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GLAAD is joining Frameline and NewFest, two major LGBTQ+ film festivals, to host the “Cheers, Queers” celebration at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. The “Cheers, Queers” event is happening on Friday, Jan. 24 and will feature conversation and party including a “Trans Stories and Storytelling” panel with director Zackary Drucker (“April & Amanda”) and actor Aud Mason-Hyde (“Jimpa”) and a “Raising Our Voices” segment.

Naman Ramachandran Legendary Japanese director Takeshi Kitano‘s samurai epic “Kubi” will open the sixth edition of London’s Queer East Festival on April 23 at BFI Southbank. The festival, running through May 18, will showcase over 100 titles exploring LGBTQ+ experiences across East and Southeast Asia. Highlights include “Rookie,” about a teenager joining an all-girls volleyball team in the Philippines; “Under the Moonlight,” documenting an Islamic boarding school for transgender women in Indonesia; and the 1968 Japanese underground film “Crazy Love,” shot in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district.

NMIXX have dropped their fourth mini-album ‘Fe3O4: Forward’, alongside a music video for title track ‘Know About Me’.‘Fe304: Forward’, released on March 17, marks the third and final entry into the NMIXX’s ‘Fe3O4’ trilogy. The series began in early 2024 with ‘Fe3O4: Break’, featuring title track ‘Dash’, followed by ‘Fe3O4: Stick Out’ in August with lead single ‘See that?’.

Naman Ramachandran “Game of Thrones” veteran Iain Glen has joined the cast of TBA Studios‘ historical biopic “Quezon,” it was revealed on the sidelines of Hong Kong FilMart. Glen, known for his role as the loyal Jorah Mormont in HBO’s fantasy series, will portray Leonard Wood, the U.S. Army major who served as governor-general of the Philippines from 1921-1927.

EXO singer Xiumin has announced her upcoming 2025 ‘X Times ()’ Asia tour, featuring concerts in Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and more.Xiumin announced his upcoming 2025 ‘X Times ()’ Asia tour on March 7, days prior to the release of his sophomore solo mini-album ‘Interview X’, which comes out today (March 10). The tour will feature six shows over three months.Xiumin is set to kick off the tour with a show at Seoul’s Bluesquare Mastercard Hall on March 22.

LE SSERAFIM have announced their upcoming 2025 ‘Easy Crazy Hot’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia, North America and more.LE SSERAFIM have revealed the dates for the upcoming Asia leg of their newly announced 2025 ‘Easy Crazy Hot’ world tour, which will kick off this April with a two-night concert in Incheon, South Korea.From May to August 2025, the K-pop girl group will bring their world tour to nine cities across Asia. They include nine stops in Japan, including a three-night stop in the city of Saitama, four in Southeast Asia and one each in Taiwan and Hong Kong.LE SSERAFIM have also teased the upcoming North American leg of their 2025 ‘Easy Crazy Hot’ world tour, which will take place this September.

Tyler, The Creator has announced an Asia tour in support of his latest studio album ‘Chromakopia’, making his live debut in Manila and Bangkok. See the full list of dates below.The rapper made the announcement yesterday (February 26) on social media – fans have since responded with pleas to tour other parts of the region, particularly in Southeast Asia, where he has yet to perform.Tyler will launch the tour in Tokyo on September 9, followed by dates in Seoul, Manila and Bangkok.

ZEROBASEONE have returned with their fifth mini-album ‘Blue Paradise’, alongside a music video for lead single ‘Blue’.ZEROBASEONE released both the record and the music video for ‘Blue’ on February 24 at 6pm KST. It marks their first Korean release of 2025, and it is also the second part to the boyband’s ‘Paradise’ series of mini-albums.

in an Instagram post on Tuesday. She was 65.Trailblazing celebrity chef Margarita Forés, famous for championing her native cuisine and bringing authentic Italian fare to the Philippines, was found unresponsive in her room after missing a lunch meeting, according to Manila Standard.

BLACKPINK‘s Jisoo has announced her upcoming 2025 ‘Lights, Love, Action!’ tour of Asia, featuring concerts in Thailand, Vietnam and more.BLACKPINK singer Jisoo’s upcoming 2025 ‘Lights, Love, Action!’ tour was first announced on February 4 by her label Blissoo with the release of a poster for the upcoming concerts.Jisoo will play a total of seven stops for her 2025 ‘Lights, Love, Action!’ tour, ith concerts in Manila, Bangkok, Tokyo, Macau, Taipei, Hong Kong and Hanoi. It currently remains unclear if the K-pop star will expand the tour beyond Asia.Dates, venues and ticketing information have all yet to be announced.

Naman Ramachandran Tokyo-based Free Stone Productions has acquired international rights to Berlinale 2025 selection “Seaside Serendipity” and cross-cultural drama “Diamonds in the Sand,” with plans to represent both titles at Berlin’s upcoming European Film Market (EFM). “Seaside Serendipity,” set to premiere in the Generation section at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival, marks the latest feature from Yokohama Satoko (“Bare Essence of Life,” “The Actor”). The coming-of-age drama follows a 14-year-old art club member and his friends during their summer vacation as they interact with a diverse community of artists who have relocated to their seaside town.

Naman Ramachandran After Korea, Philippines media giant ABS-CBN is positioning itself as the next potential purveyor of hit Asian entertainment, building on the international box office success of “Hello, Love, Again.” “What we want to export or highlight to the rest of the world is what makes the Filipinos great as a people,” says Kriz Gazmen, head of ABS-CBN Films. “We’re very big on our love stories. We’re very proud of our love stories, and I think that’s a very good entry way for us to the global market.” The strategy appears to be working.

Naman Ramachandran South Korean pop sensation J-Hope, best known as a member of BTS, has revealed plans for his inaugural solo world tour. The tour, titled “Hope on the Stage,” is set to commence in February and will span continents, with stops scheduled in major cities across Asia and North America. The announcement was made on fan platform Weverse on Friday.

BTS rapper J-hope has announced his upcoming 2025 ‘Hope on the Stage’ world tour, featuring concerts in the US, Asia and more.BTS’ J-hope will kick off his 2025 tour at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea with a three-date concert that will run from February 28 to March 2. Thereafter, the K-pop star is set to bring his ‘Hope on the Stage’ world tour to 14 other cities around the world, all for two-night concerts.From March to April, the BTS member will embark on the North American leg of the tour.

It may not seem like the most obvious choice for a Christmas movie – a brutal action film with a protagonist traumatized by a failed mission in the jungle – but Triggered (Topakk) is one of the ten films selected for this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) and is opening across the Philippines on December 25. 

Olivia Rodrigo is due to donate a substantial amount of money to several women’s charities across the globe.Per a Billboard report, the ‘Good 4 U’ singer-songwriter has announced that she will be donating a hefty sum of money, taken from ticket sales for her ‘Guts’ world tour, to key organisations focusing on women’s issues.The singer has been a vocal reproductive rights activist, having announced the launch of The Fund 4 Good initiative earlier this year as part of the ‘Guts’ world tour.The sum will amount to over US$2million, and will be spread across 10 organisations that champion girls’ education, women’s reproductive rights and the prevention of gender-based violence.The 10 charities are the US’ National Network of Abortion Funds, Canada’s Women’s Shelters’ Europe’s Women Against Violence Europe, Thailand’s the Pratthanadee Foundation, South Korea’s Korea Foundation For Women, Hong Kong’s Harmony House Limited, Singapore’s Aidha, Japan’s NPO Women’s Saya-Saya, Australia’s Wesnet and finally the Philippines’ Jhpiego.The upcoming donations come after Rodrigo – who is half-Filipina– in October performed in the Philippines for the first time, and donated all of her concert’s profits to Jhpiego.She wrote: “I got to visit the organization while I was in Manila and was so impressed by the work they are doing providing healthcare to women and girls in the Philippines. It was the most special show and the most meaningful trip.

QCinema Project Market (QPM) wrapped this weekend with an awards ceremony in which cash prizes and in-kind services worth $442,000 were handed out to projects from the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia. 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Taiwan Creative Content Agency and Singapore’s public broadcast group MediaCorp, Tuesday, used the opening day of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest as the occasion to sign a memorandum of understanding. Signatories includes TAICCA chair Homme Tsai and MediaCorp’s chief content officer Virginia Lim. The speakers said that the agreement is intended to facilitate co-production in the film and TV space, increase skills training and expand the volume of content that is of a quality to play in international markets. Tsai said that he hopes Taiwanese companies will send production and management staff to Singapore for training.

Chris Martin plunged through a trapdoor while onstage in Melbourne, just weeks after the same thing happened to fellow chart topper Olivia Rodrigo in the same city.

EXCLUSIVE: Following its work on premium series The Bagman, Philippines production outfit Rein Entertainment is launching a slate of films and series here at Busan’s Asian Contents and Film Market (ACFM) headed by crime drama series Drug War: A Conspiracy Of Silence and Lino Cayetano’s ‘Neo-Western’ movie Salvageland.

Kylie Minogue has announced a 2025 ‘Tension’ world tour – check out all the dates and find ticket details below.The pop icon will be performing shows across the UK, her home country of Australia and Asia next year.The ‘Padam Padam’ singer will kick off the tour with a performance at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia on February 15, before she continues on to Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.The Asia leg will begin with a show in Bangkok on March 10, followed by gigs in Tokyo, Kaohsiung and Manila – with all venues still yet to be confirmed.The pop star will then embark on the UK leg with a show at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on May 16, before she continues on to Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, London, Nottingham and a final concert at Birmingham’s BP Pulse Live on May 31. She’s also teased that more dates will be announced soon.General sale tickets for UK dates will be available from Friday (September 27) at 10am BST here.General sale for Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney starts Wednesday, October 2 at 11am local time, and 1pm local time for Melbourne.