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9 September, 2024
Minnie of K-pop group G-(I)DLE has released a solo album, Her. Photo: Instagram/min.nicha
K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

K-pop star Minnie of G-(I)DLE on launch of first solo album, Her

‘It’s like my personal diary,’ Thai singer says of album out January 21, for which she wrote the seven tracks over a period of years.

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Japan

Japan’s Masahiro Nakai sex scandal prompts dozens of companies to pull TV ads

Fame and celebrity

Meet Mike Fisher, husband to country music star Carrie Underwood

Fame and celebrity

Meet Tara Vernon, wife of Rascal Flatts frontman and co-founder Gary LeVox

The couple married in 1999 and have 2 daughters – LeVox has credited their strong faith in God and frequent date nights for their enduring marriage.

Rascal Flatts frontman Gary LeVox is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his marriage to Tara Vernon. Photo: @garylevox/Instagram
Celebrity children

Who is Kid Rock’s supportive son, Bobby Jr, who also seems to be a Trump fan?

Days before Kid Rock performed at Donald Trump’s inauguration event on Sunday, he was celebrating his birthday with his son Robert James Ritchie Jr – so what do we know about the star’s only child?

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Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

Village People’s YMCA journeys from gay anthem to Trump theme tune

If Trump ‘does things to restrict LGBTQ rights, Village People will be the first to speak out’, band said after pre-inauguration rally show.

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Fame and celebrity

Why are the Village People playing Trump’s inauguration? Victor Willis knows

Disco group the Village People returned to the top of the music charts on the heels of Trump’s political comeback; now the group is playing America’s biggest stage on January 20, to the dismay of many.

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Meet the Village People’s Victor Willis, who’s playing Trump’s inauguration and was married to Phylicia Rashad, aka Clair Huxtable from The Cosby Show. Photo: The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS
United States

Bob Dylan drafts of ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ sell for over US$500,000

The typewritten drafts were among 60 items on sale in an auction, most of them from the personal collection of music journalist Al Aronowitz.

Japan

‘Our society has not learned’: Masahiro Nakai sex scandal sparks anger in Japan

Observers say the former boy band member’s fall from grace echoes music mogul Johnny Kitagawa’s decades of sexual abuse.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Chloe Mendel, wife of The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan

Born to French and Taiwanese parents, the fashion powerhouse is expecting her third child with the musician, whom she married in 2023 wearing a wedding gown designed by her dad.

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and his wife Chloe Mendel have a third child on the way. Photo: Getty Images
Fame and celebrity

Meet Morgane Stapleton, wife of country music superstar Chris Stapleton

The couple met as songwriters in 2003, married in 2007 and now have 5 children; they frequently write together and Morgane often sings backing vocals at Chris’ concerts.

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Singer-songwriters Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton attend the 11th Annual ACM Honors at the Ryman Auditorium in August 2017, in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s new Kai Tak Stadium rocking as 18,000 fans watch trial concert

The 1½-hour ‘Four in Love’ charity concert was the first non-sports trial event at the new venue.

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Hong Kong economy

4,000 visitors expected for festival at once-abandoned Hong Kong Hakka village

The Countryside Harvest Festival: Kuk Po ‘Sound-Sight-Taste Fusion’ Tour will run for two consecutive weekends.

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Fame and celebrity

The most disturbing details revealed in new docu Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy

The claims include Diddy having sex with underage girls and threatening to pimp out female musicians, as well as Combs’ mother Janice hosting drug-fuelled sex parties in his childhood home.

The new Peacock documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy has revealed even more disturbing details about the disgraced hip-hop mogul and his background. Photo: TNS via Getty Images
Art

With LA’s counter-culture suburb in ruins, creatives’ pain ramps up

Already hurting in the post-Covid economy, many millennial creatives who lost their Altadena homes in wildfires are now feeling priced out.

A home burns in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, on January 8, 2025, as fires continue to ravage parts of the city. Large swathes of Altadena have since been destroyed. Photo: AP
K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

K-pop group Oneus members reflect on new album Dear.M and look back

Oneus members talk about competing in two seasons of the Road to Kingdom reality show and how the Dear.M album is a thank you to their fans.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Hong Kong singer G.E.M. became ‘China’s Taylor Swift’

Early in her career, Gloria Tang enjoyed success and an awards nomination for her music. Then mainland Chinese TV shot her to superstardom.

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Fame and celebrity

Why Van Halen legend Sammy Hagar quit touring for Las Vegas residency

Hagar, 77, loves performing but no longer wants to tour. His nine-show run in Las Vegas may lead to further residencies.

At 77, former Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar is done with touring, but has a nine-date run in Las Vegas, and may do other such residencies. Photo: Instagram/bill.ferencz
Fame and celebrity

Who is Kim Porter’s ex-husband Al B. Sure! – and what did he say about Diddy?

A new documentary about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs features interviews with individuals from the rapper’s inner circle, including the ex-husband of his late baby mama Kim Porter, Al B. Sure!

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Raiche Wright, Teddy Swims’ baby mama expecting their first child

Wright competed in talent shows and uploaded song covers to YouTube when younger, has released two EPs, and makes music with Swims, with whom she has complementary tattoos.

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Baby V. O. X, 2NE1, BigBang … older K-pop faves are coming back

K-pop legends like 1990s girl group Baby V. O. X, 2NE1, BigBang and GFriend have been making highly successful returns to the stage.

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K-pop girl group 2NE1 on stage in Seoul during a reunion concert in October 2024. The girl group is one of many older K-pop acts getting back together after years of inactivity. Photo: Instagram/2ne1official
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Nicholas Tse to put on 2 Kai Tak concerts soon after Coldplay

Concerts will be held at 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium on April 25 and 26, with ticket prices starting at HK$680.

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Nicholas Tse will put on two concerts in late April at the new Kai Tak Stadium. Photo: Weibo/锋味
Fame and celebrity

Who is Eric Johnson’s first wife before Jessica Simpson, Keri D’Angelo Cohen?

Simpson and Johnson have called time on their 10-year marriage – here’s what we know about his ex-wife, Keri D’Angelo Cohen, who’s been seen hanging out with The Miz, Carl Radke and Barbie Blank Coba.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Gabriela Berlingeri, who may be dating Latin superstar Bad Bunny again

Berlingeri and Bad Bunny met at a restaurant in Puerto Rico in 2017, but only went public in 2020 – then they split in 2022 and Bad Bunny began dating Kendall Jenner … but they might be back on.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Raina Chassagne, ex-wife of Megan Thee Stallion shooter Tory Lanez?

Tory Lanez, serving a 10-year sentence for injuring the ‘Otaku Hot Girl’ singer outside Kylie Jenner’s mansion, saw his marriage last less than a year before Chassagne filed for divorce.

Meet Raina Chassagne, ex-wife of Tory Lanez, who shot Megan Thee Stallion in the foot. Photos: AP; Raina Chassagne/Facebook
Classical music

Seoul Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden’s new orchestra, aims for ‘world-class’

Jung Jae-wal, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra’s new CEO, wants it to compete with the world’s most prestigious orchestras within 10 years.

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra music director Jaap van Zweden conducts the Korean orchestra, which its new chief executive says aspires to reach a world-class level in the next 10 years. Photo: Instagram/immoyangviolin_fan
K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

New K-pop girl group Hearts2Hearts to debut in February

The eight-member outfit are Korean music label SM Entertainment’s first rookie girl group since Aespa in 2020 – find out their names here.

Donald Trump

Village People to perform at Trump inauguration, to dismay of gay activists

The group has previously clashed with the US president-elect over his use of their hit song YMCA, a tune long synonymous with gay pride.

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