South Korean girl group Girls' Generation topped a weekly Japanese music chart with their first Japanese album, the music statistics company Oricon said Tuesday. The eponymous Japanese debut by the nine-girl group, released on June 1, sold 232,000 copies in its first week, according to the Oricon Weekly Charts. Oricon said it was the best first-week performance for a foreign artist's Japanese de...

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is poised to become a billionaire, according to Forbes. The Brazilian model is appearing in high-profile campaigns for the likes of Versace and Dior, but also earning quite a few extra by branding herself, the report said. Bunchen has licensed her name to a number of products, including a jewelry and eco-friendly cosmetics line, and a line of sandals for Grendene. Rec...

LOS ANGELES ― What can you say about the last days of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” when it’s all been said already. And mostly by Oprah herself. According to audience members interviewed by the Chicago Tribune after its taping, Wednesday’s finale will be a farewell address by the most famous talk show host in history, a summing up of a 25-year career in her own words. Because in case you hadn’t got...

Actress Lee Dae-hey says not focusing on scandalous former curator Everyone loves a good scandal. Embezzlement, a fabricated academic degree, an affair with a high-level government official, and the woman-behind-it-all, former curator Shin Jeong-ah, kept the presses running with juicy fodder throughout the summer of 2007. It was life imitating art ― the perfect soap-operatic story. One woman d...

Former S.E.S. member-turned actress Eugene announced Wednesday that she is marrying actor Ki Tae-young in July. The pair started dating right after starring together in the MBC drama “Seeking Love,” which ended last January. They are known to have become close while attending the same church after Eugene converted Ki to Christianity. They have been dating for about a year and a half. Both annou...

Former girl group S.E.S. member-turned actress Eugene announced Wednesday that she would marry actor Ki Tae-young in July. The two starred as the main characters in 2009 MBC drama “Seeking Love” and have been dating for about a year and a half. Both made an announcement to their fans first, by writing on their fan club community sites this morning. “There is something that pops up to my mind a...

The world famous opera tenor Paul Potts revealed his secret to outstanding auditions. The iconic singer, who touched fans with his beautiful voice and stories of challenge, made his official debut via “Britain’s Got Talent.” The program, where participants compete each other until the final, gave inspiration to several Korean programs such as “Superstar K.” Due to the frenzy of survival auditio...

Piggy Dolls and full-figured leading ladies bask in limelight For years, thin girl groups have traipsed and wriggled across the stage, belting out catchy tunes while executing perfectly choreographed moves. There was the occasional breakthrough not-so-skinny act ― like the iconic Big Mama ― but those bands generally stayed away from the realm of dance music and brought on the soul. Then, in Ja...

The lawsuit between Seo Tai-ji and actress E Ji-ah ended as E withdrew the suit on Saturday. E’s law firm, Barun, announced on Saturday that she has decided not to go ahead with the lawsuit because of the psychological pain the actress and her families and friends had to go through after her private life went public. She had initiated a suit in January requesting 5 billion won in a property sett...

Actress Koo Hye-sun broke her silence Thursday following fast-spreading talk of her romantic relationship with legendary musician Seo Tai-ji. She declined to confirm the rumor, just saying that she wishes Seo and his former wife, actress E Ji-ah, would smoothly settle their legal dispute that followed their divorce in 2009. “I have been just watching quietly and praying as it seemed to be a sto...

Singer-actress puts work in China on hold for romantic comedy Making a comeback after a six year-hiatus can faze even the best of actresses, which might be why pixie-cute Jang Nara is making her return to the South Korean small screen on familiar territory ― the romantic comedy. Having cemented her reputation in the rom-com genre with series like SBS’ “Bright Girl’s Success,” the upcoming KBS d...