K-boom! South Korea’s art and high culture lands in Britain with a bang | South Korea

Psy in a bright green jacket and sunglasses, dancing in stage with two dancers

Kimchi, the fermented pickle, led the way, establishing a taste for colourful Korean food in Britain. It was followed by a youth wave of K-pop music hysteria. Then came those two international screen hits, Bong […]

In the streaming era, Substack helps indie rockers pay the bills. Can it last? | Music

Brandon Boyd of Incubus sings into a microphone while on stage.

“I jumped from my chair and knelt over my father, cradling his head. As if in a movie, I held his head in one hand and snapped the other in front of his face, yelling […]

‘It was sacrilegious’: why the destruction of Manchester’s Ian Curtis mural struck a nerve | Joy Division

Street artist Akse, in front of his mural of Ian Curtis in 2020.

This week, the wall of Manchester’s 75 Port Street, a canvas for street artists, cycled through three different designs in the space of one day – the last a plain black background, with no trace […]

AdRev President Ousted After $23MM YouTube Royalties Scam

Adrev YouTube scam

Photo Credit: Rachit Tank AdRev reportedly ousts co-founder/president Noah Becker following $23 million YouTube royalties scam. Noah Becker, co-founder and president of rights management company AdRev, has stepped down from the company following perhaps the […]

Emmys 2022: Can ‘Ted Lasso’ repeat its comedy series win?

A woman holds a Champagne flute while looking in a mirror.

Looking at the deep, distinguished slate of comedy series Emmy nominees this year, you might wish that the television academy could splinter the category into subsections — best comedy you watch through splayed fingers, occasionally […]

100 years in 48 hours: the ‘epic’ VR film Gondwana is set in the world’s oldest tropical rainforest | Melbourne international film festival

A Strangler Fig in Gondwana

Ben Joseph Andrews and Emma Roberts stopped all the clocks the moment they arrived in the Daintree Rainforest to start a five month research trip for their epic, 48-hour, virtual reality film Gondwana. Arriving in […]