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Executive Turntable: Anh Do Named Global Head of Music at TBWAMedia Arts Lab
This week’s executive appointments include new leadership roles across advertising, live events, talent representation and charitable entertainment bodies. – Ahn Do has joined TBWAMedia Arts Lab, Apple’s global creative agency, as global head of music, reporting to global chief creative officer Brent Anderson. – Do previously worked as in-house music supervisor at Google Brand Studios…
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Beyond ‘Kawaii’: How ASOBISYSTEM Is Building a Global Future for Japanese Idol Culture
ASOBISYSTEM is seeking to take Japanese idol culture, particularly its “kawaii” aesthetic and fan-support practices, to a wider international audience through KAWAII LAB. The company’s plans gained momentum after CUTIE STREET’s Korean television appearance prompted rapid online interest and sold-out Korean shows, demonstrating how a locally rooted style can travel through social media and video…
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Disney+ commissions Aardman’s Pokémon stop-motion series for 2027
Disney+ has commissioned Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu, a stop-motion series made by Aardman, under a global distribution agreement with The Pokémon Company International. Due in 2027, it will air on Disney XD and stream exclusively on Disney+, bringing Aardman’s distinctive animation style to a major Pokémon production. The deal’s first release…
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Disney+, Pokemon Company Ink Global Distribution Deal, Including New Stop-Motion Series
Disney+ has agreed a global distribution partnership with The Pokémon Company International, expanding Disney’s access to Pokémon programming and including an exclusive new stop-motion series from Aardman. The deal matters because it brings a major family entertainment franchise more closely into Disney’s television and streaming services, beginning with classic Pokémon content and leading to a…
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Fox News AI Newsletter: The industry sparking blue-collar jobs boom
Fox News’ AI newsletter highlights how the rapid expansion of data centres is driving demand for construction and other manual jobs in the United States, while also intensifying debate over energy use, local opposition and privacy. It presents the growth of AI infrastructure as economically significant but accompanied by concerns about cyber security, surveillance and…
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Madeon’s First Official Remix Since 2012 Is a Shimmering Take on Ninajirachi’s ‘iPod Touch’
Madeon has released a remix of Ninajirachi’s 2025 track ‘iPod Touch’, his first official remix since 2012. The collaboration matters because it links two prominent electronic artists while deliberately revisiting the early-2010s sound and software culture referenced in the song. Released on Friday 28 August, the remix begins with a more spacious interpretation before building…
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BEARTOOTH Shares Music Video For ‘Beautiful Again’ From ‘Pure Ecstasy’ Album
BEARTOOTH have released their sixth album, ‘Pure Ecstasy’, through Fearless Records, alongside a music video for ‘Beautiful Again’. The release marks the band’s first full-length album for the label and continues the momentum of 2023’s commercially successful ‘The Surface’. Frontman Caleb Shomo wrote, recorded and largely produced the 11-track album, with selected contributions from Jordan…
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Trump election fraud crackdown lands first arrest, putting longtime critics in White House crosshairs
A Honduran green-card holder in Los Angeles has been charged with fraudulent voter registration and falsely claiming US citizenship, in what a Trump administration prosecutor described as the first case in a wider election-fraud crackdown. The White House used the case to challenge critics who argue non-citizen voting is negligible, while the charges have renewed…
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DAVID MARCUS: Woke 1.0 is why entertainers needed our secret conservative club
Opinion writer David Marcus argues that political conformity in Hollywood and the arts during the Obama era led conservatives and independents to create Friends of Abe, a private networking group. He presents the group as evidence that people with conservative views feared professional and social consequences for expressing them, and says its existence illustrates what…
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Save hundreds on a TCL mini-LED TV with quantum dots and high refresh rate
Amazon and Best Buy are discounting TCL’s QM7L mini-LED television range, with the 55-inch model priced from $797.99, $200 below its usual price. The deal offers a lower-cost alternative to OLED sets while retaining premium features aimed at bright-room viewing and gaming. The QM7L uses quantum dots and mini-LED backlighting, and supports HDR, Dolby Vision,…