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No more catfights: Rita Ora says female pop artistes have to back each other

Enough of the cat fights. Female pop artistes need to do more to support each other, says British singer-songwriter and actress Rita Ora. “When you see support from one girl to another publicly, it makes other people think “wow, you know what, it’s not always a cat fight, it’s not always against each other, it actually...

Mandopop star Jam Hsiao is back to entertain fans in KL

From Mr Rock to Mr Jazz and now Mr Entertainment, Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao is master of constant reinvention. The Mandopop star is set to make his way to Malaysia for his Mr. Entertainment World Tour, which will take place at the Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil on July 6 at 8pm. His latest tour kicked off in...

New BTS album featuring Halsey, Ed Sheeran hits world music scene

K-pop band BTS’ new album featuring two high-profile pop stars, Halsey and Ed Sheeran, hit the world music scene Friday, revealing the band’s stories of love, self and the outside world. Map Of The Soul: Persona, released on major online music stores Friday evening, is the opener of BTS’ new Map Of The Soul album series following their...

BTS’ ‘Boy With Luv’ is fastest video ever to top 100 million YouTube views

The video of massively popular boy band BTS’s new song has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube at the fastest pace ever. The music video for Boy With Luv, the main track off the group’s latest album, Map Of The Soul: Persona,” released Friday at 6pm, topped 100 million views at about 7.37am Sunday, according to the band’s...

TV show idea by Bruce Lee finally sees the light of day

Here’s our top picks of what to watch on TV this April: Warrior A few years before his death in 1973, legendary martial artist Bruce Lee pitched a TV show to an American studio but was turned down. In 2014, Fast & Furious director Justin Lin met with Bruce’s daughter Shannon Lee. She showed him the notes her father...

‘Game Of Thrones’ actors recall which scenes shocked them most

There have been more than a few outstanding moments throughout the seven seasons of Game Of Thrones. Ahead of the premiere of the epic fantasy show’s final season, we met with some of the actors from the HBO series in London. We asked them for a particular moment that happened in the series that they found most...

K-pop idol Ong Seong-wu sets Malaysian hearts a-flutter

What do you do when Ong Seong-wu gives his heart to you? Why, we’re sure you’d pledge to love him for eternity, too. And that’s exactly what his fans in Malaysia did during the Korean heartthrob’s recent fan meet at Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil. Setting more than 4,000 hearts aflutter with his bashful demeanour, the rising K-pop...

Korean actor Park Bo-gum feels a deep connection to Malaysia

Do you know why Malaysia holds a special place in Park Bo-gum’s heart? That is because he left his heart in Kuala Lumpur when he kicked off his very first Asian tour in 2016-2017, basking in the love of Malaysian fans right here in December 2016. “Malaysia is where I conducted my very first fan-meet. That is...

Fans of BTS and Blackpink go to ‘war’ as their idols release new albums

The albums from BTS and Blackpink are supposed to lift K-pop from its current scandals. But another controversy has blown up over tactics used by the fans of the two groups in the battle to conquer the album charts. There is talk that Blackpink fans paid streaming service Spotify to ensure that a Blackpink advertisement is...