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SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY SMASHES INDONESIA BOX OFFICE
Spider-Man: Brand New Day just broke Indonesia's 2026 box office record, hitting 3.1 million viewers ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a week ago
NO NA TURNED INDONESIA'S MOST ANNOYING TRAFFIC SOUND INTO A GLOBAL POP ANTHEM
No Na's new single "Honk!" turns Indonesia's viral Om Telolet Om craze into a global pop anthem. Her ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 weeks ago
AGNEZ MO, ANGGUN JOIN REACHER SEASON 4 AS VILLAINS
Agnez Mo and Anggun play mother-daughter villains in Reacher Season 4, premiering August 12, 2026 on ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 weeks ago
JALAN PULANG: THE SHORT FILM THAT FOUND KEBAYA IN A PILE OF OLD CLOTHES AT HOME
Jalan Pulang, Bakti Budaya Djarum Foundation's new short film starring Sheila Dara Aisha, streams fr ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 weeks ago
FOR REVENGE SCORES SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY SOUNDTRACK
For Revenge, Bandung's rock band behind "Serana," scores the Spider-Man: Brand New Day soundtrack wi ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 weeks ago
AN INDONESIAN SHORT FILM ABOUT A FATHER AND SON JUST GOT A WORLD PREMIERE IN NEW ...
Autosave, a short film by Imanuel Bolaman, world-premieres at the 25th New York Asian Film Festival ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 4 weeks ago
A STOLEN G-WAGON. A BODY IN THE TRUNK. AND NOW, A GRAND JURY PRIZE.
Film Bandit Indonesia won Grand Jury Prize at Dances With Films LA 2026, beating 279 entries. Here's ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
LYODRA, AMORA LEMOS, AND SILET OPEN UP JUST MADE INDONESIA'S OWN VERSION OF THE ...
Three artists who've never shared a stage now share one song and one of them slipped his own region ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
JOKO ANWAR'S PRISON HORROR JUST LANDED AT ONE OF ASIA'S BIGGEST GENRE FILM FESTI ...
Joko Anwar's prison horror "Ghost in the Cell" made BIFAN 2026's official selection alongside five o ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
A CHOIR WITH NO MUSIC SCHOOL BACKGROUND IS ABOUT TO REPRESENT INDONESIA IN TOKYO ...
Svara Nusantara, a self-taught choir from South Tangerang, is Indonesia's only Mixed Choir finalist ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
INDONESIAN MUSIC IS TAKING OVER SPOTIFY AND IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE
Indonesian music now owns 78% of Spotify Indonesia streams. Local artists like Bernadya and Hindia a ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
THIS YOGYAKARTA PUPPET THEATRE MADE GERMAN AUDIENCES DO SOMETHING THEY ALMOST NE ...
Papermoon Puppet Theatre from Yogyakarta received a 10-minute standing ovation at Theater der Welt 2 ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
MORGAN OEY NAMED FFI 2026 AMBASSADOR AND HE ALMOST THOUGHT IT WAS A PRANK
Morgan Oey and Nirina Zubir are named FFI 2026 ambassadors. Here's what the Festival Film Indonesia ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
MEET WARTONO: THE INDRAMAYU CRAFTSMAN WHO BUILDS GUITARS FROM BOTTLE CAPS AND OL ...
A self-taught craftsman in Indramayu builds custom guitars from bottle caps and old cassette tapes ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
HINDIA SCORES BIG: WINS SPECIAL AWARD AT MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026
Hindia wins Special Award for Indonesian Popular Music at Music Awards Japan 2026. Here’s what the ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
"TABOO: THE SILENT DAY" TURNS BALI'S SACRED NYEPI SILENCE INTO KOREA'S NEXT HORR ...
"Taboo: The Silent Day": the Korean horror film shot in Bali during Nyepi, breaking taboos, sparking ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
MARBLES DEBUT: INDONESIA'S NEW GIRL GROUP DROPS "HOMPIMPA"
MARBLES, Indonesia's new girl group, debuts June 12, 2026 with single "HOMPIMPA." Meet the 5 members ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
A INDONESIAN WEB SERIES JUST TRENDED IN 34 COUNTRIES AND THE RECORD BOOKS HAD T ...
Love & 10 Million Dollars breaks the MURI record trending in 34 countries here's what it means for ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
35 INDONESIAN FILMS MADE IT TO NETFLIX'S GLOBAL TOP 10
35 Indonesian films cracked Netflix's Global Top 10 Non-English chart by January 2026. Here's what t ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
55 FREE EUROPEAN FILMS ARE COMING TO 8 INDONESIAN CITIES
Europe on Screen 2026 brings 55 free European films to 8 Indonesian cities, 4–14 June. Here's ever ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
BACKROOMS FILM SALAM BAHASA INDONESIA NASA GOLDEN RECORD
A NASA Golden Record greeting in Bahasa Indonesia went viral after appearing in A24's horror film Ba ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
THE DEPOK DESIGN TEAM BEHIND ARIANA GRANDE'S LATEST SINGLE
Rising67 Studio, a Depok-based illustration team, designed the titles and poster for Ariana Grande's ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
INDONESIA'S ANIMATED FILM GARUDA DI DADAKU JUST MADE IT TO SHANGHAI
Garuda di Dadaku enters the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival's Golden Goblet Animation Comp ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
THE METEOR GARDEN BOYS ARE BACK. JUST NOT ALL FOUR OF THEM.
The Meteor Garden boys are back. Just not all four of them. Ken Chu won't be at F4's Jakarta reunion ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
FASHION DESIGNER HARRY HALIM STEPS INTO ACTING PLAYING MAX HUANG'S FATHER IN A N ...
Indonesian fashion designer Harry Halim makes his acting debut, playing Max Huang's father in a new ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
BTS IS COMING BACK TO JAKARTA , IT'S CALLED 'ARIRANG'
BTS just announced their World Tour — and Jakarta is on the list. Two nights at GBK. General sale ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 months ago
NO NA JUST MADE HISTORY ON SOUTH KOREA'S BIGGEST MUSIC CHART — AND IT'S ONLY T ...
no na's "Shoot" hit 714K streams on MelOn, making them the #1 most-streamed Southeast Asian girl gro ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 months ago
AN INDONESIAN SHORT FILM BEAT 2,400 OTHERS TO COMPETE AT CANNES 2026
Indonesian-German short film VATERLAND or A Bule Named Yanto beat 2,400+ entries to compete at Canne ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 months ago
FOUR INDONESIAN FILMS JUST MADE IT TO CANNES CRITICS' WEEK — AND NOBODY'S TALK ...
Holy Crowd, Original Wound, Annisa, and Mothers Are Mothering are at one of cinema's most prestigiou ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 months ago
A SONG FROM EAST INDONESIA JUST EARNED A SPOT AGAINST K-POP GIANTS IN TOKYO
"Tabola Bale" by Silet Open Up is nominated for Best Asia Song at Music Awards Japan 2026. Here's wh ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 months ago
