Personal Instagram of Aespa’s Ningning is allegedly hacked over her celebration of Team China’s Olympics win

An unidentified hacker allegedly gained access to Aespa member Ningning’s personal Instagram account. The hacker leaked information about ...

Korean celebrities face anger from Chinese, South Korean netizens over their Olympic athlete support

Some Chinese social media users reportedly targeted South Korean personalities for posting about certain athletes in light of the 2022 Beij...

NBA fan asks Los Angeles Lakers’ Austin Reaves to sign his rice cooker in viral video

A video of a Lakers fan who brought a rice cooker to NBA player Austin Reaves’ autograph signing in Rowland Heights, California, on Feb. 6 ...

‘I apologize if I ever fell short’: Awkwafina quits Twitter after statement on ‘blaccent’ controversy

Awkwafina recently quit Twitter after receiving backlash from social media users who criticized her post that addresses her use of African A...

‘MARRY ME’: K-pop power couple HyunA, Dawn officially engaged

Former Wonder Girls and 4Minute member HyunA and former Pentagon member Dawn officially confirmed their engagement in two Instagram posts o...

Decades-old footage of Japanese fans introducing camera phones to amazed Shakira for first time goes viral

An old video of Japanese fans introducing a camera phone to Colombian singer Shakira recently went viral. A decades-old video of Japanese ...

Simu Liu announces memoir sharing his immigrant family’s ‘extraordinary origin story’

Actor Simu Liu took to social media on Tuesday to announce his forthcoming memoir, “We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story.”...

BTS’ Jimin recovering from appendicitis surgery and being treated for COVID-19

On Sunday, BTS member Jimin was rushed to the emergency room after experiencing "sudden abdominal pain along with a mild sore throat.&...

‘To All the Boys’ star Lana Condor engaged to boyfriend of 6 years

Lana Condor has clearly moved on from all the boys she’s loved before, as she recently announced her engagement to long-time boyfriend Antho...

‘A damp sock puppet in human form’: Elon Musk insults Biden after White House snub

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk called President Joe Biden a “damp sock puppet in human form” after the White House snubbed him for the seco...

Disgraced K-pop star Seungri admits guilt, gets 3-year jail sentence halved

Former K-pop star Seungri, who rose to fame as a member of Big Bang, is facing nine charges related to prostitution, drug trafficking and p...

Jamie Oliver reveals he has ‘teams of cultural appropriation specialists’ vet his cookbooks

Jamie Oliver shared in a recent interview that he hires “cultural appropriation specialists” to vet the content in his cookbooks. The cele...

Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin are engaged after welcoming first child last year

Four years after meeting on set of their film “Changeland,” actors Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin are now engaged. Song was photographed ...

‘I really regret not getting the vaccine’: Comedian Christian Cabrera, known as ‘Chinese Best Friend,’ dies at 40

Christian Cabrera, known as the internet comedian “Chinese Best Friend,” has died at the age of 40 from the coronavirus. Cabrera reportedl...

Bravo fires Jennie Nguyen from ‘RHOSLC’ over her past anti-BLM, pro-police posts

Bravo announced that cast member Jennie Nguyen has been fired from “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” following online backlash from f...

‘Single’s Inferno’ star Song Ji-a (Free Zia) apologizes for wearing fake designer clothing on the show

“Single's Inferno” star Song Ji-a faced criticism after online sleuths pointed out that the luxury clothes she wore on the show were f...

‘I hated life’: Chloe Kim threw her gold medal in the trash while in a ‘dark place’ after Pyeongchang Olympics

Chloe Kim, 21, revealed she “hated life” months after she rose to fame following her gold medal win at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang...

Jimmy Kimmel stirs ARMY anger for comparing BTS fever to COVID-19

“Emily in Paris” actor Ashley Park recently appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and talked about the moment she discovered that BTS members RM...

Awkwafina nomination for NAACP Image Award sparks renewed backlash

Actor and comedian Awkwafina, whose real name is Nora Lum, has received an NAACP Image Award nomination for her work in Disney’s “Raya and ...

Suni Lee disables comments on pic with boyfriend after ‘so much hate’ for her interracial relationship

Three-time Olympian Suni Lee has disabled comments on her Instagram post featuring her boyfriend. The disabling comes on the heels of Lee’...

Liev Schrieber and Naomi Watts’ son perceived as ‘too beautiful’ by Japanese netizens

The 13-year-old son of Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts, Samuel Kai Schreiber, went viral on Twitter in Japan for being “too beautiful.” Soc...

‘Heartbreaking and enraging’: Gemma Chan calls for official UK apology to Chinese seamen

British Asian actor Gemma Chan recently penned an essay about her father’s life as a Chinese seaman working for the British merchant navy. ...

K-pop star B.I banned on Chinese social media for past drug use

B.I, the former leader of South Korean boy band iKon, was banned from Chinese social media platforms such as Douyin and Weibo on Wednesday ...

Actors Nicolas Cage and Riko Shibata are expecting their first child together

Actor Nicolas Cage and actress Riko Shibata are expecting their first child. The couple got engaged via FaceTime and were married in Las V...

Ex-Day6 member Jae Park apologizes for calling former labelmate Jamie Park a ‘thot’

Former Day6 member Jae Park called K-pop star Jamie Park a “thot” during a recent livestream. Jamie indirectly responded to Jae’s derogato...

Hayao Miyazaki’s 81st birthday celebrated by Nickelodeon with Nicktoons x Studio Ghibli mashup

Hayao Miyazaki, the celebrated co-founder of Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli, turned 81 on Jan. 5. Fans of the animator/director/w...

‘Waterboy’ actor filmed berating LA Koreatown hostess after being denied entry for not wearing mask

Peter Dante, the actor who frequently appeared in several Happy Madison Productions films alongside Adam Sandler, was filmed having a meltd...

Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan announces birth of her first child on Instagram

Two-time Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan announced on Wednesday that she gave birth to a baby girl after sharing that she has always wanted t...

Jung Ho-yeon is first East Asian to be solo featured on Vogue cover in magazine’s 130-year history

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story did not mention Naomi Osaka’s Jan. 2021 Vogue cover. She was one of four ...

Myanmar model-actor Paing Takhon named world’s ‘Most Handsome Face,’ sentenced to jail in same week

Model and actor Paing Takhon from Myanmar was sentenced to three years in jail with hard labor for his participation in pro-democracy prote...