‘I never once thought it was over for us’: CL shares how 2NE1 got back together after 8 years

2NE1 held their last concert tour a decade ago and, with their final performance in 2015 and subsequent disbandment in 2016, Blackjacks (their fans) had feared that the K-pop girl group might never reunite. But then the members — CL, Dara, Park Bom and Minzy — did a surprise performance at Coachella 2022, which got the ball rolling for their...

‘I love telling stories’: Olivia Rodrigo keen to return to acting

Olivia Rodrigo is still keen to return to acting in the future. The 21-year-old Grammy winning pop star started out starring on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark in 2016 and her last role was playing Nini Salazar-Roberts in the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series from 2019 until 2022. After making a concert film...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexually assaulted 10-year-old boy, lawsuit claims

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in 2005, according to a new lawsuit that joins more than two dozen others accusing the music mogul of sexual misconduct. The civil lawsuit was one of two filed on Monday (Oct 28) in a New York state court in Manhattan by Tony Buzbee, a lawyer who...

Perrie Edwards says her ‘heart hurts’ for Liam Payne’s ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole and their son

Perrie Edwards says her "heart hurts" for Liam Payne's ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole and their son Bear. The Little Mix star rose to fame on The X Factor just like Liam did with his group One Direction and she was previously engaged to his bandmate Zayn Malik She has now shared her agony over the singer's tragic death...

Couple’s Impressive Singing At Their Wedding Likened To The Voice’s Battle Rounds

Why hire performers when you can get the job done yourself? A couple from Jilin, China were recently filmed performing a super impressive, pitch-perfect rendition of Wakin Chau and Chyi Yu’s ‘Tian Xia You Ren Qing’ (天下有情人). The occasion? It was their wedding. The short snippet of the duet left many astonished at how good at singing the bride and groom...

Ella Chen Splurges S$9.5mil On Another Luxury Condo In Taipei’s Neihu District

Remember this S$5million luxury apartment which Taiwanese star Ella Chen gave fans a glimpse at during the pandemic? Well, turns out it isn't the only swish digs the S.H.E member owns in the Neihu district. According to Taiwan's Mirror Weekly, the 43-year-old splurged NT$230mil (S$9.45mil) on a high-floor unit in a luxury development in 2022, earning her the title "Queen of Neihu Luxury Residences". The apartment...

Kangaroos Effortlessly Pose Like Idol Group After Japanese Zoo Gathers Them For Picture

It is hard enough to get a decent group shot with friends, let alone animals. But it seems a zoo in Japan has chanced upon the perfect picture of their mob of kangaroos. According to the Hibiki Animal World attraction in Kitakyushi, Fukuoka Prefecture, the kangaroos instinctively found their own places for the shot when called. The...

Tsinghua University’s “Macho Professor” Said To Be Uncle Of Chinese Star Yang Mi

A Mathematics professor from China’s Tsinghua University has recently gone viral for his super fit physique… and for being a relative of Chinese actress, Yang Mi, 38. A netizen recently posted a clip of the professor giving a lecture, revealing that he is in his 60s, and is known as the school’s “macho professor”. According to them, he is also Yang...

Famous Birthdays Today — October 28: Celebrity Joaquin Phoenix, Julia Roberts & More

There are a bunch of famous birthdays on October 28! From Julia Roberts to Joaquin Phoenix, see who else made the list. October 28 is a special day for quite a few celebrities — it’s their birthday! Since it’s Scorpio season, these stars share several traits, including their curiosity and dedication. Movie stars Julia Roberts and Joaquin Phoenix were both born...

Brains and brawn, muscular China academic offers free personal training to PhD candidates

BEIJING: An associate professor at a prestigious university in China has posted videos of her working out in the gym to recruit chemistry PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows. Yang Xuemei, 31, from Harbin Institute of Technology’s Shenzhen campus in southern China began posting videos of herself training in gyms and showing off her muscles as “advertisements”...