Spotify Listeners Lose K-Pop Tunes From Kakao M After Deal Talks Fail

Oh, hello muscles! Luke Evans debuted a fitter physique on Friday, March 19, after dedicating eight months to working out more rigorously.

2NE1 member CL, Korean-American singer Eric Nam, Tablo of hip-hop trio Epik High and more have voiced support of the movement on social media, following the deadly shootings in Atlanta, Georgia on March 16 where eight people were killed.The attacks took place at three Asian-run businesses in the city, where six of the eight victims were Asian women and four of whom were of Korean descent, according to the authorities per NBC News.A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection to all three

Duchess of Sussex's comments to presenter Gayle King. This comes after Harry told Oprah Winfrey that his father had stopped taking his calls after the couple announced their shock break from the Royal Family, which reportedly left Prince Charles "deeply hurt".

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Plestis, the man who brought Korean format The Masked Singer to the U.S., has struck a deal with Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting System Television to create unscripted formats for the U.S. and global markets.

Viacom International Studios has inked a first-look deal with South Korean production studio Something Special.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterSony Pictures Animation is developing a new movie about a pack of female K-Pop stars who slay evil spirits in between gigs.“K-Pop: Demon Hunters” is underway at the Oscar-winning studio behind “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse,” from directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans.Kang, whose credits include “The Lego Ninjago Movie,” is mounting the project as an homage to her Korean pride and the wildly popular K-Pop music she grew up with.

After welcoming her second child with husband Matt Kay into the world in February, Lacey Turner has been spotted enjoying a walk with her dog.The mum-of-two, who previously shared a sweet clip of herself and daughter Dusty, was pictured on a stroll with a female friend and her pooch Ned on Wednesday afternoon. Lacey, 32, made sure to keep warm for the occasion, and kept the cold out with a grey work-out top with long sleeves.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLeading Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ ENM is to break the theatrical window in the world’s fourth largest movie market with a simultaneous cinema and streaming release for “Seobok,” one of the year’s hottest Korean movies.The group said that it will distribute the sci-fi actioner in theaters on April 15 and also make it available on its own streaming service, Tving.While Hollywood studio Disney has chosen to release titles such as “Mulan” with simultaneous

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe end came quietly with the humdrum announcement of a deal between two state-owned TV groups, China Central Television (CCTV) and South Korean public broadcaster KBS.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has boarded thriller “Dhamaka,” starring popular Bollywood star Kartik Aaryan, and will release the film exclusively on the service.Aaryan plays a news anchor who gets stuck in a situation with a mysterious bomb blast and must make a choice between his future career or the humanist in him.

For the second year in a row, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has given its Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film to a movie (predominantly) in Korean. However, the twist this time around is that 2021 winner Minari is a wholly U.S. production (as opposed to last year’s laureate Parasite).

Spotify worldwide over an apparent disagreement with distributor Kakao M.Spotify launched in South Korea on February 1, 2020, but did so without music from artists with licensing deals under Kakao M, including IU, Zico and more.Now, releases distributed by the Korean label have been removed from Spotify around the world.

coronavirus, saying his choice of words had gone too far but was in no way meant to be “hurtful or racist.”The statement came after legions of fans accused the station's Matthias Matuschik of racism for his comments on the band's cover of Coldplay's “Fix You,” taking to social media using the hashtags #Bayern3Racist, #Bayern3Apologize and #RassismusBeiBayern3 which translates as “racism at Bayern3.”“Racism is not an option,” wrote one user, @Vroseeeee1 in a blunt tweet in English, German, Korean

Netflix says its spending in Korea will top $500M in 2021 as the streamer doubles down on local content production after hits including #Alive.