2016 “MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS” WINNERS AND PERFORMANCES

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NEW YORK, NY – August 28, 2016 – Beyoncé's groundbreaking visual album "Lemonade" won eight Moonmen, including "Video of the Year" for "Formation," at the 2016 "MTV Video Music Awards," which aired live tonight from New York's famed Madison Square Garden.   The global megastar surprised the audience with a jaw-dropping "Lemonade" medley that recreated the stunning imagery of the visual album.  Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award-winner Rihanna dazzled with a career-spanning four-act performance – including an electrifying opening dance medley and a trio of stirring ballads to close – before accepting the VMAs highest honor with a heartfelt tribute by Drake.
Kanye West made a special appearance to deliver a meditation on fame before introducing the steamy and surreal video for "Fade," starring actress and GOOD Music recording artist Teyana Taylor and her fiancée, the Cleveland Cavaliers' Iman Shumpert.  Future tore through a blistering performance of his 2015 hit "F**k Up Some Commas," after being introduced by legendary Olympian Michael Phelps, who revealed he'd been listening to Future in the meme-launching photo of him in Rio. Britney Spears made a triumphant return to the VMA stage with a soaring performance of her G-Eazy collaboration "Make Me…" ​
The following is a complete list of winners and performances:​
WINNERS
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – "Formation"
Director: Melina Matsoukas

MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD
Rihanna

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Beyoncé – "Hold Up"
Director: Jonas Åkerlund, Beyoncé Knowles Carter

BEST MALE VIDEO
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – "This Is What You Came For"
Director: Emil Nava

BEST COLLABORATION
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – "Work From Home"
Director: Director X

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Drake – "Hotline Bling"
Director: Director X

BEST POP VIDEO
Beyoncé – "Formation"
Director: Melina Matsoukas

BEST ROCK VIDEO
twenty one pilots – "Heathens"
Director: Andrew Donoho

BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO
Calvin Harris & Disciples – "How Deep Is Your Love"
Director: Emil Nava

BREAKTHROUGH LONG-FORM VIDEO
Beyoncé – Lemonade

BEST NEW ARTIST
Presented by Taco Bell®
DNCE

SONG OF SUMMER
Presented by Verizon
Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap – "All In My Head (Flex)"

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES
Presented by Orbit® Gum

BEST ART DIRECTION
David Bowie – "Blackstar"
Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – "Formation"
Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia

BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé – "Formation"
Director: Melina Matsoukas

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – "Formation"
Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed

BEST EDITING
Beyoncé – "Formation"
Editor: Jeff Selis

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Coldplay – "Up&Up"
VFX Editor: Vania Heymann

PERFORMANCES

RIHANNA
Dance
 "Don't Stop the Music"
"Only Girl in the World"
"We Found Love"
"Where Have You Been"

Reggae
"Rude Boy"
"What's My Name"
"Work"

Trap
"Needed Me"
"Pour It Up"
"Bitch Better Have My Money"

Ballad
"Stay"
"Diamonds" 
"Love on the Brain"

ARIANA GRANDE & NICKI MINAJ – "Side to Side"

BRITNEY SPEARS FT. G-EAZY – "Make Me"

NICK JONAS FT. TY DOLLA $IGN – "Bacon"

FUTURE – "F*ck Up Some Commas"

Beyoncé
"Pray You Catch Me"
"Hold Up"
"Sorry"
"Don't Hurt Yourself"
 "Formation"

KANYE WEST – Special presentation including world premiere video for "Fade"​

[Coverage] Roy Kim's first promo tour in Malaysia!

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(Image courtesy of Warner Music Malaysia)
Roy Kim made his first appearance in Malaysia starting off with a showcase to promote his third album, “The Big Dipper” at Paradigm Mall. The event drew crowds of fans cheering his name and brought placards to support the singer songwriter. The event ran smoothly and was organized by Warner Music Malaysia.

As he stepped on the stage dressed in a pale blue suit, the crowd began to roar in excitement as he sang  a cover of “Cloudy Day (天黑黑)”. His performance truly showcases his versatility of performing in Chinese. He grabs his acoustic guitar and performs “Love Love Love" as the fans sang along with him.  The 23-year old singer sang his song featured on the hit K-drama series, “Pinocchio”.

(Image courtesy of Warner Music Malaysia)

The MC came on stage to officially introduce Roy Kim to the Malaysian audience. Roy Kim reveals what inspired him to step into the Korean music industry, it’s all thanks to his mother’s love for Korean folk songs. Roy Kim shares his favorite Malaysian food, which turns out to be “Sambal Kangkung” stating how he enjoys local Malaysian dishes. The MC curiously asked Roy Kim why he has chosen to repeat the title of his hit songs three times such as Bom Bom Bom and Love Love Love. He mentioned that for Bom Bom Bom, he did not want to just call it “spring” so he repeated the word "spring" three times, hence Bom Bom Bom was born and it topped the charts in Korea. He then playfully explained that he wanted to try it again and the song Love Love Love was created generating laughter from the crowd.

He takes the stage one more time wowing the crowd with a performance of "Home", showering love towards his fans with his melodious voice as he sang soulfully. The final song, "Bom Bom Bom" the spring hit song got the fans singing along whilst following the fan-chant lead by Roy Kim himself.

The crowd continues to chant “Encore, Encore!” wanting more Roy Kim and he obliged to his fans. He returned and ends the showcase with a cover of “The Blower’s Daughter”, once again showcasing his ability to sing in various languages and yet still able to convey the emotions out to the audience


(Image courtesy of Warner Music Malaysia)
The fans were able to get up close with Roy Kim with a Meet & Greet and Photo Cards Giving session, all thanks to Warner Music Malaysia. 
 
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First Look at Christopher Nolan's Movie - Dunkirk

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Harry Styles had been making headlines these past months when he chopped his hair for a role in the upcoming Christopher Nolan’s movie – “Dunkirk”. The first trailer of “Dunkirk” has been released early this August. In the clip, if you want to scout out the singer, it might take you a minute because he’s not featured in the trailer. It’s no surprise as the acclaimed director – Christopher Nolan is known to be secretive about his projects. Let’s hope in the future promos, fans will be able to spot the 22-year old singer. This will be his first acting debut on the big screen as “Harry Styles” apart from “One Direction’s: This Is Us”. Set in WWII, the war movie stars Tom Hardy and Kenneth Branagh. In addition to the release of the trailer, internet users have taken noticed of an extra’s acting skills, more precisely his “bad” acting in the minute-long promo. Check out some of the hilarious tweets about the promo. Dunkirk is scheduled to be released in July 2017.



“Belgie Tour” Merch is not affiliated with Gigi and Bella Hadid

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Sorry to break your hearts but Gigi Hadid recently announced on Twitter that the she is not affiliated with the “Belgie Tour” Merch by Urban Sophistication. She recently posted a Snapchat wearing the “Belgie Tour” pink hoodie stamped with retro-barbies resembling strongly to her and Bella. This garnered attention from fans and the media, assuming the “Belgie Tour” merchandise is a collaboration between the model sisters and Urban Sophistication.
The confusion came about when several media outlets reported “Belgie Tour” apparel is official merchandise from the Hadid sisters. Since Gigi spoke out, The Belgie Tour line has been pulled from the Urban Sophistication website. But fret not! Gigi mentioned that the sibling duo will keep their fans up to date if they decided to put out their own merchandise. We’ll be waiting!  

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Roy Kim Promo Tour in Malaysia 2016

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Roy Kim, a South Korean singer, songwriter is coming to Malaysia to meet his fans for the first time. He started his singing career after winning one of the biggest Korean audition programs. Roy Kim officially debuted in 2013, with his 1st studio album, Love Love Love. His hit song “Bom Bom Bom” became the fourth most successful song of that year in South Korea. With this album, Roy Kim won trophies for Best Newcomer at the 15th Mnet Asian Music Awards and the 2014 Golden Disk Awards.
In 2014, Roy Kim released his 2nd album Home. Thesong“Home” is the highlight track of the album. This song peaked at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart and wonfirst on Mnet's M! Countdownand MBCs Show! Music Core.
In 2015, he finally came out with his 3rd album The Great Dipper and drew great attention.
As of 2016, Roy Kim not only held his solo concert in Korea, but also had his first overseas concert in Taiwan. Roy Kim recently released a remake Digital Single Album of the Chinese song ‘Cloudy Day' in July. He will be paying a visit to Malaysia for his Showcase which is scheduled on the 26th of August in Kuala Lumpur followed by a performance at the “MY FM Dare Dare Come 2.0 Go!” as the first Korean Singer in Ipoh on the 27th.
Warner Music Malaysia present Roy Kim Promo Tour in Malaysia 2016, with the details as below:
Roy Kim Malaysia Showcase 2016
Date : 26th August 2016 Time : 7.30pm
Venue : Upper Atrium, Level UG, Paradigm Mall
(Meet & greet session, photocard giving, sign album event)
MY FM Dare Dare Come 2.0 Go!
Date : 27th August 2016
Time : 2.00pm

Venue : SJK(C) SAM CHAI, IPOH

Top 5 Movies You May Not Have Seen!

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To be part of your generation is to understand pop culture references. Movies plays an important role in defining a certain generation, here are five amazing movies that you may not have watched!

1. Ghost World (2001)
Ghost World stars Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson. This coming of age movie will remind audience the nitty-gritty parts of coming into terms of being a young adult. Here we see the character’s awkward phase in their life as they figureout their roles in society after high school. The movie is adapted from popular comic book of the same name by Daniel Clowes. Ghost World differs from the usual action packed movies adapted from comic books. This movie unpredictable plot and eccentric characters will put a smile on your face.


2. Om Shanti Om (2007)
This movie is a great blend of comedy, tragedy, romance, action with a touch of supernatural. Om Shanti Om is a multi-layered movie for those who can’t decide what to watch! In addition, this Bollywood movie will sure to please you with its array of musicals that will keep you entertain for 3 hours. The first half of this movie takes place in the 70s tells the story of a struggling actor – Om Prakash and his love towards popular actress, Shanti Priya. This movie gives the impression of a typical Bollywood love story but Om Shanti Om offers so much more.

3. Wadja (2013)
Wadja is the first movie to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, this movie is also directed by a female filmmaker - Haifaa al-Mansour. She had to call the shots from the back of the van while filming due to the gender segregation in Saudi Arabia. This does not stray away from the fact that Wadja is an awe inspiring tale of a feisty young girl seeking to purchase a bike. Although in Saudi Arabia, the ban towards females riding bicycles has been lifted, it is still frowned upon. She battles oppression shown by society through her antics. Character development in this movie is prominent, a wonderful feel good movie.
4. The Fall (2006)
It is safe to mention The Fall cinematography is pleasing to the eye in addition to its Kafkaesque storyline. The movie is about a fated meeting at a hospital circa 1920s between a young girl named Alexandria and a broken hearted bed ridden stunt man, Roy. The visuals of this movie are beautiful in every way as it encapsulates the imagination of the young girl. Director of this movie, Tarsem Singh puts visual storytelling into full gear, making use of this medium. The selected location of more than 20 countries gives the audience a touch of extravagant. The young girl who portrays Alexandria was oblivious that her co-actor Lee Pace is not actually bed-ridden. This brewed up authentic interactions on screen between the both of them which include an emotional scene towards the end.

5. Brief Encounter (1945)
Black and white movies are less appreciated these days; however there is a collection of engaging movies from the past that will entertain new generations. What will you do if you fall in love at the wrong time? Put yourself in the shoes of Laura Jesson who meets a tall, handsome and dark man at a train station. Soon they became fascinated with one and another. Here is the catch; both of them are married with children. Brief Encounter has made its mark into cinema history by inspiring theatre plays, opera, TV dramas and movies of the similar depicted forbidden love.

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