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MATT DAMON Now that Matt Damon’s promise to his wife to take a vacation from acting has been fulfilled (well, unless Christopher Nolan calls him first), we chatted with the actor about his part in the film and his plans for the future.

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HARRISON FORD Harrison Ford reprises his role as the intrepid archaeologist Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the fifth film in the long-running franchise, more than 40 years after Steven Spielberg first wore the iconic hat and whip in Raiders of the Lost Ark, this is the first film in the franchise, we spoke to the actor about his jump to the big screen.

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The NBA star is promoting his new film, the coming-of-age narrative of Stephen Curry, one of the most important, dynamic, and unpredictable players in basketball history, and we chatted with curry about everything you need to know about his new film.

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J-Hope made his solo debut on July 15, 2022, with the release of Jack In The Box. His three songs = (Equal Sign), STOP, and Future were all played at Lollapalooza, and while he is now on a musical hiatus, J-Hope would be wise to keep the content flowing.

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06 ARTISTS SPOTLIGHT In this month’s Artist Spotlight, we provide a list of performers whose careers you should monitor.

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02 NICKI MINAJ & ICE SPICE With over 75 million views on YouTube and millions of plays on Spotify, this song is a global phenomenon, and we’ll tell you all you need to know about it.

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ICE SPICE The duo’s “Barbie World” with Aqua In recent months, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have become a formidable duo. They have set a new standard on the Billboard Hot 100 with their single “Barbie World.” Both rappers are now at the top of Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart. There was a 31% rise in how often the song was played on the radio each week, propelling it to the top place. During the second week of August, the song would reach number one on the charts for rhythmic radio stations in the United States that were monitored. The Aqua-inspired remix had the biggest jump to No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay since the chart’s inception in 1992. In 2023, Ice Spice’s single “Barbie World” topped the Rhythmic Airplay charts, marking her third consecutive No. 1. This is Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s second chart-topping duet in a month. Three weeks ago, they had the number one hit on rhythmic radio with “Princess Diana.”

I think it’s safe to say that Nicki and Ice make one amazing combination when they work together. I really think it’s safe to say that we really hope one day this two not only create a single but also one Album it would be one of the hottest albums I would say that this should be in the races of being in the Grammys for best song of 2023 Regarding Aqua’s likely Grammy candidacy, let’s go over two important rules. The Grammys’ eligibility rules state that a “featured artist” must “be credited as a featured artist; and make a significant and artistic contribution beyond accompaniment” to be nominated. Despite Aqua being in compliance with the “credited as a featured artist” criterion, it might be argued that their musical ideas were just used as inspiration rather than a real creative contribution. There’s a good chance they’ll be nominated for a Grammy for this, and we’re crossing our fingers that they do.

SELENA GOMEZ

Though Selena Gomez has been busy with projects like Only Murders in the Building, Revelación, Selena + Chef, and her remix of Rema’s summer hit “Calm Down,” a proper follow-up to her great 2020 album Rare has yet to materialize. Unlike Rare’s debut song “Lose You to Love Me,” which is filled with sweeping passion, “Single Soon” is about shrugging off a relationship and looking forward to euphoric freedom with big synthesizers and catchy choruses.

MILEY CYRUS

Ten years have passed since Miley Cyrus’s Bangerz era, when songs like “We Can’t Stop” and “Wrecking Ball” successfully removed her from her Disney Channel days, and the big 2023 album will feature “Flowers,” her longest-running Hot 100 chart-topper. Miley Cyrus reflects on her maturation and the passing of her wild teen years in the bonus track “Used to Be Young,” featured on the deluxe edition of her album Endless Summer Vacation. “You tell me time has done changed me / That’s fine, I had a good run,” she sings, relying on the pop balladry she has utilized through-

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Blackpink’s “The Girls” comes at a time of jubilation, as the new track was released alongside their hit mobile game The Game and when the group is in the midst of a U.S. stadium tour. On a filler single that sounds as good as their best Born Pink tracks, BLACKPINK celebrates female empowerment by demonstrating the power of unity; over a buoyant pop composition and crackling percussion, the four members hone their unique strengths while complementing one another on the hook.she has utilized throughout her career, from “The Climb” to

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J-HOPE Songs like “Arson” and “MORE” and many others are in the album’s “main” tunes. The collection describes “Arson” as a look into the singer’s experience with “the world outside the box and standing at the crossroads agonizing which path he should take.”

ZACH BRYAN

Even after “Something in the Orange” and his album American Heartbreak both spent months in the top 20 of the Billboard 200, country music’s biggest breakout story of the past several years, Zach Bryan, has maintained constant success. Bryan’s new selftitled full-length, in contrast to American Heartbreak’s two-hour marathon of 34 songs, most of which were gorgeously written, is a 54-minute sprint through heartbreak, bitter memories, love stories, and formative travels across the country.

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NEW MUSIC J-hope the star’s debut solo album, Jack in the Box, was published by BIGHIT Music in August. The HOPE Edition features three new live recordings from J-Hope’s landmark performance at Lollapalooza in 2022 in addition to the original album tracks from Jack in the Box. From what we can gather from the press release, the actual CD will have not just the music, but also fresh concept photos, as well as many “special components.” As the first South Korean performer to ever headline the main stage at a major American music festival, J-Hope made history last August at Lollapalooza. Now that Jay Hope has enlisted in the armed forces, he is putting his brilliant plan to release music and other stuff while he is abroad to good use. This is a smart move from a music artist standpoint so that j-hope can keep delivering in demand music for all the fans that are loyal to his music The rapper performed 18 songs, including new single “More,” as well as tracks from his debut mixtape Hope World, including the Becky G collab “Chicken Noodle Soup,” which featured a cameo from the “Mamiii” singer, and remixed versions of BTS singles “Dynamite” and “BTS Cypher Pt. 1” for use at music festivals. The international debut of J-Hope’s solo documentary, j-hope IN THE BOX, was a highlight of the ten-year anniversary festivities for his K-pop trio. The description promises that the film will provide audiences “a close look at the creative process of the artist during the album’s preparation process, as well as front row seats to J-hope’s epic 2022 Lollapalooza performance and the Jack In The Box listening party.” also many fans wanted to know what is J-hopes fav music and that was revealved not long ago when he talked about in on a tv show and here are thr picks that he mention he loves J-Hope started out by suggesting Blackpink’s Stay, a song with a more subdued folk tone than the band’s other offerings.

The second song, Oh My Girl’s Closer, was originally written as contemporary Christian praise music but was transformed by the band into a beautiful but melancholy ballad about a tragic love tale. After that comes “Love You To Death” by Taeyang, which is a standout track from his album Rise, according to reviewer Jeff Benjamin. The song was deemed “stunning” by Fuse’s Tina Xu. Next, J-Hope chose After You Sleep by Taeyang and Swings from his first solo album Solar. Following that was Lay Your Head on Me by Crush, which began with a soothing guitar accompaniment. Tablo, Yankie, and Bong Tae Gyu feature in the 2011 film Thank You For Breathing. And We Go, the first English-language release by TV presenter and solo singer Sung Si Kyung, was up next. You In The Memory by Lee Seung Gi was covered next, and finally Lee Hyun performed Slander.

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K-pop stars revealed the official music video for their mobile game‘s theme song, titled „The Girls.“ The track debuted in-game before it was made accessible on streaming services like YouTube. BLACKPINK have just revealed that they will be concluding their current ‚Born Pink‘ global tour with a two-night performance in Seoul this coming September. YG Entertainment announced that the concerts will take performed in the Gocheok Sky Dome, making them the first female group to perform there. Blackpink: The Game (or BPTG) is a mobile videogame based on the famous girl group, and „The Girls“ is a song related with

the game. The aforementioned program launched in May of 2023. Around the same time, YG Entertainment began teasing this song. The track was meant to drop at the same time as the game from the start. But the video for the former was also delayed. Everyone was waiting for the single to be flawless, which is why it was delayed.

Because of this, „The Girls“ will not be available until August of 2023. The video clearly has not been released as of that date. Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic helped write some of the music. He accomplished this with the aid of Jennie and Rosé, as well as Blackpink members Michel Schulz and Danny Chung.

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Jisoo and Lisa are two of the four featured singers on this song; the other two are Jennie and Rosé. On August 26, at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California, they will play their last gig in North America. To preparation for the tour, „a lot of BLACKPINK-esque music has been prepared over a long period of time,“ the group‘s company, YG Entertainment, revealed in advance. In addition to releasing new songs and doing massive undertakings, K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will go on the biggest global tour in the genre‘s history by year‘s end.

The band is on the road to promote their most recent album, Born Pink, which came out in September 2022. Two of its songs, „Pink Venom“ and „Shut Down,“ charted in the top 30 of the U.S. album charts, the Billboard Hot 100. Blackpink made history when their first album, Born Pink, landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was also the most popular song in their respective country, as well as the United Kingdom and South Korea. Before the release of their first album The Album in 2020, Blackpink found success with the single „Ice Cream,“ which featured Selena Gomez. The song debuted at position #13 on the Billboard Hot 100

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the highly anticipated new song “Single Soon” via Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada. As Gomez continues to work on the follow up to her critically

praised album “Rare,” she wanted to give her fans a fun single.

elena It’s been ages since Selena Gomez released new music to the world, but now we have a single that absolutely bangs. While it’s understandable that Selena would put her health and other commitments first, her fans have been waiting patiently for her to get back to making music. A new album from Selena has been announced, and in the meanwhile, she has released a new single titled “single soon.” This is welcome news, considering her previous album didn’t come out until 2020. According to the press release for the song, “she wanted to give her fans a fun end of summer song to enjoy while they waited for new music.”

benny blanco and Cashmere Cat. It may be pre-ordered and is also presented on limited edition 7” vinyl. “Single Soon” follows Gomez and Afrobeats atar Rema’s remix of “Calm Down,” which has spent the last several weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles list (peaking at No. 3). In addition, the RIAA has recently recognized it as triple platinum. Gomez announced the release of her new track on Instagram, where she also shared a slew of colorful behind-the-scenes photographs from the music video’s production.

It’s been a long since I released any new music, but I know y’all have been waiting for it. Since I’m not quite finished with SG3, I thought Producing “Single Soon” are I’d release this catchy little

tune I created near the end of summer. SINGLE SOON! Monday, August 25th, literally. Save it in advance. “I am so happy, and you’re going to be so happy when you hear the music…I want everyone to feel good when they hear the new record,” but let’s talk about fashion right now on her new music video she is wearing this fab but according to both Billboard she’s wearing the Fringe Mini Dress from 8 Other Reasons, this truly one fun [party dress that I think goes perfect with the song and the music video its fun and it’s a fashion trend that all single ladies imagen wearing when they are going out for a fun night

TEARS FOR FEARS LP RELEASE AFTER 17 YEARS CURT SMITH FEELS TO HAVE

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ras urt Smith, “The Tipping Point” is “our most ‘us’ record” and marks Tears For Fears’ long-awaited return. It turns out he’s right. Finally, Curt and Roland Orzabal are back on good terms with one another, both personally and professionally. Inspiring tales of loss, drug abuse, quitting, and, finally, trust pave the way to this restoration. faans have had the seeds of Tears For Fears’ renewed friendship, rather than their courteous business partnership, for five years. One of the two brand new tracks on 2017’s hits collection Rule The World, “Stay” is a reflective and mostly acoustic ballad propelled by a particularly sorrowful Curt Smith voice. this time, it closes off the duo’s first brand-new album since 2005’s Everybody Loves A Happy Ending, The Tipping Point. Smith’s thoughts about quitting Tears For Fears for a second time are described in Stay, thoughts that were kept under wraps at the time. it didn’t like the new record we finished,” Curt admits today. For example: “At dinner in Bath, I told Roland, ‘If this is going to be the new album, I don’t want to be a part of it. after returning to Los Angeles, Curt began working on Stay. I knew it would hurt to quit the band since it’s been such a significant part of my life for so long. Casually uttering the words “I’m off” from time to time shows a lack of seriousness. However, the truth is that it’s not simple. Because it plays such a significant role in my life, I feel compelled to remain, but I wonder whether doing so is healthy. i s it healthy for me to do this?” It was the act of writing that song that made me want to remain and see if we could figure it out, to say to myself, “Let’s not make a hasty choice.” I need to take care of my emotional and physical well-being, but Tears for Fears is a major inspiration for me. That’s right; Roland is, too. The gloomy electro pulse of My Demons is one of the few of its mainstream tracks to survive on The Tipping Point. “That was a hunt for the hit song,” Orzabal freely confesses. Synth-punk, with a knowing wink and homage to Depeche Mode. Here comes Dave with his My Demons karaoke. If Martin Gore doesn’t want

us to compose for Depeche, he could at least approach our co-writer Flo Reutter, who created the song’s ominous riff.

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urt and Roland still required half an LP after figuring out which tracks could be saved. The prospect seems formidable, given that their last studio album was released 15 years before. The simplicity of the process was shocking. Roland reminisces, “We had lunch in LA.” “We had a nice chat and took it easy. After lunch, they returned to Curt’s place to jam, something they hadn’t done in years, and it was clear that despite their differences, they were still OK and friends. In his own words, “We sat there strumming away and came up with this riff,” Orzabal says with a grin. No Small Thing, the album’s opener and second hit, was built on that riff. It’s

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an unpredictably mesmerizing trip, much since it is such a mainstream smash. like Tears For Fears’ best albums. We Kate Bush’s top 40 singles are listed here. that comes to me is “Save Me the Last were on the same page,” Smith says with He’s concerned that “End Of Night” lacks Word,” a passage from “Long, Long, Long enthusiasm. “Right off the bat, I noticed “the profundity of the rest of the record.” Time” that seemed fitting for us. They that the music had an odd tone to it, However, there is a certain chemistry beseem to be back to being best friends, but which prompted the affirmative thought, tween this song and its position as the sec- do they ever fight again? As for how long “Yes! because it was taking a turn in a ond to last in the album. After hearing the this tradition will continue, Curt shrugs. direction we hadn’t considered before. preceding, darker music, you could greet End Roland agrees, saying, “Touring makes It showed us the route to completing the Of Night with the thought, “Ah, a beautiful things worse. Touring is stressful, but other songs we had started and to embreezy pop tune!” “It’s good to not have to it’s something you have to endure. We bracing the present in a manner that was worry about anything for a while.” This track both use isolation to cope with stress to uniquely “ours.” Terror From The Deep serves as a prime illustration of the need of varying degrees. My typical response is - The Breaking Point This is the cover for careful album ordering. something along the lines of “I need to Tears For Fears’ song “The Tipping Point.” take care of my voice, I need to warm up Due to its unpredictable nature, No Small Curt is infamously under-represented on for the stage, leave me alone!” On stage, Thing serves as a fitting album opener. both The Seeds of Love and Songs from we may have fun interacting with one “No Small Thing establishes the tone,” the Big Chair, contributing just “Head Over another, and then we can go about our Curt reflects, “because it makes people go, Heels” as a co-writer. But Smith did comdays without exchanging a word with one ‘Oh, that’s not what I anticipated. pose a substantial portion of The Tipping another. This is the problematic part. Point. This is the most ‘we’ record we’ve Starting with “No Small Thing” is bedone,” says Curt with a grin. Another first Since finishing The Tipping Point, they cause we want to “fuck with people,” as record, and I like it,” Roland elaborates. have not composed any new songs; Roland Orzabal puts it. “The album goes on to The album cover reminds me of The Hurtsays, “We haven’t been in the same room be a Tears For Fears record, but it makes ing. after the song “The Tipping Point” was together enough.” It’s evident from the people think, ‘They’re still doing stuff composed, they were very sure that was new album that Tears For Fears are as that’s interesting.’” “When No Small Thing what the album should be named, but Orza- close now as they were when they were starts, I want people to think, ‘Oh my God, bal jokes, “I pitched suggestions at Curt, but teenagers in Bath. The point of trying to Tears For Fears have made a Johnny Cash none stayed.” I was hesitant to use a song’s foretell the future has been rendered record,’” he continues. title as the album’s title. My counterargumoot. ment was that we had previously released End About Night, the song Smith was most an album whose title wasn’t a song’s name, skeptical of, was first met with skepticism and it had done well. The only other title

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FUSION:For all the people from the US, please introduce yourself. TAKERU: I‘m a fighter, straight from Japan and my name is Takeru. Nice to meet you. FUSION: How did you start fighting? What kind of fighter were you when you first debuted? TAKERU: I was very aggressive when I fought against my opponent. My fighting style was always aiming to win the fight FUSION: What made you want to be a fighter when you were a child? Have you always wanted to always be a fighter since childhood?. TAKERU: Yes, I’ve always wanted to be a fighter. I started learning karate then I did Muetai and I also started learning boxing. Eventually, I became a K-1 fighter. FUSION: Please talk about a difficult time when you started fighting as you were gaining more recognition in Japan. What was the toughest time for you? Did you still want to fight, or

feel like you wanted to give up? TAKERU: I’ve never thought of giving up to become a fighter and have never changed my goals. I don’t ever want to give up my fighting career until I achieve my dream. My dream was to become famous, known as the strongest fighter in the world. My goal is to get the top title, being the strongest fighter in the world. I’ve never thought about quitting until I became a famous fighter. FUSION: What are some of the challenges that you are facing right now? TAKERU: I lost my last fight in 10 years. I had remained undefeated for almost 10 years. I was thinking of retiring from the fighting industry once I finally lost a match, but there are many people supporting me and I am still here now, thanks to those supporters. I didn’t think it would be a good decision to retire and let my fans down. My first priority is to keep showing my winning fights to those fans and my personal goal is that I don’t want to finish my fighter’s career just being a champion within Japan. I want

I‘VE NEVER THOUGHT OF GIVING UP TO BECOME A FIGHTER AND HAVE NEVER CHANGED MY GOALS I DONT EVER WANT TO GIVE UP, FOR ME FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION

MY PRIMARY GOAL AS A FIGHTER IS TO BE THE BEST FIGHTER IN THE WORLD. I WANT TO FIGHT NOT ONLY IN JAPAN, BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD. ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO FIGHT IN LAS VEGAS USA

to challenge myself to the world and I‘m shifting my training place overseas. My next fight will be in France and my goal is to keep my fighting level to challenge the world. FUSION: Last year, the biggest historical fight was held in Saitama Super Arena. The tickets were sold out and many people came and watched your fight. What kind of pressure did you have within you? What feelings did you have towards your fight at the time? TAKERU: The fighting match was in the works for seven years. I wanted to fight but there were factors involved which prevented us from having it. The process of organizing the match was difficult but once everything was clear, I had a strong feeling of excitement rather than pressure. I was compared with the overseas fighter and people talked about me being weaker than my opponent. I was delighted that I was finally able to prove myself to everyone. FUSION: I understand that you injured

your leg in your most recent fight. Did you think you would keep fighting in Japan or branch out from Japan and continue to fight on the global stage? TAKERU: After the last match, I didn’t have any fighters left besides Tenshin. I kept winning against all other fighters in Japan. So did Tenshin. I was thinking that, after this match, I would not have any fighters left within Japan to go up against. Hence, before the fight, I didn’t have any plans about what to do next. I thought about retiring if I lost my last fight. I started thinking about going overseas after the fight. Regarding my knee, it needed surgery. I challenged myself again after rehabbing my knee. FUSION: I understand that you have been training in the USA. How did you get the opportunity to fight in France this time? TAKERU: It was the ISKA World Lightweight title in Europe and I always wanted to challenge myself to obtain the champion belt. The fight for the ISKA World Lightweight title

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was supposed to be held in Japan, but the pandemic hit the world so the fight had to be canceled. I thought it would be more worthwhile for me to go to Europe and earn the Championship belt at their local site. So I decided to fly over to Europe and challenge myself to fight over there.

make the most money. I feel that, compared to Japanese society, fighters are much more recognized and respected in Europe. Their fans have much more passion than the Japanese; it’s on a completely different level. Therefore, I wanted to have a title match over there and feel that passion and vibes.

FUSION: How do you think and feel about the fighting culture in both the United States and Canada?

FUSION: Recently, you’ve been training in the USA. What are your impressions of it?

TAKERU: MMA and boxing are more popular in the US, however, kicking boxing isn’t as much. So, I decided to go to Europe, a place where it’s more recognized. It’s also where kickboxers

TAKERU: I always come to Los Angeles to train prior to my matches. I can focus on my training more when I come to America, which helps prepare me on a mental level. Because I’m able to

prepare myself both mentally and physically, I feel like the USA offers me the best conditions in which to train. FUSION: Are there fighters who have

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For the first time in decades, not only did the sport make a comeback, but it also completely sold out the legendary Tokyo Dome. According to reports, the sum paid out to Tenshin and Takeru was the most in the history of kickboxing. Live gate earnings at the sold-out Tokyo Dome were valued at $25 million.

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TAKERU: The person who inspired me to become a fighter was Andy Fug, a K-1 fighter from Swaziland.. But unfortunately, he has passed away. I would have loved to have met him. FUSION: You are branching out of Japan and training and fighting overseas, and you mentioned earlier that you won’t ever give up being a fighter. Please talk about your challenges or goals as a fighter this year? TAKERU: I have the world title match in June, 2023 and I think it will be a chance where I can show and prove my strength to the world. My goal this year is to win the world title match and put the belt around my waist. The fighter will be the strongest lightweight fighter in the whole world, and his level will be almost equal to Tenshin, who I previously lost to. Winning against this fighter will be the meaning of my revenge.

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same fighter again? TAKERU: I would like to fight against him again, but Tenshin and I are in different weight classes now, and he has also changed his boxing from K-1. As a result, our fighting disciplines are different, so we can’t really fight against each other anymore. There is a fighter, Rotta. He is as strong, or stronger than Tenshin, so it would be like a revenge against Tenshin indirectly, if I would be able to defeat him. FUSION: There are many people watching Fusion. What message would you like to give to those fans?

PROMOTION FOR THE MATCH.

TAKERU: My primary goal as a fighter is to be the best fighter in the world. I want to have fights not only in Japan, but all over the world. I wanted to have a fight in Las Vegas at the beginning of this year, however, because kickboxing is not very popular in the United States, the organizer told me that we can not have the big match in Las Vegas. I feel strongly that we need to push kickboxing to the rest of the world, so more people recognize it. That‘s why I’ve decided to have a fight in France. The fight can be viewed on Youtube, which allows people from the USA to watch the fight and help American viewers understand that kickboxing is a fun sport and my fights are fascinating to

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That‘s why I’ve decided to have a fight in France. The fight can be viewed on Youtube, which allows people from the USA to watch the fight and help American viewers understand that kickboxing is a fun sport and my fights are fascinating to watch. Also, for those Fusion viewers, I want them to get interested in kickboxing, as the viewers watch my fight and read articles about me. My fighting matches are available to watch on Youtube so that many more people know about me and enjoy kickboxing.

TAKERU: Basically, I never reject any fighting offers. I’ve accepted all the fighting offers and I’ve been having fights like this for 10 years. I became a K-1 champion when I was 23 years old and used to belong to the K-1 organization and I held the championship title until I was 31, about eight years. However, my title defense fights are always against lower-ranked fighters, so I really have nothing to gain by winning them. So now, my focus is setting up matches with fighters who have a higher status or ranking than me.

FUSION: I believe there are many fighters who want to fight against Takeru in Japan and I understand you’ve got many offers for fights. Maybe it doesn’t sound humble, but have you ever had a fighter who you didn’t want to fight before?

FUSION: Once you reach your top level, there are good and bad ways people talk about you. How do you manage and overcome your stress within you, especially when you hear negative things about you and people who criticize you? it is not easy to cope with this kind of stress.

TAKERU: I‘m still coping with my stress even now, and I don’t really get used to being under stress. There are more people watching and supporting me as I continue to win more fights. As the number of matches increases, people’s expectations and pressures also grow. I try to replace all that stress with energy. If some people talk bad about me, like “Takeru is weak,” and many other negative things, I can prove myself at the fights. It doesn’t matter that there are many rumors, because once I can show my strength, it will continue to raise my reputation. I try to turn those negatives into a positive motivation. FUSION: How do you turn those negatives into positives?

TRAINING HARD Preparing for thr fight in france was something i wanted to show the world that i still have the power and energy to keep pushing to fight more.

TAKERU: At the beginning, the physiological stress caused mental illness, and I also lost my hearing from the stress. The stress took over me and I was pushed down by it. But I felt like this was such a waste of time. I work hard for my flights and I didn’t like the fact that I can’t use all my efforts into my flight due to the extra stress. I felt this was such a waste of time and energy. I think we can say that everything turns into a positive somehow, like bad vibes turn into good ones. I experienced that very strongly once before. I thought about the situation a bit differently and the negativities turned positive. Then, I thought that I can use this strategy next time I’m facing adversity. FUSION: How do you feel about being featured on the front cover of Fusion Magazine? TAKERU:Thank yout

FUSION: Now, the biggest question that everyone wants to know in America and Japan, how did you choose 3oh3’s song? And how did it happen TAKERU:It happened by chance. One day, I was running, when I debuted as a fighter. I was playing and listening to some American charts while I ran. At the time, I was also trying to lose weight. The song made me so excited and I got motivated by this 3oh3 song. However, when I looked at the lyrics, it sounded sexual. I wondered if I could really use this song for my entrance theme song at the fighting match. But this song made me so excited, so I decided to start using their song for my entrance.

something on his behalf so he had to make her wait until he was done. I thought this song matched Takeru. Takeru needs to ask a girl to meet up until Takeru has his fight. 3oh3 really wanted to meet Takeru in person and had a collaboration. TAKERU: Thank you, 3oh3! FUSION: The thing is, 3oh3 really wanted to meet Takeru, and so we talked and tried to make something work however. They were actually on their tour right now. So, the next time they are around, let’s have a video with Takeru and 3oh3 together. That way, you guys can meet each other. TAKERU: Yes of course i would love that!

FUSION:The 3oh3 song is a playboy’s song. There was a playboy and he wanted to hangout with a girl. But he had to do

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FUSION: The last question is, please give a message to all your fans: the ones that want to start fighting like you, or are just fans in general of you.

UPDATES AFTER THE INTERVIEW

Back in June in Paris, Takeru knocked out Bailey Sugden with a punch at the final bell. The bout TAKERU: I really want to be the top fighter in the world. I am wasn’t timed because of a misunderstanding happy that all those Fusion fans who watch Fusion give me so with the French authorities, but it later became much support. I’m going to have the world title match in France in clear that he knocked out the Englishman in the June, and I will certainly gain the championship belt at the match. I will have another interview with Fusion again with the champion very last second. CONGRATS TAKERU! belt.

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STEPHEN CURRY

UNDERRATED AUTHOR: RADOMIR G.

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had a moment of reflection when I was thinking about the 15 year kind of milestones since our tournament running Davidson back in 2008, and that’s when the idea for this documentary kind of came to me. You know, working with apple a 24 unanimous media thinking about how we’re all in this business trying to inspire and connect with people from many different backgrounds, and you know this is not just a sports story. I believe that this is a story about cultivating and embracing the underrated mindset as a badge of honor, finding you know what makes you different and what makes you unique, really committing to it, surrounding yourself with amazing people to help support you through that journey, and even just the ability to deal with success and failure along the way and learning something about yourself it’s all been you know very authentic to my journey, and it was a great time to kind of open up the conversation about what it’s like to go through something letting the crew around to shoot some of the scenes for the for the documentary was it’s an interesting experience because you’re just living your life and speaking on what you know and kind of getting open up the veil a little bit I do play in front of 19,000 people every night on the court so yeah it wasn’t that different from that but again it was all about just kind of being true to you know what life is like and you know sharing as much as we can with the world to me family is everything I think if you look at some of the core memories of my life on and off the basketball court you know there’s usually you know an energy that comes from the support that you get from your family and the confidence that you can you know do anything and that they’re always going to be there to to have your back and so whether it was coming to games or family gatherings or just ability to celebrate you know major milestones in life those are the memories that that stand out the most and you know for me to be able to share all of my accomplishments with them is the biggest thrill

Stephen Curry, Playing a friendly match in Tokyo Japan in 2022 the documentary “Underrated” will inspired you!

I think that you can get out of that, throughout my career the embracing underrated as a badge of honor is something that has kind of unlocked

“This is a story about cultivating and embracing the underrated mindset “

the new found confidence always for me and really inspired the work that I put into everything that I do because that’s the only way that I can deserve confidence to be ready for whatever the opportunity is that when it presents itself so you know even with all their accomplishments that I’ve had in my NBA career and all that I still carry that underrated mindset to this day it still gives me the gas and the tank to go and try to accomplish more and you know there’s still gratitude and getting appreciation for all the amazing experiences that I’ve been able to have because of just sticking with that process and not really worrying about the results and then and trusting and having faith that they will come

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RYAN COOGLER & STEPHEN CURRY The remarkable coming-of-age story of Stephen Curry, one of the most influential, dynamic, and unexpected players in basketball history and his rise from an undersized college player to a four-time NBA champion. I hope audiences are inspired by you know again understanding that we’re all made different and unique that we’re all here for a reason and once you find whatever that is embrace it you know run your own race you know that you have a lot to offer the world and whether you impact one person or a million people that’s enough and you know surrounding yourself with amazing people and knowing that you don’t do anything great or special in this world by yourself is is the most rewarding kind of feeling and you know this underrated documentary kind of shares what that means for me and you know it’s not just a basketball story it’s not just a sports story it’s hopefully something that will resonate you know with life You know, basketball is a part of my life, and it’s the craft that I’ve poured my heart and soul into, but I think sports and life are synonymous with the lessons that it teaches you and the confidence that it builds, and I think that’s something that we can carry and hopefully inspire athletes

potential, have belief in themselves, and be a part of something greater than themselves as well. well kind of miss home yes I’m very surprised where I’m at but it’s not surprising knowing all the work that I’ve put in in the in the way that I’ve tried to approach it sounds so cliche but it’s literally just you know living every day just trying to get better just a little bit and appreciate it having a sense of gratitude of not just the experience that you have with the people that you get to have it with and the fact that I have so many of my old teammates coaches you’ll see in the film people that are part of the Davidson community where in Charlotte where I grew up and even now to the Bay Area and he playing for the warriors for 14 years there’s so many people that have been a part of this and to hear the story from their vantage point as well not just mine and the ability to you know share that with the world that may not know a lot about you know the origin story where I where I came from at Davidson and the things that I learned to help me get to where I am today

“This Film will inspire you in many levels”

THE POPE‘S EXORCIST Inspired by the files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, The Pope’s Exorcist stars Russell Crowe (Kraven) as Amorth on one of his most terrifying cases ever. Investigating a young boy’s possession, Amorth falls down the rabbit hole to uncover a centuries-old conspiracy that the Vatican has been desperately trying to hide.

HEART OF STONE

Gal Gadot stars in this Netflix Original as Rachel Stone, an intelligence operative who is the last line of defense for her global peacekeeping organization, Charter, and the loss of its most valuable asset. After rogue operative, Keya Dhawan (Alia Bhatt), steals crucial technology, Stone must ensure Dhawan doesn’t utilize it to inflict devastating damage on the world.

EVIL DEAD RISE In Evil Dead Rise, the Evil Dead franchise continues when a reunion between estranged sisters (Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland) is cut short after an earthquake shakes loose a concealed chamber under the apartment they are in. There, they find one of the three volumes of the Naturom Demonto, and fleshpossessing demons soon invade their home. A primal battle for survival between the living and the dead commences.

.THE SUPER MARIO BROS

One of the year’s biggest movies to date, with a gross of nearly $1.4 billion, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is easily the most popular film adaptation of Nintendo’s classic video games. Brooklyn plumbers Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are working on a water main one day when they’re accidentally transported into the magical Mushroom Kingdom. After being separated upon arrival, Mario sets out to find his brother with the assistance of Toad (Keegan-Michael Key) and Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy).

FAST X

Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything--and everyone--that Dom loves, forever.

AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER

One of the biggest blockbusters of 2022 is now on Disney+ (and Max). Avatar: The Way of Water picks up more than a decade after the original film, where Sully (Sam Worthington) has fully immersed himself into life on Pandora with Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) and their children. But trouble always seems to follow them and survival is a constant battle. Nominated for four Academy Awards, Avatar: The Way of Water was one of the most anticipated films of the last decade and it largely met expectations.

COCAINE BEAR

Loosely based on a 1985 news story about a drug runner’s plane crash, spilled cocaine, and a black bear who ingests it, this fantastical adaptation of the story takes it to ridiculous lengths. As cops, criminals, tourists, and teens all converge in a Georgia forest where the cocaine and the Cocaine Bear are loose, they become entangled with one another as the bear continues to pick people off and fiend for more coke.

TO CATCH A KILLER

In this tense 2023 thriller, novice police officer Eleanor (Shailene Woodley) is recruited by an FBI agent (Secret Invasion‘s Ben Mendelsohn) to help stop a sniper from killing unsuspecting citizens in Boston. With internal demons of her own to battle, Eleanor must overcome personal and professional obstacles if she is to stop an unpredictable serial killer from claiming another victim.

65 After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills (Adam Driver) quickly discovers he’s actually stranded on Earth... 65 million years ago. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa (Ariana Greenblatt), must make their way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive.

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HARRISON

FORD

THE FINAL GOODBYE

CREDIT & COPYRIGHTS DISNEY FUSION: The character of Indiana Jones and the Franchise have an enduring worldwide popularity why do you think that is? Harrison: I think that’s because this the films themselves are such powerful entertainment there I’ve said in the past that I think Indiana Jones is more about movies that it is about archaeology it’s about the fun you can have at a movie it’s about the emotional exercise you can get it at a movie and though we’ve made four in the past this one has a an air of finality because it’s my last Indiana Jones movie and I wanted it to deal with the issue of age of his advancing age and what age has taken away from his capacity is his mental energy is physical prowess and put him in contest with somebody Phoebe Waller bridge who is out to swindle him and so

there’s that the mental wrestling going on between these two characters as well Fusion: Phoebe I guess you can both speak to this but start with Phoebe what it like for you guys was to meet each other for the first time. It was really fun yeah we met at Jim mangles office towards the end of the day and I was quite thrilled that finally working with an actor actress that’s taller than I am this is a big thing yeah it was a big thing for me when I opened the door he said my God you’re so tall yeah and you think he cried doesn’t he cried with relief I would have cried had I known what I was about to go through I would have cried but I didn’t I was thrilled because I mean I had seen Phoebe in fleabag I was aware of the range of her skill and tal-

CREDIT & COPYRIGHTS DISNEY and I was thrilled that we that that we had a story that attracted her interest in that and then I would have a her as the partner in this film Phoebe :I had grown up with Harrison Ford ,the movies that I mean witness the fugitive Blade Runner I was walking into in the behind that door where all of those movies when I was meeting Harrison so it was a huge hugely exciting and quite intimidating moment but like I say the moment the door opened and I saw a Harrison and he did just go hey and from then on I’d say we became firm friends but I’ll leave it open I feel so and I hope so yes FUSION: so with that obviously you guys have great chemistry together what was it like filming together working on set together Harrison: it was a barrel of fun I you know the there’s something about I mean there are a lot of different elements to the relationship between us and there are moments of seriousness but there’s also moments that the audience is meant to enjoy the banter between them the contest between them and I

think it was well written and I was delighted by having someone as a Droid as she is with comedy and the mixture of comedy and real true emotion to navigate this story with FUSION: Phoebe Harrison kind of touched on this a little bit but can you tell us a little bit about Helena and your relationship with Indiana Jones and how you guys interact in film Helena is Indies goddaughter he last saw her when she was 12 and he was very good friends with her father who died not long after he last saw her and she comes catapulting back into his life at a sort of not even a crossroads just sort of a cul-de-sac in his life and comes back with she comes through the door with the joyful history of memories they had when she was young and he came to the house and visited her father and she comes and tries to infect him with the idea of going on another adventure but she is slightly more nefarious than she immediately than she turns out that then she wants him to believe at the beginning and that she has her own agenda and they end up going on an

adventure but not the one that she proffered to him in the beginning she’s a mercurial little Rascal OK so last question is for Harrison obviously this is your final film as Indiana Jones how does it feel to say goodbye to the character after more than 40 years well it’s both sad and happy I mean I’m gratified that I had this wonderful opportunity to work with this character and these kinds of films with some regularity over the last 40 years and but I’m ready just to conclude the story of the of the character I think it’s appropriate that that we do have a story about Indiana Jones which confronts his age which confronts the his mental state when we first meet him and allows us to see him just picked up and brushed off and back in action one more time and I I’m really gratified that we found you know a script a story and then when Steven brought Jim in I thought that was fantastic and I’m delighted with the film altogether was a great experience

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DAMON

ON THE SET OF OPPENHEIMER In Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves, played by Matt Damon, is an equally divisive opponent.

In Damon’s role, a group of brilliant scientists who are in no way compliant with military notions of hierarchy are placed under the horrible honor of being ruled over by an obedient Army subordinate. He is in charge of managing the Manhattan Project, as it would later be called.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD BE CASTED? we knew because you came down to hang out with John right after Nolan had been over and met Matt and given Matt the script to read so I knew that Matt was meeting him and I mean any chance any of us could get like work with him or all sort of champing at the bit what was kind of funny was that he came to we live in the same apartment building and so he came to see me and he knew that he was going to Emily with the with the part but he didn’t want it to seem like he was just kind of one stop shop one stop shopping so he bumped into John and they and like either the elevator or the lobby and John talked to him for about half an hour just kind of director to director you know they’re talking shopping and Chris later admitted that he knew he was coming to Emily with the

part but he waited like it was like five days or something and knew she was going to be in LA and then she came over and to his house and read the script and he didn’t want sort of convenient casting rumors you know that it was like who else is in your building who else it is really knocking on doors Downey in this building WHAT MAKES CHRISTOPHER NOLAN UNIQUE? he’s got that level that attention to detail that you know Stanley Kubrick cat you know where it’s like no detail is too small he’s like depth of knowledge his research his understanding

I MEAN ANY CHANCE ANY OF US COULD WORK

WITH, CHRISTOPHER NOLAN IT’S REALLY A TRUE BLESSING

of all the dynamics at play between all these different characters and ways to just get these ideas and succinctly like and fit them into a movie I mean the book that this is adapted from is like a tone and it is dense with like I mean the fine print I remember it was like I needed reading glasses to even read the book it was just very thoroughly researched and he somehow was able to kind of get all of it into this film but what that means is that each frame is entirely packed full of information I mean you could watch this movie 10 times and get something different because it’s just so rich and dense on set I just feel his command of excellence is so vast and everyone just has to match him where he is and I don’t find Chris exacting I think people have used that word and I don’t find him that way I find him really curious and interested in what you might bring or do and you recognize he’s cast you for a reason he lets you know that and then wants to see what wings you have you know and I think he’s exacting in some ways I think he’s exacting about some details he sweats the small stuff and I want to work with the direct who sweats the small stuff I want him to see everything and in terms of per-

formance you’re totally free there’s he really wants to see what you’re going to do there on I mean he appears to be very calm I’m sure that is a storm of information going on inside of him but it’s all clad in this sort of quite serene exterior you know that he’s really fascinating and he’s funny yeah people don’t know that about Chris he’s really fun

HOW IS THE ENERGY ON THE SET? The vibe on set is really we we nobody says it out loud but everybody’s feels really lucky to be there yeah and so you just get this spirit you know from every department like everybody’s killing it everyone’s doing everything they can you know working till you are bone tired because you you don’t you want to leave it all on the field you know because that’s what he does he’s very demanding of himself and so without having to say anything you know you just see

that and you kind of take your cue from that and you work you know in a similar vein HOW IS CHRISTOPHER NOLAN WHEN HE IS DIRECTING? he’s a big guy Chris he’s tall he’s like he’s imposing as a figure I don’t know how he is able to be invisible you don’t I didn’t notice him standing by the camera staring at me like he’s somehow able to disappear it was cool he’s like that like those directors you know before we had video village I mean that’s what Coppola said to me 30 years ago he said that the antonioni the Italians taught him that the where you sit is to right next to the camera and at the and you see it with your naked eye as you understand human behavior can you feel it because you feel it and you turn to the operator who’s the only one who’s looking through the lens and you just check in and make sure that they saw what you saw and they’ll give you a little nod and you know you’ve got it and that’s how

movies were made until you know whenever the monitors came around and you get that sense with him that his decision of when he has the take and when he’s happy is not led by the visuals it’s led by the feeling has he’s so English he’s most English person I’ve ever met HOW WAS IT WHEN YOU SAW THE FILM? I saw it with Robert and with John and with Robert’s wife Susan and it was very emotional watching it and I felt like I was inside of it I felt like the arms of the movie came out and wrapped around me and pulled me right into it was bone shattering watching it I just loved it yeah me too me too OK it’s great it’s overwhelming it was like the experience I had reading the script that feeling just was magnified by the by the film you know the how overwhelming it was because the film it was written in the first person which I’d never seen before and so it just it just pulled you in and you had this really subjective experience that was really overwhelming and that’s like a runaway train that you’re on it’s so exciting watching it incredible

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THE BEST OF MODELS

Instagram has quickly become one of the most popular places to get find models and we kept getting messages from viewers that they would like to us to search for who is the hottest from models on Instagram.

the model who is on the front cover of this years model search Keeping that in mind, we decided to give a list of the beautiful women on Instagram for 2023, all of whom regularly share amazing photos and who we think should be more recognize.

This year we have some of the best The search was a difficult one of the best models from instagram but this is our first limited issue in and also getting a closer look on

where we explore and we will continue to shine a spotlight on models who we think should be exposed to our viewers and to the world We’ll go through each model’s, and give you highlight who is this year’s Hottest babes on Instagram the summers limited magazine is out August 29, 2023 please look forward it

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FUEL FEST

Fuel Fest is an all-encompassing event that stimulates all of the senses. In addition to the excitement of driving on a track and the great food options, attendees may marvel at the array of unique automobiles on display, listen to the echoing exhaust noises, smell the distinctive perfume of engines, and more. This year FuelFest event is happening at the the fuji speedway in Japan for the second time. The event has been orga-

nized through the collaborative efforts of Kamiwaza-Japan CEO Tomoya Ichiraku and FuelFest co-founder Cody Walker. It welcomes everyone with a love for cars, and of course anyone tha is a fan of the films from, the “Fast & Furious” series, and specifically, those who admired the late Paul Walker. The prepajust being at this event at the Fuji speed way was a spechless expriece and enjoyable event to begin with

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the intent this was def an unforgettable experience. FuelFest seing Cody Walker, Sung Kang, Tyrese Gibsonwith so much high energy and welcoming all the fans was a great experienceand good tgo be in Tokyo i was def amazed to see some of the cars that appeared on the film for fast x be displayed at the event of course you can also appreacite the nice variety of sports cars come to this that this event all started because of all the fans that simply love the fast and furious culture this was def a family type of vibes. for most of you that are wondering how Fuel Fest started; lets take it back created by founders Cody Walker and and Chris Lee, an Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and car

collector, founded Fuel Fest with the same idea: to celebrate the life of Paul Walker and anything related to cars, trucks, bikes and more. Lets not forget that awsome 0-200m drag race, a parade run, and a special live show by kyary pamyu pamyu. its really hard to put the emotions all into words but to put it all in simple words if you missed this years Fuel Fest make sure to make it to next years event, cant come to tokyo? thats ok there is many events that fuel fest does for example Los Angeles, Las vegas, Miami, Dallas, Phoenix, Florida, New Jersey, you see the community is strong and the car culture is big and make sure to support Reach Out WorldWide (ROWW) roww.org