Japan’s Free Stone Takes Aim at the Cannes Market With ‘The Gun’

Meanwhile, "Kousui" is enjoying the effects of media exposure, ruling video this week by adding a whopping 10 million views to its weekly total, jumping to 17,489,687 views from last week's 7,224,834.The ballad was also nonexistent on karaoke platforms before the shutdown but has been added starting this week, and considering that it took off on TikTok powered by users' covers, it's expected to soar in the karaoke metric in the coming weeks as well.The first No.

Rebecca Davis editorTencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) has established a strategic partnership with Japan’s CoMix Wave Films Inc., the animation studio and distribution firm best known for works by helmer Makoto Shinkai.The new partnership will see the original soundtracks from 17 popular Japanese animated films put up on TME’s music platforms: QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music and KTV app WeSing.Two of Shinkai’s films have been hits in China in recent years.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Pablo Larrain’s Princess Diana movie Spencer, which is set to star Kristen Stewart as the former royal, was a hot seller for FilmNation out of the Cannes virtual market.The New York-based firm all but sold out on the project, closing deals for the UK, France, Italy and Benelux (STX Entertainment), Germany and Switzerland (DCM), Australia/NZ (Roadshow), Latin America, Spain and Portugal (Sun), South Korea (Green Narae) and Japan (Tohokushina).Buyers

Liza Koshy is apologizing for her own past racist actions on YouTube.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Following news last week that Stage Mother, Thom Fitzgerald’s comedy starring Jacki Weaver and Lucy Liu, had sold to Momentum Pictures for North America and Altitude for UK, sales agent Film Mode Entertainment has inked a series of further Cannes deals on the title.The pic has now gone to Australia and New Zealand (Madman), Italy (Eagle Pictures), Japan (Regents), Taiwan (Deepjov), Middle East (Eagle Films), and South Africa (African Entertainment

What kind of movies will audiences most want to see as the world emerges from the novel coronavirus pandemic? If thrillers and exotic escape are your buyer's bet — a reasonable guess after populations have spent months cooped up, totally unable to travel — then the Argentinian samurai revenge thriller Dogman could be a bankable project to board early.

Britney Spears took to social media on Monday (June 22) to show off her adorable day at the beach with boyfriend Sam Asghari."All you need is love and the beach....!!!!!" the pop icon captioned the trio of pictures, which feature the couple cuddled up on towels while wearing masks and strolling down the beach hand in hand.Spears has also used her time in quarantine to release new music in the form of cult favorite track "Mood Ring." Originally released as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Mark Amin’s U.S. based Sobini Films (Good Kill), Japanese producer Motoko Kimura (L.D.K), and Lifeng Wang’s (Skiptrace) Yintai Investment are teaming up to launch the ACJ Film Fund.ACJ is a joint venture to develop and finance wide-release theatrical films that will appeal to the American, Chinese, and Japanese markets.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTokyo-based Flag Co. has acquired all Japanese rights to François Ozon’s “Summer of 85” from Playtime.

for charity in 2016, and covered it live during a 2018 Detroit concert.The Foo Fighters and Astley met at Japan's Summer Sonic festival in 2017, which the rock band was headlining.

J-pop artist Gen Hoshino released a song he wrote and recorded on his own during quarantine called "Oriai / Halfway" on Friday (June 19), along with the accompanying music video.

Official HIGE DANdism dominates the top two slots of the Japan Hot 100 with their long-running hits "Pretender" and "I LOVE…""Pretender" takes the top spot after coming in at No. 3 on the 2019 year-end chart, as the band's popularity soared after performing live on numerous year-end music shows.

Japanese band MAN WITH A MISSION shared the track list for the third album in their trilogy of 10th anniversary projects, called MAN WITH A "BEST" MISSION.

Japanese band MAN WITH A MISSION shared the track list for the third album in their trilogy of 10th anniversary projects, called MAN WITH A "BEST" MISSION.The greatest-hits collection dropping July 15 follows the band's previous two 10th anniversary sets: the first, a collection of B-sides and covers, and the second featuring remixes.

The company promises to “do better” in catering to the region

YOASOBI's "Yoru ni kakeru" logs its second week atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated May 25 to 31, marking the rising group's first consecutive weeks at No. 1.Figures for the track hold steady for the most part, with streaming at 8,818,302 streams (8,335,490 last week), video views at 13,819,547 plays (13,890,300), and downloads at 15,059 units (14,003).Eito's "Kousui" rises a notch to No.

YOASOBI's "Yoru ni kakeru" logs its second week atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated May 25 to 31, marking the rising group's first consecutive weeks at No. 1.