London TV Screenings Witness Warner Bros. Breaking New Ground in LGBTQ+ Genre with “Boys Like Boys” Acquisition

View Key Arts and Stills HERE Taipei, Taiwan — March 5th, 2024  In a landmark move, Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP), known for hosting some of the world's most successful dating franchises like “The Bachelor” and “First Dates,” has announced its acquisition of "Boys Like Boys," a pioneering queer dating format developed by Taiwan’s Portico …

NEWS SUSHI: what’s happening in my world this week

It seems to be snowing somewhere, but not in Osaka, however, the icy wind lets you know. Yes, it's here. It was Setsubun this week, which is the tradition where someone dresses up as a red-faced monster, and kids throw dried beans at them to scare away the bad, and then beans are thrown in …

strays of the world “Disaster” LP Track-by-track preview

https://twitter.com/WeAreAllStrays/status/1721218566739972414 As some of you may be aware, I previewed and interviewed Strays of the World's last two LPs, and I've been lucky enough to be given the opportunity to listen to the near complete version of the new LP, "Disaster". http://kck.st/47j2WxE Link to the Kickstarter campaign for DISASTER LP ROAD TO FOREVER - the …

NEws Sushi #2: curating a film festival on coercive control

You read that right. I've curated a film festival on coercive control, covering topics on both an intimate level in a one-on-one relationship, and in high control groups like cults. From documentaries like "Bad Lesbian", to short films like "Jesse James", and three short films telling silence stories through dance like "Planet of Love", "Silence", …

5 questions with Tracy Fells

HD: Could you please introduce yourself to our readers? (and perhaps tell us about "hairy on the inside") TF: Thank you for inviting me, Hamish, it’s a pleasure to talk with you. I’m an award winning author living on the south coast of England, UK. I’ve been writing seriously for thirteen years now after leaving …

News Sushi (new home)

Up until recently, I wrote for two beautiful people - Ben and Keith, the Two Gay Geeks - but, as they have made the decision to retire, I've decided to move back and blow the digital dust off my blog. https://media.giphy.com/media/kxAr4A2sCgEoCrU8JU/giphy.gif Blowing the proverbial dust off my blog WordPress has since decided to make the …

5 Questions with Robert Weis

TGG: This week, we have one of the editors of the anthology, “The Nature of Kyoto”, Robert Weis. Recently, as museum curator, he worked with filmmaker Felicity Tillack to show the four seasons of Kyoto: https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ibI8yc9q6A TGG: So, beautiful. So without further ado, could you please introduce yourself to our readers? RW: My name is …

5 Questions with Alex Kerr

https://youtu.be/o9xw7V_Gt1U Check out his Books here

5 Questions with Lisa Twaronite Sone

HD: Could you please introduce yourself to our readers?  LTS: I’m a former journalist, based mostly in Tokyo. Since the early ‘90s, I’ve written about all kinds of things, but my main beat was usually something markets-related (at companies including Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch.com and Reuters). Most of what I wrote was forgettable – markets …

“THE VOICE IN MY HEAD” SHORT IN PRODUCTION

The time has come for me to make a press release for the short film I’m working on, a likely five minute little film that started its life as a screen test for an actress friend, but morphed into something bigger. So big in fact, that I postponed that film, and wrote another 5-minute film, …