GOT7’s BamBam says 2PM’s Nichkhun “paved the way” for Thai K-pop idols

The Queen is refusing to become a 'digital monarch' and says 'if I stop I drop', palace sources say.The news comes as it was revealed Her Majesty will appear alongside Prince Andrew at a remembrance service for Prince Philip next month.The Duke of York is expected at the ceremony at Westminster Abbey just days after he is due to give his witness statement to US lawyers in his sex abuse case. A source told The Sun: "The Queen is adamant that she does not want to become a 'digital monarch', who the public only see sitting in an armchair taking video calls.

STOCKHOLM -- American rocker Iggy Pop, known as “the godfather of punk”, and Ensemble Intercontemporain, a contemporary music orchestra based in Paris, have won the 2022 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish music award.The award panel said Tuesday that rock icon Iggy Pop, a singer and songwriter whose real name is James Newell Osterberg, has “created furious rock music by blending together blues and free jazz influences with the roar of the Michigan automotive industry.”Iggy Pop, 74, is often considered as one of the founding fathers of punk rock with his band The Stooges, established in the late 1960s. The award panel said he paved the way for the emergence of punk and post-punk, and was a role model to bands like the Sex Pistols and the RamonesEnsemble Intercontemporain was founded in 1976 by the composer Pierre Boulez.

Director Roland Emmerich says it’s a lot harder for filmmakers to develop and release original ideas thanks to the prevalence of Marvel movies and “Star Wars” spin-offs.

Meghan Markle threw a party when she started earning a decent wage so she could give her high street clothes away - and make room for designer clobber, a source says. According to Vanity Fair, the Duchess of Sussex held a 'Sayonara Zara' party once her breakthrough role on Suits allowed her to upgrade her wardrobe.The soiree may have marked a shift toward a more sustainable, conscious fashion style, as nothing got wasted.

Pep Guardiola says January signing Julian Alvarez is good enough to join the Manchester City squad this month, but the club decided he would be better remaining at River Plate on loan.

Gone but not forgotten. Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst’s mother, April Simpkins, spoke out shortly after her daughter’s cause of death was confirmed.

Lisa Ling recently made her return to “The View” as a guest co-host, but don’t expect her to be a permanent fixture on the daytime talk show.

as a guest co-host, but don't expect her to be a permanent fixture on the daytime talk show.The 48-year-old journalist, who co-hosted  from 1999 to 2002, was a guest on Monday, and recalled what it was like to return to the panel of ladies, and how it differed from when she was on the program.«You really have to express your opinion so vociferously on that show, and in the age of social media, you're just scrutinized so severely,» Ling explained.She told Kimmel that on her first day back on, she got into a heated argument when she said that President Joe Biden «should apologize to the American people» for calling Fox News' Peter Doocy a «stupid son of a b**ch» on a hot mic.Ling said the «little debate» was written up as she was «causing chaos» on the show.«I get along great with the women,» she told Kimmel, before adding, «Although, during a commercial break, Joy [Behar] did tell me that I was talking too much.»Kimmel said he thought they may have too many people on the panel, to which Ling responded, «It is really difficult to get a word in edgewise. I did a little better this time.

Prince Andrew has requested a jury trial and denied all the allegations of sex abuse made against him, but experts are warning that his public trial will cause irreparable damage to the Royal Family. Court documents show that the royal has denied all allegations made against him by Virginia Giuffre and has requested a ‘trial by jury on all causes of action asserted in the complaint’. The case is set to go to trial towards the end of 2022, with predictions that it will run between September and December.The timing is particularly damaging for the Royal Family in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Year.

Samantha Diaz, who goes by the stage name Just Sam, has revealed that she “ended up broke” after paying off her record label.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has opened up about the early stages of the band’s collaboration with BTS on joint single ‘My Universe’.Martin recently made a guest appearance on the January 26 episode of The Ellen Show, hosted by comedian Ellen Degeneres, where he spoke about how Coldplay’s collaboration with K-pop boyband BTS happened.“That came about because someone said to me, ‘Oh, BTS asked you to do a song for them’, that’s what I got told,” he recalled. Martin then add that, at the time, he didn’t believe that the project would ever come to fruition, noting his mindset about a potential BTS collaboration: “‘How are we going to fit these two things together?'”“Then the idea started to seem really attractive in its weirdness, and then one day, the right song just kind of arrived,” Martin said.

Janet Jackson has said that her late brother Michael Jackson used to “tease me” about her weight when they were younger.The singer made the comments in the forthcoming two-part documentary Janet, which is set to premiere in the US on Friday (January 28) before it airs in the UK next week (January 31).As reported by Mail Online and The Times, Janet speaks in the documentary about how her issues with her weight began when she was cast in the 1970s sitcom Good Times aged 11.“I’m an emotional eater, so when I get stressed or something is really bothering me, it comforts me,” she recalled. “I did Good Times, and that’s the beginning of having weight issues and the way I looked at myself.“I was developing at a very young age and I started getting a chest, and they would bind it so I would look more flat-chested.”Janet then recalled how Michael would “call me names” in regards to her weight.“There were times when Mike used to tease me and call me names.

"Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jennie Nguyen has been fired from the show after a slew of controversial social media posts resurfaced in recent days.  The network announced that Nguyen was let go from the show on Tuesday, acknowledging that it made the decision in direct response to her social media posts that many said were overtly racist.  "Bravo has ceased filming with Jennie Nguyen and she will no longer be a cast member on ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,’" the network said in a statement posted to its Instagram. The statement continues: "We recognize we failed to take appropriate action once her offensive social media posts were brought to our attention.

Kate Aurthur editorAfter the firestorm earlier this month caused by caused by racist (and deleted) Facebook posts by “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” cast member Jennie Nguyen, Bravo announced Tuesday that Nguyen has been fired from the show. It had recently begun filming its third season in Utah with Nguyen, Heather Gay, Whitney Rose, Jen Shah, Meredith Marks and Lisa Barlow returning.