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Los Angeles — Award-winning auteur Werner Herzog offers “Family Romance, LLC,” a film shot in Japan with mostly Japanese-speaking non-actors.

K-pop boy band BTS’ “Bang Bang Con: The Live” held last month set a new Guinness World Records title for the most viewers for a music concert live stream.

Based on the American comic book series created by the My Chemical Romance lead singer Gerard Way, the first season of “The Umbrella Academy” introduced the Hargreeves family, a group of estranged, adopted children with superpowers and hanging relationships.

Actress Han So-hee, who rose to fame through this year’s hit JTBC Korean drama “The World of the Married,” has issued an apology after it was revealed her mother used her name without her knowledge to borrow money from people but never paid it back. 

After setting Guinness and YouTube world records, K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “How You Like That” achieved another feat by placing first on an album chart in South Korea. 

“Peninsula,” the much-awaited sequel to the 2016 hit Korean zombie movie “Train to Busan,” premiered on top of the box office in South Korea and continued its dominance on the second day.

After a little over four years of being married, estranged Korean celebrity couple Ku Hye-sun, 35, and Ahn Jae-hyun, 33, are now officially divorced.

EXO-SC, a unit of K-pop boy band EXO composed of Sehun and Chanyeol, made their comeback and in just two days, they sold more than 300,000 copies of their new album. 

American actress Mara Wilson surprised her fans recently by tweeting in TagLish (Tagalog and English), asking for the meaning of Filipino word “naman.”

K-pop boy band iKON members Ju-ne and Jinhwan suffered injuries when their vehicle hit a retaining wall on a national highway in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. 

K-pop idol groups BTS and NCT 127 made it to the top 10 best-selling albums lists in the US for the first half of the year. 

Mina, former member of K-pop girl group AOA, thanked people for sending her messages of support and encouragement after she came out to claim that she suffered bullying for 10 years from then AOA leader Shin Jimin. 

Sandara Park was unable to contain her emotions when fellow 2ne1 member Minzy talked of how the former adapted to change after their girl group disbanded. 

The debut album of K-pop girl group Red Velvet’s first unit composed of Irene and Seulgi sold more than 110,000 copies in four days. 

Los Angeles — It is always a thrill to meet or interview a musical icon, especially if they are former Beatles.

The departure of Shin Jimin as leader and member of K-pop girl group AOA due to bullying allegations by former member Mina has given focus on their agency, FNC Entertainment. 

Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in the Philippines has launched the “Korea at Home” campaign to present Korean culture online. 

After naming the topnotchers in album sales by category, Korea’s Hanteo Chart has unveiled the overall top 10 best-selling K-pop albums for the first half of 2020.