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Deftones have played their version of Japan’s ‘Ghosts’ live for the first time at their Día De Los Deftones festival – watch footage below.The band were headlining the fifth iteration of their own curated festival at Petco Park in San Diego on Saturday (November 2), where they gave a live debut to their cover of the 1982 synth-pop classic, the studio version of which they released as a bonus track to their 2010 album ‘Diamond Eyes’.The set also included a number of other rarities, including 2003’s ‘Hexagram’ and 1997’s ‘Lhabia’ for the first time since 2018 and ‘Rickets’ for the first time since 2019.See fan-captured footage from the show here:‘Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)’ ‘My Own Summer (Shove It)’ ‘Lhabia’ ‘Tempest’ ‘Swerve City’ ‘Beware’ ‘Beauty School’ ‘Diamond Eyes’ ‘Rx Queen’ ‘Rapture’ ‘Ghosts’ ‘976-EVIL’ ‘Hexagram’ ‘Rosemary’ ‘Headup’ ‘Around The Fur’ ‘Rickets’ ‘Change (In The House Of Flies)’ ‘Genesis’ ‘7 Words’ Other acts on the bill at this year’s Día De Los Deftones included IDLES, Paris Texas, HEALTH and Sunny Day Real Estate.In other Deftones news, Chino Moreno joined The Smashing Pumpkins on stage in Portland in September for a version of Pumpkins deep cut ‘Jellybelly’.Deftones also announced a North American tour with The Mars Volta for 2025, their first headline stint since 2022. It kicks off in Portland on February, ultimately wrapping in Boston on April 8.

UPDATED: Offshore audiences continue to devour Sony’s Venom: The Last Dance with a sophomore weekend of $68.4M in 66 markets for an international box office cume of $227M so far. The running global total after two frames has clicked past the three-century mark, now at $317.1M, which is 4% ahead of Venom: Let There Be Carnage at the same point in release and at today’s exchange rates.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Venom: The Last Dance” notched a major box office milestone, crossing the $300 million mark in its second weekend of release. So far, the third and final entry in Sony’s alien symbiote comic book trilogy has grossed $317.1 million globally, including $227 million internationally and $90 million domestically. The film, led by Tom Hardy as the titular antihero, opened this weekend in France with $6.5 million and Japan with $3.8 million.

“Weekend Update” segment, Heidi Gardner impersonated Reba McEntire as she joined Colin Jost at the table, and avoided naming which candidate she’s supporting. “Well ain’t that what everybody wants to know? Who’s Bad Bunny endorsing? Who’s Reba voting for?” Gardner, 41, said. “Well here’s the thing: call me Shawn Mendes, cause I’m still figuring it out,” the comedian added, referring to Mendes’ recent comments about the speculation over his sexuality.Jost, 42, asked Gardner’s McEntire about being “undecided” and pointed out that the election is next week.“Well see, I come from a little town called McAlester, Oklahoma, and we don’t make up our minds quickly,” Gardner responded.

Richard Kuipers A portrait of the brilliantly gifted and deeply troubled Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase, “Ravens” is an arresting and engrossing slice of artistic life on the edge from “England Is Mine” director Mark Gill. A mix of dark fantasy and potent drama set largely in the ’60s and ’70s, Gill has fashioned his view of the turning points in Fukase’s life and career as a love triangle between the photographer; his wife and collaborator Yoko Wanibe; and Fukase’s inner demons and artistic desires, which come to startling life in the form of a giant talking raven.

Tokyo International Film Festival and its accompanying TIFFCOM industry event might have been forgiven for being a little soggy. But spirits were rarely dampened.

Mark Schilling Japan Correspondent Screening in competition at the 37th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, Yoshida Daihachi’s “Teki Cometh” is based on a 1998 novel by Tsutsui Yasutaka about a retired professor, Watanabe Gisuke, who is quietly living out his last days when he receives a mysterious message on his PC that his “enemy” (teki) is coming. Starring revered veteran actor Kyozo Nagatsuka as Watanabe and filmed in black-and-white, the film begins as a record of his daily existence, from his meticulous meal prep – he is a something of a gourmet – to his platonic relationship with a former student (Takeuchi Kumi) that smolders with an unstated but evident mutual passion.

Daizen Maeda cracked a hat-trick as rampant Celtic ripped apart Aberdeen’s unbeaten record and stormed into the Premier Sports Cup Final.

Japan‘s Agency for Cultural Affairs unveiled four filmmakers selected for the first cohort of its Film Frontier Global Networking Program.

Prince George has already taken after his parents in many ways, whether its due to his looks, his interest in sports or the way he is learning what is future role will involve. As well as this, George has clearly inherited a passion for art from his mother - something which was seen when his parents shared a painting he had done of a reindeer and robins in a snowy scene to celebrate Christmas Day in 2022.The young royal's talent shocked and impressed those on social media - but he is certainly not the only member of his family with an artistic side.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Earlier this year, when he was guest of honor at the Asian Film Awards, Kurosawa Kiyoshi was in determined mood as he spoke about his craft, his influences and a need to keep reinventing himself. Six months and several accolades later, he is just as resolute. “I turned 68 last year.

Filmmakers with works selected for the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Nippon Cinema Now section took part in a panel alongside Christian Jeune, Cannes‘ film department director and deputy general delegate.

Godzilla will live on in another movie!

Move over South Korea, there’s a new player in the international arena. Japan’s famously risk-averse broadcasters and studios have woken up to the world outside Japan and are making a bold move on the the U.S. and other international markets. 

On the heels of his triumph with Oscar winner Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki is set to write, direct and steer VFX for a new Godzilla film for Toho, the Japanese creator and longtime steward of the franchise, Toho announced on Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: The Veterans has boarded sales for an AFM launch on Bernard Rose’s Shakespeare adaptation Lear Rex, starring Al Pacino as tragic monarch King Lear alongside Jessica Chastain as his villainous, power-hungry, oldest daughter Goneril.

Assassin’s Creed games in the next five years.Gaming journalist Tom Henderson appeared on the XB2 Podcast recently and spoke about the future of Ubisoft. The studio recently announced a number of job cuts after a tough financial quarter due to the delay of Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the poor sales of Star Wars: Outlaws.According to Henderson, Ubisoft is “in a tricky spot at the moment” and is hoping to “capitalise on the franchise as much as possible.

Naman Ramachandran Christian Jeune, director of the film department at Cannes Film Festival, has hailed the next generation of filmmakers chosen for the Tokyo International Film Festival‘s (TIFF) Nippon Cinema Now strand. “If I go back to six, seven years, I was a bit desperate to find new voices, and I got the impression that there was nobody really, or maybe young directors had difficulties to finance or even to cross over,” Jeune said.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Japan’s Agency for Cultural affairs, Friday, announced the first young filmmakers to receive support under its new Film Frontier Global Networking Program. The agency explained that Film Frontier will operate with two cycles, allowing the selected four a chance to brush up their presentation skills before then giving them opportunities to present at overseas film events. It will also connect young film makers with experienced professionals as mentors.

Inhaler have announced details of a huge UK and European tour to take place in the first half of 2025 – check out all the dates below.The Irish band will play a run of eight dates around the UK in February, kicking off at Leeds’ O2 Academy on February 7 and wrapping at Newcastle’s O2 City Hall on February 19, before heading around Europe in April and May, with Blossoms set to join them on the bill at all European dates.Tickets for the shows go on pre-sale for fans who have pre-ordered their new album ‘Open Wide’ at 9:30am local time on November 6, with general sale starting at the same time on November 8.

EXCLUSIVE: Kani Releasing has acquired North American rights to Yoko Yamanaka’s Desert Of Namibia from Japan’s Happinet Phantom Studios Corp.