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BTS‘ J-Hope will be launching his docuseries, Hope on the Street, March 28 on Prime Video, with episodes released weekly every Thursday and Friday.
Produced by Hybe and set for release in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, Hope on the Street is a six-episode docuseries that highlights J-Hope’s career and love for dancing as he begins a new journey in his 12th year since debut, returning to his early days as a dancer. The documentary will also feature songs from J-Hope’s special album Hope on the Street Vol. 1, which will be launched on March 29 at 1pm, Korea time.
The docu-series follows J-Hope and his former instructor, the popping champion Boogaloo Kin, as they explore the streets of Osaka, Seoul, Paris, New York, and Gwangju, meeting inspiring street dancers along the way.
J-Hope is currently completing his mandatory military service, which lasts 18 months. He began in April 2023. He and the other BTS band members plan to reconvene in 2025 when their army training is over.
Hope on the Street is the latest BTS doc hitting the market. The band is already in business with Prime Video on concert film Yet to Come and has a wide-ranging deal with Disney that has seen them work up the likes of behind-the-scenes doc BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star, which launches this year.
After cutting back on the number of titles produced in Southeast Asia, streamers such as Prime Video and Disney+ have focused their efforts on developing original titles primarily in Korea. Last month, we reported Prime Video was cutting the originals team in Singapore to leave a unit focused on content acquisition and rolling out the streamer’s U.S. fare.
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Naman Ramachandran Indian filmmaker and composer Sanjay Leela Bhansali has launched music label Bhansali Music with the soundtrack of Netflix series “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.” The first song from the album, traditional composition “Sakal Ban,” with lyrics by Amir Khusro and sung by Raja Hasan, will be released on Saturday. Via the label, the filmmaker will collaborate with musicians and artists to produce compositions for his films and shows and also independent albums.
Blood Free, starring Ju Ji-hoon and Han Hyo-joo. Read on for everything you need to know about the show.Blood Free is set in a future where humans no longer consume natural animal meat.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Warner Bros. is to handle the Southeast Asia theatrical release of Philippines-produced drama film “Under Parallel Skies.” The picture will have its world premiere this weekend as part of the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. Directed by Sigrid Bernardo, “Under Parallel Skies” follows the story of a Thai bachelor, portrayed by major local star Win Metawin, who travels to Hong Kong in search of his missing mother.
The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping landed on Netflix this week, but what is exposed at the end of the show?The three-episode series explores the horrific experiences suffered by classmates at the Academy at Ivy Ridge, a private disciplinary boarding school in upstate New York that operated between 2001 and 2009.The institution claimed to be place to accommodate troubled teens, but as the show demonstrates, students on the site were in fact made to take part in cult-like behaviour and had to endure emotional and physical abuse.The Program is directed by Katherine Kubler, a survivor of Ivy Ridge, who revisits the site of the academy with a number of her former classmates.“I made this series because there really was nothing out there to help explain what had happened to me to my friends and family to warn them about these places,” Kubler has said. “So now, that resource exists.”All three episodes of the series are now available to stream on Netflix.The show reveals that the now-abandoned building that used to house the Academy at Ivy Ridge in rural Ogdensburg, New York is now publicly accessible.
Netflix's latest true crime docuseries is so shocking it has left viewers with their jaws 'on the floor.' Titled The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnappings, the three-part series hears from Americans who were the victims of childhood abuse at a disciplinary school.
the six-day Singapore leg of her Eras Tour – wrote in an Instagram Story. “Whether you’re in Tennessee or somewhere else in the US, check your polling places and times at vote.org.”Though the “Anti-Hero” songstress is originally from Pennsylvania and owns a pricey portfolio of properties across the US, she spends a good chunk of her time stateside at her estate outside Nashville.Swift endorsed Joe Biden for the 2020 presidential election, but has yet to announce a preferred candidate for November.When late-night host Seth Myers ribbed Biden about getting the Grammy Album of the Year honoree’s support last week, the commander-in-chief joked that any endorsement was “classified.”Swift has become more outspoken on politics in recent years – including in a clip from the 2020 documentary “Miss Americana” in which she spoke out against Donald Trump.In May 2020, the country darling-turned-pop sensation directly accused Trump of “stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency.”In the run-up to her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s showing at the 2024 Super Bowl, ultra-conservatives on social media even debated whether Swift and Kelce’s romance was planted by the left-wing media to drum up support for the Biden’s White House.“She’s endorsing Biden.
Taylor Swift doesn’t perform anywhere else in Southeast Asia as part of her current ‘Eras Tour’ is “not unfriendly”, according to the city-state’s prime minister.The ‘Midnights’ pop star has already played three of her six sold-out concerts at the 55,000-capacity National Stadium, with the remaining trio of dates scheduled for this week (March 7, 8, 9).It was reported last month that Singapore had struck a deal to prevent Swift from bringing her show to any other location within the Association Of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which comprises 10 countries.Thai prime minister Srettha Thavisin claimed he was told that the Singapore government had offered $2million to $3million (£1.6million to £2.4million) per gig in exchange for exclusivity. However, the exact figure has not been disclosed.“The Singapore government is astute,” Srettha said.
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Taylor Swift has revealed the fourth and final variant of her upcoming album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ – find out more below.While performing her second of six shows in Singapore yesterday (March 3), the pop singer-songwriter surprised fans in attendance by announcing the final variant of the upcoming record.Titled ‘File Name: The Black Dog’, the variant will include the complete original album, plus the bonus track ‘The Black Dog’.
Taylor Swift has one last variant of her upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department to announce!
Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Iris Apfel, who became a fashion icon known for her vast, colorful, eclectic wardrobe and was the subject of Albert Maysles‘ 2014 documentary “Iris,” died Friday. She was 102. Apfel died at her home in Palm Beach, Fla., according to the New York Times.
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran unscripted agent and producer Bill Thompson, former Head Of Unscripted Television at Verve, is launching his own management and production company, Artists Group | Unscripted.
SiriusXM’s “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.” “I talk a little too loud. I don’t act as cool as I can.”“I can see that,” O’Brien responded, noting how famous Swift has become. “I mean, she’s this whole other level now.”Sandler compared Swift to The Beatles, specifically how people knew all of their songs.“People talk about The Beatles of it all and her.
EXCLUSIVE: Michael MacMillan retired from the world of television 17 years ago. Except, he didn’t.
BBC's Race Across the World is set to return to TV screens for a new series and the show is looking for intrepid duos of all ages to take a step into the unknown and embark on a epic race across land and sea.
The Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival on Monday revealed 11 new recipients for its annual RE:Focus Fund, celebrating its fifth year of supporting filmmakers identifying as women, non-binary and/or trans.
Um… is Taylor Swift FINALLY returning to the Met Gala?!
Kings Of Leon have announced a 2024 world tour with dates in London and North America.The band – comprised of Caleb, Jared, Nathan and Mathew Followill – are set to embark on a string of live dates in support of their forthcoming ninth album ‘Can We Please Have Fun’.They are set to play BST Hyde Park in London on June 30, with the likes of Paolo Nutini and The Vaccines performing as well along with other special guests who have yet to be announced.From there, the band will then head off to the Moody Center in Austin Texas on August 14 to kick off the US leg of tour. The band will make their way through the states, making stops in major cities such as Houston, Fort Worth, Phoenix, Inglewood, Palm Springs, Berkley, Santa Barbra, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta, Nashville, Chicago, Toronto and Laval.
There are two things the Real Housewives franchise reliably delivers on – binge-worthy drama and documenting the lavish lifestyles of the show’s stars.