Mystery-themed content is a key strand of the E-IP market set to take place next month alongside the Busan International Film Festival. The pitching and intellectual property trading event (Oct. 11-14, 2021) is the only component of Busan’s Asian Content and Film Market this year that will be operated as a hybrid combining both online […]
The first two episodes of Thai language series “Forbidden” have been selected to premiere as part of the Busan International Film Festival’s new On Screen section. The supernatural thriller is targeted at young adults. It is produced as an eight-part HBO Asia Original and will pay on regional streaming service HBO Go and HBO later […]
“Gensan Punch,” the upcoming film by celebrated Filipino director Brillante Mendoza (“Kinatay,” “Ma’ Rosa,” “Alpha: The Right To Kill”), has been set as an HBO Asia Original movie. It will become available on regional streaming service HBO Go in the next few months. Ahead of that, the film will have its world premiere next month […]
Trevor Powers has announced a 10th anniversary reissue of his 2011 Youth Lagoon debut The Year of Hibernation. The 2xLP deluxe edition is out December 3 via Fat Possum Records. It features three bonus tracks, “Bobby,” “Ghost to Me,” and a live cover of John Denver’s “Goodbye Again,” which was recorded in 2011. Listen to […]
Dua Saleh has shared the music video for their new song with Amaarae, “Fitt.” The visual, directed by DayDay, stars Saleh and Maahleek. Watch below. “Fitt” is the first single from Dua Saleh’s forthcoming Crossover EP. The seven-song release is out October 22, and will follow the Sudanese-American artist’s 2020 Rosetta EP. Find Saleh’s Crossover […]
Cadence Weapon (aka Rollie Pemberton) has won Canada’s Polaris Music Prize, which celebrates the country’s best record of the year, for his album Parallel World. (Disclaimer: Pemberton has contributed to Pitchfork). The award comes with a cash prize of $50,000 (Canadian). This was Cadence Weapon’s third time on the short list for the prize. While […]
Judas Priest has postponed the remainder of their U.S. tour after lead guitarist Richie Faulkner was hospitalized due to his “major medical heart condition.” “It is with deep regret that we have to postpone the rest of our U.S. tour. Richie Faulkner has major medical heart condition issues which have landed him in the hospital where he […]
LAROI’s track “Stay” with Justin Bieber — another Braun client — is currently the No. 1 song in the country, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for the six weeks since it’s July 9 date release on Columbia Records. Leber launched Rebel in April in conjunction with Live Nation. He had previously been a partner at […]
BTS are returning to Los Angeles for a mini-residency at the brand-new SoFi Stadium. The international pop stars will bring the BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – LA show to Inglewood, Calif., on Nov. 27 and 28 and Dec. 1 and 2. The in-person concert will mark the first time BTS have been able to be face-to-face with […]
Local thriller “On The Line” held on to top spot at the South Korean box office charts. But its weak total showed that the boost to cinemas from the Chuseok holidays had been short-lived. “On the Line” managed $1.56 million in its second weekend, a score which was only 28% down on its debut, according […]
Indian film producers have set release dates for long-delayed Bollywood films that star the cream of the industry and have blockbuster potential. The moves follow an announcement by authorities in the state of Maharashtra, India’s biggest box office territory, that cinemas can re-open on Oct. 22 as the pandemic dies down. From Reliance Entertainment, Rohit […]
The first look at HBO’s “The Last of Us” TV series, starring Pedro Pascal, has been revealed. Based on the popular PlayStation video game of the same name, the HBO series takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed by a deadly fungus. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, played […]
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine, Nao, Mas Aya, Andy Shauf, Macie Stewart, […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced their first tour since guitarist John Frusciante returned to the group. They announced the tour in a silly video from the fictional news station KHOT. In the clip, Anthony Kiedis (as Johnson Hammerswaddle) and Flea (as Todd the Squirrel) welcome Frusciante, who reveals that the world tour starts in […]
The Global Citizen Live 24-hour broadcast event begins today. The performances are The performances are taking place in Lagos, Paris, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, London, Sydney, Mumbai, and more cities. Among the performers are Lorde, Billie Eilish, BTS, Coldplay, Christine and the Queens, Migos, and Burna Boy. Tune in to the event […]
It remains to be seen whether the Universal film can overcome generally poor reviews (its current ranking on Rotten Tomatoes is 33 percent). Audiences liked the coming-of-age story far more, giving it an A- CinemaScore. Dear Evan Hansen was filmed in the latter half of summer 2020 by director Stephen Chbosky during the pandemic, with […]
Olivia Rodrigo took a daring plunge with her latest gala ensemble, a sophisticated black evening gown with a dramatically deep neckline. Rodrigo was in attendance Saturday night (Sept. 25) to celebrate the anticipated Sept. 30 opening of the Academy Museum in Los Angeles. Lady Gaga, Cher, Jennifer Hudson and Katy Perry were among the other […]
“We collaborated with a band and we took their average age up about 15 years, but it’s been one of the most fun things we’ve ever done,” singer Chris Martin told the crowd. “This is a song we did with BTS. This is a song about love who you love, and only that.” The band […]
Local characters in Finnish TV and film are increasingly diverse in ethnicity, disabilities and gender roles, according to industry insiders who took on the issue in Helsinki on Friday at the Finnish Film Affair, but there is still a long way to go. “We know this is not just a Finnish challenge – this is […]
During a conversation with Edith Bowman at his BAFTA: Life in Pictures event supported by TCL Mobile, Daniel Craig reflected on his career thus far as his time as James Bond comes to a close with the release of “No Time to Die” on Oct. 8. During the interview, Craig discussed the long-standing belief that […]
Tom Felton has assured fans that he is “on the mend” after he collapsed during a celebrity golf match at the Ryder Cup on Thursday. In a video posted to his Instagram account on Saturday, the “Harry Potter” star thanked viewers for their support after the incident, with his guitar in hand. “Hello everyone, ladies […]
Jazz saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis, best known for his work leading bands for James Brown and Van Morisson, has died. He was 80. Bootsy Collins tweeted of Ellis’ “brilliant arrangements,” calling him a “silent genius.” In a statement on his Facebook page, Ellis’ family said: “With great sadness we have to announce that Pee Wee […]
Netflix has announced the release of a new multi-part Kanye West documentary, sharing a teaser trailer for the project as part of its part TUDUM fan event. The film, titled jeen-yuhs, was purchased for roughly $30 million, and has been in the making for 21 years. The doc will feature rare and never-before seen footage […]
Christine and the Queens have shared two new songs following an appearance on Global Citizen Live: “Freedom” and “Comme l’oiseau.” Listen to both, released together as an EP titled Joseph, below. Chris released the EP La vita nuova last February, with Caroline Polachek appearing on its title track. Chris later released remixes of the song […]
“A few of us went to ride horses on a ranch in Montana before the scheduled show on Wednesday,” McBryde wrote in a note posted to her Facebook page and her Instagram Stories. “I’m not an inexperienced horseman by any means, I grew up riding a fair amount. The horses we were on are ridden […]
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The performance that aired during the massive Global Citizen Live event on Saturday (Sept. 25) was filmed on Wednesday, when the group put on a surprise pop-up concert at Pier 17 in New York City on the heels of announcing their tour. Global Citizen featured countless artists performing across several continents in an effort to […]
Rob Zombie’s Munster Mansion is almost complete. The filmmaker and musician recently posted an update on his Instagram sharing a series of photos of Mockingbird Lane. Captioning the photo collection “Mockingbird Lane Lives Again,” Zombie wrote, “It’s a beautiful day in Budapest and good old Mockingbird Lane is coming along perfectly. Who wouldn’t want to […]
A “game of chicken” is commonly known as a conflict between two parties where neither wants to yield, but both are hoping to avoid embarrassment and failure. That seems to be the pervading psychological dynamic right now at Paramount Pictures, as it continues to topple its legacy leadership structure in favor of a streaming-first future under new studio chief […]
When shall we three meet again? After taking a year off from indoor screenings due to COVID-19, the New York Film Festival returned to Alice Tully Hall on Friday night with the world premiere of “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, who play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the adaptation of the […]