Category: 5. Entertainment

There’s a saying among ARMY – BTS’s famously loyal fandom – that the Korean supergroup’s songs find you when you need them the most. Feeling a bit melancholy? “Spring Day” is here to put things into perspective. Need something to pep up your spirit? “Dynamite” understands. 

The solo careers of the band’s seven members have produced many similarly beloved moments. RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook have all been incredibly prolific, with each creating his own artistic profile and unique discography. 

In 2022, Jin became the first BTS member to enlist in the South Korean army – a requirement for all able-bodied South Korean men. That year, Rolling Stone published The 100 Best BTS songs. By June 2025, the rest of the group had completed their military requirements and reunited back in Seoul. As the band enters into a new chapter of its career, we felt now was the perfect time to make this ranking of every BTS solo song so far.

With a subject this vast, we need to establish a few ground rules before jumping into the list: 

This is not a list of every single thing each member of this band has ever done throughout their entire lives. This is a list of songs by the members of BTS released after the formation of BTS. We are not including any songs released before BTS debuted in June 2013, which means songs like 14-year-old RM’s “Collabo” and “Fuck Cockroachez” were not eligible. 

We are only counting songs in which a member of BTS is credited or co-credited as the main artist on the track. Features do not count, but duets or any other kind of collaboration where the BTS member gets equal billing as the main artist on the track do count. So, “Stop the Rain”  by Tablo and RM made the list, while “That That” by PSY, which is credited as “(prod. & feat. Suga of BTS),” did not. 

Solo versions of songs that had already appeared on BTS albums or had been previously recorded by the group were not eligible. But, of course, all songs on their mixtapes and solo albums were included.

BTS has made many television appearances where they performed one-off songs as subunits. They also made an iconic guest appearance at the legendary Seo Taiji’s 25th anniversary concert, where he proclaimed BTS as his musical successors. As great as they were, those appearances aren’t included. Songs released on social media are not included.  Covers that were released as singles or uploaded onto BTS’s official channels are included. 

Since their 2013 debut, some of the members – particularly RM and Suga – have gone by different stage names. For clarity’s sake, we are sticking to the names they currently use within BTS: RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook.

The BTS universe is vast and rich and unlike anything else in the history of pop music. The seven musicians are prolific as a group and as individuals, creating smart, fun music that encourages listeners to think and dance, laugh and cry, bliss out and emit primal screams. While these artists mesh together beautifully as BTS, there’s something really special about what they are creating separately. This list is a celebration of that story.

A zoo has issued an appeal for help after one of its barn owls flew off during a birds of prey display.

Dudley Zoo said Echo flew away from the castle courtyard on Wednesday.

Keepers had managed to track her movements over the next day but have now lost sight of her.

“She may still be on the zoo site but as we haven’t seen her for a little while, we have to consider she may now be in the local area,” a spokesperson said.

The zoo added: “We need the power of social media to help us. Please help us get her back.”

Barn owls have a distinctive heart-shaped white face, white chest and a mottled grey and golden back and wings.

Echo is wearing a blue identification ring on her left leg.

Any possible sightings should be reported to the zoo.

(Web Desk) – Amid recent India-Pakistan tensions, Punjabi Indian singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh has faced significant criticism for collaborating with Pakistani actress Hania Aamir in the film *Sardar Ji 3*, leading to a ban on the film’s release in India.

A strong boycott campaign against Diljit Dosanjh has been raging on social media and continues to gain traction.

However, while Diljit has faced harsh criticism, some fans and a few fellow artists have voiced support for him, with Bollywood actress Vaani Kapoor leading the charge.

Indian actor Vaani Kapoor defended Diljit Dosanjh stated that he has not broken any laws. She noted that the film was likely completed before the recent incident, involving over 100 technical crew members.

Vaani further emphasized that Diljit’s intentions were never to disrespect the country, highlighting his status as a globally renowned artist.

She added that he likely invested significantly in the film and may have incurred financial losses due to the ban.

It is worth noting that the ban on ‘Sardar Ji 3’ in India, following the Pulwama incident and India’s failed military operation, “Operation Sindoor, has led to a hardline stance against cultural exchanges with Pakistan.

While several Indian artists have opposed Diljit Dosanjh and boycotted his film, veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has also spoken in his favour, advocating for a more constructive resolution to the issue. 

Far Cry is getting a live-action series adaptation. An anthology drama inspired by the international best-selling video game franchise with more than 100M unique players since 2004, each season will be set in a new world with a different cast of characters following the video game franchise’s signature standalone storytelling format. The Far Cry games are known for thrilling stories set in remote locations, explosive and inventive combat, and memorable villains that stick with players long after credits have rolled. The anthology drama series will be produced by FX Productions, developed under Hawley’s Austin-based banner 26 Keys Productions, Mac’s More Better, and Ubisoft Film & Television.

Mac (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Mythic Quest, Welcome to Wrexham) and Hawley (Fargo, Alien: Earth) are the co-creators of the Far Cry series. Hawley will also serve as showrunner, while Mac is set to star in the show. The series will be executive produced by Mac, Hawley, and Jackie Cohn for More Better Productions; Michael Garcia for 26Keys Productions; Nick Frenkel for 3Arts Entertainment; and Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin, and Austin Dill for Ubisoft Film & Television.

The Far Cry series marks Mac’s third project with Ubisoft Film & Television, following Apple TV+’s acclaimed Mythic Quest, a workplace comedy set in a fictional gaming studio responsible for creating the world’s most popular MMO. Mac co-created, executive produced and starred in Mythic Quest for four seasons, and executive produced and guest starred in the spinoff anthology series Side Quest. Through his collaboration with Ubisoft Film & Television on both series, Mac has accumulated a deep knowledge of video games and the gaming industry that he can bring to the Far Cry series.

“This collaboration is really an embarrassment of riches. Far Cry a psychological tailspin that doesn’t shy away from the darkest and most absurd parts of humanity, which aligns perfectly with FX’s bold and fearless storytelling style,” said Margaret Boykin, head of film and television content, Ubisoft Film & Television. “After working with Rob Mac on ‘Mythic Quest’ and ‘Side Quest,’ we’ve seen firsthand how he brings the perfect mix of humor, heart, and ‘WTF-ness’ to his storytelling – perfect for Far Cry. And we’ve long admired Noah’s career- in fact, we’ve often referenced his incredible work on “Fargo” as tonal comps for what we aspire to do with Far Cry in television. This team’s collective talent for character-driven world-building will shape a gripping anthology series that speaks to both gamers and general audiences alike. We can’t wait to get started!” 

Play Far Cry 6, the most recent installment in the franchise starring Giancarlo Esposito as the notorious dictator Antón Castillo, on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Ubisoft Connect, Steam, and the Epic Games Store today. You can also play with a Ubisoft+ Premium subscription, which includes access to premiere editions of all games in the Far Cry franchise.

Keep reading Ubisoft News for the latest on the Far Cry anthology series and other projects from Ubisoft Film & Television, including the highly anticipated animated series, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (Netflix, fall 2025), the live-action film Watch Dogs (New Regency), and the live-action Assassin’s Creed (Netflix) series.

Sam Nivola has raised an objection to old actors still getting great roles in Hollywood films.

Sam, 21, who has shot to fame with his performance as Lochlan Ratliff in The White Lotus season three, said “old movie stars” get plastic surgery to look younger and get “young roles.”

The actor complained about not many young actors breaking out in Hollywood.

“The old movie stars are getting plastic surgery, and they’re looking younger and they’re staying young. You have these really old people playing young roles,” he told Variety.

“And it’s not giving any space for the young’uns to move in and make a name for themselves,” he added.

“With all due respect to those people, one day they won’t be here anymore, literally, and they will have to create new stars,” he predicted.

He then gave the only example of a young star thriving in the industry. He named Timothee Chalamet as one of the “best actors alive.”

“He’s one of a very few examples I could come up with. But it’s a different kind of movie star; he’s not huge and jacked. He looks a little more like me,” Sam Nivola said, before remarking, “I wish!”

Tom Holland and his fiancée Zendaya in good mood as they were spotted filming together for the first time on set of Spider-Man: Brand New Day at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey on August 7.

In the photos shared via DailyMail.com, the couple looked rehearsing their scene at the graveyard as they will be sharing the screen for the fourth time in this upcoming Spider-Man movie.

Tom was reportedly seen filming for the first time in Glasgow this week as they transformed the city in NYC for the sequel.

Although the final casting has not been confirmed, the English actor will be starring alongside Sadie Sink and Zendaya, who plays Peter Parker’s girlfriend MJ.

Interestingly, both stars will also appear together in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, set to be released in 2026.

Earlier in an interview with E! News, Image architect Law Roach revealed that the couple decided to delay their wedding due to their busy schedules.

“The process hasn’t even started yet,” said the 47-year-old stylist.

Law mentioned that Zendaya “is working on so many movies. She’s now filming the next iteration of Dune, so she’s away doing that. It’s so many movies, so we have time. We have a lot of time”.

Meanwhile, Tom will next be seen alongside Austin Butler in Amazon MGM Studios’ race car driving biopic called American Speed written by Dan Wiedenhaupt.

Law told the outlet that both stars’ nuptials might happen next year, adding, “I’m really excited because I know that they really love each other and they have for a really long time.”

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s eldest daughter Princess Beatrice celebrated her 37th birthday with hope and happiness amid ongoing crisis within the royal family.

Beatrice – who turned 37 on August 8, 2025 – is said to be little upset on her special day due to the recent spate of allegations against her parents, the Duke and Duchess of York.

Royal expert Jennie Bond believes her special day could be overshadowed by his father’s ongoing scandals.

Bond believes the Princess of York’s day will be “tinged with sadness” after a week of “graphic headlines.”

The royal is presumably celebrating in private at home with her husband and children amid claims made by royal biographer Andrew Lownie in his upcoming book “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.”

Beatrice opted to celebrate away from the spotlight as to not draw anymore attention to the York family. She will also feel protective over her parents.

Jennie Bond told The Mirror: “Love is blind, they say. And, in spite of all their faults, Andrew and Fergie have retained the unconditional love and loyalty of their two daughters.”

The expert continued: “This week’s avalanche of lurid reports about their father, and tales of their mother’s irresponsible extravagance, will have been an unwelcome 37th birthday gift for Beatrice — but her instinct will be once again to protect her parents and ignore the noise.”

“As any mum with three young children will know, life is hectic and I doubt that Beatrice has much time to sit and moan about the devastating claims made against her father in the new biography,” she added.

The royal expert also shared that Beatrice’s husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, will no doubt be doing everything he can with the couple’s three children to make his wife’s birthday as special as it can be.

Hostage is a political thriller, and observes the conventions in many ways. The pace is absolutely flawless, it’s twisty, it has emotional heft. The British prime minister, Abigail Dalton, played by Suranne Jones, faces her husband, Alex Anderson (Ashley Thomas), being kidnapped. Their marriage is well drawn – “it’s happy, it’s assured, they’re supportive of each other,” Jones says. As we chat in Netflix’s central London offices, she’s always saying five things at once, only one of them out loud. Here, the subtext (I’ve decided) is: it’s actually pretty skilled work, creating a not-schmaltzy, passionate but familiar love match in which all the audience’s hopes and prayers are with the abducted spouse. That’s why normally when fictional politicians are the victims of a family kidnapping, it’s one of their kids.

Meanwhile, the French president, Julie Delpy’s Vivienne Toussaint, is also in Britain, is also being blackmailed, and has her own dilemmas: principally, does she go over to the dark side, by echoing the far right on anti-immigrant narratives, or stick to her principles, whatever those may still be. Delpy is hilarious on this, and actually most things. “That’s something I found interesting in the show. Sometimes I wonder, I truly wonder, is there any politician who really has a conscience? I look at Macron – I cannot believe someone with a conscience wouldn’t be questioning themselves, questioning who they have picked [as a cabinet], questioning what’s going on with French politics.” “You really wonder whether any politician has a conscience?” I ask, just to be clear. “Well, yes.”

Hostage came about through a lot of to-and-fro between Matt Charman, the writer and creator, and Suranne Jones – the pair shared an agent 10 years ago and always got on. He’s most famous for Bridge of Spies, which Steven Spielberg directed and the Coen brothers co-wrote, in 2015. “Every time I watch Suranne,” he says, “I’m aware of how relatable and human she is. I thought: ‘OK, if she were prime minister, maybe I would feel differently about political drama. What if we bought ourselves goodwill with someone like Suranne, that would allow an audience just for a second to say: ‘Hang on a minute. Let me hear her out’?”

As much as Charman is a storyteller, enamoured of the thriller form, he also has this surprising sense of civic purpose, of using the show to suggest that maybe if we thought of politicians as fully human, they might turn out to be, well, at least human-adjacent. “Someone used the phrase ‘sophisticated protein’, and it’s one of those American phrases that makes you wince, but truthfully it’s quite an interesting formulation. People might enjoy the propulsiveness of the thriller, but they want the values of the lead character to be about something and their backstory to be meaningful.”

The result is quite unusual, in so far as – unlike all political thrillers – it doesn’t remind you of any other. It’s a little biting but it’s not House of Cards cynical, it has a breakneck pace but it’s not 24, the dialogue is sharp but never played for laughs. Jones is relatable, patriotic, trying her best, absolutely in love with her kidnapped husband, an almost nostalgic portrait of an idealised prime minister from more innocent times. Delpy is far more worldly, far more compromised, both a better fit for the turbulence of modernity and more likely to be capsized by it. The whole dynamic marches in an interesting syncopation with the real-life politics that unfolded as they shot it, in which the far-right pressures on the European political landscape have become much more pronounced, and through that lens you could squint at it and see it almost as documentary drama. Then there’ll be a giant explosion outside Downing Street or a kidnapper in an eerie mask, and you’re back in the world of the blockbuster summer thriller.

“The hardest thing about writing something that’s in dialogue with where we are now,” Charman says, “is that every time something happens in real politics, mainly you’re thinking: ‘What does this mean for my kids, is the world OK?’ But on a low level, you’re thinking: ‘Does this mean my drama is going to be out of date when it comes out?’”

“I thought it was very clear as a story,” Delpy says. “To me it seemed very accessible, and actually quite entertaining.” She’s a breath of fresh air, talking about her work, never breathy, always surprisingly impartial, like a mother saying about her children: “Yes, the middle one’s quite intelligent, but the youngest, not so much.” She’ll never buy into the idea that politicians are inherently interesting – “at least in France, I’ve never really been amazed by any of them” – and thinks, in some ways, drama is miles from the reality of politics, by definition, because real life has lost the plot.

“The way politics works now, is that they bombard you with outrageous things, so that you forget what happened yesterday,” she says. “It’s almost impossible to stand against anything. It’s a very difficult time.” Yet one central theme, the demonisation of migrants for political capital, dominates her character’s arc. “She starts off as someone who isn’t flirting with the extreme right, and she slowly starts to go there – which is something you see happening a little bit to everyone in the centre; they’re not necessarily ideologically far right, but they’re feeling they have to flirt with it, to comply with the perceived demands of the electorate. They think it’s better if we slide to the right to stay in power, rather than having the far right in power. I think they really do believe that, you know.”

Drama is making its own, more subtle compromises with the new right, which is to avoid “not just leftwing projects but anything that has any views on social issues at all. Unless it’s pure entertainment with no political consciousness whatsoever, unless it’s The Troll 5, it’s hard to get it made,” Delpy says. “I made a film recently called Meet the Barbarians, it’s about refugees. And it was really hard to find funding for it. And it’s a comedy, it’s really entertaining. Hostage also was not the easiest thing on the planet. Of course they had Netflix, and once you have that all is well, but every project has its hurdle.”

Suranne Jones is also an executive producer on Hostage. “I was born with a clipboard,” she says, “literally, came out of my mum’s womb, ticking things off on my to-do list. I have no interest in directing, no interest in telling other actors what to do or my vision. But finding new talent, putting teams together, the writers’ room process, the imagining of what a show could look like, the aftermath – I love all that.” It made her very unprecious about the edit. “I really felt I needed to put the human into the prime minister, constantly. And, actually, we probably edited a lot of that out.”

Hostage is plainly female-led, in the sense that the leads are women, as are the two directors – Isabelle Sieb and Amy Neil – but that doesn’t feel like a laboured or radical act. You don’t get the sense that these fictional female leaders have brought an emotional range that men couldn’t possibly have, nor that you’re in an idealised near-future where electorates have finally woken up to the fact that women can be in charge. “In the US, they have this very negative view of women in politics, but it’s not like that in Europe,” Delpy says simply.

If anything, Hostage makes a subtler gender point, that the differences within the sexes are greater than any between them. “Suranne and Julie present such a different view of what a powerful female leader is,” Charman says. “Julie’s got this incredible directing career, an amazing track record in French and American cinema. And there are not many people who burn as brightly on screen as Suranne. I thought: ‘what would it look like for them to go toe to toe?’”

A lot of people have called Hostage the new Bodyguard, partly because it’s so satisfying as drama – the way it races, the way it pays off, the way you don’t feel as if you’re being played, even though someone’s always in charge of your emotions and it’s definitely not you. Yet you wouldn’t call it escapist, when so many moments and gestures in it clarify rather than distract from the chaos and impossible choices of the world we’re in. Or, at least, the world we’re in today. Julie Delpy says: “One friend of mine, who survived the second world war, said: ‘Things can always get worse. You think you’re in the worst situation but, unfortunately, there’s always worse than what you think is the worst.’” Against her sardonic pessimism, Charman can sometimes sound almost innocent. “If you can pull the humanity through the thriller all the way to the end, then hopefully you’ve got the journey that you always wanted to go on,” he says, winningly. After all, thrillers need some innocence.

Hostage is on Netflix on 21 August.

Princess Kate and Prince William’s Royal Foundation has gone from strength to strength, with its latest figures revealing a remarkable surge in support.

Originally launched in 2009 as the Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry, the charity took on its current form after Harry and Meghan stepped down from royal duties and set up their own organisation, Archewell, which publishes its own annual accounts.

In 2023, the Royal Foundation raised an impressive £12.2 million in income, a leap from just under £8 million the previous year. 

The charity operates separately from Prince William’s ambitious environmental initiative, the Earthshot Prize, which also enjoyed a record-breaking year.

Earthshot reported a total income of £23.5 million for 2024, driven by a staggering 68 per cent rise in donations soaring from £12.8 million to £21.4 million. 

The figures cement the couple’s position at the forefront of royal philanthropy, as their projects continue to attract global backing and high-profile partnerships.

The UK Charity Commission has wrapped up its compliance case into Sentebale, issuing a Regulatory Action Plan to address governance weaknesses. 

The investigation highlighted confusion over roles particularly regarding powers delegated to the chair as well as the absence of a robust internal complaints process.

While the Commission found no evidence of systemic bullying, harassment, misogyny, or misconduct by Prince Harry or any other trustees, it acknowledged that several individuals felt mistreated and stressed those concerns should not be dismissed.

According to the Mail, the Sentebale trustees and executive management will decide whether to take further action, though a source close to the charity said their focus remains on delivering aid rather than revisiting disputes.

A confidant of Prince Harry dismissed the prospect of further action as “provocative and pitiful,” describing it as a “rehash of unsubstantiated allegations” the Commission had already found no proof of.

Privately, Harry is said to be “utterly devastated” and views the situation as nothing less than a “hostile takeover of his life’s work.”

Ana de Armas, 37, dazzled in a sheer black dress as she attended the Japanese premiere of From the World of John Wick: Ballerina at Toho Cinema in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. 

She was joined by director Len Wiseman and Japanese co-star Rila Fukushima at the event, which marked the end of the film’s global press tour.

The stars were gifted custom Judo jackets embroidered with their names and the movie’s release date by Judo Olympic and World Champion Natsumi Tsunoda. 

Following the presentation, a traditional sake cask-breaking ceremony was performed to wish the movie’s success. This unique gesture added a touch of Japanese culture to the event.

Ballerina takes place during the events of John Wick 3 and follows Eve Macarro, played by Ana de Armas, as she begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma. The movie was released in US theaters two months ago and is now available for purchase and streaming on digital platforms.

Ana de Armas wore a stunning Louis Vuitton outfit to the premiere, complementing her sheer black dress perfectly.