She can barely put a full sentence together, but two-year-old Choo Sa-rang sure knows how to make TV viewers of virtually all ages squeal with delight. The infant daughter of Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Choo Sung-hoon is rapidly gaining popularity with her appearances on “Superman is Back,” a segment of a South Korean variety TV show that has become wildly popular. Netizens express t...

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Local TV personalities Sam Hammington of “Gag Concert” and “Real Men”; Brad Moore of Busker Busker; Abigail Alderete of “Global Talk Show;” and Sam Ochiri of “Gag Concert” are starring in a new tvN program, “Island Village Teacher.” The new show is the country’s first reality program with an all-foreign cast and the first to have a non-Korean host. The weekly show has the four TV celebrities act...

Once heralded as one of Korea’s top funnymen, Kim Gu-ra is now facing mounting criticism about his unique style of “spiteful comedy” that seems to ignore others’ feelings. Korean netizens were abuzz on Thursday over Kim’s attitude on MBC’s popular talk show “Golden Fishery-Radio Star.” The Wednesday edition of the program featured celebrities whose hobby is collecting eclectic items. Singer K-w...

South Korean comedian Jeon Yeong-jung died in a motorcycle accident on Thursday. He was 27. According to Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul, he crossed the center line and crashed his motorcycle into an incoming taxi near the gas station in Yeouido at 3:10 a.m. Jeon died shortly after he was taken to a nearby hospital. He was not wearing a helmet and police are investigating whether he was in...

Singer-actress cements leading lady status with new TV drama

“Through this drama I believe people will have a very unique opportunity to get a sense of what the entertainment industry is actually like,” said FNC Entertainment CEO Han Sung-ho at a press conference held in Seoul on Monday. “When you talk about entertainment, you usually only get to see the glitz and glamour of it on TV, but I wanted to show the audience the other side; it’s playful and funny...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Angela Lansbury says “it’s a mistake” for NBC to call a new series “Murder, She Wrote.” The network recently announced plans to reboot the show with Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer as its star. Spencer acknowledged her new TV project on Twitter last month. Lansbury, who will accept an honorary Academy Award later this week, said “Murder, She Wrote” was her “greatest doorway to t...

With the rise of 3-D technology in the filming industry, SBS ― one of the nation’s leading television networks ― is scheduled to be the first terrestrial TV station in the world to broadcast regular weekly programs in 3-D, according to officials at the broadcasting station. Starting Saturday, the network will be airing one of two programs each week ― the fourth season of “Knowledge Sharing Conce...

On his first day on the set of “Killing Kennedy,” Rob Lowe saw Ginnifer Goodwin donning a replica of the pink suit worn by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Immediately, the intensity and the reality of what they were about to depict in the film hit home. “Seeing her in that beautiful pink Chanel with bloodstains on it was unbelievably emotional,” Lo...