These Royals Gave Up Everything - Including A Title - For Love!

Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic(This post contains no spoilers for the first season of “Cowboy Bebop,” now streaming on Netflix.)Netflix’s live-action remake of “Cowboy Bebop” tries to be so much all at once, and appeal to so many different potential audiences, that it ends up struggling to forge an identity of its own.For fans of the iconic, relatively solemn Japanese anime that inspired it, the show’s reliance on borderline whacky hijinks (think an R-rated “Scooby Doo”) will be nothing short

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Daniella Pineda is dying to get back into her first love — comedy writing — but right now she’s taking a slight career detour into space.

love with a commoner who, once wed, ascends to royal status themselves - but this isn’t always the case. Japan ‘s Princess Mako has this week wed “commoner” Kei Komuro, a move which means she will lose her royal status.

Netflix’s “Cowboy Bebop” has the herculean task of adapting one of the crown jewels of Japanese animation. Based on the anime series by director Shinichirō Watanabe, the new live-action adaptation cherrypicks the greatest hits of the original, while significantly expanding the roles of the supporting characters to the adaptations’ detriment.

Paris Hilton is getting married! The reality star, who shot to fame thanks in part to her role on The Simple Life, is returning to our screens with a new series titled Paris In Love. The documentary will follow the blonde beauty as she prepares to say “I do” to Carter Reum. She started dating the entrepreneur at the end of 2019, and the couple made their romance public in January 2020.

Folks who are longtime readers of The Playlist will no doubt be familiar with our love of the work of filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. And sadly, since the release of his 2019 film, “The Truth,” just a year after his Palme d’Or-winning “Shoplifters,” we have yet to see a new feature from the acclaimed director.

Ireland will face a tough task this weekend when New Zealand come to Dublin.

Netflix has unveiled a hefty list of upcoming Japanese titles, including both anime and live-action films and series. The company is hosting a two-day event this week – the Netflix Japan Festival 2021 – at which it will significantly expand its local slate in the country.

Sega has trademarked the words “Sonic Frontiers” in both English and Japanese, leading to the belief that this could be the name of the upcoming Sonic title.Both the English and Japanese trademarks can be found on Chizai Watch, a website that publishes different patents, designs and trademarks from the Japan Patent Office.

Mexico two years ago, Patino said.Through tears, Patino described how his son — who enjoyed weight lifting, football and rugby — used his strength to break a door and free his mom from the wreckage.“He loved his mom,” Patino said. “He said everything that he was doing, it was trying to help his mom.

Adele has revealed the full tracklist and titles for her upcoming album, 30.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse has hit back at claims that the show’s dance-off is fixed after fans picked up on a blunder during this weekend’s elimination. Motsi and her fellow judges - Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke - were tasked with choosing whether to send home Adam Peaty and his professional partner Katya Jones, or Judi Love and Graziano Di Prima.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNippon TV, one of Japan’s entertainment groups, has struck a deal to license 30 drama and entertainment titles to Netflix for play across Asia, outside Japan.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentJapanese film sellers are once again out in force at TIFFCOM, which is completely online for the second year in a row. Buyers will find much familiar from the Busan market, but new titles are on offer as well.Japan’s oldest continuously operated studio, Nikkatsu is bringing Matsui Daigo’s “Just Remembering,” a romantic drama selected for the TIFF competition.

Love Island beauty Kaz Kamwi has given a peek inside her gorgeous 27th birthday party with close friend Liberty Poole. The ITV2 star, whose boyfriend Tyler Cruickshank shared a heartfelt tribute post to his girlfriend Kaz for her special day, looked every inch the birthday girl as she enjoyed a lavish meal at Japanese restaurant Chotto Matte in London.

Japanese Breakfast have dropped a live EP featuring a cover of Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So” accompanied by the Quartet 121 string section. The 8-track Live at Electric Lady also features recordings of songs from Michelle Zauner's 2021 album Jubilee, including singles "Be Sweet" and "Savage Good Boy." The Spotify-exclusive EP also includes live versions of songs from Zauner’s side project, BUMPER’s (“Ballad 0”), and former band, Little Big League (“Lindsey”).