Perry won the National Book Award in 2022 for her nonfiction book “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.” Her latest explores the connections ...

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Cameron Diaz reportedly came out of acting retirement to star in Netflix's first big-budget film of 2025. She shouldn't have bothered. Back in Action has been panned by critics, with one reviewer ...

SM Entertainment is set to debut a new boy group in the latter half of 2025. This marks the agency's first boy group debut since RIIZE in 2023. According to a K-media insider, "A new boy band will ...

Following the release of his latest single, SMB, speculations arose that the diss-like lyrics were directed towards HYBE's Bang Si Hyuk. Many even claimed that through the song, the K-pop idol ...

It is actually Hongjoong’s Korean verse that truly caught everyone’s attention. Many listeners believe the pointed words were a not-so-subtle jab at the recent HYBE internal document scandal, reports ...

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On Thursday morning, at a time when most people in the United States were sleeping, Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit. At 2:03 a.m. Eastern time, seven powerful engines ...

There’s a surprising update on the NewJeans vs. ADOR feud involving an incident that occurred after the girls left their dorm. Watch in for more details!

ADOR CEO Kim Ju-young, who represented HYBE at the hour-long hearing, said she’d been given different accounts of the alleged ignoring incident. She also claimed that CCTV footage expired before ...