Ex-BEAST member Jang Hyunseung leaves Cube Entertainment

Japan’s Oricon News.According to Oricon, Chiba died Thursday in Chiba Prefecture Kimitsu hospital from pneumonia caused by COVID-19. He had been hospitalized since August 8.Chiba, a skilled martial artist, starred in dozens of films and television shows since the early ’60s.

JYJ member and actor Park Yoo-chun may face a lawsuit from his agency after allegedly breaching the terms of their contract.On August 18, several South Korean news outlets reported that the singer was in the midst of a dispute with his agency Re:Cielo. The agency, which signed Park earlier in January, alleged that he recently violated his contract.“About a month ago, we heard that Park signed a double contract with a Japanese agency,” the company said in a release, per Yonhap News Agency.

Soo-jin has withdrawn from K-pop girl group (G)-IDLE, confirmed CUBE Entertainment.In a brief statement released by the group’s agency via South Korean media outlet Star News on August 14, CUBE Entertainment announced that Soo-jin has officially departed from the group.“(G)-IDLE will henceforth promote as five members.

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Stray Kids‘ Bang Chan for the first time during an interview for his upcoming movie Free Guy.In light of the premiere of Free Guy in South Korean on August 11, Chan sat down with Reynolds to speak about the movie in a video for Naver TV. During the interview, the duo also discussed Stray Kids’ upcoming full-length album ‘NOEASY’, with Reynolds expressing his excitement for the release.“We finally meet! I’m so excited about this,” Reynolds said at the start of the interview.

The Cajun chicken wasn’t the only thing that was a little bit spicy at Le Bilboquet on Saturday night. Claudine De Niro caused a scene at the fancy Hamptons restaurant, we’re told, by confronting a woman who she accused of taking her boyfriend Cuba Gooding Jr.’s phone number.

UPDATED, 8:25 PM: Lee Jae-yong, the powerful South Korean businessman known as the de facto head of Samsung, will be released from jail on Friday, South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has announced.

BtoB will be making their long-awaited comeback in late August.Earlier today (August 6), their agency CUBE Entertainment confirmed in a statement to Newsen that the boyband’s sub-unit BtoB 4U – consisting Eunkwang, Changsub, Peniel and Minhyuk – are currently preparing to make their comeback later this month.“BtoB 4U is confirmed to make a comeback in late August,” said a representative from the agency, as translated by Soompi.

SM Entertainment.According to a report by The Korea Economic Daily, CJ Group has proposed a price of ₩300billion (approximately £188million) for a 18.75 per cent controlling stake in SM Entertainment, home to popular K-pop acts such as Red Velvet, NCT, EXO, Girls’ Generation and more.CJ Group’s bid for the shares of SM Entertainment puts them in a race with some of South Korea’s biggest corporations, including Kakao Corp, which had previously proposed a premium of over 70 per cent for the

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages after failing to respond to a lawsuit that accused him of raping a woman in New York City in 2013.

EXCLUSIVE: Korean director Lee Na-Jeong has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for management.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages after failing to respond to a lawsuit that accused him of raping a woman in New York City in 2013.

GOT7‘s Jinyoung has surprised fans with the release of a brand-new solo song called ‘Dive’.The digital single, which the singer had announced just hours prior its release, was written and composed by K-pop idol.

Grimes has described South Korean rapper and Big Bang member G-Dragon as one of her “biggest influences”.In a recently Tiktok video, uploaded on July 26, American pop singer did a comedic take on the popular “what’s in my bag” challenge, where she showcased all sorts of non-conventional items from a Cowboy Bebop poster frame to a mic stand.

@SINow has obtained the cease and desist letter that the Big 12 sent to ESPN.In it, commissioner Bob Bowlsby says that ESPN has reached out to at least one of the eight remaining Big 12 members in an attempt to convince the school to leave in wake of the Texas and OU exit.