Doja Cat releases single for ELVIS movie
AMERICAN rapper and singer Doja Cat released her new single, “Vegas,” from the ELVIS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The soundtrack is set to be released on the same date as Baz Luhrmann’s forthcoming film, ELVIS, on June 24. The track incorporates Presley’s “Hound Dog.” ELVIS is an epic, big-screen spectacle from Mr. Luhrmann that explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (played by Austin Butler) through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks). The soundtrack features Presley’s body of work spanning the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, while also celebrating his diverse musical influences. “Vegas” is available on all digital music streaming platforms.
Paradise Rising joins KROMA Entertainment
PARADISE Rising, a label that promotes rising Filipino talents both locally and internationally, has found a new home in KROMA Entertainment. It has joined the music division of KROMA, a digital entertainment company backed by Globe. The music label, a Filipino sister label of Asian-American media company 88rising, has helped put the Philippines on the global music map amid the pandemic. It expands the presence of artists of Filipino descent through artist development, music distribution, and music rights management. Among its talents are Filipino-Australian singer-actress Ylona Garcia and Filipino-American hip hop artist Guapdad 4000 (who already has a Grammy nomination, a number of viral singles, and tours). To learn more about KROMA and Paradise Rising, visit https://www.kroma.ph.
HBO Lakers series gets 2nd season
HBO has renewed Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty for a second season. The announcement came just as the first season finale of the hit HBO Original sports drama series was shown on May 9 on HBO and HBO GO. Winning Time: The Rise of The Lakers Dynasty follows one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties that defined an era and is based on the book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s written by Jeff Pearlman. The first season can still be seen on HBO GO.
Podcast on trolls available on Spotify
FILIPINO professor Jonathan Corpus Ong has been named a 2022 Carnegie Fellow, receiving a $200,000 grant from the Andrew Carnegie Corporation of New York to furthering his research on disinformation, continuing the thread of his 2018 study that centered on networks of trolls and fake news dissemination that helped turn the tide of the 2016 Philippine national elections. Mr. Ong’s work also takes on a new form: audio. Powered by production company PumaPodcast, Catch Me If You Can, allows audiences who are less inclined to read an academic paper to listen to Mr. Ong share insights from his interviews and research on architects of disinformation. We’ve all heard of trolls but now we can hear from trolls themselves on this show. Co-hosted by journalist Kat Ventura, the podcast dives deeper into the woodwork from which the trolls emerge, and simultaneously zooms out to show the larger networks of disinformation to include influencers and PR firms, among other players. Without naming and shaming, this podcast answers questions like how do people become trolls? How much money do people make from posting political ads? And how are six-pack abs mobilized to sway voters? Catch Me If You Can is available on Spotify.
Parasite, Escape from Mogadishu stream on Netflix
THE 2020 Oscar winning film Parasite, and the 2022 Baeksang Awards Best Film Escape From Mogadishu, will be streaming on Netflix this May. In Parasite, one by one, the crafty members of a destitute family insinuate themselves into the household of a wealthy couple living in oblivious privilege. It will start streaming on May 13. In Escape From Mogadishu, visiting diplomats from North and South Korea are caught in the crosshairs of a civil war in Somalia and turn to one another to engineer their escapes. The film will start streaming on May 27.
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero opens in August
CRUNCHYROLL and Toei Animation have announced they will release Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO, the newest film in the animé franchise, in theaters globally in August. The film will be coming to theaters across the globe in all continents, including North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia (excluding Japan, which will debut the film June 11). The film will be released in Japanese with subtitles and dubbed. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is the second film in the Dragon Ball Super franchise. Dragon Ball Super: Broly was released in 2018. The film has grossed over $120 million at the box office globally and is the 5th highest grossing animé movie at the box office in the US.
