South Korea Showbiz Latest News and Updates

The Family Stallone is accepting guests again into their home. All 10 episodes of the second season of the docuseries featuring Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Flavin Stallone and their daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet will premiere February 21 on the streamer.

The Berlinale has announced the full line-ups of its Panorama, Forum and Generation sidebars for the 74th edition running from February 15 to 24. (scroll down for full list)

NMIXX singer Bae recently covered songs by Hyukoh, 2NE1 and more during an appearance on Lee Mujin Service.NMIXX’s Bae made a guest appearance on the latest episode of music talk show, where she discussed the girl group’s new mini-album ‘Fe3O4: Break’. Opening the episode with a piano-led performance of their new single ‘Dash’, Bae went on to sing several covers.The idol performed covers of Bebe Rexha’s 2018 song ‘I’m a Mess’ and South Korean alt-rock band Hyukoh’s 2014 single ‘Wi Ing Wi Ing’.

Jang Wonyoung of K-pop girl group IVE has reportedly won a lawsuit against controversial YouTuber Sojang.Today (January 17), Wonyoung’s agency Starship Entertainment released an statement with an update on its lawsuit against South Korean YouTuber Sojang (known only as Mr Park, per Law Times) over his alleged circulation of false information about the company’s artists.“Through the continuous circulation of false information, Sojang committed grave defamation, and they not only hindered with the agency’s business but also caused serious pain to artists and fans,” the agency said, as translated by Soompi. Starship also shared that the criminal charges filed against Sojang were recently forwarded from the police to the prosecution, and that legal proceedings concerning that matter were ongoing.Additionally, two civil lawsuits have been filed against the YouTuber for defamation, one by Starship Entertainment and one by Jang Wonyoung herself.

IU has announced her 2024 ‘H.E.R.’ world tour, featuring dates in Asia, Europe and the US.IU’s newly announced 2024 ‘H.E.R.’ world tour will kick off on March 2 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea, where she will play four shows over two weekends. During the same month, the singer will also perform two shows at the Yokohama Arena in Japan.The K-pop idol’s upcoming world tour will then head to other countries and regions across Asia, including two shows in Taipei, Singapore and Jakarta in April, followed by two Hong Kong shows in May.In June, IU will host one concert in the Filipino capital of Manila, alongside two concerts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

SISTAR19 have made their long-awaited return with a music video for ‘No More (Ma Boy)’.‘No More (Ma Boy)’ comes 11 years after SISTAR19’s last project, their 2013 mini-album ‘Gone Not Around Any Longer’. The new release features two songs, title track ‘No More (Ma Boy)’ and B-side ‘Saucy’, both co-written by Hyolyn.“With this new album, we wanted to show how much we have changed,” Hyolyn told The Korea Herald.

KISS OF LIFE singer Belle recently covered Ariana Grande’s ‘Honeymoon Avenue’, from the latter’s debut album ‘Yours Truly’.Belle’s cover of Ariana Grande’s fan-favourite 2013 track was released over the weekend on KISS OF LIFE’s official YouTube channel. Belle’s rendition of the mid-tempo ‘Yours Truly’ track remains largely true to the original, but omits the second verse and chorus.“I feel like my heart is stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic / I’m under pressure, ’cause I can’t have you the way that I want / Let’s just go back to the way it was / When we were on Honeymoon Avenue,” she sings in the chorus.‘Honeymoon Avenue’ is the second Grande song Belle has covered in recent months.

Single’s Inferno say they are consideration making a spin-off to the popular South Korean reality dating TV show.Netflix’s popular reality dating show Single’s Inferno recently wrapped up its third season last week with its final two episodes, which saw the 12 contestants make their final choices and pair up in order to leave the island of Inferno.In an interview with The Korea Herald, series creators Kim Jae-won and Kim Jung-hyun spoke about the success of Single’s Inferno and the possibility of spin-offs with contestants from different seasons of the show.“Just imagining [season two contestant] Dex and [season three contestant] Lee Gwan-hee appearing together is already interesting,” Kim Jae-won said. “With such option in mind, we are considering various options – including the idea that the possibility of spin-offs would be fun.”The producer also touched on how the recently finished third season managed to beat the viewing data from the first two.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sci-fi fantasy comedy “Alienoid 2” opened on top of the South Korean box office with $3.57 million on a weekend that otherwise saw five animation titles and a political documentary in the top ten. The big-budget, time-traveling “Alienoid 2” earned $3.57 million between Friday and Sunday with a market share of 39% and $4.77 million over its opening five days, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. Imax reports that some $370,000 of the film’s total was earned from 24 Imax screens. The film was made as a two-parter.

Anderson .Paak (whose real name is Brandon Paak Anderson) is filing for divorce from his wife, Jaylyn Chang (sometimes spelled Jae Lin Chang).

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video Southeast Asia is cutting its originals team in Singapore and moving to a “leaner operating model,” as part of the globe wave of redundancies announced earlier this week.

Japanese filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest feature, Evil Does Not Exist, and the period action pic 12.12: The Day, from Korea, lead the nominations at this year’s Asian Film Awards. 

Parasite director Bong Joon-ho and several South Korean creatives have called for a probe into the circumstances behind renowned actor Lee Sun-kyun’s death.Last month, the 48-year-old actor was found dead in an apparent suicide. At the time of his death, Lee had been undergoing a highly publicised investigation by South Korean police on suspicions of drug use.Earlier this week, the newly established Association of Solidarity of Cultural Artists released a statement calling for an investigation into Lee’s death, per The Korea Herald.

NCT’s Haechan is being fined.

J.I.D appeared on US TV recently to perform his viral TikTok hit ‘Surround Sound’ – check out the footage below.He performed the track solo on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week (January 8), although the track’s original featured guests 21 Savage and Baby Tate were not present.‘Surround Sound’ was first released on J.I.D’s 2022 album ‘The Forever Story’, but gained a whole new momentum after the TikTok ‘Ceiling Challenge’ trend in late 2023.In the ‘Ceiling Challenge’, people attach their phones to the ceiling and perform a choreographed dance to the track, with over 57,000 videos having been posted so far.Last June, J.I.D and South Korean girl group NewJeans teamed up to produce a remix of the latter’s promotional single ‘Zero’. The new mix featured tweaks to the instrumental and a new verse by the rapper.“I never ever ever want for us to be apart / That’s a fear, puppeteer, pulling strings to my heart / Very serious, severely sittin’ here inside the dark / ‘Cause whenever you depart or disappear, I feel (Heart),” J.I.D raps.That track came just weeks after the release of ‘Be Who You Are (Real Magic)’, written by Grammy-winning American songwriter Jon Batiste and featuring both NewJeans and J.I.D, along with Cat Burns and Camilo.Atlanta rapper J.I.D signed with J.

Lee Sun-kyun died at age 48. Lee starred as the father of a wealthy family in “Parasite,” which was the first non-English-language movie to win best picture in the Oscars’ 92-year history.

South Korean arts and culture organizations, artists and filmmakers, including Bong Joon-ho, have joined together to call for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of actor Lee Sun-kyun. Lee, whose credits include Bong’s Oscar winning Parasite, died last month in an apparent suicide at the age of 48.

Single’s Inferno season three has described season three as “a success” due to controversial contestant, Lee Gwan-hee.Netflix’s popular reality dating show Single’s Inferno recently wrapped up its third season on Tuesday (January 11) with its final two episodes, which saw the 12 contestants make their final choices and pair up in order to leave the island of Inferno.Most polarising and controversial among the contestants this season was professional basketballer Lee Gwan-hee, and his entanglements with multiple participants – namely Choi Hye-seon, Yun Ha-jeong and Cho Min-ji – over the course of the 11 episodes.However, according to Single’s Inferno producer Kim Jae-won, Lee’s involvement in the latest season of the dating show was what made it “such a success”. He explained to Korea JoongAng Daily that “whether [viewers] liked Lee or not, he had a leader’s quality about him, and his attitude affected the others very much”.“[The other contestants] became more honest with themselves,” Kim added.

The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract co-star Lee Se-young.Bae In-hyuk touched on the rumours with Lee Se-young during a recent interview that took place shortly after the finale of The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract, which aired on January 6. Notably, Bae and Lee play lovers in the K-drama series.“I thought it was hilarious,” the South Korean actor told The Korea Times, adding that he “didn’t know” about the rumours under he “got a text asking if it’s real”.“I feel the dating rumours mean that many people enjoyed [the series],” Bae added.

NewJeans taking home the most accolades during the ceremony – view the full list of winners below.On January 10, the 13th Circle Chart Music Awards was held at the at Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan, South Korea. Hosted by SUPER JUNIOR‘s Leeteuk, STAYC‘s Sieun and ZEROBASEONE‘s Seok Matthew, the awards ceremony honoured the best South Korean music released from December 2022 to November 2023.NewJeans were the biggest winners of the night, bringing home four awards for Artist of the Year (Digital), Artist of the Year (Global Streaming), Artist of the Year (Unique Listeners) and Music Steady Seller of the Year.Other girl groups to take home multiple trophies include (G)I-DLE (three awards), IVE (three awards), NiziU (two awards) and LE SSERAFIM (two awards).NCT Dream, SEVENTEEN and BTS‘ Jungkook also took home three awards each.

K-pop has gone global.

A couple avoided NHS waiting lists by getting a dental appointment 5,900 miles away in Thailand. Jamaica Kelly, 23, decided to tie in an appointment at the dentist during her five-month backpacking stint with her boyfriend, Sam Austen, 23.

Jon Wax is heading to Disney.

might be her in 2023, she pulled out, not one, but two Barbie looks for the Golden Globes. On January 8 the 33-year-old actor in a sparkling version of the bubble-gum pink dress worn by the Superstar Barbie doll released in 1977, (likely very itchy) tulle boa et al.What you may not know about Superstar Barbie is that she came with an outfit change, allowing little kids to swap out the pink dress and boa for an even more glamorous version of the head-to-toe look.

LG has unveiled a transparent, wireless 4K TV that is see-through when off.

K-pop girl group (G)I-DLE have teased their upcoming return with their second full-length studio record, ‘[2]’.Today (January 8) at midnight KST, the five-member act released a mysterious poster and a new logo animation video for their upcoming full-length studio album. Titled ‘[2]’, the record will arrive on January 29 at 6pm KST.(여자)아이들 2nd Full Album [2]2024.01.29.

SEVENTEEN and NewJeans taking home the grand prizes for the night – view the full list of winners below.On January 6, the 38th Golden Disc Awards was held at the Jakarta International Stadium in Indonesia. Hosted by Sung Si-kyung and Cha Eun-woo, the awards ceremony honoured the best South Korean music released from mid-November 2022 to early-November 2023.SEVENTEEN and NewJeans took home the grand prizes for album and song of the year respectively, making them the biggest winners of the night.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Disney animation film, “Wish” topped the South Korean box office on its opening weekend. It toppled local epic “Noryang: Deadly Sea,” which had dominated over Christmas and New Year. “Wish,” which has slowly been rolling out worldwide since a late November start in North America, made a respectable $3.29 million debut between Friday and Sunday according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). After five days on release in Korea, it has garnered $4.57 million. “Noryang,” which released on Dec.

The 2024 Golden Disc Awards just wrapped in Jakarta!

RIIZE have made their comeback with a music video for their new single ‘Love 119’.In the new visual, the boyband head to school together on a cold winter’s day, where they quietly observe a love interest in their class from afar. In other scenes, the group practise the song’s choreography together.

BTS’ rise to fame has been announced.Multimedia company TidalWave Comics has announced its upcoming FAME: BTS comic book, which will follow the journey of the seven-member K-pop group. The 22-page comic is written by Eric M.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor From Hollywood strikes to the ascent of AI to sinking stock prices, 2023 was a topsy-turvy year for media and entertainment. Cynthia Littleton and Andrew Wallenstein, hosts of Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” discuss the highs and lows of the past year on the latest episode.

Jennie of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has revealed why she started her own label.In December 2023, BLACKPINK’s Jennie announced that she had launched her own label, called Odd Atelier, to start her “solo journey in 2024”. Days later, YG Entertainment confirmed that Jennie, along with her fellow BLACKPINK bandmates, had not renewed their individual contracts with the agency.Earlier this week, Jennie appeared at the KBS Hall in Seoul, South Korea to record an episode for the fourth season of The Seasons, featuring new host Lee Hyo-ri.During her appearance, Jennie told Lee Hyo-ri that while BLACKPINK’s group activities will still be “managed by the same agency I’ve worked with for the past seven years”, she decided to launch her own company as she wanted “more freedom and ease for my solo activities”, per SBS Star.“My long-time crew joined me on this journey.

Wheein of K-pop girl group MAMAMOO has announced her upcoming 2024 ‘Whee In The Mood [Beyond]’ world tour.At midnight KST today (January 4), MAMAMOO’s Wheein announced her upcoming 2024 world tour. Titled ‘Whee In The Mood [Beyond]’, the tour is named after her 2023 solo studio album ‘In The Mood’.The tour will kick off in February 2024 with two shows at the Blue Square Mastercard Hall in Seoul, South Korea.

Disney+/Hulu has been confirmed as the global home of Uncle Samsik, the South Korean drama series starring Parasite‘s Song Kang-ho.

LE SSERAFIM member Yunjin has opened up about the subject matter of her next solo single, which she says is “about loving all the past versions” of herself.The Korean-American K-pop idol recently sat for an interview with NYLON, during which she opened up about her songwriting process, her inspirations and what is next for her growing solo discography.Yunjin revealed that her next song came about after “candid conversations” with HYBE founder and chairman Bang Si-hyuk, who suggested that she consider writing music about how she feels in the present.“A lot of music that I’ve written is about my past experiences. So when he was like, ‘What about talking about how you feel now?’ that was a really big question for me,” she told the outlet.