Elementary school connection! While Kevin Pearson’s relationship with Sophie Inman has had its fair share of ups and downs throughout This Is Us’ tenure, the twosome keeps finding their way back to one another.
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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe high-powered APOS entertainment industry conference will return this year as an in-person event after two-years of online-only sessions that were brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, instead of being operated in its usual April slot from a resort hotel complex in Bali, Indonesia, APOS 2022 will run Sept. 27-29 in Singapore.
The city-state is a hub for the East Asian TV industry and a regional base for many multinational entertainment and tech conglomerates.Media Partners Asia, the consultancy that curates APOS, has not yet disclosed any confirmed speakers. But it says that the event (one day of executive meetings in private, and two days of summit conferences open to all participants) will concentrate on a dozen themes. These include: streaming’s sustainability; valuations and investor expectations; the growth of premium Asian content; the impact of the metaverse; the recalibration of sports; the new normal for movies; and the scalability of premium AVOD.
The return of APOS as a live event is testament to some parts of the film and TV industry in Asia making a comeback. Many Asian markets have been slower to rebound than the U.S. and Europe due to cautious government actions on social distancing and disease control.
Elementary school connection! While Kevin Pearson’s relationship with Sophie Inman has had its fair share of ups and downs throughout This Is Us’ tenure, the twosome keeps finding their way back to one another.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe sports rights and media businesses in the Asia-Pacific region are experiencing a post-COVID rebound that could continue at 6% annually until 2026. But the past domination of broadcast TV is being eroded.
The 32nd annual Inside Out Toronto 2S (two spirit) LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which champions innovative 2SLGBTQ+ filmmakers from across the globe, has revealed its full film lineup that will take place both in-person and virtually from May 26th to June 5th in Toronto, showcasing 128 films from 28 countries, including 38 feature films, 3 episodic series, and 7 world premieres. The announcement was made today by Inside Out’s Interim Co-Heads, Andrew Murphy and Elie Chivi.
EXCLUSIVE: After two Emmy award seasons without in-person events due to the pandemic, it is beginning to seem like old times, and that includes the return of ambitious exhibitions and events presented by various studios, streamers, and networks. Among them, and among the most impressive in terms of scope is the return of Netflix’s FYSEE space, last seen in 2019, which will showcase their various contenders, Q&As, musical performances, and more. Regarding the latter a sure-to-be highlight will be none other Sting on behalf of the animated series, Arcane.
Emmerdale fans are convinced that murderer Meena Jutla is set for an explosive return during the ITV soap's special flash forward week of episodes. The hit ITV soap has released a first look at the upcoming dramatic scenes, which begin on Monday 9 May, where "lives will definitely be in danger".
Coronation Street star Mollie Gallagher dubbed herself a 'drama queen' as she posed for a few selfies. The actress is best known for playing Nina Lucas in the ITV soap. Fans have been celebrating her return to screen.
Dwayne Johnson initially faked out the room here at Caesars Palace, thinking he had pre-taped his CinemaCon appearance.
EXCLUSIVE: After nearly two seasons heavily struck by the pandemic, RuPaul’s Drag Race concluded its fourteenth season with an in-person finale extravaganza held at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Despite the return to the showy Drag Race pomp and circumstance, the Season 14 finale couldn’t quite match up to Season 13’s ratings.
Sigur Rós have announced the Asia leg of their upcoming world tour.The Asia leg of the upcoming tour will take place in August with shows in Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Thailand. Venues have yet to be confirmed for the band’s concerts in Seoul, South Korea and Bangkok, Thailand.Posted by Sigur Rós on Monday, April 25, 2022The tour will see Sigur Rós perform in Singapore on August 17, with fan presales starting on Wednesday (April 27) and general tickets going on sale via Sistic this Friday (April 29).
He spent a fair bit of time being one of Coronation Street's hated characters but Corey Brent is back - sort of - as the actor who played him, Maximus Evans, reunited with some of his former co-stars.
Aziz Ansari (“Master of None“) and the Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures recently teamed up for a new medical drama called “Being Mortal” that would be Anzari’s feature film directorial debut. The cast includes himself alongside fellow comedy veterans Bill Murray (“Lost In Translation“) and Seth Rogen (“Pam & Tommy“), however, an issue has been raised behind the scenes, leading to filming being shut down by the studio.
Warner Music Asia has announced that it has signed Thai artist Valentina Ploy in a deal that will see the major work in partnership with her existing record company, indie label What The Duck.“I am so happy to be working with Warner Music”, says Ploy. “[I’m] very excited and grateful to become part of the family as I feel that they support my vision of developing my artist career beyond limits”.“It’s always been a dream of mine to bring my music to the world and Warner Music is perfectly suited to help me reach the widest audience possible”, she adds.
Aaron Paul is a parent — again! The actor announced on Tuesday, April 19, that his wife, Lauren Parsekian, has given birth to their second child, a son.
They’re back! Days of Our Lives stars Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso have signed on to tell more of Bo and Hope’s love story on the upcoming spinoff Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem.
Coronation Street is renowned for its long-standing characters - from Ken Barlow to Rita Tanner. But over the past year, some fresh-faced stars have taken to the cobbles in some of the ITV soap's most hard-hitting storylines to date.
Big Sean performed at Coachella on Friday night (April 15), and was joined on stage by his girlfriend and frequent collaborator Jhené Aiko for a pair of songs – see footage below.The Detroit rapper delivered a career-spanning set on the Sahaha stage, marking the first time he’s ever performed a solo slot at the California festival.Among the 18-track setlist, Sean performed the hits ‘Blessings’, ‘I Don’t Fuck With You’, ‘Clique’, and ‘Bounce Back. He also gave live debuts to ‘Why Would I Stop?’ and ‘Wolves’, taken from his most recent album ‘Detroit 2’.In the middle of his set, Sean brought out Aiko – who aside from being his partner is also his TWENTY88 bandmate – to perform the tracks ‘Beware’ and ‘I Know’, taken from Sean’s albums ‘Hall Of Fame’ (2013) and ‘Dark Sky Paradise’ (2015) respectively.You can check out footage of their performances below:big sean & jhene aiko in coachella @BigSean @JheneAiko #Coachella pic.twitter.com/ASHpCLx9iu— bash rockii (@BashRockii) April 17, 2022Big Sean and Jhene aiko “ I know ” .