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"Culinary Class Wars" returns for a third season; Netflix upsizes format, four-person teams compete
Netflix has confirmed a third season of cooking competition series “Culinary Class Wars”, introducing a format shift from individual chefs to a team-based showdown. Applications for entries open tomorrow. Season 3 reunites the original...
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“Papa Zola The Movie” hits RM60m/US$14.8m; domestic blockbuster rolls out in India, Vietnam,...
Asian animation house Monsta’s “Papa Zola The Movie” has hit RM60 million/US$14.8 million at the box office in Malaysia and Brunei. The latest figures put the film ahead of “Ejen Ali The Movie 2”, and cement animation as a key driver of the...
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Mediacorp drops new microdrama, “Bring It On”; 16 Jan release on TikTok, Facebook
Singapore’s Mediacorp premieres microdrama “Bring It On” (马上来) at 6pm today (Friday, 16 January) on TikTok and Facebook. "Bring It On" is about Ouyang Cai (played by Emerald Hill’s Jernelle Oh 胡煜诗), an aspiring...
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The Big List 2025 Country Profile: China
Two issues dominate conversations about mainland China’s entertainment industry as 2025 draws to a close – the vertical microdrama boom, with revenues overtaking movie/box-office, and Japan replacing…
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Strong year-end for Malaysia’s Media Prima TV Networks; CEO Nini Yusof highlights 2025 wins as the New Year countdown begins
Malaysia’s Media Prima Television Networks closed its latest financial year with strong, broad-based performance across free-TV networks TV3 and 8TV, film distribution (led by "Ejen Ali The Movie 2"…
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ReelShort steps up microdrama race across Asia Pacific; AR Asia Productions’ exclusive distribution deal marks new chapter in vertical expansion
When U.S. microdrama platform ReelShort announced its multi-year global partnership with Hong Kong-based AR Asia Productions this month, a new chapter in the short-form arms race across the Asia-…
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Ordinary people, extraordinary impact; “Themes of love, friendship & hope transcend borders,” TV Asahi’s “Just a Bit Espers” creator says
When TV Asahi’s latest hero – down and out salaryman Bunta – is recruited as a ‘slight esper’, he enters a sci-fi world where even small powers can make a big difference.  “Although the ‘espers’…
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