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Amid sweltering heat and jitters over the Hollywood strike, New York kicked off its Spring-Summer 2024 Fashion Week on Friday, with heavyweights Ralph Lauren and Helmut Lang returning to the industry's flagship event with fresh ideas.

American actor Sylvester Stallone travelled to the Vatican on Friday for a brief private audience with Pope Francis.

In France's southern Bordeaux region, the grape harvest is often now done at night to ensure the peak freshness required to obtain the best wine but this is also a response to climate change.

SB19's "Gento" dance craze has reached Chinese boy bands, too.

Check out the Korean stars who first denied they were dating but are now married

The 23rd episode of "IU's Palette" was a heartwarming interview between IU and her avid fan, who is a soloist and actress like her.

GOT7's BamBam selected two idols from his iconic '97 liners squad when asked about the most good-looking men in South Korea.

Online scammers are now targetting K-Pop fans on TikTok.

Has the Venice Film Festival saved its best for last? Many stars were unable to attend the festival due to an ongoing Hollywood strike.

RIIZE teamed up with SPC Group's Baskin-Robbins for a new ice cream flavor.

Fans wonder if J Balvin's latest social media posts could be hinting at a collaboration with BTS' Jungkook.

The K-Pop community is debating whether Jungkook's viral smoking photos were edited.

BTS member Jungkook's single was named the best global song of the summer of 2023 on Billboard.

Some fans wondered if there's more to Bella Poarch and aespa's TikTok video collaboration.

The biggest film festival in North America opens Thursday in Toronto with the international launch of Oscar-winning Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's likely last movie, as the twin Hollywood strikes drag on.

A Norwegian out walking on doctors' advice unearthed rare 6th-century gold jewellery using a newly bought metal detector, a discovery archaeologists said on Thursday was Norway's "gold find of the century".

More stans could be added to SB19 Stell's "strawberry farm" after watching the P-Pop idol's adorable interaction with a senior A'TIN.

BLACKPINK continues to hold the record for the fastest studio album by a female group to hit 2 billion Spotify streams but with a different album.

RIIZE's previously announced official fandom name has been replaced.

Check out how these K-pop idols rejected some "delulu" fans on their livestreams.

V opened up about his relationship with his family on tvN's "You Quiz on the Block."

BLACKPINK's Jennie is among the 50 women on WWD's Women in Power 2023 list.

CNBLUE frontman Jung Yong-hwa revealed that idols these days use AirDrop to secretly date.

Jungkook continues his streak of breaking streaming records with his solo masterpiece, "Seven."

Four out of four songs from BLACKPINK's Lisa's solo discography surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify.

Mexico's ruling party on Wednesday named former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as its candidate for the 2024 presidential election, ensuring that for the first time the two main rivals to lead the Latin American power will be women.

Augusto Pinochet used military force to overthrow a popularly elected president and rule Chile with an iron grip that saw thousands of his subjects tortured and killed.

Crosswords, a mosaic of words and clues, symbolize an intellectual pastime that transcends generations and cultures.

The Masters of Ceremonies for the 2023 Asia Artist Awards (AAA) have been revealed.