LOS ANGELES (AP) ― MTV says Reese Witherspoon will receive its Generation Award at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards. The 35-year-old Oscar winner is being recognized for her range as an actress and for delighting the MTV audience throughout her career. MTV President Stephen Friedman called Witherspoon “one of the most versatile and accomplished performers of her time.” Reese Witherspoon (AP-Yonhap New...

Girls’ Generation ranked number one in Japanese Oricon Chart on June 1st, the day their first Japanese original album was released. The beloved Korean idol group, composed of nine members, sold 73,583 copies on the first day and pushed themselves to the peak of Oricon Daily Album Chart. According to their agent SM Entertainment, Girls’ Generation dominated reservation lists ahead of the release...

Songwriter Priscilla Ahn says new album written during period of reflection Folk singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn has stayed busy since she debuted in 2008 with album “A Good Day” under EMI’s jazz music label Blue Note Records. Often compared with jazz vocalist Norah Jones, who also debuted with the Blue Note Records, Ahn’s beautiful but not-too-pretty tone, unique lyrics and simple acoustic gui...

Police booked Big Bang member Daesung without detention Tuesday morning after he hit two people with his car on a bridge in Seoul. The vehicle, driven by the 22-year-old pop singer, hit a motorcyclist who was lying on the road and a taxi driver who had left his vehicle to check on the rider on Yanghwa bridge located in southwestern Seoul, at around 1:30 a.m. The motorbike driver was pronounced ...

U.S. singer-songwriter to hold first Korea gig next week For singer-songwriter aspirants in Korea, his upcoming show should be a must-see. Ben Folds, an American rock pianist and singer-songwriter who has influenced musicians including John Mayer, Josh Groban and Rufus Wainwright, is coming to town next week to hold his first-ever concert in Korea. The 44-year-old said he writes music spontane...

Tristan Prettyman “Twentythree,” “Hello” Warner Music Korea San Diego-based singer-songwriter Tristan Prettyman’s first and second studio albums “Twentythree” (2005) and “Hello” (2008) have been belatedly released in Korea. Probably best known as fiancé of Jason Mraz, the 29-year-old’s music style is pretty much like that of her partner, in that her songs are mostly based on the sounds of the ...

Chae Dong-ha, 30, former member of the Korean pop trio SG Wannabe, was found dead in his home Friday morning, his agency said. Chae had hanged himself in his house in Eunpyeong-gu. Chae’s manager said Chae could not be reached the night before, and he was found dead the following morning when the manager arrived at his house. Police believe Chae committed suicide on the night of May 26. Chae...

The Korea Opera Festival’s focus in 2011 is to well present two original Korean operas produced by local opera companies, as the production skills of Korean opera companies have made great progress in recent years, the organizers of the festival said Tuesday. With five opera companies participating in the event, the Second Korea Opera Festival will kick off on June 23 and run through July 24 at ...

Yim Jae-beom might pull out of the popular TV program “I Am a Singer” due to health reasons, a local entertainment news source reported Monday. Yim is expected to express his intention to quit at the pre-recording session of the program scheduled for later Monday and say goodbye to the TV audiences and his fans, according to the report. He may take part in the TV recording, but would not sing on...

Randy "Macho Man" Savage, a larger-than-life personality from professional wrestling's 1980s flying-elbow heyday known for his raspy voice, brash style and the young woman named Miss Elizabeth who often accompanied him, died in a car crash Friday in Florida. He was 58. A Florida Highway Patrol crash report said the former wrestler — whose legal name was Randy Mario Poffo — was driving a Jeep Wra...

Herbert von Karajan “Karajan 60” Universal Music Universal Music‘s Deutsche Grammophon label has released legendary Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan’s collection of all symphonies performed in the 1960s and recorded in LPs when the conductor was at his pinnacle. The 82-CD collection comes with 319-page booklet explaining von Karajan’s major repertoires in Korean, English and Japanese. On...

Maroon 5 says members have yoga session just before going on stage U.S. rock band Maroon 5 is coming to Korea again, three years after being blown away by more than 10,000 Korean fans singing along at their first concert in Seoul in 2008. Led by Adam Levine on lead vocal and rhythm guitar, the five-member group will hold two concerts in Korea ― on May 25 at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium i...

Singer Yim Jae-beom hospitalized for appendectomy Singer Yim Jae-beom was hospitalized Monday afternoon with appendicitis, according to his agent. Yim Jae-beom (MBC) He is also reported to be wearing a cast on his right hand as an examination at the hospital found his right hand had been fractured for years. Yim has had an appendectomy around 5 p.m. Monday at Seoul Severance Hospital and is r...

Lady Gaga, center, performs on the Main Stage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, held at Carlisle Airport, Britain Sunday, May 15, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News) WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pop diva Lady Gaga has become the first person with more than 10 million followers on Twitter. "@ladygaga just reached 10 million. Wow!" the San Francisco-based micro-blogging service said in a "tweet" on Monday. Lady Gaga had 1...