'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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
'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'…
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…
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…