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Chicago Tribune
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
What to do in Chicago: Blackpink, Phish and the Renegade Craft Fair
Our picks for events in and around Chicago this weekend. Blackpink in your area … specifically Soldier Field. The K-pop phenomenon — Jennie, Rosé, Lisa and Jisoo — roll into town on the heels of the release of their latest single, 'Jump.' It's been out for about a week and has been streamed about 40 million times on Spotify. Get ready to considered heirs of the Grateful Dead more than 40 years after the band's Vermont founding, Phish has become its own thing. Jam with them this weekend during their three-night stand at the United Center. Can't make it, but still a die-hard fan? Watch their webcasts — but is it really the same?Dance on the beach to Claptone, Hayden James and more EDM at Volleywood. It's a 21+ party promising 'pure summer chaos in the heart of the city' along with a silent back at the Hideout this weekend with Chicago-based Brittney Carter and two Louisville artists, Horace Gaither and Otez. Groove to their personal blends of rap and mellow wraps up a seven-week run on July 19 with Teatro ZinZanni's ongoing latest production of 'Love, Chaos, and Dinner.' Perhaps best known from 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' BenDeLaCreme got her start in Chicago while a student at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Expect circus arts, comedy, live music and comedian Louis Katz delivers his rapid-fire style of stand-up at Zanies this weekend. In an era when stand-up comedy can veer into confessional storytelling, Katz is a bit of a throwback. In his act, it's all about the you could go to a club show without going to a club? Go to West Fest: Empty Bottle programs its two stages. In addition to the usual summer festival fixings — food, music, craft vendors and kids activities — swing by for Pet Fest. Your pup can try out an obstacle course, paw painting and sniff around for other pet demos and for Renegade Craft Fair in Logan Square this weekend, its latest marketplace. More than 250 artists and artisans will offer their wares, from felted mushrooms and handcrafted leather footwear to tattoo art and maybe you prefer the thrill of the hunt. Head to Andersonville for its Vintage Market, featuring a lot of old stuff, from vintage kitsch to antique treasures. This is also a good option if you want to browse an outdoor market but the prospect of Renegade overwhelms. The Vintage Market features a manageable 30-some weekend doesn't really end on Sunday in the summertime, right? Stretch it into Tuesday or Wednesday with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Karen O and the rest of the gang will play the Chicago Theatre — and chances are, they'll play 'Maps,' their decades-old song that went viral last fall on social media.
Korea Herald
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Jeon Somi to return with digital single in July: report
Jeon Somi is poised to make a comeback with a digital single in July, local media reported Thursday. Her agency The Black Label confirmed the news report on Friday, adding that she will put out the track 'Extra' on July 7. The label also unvieled a batch of black-and-white photographs of Jeon sporting a chin-length bob in platinum blonde. The upcoming single comes a year after her summer anthem 'Ice Cream,' a summer special dance number from 2024. On July 19, the performer will host a meet-and-greet in Seoul. She is planning a party-like event under the title 'Chaos.' Separately, speculations are rising that her former group I.O.I may reunite in time to mark the 10th anniversary of its debut. The group debuted in 2016 with 11 finalists from the audition show 'Produce 101.' Jeon was the top contestant of the project group, which disbanded in 2017.
New York Times
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Chaos' Is a Morning Show Dramedy With Verve
The Danish dramedy 'Chaos' (in Danish, with subtitles), on Viaplay, centers on a morning show in crisis. 'Denmark Awakes' is chugging along, not particularly vibrant or hugely popular but a fixture nonetheless. Then a new boss rolls in and announces that the show is about to be canceled, and suddenly the status quo is no longer an option. That is especially true for Lise (Katrine Greis-Rosenthal), who anchors the show with her husband, Martin (Hadi Ka-Koush). They smile through tepid human-interest stories about giant eggplants and unusually old dogs, but off camera, the cheery act is harder to maintain: He's ready for kids, she definitely isn't and thinks she may never be. So when she meets Johannes (Jacob Lohmann), a scruffy, emotionally wounded chef who is trying out van life for a while, she is drawn both to him and to the premise of a less conventional life. The staff at 'Denmark Awakes' scrambles to grow its ratings, but attracting new, younger viewers is not easy. A brainstorming meeting concludes with three big ideas on the whiteboard: 'MERMAN,' 'DON'T SCARE MEN' and 'DIRECTION.' Hmm. Maybe Johannes could do a segment, Lise suggests. And let's have Lise and Martin take DNA tests onscreen! That is sure to be a trouble-free exercise with no unexpected results. Even though it is set at a morning show, this is — mercifully — not at all like 'The Morning Show,' which is tediously trapped in its miasma of self-regard. 'Chaos' is brisk and frisky, juiced by a rom-com engine and by the countdown toward the show-within-the-show's cancellation. Is Lise's life collapsing or beginning? Is everything falling apart, or was everything barely held together in the first place? Impending doom sucks, but would Lise be brave enough to make big changes without that pressure? Would anyone? 'Chaos' is light but not dumb, credible but still arch. Its eight episodes are snappy and precise: no split timelines, no pointless subplots.
Gizmodo
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Games Workshop Just Can't Stop ‘Horus Heresy' Scalpers
It's become an unfortunate par for the course in modern collecting that if you want something, you're no longer just racing against fellow fans who want it: you're facing off against a bot army driven by scalpers who want to make a pretty profit on the aftermarket. From trading cards to action figures, from sneakers to event tickets, bots are everywhere… including the grim dark future of Warhammer. This week Games Workshop announced plans to launch pre-orders for a bonus 'final' entry in its long running series of Horus Heresy novels. Set roughly 10,000 years before the contemporary events of Warhammer 40K, the saga, which first began in 2006, recounts a galaxy-spanning civil war among the Imperium of Man–when the titular Horus, one of the Emperor's most trusted warmasters, falls to corruption and brings swaths of Space Marine legions to the side of Chaos as he turns on the Imperium. The series, which spanned sixty four primary books, came to an end in January of last year with the release of The End and the Death Volume III, itself the 10th chapter of the 'Siege of Terra' miniseries that covered Horus' final assault on Earth itself. The latest book, End of Ruin, was a surprise final chapter. An anthology of short stories set in the aftermath of The End and the Death announced earlier this year, it was set to go live for pre-order this week. But while the release of the novel itself is exciting for Warhammer fans, the recent Horus Heresy books have been on a whole other level of interest for a different reason. Throughout the 'Siege of Terra' sub-series, Games Workshop has debuted each book with a premium limited edition: not only did they come with faux-leather bound covers, embossed with gold foil and detailing to make them look like ancient texts ripped right out of 40K's universe, these limited editions were the exclusive way to get each book physically earliest. Although digital copies of each release launched alongside the limited editions, the standard paperback release would come a month later. Suffice to say, this made each limited edition extremely in demand, for a dedicate fanbase that is already primed to clog up the internet tubes that make up Games Workshop's official website every weekend to buy the latest models. Not only are the limited editions truly limited–running roughly a few thousand copies, and only available directly through Games Workshop–the standardized nature of them all makes completing the set a risky gamble of investment. Once you get one, it's hard to stop at just one of them, because it'll look weird on the shelf without its faux-leather friends. And thus, with every release of a new chapter since 'Siege of Terra' began in 2019, Games Workshop's website would buckle under demand, fans would get angry, and dozens upon dozens of copies would inevitably end up on sites like eBay for double or triple the original price. No matter how hard Games Workshop tried to counteract scalping–including completely overhauling its website in 2023 to implement queuing systems meant to deter bots–each limited edition would sell out almost immediately, leading to a new wave of aftermarket sales, and a new wave of anger. Fans thought it would be over when The End and the Death Volume III launched last year (which itself had suffered a similarly controversial launch) but with the announcement of End of Ruin, they braced themselves once more this past Tuesday, June 10, to enter the fray. And it did not go well. Within moments of End of Run going live on Games Workshop's website at 5am Eastern, the queue system displayed waiting times numbering in the hours. Soon enough, the queue was paused. And then, Games Workshop's website went down completely, for a period of maintenance that would last hours. People were furious, and it turns out, so were Games Workshop, enough to release a rare statement about the mess this week. 'Today we launched our pre-order for the much-anticipated special edition of Siege of Terra: Era of Run,' a statement posted to Facebook read in part. 'Unfortunately, scalpers attempted to use bots to bypass our normal safeguards. our eagle-eyed Tech-Priests caught this happening in real time, so we pulled offline. What this means is we're pausing the launch of Era of Ruin and have removed it from for the time being.' 'Don't worry, it's still coming–we're just absolutely determined that real fans get it,' the statement continued. 'All erroneous orders are being purged. This is our number one priority. Please forgive us for a delay as we sort it all out.' Included in the statement was seemingly the first step of Games Workshop's renewed attempt to stop resellers: a newsletter sign up link for customers to be notified when pre-orders for Era of Ruin would relaunch. It's already a slight step up from when the same issue struck the launch of End and the Death Volume III, which simply hit the same website issues a few weeks later when it opened up the queue system again. But considering this is far from the first time that this has happened to the Horus Heresy series, at what point do the companies 'normal safeguards' stop being safe enough? Whether or not the new round of sales for Era of Ruin will go more smoothly remains to be seen. But if there are just as many headaches for Horus Heresy fans once more, then one of Games Workshop's most beloved book series is going to end in an era of ruin of a different sort.
Korea Herald
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Smilegate Unveils New Gameplay Trailer for Upcoming RPG, "Chaos Zero Nightmare": Pre-Registration Begins in July
SEOUL, South Korea, June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday the 10th, Smilegate announced the release of a new promotional video titled "Embrace Despair," featuring actual gameplay from its upcoming RPG "Chaos Zero Nightmare" (henceforth CZN), developed by Super Creative. The trailer premiered globally at 03:00 on June 10 (UTC) via the official CZN YouTube channel and on X. As a follow-up to the first promotional video released last November, this second trailer highlights CZN's unique card-based battle system and unveils a host of monsters drawn from its corrupted universe. CZN is set in a dark fantasy universe corrupted and destroyed by a mysterious entity known as the "Chaos." To reflect this concept, its world is filled with eerie monsters rarely found in traditional anime-style RPGs. The video concluded with a notice that pre-registration is scheduled to begin in mid-July. To commemorate the new PV release, Smilegate is also hosting a Baemin (Baedal Minjok) mobile coupon giveaway via a draw on the social media platform "X" from June 10 to June 16. Users can participate by following the official CZN account on X and reposting the event post to their own accounts. CZN is Super Creative's next-generation IP, helmed by CEO Kim Hyung Suk, creator of Epic Seven, who also serves as the game's director. At the base of CZN is a collectible RPG where players can collect and upgrade their favorite characters. The game blends deck-building mechanics with features from multiple genres to create a fresh and distinctive experience. Kim Joo Hyung, Head of Business at Smilegate, stated, "With this PV, we aimed to capture the dark and heavy atmosphere that defines CZN's unique world. We look forward to sharing more updates about Chaos Zero Nightmare in the near future."
