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‘Gangnam Style’ enters 31st week on U.K. top 40 singles chart

MusicMar 25, 2013

South Korean rapper Psy’s global mega-hit “Gangnam Style” has landed at 39th for this week on Britain’s top 40 singles chart, marking the single’s 31st straight week on the list, according to the chart updated on Sunday (British time).Psy topped the chart on Sept. 30 with “Gangnam Style,” the first time a Korean singer has reached No. 1. He has since enjoyed steady popularity without any particular promotional activities in Britain.The single earlier became the 129th track to sell more than a mi
UMF returns to Seoul for summer blow-out festival

MusicMar 25, 2013

One of the world’s largest annual outdoor dance music parties, the Ultra Music Festival, is returning to Seoul this summer with some of the hottest DJs from around the world for an electrifying two-day concert series of house music and fist-pumping. This year’s Ultra Korea 2013 music festival will be held on June 14 and 15 at Seoul’s Olympic Stadium Complex and will feature an all-star lineup of some of the top names in the EDM scene including three of the world’s top 10 DJs as listed by DJ Maga
Park Jin-young reveals closure of U.S. operations

MusicMar 24, 2013

CEO and founder of one of the country’s “big three” record labels JYP Entertainment Park Jin-young, also referred to as JYP, revealed on Friday that he has shut the doors of his company’s New York City office and U.S. subsidiary corporation “JYP Creative” in November of last year after only a year in operation. The subsidiary JYP Creative was first established in November 2011 and it was reported that Park invested approximately $1.2 million in the branch to assist in his agency’s promotional ac
Ellen DeGeneres wows audience for Aussie filming

TelevisionMar 24, 2013

SYDNEY (AP) ― Ellen DeGeneres was applauded by a rapturous Aussie audience like a cherished part of the family as she introduced her Australian-born wife, Portia de Rossi, on a Sydney Harbour-side stage on Saturday to begin pre-recording Down Under segments for her popular U.S. TV show.The Emmy Award-winning talk-show host arrived in Sydney with her mom, Betty DeGeneres, and de Rossi on Friday after a 14-hour flight from Los Angeles for a six-day filming trip to Australia.“I’m moving here, it’s
My Chemical Romance breaks up after 11 years

MusicMar 24, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) ― The chemistry is over: rock outfit My Chemical Romance has disbanded.The New Jersey-based band announced Saturday that “it has come time for it to end.” The foursome thanked fans in a statement and said the experience was “a true blessing.”My Chemical Romance’s sound is a mix of alternative, punk rock and pop. Band members released their debut album in 2002 but really made a splash on the music scene in 2004 with the platinum-selling “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.” It featured
Depp, Stewart win at slimy Kids’ Choice Awards

TelevisionMar 24, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Johnny Depp and Kristen Stewart avoided slime ― mostly ― while picking up blimp-shaped trophies at the Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday.The “Dark Shadows” star won as favorite movie actor at the 26th annual awards extravaganza, while the “Twilight” leading lady was selected as favorite movie actress and female butt-kicker.“Dude, I was too much of a coward to accept this,” she said embracing the slime slathered on the podium at the University of Southern California’s Galen Cente
Tilda Swinton performs art of sleeping in NYC

FilmMar 24, 2013

Actress Tilda Swinton is performing the art of sleeping at New York City's Museum of Modern Art.A musem spokeswoman says the ``Moonrise Kingdom'' star presented her one-person piece called ``The Maybe'' on Saturday.In ``The Maybe,'' Swinton lies sleeping in a glass box for the day. The exhibit will move locations within the museum every time Swinton performs.There is no published schedule for the piece, which will occur about a half dozen more times through the end of the year.Swinton first perf
When spring blooms

TheaterMar 22, 2013

Flower arranging classes offer fun, ‘healing’ and even career opportunities
Box Office

FilmMar 22, 2013

NorigaeOpening April 18Drama. Directed by Choi Seung-ho. The beautiful young actress Jung Ji-hae (Min Ji-hyeon) dies and the media bashes the sexual bribery rampant in the entertainment industry. With the victim dead, the accused are the only ones left in court, rendering the trial useless. The young actress was taken advantage of by a film director and producer who is successful in the entertainment business. As he is an important man in the industry, people decline to testify in court. Lee Jan
Eyelike:

MusicMar 22, 2013

Bon Jovi offers self-help, catchy chorusesBon Jovi``What About Now‘’(Island Def Jam)Why does Bon Jovi crank out an unending string of relentlessly upbeat, unavoidably catchy songs in the style that made the Jersey boys famous 30 years ago and kept them there `till now?Because they can.The band‘s 12th album, ``What About Now,’‘ fairly bursts with the encouraging self-help anthems that have long defined the Bon Jovi sound and style, from the early days of Tommy and Gina ``Livin’ on a Prayer‘’ to k
‘Olympus Has Fallen’ an unusual project for director Antoine Fuqua

FilmMar 22, 2013

LOS ANGELES ― There’s a notable moment in “Olympus Has Fallen,” director Antoine Fuqua’s action thriller: a slow-motion shot of a desecrated American flag discarded from atop the White House by North Korean terrorists as dirge-like music plays in the background.It’s the type of scene ― bold to his fans, cringe-worthy to his critics ― that Fuqua has used in almost all of his films.“I wanted to create an exciting movie, but give it these small moments of truth,” the director said, noting that he s
Lee Hi takes M! Countdown crown once again

MusicMar 22, 2013

Super rookie Lee Hi, who exploded onto the music scene with her debut single “1,2,3,4,” is back on top once again with her latest release “It’s Over.” The singer performed her newly released single on the M! Countdown comeback stage on Thursday, beating out veteran ballad singers 2AM to receive her fourth countdown crown in her short career. The 16-year-old unveiled the first part of her debut album, titled “First Love Part 1,” on March 3. “It’s Over,” the album’s title track that put her on top
Fallon reportedly replacing Leno on ‘Tonight’ show

TelevisionMar 22, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― As Jay Leno makes jokes about ratings-challenged NBC in his “Tonight” monologues, speculation is swirling the network is taking steps to replace the host with Jimmy Fallon next year and move the talk show from California to New York. NBC confirmed Wednesday it’s creating a new studio for Fallon in New York, where he hosts “Late Night.” But the network did not comment on a report that the studio may become home to a transplanted, Fallon-hosted “Tonight.”The New York Times repor
Girls Aloud confirms breakup

MusicMar 22, 2013

The British pop group Girls Aloud announced via Twitter it is breaking up after a decade of performing together."Dear Alouders, we just want to say from the bottom of our hearts Thank you!! This tour has been an amazing experience and the perfect chance to say thank you for being on this journey with us through a decade," singers Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding and Nicola Roberts tweeted on the Girls Aloud account Wednesday night."It has far exceeded any of our dreams a
Jeju landscape drawn by a native son

TheaterMar 21, 2013

There’s something about landscape paintings that allows viewers to accept them as they are. When viewing Kang Yo-bae’s landscape paintings of Jeju island, one can stop trying to understand the art, but just let the works touch their hearts. The 61-year-old native of Jeju is a landscape painter who has been portraying the southern island of Jeju for more than two decades. Born on Jeju, the artist spent his 20s and 30s in Seoul, studying painting at Seoul National University and teaching high scho