Aerosmith drops Indonesia show over security fears
Aerosmith canceled a show in Indonesia after authorities there said they had foiled a bomb plot targeting the Myanmar embassy.
Aerosmith canceled a show in Indonesia after authorities there said they had foiled a bomb plot targeting the Myanmar embassy.
Maguindanaoan filmmaker Gutierrez Mangansakan II’s “Cartas de la Soledad” was chosen best Asian film at the just-concluded Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival held in Indonesia. Netpac stands for the (international) Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema.
Forget “Expendables 2. If it’s nonstop action you like, the movie to watch doesn’t have Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and other aging Hollywood action heroes in its cast: Gareth Evans’ exhilarating “The Raid: Redemption,” which begins its Manila run next week, is the best action movie we’ve seen in years—and it’s from Indonesia!
Just in time for its 33rd anniversary, “Eat Bulaga” has come up with its latest and most surprising coup—it’s the only Filipino TV show to have its format “exported” to and franchised in Indonesia!
Pop diva Lady Gaga’s show in Indonesia was cancelled Sunday, with the promoters saying the security threat was too serious after Islamic hardliners threatened “chaos” if she entered the Muslim nation.
Police in Indonesia, after refusing a permit for Lady Gaga to perform in Jakarta, said Friday they were considering an offer from her local promoters to tone down the pop superstar’s racy show.
SINGAPORE—Pop superstar Lady Gaga would rather cancel dates in her world tour than make changes to appease censors and religious groups, the US singer’s manager said Thursday as controversy dogs her in Asia. Troy Carter said that in any case, nothing would appease the religious hardliners who have denounced Lady Gaga in South Korea, Indonesia [...]
Canadian popstar Justin Bieber on Monday tweeted his love for Indonesia, after enraging fans in the world’s fifth most populous nation by referring to it as “some random country”.
Accused of contaminating youngsters with “satanic” dance moves and “intolerable” outfits, the cult of Lady Gaga is on a collision course with Asia’s moral guardians ahead of her mammoth world tour.
Christian Bautista has been deported from Indonesia for working there using his visiting visa, the Jakarta Post reported.
The winning streak of the honorees at the 2nd Inquirer Indie Tribute continues. Remton Siega Zuasola’s film, “Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria,” won two awards – Golden Hanoman (for best Asian feature film) and Geber (given by the Indonesian film communities) – at the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival in Indonesia on December 17. Zuasola described the [...]
After staying in Jakarta for more than a month, the first thing Gwen Zamora did upon arriving in Manila was buy spaghetti from a popular fast-food chain. “I missed Jollibee,” Gwen confessed. On her recent birthday, Gwen whipped up Pinoy spaghetti for the Indonesian cast and crew of director Mohamad Yussuf’s “The Witness,” the movie [...]
