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Rap battle: young Tunisians fight stigma with the arts

The Tunisian capital's working-class districts have suffered from decades of state neglect and poor services, and residents say the stigma attached to their neighbourhoods shuts them out of the job market.

2 years ago
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Citra Award-winning actress Nani Wijaya dies at 78

Nani featured in over 100 films and various TV soap operas throughout of her lifelong career. ...

2 years ago
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Once dying, then a novelty, vinyl is back and thriving

The latest report from the Recording Industry Association of America said that in 2022 more record units were sold than compact discs for the first time in three decades, with consumers snagging 41 million pieces of new vinyl last year compared to 33 million CDs.  ...

2 years ago

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Mia Wasikowska channels female directors on 'Bergman Island'

The challenges facing female directors are central to acclaimed indie drama "Bergman Island," starring Wasikowska, released on streaming Friday, which follows two married filmmakers who travel to the former home of Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman.

4 years ago
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Muscle spasms delay Celine Dion's new Las Vegas show

The Grammy Award-winner was scheduled to perform at the newly-constructed Resorts World Theater in November as well as in January and February of next year.

4 years ago
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Tehran short film fest opens, with shot at Oscars for first time

Tehran's International Short Film Festival opened this week, for the first time as an Oscar-qualifying event, giving winning entries a shot at an Academy Award.

4 years ago
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'Succession' grew out of real-life media mogul quips: creator

The show follows the acrimonious power struggles within the Roy family, which controls the fictional media corporation Waystar, as patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) battles to retain control.

4 years ago
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Squid Game helps Netflix pulls in subscribers

Analysts had been worried that a surge in Netflix subscriptions during pandemic lockdowns would be followed by a plunge as the world opened back up.

4 years ago
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Netflix’s 'A World Without', a promising dystopian coming-of-age film that fails to land

Nia Dinata’s A World Without tries to incorporate social criticism in a dystopian coming-of-age story – sadly, it comes up short.

4 years ago
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Red light, green cash: Squid Game helps revive Indonesian cafe

In a dark room with neon lights, patrons are greeted by staff dressed as the ominous hooded and masked guards in the nine-part thriller, holding toy guns and ushering them toward the end of the room where the "red light, green light" playground game starts.

4 years 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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. 

4 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. 

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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. 

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 years ago
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