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Comedian Yoo Sang-moo marries music producer

Comedian Yoo Sang-moo tied the knot with music producer Kim Yeon-ji on Sunday. Yoo is recuperating from the colorectal cancer surgery last year. The bride has been at his bedside, looking after her ailing boyfriend.

Dramas & TV shows | 2018-10-28 16:29

Countdown begins: why prominent K-pop singers rush to return in November?

Hardly a day passes recently without news of K-pop stars returning to stage - EXO (Nov. 2), TWICE (Nov. 5), K.will (Nov. 6), Jennie from BLACKPINK (Nov. 12) and Wanna One (Nov. 19). Do you see anything that the dates have in common? “November.” Then a question may follow: Why have so many K-pop household names picked November for their comeback?

Hallyu | 2018-10-28 16:28

Jang Na-ra's age-defying beauty wows Chinese fans

Singer and actress Jang Na-ra, 37, has wowed her Chinese fans with age-defying beauty. China's entertainment news website Sina Entertainment recently posted photos of Jang, originally released on her Instagram. The website extolled the actress's blemish-free baby face, calling her “a woman who ate preservatives,” an expression used to praise people who look much younger than ...

Dramas & TV shows | 2018-10-28 13:42

[Zandari 2018] Post-rock band Dabda create 'pastel psychedelic' soundscape

The first full day of Zandari Festa 2018 got plenty of typhoon rain. Luckily, the rain cleared up by 5 p.m. Saturday, just in time for a long-anticipated set by Dabda, a four-piece band that call their sound “pastel psychedelic,” at KT&G Sangsangmadang, the butterfly-wing-shaped building in the heart of the Hongdae nightlife area near Hongik University in Seoul.

Music | 2018-10-28 11:01

Golden Child eyes K-pop mainstream with 'Genie' [VIDEO]

Making it on the K-pop scene is increasingly tough - so much so that an average of 50 hard-trained K-pop bands debut a year but most vanish from the radar after one or two rounds of performances. Given the low survival rate, boy band Golden Child deserves compliments because it recently came back with its third album “WISH” and its agency finds it worth the investment - altho...

Hallyu | 2018-10-28 09:50

NBC cancels Megyn Kelly's show after blackface controversy

Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News Channel personality who made a rocky transition to softer news at NBC, was fired from her morning show Friday after triggering a furor by suggesting it was OK for white people to wear blackface at Halloween.

Entertainment | 2018-10-27 09:58

[Zandari 2018] Daegu skatepunk band 'keeps drinking'

Once again the skate-punk trio Drinking Boys and Girls Choir (DBGC) made the long trip up from Daegu, this time performing at Club Steel Face for this year's Zandari Festa, Oct. 4 to 7. After a year-and-a-half break, DBGC has come back with a vengeance, releasing its debut full-length album “Keep Drinking!” in February, headlining the fourth Big Day South festival in Busan in...

Music | 2018-10-27 09:27

WINNER's MINO to release first solo album

MINO's solo album teaser poster. / Screengrab of Yang Hyun-suk's Instagram.By Lee Min-youngWINNER's MINO will release his first solo album next month, his agency YG Entertainment said Friday.YG posted MINO's solo album teaser image on its official blog, saying the album will be released on “Nov. ??”Agency founder and CEO Yang Hyun-suk has built up expectations amo...

Music | 2018-10-26 16:40

Hyeyeon to leave K-pop group gugudan

Girl band gugudan's Hyeyeon will leave the group, citing health issues. The group's management agency Jellyfish Entertainment said Thursday that Hyeyon, 18, had decided to give up her membership for “everyone's sake.”

Music | 2018-10-26 16:40

[INTERVIEW] 'Brainwave interactive films to be next breakthrough in movie industry'

Director Chuck Chae, who recently received the prestigious Best Virtual Reality Experience Award for the interactive film “Buddy VR” at this year's Venice International Film Festival, says virtual reality filmmaking is still in its initial stages and has many barriers to overcome in order to become mainstream entertainment.

Movies | 2018-10-26 16:36

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