A creative evening marking the 75th birthday of Kazakhstan’s People’s Artist Meruert Utekesheva was held at Alatau Traditional Arts Theatre in Almaty. Artists, colleagues and her students took part.
The Colisium Almaty international conference will take place in Almaty on November 20–21. Topics include music distribution on global platforms, overseas concerts and work with record labels.
An international roundtable on the musical heritage of China’s Kazakhs and Chinese composers was held at the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory. The event concluded with a concert.
XXL has highlighted the hip-hop projects with the biggest first-week sales in 2026 so far. Drake’s Iceman leads the list with 463,000 equivalent album units.
Archaeologists found a gold bear-shaped ornament at the Karagaily burial site in Almaty’s Nauryzbai District. The burial mound is provisionally dated to the 4th–3rd centuries BCE.
BigXThaPlug agreed that rap music is dying and named drill as one of the leading causes. He says the genre has become so aggressive that artists feel they must act like gangsters.
Kazakhstani scholars studied seven historical acts from Harvard University’s Houghton Library. The documents, dating from 1599 to 1742, contain information on governance and land relations in the Yarkand Khanate and East Turkestan.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has moved Sean “Diddy” Combs’ release date to Feb. 6, 2028. The date is three weeks earlier following his transfer to a new prison.
On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Jimmy Kimmel joked about Democrats taking back the House and Senate in historic fashion. His monologue also referenced Donald Trump’s recent comments about Nicki Minaj.
Diana Kabyshova, a teacher at the Karaganda College of Nutrition and Service, won silver at the international Gastro Antalya Fest in Turkey. She had 70 minutes to prepare three dishes.
Andrew Garfield says he never interacted with Sam Altman while filming “Artificial” outside the OpenAI CEO’s home. An OpenAI representative told Variety that Altman was home and reiterated that he waved at Garfield.
Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald has deferred a decision on Lil Durk’s bail request and will issue a written ruling later. The rapper faces another trial next year on a racketeering charge.
Nicolas Cage said he supports Ryan Gosling’s upcoming turn as Ghost Rider and is looking forward to seeing the film. Cage played the character in two earlier movies.
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Koshmadrasah architectural ensemble in Bukhara. He was presented with plans for further restoration.
U.S. businesses leave $1.4 billion in royalties uncollected each year by playing copyrighted music without a commercial license. A Soundtrack study found that only 19% of businesses that play music fully comply with licensing requirements.
Democrats strengthened their position in Congress after the US midterms. Variety examines possible consequences for federal tax incentives for Hollywood, funding for PBS and NPR, and investigations involving media companies.
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