Zico's #AnySongChallenge Leads K-Pop Star Up World Digital Song Sales Chart, New Streaming Highs

RTÉ Player will now be playing the latest season of the hit US reality dating show The Bachelor.

“Not all those who wander are lost,” is a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, but it may as well be a slogan for K-pop boy band Stray Kids. 

Liverpool great Jamie Carragher believes Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho will be a success in the Premier League amid speculation linking him with a transfer to Manchester United.

Anna Marsh, the newly appointed CEO of leading European film and TV group Studiocanal, comes off as self-contained and mild-mannered, but her bullish track record at the company and relationships with big-name producers such as David Heyman (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) and Andrew Rona (“Non-Stop”) suggests she has an iron fist in that velvet glove.

If you still haven't watched The Farewell, Lulu Wang's bittersweet film about a woman who returns to China after her grandmother has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, now is the perfect time to do so. The movie, which just took home the award for Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards, is streaming on Amazon Prime as of Feb. 12.

Noa Kirel, Israel’s biggest pop star, is taking her riskiest career move yet: joining the army.To comply with mandatory military conscription in Israel, which is traditionally considered a rite of passage after graduating high school, Kirel, 18, enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces last week and starts basic training on Feb.

Taylor Swift tallies her record-extending 19th No. 1 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart, as "Only the Young" launches atop the list dated Feb.

The main vocalist of K-pop rock girl group Dreamcatcher makes a splash on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart ahead of the full group's upcoming album. Siyeon sees her debut solo single "Paradise" open at No. 10 on World Digital Song Sales for

After closing an $11.7 billion merger in December, ViacomCBS is expected to unveil a new streaming service in late February that draws from strengths of its recombined companies, a source confirms to The Hollywood Reporter.ViacomCBS, led by CEO Bob Bakish, is planning an expansion of CBS All Access, the streamer that launched in 2014, that would encompass brands like Comedy Central, Paramount Network, BET, MTV and CBS News, among other offerings.

Nostalgia is a powerful thing, and last year’s announcement of a Pussycat Dolls reunion tour immediately took us back to the mid-2000s; when pop was in its X-rated-electro-thumping phase, and lightning-paced dance routines were favoured over live vocals. We’re talking Justin Timberlake’s Sexyback, Nelly Furtado’s Maneater, Cascada.

A K-pop star charged with violating South Korea’s anti-prostitution law may have to join the country’s army and face trial in a military court. Last week, prosecutors indicted former Big Bang member Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, on charges of violating laws on prostitution, illegal gambling and foreign currency trading.

Seungri, a singer in K-pop band Big Bang, has been indicted on charges of organizing prostitution, habitual gambling and financial crimes.

By Bruce Haring

Miss Americana starts with a 13-year-old Taylor Swift’s first diary, which has the words “my life … my career … my dream … my reality” inscribed along the edges of its cover. Like the pages of a journal, director Lana Wilson’s documentary flashes through Swift’s life from the age she began writing songs to the release of her seventh album, Lover, last year.

Lady Gaga's mother, Cynthia Germanotta, opened up to Sheinelle Jones of the Today show about the difficulties of raising a young daughter dealing with mental health issues and depression. “I felt where I made mistakes was I didn’t really know the warning signs to look for,” admitted Germanotta.Gaga has been refreshingly open about her mental health struggles in the past, admitting she experiences PTSD and is a sexual assault survivor.

During the recent 2020 Grammy Awards, a K-Pop star spotted Chris Brown and took a photo with him because according to her, she is a big fan. Well, that changed a bit once she posted the photo to social media and her fans blasted her for being photographed with Chris due to his past domestic violence issues.

By Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski