Author: Darrel Guerra

An upcoming episode will be a celebration of the singer, along with her Eras Tour lead choreographer. Dancing With the Stars will have a Taylor Swift-themed episode this month. “A Celebration of Taylor Swift” will see contestants tackling the Grammy-winning megastar’s songs and dance moves. In the episode airing Tuesday, Nov. 21, the six remaining couples will compete to selections from Swift’s catalog. Longtime Dancing choreographer and the lead choreographer of Swift’s Eras Tour, Mandy Moore, will serve as special guest judge. The episode will air live on ABC and Disney+, and then stream the next day on Hulu. The tie-in is the latest…

The Saudi aid agency KSrelief has distributed 3,600 school bags in the Somali districts of Waberi, Hamar Weyne, Hamar Jajab and Shangani, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The distribution has come as part of a project aimed at securing and distributing stationery for students in Somalia. This initiative is part of the humanitarian assistance provided by Saudi Arabia, represented by KSrelief. The goal is to support the educational sector in countries in need, enhance the educational environment, and provide essential study supplies for male and female students. Meanwhile, a team from KSrelief recently visited Amman, Jordan, to assess the progress…

Suga, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, began fulfilling his mandatory military duty Friday as a social service agent, an alternative form of military service in the country. Suga, 30, became the group’s third member to start carrying out their military duties. The two others, Jin and J-Hope, are already performing active service at army bases. “I’ll faithfully serve and come back … Please stay healthy and let’s meet all again in 2025!” Suga wrote in a message posted on the online fan platform Weverse. BTS’s management agency, Big Hit Music, said that Suga later began commuting to a workplace…

Jamie Lynn Spears has joined the show for its 32nd installment, which is returning to ABC after two years as a Disney+ exclusive (it will still simulcast on the streamer). Spears will dance alongside Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix and The Bachelorette’s Charity Lawson; the rest of the celebrity cast and their professional partners is set to be announced Wednesday. Spears’ casting on DWTS continues a busy year for the actress and singer, the younger sister of Britney Spears. She was part of the inaugural season of Fox’s survival series Special Forces earlier in the year and starred in Zoey 102, a movie sequel to her early 2000s Nickelodeon series Zoey 101…

The music video for boy band BTS’s “Permission to Dance” (2021) surpassed 600 million views on YouTube, the band’s agency Big Hit Music announced on Monday. The video hit the milestone at around 4 a.m. on Monday, with “Permission to Dance” becoming the band’s 12th music video to record over 600 million views. “Permission to Dance,” released in July 2021, is an upbeat song encouraging listeners that despite the harsh realities of life, dancing is something you can do without reservation. The song topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart upon its release. Other music videos by BTS that have…

Pop superstar Madonna said on Monday that all of the North American dates on her upcoming tour will be postponed while she recovers from a multi-day hospitalization for a serious infection. The “Celebration” tour had been scheduled to kick off this month in Vancouver. Now, the plan is to start the tour with the European leg in October, the “Vogue” singer said on Twitter. Tour operator Live Nation (LYV.N) said new North American dates would be announced “as soon as possible” and encouraged fans to hold onto their tickets. “My focus now is on my health and getting stronger and I assure…

Shareholders of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) have rejected a proposal for reappointment of Alicia Yi as an independent director on the company board. The special resolution for reappointment of Alicia Yi got only 42 per cent votes in favour as compared to 57.97 per cent against it. “Based on the votes cast by the members, the special resolution pertaining to reappointment of Alicia Yi as an independent director of the company for a second term of 3 years has failed to receive a requisite number of votes in favour,” ZEEL said in a late-night regulatory filing on Thursday. Hence,…

Jung Kook, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, officially launched on Friday (July 14) his solo career with the release of single Seven, a track also featuring American rapper Latto. BTS is on temporary break as a group with two of its seven members currently doing mandatory military service in South Korea, but other members are continuing to carry out solo projects and concerts. The group have gained a huge international following after breaking ground for K-pop’s global success including in the US music charts and industry awards. The video for Seven – described by his music label as an…

Lisa from girl group Blackpink is rumored to leave her current agency YG Entertainment when her exclusive contract expires in August, according to media reports. This August marks the seventh anniversary of the girl group that debuted in 2016 and is likely when the quartet’s exclusive contract with YG Entertainment will expire if it follows the industry standard of seven years. The length of exclusive contracts between an artist and an agency in Korea typically stays under seven years as the Korea Fair Trade Commission in 2009 set the recommended maximum length of such contracts at seven years in its…

GameStop’s moment in the sun as the world’s premiere meme-stock, and one of the most important assets on Wall Street, passed a while ago. But that means that the based-on-a-true-story adaptations are just getting started — though there have already been several documentaries. A trailer for Dumb Money, a retelling of the story with a star-studded cast, was released on Thursday ahead of the movie’s Sept. 22 release date. Dumb Money follows Keith Gill (Paul Dano), a regular-ish guy/streaming personality who bets his life savings on a stock hunch and hits it big. More importantly, though, when Gill bets big on GameStop, he posts about it…