerable young adults facing addiction. 

The band, which found massive international success in the 1980s, said they were "devastated" the show that evening and performances over the following three days would not go ahead.

It features South Korea's most marginalised, including the deeply in debt, a migrant worker and a North Korean defector, competing in traditional children's games for the chance to win 45.6 billion won ($38 million) in mysterious circumstances.

Netflix and local production company Siren Pictures said on Wednesday they would edit scenes to remove the phone number, which appears on a mysterious invitation card given to potential players of a series of deadly children's games.

'Aum!' reveals itself as a satirical look at creative idealism. Writer-director Bambang “Ipoenk” KM and actor Jefri Nichol talk about the film.

Africa's film industry is thriving and could create many millions of extra jobs if its potential was fully exploited, the United Nations said Tuesday.

A Russian actress and director blasted off to the International Space Station on Tuesday in a historic bid to best the United States to film the first movie in orbit.

After the hiatus of his well-respected group Space System, Aryo Adhianto moved on from his keyboard-based jazz into a more challenging rhythm-oriented minimalist electronic sound.

Fronted by Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon, the indie duo’s new album features megawatt talents such as Taylor Swift, Fleet Foxes, Ilsey and Anaïs Mitchell.

James Bond fans in Britain flocked to cinemas Thursday as the new 007 film finally hit big screens, 18 months later than planned.

It was meant to "signal a new era of virtual football", but Konami's "eFootball 2022" appears to have missed the goal, with players mocking its graphics and gameplay.

TVRI's president director Iman Brotoseno reasoned that the channel must unify the nation, instead of causing chaos and division among Indonesians.

The playground game where players stop and go at a tagger's command is one of six kids games with fatal consequences depicted in the gory thriller named after a South Korean variation of tag played in the 1970s and 80s using a board drawn in the dirt. In the "Red Light, Green Light" episode, the show's first, players are shot for failing to stand still at the red light call.

After the collapse of the New Order, Indonesian filmmakers began producing films with a more objective view of the 1965 massacre.

But now, nearly 30 years after he was first documented to have abused a minor, the 54-year-old artist faces up to life in prison after a New York jury convicted him of running a criminal ring that trapped teenagers and women in a web of sexual, emotional and physical abuse.

With COVID-19 putting a halt to almost all live events, the industry’s workers have been struggling to make a living. The “100 Untuk 100” (100 for 100) initiative aims to ease their hardships.

There are few casting decisions as hotly anticipated as the question of who will be the next 007, with many expecting that a black Bond or even female Bond is on the cards.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed actor was not well known to the general public when he took over from Pierce Brosnan in 2006.

The veteran British band, on their first tour since 1963 without Watts, displayed photos and video of him on huge projections at the St. Louis, Missouri, arena against a drum solo soundtrack.

Indie label Sun Eater released another addition of its monthly compilation album Sounds Cute Might Delete Later on Friday.

The film -- starring Chinese-Canadian actor Simu Liu as a former assassin in the shadow of an evil father (Hong Kong legend Tony Leung) -- has so far earned $176.9 million in US and Canadian theaters, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said.

A "once-in-a-generation" music event circled the world Saturday, with a slew of megastars taking the stage in New York and beyond for Global Citizen Live.

American director Joel Coen took up the challenge of adapting Macbeth, producing a sleek film that remains true to Shakespeare's great text.

Nearly 60 years after the first Bond film "Dr No" premiered, cinema's favourite spy, known for his love of fast cars and cool gadgets, returns in the highly-anticipated 25th Bond movie next week after an 18-month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 years on, Nirvana’s Nevermind continues to touch countless souls around the world - including many Indonesians from all walks of life.

Hundreds of Chinese video game makers have vowed to police their products for "politically harmful" content and enforce curbs on underage players.

Daniel Craig, a somewhat reluctant Bond at times, has had one foot out of the tuxedo almost from the moment he took on the role back in 2006.

Some of the biggest names in pop are uniting their star power for Global Citizen Live on Saturday, a round-the-world event to raise awareness on climate change, vaccine equality and famine.