‘Decision To Leave’ Shortlisted For 2023 Oscars

'Decision To Leave' has been shortlisted for the International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy Awards. Oscars Shortlists Director Park Chan-wook’s award-winning romance thriller was 15 international features advanced, out of the films from 92 countries and regions eligible, the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed. Other film considered…

December 22, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Music

Circle Chart: BTS, Stray Kids Top Physical Album Sales In 2022

K-Pop bands BTS and Stray Kids dominated 2022 with physical album sales. BTS sells most copies Here are the top artists with the most albums sold from weeks 1 to 50 in 2022: BTS (6.07 million) Stray Kids (5.83 million) Seventeen (5.46 million) NCT Dream (4.11 million) BLACKPINK (2.82 million) TXT (2.78 million) ENHYPEN (2.69…

December 21, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Celebs

MIRAE’s Lien To Take 2-Week Hiatus. Here’s Why.

MIRAE’s Lien will be taking a 2-week hiatus to receive treatment for vocal cord nodules. Temporary hiatus The K-Pop boy band's agency DSP Media released a statement, announcing his diagnosis and temporary hiatus. "After a long discussion with the agency, [Lien] decided to receive treatment following the conclusion of [MIRAE’s] Japanese promotions and after…

December 20, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Music

NCT Dream’s ‘Candy’ EP Sells 2M In Preorder Copies

NCT Dream's winter-themed EP 'Candy' has amassed 2 million preorder copies, according to SM Entertainment. NCT's subunit brought back the classic K-Pop song 'Candy' originally recorded by the five-member boy band H.O.T. in 1996 for its six-track release. It's the perfect treat for fans and fit for the youthful energy of SM Entertainment's young…

December 19, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Music

SUPER JUNIOR Tops iTunes Charts In MENA With ‘The Road : Celebration’

Veteran band SUPER JUNIOR rang in the holidays with its 11th studio album Vol.2 'The Road : Celebration.' MENA hit The new release — the second installment of its July project 'The Road : Keep On Going' — topped the iTunes Top Albums charts in 21 regions, including Saudi Arabia, India, Qatar, and Egypt. It…

December 16, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Music

SEVENTEEN’s Vernon To Drop First Solo Mixtape

SEVENTEEN's Vernon is gearing up to release his first solo mixtape, titled 'Black Eye.' Solo mixtape The group dropped a teaser image on its social media accounts, showing the rapper standing on a monster truck, with the title in bold red graffiti lettering. VERNON Mixtape 'Black Eye' 🎧2022.12.23 2PM (KST)#VERNON #버논#BlackEye #VERNON_BlackEye pic.twitter.com/mewTVu927y…

December 15, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Films

‘Decision To Leave’ Gets Golden Globe, Critics Choice Award Nods

'Decision to Leave' grabbed nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards and Critics Choice Awards. Golden Globe Nod The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced on Monday that Park Chan-wook's award-winning film scored a nomination for Best Picture (Non-English Language), formerly known as Foreign Language. It will be vying against 'Argentina, 1985' (Argentina), 'RRR'…

December 15, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Business

SM, Saudi’s Ministry of Culture Sign MOU To Promote Cultural Cooperation

SM Entertainment signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Culture last month, the entertainment conglomerate said on Tuesday, to promote cultural cooperation. MOU signing The signing between Executive producer Lee Soo-man, SM CEO Lee Sung-soo, and Saudi Arabian Theater Arts Council CEO Sultan Albazie took place at the Ministry of Culture…

December 13, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Celebs

BTS’ Jin Shares Selfie Of His Military-Ready Haircut

Jin, a member of boy band BTS, took to the online community platform Weverse to share a photo short shaved hair, with the caption “It looks cuter than I thought," ahead of his 18-month military enlistment. Jin's enlistment The 30-year-old vocalist will begin his military service in one of the northernmost military bases in South…

December 12, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri

Celebs

How BTS Ranked On Google, Apple Music In 2022

K-Pop continued to take the world by storm in 2022, with BTS taking the lead in music and search engines. Here's how the seven-piece boy band performed on Google and Apple Music, as per their end-of-year lists. Google BTS' 'Dynamite' and 'Butter' were among the top song searches on Google in 2022, according to the…

December 10, 20220Comments

BySamar Khouri