Author - jessie tan

Tiffany Lau Thanks Joel Chan for Mentoring Her

Entering the entertainment industry after competing in Miss Hong Kong 2016, 24-year-old Tiffany Lau (劉穎鏇) is rising to the top quickly. Starring in two big productions, The Righteous Fists <鐵拳英雄> and Freedom Memories <青春不要臉>–the latter in which she landed her first leading role–Tiffany talks about her experience and gives special thanks to Joel Chan (陳山聰) for mentoring her. Only 19 years old when she...

11 Out Of 12 Members Of LOONA Test Positive For COVID-19

Get well soon, girls. 11 out of the 12 members of LOONA have tested positive for COVID-19, with only Hyunjin currently negative. Blockberry Creative made the announcement through a post on their fancafe, sharing that following Haseul, Yeojin, and Vivi‘s positive test results on February 28, eight more members received a positive test result on March 1. Hello, this is Blockberry Creative. We would like to inform...

(G)I-DLE’s Soyeon And CUBE Entertainment Release Apologies Following Plagiarism Accusations Of ATEEZ’s Song “WAVE”

“We would like to explain what happened.” Following accusations that (G)I-DLE‘s Soyeon plagiarized ATEEZ‘s “WAVE” with her composition from MBC‘s My Teenage Girl, both she and CUBE Entertainment have stepped forward to apologize for the situation. On February 27, the challenger team from the MBC survival program performed a song made by mentor Soyeon called “Sun.” Fans immediately pointed out that its chorus had a similar sound...

BLACKPINK’s Jisoo Takes VIP Exit From Paris Airport…But Still Goes Back To Visit Fans

She’s such an angel! On her way to Paris Fashion Week, BLACKPINK‘s Jisoo shared a long-awaited intimate moment with fans! After debuting a new look at Incheon airport, fans patiently waited for her arrival in Paris. As Jisoo reached the airport, fans gathered to greet her. While they didn’t see her walk out of the terminal, Jisoo’s car eventually came around! Exiting her...

Former CLC Member Sorn Shares That A Fellow Thai K-Pop Idol Inspired Her, Here’s Who It Was

Former CLC member Sorn recently talked about her inspiration behind wanting to become a K-Pop idol! Sorn recently made her first solo comeback under her new agency after leaving CLC and CUBE Entertainment in November 2021, and also sat down for an interview to talk about her new journey as an artist! In the interview, she talks about her struggles as a foreign idol trying to...

The Batman movie review: Robert Pattinson plays the Caped Crusader in dark and utterly compelling new take on DC superhero

5/5 stars To create a Batman film able to compete with - or maybe even eclipse - Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy takes some doing. Matt Reeves has done that with The Batman. A rain-soaked noir, this is darker - in more ways than one - than any previous Caped Crusader chronicle, with Reeves crafting a film...

K-pop band Nu’Est to split just weeks before their 10th anniversary

Weeks before their 10th anniversary, K-pop group Nu’Est have announced they are going their separate ways. In a statement shared by the group’s management company, Pledis Entertainment, it was revealed that the quintet’s exclusive artist contracts with the company will expire on March 14. Of the five members, only Baekho (Kang Dong-ho) and Minhyun (Hwang Min-hyun) will...

Gunfire, explosions close to Kyiv but morale remains high: Singaporean ex-actor Ix Shen

Five days after Russia invaded the country he has called home for the last four months, life has settled into an uneasy pattern for Singaporean Ix Shen. "When the airstrikes first started the fear was strong. By now, that fear is no longer there. It is tense, everyone knows these are hard times, but the morale...

‘Uncle Roger’ Nigel Ng’s insensitive joke about Ukraine angers netizens and he hasn’t apologised

He made his name and built his fame as his alter ego Uncle Roger, poking fun of famous chefs and saying inappropriate things. But Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng is finding out there's a limit to how much political incorrectness the public can take from him. And despite a few days of brickbats from netizens, the 30-year-old...

Dream Cruises’ World Dream to cease operations; company currently assessing its ability to offer refunds

Dream Cruises' vessel World Dream, one of two ships that began cruises to nowhere pilots here in 2020, will cease operations after it returns to Singapore shores on Wednesday (March 2), with the operator saying it no longer has the financial capacity to keep it going. The death knell sounded on Monday has been anticipated and dreaded...