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Sydney Sweeney attends Sydney Sweeney In Conversation With Josh Horowitz at 92NY on March 20, 2024 in New York City.
Sydney Sweeney attends Sydney Sweeney In Conversation With Josh Horowitz at 92NY on March 20, 2024 in New York City.
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Sydney Sweeney 'fearless' in new role, 'Christy' director says

Sweeney, who has made negative headlines recently for controversial jeans ads, has become a contender for the Academy Awards for her portrayal of pioneering female fighter Christy Martin.

5 days ago
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Ade Govinda, the hitmaker of euphonic, everlasting pop

With emotionally charged lyrics and haunting melodies, the songwriter-producer has established his unique musical and lyrical characteristics in the country’s modern pop scene.

5 days ago
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New folk music documentary taps into Bob Dylan revival

"Newport and the Great Folk Dream", which premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, charts the development of the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island in the early 1960s.

6 days ago

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'Squid Game' estimated to be worth about $900 million

The nine-episode thriller, in which cash-strapped contestants play childhood games with deadly consequences in a bid to win 45.6 billion won ($38.58 million), became an international hit after it launched last month.

3 years ago
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Colorful Sounds: New Indonesian music, from grindcore, rap, to techno

Whether it’s new artists, scene veterans or younger musicians paying respect to their predecessors, Indonesia keeps on releasing fresh music.

3 years ago
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Adele releases soul-stirring comeback single 'Easy On Me'

In that period, the 33-year-old megastar said she suffered a "year of anxiety" in which her marriage fell apart.

3 years ago
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Golden Globes to go ahead despite TV blackout over diversity row

The Golden Globes will go ahead despite NBC's decision not to broadcast the Hollywood award ceremony over concerns about its record on diversity and transparency.

3 years ago
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Adele releases soul-stirring comeback single 'Easy On Me'

British soul diva Adele released her comeback single, in which she shares with the world details of the traumatic six years she has endured since last releasing a record.

3 years ago
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Pan-African film fest defies pandemic and jihadists

Africa's biggest film festival kicks off on Saturday, delayed eight months by the Covid-19 pandemic and overshadowed by a brutal six-year-old jihadist insurgency.

3 years ago
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The Beatles are back with a happier ending

"Let It Be", released in 1970, has long been considered the legendary group's breakup album. 

3 years ago
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‘If it’s bad, it’s good’: Director duo bringing back Indonesian B-movies

Amer Bersaudara's brand of extreme and absurd exploitation horror movies have carved it a niche within the landscape of Indonesian cinema, but it remains an uphill battle. 

3 years ago
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Rapper's saucy clip in Spain cathedral stokes scandal

Spanish rapper C. Tangana's steamy music video, which features erotic dancing and pixelated nudity inside a Spanish cathedral, has sparked fury among the faithful.

3 years ago
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Adele says she wrote upcoming album for her son

"I just felt like I wanted to explain to him, through this record, when he's in his twenties or thirties, who I am and why I voluntarily chose to dismantle his entire life in the pursuit of my own happiness," Adele told British Vogue, referring to her nine-year-old son, Angelo.

3 years ago
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the first bisexual Superman

DC Comics announced on Monday that the new Superman, who is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, will have a romantic relationship with a male friend.

3 years ago
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Illegal streams, merch bonanza: Squid Game craze hits China

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.

3 years ago
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'Squid Game' becomes Netflix's biggest-ever launch hit

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

3 years ago
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Amy Winehouse belongings expected to reach US$2 mn at auction

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

3 years ago
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Genesis postpone UK tour dates over positive Covid tests

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.

3 years ago
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Squid Game: South Korea's latest cultural phenomenon

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.

3 years ago
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Netflix to edit 'Squid Game' phone number after woman inundated with calls

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.

3 years ago
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Tragic hilarity: How 'Aum!' explores freedom of expression and the nature of idealism

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

3 years ago
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African cinema could create 20 mn jobs: UNESCO

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.

3 years ago
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Russian crew blast off to film first movie in space

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.

3 years ago
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Jazz-electro experimentalist Aryo Adhianto ventures out with debut solo album

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.

3 years ago
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Big Red Machine talks new album, childhood memories and possible Asia visit

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.

3 years ago
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No time to lose: 007 fans flock to UK cinemas to see latest film

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

3 years ago
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'Grotesque': Konami's 'eFootball' release mocked by fans

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.

3 years ago
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TVRI refuses to broadcast G30SPKI film this Sept. 30

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

3 years ago
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Lethal kids games drive viral fame of Netflix series "Squid Games"

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.

3 years ago
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Alternative view: Four Indonesian films take another angle on 1965 communist panic

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

3 years ago
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R. Kelly, the disgraced R&B star convicted of sex crimes

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.

3 years ago
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Prevailing together: '100 Untuk 100' helps event workers survive COVID-19

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.

3 years ago
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Who will be the next Bond?

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.

3 years ago