HYBE, Home Of BTS, Says It Will Contact Police About Executives From Subsidiary Label After Audit

Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros. Discovery has appointed entertainment creative advertising and marketing specialist, Once Upon a Time, and brand consultancy and creative agency, BigSmall, for the European launch of streamer Max.

EXCLUSIVE: London-based sales outfit Rapt Films International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Benjamin Howard’s debut US film Riley and will launch sales at the upcoming Cannes Market. 

EXCLUSIVE: Animation-focused sales company Gebeka International has acquired world sales rights to an upcoming 4K remastered version of Japanese animation director Mamoru Oshii’s 1985 animated feature Angel’s Egg. 

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-nominated British comedy Such Brave Girls is returning for a second season.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese streaming giant iQIYI is involved in a legal row after featuring Korean masterpiece Oldboy in its library for at least six years without a proper license.

The woman claiming to be the real person behind Baby Reindeer character Martha has done her first TV interview, and has directed a message to the show’s creator.The semi-autobiographical series is based on the real-life experiences of comedian, writer and actor Richard Gadd – in which he was stalked by an older woman, who, in the series, is named Martha. The Netflix series became a runaway hit, topping UK viewership charts for the last three weeks.Now, Harvey, who has come forward claiming to be the real-life Martha, has denied many aspects of the story, and has threatened Gadd with legal action.During the interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored earlier this evening (May 9), Fiona Harvey discussed the details behind the hit series, and gave a message to its creator and star.*WORLD EXCLUSIVE*The real-life Martha from Baby Reindeer breaks cover and gives me her first TV interview about the smash hit Netflix show.

Sega has confirmed a new Sonic The Hedgehog game will be coming to mobile later this year.Details of Sonic Rumble were previously leaked under the working title Sonic Toys Party, but now Sega has officially confirmed the release of the game.Sonic Rumble is set to launch on iOS and Android devices this winter and has been developed and managed by Sega, in collaboration with Angry Birds developer Rovio. The game “invites players to enter a twisted toy world created by the notorious Dr Eggman,” according to an official description.

Andy Cohen’s viral interview about his friendship with John Mayer, the musician has weighed in on the discourse himself.The “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” hitmaker, 46, has long been friends with the Bravo honcho, who is openly gay, but their friendship prompted much speculation in recent years.Now, the singer has chimed in to set the record straight on the nature of their friendship and slammed The Hollywood Reporter for posing the “deeply flawed” question.Addressing the publication’s co-editor-in-chief Maer Roshan, who conducted the interview with Cohen, Mayer criticized Roshan for bringing up the question in the first place.“I read your interview with Andy Cohen, and was intrigued by your line of questioning regarding our friendship,” the guitarist began.“You posited that ‘your friendship with Mayer has been a subject of intense speculation. People seem dubious that a straight rock star can have a close platonic relationship with a gay TV personality.’ I think this is somewhat of a specious premise.”“First, there is a long and storied history of “rock stars” (not mocking, just won’t refer to myself as one) befriending gay icons and artists,” he continued.“Second, I think that to suggest that people are dubious of a friendship like mine and Andy’s is to undermine the public’s ability to accept and understand diversity in all facets of culture, be it in art or in real life.”Mayer said he hopes the public is “sophisticated enough” to accept the fact that the pair’s friendship is strictly platonic.“That turns the concept of being gay into an ignorantly two-dimensional one, which I know you know it’s not.

Megan Thee Stallion has shared a new single called ‘BOA’ – you can listen to it below.Continuing the snake theme of the Houston rapper’s current era, the song follows on from her recent tracks ‘Cobra’ and ‘Hiss’.It is built around a sample of Gwen Stefani‘s 2004 solo song ‘What You Waiting For?’, and was produced by Megan’s frequent collaborator Lil Ju (aka LilJuMadeDaBeat).“I be showing my ass, they mad huh?/ Bitches is bitter, they thought it was sweet,” she spits in the first verse. “All of sudden they vegan, they don’t want beef/ Talking outta veneers, I’m knocking out teeth.”Later, Megan raps over Stefani’s infectious “Tick-tock” refrain: “Bitch yo time up, why is you not clockin’ out? Doin’ shit for TikTok/ Bitch, I’m really hip-hop.”‘BOA’ arrives with some video game-inspired official visuals, which see a male character go head-to-head with Megan in a Street Fighter-style battle.

The Libertines‘ Albion Rooms hotel in Margate is set to become solely a residential recording studio and events space.The group opened their own hotel and studio space in the Kent seaside town in 2020, having acquired the keys to the building three years prior.While giving NME a tour at the time, Carl Barât explained: “The band live in three different countries, and the only thing that really binds us without something like this is tour schedules.“To have a place that’s our own HQ and that we all have equal ownership of and equal input in – that was the dream.”The Libertines went on to record their 2024 Number One album ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ at The Albion Rooms – which is located at 31 Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville, Margate.Following the LP’s release, Barât said: “We set up this hotel with grand ambitions and a lot of objectives of which we achieved.“Now, personally, being very close to it and having to deal with a lot more of the runnings and whatnot, I think we’ve done that. And I think what we really need is a studio where the artists can stay there.

K-pop boyband EVNNE have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘Ride With EVNNE’ North America tour, with concerts inEVNNE and event organisers SHOWKASE have announced the dates and details for the boyband’s first North American tour, titled ‘Ride With EVNNE’, which will be held across August this year. later this year.K-pop boyband will kick things off at the Le National venue in Montreal, Quebec on August 7.

ADOR, home to popular girl group NewJeans, is set to hold a shareholder meeting later this month to vote on whether or not to dismiss Min Hee-jin as CEO.The decision to hold a shareholder meeting was announced today (May 10) by legal representatives of ADOR. According to The Korea Times, the move was made “under the attendance of all board members”, which included Min hee-jin, with the meeting set to be held on May 31.The announcement comes just days after the ADOR CEO filed an injunction to prevent HYBE from exercising its rights at the upcoming shareholder meeting, per Korea JoongAng Daily.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, but when does the Hashira Training Arc come out?The saga is based on the manga series by Koyoharu Gotoge, published under Shueisha’s Jump Comics imprint. The entire series consists of 23 volumes and to date has sold over 150 million copies.The first instalment of the anime adaptation came in 2019 with the Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc, which was followed by the 2020 feature film Mugen Train, which made over $450million at the box office and became the highest grossing Japanese film of all time.Since then, we have seen the release of the Mugen Train Arc, Entertainment District Arc and the Swordsmith Village Arc, all of which are currently available to stream on Crunchyroll.Earlier this year, the first episode of the Hashira Training Arc was bundled together with the final episode of the Swordsmith Village Arc in the cinematic experience, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training.The synopsis for the upcoming new season states: “To the Hashira Training…The members of the Demon Slayer Corps and their highest-ranking swordsmen, the Hashira.

Many Scots are in for a very warm and sunny Saturday this weekend with temperatures peaking in the low 20s - before things potentially take a turn for the worst the following day.

A Dumfries mum living with incurable stage four secondary cancer is reaching out to others in the region as she launches a new monthly support group today.

First Minister John Swinney has ruled out introducing legislation on gender reform after a previous law was vetoed by the UK Government.

Darts sensation Luke Littler faced another jeering crowd on Premier League Darts' 15th night in Leeds, rendering a teasing performance as a Manchester United fan.

Deaf Awareness Week runs until May 12 and is an annual event aimed at promoting understanding and raising awareness on the challenges faced by people with hearing loss issues. According to the latest research from the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, some 12 million adults in the UK are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.

It's all set to be a blockbuster clash at Celtic Park in a game that could decide the destination of the Scottish Premiership this season - and it's got the world talking.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Kinology (“Dracula, a Love Story”) has boarded international sales to “The Big War,” an epic €30-million live action-CGI characters hybrid movie which will mark the directorial comeback of “La Haine” filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz. The ambitious feature is adapted from “La Bête Est Morte,” an iconic two-part graphic novel illustrated by Edmond Calvo during War World 2 in Nazi-Occupied France and published after the country was liberated.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After making the transition from the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant), “Doctor Who” now has a new Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa), who made his first appearance in the “Doctor Who Christmas Special” in late 2023. If you want to catch up with its previous seasons or watch its current season, “Doctor Who” is streaming on Disney+.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Principal photography has ended on Georgian writer-director Ana Urushadze’s second film, “Supporting Role.” The first images have been released. It follows on from the success of Urushadze’s 2017 debut “Scary Mother,” which premiered and won best first feature at Locarno Film Festival before going on to pick up the top prize in Sarajevo. It was nominated for the European Film Academy’s Discovery Award and was Georgia’s entry for the 90th Academy Awards.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Munich-based sales agency The Playmaker has closed several key distribution deals on heist comedy “Two to One,” starring Sandra Hüller, who was Oscar nominated this year for “Anatomy of a Fall.” The Playmaker has sold the film to KMBO in France, A Contracorriente in Spain, Madman in Australia and Rosebud in Greece. The German distributor is X-Verleih.

Tiffany Haddish opened up about her ex Common moving on and if she wrote about her time with him in her new book I Curse You With Joy.

Rebel Wilson is opening up about her big break in Hollywood and how she actually lost money on the project, instead of getting rich as fans likely expected.

EXCLUSIVE: Two well-known UK indies will become one as All3Media’s Objective Media Group consolidates Triple Brew and Betty into a new, as-yet-unnamed single label, Deadline has learned.

SEVENTEEN‘s hip-hop unit have unveiled the music video for their new song ‘LALALI’.In April, the K-pop boyband dropped their first compilation album ‘17 Is Right Here’ and its title track ‘Maestro’. The group’s hip-hop unit – formed by members S.Coups, Wonwoo, Mingyu and Vernon – have now released a music video for album cute ‘LALALI’.The visual opens with a cleaner entering a bedroom where the group slept, only to find that they have burst through the wall and left.

Steve Albini – see what Durango had to say below.Earlier this week, the music world was shaken by the news of iconic rock engineer, producer and musician Steve Albini dying from a heart attack at the age of 61. Besides recording and producing some of rock’s biggest albums including Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero’ and Pixies‘ ‘Surfer Rosa’, Albini was also in several bands – one of which was Big Black.Now, Big Black guitarist Santiago Durango has shared a statement with Rolling Stone about his former bandmate, in which he called Albini a “caring and giving person”. Describing Albini’s death as a “total gut punch”, Durango said to the publication: “I always believed Steve would outlive me.

Paramore gave their cover of Talking Heads‘ ‘Burning Down The House’ its live debut while opening for Taylor Swift in Paris last night (May 9). Watch the footage and see the full setlist below.Hayley Williams and co.

K-pop girl group ARTMS have dropped a new video for ‘Air’, a song from their upcoming album, ‘Dall’.Today (May 10), the five-member act – formed by LOONA’s HeeJin, HaSeul, Kim Lip, JinSoul and Choerry – released their new single ‘Air’ on streaming platforms along with a music video. The song is part of their upcoming debut album ‘Dall’, which drops on May 31.The new video features the ARTMS members gathering in a cosy house, hanging out and singing to the track together.

Former Manchester City right-back Bacary Sagna has accused Manchester United's players of 'giving up' following Monday night's 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Crystal Palace.

NCT member Mark has teased his new single ‘200’ and an upcoming solo albumToday (May 10), NCT’s Mark released an acoustic performance clip of his upcoming single ‘200’, which will be released inn full on May 16 at 6pm KST. The song will be will be accompanied by the B-side ‘200 (Minhyung’s version)’, with Minhyung being the rapper’s Korean name.Additionally, SM Entertainment has announced that the Korean-Canadian idol is preparing to release his first solo album sometime in February 2025.

MC5 has died. He was 75.According to a report from the Detroit Free Press, Thompson died on Thursday (May 9) at the MediLodge of Taylor, where he had been hospitalised and was in the process of recovery after suffering a heart attack in April.Thompson was the last surviving member among the original MC5 line-up. His death comes after the passing of guitarist and co-founder Wayne Kramer in February after succumbing to pancreatic cancer.

Taylor Swift has kicked off the European leg of her career-spanning ‘Eras’ tour, where she performed an entirely new section that included numerous live debuts – see what she performed below.Last night (May 9), Swift performed her first ‘Eras’ show since releasing her latest album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. As such, it also marked her first show to feature a section honouring the album, which consisted of nine tracks from the record that have never been performed live before.For her first-ever ‘Tortured Poets Department’ segment, she performed a combination of ‘But Daddy I Love Him’ and ‘So High School’, followed by ‘Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me?’ – which is Lana Del Rey’s favourite track off the album – and ‘Down Bad’.

The headline ‘Stockport to get Metrolink’ is one that’s been written plenty of times, with the proposals being announced and reannounced by politicians of all colours for years.

A night spent in Wetherspoons is often a fuzzy recollection of cheap drinks, lairy carpets and monumental toilet expeditions up or down several sets of stairs. Whether you're there for after-work drinks, a boozy Thursday curry club night, or a pit stop at the start of a big night out, a night at the local 'Spoons' is a relatively easy choice.