#GRAMMYs: The Winners List + Highlights + Recap

The 57th GRAMMY Awards was one helluva fun award show to watch, mostly because the winners and the performers of the night have delivered some of the best music performances in the recent years. Presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the United States, the GRAMMYs is an accolade to recognise an outstanding achievement in the music industry. The award show was held on 8th Feb 2015 (9th in Malaysia) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Rapper LL Cool J returned to host the  57th GRAMMY Awards, marking his 4th consecutive year as a host of the show. Australian hard rock band AC/DC kicked off the night by performing some of their hit singles including last year’s “Rock or Bust” and “Highway to Hell”.

It was an explosive opening performance from the band, in which the host LL Cool J said that the energy level is only going up from there. Clearly, he was right because we were treated with amazing musical duets and collaborations that made up a lot of the three-and-a-half-hour show.

Check out the highlights of the 57th GRAMMY Awards below:

Wedding Ceremony’s Dream Team (Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Questlove, Electric Light Orchestra)

Although it’d be nice to invite Maroon 5 to “crash” your wedding ceremony, this year’s GRAMMYs may have given us suggestions on who we should invite to perform at your wedding ceremony instead. British musicians Ed Sheeran and John Mayer formed a dream team at the 57th GRAMMY Awards by performing their smooth rendition of Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Herbie Hancock and Questlove.

Ed Sheeran, who was up for “Album of the Year” that night, then joined Electric Light Orchestra’s Jeff Lynne for a rendition of the band’s 1977 hit singles “Mr. Blue Sky” and “Evil Woman”. The result? We caught Paul McCartney rocking out to their performance before realising that he was the only one standing.

A Message From US President Barack Obama & Katy Perry’s Emotional Performance

US President Barack Obama made a “surprise appearance” at the award ceremony through a video recording of his message about sexual assault. The message was part of “It’s on Us”, an anti-domestic violence campaign the Obama administration launched in 2014. In the recorded speech, he said that rape is “not OK – and it has to stop” before asking the award attendees to join his pledge to protect women from rape and domestic violence.

His speech led into Katy Perry’s emotional but beautiful performance of “By the Grace of God”, followed by a touching segment about domestic abuse from Brooke Axtell. And no, no left shark was in sight.

Pharrell Williams’ Weird Rendition of “Happy”

Pharell hasn’t stopped winning since the release of his widely popular song, “Happy” and thus, it is best to assume that the singer eventually got bored of singing the same song over and over again. Why, you ask ? Well, after nabbing the “Best Music Video” and “Best Pop Solo Performance” awards, the singer performed a rather odd rendition of “Happy” with veteran film composer Hans Zimmer and pianist Lang Lang.

He swapped his usual choice of hats and was decked out in “The Grand Budapest Hotel”-inspired outfit for the dark and dramatic performance of his “Despicable Me 2” soundtrack.

Paul McCartney, Rihanna, & Kanye West Stole The Show

On the heels of their recent collaboration, Paul McCartney, Rihanna. and Kanye West gathered at the ceremony to perform their collaboration track “FourFiveSeconds”. Needless to say, it was the performance of the year as Rihanna truly showed how she was capable of stealing the show with her amazing vocal skills.

Kanye West Almost Crashed The Stage Again

Imma let you finish but did Kanye almost crash the stage again? Yeah, he totally did but this time around, the lad was just trying to be funny. The rapper truly knows how to steal the show with a little bit of attention ever since he jumped on stage and announced to the audience that Beyoncé should have won instead of Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs.

During the 2015 Grammy Awards, Beyoncé was in contention to win the “Album of the Year” with her album of the same name but she was ultimately beat out by Beck’s “Morning Phase”. It came as a surprise for everyone, even Beck looked shocked when he heard his name being called. All of the sudden, Kanye West also ran up to stage and tried to grab the mic. One could only hope that this is not another outrage from Kanye West but fortunately, the rapper backed down and let Beck finish his speech.

Sam Smith Is The Biggest Winner Of The Night

Newcomer Sam Smith led the way by becoming the biggest winner of the night. The Brit singer won 4 awards which included the “Record of the Year”, “Best New Artiste”, “Best Pop Vocal Album”, and “Song of the Year.” When he was receiving the award, he spoke of the struggles he had been through in an effort to be accepted. He then said, “It was only when I started to be myself that the music started to flow and people started to listen.”

The singer later joined forces with the R&B queen, Mary J. Blige, to perform his hit single, “Stay With Me”.

The complete nominations list for the 57th GRAMMY Awards was earlier announced in December 2014 and a total of 83 GRAMMY Awards were presented at the show.

Presenters of the show included Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley, James Corden, Jamie Foxx, Barry Gibb, Dave Grohl, Jennifer Hudson, Enrique Iglesias, Nick Jonas, Anna Kendrick, Shia LaBeouf, Katharine McPhee, Gwyneth Paltrow, Pentatonix, Smokey Robinson, Nile Rodgers, Gina Rodriguez, Meghan Trainor, Keith Urban, The Weeknd, and Stevie Wonder.

The Bee Gees and the late George Harrison

“Diary of a Mad Diva” by the late Joan Rivers

So, which performance was your favourite? Which artiste do you wish to see in the next GRAMMY Awards? Let us know in the comment box below!

For the complete list of winners and for more information, visit its official website.

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Chris Brown & Agnez Mo Release Romantic Duet #OnPurpose

Whether Chris Brown and Agnez Mo (previously known as Agnes Monica) are “just friends” or romantically involved, fans have been eager to check out the result of their time in the studio.

In the spirit of Christmas, the R&B crooner gave fans what they wanted by uploading the full track of their cute duet titled, “On Purpose”, on his official YouTube channel.

The 28-year-old singer recently released a 40-track double album, to give music lovers the full “Heartbreak On A Full Moon” experience. If that’s not enough, Brown dropped a deluxe edition yesterday (Wednesday 13th December). “Cuffing Season – 12 Days of Christmas” features 12 new tracks with collaborations with Ella Mai, Solo Lucci, Trippie Redd, and of course, Agnez Mo.

Unless you have a few hours to listen to all 57 tracks (including the 5 bonus tracks), we’d suggest you to go straight for the much-anticipated duet with his alleged superstar bae. “On Purpose” is a mid-tempo delivery that harkens back to Brown’s “F.A.M.E.” era. The duo complement each other really well when they sing, “I got this, don’t worry and I know God put you here on purpose“.

Hopefully this song will give Agnez the boost she needs to reach a wider audience. All we need now is a music video from the pair.


All You Need To Know About “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”

Officially titled, ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies‘, the third and final instalment of “The Hobbit” trilogy is one of the most highly anticipated films of the year. The film has been building up fans’ anticipation since the cliffhanger ending of the previous film “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug“. Although the ending left us leaving theatre in surprise and unfulfilled, we are beyond excited about what’s going to happen next since the awakening of Smaug, the gigantic fire-breathing dragon.

Adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Hobbit” trilogy is the prequel of the fantasy-adventure film, “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and both are directed by award-winning director Peter Jackson. It was reported that the film is in the post-production stage now and is set to premiere in theatres on December 12 this year.

We searched high and low for the latest updates of the film and gathered (almost) everything you need to know about “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”. This article may contains spoilers so read it at your own risk!

It is Smaug’s first full appearance in the second sequel of the film and it’s certainly not its last appearance either. Smaug is set to be the highlight of the upcoming film as it flew off to Laketown after a battle with Thorin’s small group of dwarves. WETA Digital Animation Supervisor Dave Clayton said that the dragon will transform into a Laketown killing machine as it is set to destroy the town with its fiery breath. Through motion-capture and a vocal performance, Smaug is voiced by British actor Benedict Cumberbatch with a slight digital rise in the volume.

Before releasing the third sequel of the trilogy, director Peter Jackson will be releasing an extended cut of “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug” that consists of over 25 minutes’ worth of new scenes from the previous film and they are scored with original compositions by Howard Shone.

Despite the absence of female characters in the original novel, Galadriel the Lady of Lórien has been included in “The Hobbit”, played by Australian actress Cate Blanchett. Since Galadriel was originally not a part of the novel, Cate Blanchett’s was on set for only 8 days of the production for all three films of the trilogy.

If you’ve ever wondered what happens to movie props and costumes after the production wraps up, chances are: they are either stolen or well kept by the cast. While Richard Armitage and Lee Pace were able to keep the swords (the original Orcrist-sword and the elven sword) that were used in the film, Martin Freeman kept extra items – his prosthetic ears along with his character’s sword. During a press conference for “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug” in Los Angeles, several cast members confessed that they stole a few props including Richard Armitage who stole costume socks and Evangeline Lily who accidentally put a beautiful moon rune in her pocket.

The film was originally titled, “The Hobbit: There and Back Again” before it was changed to the current one. The primary reason for the change of the title was because Peter Jackson thinks that the title felt misplaced after the film was extended into a three-film arc. On 24th April, he posted the following on his Facebook page:

“Our journey to make The Hobbit Trilogy has been in some ways like Bilbo’s own, with hidden paths revealing their secrets to us as we’ve gone along. “There and Back Again” felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo’s arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film. But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced—after all, Bilbo has already arrived “there” in the “Desolation of Smaug”. When we did the premiere trip late last year, I had a quiet conversation with the studio about the idea of revisiting the title. We decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at. We reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, we all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate. And so: “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” it is.

With the escape of Smaug the “killing machine”, we can expect that there will be a lot of tragic death scenes in this film. It was reported that some of the major characters might not survive in the last instalment of “The Hobbit” trilogy.

During an interview with The One Ring Net, Richard Armitage confirmed that his death scene has been filmed and he went on to say that the scene surpassed his expectation. In a letter  that he sent to cancer survivor Samantha who visited the set of The Hobbit for a special Make-A-Wish experience, he revealed more about Thorin’s final line, “If more people valued home above gold the world would be a merrier place” as he asked for Bilbo’s forgiveness.

As for Tauriel, Evangeline Lily teased about her character’s ending in the film during a Q&A session with her fans on her official Facebook page earlier in March. A very tragic ending, she said. We will keep the possibilities open until we finally see the film.

“The Battle of Five Armies” is definitely a perfect title for the final film as an epic battle of all the kingdoms against their Orcs will be unleashed in the Middle Earth. Legolas will be governing the unity amongst men, dwarves, and elves to defeat their common enemy as it is reported that Legolas and his father King Thranduil will be running after the Orc leader Bolg and the ruthless Orc Azog respectively. The romantic triangle continues between Legolas, Tauriel, and Kili.

“The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies” is slated for release 17th December.

For more information, visit the movie’s official Facebook page.

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Super Junior: Donghae To Enlist In The Army Too This Year?

It could be an April Fools’ joke, or not – we’ve yet to find out. But shortly after sending members Shindong and Sungmin off to the military in the past week, Super Junior (SuJu) fans now face the possibility that Donghae will also be enlisting in the army later this year.

According to Koreaboo, on 1st April, Donghae’s friend uploaded a picture of himself and the idol on Instagram. The picture was allegedly taken when Donghae took the police duty entrance examination, which prompted fans to speculate that Donghae’s enlistment date is drawing near.

Shortly after, on April 2nd, a picture showing the examination schedule for April 1st started circulating the internet.

In the image, it can be seen that a person by the name of Lee Donghae, born on 15th October 1986, which matches the information for Super Junior’s Donghae, was scheduled to take the exam on 1st April.

While ELFs have been expressing their sadness over this enlistment possibility, the validity of the rumor has not yet been confirmed nor denied by SM Entertainment.

We’ll update this post with more information as soon as we have ’em!


Party Hard But Party Smart At H-Artistry

The Pinnacle of 2012’s H-Artistry – The Global Art of Mixing Trilogy is all set to culminate on 3rd November 2012 (Saturday) at the Malaysia International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC), and there’s no better reason than to go ALL out and make this a spectacular night to remember.

Nobody wants to think of details and logistics when there is such an amazing party in store. Fret no more, as we have decided to put together your ultimate guide for the night!

H-Artistry Essentials: What to Bring and Why

No one wants to be “that person” who forgot their ID and makes the rest of their friends wait for them while they rush back home to get their piece of plastic. Security needs to make sure you are over the age of 18 and non-Muslim to enter the premium party enclave setup for you. There will be multiple security check points to ensure the safety and comfort of all you party goers, so come prepared with identification!

Security at the H-Artistry finale will be bumped up to ensure the safety of all party goers, and entry will only be granted to those who turn up and register with their physical H-Artistry passes. Don’t crash the party, head on down to www.h-artistry.com.my and participate in “Hands on Hennessy” to win your tickets now!

Aside from keeping in touch with your friends and coordinating your trip to MIECC via the H-Artistry Party Shuttle or the H-Artistry Party Taxis, you absolutely MUST bring your smartphones, because the MY Hennessy mobile app available on the iOS App Store and Google Play will enable you to participate in the exciting activities at the Hennessy Art of Mixing Zone. You can score points for participation and stand a chance to win fantastic prizes!

Point-and-shoot cameras would be easy to bring along and are perfect to capture amazing moments at H-Artistry with you and your friends! Bulky DSLR cameras will not be allowed, so keep it light and simple to have the best time possible!

H-Artistry will have some FOC services and measures in place, such as the H-Artistry Party Shuttle service and free drinking water throughout the night, but you will need to bring some cash if you’re taking the H-Artistry Party Taxi to and from MIECC.

We strongly suggest you to ride the H-Artistry Party Taxis, as RM20 will be subsidized off your return fare. Food stalls will also be set up outside the venue for everyone to recharge during and after the party. As much as we want you to party hard, we want you to party responsibly too.

Be sure to take advantage of the H-Artistry Party Shuttle and the H-Artistry Party Taxi services that have been specially introduced for the H-Artistry 2012 finale, as parking at MIECC will not be available on 3rd November.

Start the night off worry-free with the H-Artistry Party Shuttle! Meet your friends at any of the following locations and hop on the H-Artistry Party Shuttle which will chauffer you all the way to MIECC and back, for FREE. The H-Artistry Party Shuttles will be making one stop at each location, and it will be able to accommodate 40 passengers per trip! Partying on the bus will most definitely be permitted:

The H-Artistry Party Shuttles will be arriving at these locations at 7:30pm, and will leave at 8pm. Departure from MIECC back to these locations will be at 2:30am. As seats are limited, the shuttles will take passengers on a first come, first serve basis.

H-Artistry has teamed up with the good folks at Sunlight Taxis to provide cabbie support from Sunlight’s comprehensive network of taxis around the Klang Valley. Party goers can book their return trips to MIECC and back, and RM20 will be subsidized off the return fare.

Bookings to H-Artistry can be done online, while four taxi concierge desks will be set up at MIECC for party goers to book a ride home.

Friendly Reminders on Partying Responsibly at H-Artistry:

To help everyone pace their drinks, the free flow of Hennessy V.S.O.P. long drinks will stop at 12midnight, and drinks can be obtained in exchange for drink coupons till the end of the night. Five H-Artistry drink coupons will be given out upon registration at the counter, so be sure to hold onto them till the stroke of midnight! And remember, you will only be allowed to exchange five coupons for drinks at one time!

Staying hydrated is the way to go, and thanks to H-Artistry, drinking water will be provided FOC throughout the night! Just approach any of the friendly bartenders behind the Hennessy Mixing Bars, or help yourself to complementary mineral water bottles at the Chill Out Zone at the end of the night. Remember, H2GO is the way to go for a great experience at H-Artistry!

Don’t be in a hurry to leave when the party is over, as there’ll be plenty of opportunities for you to Chills-the-Mills after H-Artistry and talk about what a fantastic time you had! You can either rest up at the Chill Out Zone after the party, or recharge at the food stalls that will be available outside the venue. So if you see a friend walking out after the party, remind him/her to Chills-the-Mills and buy them a skewer or two of Malaysia’s favourite after-party food: LOK LOK!

Partying responsibly would mean nominating a designated driver, or riding in the H-Artistry Party Shuttles or the H-Artistry Party Taxis to and fro H-Artistry. So be smart and Ride-On-The-Side on your way home from H-Artistry. Remember, NEVER drink and drive.

If you find yourself having an amazing night and don’t want the party to end, who says you need to go home? Just hop on an H-Artistry Party Taxi to one of the hotels below! You may either continue with an after party or head straight to bed – we strongly recommend the latter:

Jalan Dulang, Mines Resort City, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia

Distance: 201 M from venue (literally, right next door)

44 Jalan Dagang Sb 4/1, Taman Sungai Besi Indah, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor

No 37 Jalan, SR 1/9 Taman Serdang Raya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

No. 17 & 19, Jalan SP 2/9, Section 2, Taman Serdang Perdana Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia

For more information, visit Hennessy Artistry’s website.

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“Yesterday is History, Today is a Gift, Tomorrow is a Mystery”

For the seventh year, the wonderful people at ID&T are bringing back one of the greatest, biggest, and most talked about EDM events in the world.

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Known to have beautifully decorated stages (14 stages, each with their own personality and style of artists), a chockfull of amazing talents, and crazily PLUR atmosphere all across three whole days of nothing but electronic dance music, Tomorrowland is slated to return on the 27th, 28th and 29th of July 2012 at Boom, Belgium.

Yes, perhaps with the talking tree in tow:

And as with all Tomorrowland festivals, partygoers can even choose to stay in “Dreamville”, the official camp grounds of the multi-genre event. Seriously though, wouldn’t you?

Besides, it’s the only way to ensure that one will not miss any one of these Tomorrowland 2012 acts:

Friday: Avicii, Bloody Beetroots, Calvin Harris, Alesso, Thomas Gold, Carl Cox, UMEK, Joris Voorn, Steve Aoki, Zedd, Zeds Dead, Angger Dimas, Autoerotique, Felix Cartel, Mustard Pimp, PeaceTreaty, Above & Beyond, Gabriel & Dresden, Mat Zo, Jaytech, Super8 & Tab, Norin & Rad, Brennan Heart, Nitrous Oxide, Boom Jinx, Albin Meyers, John Digweed, Rebecca & Fiona

Saturday: Porter Robinson, Swedish House Mafia, Hardwell, Nervo, Paul Van Dyk, Martin Solveig, Skrillex, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Chuckie, Ferry Corsten, Aly & Fila, Kyau & Albert, Laidback Luke, Congo Rock, Sandro Silva, Sunnery James, Friction, Pendulum, Bingo Players, Michael Calfan, Felguk, Headhunterz, Noisecontrollers, The Prototypes, Swanky Tunes, Zetox, Wildstylez, Sidney Samson, Quintino

Sunday: Afrojack, Green Velvet, Steve Aoki, Richie Hawtin, Dubfire, David Guetta, Nicky Romero, AN21, R3hab, Loco Dice, Paco Osuna, Dirty South, Sander Van Doorn, Tommy Trash, Gareth Emery, John O’Callaghan vs. Orjan Nilsen, Andy Moor, W&W, Sean Tyas, Angerfist, Issac, Tritonal, Myon & Shane 54, N-Type, Emalkay, Chris Liebing, NGA Sound, Hatcha, Plastician,  D-Block & S-te-fan

Looks like none of the festival revelers are going to get any sleep at all for three whole days. All those names! Now, where is that teleportation machine when we need one? Right?

For more information, visit their official website or their Facebook page


#ItsTheShip2015: First Phase Lineup Revealed

Shipmates! Are you ready for another adventure at sea?

The Livescape Group has announced the first phase lineup to Asia’s largest music festival at sea, It’s The Ship 2015. The festival cum vacation this year will feature the likes of Kaskade, Ferry Corsten, Peking Duk, Will Sparks, Autograf, Doorly, Tigerlily, TWRK, Alex Adair, My Nu Leng, Apple Bottom, and Woz, all of whom will performing alongside a string of regional acts.

Featuring a variety of sub-genres in the electronic music scene, the phase-one line up includes the sounds of trap, EDM, and house, proving the organiser’s determination at diversifying the music selection. The organisers are also looking at adding pop and hip-hop acts onto the full lineup, which will be revealed in July.

It’s The Ship 2015’s phase-one lineup is headlined by two-time Grammy nominee, Kaskade, who recently headlined at Coachella. It will also for the first time, play host to Ferry Corsten’s signature event, “Full On” which will include a selection of artistes handpicked by Ferry himself.

Back for its second round, Asia’s largest music festival at sea will take place aboard Royal Caribbean International’s “Mariner of the Seas”, one of the largest cruise liners in the world, and is expected to attract a total of 3,800 people. As of now, the festival has sold over 40% of its cabins since sales started just over a month ago with 80% of purchases being snapped up by tourists.

The four-day and three-night floating music festival cum vacation is set to depart from the Marina Bay Cruise Centre in Singapore on November 20th (Friday) , crossing international waters on the straits of Malacca to the tropical island of Langkawi in Malaysia for a beach party, before returning to Singapore shores on November 23rd (Monday).

It’s The Ship 2015 Phase 1 Lineup (in alphabetical order)

Alex Adair (presented by Black Butter Records)

Apple Bottom (presented by Black Butter Records)

Ferry Corsten presents Full On with special guests

My Nu Leng (presented by Black Butter Records)

Watch the phase 1 line up announcement video here:

*Prices are based on rack rates and excludes the 20% Phase 1 Lineup Celebration Discount. Discount will be reflected on the booking website and are valid till 31 May 2015 only on a first come first serve basis

**An additional USD148 per person will be added to your total at the time of booking to cover taxes, port fees and ticketing fees

***Gratuities will be charged to your cabin account at the time of boarding in the amount of USD36 per person for standard cabins (Junior Suites and smaller) and USD42.50 per person (for Grand Suites and larger).

Still not convinced? Watch the It’s The Ship’s 2014 Official Aftermovie below and you just might be:

For more on It’s The Ship, visit its official website and Facebook page.

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Social Media Influencers Receive Backlash Over Sexual Ad Promotion

In case you missed it, an advertisement to promote a sex supplement for men has caused a major commotion among the internet community recently.

For those who don’t know, the 1-minute and 17-second clip shows a couple having a casual conversation about sexual intercourse.

As mentioned above, the video in turn has caused a quite an uproar among local netizens. In this case, most of them have slammed both the male and female actors for their sexually explicit approach in promoting the product.

Andika Putera – one of the actors in the clip – has since stepped in to clarify the whole issue by coming up with a lengthy statement on his Instagram. According to the fitness coach, the whole promotional video was merely for marketing purpose. He further added that both of them were provided with a script by the production team.

Tengok kat fb, kena kecam teruk2 . Saya tengok senyap sahaja. Siapa yang kenal saya depan, support saya, saya nak cakap terima kasih sngt sngt. Video @sp3m_juzz itu adalah lakonan dan script diberi kepada saya dan @nadiraisaac . . Lovebite semua tu makeup sahaja. Tak betul pon. Bayaran kepada kami berdua pon sangat lumayan untuk 1 video yang panjang hanya 1 minit. Kalau korang tempat Dika pon, korang akan amik jugak tawaran berlakon untuk produk @sp3m_juzz ni. Siapa yang kenal Dika depan2 tahu Dika ni macam mana. . Sosial media dan real life sangat2 lah fake! Jangan nilai orang dalam media sosial. Dika pon tk pernah nak nilai orang dalam ig or fb je, sebab depan mata dika sendiri, dika dah jumpa ramai gila orang dalam ig lain, depan2 yaAllah lain sngt sngt. So, Don’t judge book by cover☺

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In addition, Andika claimed that both of them have received a substantial amount of payment for their appearance in the video. He then concluded the caption by saying, “Social media and real life are really really fake!” before advising everyone to “don’t easily jump to conclusions.”

After receiving further criticism from netizens, Andika came up with another post in a form of a video. The short clip shows him and fellow influencer – Nadira Isaac who also appeared in the controversial ad – apologising to everyone for their past mistake.

Hai assalamualaikum semua . Saya dan @nadiraisaac ingin memohon maaf kepada semua orang yang telah tengok video kami tentang produk tersebut. Dika salah, dan saya hargai sangat atas semua komen positif mahupun negative. Dika terima semua komen dengan hati terbuka. . Dika akan lebih berhati-hati dan akan memperbaiki diri sendiri . Betul orang kata, semua orang tk dapat lari dari melakukan salah. Saya belajar dari kesilapan saya yang telah saya lakukan ni. Saya baca semua komen di semua media sosial, dan saya juga ada reply banyak komen di ig saya atas teguran dan kecaman oleh netizen. Saya reply dan video ini untuk semua netizen yang saya tak sempat nk reply satu satu. Harap semua boleh maafkan saya dan @nadiraisaac . Terima kasih semua. Saya akan belajar untuk jadi lebih baik?

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Not only that, the duo also assured everyone that they will be more careful in each and every step they have to take as an influencer as well as re-checking the dialogues in promoting and advertising a product.

Despite their intentions to clear the air, local keyboard warriors continue to bombard the couple with malicious comments. In this case, both Andika and Nadira were slammed for being desperate to gain cheap publicity. On the other hand, some also suggested them to ask for forgiveness from God instead of the public.

If you are curious, here are some of their comments:

What do you think about this issue? Will you accept their apology?


Comedians Douglas Lim & Kumar To Battle Verbally On Stage This August!

Malaysia and Singapore are finally going to battle it out in what can only be described as a night of comedic grandiose as Malaysia’s king of comedy, Douglas Lim takes on Singapore’s comedian cum drag queen Kumar in a hilarious verbal battle of ‘King vs Queen’!

Lim who is known for keenly observing his subjects and the political climate of his kingdom to curate comedic content is set to face rival Kumar, who is known for trumpeting comical proclamations relating to gender and politics.

The two comedians will be settling the score between the two feuding nations in a prolonged battle of who will claim originality so be prepared to expect provocative, captivating, scandalous, clever, and witty humour aimed at everything and anything related to the two rivalling countries!

For one-night only, join the war of words between comedy king Douglas and comedian (drag) queen Kumar with opening performance from another Malaysian comedy king, Kavin Jay.

Organised by Popcorn Studio Sdn Bhd, the royal take-down of ‘King vs Queen’ will take place at HGH Convention Center KL on 23rd August, 8PM.

Tickets are sold at RM500 (Royal Box), RM300 (VIP), RM250 (Gold) and RM200 (Silver) at ProTicket. Enjoy a 15% early bird discount until 30 June.

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#SISTARinMY: The SISTAR Surprise At #AirAsia13thAnniversary Party

Well, well, look which airline company has surprised their guests during its annual dinner party? It’s none other than AirAsia!

From the information we’ve gathered on the social media sites, AirAsia threw a massive dinner party for the company’s employees last night at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). The dinner party was held in conjunction of AirAsia Group’s 13th Anniversary, in which one of the events leading up to it was flagged off by AirAsia CEO Aireen Omar on December 12th at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara.

Titled “AirAsia’s Great 13th Anniversary Challenge”, the event saw 12 chosen participants sitting through 13 hours on AirAsia’s mock-up seats while being put through a series of challenges including testing their knowledge on AirAsia’s wide range of products and services and overcoming unpredictable weather conditions. The one who stayed until the very last minute will be able to win one year’s worth of free seats with AirAsia.

Various games and activities were held throughout the event as well, with appearances from local celebrities. However, the biggest party came on Monday night as AirAsia held its annual dinner party at KLCC.

Famously know for his song “Havoc”, Joe Flizzow was one of the celebrity guests who attended the party to perform for guests.

However, the pleasant surprise came when South Korean girl group SISTAR suddenly showed up on stage to perform at the company’s 13th anniversary party.

In less than 24 hours, the interwebs immediately went cray, with pictures and videos of SISTAR in Malaysia flooding our social media timelines. Check out the pictures and videos taken by fans and members of the media below:

It is unclear where they’ll be heading to next but that’s okay because more K-Pop events will be happening in Malaysia soon!

Check out the list of the upcoming K-Pop events in Malaysia below:

Who else do you look forward to seeing in Malaysia? Let us know in the comments box below!

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NU’EST’s Segno KL Concert Tickets, Seating Plan & Fan Benefits Revealed

After announcing their Asia tour 2 months ago, we finally have the ticketing details for NU’EST (short for New Establish Style Tempo)’s “Segno” concert Live in Malaysia.

Formed in 2012, NU’EST is composed of members JR, Aron, Baekho, Minhyun and Ren. Their sub-unit group NU’EST W (minus Minhyun) was in Malaysia last year for K-Wave Music Festival 2. Besides Malaysia, the 5-member K-pop group will also be stopping by Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Hong Kong, and Taipei.

The group held their first solo concert in 6-years titled “Segno” on 12-14 April 2019 to an audience of 36,000. They also released their 6th EP “Happily Ever After” on 29th April with the lead single “Bet Bet”.

Brought to you by IME Malaysia, the details to NU’EST’s Segno in Kuala Lumpur are as follows:

Concert tickets will go on sale this Sunday, 23rd June, from 12pm onwards. Each person can purchase up to 4 tickets per transaction. You can also check out the fan benefits below:

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Square Up: BLACKPINK Releases Full Track List For New Mini Album

Blinks are self-declaring 15th June a “no work” day in celebration of BLACKPINK (블랙핑크)’s comeback.

That’s right K-pop fans, after several false alarms, YG Entertainment’s widely-popular idol girl group will debuting their brand new mini album, titled “Square Up”, next Friday. The EP will feature 4 new tracks.

All 4 songs on “Square Up” were produced and composed by Teddy, the same person responsible for churning out “Whistle” and “Boombayah” when the girls broke into the music scene with their first 2 hit singles.

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The South Korean singers, who recently caused a frenzy when they met up with Dua Lipa, have already filmed the music video for “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” last month.


20th Century Fox Has 5 More Upcoming X-Men Movies Up Till 2020

Fans were delighted when news of the Disney/20th Century Fox merger made headlines in December last year. This meant that the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises were finally coming home to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

But what does this mean for the future of these franchises? Despite the merger, reports reveal that there are roughly five more “X-Men” movies in the pipeline in 2019 and 2020. three “X-Men” films will hit theatres next year (including “The New Mutants”) and another three more in 2020. And that’s not even including the two spin-off movies from “Fantastic Four” – Silver Surfer and Doctor Doom’s standalone movies.

“Deadpool 2” and “X-Men: Dark Phoenix” are set to debut this year. “The New Mutants” was originally slated for release in April 2018. However, it was pushed back to February 2019 after a series of test screenings. It was announced that “The New Mutants” will do a lot of reshoots to add another character.

Who’s the additional X-Men member? All eyes point to shapeshifting alien, Warlock (from the race called the Technarchy). Director Josh Boone has stated that “The New Mutants” is the first part of a trilogy, with each film delving into a different horror sub-genre.

Since we already know about “The New Mutants”, here are five more upcoming “X-Men” that are in development.

Yep, the “Gambit” movie is still going on even though it has been plagued by delay after delay. Channing Tatum will star as the Cajun mutant charmer. Rumour has it that the storyline is set during Gambit’s early years when he was still involved with the Thieves Guild and their rivals, the Assassins Guild. The heist film may see Gambit recruiting a team of individuals with superpowers to steal something precious from a person of power.

This is speculative territory from here on now.

The Hollywood Reporter announced that “X-Force” will begin shooting later in October, making it the likely third “X-Men” film coming out next year. Written and directed by Drew Goddard (creator of “Marvel’s Daredevil”), the “Deadpool” spin-off will probably see the return of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Josh Brolin as Cable.

For those that don’t know, X-Force is an aggressive counterpart to the X-Men team. They are a proactive mutant strike force that will go to any lengths in order to further the mutant agenda.

One of the secret projects that Fox is currently working on is under the codenamed “143”. Directed by Tim Miller (former “Deadpool” director) and adaptation by comic writer Brian Michael Bendis, “143” is believed to be a Kitty Pryde standalone movie. The theory is due to the fact that “Uncanny X-Men #143” was a 1981 X-Men comic book that centred on Kitty Pryde. The issue finds Kitty defending the X-Mansion from an attack by demons known as the N’Garai.

The breakout star in “Logan” was undoubtably Wolverine’s clone daughter, X-23. Filmmaker James Mangold previously confirmed that he is already working on a script for a “X-23” movie. “Patty (Jenkins)’s success with (Wonder Woman) only solidifies more for studios that there’s less to fear with a female protagonist,” Mangold says. “The more that keeps getting hit home, that ends up giving me more space turning around and going, ‘Well here we are with a female protagonist. That’s incredible. And what are we going to do with her?’ And that’s where we are with that (the Laura script) right now, dreaming,” he said.

In November 2017, James Franco shared he was working on a possible R-rated “X-Men” spin-off. The handsome actor didn’t confirm what character he will be portraying but it is said to be Multiple Man/Jamie Madrox. In addition, “X-Men” producer Simon Kinberg and “Wonder Woman” writer Allen Heinberg have also been linked to “Multiple Man”.

Last but not least, other upcoming films from the franchise are of course, potential instalments and sequels to the current line-up.

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LAT’s Place: An Experience We Won’t Soon Forget

Located at Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park, LAT’s Place is an animated themed restaurant which bring the world of legendary local cartoonist, Dato’ Mohd Nor Khalid or Dato’ Lat’s famed “Kampung Boy” (Village Boy) character to life. Last week, we were lucky enough to have been given the opportunity to dine at the restaurant, courtesy of the good people of Themed Attractions and Resorts Sdn. Bhd.

Being the first-of-its-kind in the world, LAT’s Place provides audiences an engaging and interactive animated experience from LAT’s storybook, with a story-line driven content revolving around the preparation of a feast and community activities in a session that lasts for 80 minutes.

Apart from enjoying delicious cuisine, guests will also dine in the splendour of LAT’s humour and artistry, enticing the five senses in this truly immersive experience. Guests can look forward to delightful and beautifully presented food, the ambience of the kampung lifestyle, the enchanting restaurant design to engaging animations where guests can meet and interact with the cast of LAT’s cartoons or fondly known as “LAToons”.

We weren’t allowed to video much of the experience, but we managed to sneak a recording of the closing performance. Yes, just for you!:

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The current tickets types and prices (inclusive of 6% service tax) for LAT’s Place are as follows:

Below are the admission ticket terms and conditions (Also printed on the ticket and published on the website):

Note: Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park is a four-level building, located strategically in Nusajaya Johor, 20 minutes’ drive from the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link, 25 minutes away from the Senai International Airport or 10 minutes away from LEGOLAND® Malaysia.

Click to view our gallery of pictures from our trip to LAT’s Place!

For further information, please visit their website.


Hype’s Now Playing: Jessica Jung – Summer Storm

Golden Stars, get ready to party because Jessica Jung is finally back!

On Wednesday (9th August), the Coridel Entertainment singer has dropped the music video for “Summer Storm”. Taken off her special 10th anniversary album “My Decade”, the track is about a past romance that happened on a rainy day.

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In speaking with Xsports News, “Of course I did. Krystal said the title song isn’t her style. She tends to like things that are not the mainstream. She actually liked the song ‘Starry Night’ I dedicated for my fans. She liked it so much that she asked me if that song could be the title track instead.”

“My Decade” consists of 6 tracks including “Beautiful Mind”, “Saturday Night”, “It’s Spring” (봄이라서 그래), “Starry Night”, and “Love U”.

Jessica (제시카) debuted in August 2007 with SM Entertainment’s Girls’ Generation. Unfortunately, she had to depart from the group in September 2014 due to conflicting schedules. She officially parted ways with SM Entertainment in August 2015. In March 2016, she signed with Coridel Entertainment and released her first solo album, titled “With Love, J”, in May 2016.

In other news, the songstress is set to perform alongside former “Running Man” star Kang Gary (개리) at the“KPOP Sensation 2017” Concert at Setia SPICE Arena, Penang this September.

For more info, hit up Coridel Entertainment’s Facebook page and Jessica’s Instagram.

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Meet The 6 Actresses From The Gothic Horror “Down A Dark Hall”

From the producers of the “Twilight” saga and author of slasher flick “I Know What You Did Last Summer” comes a gothic young adult horror about 5 troubled female students of Blackwood Boarding School.

Directed by Rodrigo Cortés, “Down A Dark Hall” is based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan, following a difficult young girl who is sent to a mysterious boarding school where only 4 students were admitted including herself.

“Down A Dark Hall” is set to hit Malaysian cinemas on 16th August 2018, but before then, let’s get to know the 6 main cast of the supernatural movie.

AnnaSophia Robb started her acting career as a child actress where she was in films like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005), “Bridge to Terabithia” (2007), and “Race to Witch Mountain (2009)”. The 23-year-old actress won several awards for the “Bridge to Terabithia” including 2 “Young Artist Awards” for Leading Young Actress and Young Ensemble Cast, and a nomination for Best Young Actress at “Critics’ Choice Movie Awards”.

Veteran actress Uma Thurman has been in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. The 48-year-old star is most known for her roles in “Pulp Fiction” (1994), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, and “Kill Bill” (2003-2004), where she received 2 Golden Globe Award nominations.

Also a child actress, Isabelle Fuhrman is known for her portrayal as Esther in the horror film “Orphan” (2009) and Clove in “The Hunger Games” (2012). The 21-year-old actress also appeared in the hit TV show “Ghost Whisperer”, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. Her performance as Gretchen Dennis in the supernatural series earned her a Young Artist Award nomination.

Up and coming Canadian actress Taylor Russell, 24 is known for her recurring roles in the television series “Strange Empire” and “Falling Skies”. She also plays Judy Robinson in Netflix’s new “Lost in Space” reboot of the 1965 TV series of the same name.

“Teen Wolf” star Victoria Moroles, 21 is set to make her film debut in “Down A Dark Hall”. She is most known for her role as Hayden Romero in the season 5 and 6 of MTV’s famous teen flick “Teen Wolf”. “Down A Dark Hall” will be her 1st major film role in her career.

23-year-old English actress Rosie Day’s most iconic roles would be Mary Hawkins in the Golden Globe-nominated TV series “Outlander” as well as Sarah Jessica Parker’s daughter in the comedy road film “All Roads Lead to Rome”. She was the lead in “Butterfly Kisses” which won the Crystal Bear for best feature at the 67th Berlinale festival.

By the way, we’re giving premiere movie passes for “Down A Dark Hall”. So be sure to join our movie contest!


Gucci Mane Announces New Album With Diplo

Diplo adds Gucci Mane to his ever growing list of contributors.

Radric Delantic Davis, better known as Gucci Mane, has been on the down low for a couple of years, but Diplo is about to change that. The two revealed on April 19th (Sunday) that a collaborative project is in the works, and the pairing between the two of them has broken the internet.

Gaining both support and ridicule, Gucci shared his excitement via Twitter, followed by confirmation from Diplo.

NEW EDM ALBUM WITH @diplo ON THE WAY !!!!!

— Gucci Mane (@gucci1017) April 18, 2015

The American DJ/producer however, was quick to deny that the album would be an “EDM” one.

Hahaha it ain’t EDM but we working !!! #guwap https://t.co/VRhL3vrQ5q — somebody to lean on (@diplo) April 18, 2015

In 2010, Diplo released a collection of remixes entitled “Diplo Presents: Free Gucci (Best Of The Cold War Mixtapes)”, so it only makes sense that Diplo would seek out Gucci for a new collaborative project. The 2010 mixtape received a mixed of praise and hate, but it just shows Diplo’s admiration for Gucci’s lyrical talent.

Personally, we don’t know what these two minds will yield considering that they’re creating a new album from scratch but we have no doubts that it’ll be a game changer. The album announcement follows a steady stream of Gucci Mane releases this year, including his triple album “Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, Dessert” EP, and “Trap House 5” mixtape.

For more on Gucci Mane, hit up his social media platforms: Website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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7 Malaysian Artists Who Have Been Featured On New York’s Times Square Digital Billboard

To be featured on your local billboard is already a big deal but to be featured on one of the biggest and most popular digital billboards in the world is definitely something else. We’re talking about the New York’s Time Square Digital Billboard.

We’ve seen many famous artists on those big billboards around Time Square like Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, BLACKPINK and BTS. But did you know that some of our very own Malaysian singers have also graced the screen of the New York’s Time Square Billboard? Let’s see who has been featured:

Malaysia’s number 1 singer is the latest artist to be featured on the New York’s Time Square Billboard. Siti has been chosen to be our country’s representative for the EQUAL Campaign created by Spotify. “After so many milestones in music, this is one of the sweetest for me. I am truly thankful for this honour,” said the singer in her recent Instagram post.

Malaysian singer-songwriter Vanessa Reynauld was once featured on the New York’s Time Square Billboard back in February earlier this year. The “Putus” singer also represented Malaysia and Singapore for the Spotify EQUAL campaign. “Wish I could be there to witness it cause It feels surreal , and I’m so honoured to be apart of it ! Hard work paid off , and I’m so proud of myself”, she captioned in her Instagram post.

Johor-born singer Aina Abdul has also graced the screen of NY Time Square Billboard back in March of this year. Just like the singers listed so far, the “Cahayamu” songstress was chosen for the Spotify EQUAL campaign representing Malaysia. “To be on board with a number of the finest feminine musicians for the EQUAL marketing campaign nonetheless feels surreal to me! To one other milestone!” she said.

Malaysian girl group Dolla has made the country proud after being featured on the NY Time Square Billboard in 2021. After learning about their appearance, member Sabronzo said that, “This is such a huge honour for a newly formed vocal group like us and we hope we can continue to live to the expectations of our fans”.

One of the youngest local artists to be featured on the NY Time Square Billboard was singer Iman Troye. The “Harum Sundal Malam” hitmaker posted on her Instagram last year with the caption, “Mama, my face is on the Billboard 🥺❤ Alhamdulillah! so glad to be featured on Equal, representing Malaysia & Singapore on New York City Times Square”.

Joining the list of youngest Malaysian artist to be featured on the Time Square Billboard is none other than Layla Sania. Who knew this girl who won a singing contest back 2018 would one day be on one of the most popular billboards in the world? The “By Your Side” singer posted on Instagram sharing the amazing news of being on the Time Square billboard with her fans.

Last but certainly not least, our girl Yuna made her appearance on the Time Square billboard not once, not twice but three times! Yuna’s first appearance on the billboard was in 2016 and then again in 2018 when she was promoting her album “Rogue”. Her last appearance was in 2020 when she was chosen as the face of Spotify’s “Our Roots, Our Sound” campaign.

Sources: Instagram (1)(2)(3)(4)(5), TheStar (1)(2), NST


Concert Review: Shila Amzah Invites Father & Sister To Sing During Loving You Tour

It was a family affair during Shila Amzah (茜拉)’s “Loving You” concert at Arena of Stars, Resorts World Genting over the weekend.

Not only were her husband Haris Elias and family in the audience, but her dad ND Lala and sister Syada also got to perform a duet with the pop star separately. Clearly, music runs in the family.

The concert kicked off at 8:30pm sharp, when the lights dimmed to signal Shila’s entrance. The opening number was “沙粒的秘密 (Sha Li De Mi Mi)”, followed by “涂爱星球 (Tu Ai Xing Qiu)”. Clad in a pale blue glittery head scarf, metallic top and black pants, the pop star was supported by 6 female back up dancers.

“Hello, Genting! I’m Shila. Welcome to my brand new concert ‘Loving You’, and it’s all about love. I hope I can use all the languages in the planet to show my love,” the 28-year-old Malaysian songstress was quoted as saying. And used it to the best of her ability – she did.

Throughout the “Loving You” show, the talented singer sang in 7 different languages; 8, if you include ND Lala’s solo number. She performed in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Malay, French, Korean, and Tagalog, while her dad sang in Hokkien.

“The theme for this concert is ‘Loving You’. It’s about my love for music, my family, my friends, my husband, my fans and myself,” she previously told Star2 about the significance of her new concert. Love is indeed a big theme in Shila’s life seeing as how she recently became a wife after tying the knot with Haris Elias earlier in April.

We could tell that the newlyweds are still in their honeymoon phase. Every now and then, Shila would look at her husband, who was seated next to her mum, and teased him about teaching him Mandarin. “If I’m old, will you still love me,” she asked before launching into the romantic single, “如果我们老了(If We Get Old)”, which she also sang at her wedding.

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There were plenty of popular covers during Shila’s concert. For the classic, “月亮代表我的心 (The Moon Represents My Heart)”, she brought her dad on stage. We’ve seen more cover versions then we can count, but what made this performance special was the chemistry the father-daughter duo shared.

ND Lala recalled how he got his Chinese influence when he was staying in Jinjang, Kepong. From there he learned that success is essentially 30% God’s will and 70% comes from hard work. Despite feeling under the weather, Shila’s dad brought some nostalgia with the song, “爱拼才会赢 (Ai Pin Cai Hui Yin)”.

In addition to her father, Shila also introduced her sister, Syada, to the crowd after they performed South Korean girl group Blackpink’s banger “Whistle”. If you’ve been watching Shila’s YouTube covers, you’ll know that this Malaysian star has previously covered the hit song before. Soon after, Syada took centre stage to belt out Anne-Marie’s smash hit “Ciao Adious”.

One of the highlights of “Loving You” was watching Shila slay 3 separate medleys during her 2-hour long concert. The Joey Yung Medley included “密友 (Mi You)”, “损友 (Sun You)”, “心甘命抵 (Xin Gan Ming Di)”, “早有预谋 (Zao You Yu Mou)”, “罪魅 (Zui Mei)”.

There was a Little Mix Medley (“Power”, “Black Magic” and “Shout Out to My Ex”) as well as a Divas Medley (Celine Dion’s “I’m Alive”, Mariah Carey’s “Emotion”, and Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”). Regardless of what age gap you belong to, there was something for everyone thanks to selection of songs from different eras.

In keeping true to make “Loving You” a more organic concert experience, Shila surprised fans when she got down to interact with the audience during the 10th number, “到时说爱我 (Dao Shi Shuo Ai Wo)”. The VIP section was a frenzy as concert-goers tried to get as close as they could to the singer.

Besides her breakout performance of “Rolling in the Deep”, Shila was impressive when she sang the Filipino ballad “IKAW” by Yeng Constantino and popular French song “La Vie En Rose” which can be translated as “Life seen through happy lenses”. Despite not understanding these languages, Shila’s emotional delivery sent chills tingling down our spine.

Not to alienate her Malay fans, the pop star also treated fans with 2011 single “Patah Seribu”. The song represented a major milestone for Shila’s career. It also received Pop Song of the Year and Song of the Year at the 19th Malaysian Music Awards.

For the encore, Shila returned to the stage with 2 more songs – “最长的电影 (Zui Chang De Dian Ying)” and “想你的夜 (Xiang Ni De Ye)”. Before concluding the wonderful night, the Malaysian sweetheart promised fans that she’ll always be churning out music and will continue to entertain in years to come.

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Shila Amzah’s “Loving You” World Tour 2018 setlist:

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Lazada Malaysia Belanja You RM11 For 11.11 Sale Today

Lazada Malaysia is releasing limited-time-only platform-wide RM11 off vouchers just for today for the 11.11 Biggest One-Day Sale* as Malaysians nationwide flock to Lazada to snatch up the best market-beating deals of the year with Lowest Price Guaranteed.

The ‘Lazada Belanja You RM11’ vouchers will give Lazada users RM11 off with a minimum spend of RM22 – in other words, 50% off!* Malaysians can collect these vouchers by searching the code “1111Sekarang” on the Lazada app via the search bar function. Only limited number of vouchers are available for collection, so collect now!

In addition to the ‘Lazada Belanja You RM11’ vouchers, Lazada is also giving away RM50 off vouchers with no minimum spend, along with other 11.11 vouchers, via the Lazzie Hunt game*. Just click this link and stand the chance to collect the RM50 off with no minimum spend vouchers*.

Be sure to not miss out on these amazing deals too that are running throughout the day on Lazada’s biggest one day sale today:

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Lazada has also suggested some top Mesti Beli deals. Happy shopping ;)

Top 11 Mesti Beli Fashion and Beauty Deals on 11.11


#CATS: Hit Musical To Make Its Way Back To Singapore In 2015

Hit musical CATS making their way to Singapore once again and will run at the Marina Bay Sands MasterCard theatre for 3 weeks starting from 9th January 2015.

Concert promoter Base Entertainment Asia announced the run yesterday (22nd September). The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and tells the story of a tribe of cats who gather for the annual Jellicle Ball.

The upcoming production will have a cast and crew of 53, including a live band. Said producer Kerry Comerford of The Really Useful Group, “CATS has received incredible acclaim over the years, and to this day remains unrivalled by other musicals in its world-wide successes. I am confident that audiences in Singapore will welcome the return of this legendary musical.”

More information on the show and ticket availability can be found here.

CATS the musical has played 18 years on Broadway and has been presented in 14 languages over 26 countries.


Indie Pop Band LANY To Perform In Kuala Lumpur In July 2019

2019 is going to be a very busy year for LANY. The trio just took to their social media to announce their “Malibu Nights World Tour”.

The American indie pop band will be touring for 7 months, kicking off in Europe and then North America and Australia, before ending it in Asia. 7 Asian countries have been selected and yes, Malaysia is also included in the list. Yay!

LANY (an acronym for “Los Angeles New York”), composed of Paul Klein (lead vocalist), Jake Goss (drummer) and Les Priest (keyboards), will be on the road promoting their critically praised sophomore album, “Malibu Nights”.

“I’m excited to take this show to every corner of the world,” Paul told L’Officiel. “We’re really going everywhere. It’ll be cool to see how the fan base continues to grow.” The singer added, “I think that’s an attractive quality to people who like music and like following bands. Here’s a band that’s incredibly transparent and pretty available and seem to have the right perspective on putting fans first.”

LANY will be in Kuala Lumpur on 27th July 2019. Stay tuned to this space for more updates.

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#NYE2016: Rapid KL Services To Be Extended For New Year Celebrations

To all you New Year revellers out there, we’ve got good news for you!

Rapid KL will be extending the operating hours of their train and bus services on New Year’s Day. This includes the LRT, MRT, monorail, and bus services.

In conjunction with the celebrations on 31st December (Saturday), the Masjid Jamek and KLCC LRT stations will be opened until 2am while the Bandaraya and Hang Tuah LRT stations will operating until 12:30am. At the same time, the Bukit Nenas monorail station will operate until 2am and the Hang Tuah monorail station will open until 12.30am.

Services on the Sungai Buloh – Kajang MRT line will also operate until 2am, but only for the Mutiara Damansara and Bandar Utama stations. The shutter buses for Route T809 (Damansara Perdana – Mutiara Damansara MRT) and One Utama – Bandar Utama MRT will also be operating at the same time.

Take note that the entrances to the other stations will be closed at the usual hour, and commuters will only be able to exit via them.

The RapidKL bus services will also be extended to 2.30am for selected routes, which are as below:

For more info, visit RapidKL’s official website and Facebook page.

Sources: Paul Tan, RapidKL’s Facebook page.


#AladdinStreet: World’s First Halal & Shariah Compliant E-Marketplace Debuts In Malaysia

Malaysia’s premium and exclusive halal and Shariah compliant e-marketplace Aladdinstreet.com.my was launched yesterday (27th January, Wednesday) by former Premier Tun Abdullah Badawi at the newly opened global headquarters of the Aladdin Group of Companies in Kuala Lumpur.

Aladdinstreet.com.my, which is a wholly owned Malaysian company, caters authentic, premium halal and shariah compliant products and services which include categories in pharmaceutical, fashion, cosmetics and beauty, food, and banking and finance.

The e-commerce marketplace will become the only hub for premium halal and Shariah compliant products and services for close to 1,500 merchants and traders in the next 3 years and will serve the domestic Malaysian market. The international e-platform Aladdinstreet.com which will cater to the global marketplace will be launched in the second quarter of 2016.

Co-founder of the Aladdin Group of Companies and Malaysian Angkasawan Dato’ Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor said, “We are very excited as this is yet another defining moment for Malaysia as we have achieved a first – not just locally, but globally – in the vibrant e-commerce marketplace with the soft launch of Aladdinstreet.com.my. We aim to become the number one e-commerce platform in Malaysia and the portal of choice for Malaysian consumers. We are confident because we have collaborated with the local authorities and halal governing bodies to ensure that only authentic and premium halal certified products and services are traded on Aladdinstreet.com.my. In the next 3 years, we hope to sign on 1,500 merchants to potentially provide 30,000 products on our online platform.”

Another key strength of Aladdinstreet.com.my is that domestic merchants can upgrade to their international platform to access the global halal market through Aladdin’s offices in more than 30 countries beyond the click of the mouse. They will be able to utilise local ground support on matters relating to halal logistics, customs and market intelligence as well as business networking opportunities.

Merchants participation in Aladdinstreet.com.my is by invitation only. All invitees undergo strict due diligence by Aladdinstreet’s Business Integrity Task Force comprising an International panel of experts on Halal and Shariah matters to ensure strict compliance.

Use of the word “halal” to describe a product is strictly regulated in Malaysia under the Trade Descriptions (Definition of Halal) Order 2011, as published by the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism (MDTCC). Only JAKIM and the Islamic Religious Council (MAIN) have the authority to certify goods or services as halal and permit the use of the Malaysia Halal logo.

Malaysia is also home to the International Halal Integrity Alliance and the World Halal Forum Secretariat, two of the world’s most prominent halal institutions.

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Highlights: Meet The Winners Of 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards

The 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards was a huge moment for “Black Panther”. The Marvel blockbuster won best movie, while Chadwick Boseman took home 2 prizes and Michael B. Jordan won for his super good supervillain performance.

Host Tiffany Haddish addressed some of the many firsts this year. “It’s been a year of firsts for black people. I’m the first black woman to host the MTV Movie and TV Awards. ‘Black Panther’ is the 1st African-American movie to make a billion dollars. And ‘The Quiet Place’ is the 1st film to scare black people outta talking’ in movie theatres just for real,” the comedian said during her opening monologue.

.@TiffanyHaddish SLAYED the opening of #MTVAwards. Tune in now! pic.twitter.com/kRJu0XvXRo

The MTV Movie & TV Awards has gone completely gender-neutral, meaning there is no specific categories for men or women. Gender-specific categories for its acting awards were removed last year.

Curious to know who else won the top awards during the show? Take a look at the complete list of 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards winners below here:

BEST MOVIE
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“Black Panther” (WINNER)
“Girls Trip”
“It”
“Wonder Woman”

Here’s the cast accepting the award! 😍 #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/C9R4RHu9rW

BEST SHOW
“13 Reasons Why”
“Game of Thrones”
“Grown-ish”
“Riverdale”
“Stranger Things” (WINNER)

We all deserve friends like the @Stranger_Things crew. Congrats on Best Show! #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/vuP30ggDEl

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE
Chadwick Boseman, “Black Panther” (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”
Ansel Elgort, “Baby Driver”
Daisy Ridley, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”

Another win for Wakanda! @chadwickboseman takes home his second award of the night for Best Performance in a Movie at the #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/tJayr49NBo

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW
Millie Bobby Brown, “Stranger Things” (WINNER)
Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Katherine Langford, “13 Reasons Why”
Issa Rae, “Insecure”
Maisie Williams, “Game of Thrones”

BEST HERO
Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther), “Black Panther” (WINNER)
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), “Game of Thrones”
Gal Gadot (Diana Prince/Wonder Woman), “Wonder Woman”
Grant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash), “The Flash”
Daisy Ridley (Rey), “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”

The #MTVAwards Best Hero @chadwickboseman shares his award with a real life hero 🏆 pic.twitter.com/dTyqcmFVwx

BEST VILLAIN
Josh Brolin (Thanos), “Avengers: Infinity War”
Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
Michael B. Jordan (N’Jadaka/Erik Killmonger), “Black Panther” (WINNER)
Aubrey Plaza (Lenny Busker), “Legion”
Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise), “It”

.@michaelb4jordan wins Best Villian at the #MTVAwards and my heart tbh 😘💕 pic.twitter.com/aIoesfd55T

BEST KISS
Gina Rodriguez (Jane) and Justin Baldoni (Rafael), “Jane the Virgin”
Nick Robinson (Simon) and Keiynan Lonsdale (Bram), “Love, Simon” (WINNER)
Olivia Cooke (Sam) and Tye Sheridan (Wade), “Ready Player One”
KJ Apa (Archie) and Camila Mendes (Veronica), “Riverdale”
Finn Wolfhard (Mike) and Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), “Stranger Things”

Here’s @KeiynanLonsdale’s speech in full! 😍 #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/U69vt9WAp9

MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE
Talitha Bateman (Janice), “Annabelle: Creation”
Emily Blunt (Evelyn Abbott), “A Quiet Place”
Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh), “It”
Cristin Milioti (Nanette Cole), “Black Mirror”
Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), “Stranger Things” (WINNER)

I can't decide what's scarier, a demogorgon or giving an acceptance speech at the #MTVAwards. Congrats @noah_schnapp on winning Most Frightened! pic.twitter.com/WAPbZqmibE

BEST ON-SCREEN TEAM
“Black Panther” – Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/ Black Panther), Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Letitia Wright (Shuri)
“It” – Finn Wolfhard (Richie), Sophia Lillis (Beverly), Jaeden Lieberher (Bill), Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie), Wyatt Oleff (Stanley), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben), Chosen Jacobs (Mike) (WINNER)
“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” – Dwayne Johnson (Smolder), Kevin Hart (Mouse), Jack Black (Shelly), Karen Gillan (Ruby), Nick Jonas (Seaplane)
“Ready Player One” – Tye Sheridan (Wade), Olivia Cooke (Samantha), Philip Zhao (Sho), Win Morisaki (Daito), Lena Waithe (Aech)
“Stranger Things” – Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Noah Schnapp (Will), Sadie Sink (Max)

The Losers' Club? More like the WINNERS CLUB ☺☺The cast of #ITMovie wins Best On-Screen Team at the #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/lq5uUnqz4d

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Jack Black, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”
Tiffany Haddish, “Girls Trip” (WINNER)
Dan Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”
Amy Schumer, “I Feel Pretty”

.@TiffanyHaddish serving looks even in a robe. #SheReady! #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/tsKsg97aiT

SCENE STEALER
Tiffany Haddish (Dina), “Girls Trip”
Dacre Montgomery (Billy Hargrove), “Stranger Things”
Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom), “Riverdale” (WINNER)
Taika Waititi (Korg), “Thor: Ragnarok”
Letitia Wright (Shuri), “Black Panther”

BEST FIGHT
“Atomic Blonde” – Charlize Theron (Lorraine) vs. Daniel Hargrave (Sniper), Greg Rementer (Spotter)
“Avengers: Infinity War” – Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch) vs. Carrie Coon (Proxima Midnight)
“Black Panther” – Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) vs. Winston Duke (M’Baku)
“Thor: Ragnarok” – Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) vs. Chris Hemsworth (Thor)
“Wonder Woman” – Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) vs. German Soldiers (WINNER)

.@GalGadot flies in for Best Fight for all the dead-on @WonderWomanFilm action. Congrats! 😍 pic.twitter.com/EjJUUQaoME

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
“Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story”
“Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated”
“Gaga: Five Foot Two” (WINNER)
Jay-Z’s “Footnotes for 4:44”
“The Defiant Ones”

BEST REALITY SERIES/FRANCHISE
“The Kardashians” (WINNER)
“Love & Hip Hop”
“Real Housewives”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“Vanderpump Rules”

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Hype’s Must Watch: Pixels

In December last year, Sony Pictures Malaysia released a batch of teaser posters for its upcoming movie, “Pixels”. The movie is Sony’s big screen adaptation of Patrick Jean’s outstanding games-vs-real-life animated short and it stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage (of “Game of Thrones” fame), Josh Gad, and Brian Cox.

“Pixels” centres on intergalactic aliens that misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them and as a result, they attack Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults.

The summer blockbuster puts Adam Sandler and his cast of friends in the limelight as they rally together to try to stop Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, iconic characters repurposed by the aliens and built from glowing blocks, from destroying the planet.

The action-comedy is directed by Chris Columbus from a story by Tim Herlihy and a screenplay by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling.

“Pixels” is expected to be released in a cinema near you on 23rd July 2015.

For more information, visit Sony Pictures Malaysia’s Facebook page.


Netflix’s “Red Notice” Review: A Fun, Star-Studded Heist Comedy Made For The Weekends

Ever have those days when you’re looking to sit on the coach and enjoy a good B-movie? None of that high-art cinematic stuff that expends your emotional and intellectual capacity. What we want is to have some loud and dumb fun with plenty of action sequences and wise-ass jokes. Well we’ve got news for you, fellow coach potato. Netflix’s “Red Notice” is exactly what the doctor ordered. Not unlike the recent “Army of Thieves”, the film is an international heist comedy involving a crack team of specialists. The difference here is the amount of star-power on display. We’ve got Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Ryan Reynolds aka Deadpool and Gal Gadot of “Wonder Woman” fame.

Talented actors who have headlined in major roles before. The question is: how they do as co-leads in a semi-self aware heist comedy? The answer: unsurprisingly well.

John Hartley is a FBI profiler on the hunt for the two most wanted art-thieves in the entire world. One’s a whip-smart, slimy master thief skilled in the art of the getaway with a fast mouth on him. The other is a beautiful but deadly manipulator with a pension for double-crosses and general mayhem. Hartley’s got his work cut out for him because he’s soon caught in a deadly game of treasure hunt. With a deadly arms dealer after them, the trio must band together to find the three bejewelled eggs of Cleopatra. All while Interpol hunts them down. So until they find a way to give the authorities the slip, they’re on Red Notice.

Look, is “Red Notice” formulaic and predictable in its execution? Yeah but so is every other Marvel film; what makes the film work is its confidence. The plot of the film leans into its zany and light tone with reckless abandon. Sure there are some moments of tension but they never feel like they’re grounded in a world with reak consequences. This will no doubt leave some expecting more dramatic heft deeply annoyed. Those coming to see their favourite actors riff off each other and have some fun will no doubt get exactly what they’re looking for.

It’s a bit of a double-edged sword, though. Some scenes requiring the actors to sell believable backstories and past traumas fall completely flat. Like obligatory cutscenes in a video game, which is exactly how we would describe the film’s pacing. Whenever they’re not running after someone or pulling off an elaborate heist, they’re all trying to out-quip each other in a verbal roasting match. Rawson Marshall Thurber, the director and writer of the film, seems to be contented in making a sexier and more vulgar version of “National Treasure”. Which is not a problem if you’re looking to simply have a good time.

However, we did roll out eyes at some of the film’s contrivances. Especially the big twist at the end of the film. Let’s just say we’ve seen it before in a million other heist films before “Red Notice” and it was not nearly as well-executed as the others. As for the characters…what can we say? They’re all essentially heightened versions of the actors’ actual personalities. The Rock is the big, tough guy with a good heart who doesn’t by play the rules. Ryan Reynolds at this point should just wear his red mask 24/7 seeing that he’s always playing the same morally ambiguous, wise-cracking criminal who indulges in the occasional homoerotic tendency. Seriously, whenever he needs something funny to say, he just pulls out the bisexual card.

Their on-screen chemistry is fun for the most part. The Rock is usually known for playing the straight-man in these buddy-duo relationships. Here though, his character, Agent Hartley gives as he gets with some pretty funny one-liners. Reynolds, much like Johnny Depp, can always be counted on to have a witty comeback whenever the situation calls for it. Reynolds’ Nolan Booth is a lot less of an awkward and talkative trickster as the actor’s roles. In fact, there are times Booth manages to pull some genuinely clever moves on Hartley.

The real standout here though was watching Gal Gadot’s Sarah Black. Outside of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) and maybe a handful of appearances in “The Fast and Furious” films, we haven’t had a chance to see how she fares outside big budget franchises – let alone in a heist comedy film. Spoiler alert, Gadot is a ton of fun to watch! We were worried that her character would play the sassy voice-of-reason but she gets into the banter as much as the other two. It’s refreshing to see Gadot break out of her more guarded, reserved gravitas to have some goofy fun with the boys.

Fun fact, “Red Notice” is Netflix’s most expensive film to date, with a budget of approximately $200 million USD, and it shows! Rawson Marshall Thurber has an eye for action set-pieces. One of the most memorable scenes in the entire film was a prison break that moved from highwire stealth to mad dash, all with a Michael Bayesque flair. Seeing that all three main actors have had some action-star experience, the trio manage to sell the physicality of their characters for the most part.

It’s a good thing that Thurber has some big, bold antics for our lovable trio because the villain here leaves much to be desired. Chris Diamantopoulos who played Russ Hanneman in HBO’s “Silicon Valley” has shown to have had excellent comedic chops. So to see him be reduced to the dull, whispery arms dealer, Sotto Voce was a major disappointment. For all of the film’s typecasting, they’ve made a major casting error here.

Netflix’s “Red Notice” is a solid heist-comedy carried on the shoulder of three very charismatic actors. Director and writer Rawson Marshall Thurber’s plot allows for plenty of chuckle-worthy moments and exciting action set-pieces. The film can be described as cinematic Mac & Cheese. Simple and indulget in all of its cheesy glory! If you’ve had a hard week at the office and are looking to unwind, be sure to give “Red Notice” a watch on Netflix today!

So what did you think of Netflix’s “Red Notice”? Who did you think stole the show among the three stars? Be sure to let us know in the comments!

You can also check out our exclusive interview with Ryan Reynolds here.

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Netflix's "Red Notice" is a solid heist-comedy carried on the shoulder of three very charismatic actors. Director and writer Rawson Marshall Thurber's plot allows for plenty of chuckle-worthy moments and exciting action set-pieces. The film can be described as cinematic Mac & Cheese. Simple and indulget in all of its cheesy glory!


#Hardwell: Teases New Collaboration With Afrojack On Social Media

A collaboration between Hardwell and Afrojack is in the works!

Reigning world No #1 DJ as voted on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll, Hardwell certainly needs no introduction. Apart from releasing his debut album “United We Are” early this year, the superstar DJ/producer recently brought his “I AM HARDWELL” tour to Singapore and Bangkok.

Much like Hardwell, fellow Dutch superstar DJ/producer Afrojack has also had quite a fruitful year – having played at some of the biggest music festival thus far, he also stopped by Kuala Lumpur recently for #TWP. Known for his versatility and creativity in music, he has collaborated with some of todays’ top producers and artistes including Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix and Snoop Dogg.

Now, if you’re wondering why we’re rambling on about Hardwell and Afrojack – well, it’s because the duo have apparently joined forces! According to Hardwell’s teasing on his social media platforms, a Hardwell-Afrojack collaboration is in the works, and we’re quite excited to say the least.

Hardwell recently uploaded a photo of Afrojack and himself in a studio on Twitter and Instagram along with the caption saying: “Collab time @djafrojack”.

Collab time @djafrojack pic.twitter.com/HSY7OHvIV1

Definitely, not the first time they’re working together, the duo teamed up in 2008 to release a track titled “Let The Attack Begin”. Though that track really isn’t one of our favourites, we’re expecting big things from this duo as they’ve come so far since 2008.

As of now, no further details in regards to this collaboration has been revealed, but we will be looking out warily for updates so stay tuned. ;)

Till then, we’ll leave you with the duo’s track from 2008 – “Let The Attack Begin”.

Are you guys looking forward to the upcoming collaboration? Share your thoughts with us by sounding off in the comments section.

Source: Dancingastronaut , featured image via likeclubs


#ZaynMalik: Former One Direction Member Confirmed To Be Dating Gigi Hadid

It’s official: Zayn Malik confirmed that he’s dating Gigi Hadid!

The chemistry between Malik and the 20-year-old model was palpable when she appeared on the music video of the former 1D star’s solo single “Pillowtalk”.

During his interview with L.A. radio show “Zach Sang and the Gang”, when co-host Jill Gutowitz asked if it was cool to have “your girlfriend in your video”, the 23-year-old responded, “Yeah, that was cool.”

Malik was also posed with a follow-up question – you know, just to be sure – “No one easier to make out with than your own girlfriend, right?” to which Malik replied with a laugh, “Exactly, I like what you’ve done there.”

Malik has been dating the blonde runway stunner for 2 months now after calling off his engagement to Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards last August while Hadid had split from Joe Jonas just weeks before. Both camps have avoided speaking publicly about their romance.

Although the couple have been coy, their actions in Malik’s “Pillowtalk” were anything but subtle. In fact, it was super steamy as the lovebirds are seen kissing in various scenarios. If there were any doubts beforehand, they were squashed after watching the music video.

In MTV’s words: #Zigi is here. #Zigi is now.

“I feel like in the vocal you can get a sense that I’m meaning what I’m saying. I don’t want to be too specific about what it’s about. That is obviously quite personal to me. People can figure it out for themselves,” said Malik of the track. We wonder what he means when he sings “so pure, so dirty and raw“.

He didn’t shy from the song’s explicit sexual theme saying, “Everybody has sex, and it’s something people wanna hear about. It’s part of everybody’s life, a very big part of life! And you don’t wanna sweep it under the carpet. It has to be talked about“.

Malik also shared that he wanted “Pillowtalk” to look like a dream. “I wanted it be arty and different and out there. That was the whole feel for the video; we wanted a kind of dream feel to it,” he said.

Malik’s upcoming album, “Mind Of Mine”, is set for a release on 25th March 2016 – a year to the day he quit One Direction.

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#TheScriptLiveInKL: The Energy Never Dies At The Script’s Concert In Malaysia

Admit it. For the past few days, you’ve been suffering from a terrible post-concert depression after spending a crazy Sunday (19th April) night with The Script at Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam. It has been a while since we’ve felt that way too. The withdrawal is almost unbearable, but we managed to get through the week without constantly browsing through our photo gallery to see the photos and videos from that night.

Though The Script’s concert in Malaysia only started around 8pm, we were there since 1pm in the afternoon for an exclusive media interview. Much to our surprise, some avid fans can already be seen queuing outside the stadium and they were there since early in the morning.

It was a long wait, but it didn’t matter for the fans as they had been wanting to see the Irish pop rock band since the release of their breakthrough hits like “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” and “For The First Time”. We’re pretty sure they knew the lyrics to all of their songs by heart too.

The concert venue was immediately filled with both local and overseas fans when the organisers opened the gate. However, before The Script made their grand entrance into the stadium, Colton Avery, who was touring around the world with the band, came onstage as the opening act of the night. Though the crowd knew very little about Avery (he introduced himself twice when another fan asked for his name), he managed to serenade everyone in the stadium with his heartfelt performance.

Shortly after Avery ended his performance, the crowd immediately went into a moshing frenzy as The Script frontman Danny O’Donoghue “painted the town green” by entering the stadium with a green flagged parade from the other end of the stage.

You can imagine how chaotic the stadium was when Danny sang and walked among the crowd in the rock zone. Though the security team was there to stop fans from getting too close to the frontman, it didn’t help when everyone tried to follow him while he was walking towards the stage.

Danny rejoined his fellow members onstage and performed a few songs in a row, including the ones from their latest album, “No Sound Without Silence”. Throughout the night, the band made sure that the fans were fully immersed in their live music by showcasing their incredible showmanship.

The show was a sensory overload for our eardrums as well.

Whenever Danny came rushing down the stage, fans would erupt in high-pitched screams and swarm to his side for a chance to interact with him. The crowd also barely had chances to breathe as the band displayed a superbly high level of energy for each and every performance.

What set The Script apart from the other bands was the fact that they are willing to share their touring experiences with the crowd. Every now and then, they would take a break from the show and engage with the crowd by sharing some of their life stories. They even wore the Malay traditional songkok and took a group picture with the incredibly crazy crowd.

KL we had a crazy good night! M pic.twitter.com/qY2w2eEHir

— the script (@thescript) April 19, 2015

Danny may be the frontman of the band, but guitarist/vocalist Mark and drummer Glen had their fair share of spotlight during the show as well.

While Danny was walking around the stadium to interact with the fans, both Mark and Glen had a smashing time onstage. Mark even went as far as to perform an impressive guitar riff that had the whole stadium cheering for him. It was absolutely phenomenal performance, although this could have been because I was standing 10 metres away from where he played.

When they were performing “Man On A Wire“, Mark shared the band’s experience of filming the music video for the song. He jokingly warned the fans to be careful with the songs that they write because when it comes to making the music video, the director would ask them do all sort of crazy, dangerous stuff. Danny became a tightrope walker, Mark played guitar horizontally on the side of a building, and Glen played the drums on the edge of a roof.

The crowd is singing #ManOnAWire with @thescriptofficial now! :D #TheScript #HotlinkTheScript #Hotlink #TheScripInMY #TheScriptInKL

A video posted by Hype Malaysia (@hypemy) on Apr 19, 2015 at 6:31am PDT

Much to our delight, the band then performed another few songs in a row, including the “Never Seen Anything (Quite Like You)” and “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved“. The energy level have only gone up towards the end of the show, especially when they performed “The Energy Never Dies” and another hit single ,”For The First Time”.

Although there’s no official light stick, the whole stadium turned into a beautiful galaxy after Danny asked fans to switch on the flashlight from their phones. It was a beautiful sight to see and everyone sang “No Good In Goodbye” in unison that night. A whole lot of confetti was flying around when the band concluded the show with their awesome rendition of “Hall Of Fame“, a song that they collaborated with will.i.am.

Overall, The Script blew the stadium off with their exceptionally flawless performance and their constant interactions with the crowd. We’d be lying if we said that we didn’t leave the stadium in awe.

Special thanks to PR Worldwide and Midas Promotion for bringing them down and we certainly hope they will come back to perform again!

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Shia & Mia Sitting On A Tree..

Wasn’t it just last month that “Transformers” star was officially single? Man, he moves fast!

Because in recent news, Shia LaBeouf and his co-star from the upcoming “Nymphomaniac” movie, Mia Goth are officially seeing each other. Sure, they haven’t made their relationship a big deal but it’s not something they can hide any longer. The story of their lives as follows:

The pair first met on the set of the film. In “Nymphomaniac”, both Shia and Mia share real-life sex scenes that have allowed them to be, uh, extremely comfortable with each other. Convenient much? According to a source, “They’ve kept their relationship under wraps, but they pretty much started dating after he broke off things with Karolyn a few months ago”.

We wonder what Shia’s ex, Karolyn Pho has to say about all of this. Meanwhile, “Nymphomaniac” will be released in May 2013 in Denmark. Who wants to see Shia and Mia have sex for real?


Hype’s Movie Review: Guardians Of The Galaxy

Guardians Of The Galaxy – A ball of fun!

Denarian Saal played by Peter Serafinowicz calls these misfits turned heroes a bunch of a–holes early into the movie and hey, he’s not entirely wrong. Marvel adds a gun-toting racoon and a talking tree to its list of superheroes with the movie Guardians Of The Galaxy and it sure works in their favour!

Now, the new Guardians, lead by Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), who was abducted from Earth as a boy and has been trying to get people to call him Star-Lord ever since is an outlaw who is always looking out to be number one until he realises that there are more important things at stake.

While on the hunt for a mysterious metallic orb, Quill meets, and eventually bonds with a bunch of other criminals. These other criminals include Gamora (Zoe Saldana), who just happens to be the deadliest woman in the galaxy is also the adopted daughter of villain Thanos, Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), a muscle-bound monomaniac who is out for revenge, Rocket, a racoon voiced by Bradley Cooper and Groot, a tree voiced by Vin Diesel.

After being thrown into prison together, these criminal turn heroes, make an epic escape and strive to keep the orb away from Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) who plans on using the orb to destroy the peaceful planet of Xandar.

Throughout the movie, director James Gunn piles explosions upon even bigger explosions as these guardians fight to protect the galaxy. Spaceship battles, close escapes and multiple ruckuses is seen throughout the movie as it cleverly shifts from self-aware silliness to touching character moments.

Apart from the brilliant choice of casts, the movie’s soundtrack comprising of 70s and 80s pop tunes made the Guardians Of The Galaxy a perfect counterpoint to movies that take their superheroes way too seriously.

We must say though, Groot’s trademark line “I am Groot” and the variety of readings Vin Diesel gives that line plus the heroism he demonstrates as well as Rocket’s thrill in firing machine guns steals the limelight from their other 3 companions in the movie.

Guardians Of The Galaxy hits cinemas on July 31st (Thursday) and it’s not something you would want to miss out on.


Fun Facts: 7 Things You Should Know About The 7 Boys Of iKON

iKON (아이콘) is determined to be the icon of K-Pop.

The group was first introduced in YG Entertainment’s idol trainee reality survival program called “Who is Next: WIN” in 2013 as “Team B” alongside “Team A” aka WINNER. After losing to Team A, they participated a different survival show known as “Mix & Match” a year later to determine the final member line-up.

As a final result, iKON was confirmed as a 7-member idol group made up of leader B.I, lead rapper Bobby, Kim Jinhwan, Song Yunhyeong, Kim Donghyuk, Koo Junhoe, and maknae Jung Chanwoo. After many delays and postponements, the boys made their explosive debut on 15th September 2015 with their first digital single, “My Type” (취향저격).

In support of their first studio album, “Welcome Back“, the boys held their first solo concert in Seoul last October called “iKONCERT 2016 Showtime” at the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Arena, which gathered a whopping 24,000 fans in total attendance. Due to popular demand, the concert was expanded into a world tour, going to countries like Philippines, Taiwan, Australia, US, Mexico, Brazil, and Chile.

And here’s the good news: Malaysia is included in the list of countries and they will be making their first Malaysian performance this August!

To prepare you for that, here’s a list of things that you probably didn’t know about the iKON members:

1. Leader B.I produced and composed all the songs for iKON’s first album

Dubbed by Yang Hyun Suk as the “2nd G-Dragon”, B.I aka Kim Hanbin is extremely talented in music making and dancing. You may know this but the 19-year-old leader is partly responsible for writing WINNER’s debut single, “Empty” and Epik High’s hit song, “Born Hater”. Also, he was involved in producing and writing all the tracks in iKON’s “Welcome Back”. That’s a total of 11 songs!

Did we mention that he was featured as a guest rapper in K-hip hop artiste MC Mong’s “Indian Boy” back in 2009 when he was only 13 years old?

2. Kim Jinhwan is multilingual and a cry baby

Although 22-year-old Jinhwan is oldest among his members, he is known for looking like the “maknae” (youngest). Like his mother, who is a businesswoman, he can speak fluent Japanese and English, making him the choice person to talk to the media when the boys are in Japan for their Japanese promotions. He was also voted as the group’s biggest cry baby by his members.

You can see him cry during the series finale of “Mari & I” at 2:09 mark:

Bobby, real name Kim Jiwon, grew up in Virginia, US. Prior to his idol group debut, he won USD 100,000 in Mnet’s “Show Me The Money 3”, a rap survival program, as part of team “Illionaire” alongside legendary K-rapper Dok2 and The Quiett of Illionaire Records. Not only did the genius hip hop musician co-write all the songs for the group’s debut album alongside B.I, he was also featured on GQ Korea’s 2014 “Men of the Year” list.

P/S: The fierce rapper is obsessed with his childhood Winnie the Pooh soft toy. Aww :)

4. Song Yunhyeong is a “Successful Nivea (lip balm) Maniac”

Famed for his good looks and toned body, Yunhyeong’s most treasured item is apparently, his cherry-flavoured Nivea lip balm. During an interview segment of “Mix & Match”, he revealed that he has very dry lips and that he always carries his lip balm around. Knowing that Yunhyeong is obsessed with lip care products, leader B.I gave him a box full of it!

His unique obsession with lip balms eventually earned him a role as Nivea Korea’s model and spokesperson! Well, Mama always said that you should do what you love most, right? ;)

5. Kim Donghyuk lost his father when he was a kid

Donghyuk’s father passed away when he was only 8 years old. In an episode of “WIN: Who is Next”, YG granted him some free time to visit his late father in a memorial centre. Due to his busy trainee schedule, he hasn’t seen his dad in a long time. While he was sitting in front of his dad’s memorial plate, he couldn’t help but burst into tears when he tells his dad that he is doing well.

6. Koo Junhoe is known as the “Young Michael Jackson”

When Junhoe was 13 years old, he appeared on SBS’s “Star King”, a popular reality talent show, and performed the late Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean” choreography. Although he didn’t win that episode, his smooth and sleek dance moves eventually paid off when he was recruited by YG as a trainee after participating the first season of “K-Pop Star” in 2011.

Watch his performance in “Star King” here:

You can click here to watch his dance during JYP Entertainment’s (home to Wonder Girls and 2PM) trainee audition.

7. Jung Chanwoo played younger versions of Lee Minho

Although maknae Chanwoo is only 18 years old, he made his debut as a child model and actor in 2005, making him the most “senior” among other iKON members. Before he was a part of the idol boy group, the young member appeared in TVXQ‘s “Balloon” music video as kid Changmin but he is probably best known for playing younger versions of Lee Minho in K-Drama hits “Boys Over Flowers” and “The Heirs”.

So, do you think you have what it takes to be a true iKONIC (as iKON fans are lovingly known)? We hope that we didn’t make you fall even more in love with them than you already are ;)

Meanwhile, here’s a video of iKON greeting their Malaysian fans to tide you over until their concert:

Details for iKON’s “iKONCERT 2016 Showtime Tour in Asia” in Kuala Lumpur are as follows:

For more information on iKONCERT 2016 “SHOWTIME TOUR”, visit IME Asia’s website and Facebook page.

Sources: YouTube (1), (2), Miner8, iKON’s Facebook page, Ordinary Blog, Only in Korean, Kpop Zone.

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#ZoukOut2016: Hardwell & Zedd To Headline; Tickets On Sale Now

ZoukOut is back for another round of epic dusk to dawn revelry!

This year, Singapore’s biggest electronic music party is set for a super-sized sweet 16 with the promise of delivering an all encompassing festival experience by bringing together the very best of dance music within and beyond the borders of Singapore. A 2-day outdoor festival of grand proportions, the 16th edition of ZoukOut will be held at Siloso Beach, Sentosa on the 9th and 10th December.

Built on the “One World, One Music, One Tribe, One Dance” foundation that Zouk Singapore has been governed by throughout the 25 years of operations, ZoukOut was created with the intention of gathering a larger pool of music lovers beyond the limitations of an indoor space. Taking cues from the renowned motto, the 16th edition aims to reinforce and uphold the togetherness of the “One Tribe” value that ZoukOut will continue to thrive on.

With the expansion of ZoukOut across cities in Asia and the upcoming move of the club to Clarke Quay, the “One Tribe” theme remains to emphasise the identity of the festival and its mission to unify the like-minded people with one accord.

This year, ZoukOut has expanded beyond the Singapore borders with its first foray in Boracay, Philippines on 30th April and 1st May. A 2-day beach event featuring headliners including the likes of Kaskade and DVBBS alongside other regional and local names, the debut amassed up to 8,000 attendees.

Coming 20th August, ZoukOut will also be taking on Tokyo with the takeover of the Beach Stage at the annual Summer Sonic Tokyo 2016 with acts including Vinai (ITA), Sam Feldt (NED), The Chainsmokers (USA), and Zouk Singapore’s very own resident DJ, Zushan.

Returning to the Singapore stage after last year’s solo “I AM Hardwell” gig at Gardens By The Bay, the legendary DJ and record producer Hardwell is set as one of the headliners at the ZoukOut 2016 stage.

No stranger at major music festivals including the likes of Ultra and Tomorrowland, Hardwell has continued to dominate DJ Mag’s top 100 DJs poll three years in top three from 2013 at just twenty-eight. All thrillers and no fillers, dance music lovers will be swept with wave after wave of hardhitting anthems across a multitude of electronic styles.

Also on the line-up is none other than Russian-German Grammy award-winning DJ, producer, and musician extraordinaire, Zedd.

Sprung to international status through his 2013 debut album Clarity which spawned hits “Clarity” featuring Foxes, and “Stay the Night” featuring Hayley Williams, Zedd has since established himself as one of the top DJs and music producers with his most recent “Top Dance/Electronic Album” win at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards. Expect Zedd to turn up the sandy shores with a heady arsenal of electro-laced pop that will progress into deeper cuts of electro house.

More details of ZoukOut 2016 line-up and programming will be announced at a later date.

Early bird tickets for 2-day passes, exclusively for Singapore-issued Citibank cardholders will be released on 20th July, for a limited time only at the price of SGD178.00. Advance and door ticket prices are to-be-announced.

Meanwhile, check out our recap of last year’s #ZoukOutSG here.

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