Jeers and chants of “pay your writers” from picketers and a number of audience members greeted Warner Bros Discovery chief David Zaslav on Sunday as he delivered Boston University’s commencement address.
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aespa have addressed the public management dispute within their agency SM Entertainment.Earlier this year, SM Entertainment found itself in a management dispute between its founder Lee So-man and SM’s top executives, including its CEO Chris Lee. At the time, HYBE had planned to acquire Lee So-man’s stake in the K-pop agency, while Chris Lee and his team described it as a ““hostile takeover”.During the saga, Chris Lee had claimed in a now-deleted video that new music from aespa had been delayed due to Lee Soo-man’s insistence on lyrics about sustainability.
Chris Lee also alleged that those songs were later scrapped in favour of a new project.aespa has since touched on SM Entertainment’s public management dispute and how it impacted the girl group, during a press conference for their new mini-album ‘MY WORLD‘. “The restructured company actually didn’t affect us directly, but it feels like we now have a team that is fully dedicated to us,” Winter said, per Korea JoongAng Daily.“To be honest, we were more worried about the confusion and misunderstandings that the fans experienced,” she added.
“We always remain unchanged, and we’re always thinking about our next music.”Meanwhile, Karina touched on the group’s 10-month break, saying that it “gave us time to restructure ourselves, by things like working out, practicing or talking to the members for improvements”.Elsewhere, during the interview, aespa also spoke about new music from the group soon, including four solo songs that the members had performed during their ‘SYNK: Hyper Line’ concert in February.“The solo songs may be in included in our full-length album in the future. Or maybe not,” Karina said.
Jeers and chants of “pay your writers” from picketers and a number of audience members greeted Warner Bros Discovery chief David Zaslav on Sunday as he delivered Boston University’s commencement address.
aespa have announced the Europe, US and Latin America legs of their 2023 ‘SYNK: Hyper Line’ world tour.Today (May 19), aespa revealed that they will be going on a tour of Europe, US and Latin America later this year, as part of their 2023 ‘SYNK: Hyper Line’ world tour. The US leg will kick off in Los Angeles on August 13.Following which, the girl group will plays shows in Dallas, Miami, Chicago and more over the next month, before wrapping things up in New York City on September 5.
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Vanderpump Rules fans have been waiting for is finally here… the «Scandoval» episode.Aptly titled as such, Wednesday's season 10 finale saw Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval address Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss, as they tearfully came to grips with the end of their nine-year relationship.The episode kicks off with both Sandoval and Madix recounting the moment Madix found a FaceTime video of Leviss and Sandoval on Sandoval's phone. It all went down while Sandoval's band was performing at TomTom in L.A.
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The Prince of Wales played a hugely important role in his father's Coronation celebrations last week, from making his homage during the service itself to delivering a powerful speech at the Coronation concert the following day. Prince William's speech paid a touching tribute to King Charles, but also served as his own national dedication to serve for the rest of his life. Speaking exclusively to OK! Magazine, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond explained how the deeper significance of the speech was largely missed - and how it ties in with the famous broadcast his late grandmother made to the Commonwealth on her 21st birthday in 1947.
Knowing producer Bill Lawrence has plenty of benefits, including access to his address book full of connections. That’s according to composer Tom Howe, who worked with Marcus Mumford and Ben Gibbard on the themes songs for two of Lawrence’s shows, Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso and Shrinking, respectively.
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aespa have released a music video for ‘Spicy’, the title track of their new mini-album ‘MY WORLD’.The clip followed the members of aespa as a group of popular high school students, as they get ready to throw a wild party in their lavish mansion. But as the clock strikes midnight, time stops and the girl group take the opportunity to explore the city.“‘Cause I’m too spicy for your heart / Ring the fire alarm / You tiptoe into my heart / I’m too spicy / While the fire spreads / In that very moment / Finding another part of me / I’m too spicy, too, too, I’m too spicy,” they sing on the chorus.‘Spicy’ is the title track of aespa’s new mini-album ‘MY WORLD’.
aespa have released a new music video for their new song ‘I’m Unhappy’.The music video, released on May 2, opens with a shot of member Winter running down a high school hallway, as the sound of a heartrate monitor plays in the background. As it flatlines, the word “contiune?” appears on screen, followed by a countdown, like an old-school arcade video game.The clip then cuts to the singer waking up in the middle of a party, with the members looking forlorn while singing about being unhappy.
Sean “Diddy” Combs and Yung Miami attended the 2023 Met Gala together and answered a question if they are still together or not.
K-pop girl group aespa have unveiled the music video for ‘Welcome To MY World’, the pre-release single to their upcoming mini-album ‘MY WORLD’.On May 2 at 6pm KST, the quartet dropped their pre-release track ‘Welcome To MY World’ along with a music video for the song. The new track arrives ahead of their third mini-album ‘My World’ and its lead single ‘Spicy’, which is due out on May 8 at 6pm KST.In the new visual, the members of aespa take a road trip to a forest and connect with nature.
Apink apart from Jung Eun-ji have left their longtime agency IST Entertainment.On April 28, IST Entertainment released a statement announcing that Apink members Park Cho-rong, Yoon Bo-mi, Kim Nam-joo and Oh Ha-young have left the agency. This marks the end of the four members’ partnership with the entertainment company, which began in 2011 upon the group’s debut.Of the group’s five members, Jung Eun-ji was the only one to renew her contract with IST.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Scott Greenberg, the co-founder and CEO of Fox-owned animation studio Bento Box Entertainment, is exiting the company, Variety has confirmed. Greenberg is also the CEO of Fox’s Web3 media and creative technology company Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL). He will officially depart both roles on May 19. “It’s been an incredible honor and privilege to work alongside the many people who have helped build Bento Box and Blockchain Creative Labs into two great companies,” Greenberg said. “The many series and projects we launched together are a great source of lasting pride to me. Deep down, I’m an entrepreneur at heart who enjoys building organizations and nurturing their teams to bring out the best in themselves. With Bento Box and BCL running full steam ahead on the path for continued growth and success, now is the time to explore new opportunities.”
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After Don Lemon‘s abrupt exit from CNN, his CNN This Morning cohosts addressed his absence head-on during the Tuesday, April 25, episode of the show.
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