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Choi Ji-woo, Kara win ‘Asia Star’ at 2012 Asia Model Awards

Jan 19, 2012

Girl group Kara receives the Asia Star Award during the 2012 Asia Model Awards held at Olympic Park, southeastern Seoul, Wednesday (Yonhap News) Actress Choi Ji-woo receives the Asia Star Award duri...
Alleged rape scandal rocks Brazil's top TV reality show

Jan 18, 2012

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Police are investigating a cast member of Brazil's most popular reality TV show, "Big Brother Brazil," for allegedly raping a fellow contestant. Early Sunday, after a party th...
‘Dream High’ back, but is it better?

Jan 17, 2012

Park Jin-young believes that second season will be ‘more complete’ as a work Now that the South Korean drama market has started to jump on board the multi-season series bandwagon, it seems there is ...
'Born This Way' -- Madonna ripoff?

Jan 16, 2012

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Madonna says fellow U.S. pop singer Lady Gaga ripped off her 1989 hit "Express Yourself" to create what Lady Gaga calls the gay anthem "Born This Way." When Lady Gaga perf...
Shadow behind the light: Celebrities fight panic disorder

Jan 9, 2012

Lee Kyung-kyu reveals panic attack experiences Behind his boisterous, lively persona hides an anxious man with constant fears of death, sickness and depression; Korea’s top comedian Lee Kyung-kyu sa...
Shadow behind the light: celebrities fighting panic disorder

Jan 9, 2012

Comedian Lee Kyung-kyu reveals having panic attacks Behind his boisterous, lively persona hides an anxious man with constant fears of death, sickness and depression; Korea’s top comedian Lee Kyung-k...
Beyonce, Jay-Z welcome baby girl Blue Ivy

Jan 9, 2012

Music royalty Beyonce and Jay-Z are the proud parents of a baby girl named Blue Ivy, media reports said Sunday, breaking the news of one of the biggest celebrity births in years. Pop diva Beyonce, 3...
Warren Buffett to sing on Chinese web gala: report

Jan 6, 2012

US billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett is scheduled to sing and play guitar in a Chinese gala broadcast on the Internet to mark the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Dragon, state press said Thurs...
Netflix original program puts New York mobster in Norway

Jan 4, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― Online film and television show titan Netflix will make its original programming debut in February with “Lilyhammer,” a “fish-out-of-water story” about a New York mobster starti...
India airs edgier TV shows ― but cuts out the edge

Jan 3, 2012

A movie theater worker removes a poster of the Bollywood film “Girlfriend,” a film about a lesbian couple, after Hindu hard-liners demanded a ban on the film, in Allahabad, India in 2004. (AP-Yonhap ...
Taiwan to reduce Korean TV content on local TV channel

Jan 3, 2012

Taiwan is to cut Korean TV drama shows on a local TV station to encourage development of homegrown programs, the country’s national broadcasting regulator announced Tuesday. Gala Television (GTV), T...
Wonder Girls to release TV movie in U.S.

Jan 3, 2012

Korean girl group Wonder Girls will release their first eponymous TV movie in February via U.S. cable channel Teen Nick, making them the first Asian singers to star in an American television movie, t...
Field guide to post-‘Winter Sonata’ hallyu

Jan 3, 2012

MBC drama“Heartstrings” (JS Picture) After the Korean Wave gained serious momentum in the field of television over a decade ago, the global market for Korean dramas has expanded and morphed drastica...
Russell Brand, Katy Perry to divorce

Jan 1, 2012

British actor Russell Brand and his wife Katy Perry arrive for the European premiere of “Arthur,” in London in April. (AP-Yonhap News) LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Russell Brand is divorcing Katy Perry after ...
Discovery cancels Jackson autopsy show

Jan 1, 2012