BTS’ RM and V bid goodbye to fans ahead of military enlistment today

Valerie Wu Intern Ring in 2024 with Variety‘s list of New Year’s Eve specials to watch, including performances by stars like NewJeans, Ivy Queen, Morgan Wallen, Post Malone, Cardi B and Maroon 5. ABC’s “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” The most-watched annual New Year’s Eve special, “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” returns with a global twist: K-pop girl group NewJeans will perform their hit song “Super Shy” live in South Korea, the first-ever performance on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from that country. Ryan Seacrest will serve as host for his 19th year and will lead the live countdown with pop star Rita Ora in Times Square.

Yonhap news agency reported. The actor was reported missing earlier in the day. His manager told police that he had left home, leaving behind an apparent suicide note, the news outlet reported.His death comes amid an investigation into his alleged illegal drug use, which is strictly enforced in the Asian nation.Lee was questioned three times by police regarding the probe, including for a grueling 19 hours over the weekend.

Jordan Moreau Lee Sun-kyun, a South Korean actor who starred in the Oscars’ 2020 best picture winner “Parasite,” died Wednesday morning, according to the Associated Press and the South Korean news agency Yonhap. He was 48. He was found dead in a car in a park in central Seoul, according to the AP.

A.D. Amorosi The members of Blackpink suddenly seem like they’re almost angling for the title of Queens of Christmas, as the holiday season has seen a flurry of three big announcements or releases — including Lisa choosing Christmas Eve to drop her cover of a Britney Spears holiday perennial, “My Only Wish (This Year).” The group has big plans for the day after Christmas, too, with a virtual-reality concert showcase, “Blackpink: A VR Encore,” set to stream on Dec.

It’s been an eventful 2023 for international TV and film. As the strikes shut down Hollywood and streamers retrenched from the mega-spends of the Covid era, shows and movies from far and wide came were already in demand like never before, as viewers look to new countries for inspiration. Call it the Squid Game effect, or whatever you want, but neither subtitles nor geographical boundaries are an impediment to content getting seen any more. Here, we run down each Deadline International journalist’s top pick from the year, for the most part avoiding spoilers (there are some though, so this is a fair warning). You’ll find big-ticket U.S. fare, Japanese anime, restaurant TV dramas and Australian newsroom stories among our eclectic selections.

New York Post, James Dolan, the executive chairman of the Madison Square Garden Network, said that conversations were going “back and forth” with Abu Dhabi about the possible new venue.He also revealed that additional plans for further venues in Saudi Arabia and South Korea had “stalled”.The news comes after it was reported in November that Las Vegas’ Sphere, which is housing a residency by U2, had made a loss of $98.4million (£80.5million) since opening on September 29.Reviewing U2’s Vegas residency the Sphere, NME hailed the show for “taking the live concert experience ‘to the next level’” and delivering “a fine balancing act of doing just that while also ensuring their music remains very much at the forefront”.Earlier this month, U2 announced that they were extending their residency until March 2024.Earlier this month, the UK government called for plans for a Vegas-style Sphere venue to be created in London to be revived, after they had been scrapped by the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan.The original plans, first announced in 2018, would have seen a 21,500-capacity venue built, becoming the largest concert arena in the UK.However, after five years of planning for the venue, hopes of it coming to fruition appeared to be quashed in November, when the London Mayor intervened in the decision, citing the “unacceptable negative impact” it would have on the local residents.The proposed venue had raised concerns from some of those living in the surrounding area, who highlighted the strains on local infrastructure and health risks.

BTS‘ Jungkook has received a plaque from Spotify after achieving a billion streams of his solo track ‘Seven’, and used it to eat a Korean dish called Kimbap.Back in October 2023, BTS’ Jungkook broke the record for the fastest song to reach 1billion streams on Spotify with his debut solo single, ‘Seven (feat. Latto)’.

Tomorrow X Together, STAYC and more have been added to the line-up of ‘Music Bank in Antwerp’.Over the weekend, popular South Korean music chart show Music Bank announced the line-up of artists that will appear at its upcoming ‘Music Bank in Antwerp’ event.The concert will feature performances by K-pop groups Tomorrow X Together, STAYC, ONEUS, RIIZE and ZEROBASEONE, along with one more as-yet-unannounced act.‘Music Bank in Antwerp’ will take place on April 20, 2024 at the Sportpaleis, located in Antwerp, Belgium. Tickets to the event will go on sale this Wednesday (December 20) via the official Sportpaleis website.A post shared by VERYSHOW (@veryshow_prod)The upcoming ‘Music Bank in Antwerp’ concert will be the first Interational Music Bank show of 2024.

Ivy Queen will be ringing in the New Year alongside some talented artists. The reggaeton legend will be featured in Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, airing on ABC on Sunday, December 31st. Kanye West’s ex Amber Rose weighs in on his VMA drama with Taylor SwiftThe hottest celebrity couples that emerged in 2023Ivy’s performance was announced this week, with her and other performers singing from different parts of the globe, a first for the ABC broadcast.

Jungkook and Usher have released a music video for their remix of the BTS singer’s hit single, ‘Standing Next to You’.The new music video for ‘Standing Next to You’, set in an abandoned warehouse, opens with Jungkook performing the song solo, backed up by a troupe of dancers.It then transitions to Usher, who showcases some fancy footwork by himself, before the ‘Burn’ singer and the BTS member team up for the dance break.Jungkook and Usher released their remix of ‘Standing Next to You’ on December 1. The original version of the song was first released in November, as the third single from Jungkook’s debut solo album, ‘Golden’.The duo had also previously released a TikTok of them dancing to Usher’s iconic 2004 single ‘Yeah! (feat.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The first and second seasons of the hit thriller series “The Tourist,” starring Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald, will shift to Netflix starting next February. The first season originally saw Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max as a co-producer and local streaming partner.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian director Edoardo De Angelis’ anti-war epic “Comandante” – the opener of this year’s Venice Film Festival – has secured North American distribution via Uncork’d Entertainment, which will release the film theatrically in tandem with partner company Dark Star Pictures. The movie stars Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino as Sicilian World War II naval captain Salvatore Todaro and depicts his act of wartime humanitarianism on Oct.

Goodbye Earth, starring Yoo Ah-in, is still “postponed”.Yesterday (December 11), South Korean media outlets reported that Goodbye Earth was under consideration to premiere sometime in April 2024, with Yoo Ah-in to be “edited out as much as possible” in the final product, according to translations by Soompi.Earlier this year, Yoo Ah-in tested positive for propofol and marijuana in a drug test amid allegations of drug use in February. The actor was later replaced as the lead in Netflix’s Hellbound, with his other projects with the streamer postponed.Shortly after the report surfaced, Netflix disputed the claims in a statemeny to Xports News. “The release schedule for Goodbye Earth has not been determined,” the streamer said, adding that it is still “temporarily postponed”.“We will provide further information on the specific release schedule as soon as it is confirmed.

BTS member Jungkook recently held his final livestream before his impending enlistment into the South Korean military.The singer, along with bandmate Jimin, will enlist today (December 12) for their mandatory military conscriptions, making them the final BTS members to enlist. His and Jimin’s enlistment comes a day after bandmates RM and V’s enlistments.Jungkook held his final livestream to bid fans goodbye last night (December 11), where he talked about his day and how he had spent it with some of his fellow bandmates to send RM and V off for enlistment.“This would be my last live[stream] before I enlist,” Jungkook told fans.

Thania Garcia South Korean boy band Ateez has the No. 1 album in the United States this week, landing its first No. 1 record with their sophomore set “The World EP.Fin: Will.” The 12-song set had the equivalent of 152,000 sales, according to data provided by Luminate, and serves as the follow-up to the eight-member group’s June EP “The World EP.2: Outlaw.” Preceded by the streaming hit “Crazy Form,” which boasts elements of Afro dancehall, “The World EP.2: Outlaw” was released via Sony Music Korea/RCA Records and is the fifth K-pop record to lead the Billboard 200 this year behind releases from Tomorrow X Together, NewJeans and Stray Kids.

WOODZ will be enlisting into the military in January 2024.On December 10, the K-pop singer wrote to fans informing them of his impending military enlistment. Under South Korean law, all able-bodied men are required to serve for at least 18 months.

The Princess of Wales looked stunning as she donned an unusual tiara that had not been seen in more than eight decades at a state banquet held at Buckingham Palace.

BTS are to begin their mandatory South Korean military duties soon, their management agency said.Big Hit Music said in a statement Tuesday that the enlistments are “upcoming” but didn’t disclose the starting dates.South Korean media reported that all four members will begin their duties next week — RM and V on Dec. 11 and Jimin and Jung Kook, who are scheduled to enlist together, on Dec.

Naman Ramachandran Shows featuring Stephen Fry are popular in Asia as sales from Abacus Media Rights and Passion Distribution demonstrate. Abacus has sold more than 70 hours of scripted and unscripted programming broadcasters across Asia, it was revealed at Singapore’s Asia TV Forum and Market.

EDAM Entertainment has confirmed that BTS member V will star in a new music video by singer-songwriter IU.Today (December 5), South Korean news outlet Star News reported that BTS member V would star as the male lead in an upcoming music video by singer-songwriter IU.IU’s agency, EDAM Entertainment, later responded to the report in a statement to The Kyunghyang Shinmun. The agency confirmed that “IU [has] completed filming her music video with BTS’ V”, as translated by Soompi.EDAM Entertainment also announced that the singer is currently working on her new album “with the aim to be released in the first half [of 2024]”.