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Executives from Netflix, Prime Video, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery converged at APOS 2026 in Bali this week with a shared conviction: Asian IP and local storytelling are no longer regional plays but the streaming industry’s most valuable global assets. During the session “Asia’s Streaming Advantage: Growth, Profitability and What’s Next,” Netflix VP of content … Read more
Regina Young’s chronic fatigue and anxiety had escalated to debilitating exhaustion, then a panic disorder that had her trapped in her home, unable to care for or even feed herself, when there was a knock on the door. It was the first visit from paramedic Keith Grayson, part of a Medicaid-funded program that Young believes … Read more
V47 Entertainment’s specialist agency Virtue Asia has struck a deal with China-listed microdrama company COL Group to develop and distribute brand-funded entertainment across Southeast Asia, the companies announced on the sidelines of the APOS conference in Bali. Under the partnership, Virtue Asia and COL will work together to package opportunities for regional marketers across microdrama, … Read more
Christmas morning. Was it really Christmas morning? Oh, metaphorically speaking. I’m Canadian, very gullible. Now you know. Good to know. It was a total joy, because I’ve been swimming in these QAnon, 4chan, right-wing waters for a long time. I think when it was quite new and scary in 2016, 2015, when you had Pepe … Read more
Antarctica’s west coast is missing an area of winter sea ice the size of France, sparking concerns for threatened penguins other marine life and global sea levels. One expert said the loss of ice in the Bellingshausen Sea was “depressing” and the failure of ice to form could have intensified a heatwave over the continent’s … Read more
Juno Hong’s “Only the Moon Knows” claimed the Annual Focus award at SIFF Project, the project promotion component of the Shanghai International Film Festival. It also took home the Regent Presents “Cinematic Escapes” Special Focus Award, worth 200,000 IHG One Rewards Points. “I’m so excited and also got complicated feelings,” said Hong after the ceremony. … Read more
Iran’s national soccer team has made its 2026 World Cup debut amid a tumultuous backdrop: an abrupt and tentative ceasefire after months of war, an extraordinary set-up in Mexico after the US prevented the team from residing in-country between matches, and political uncertainty that has now expanded to the international stage. But for many Iranians, … Read more
Vice President JD Vance knew the assignment, and he likely knew how that assignment would go. Promoting his new book in an interview on “The View,” whose co-hosts are no fans of Donald Trump, he would have to defend the president’s gaffes and policy mistakes, while not looking too thirsty to replace the president come … Read more
The campaign to end the death penalty in the United States got an important new ally on Tuesday, when Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced his opposition to capital punishment and called on his state’s legislature to abolish it. For a Republican leader of a red state who was a longtime supporter of the death penalty, … Read more
Some trolls experience buyer’s remorse, Margera says, chuckling. He says a man from Texas recently emailed the morning after spending $5,000 sending variations of the message, “Wake up, pussy!” He pleaded his case: He was drinking and blacked out. Margera wasn’t sympathetic. “Eat a dick!” he said. “That’s what you get.” The team welcomes me … Read more