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Helena Gao And Shushu Link On ‘lao wai [老外]’
Chinese-Danish alt-pop artist Helena Gao has released ‘lao wai [老外]’, a new single featuring Chinese artist Shushu, ahead of her EP ‘Gao Dan Dan’. The track explores Gao’s sense of being an outsider—its title means “foreigner”—and blends hyper-pop, Chinese electronic music and Scandinavian alt-pop influences. The EP is due on 10 September via After All…
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Bootleg ‘The Office’ Videos Show How Chinese AI Is Still Being Used To Plunder Hollywood IP
AI-generated clips featuring characters from The Office have highlighted continuing concerns that Chinese video-generation tools can be used to reproduce Hollywood intellectual property without effective safeguards. The example matters because it emerged while MiniMax, the maker of Hailuo 3, is defending a copyright lawsuit brought by major US studios, underscoring the growing legal and commercial…
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Pony Island 2 Panda Circus: gallop out of hell in this phantasmagorical follow-up to 2016’s indie hit
Daniel Mullins is developing Pony Island 2: Panda Circus, a much larger follow-up to his acclaimed 2016 indie game, combining its predecessor’s glitchy, self-aware style with varied new gameplay systems. The project matters because it marks the return of a cult favourite from the creator of Inscryption, while attempting to preserve Pony Island’s distinctive technical…
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How teen TV is replacing repetition with authenticity: ‘a reprieve from the algorithm’
Teen television is enjoying renewed popularity through series such as Sterling Point, Heartstopper and The Summer I Turned Pretty, which focus on emotionally open, grounded coming-of-age stories rather than sensational plots. The article argues that this approach offers younger viewers a slower, more reflective alternative to algorithm-driven short-form video, while helping streaming services develop new…
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Rush to turn Toronto homecoming into concert film: “A natural choice”
Rush chose to film its Toronto homecoming show as a concert film, presenting the decision as an obvious fit given the band’s deep connection to the city. The project preserves a landmark performance for fans and highlights the significance of returning to the group’s hometown. The film documents Rush’s live show in Toronto, where the…
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Locarno’s Match Me! Projects Push New Voices, Timely Relevance and Authenticity as a Younger Generation Moves Center Stage
Locarno’s 2026 Match Me! co-production strand is highlighting emerging producers and projects aimed at younger arthouse audiences, particularly stories about Gen Z and millennial uncertainty, identity and belonging. The selection suggests European and Latin American filmmakers are responding to a changing cinema audience as younger viewers become more central to upscale theatrical releases. – Brazil’s…
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DJ Heartstring’s ‘Another Year Alone’ Salutes Their Indie Roots
DJ Heartstring have released ‘Another Year Alone (i love you)’, a new single that draws on the duo’s indie influences while retaining their dance-focused style. The release matters as it shows the pair broadening their sound by combining 1990s dance euphoria with the guitar-driven energy of 2000s indie. The track was inspired in part by…
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Buried for not being Brueghel: overlooked masterpiece by still-life pioneer discovered in storage area
A still-life painting long kept in storage at Norway’s National Museum has been reattributed to the Flemish baroque artist Clara Peeters, an early pioneer of the genre. Previously thought to be by Ambrosius Brueghel and later labelled anonymous, the work’s reassessment restores it to a significant female artist and will feature in a major exhibition…