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Entertainment 3 years ago

Taylor Swift to make her film-directing debut

Pop-megastar Taylor Swift is set to direct a feature-length film, United States media reported on Friday.

Entertainment 3 years ago

Romantic Echoes’ murderous trilogy concludes with a happy ending

Happy endings and creative emancipation are chronicled in Paradisa, the alt-rock artist's latest album, which deliberately forgoes the shackles of genre and mainstream-oriented norms.

Entertainment 3 years ago

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Biru Baru brings chaos and magic in new album 'Rasa & Manusia'

The Jakarta-based alternative duo's second full-length album is a boisterous, genre-bending examination of the cycle of life.

Entertainment 3 years ago

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Absurdist-punk band Leipzig makes music from chaos

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.

Entertainment 3 years ago

Duran Duran reveals former member Andy Taylor has stage 4 cancer

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was meant to serve as a reunion for 2022 inductee Duran Duran, but former member Andy Taylor was unable to attend, with the band members revealing his cancer diagnosis during their onstage speech on Saturday.

Entertainment 3 years ago

Punk poet Patti Smith says writing is her ‘essential’ art form

Her Godmother of Punk Rock icon status made her a household name, but for Patti Smith, it is writing where she finds her true artistic voice.

Entertainment 3 years ago

Rehab for Egypt’s ‘Britney’ stirs talk on women’s rights

In recent weeks, the story of an Egyptian pop star admitted into a rehabilitation facility has spilled beyond celebrity gossip, and sparked new debate on women's rights in the conservative country.

Entertainment 3 years ago

Indonesia makes music integral to G20 through M20 Summit

The Music20 (M20) Concert wrapped up the M20 Summit side event, which was initiated by Indonesia as part of its 2022 Group of 20 presidency to highlight the role of music in promoting world peace.