Big Bang Members Continue Solo Careers

Taeyang, a member of top boy band Big Bang, will resume his solo career in October, while another member, G-Dragon, holds a solo concert in December.
The head of Big Bang’s agency YG Entertainment, Yang Hyun-suk, posted the company’s plans for the two members on its official website on Thursday.
“Taeyang is going to shoot a music [...]

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Lee Byung-hun Expanding Horizons

Lee Byung-hun continues to expand his horizons. After his “kimchi Western” flick “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” featured at the Cannes Film Festival last year, he made his Hollywood debut in “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” In the fall he will appear in the U.S.-France joint production “I Come With the Rain,” and [...]

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Rain to Attend F1 with Beyonce

Along with world pop diva Beyonce, Korean pop star Rain will attend the Formula One (F1) car racing competition in Singapore.
Rain was invited to the “2009 F1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix,” which will be held on Sept. 27, along with several Western stars: Lindsay Lohan, No Doubt, and the Black Eyed Peas.
According to Rain’s agency [...]

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YG Hits Sony Over Plagiarism Allegations

The controversy over the alleged plagiarism centering K-pop idol G-Dragon’s first solo single has entered a second round as his agency chief openly rebutted the copying allegations for the first time ― weeks after the suspicion surfaced.
In a long letter posted Thursday on the Web site of YG Entertainment, G-Dragon’s agency, its CEO Yang Hyun-suk [...]

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Talent Search ‘Super Star K’ Finds It’s Star

Korea’s talent search show, Super Star K, on Mnet produced its first professional singer. Jeong Seul-ki left a very strong impression on music industry insiders and the show’s judges although she was eliminated in the fourth preliminary round. She sang “I Have No Heart” by 8ight and moved Lee Hyori to tears.
Jeong signed a contract [...]

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Korean Comedienne Cho Hae-ryun Eyes Oprah Show

Comedienne Cho Hae-ryun has a plan: by March 2013 she wants to be a fixture on the Oprah Winfrey show, eliciting gales of laughter from the audience each time she comes on. Cho is studying English with a personal tutor as if her life depended on it to expand her sphere of activity to the [...]

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Brown Eyed Girls Ga-in Released from Hospital

Ga-in, a member of today’s hottest girl group Brown Eyed Girls, has been released from hospital just one day after she was admitted for fainting. Ga-in had fainted at her home around three o’clock early Tuesday morning and underwent various tests at the hospital. Her representative said that she has rested fully at the hospital [...]

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