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South Korean president calls for investigation into K-Pop's sex scandal
South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for an investigation into a sex and corruption scandal involving Seoul's nightclubs after a K-Pop star underwent questioning last week about alleged links to prostitution. Moon said the case includes "strong allegations of consent, backing and favors" for clubs ...
Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin' " earned him the title "King of the Surf Guitar," has died at age 81. His former bassist Sam Bolle says Dick Dale passed away Saturday night. No other ...
'Brain orgasms'? ASMR relaxation trend joins the pop culture mainstream
Tapping fingernails that trigger goose bumps, whispers that send shivers down the spine: The brain-tingling world of ASMR has people clamoring for sounds that feel good. The auditory-sensory phenomenon, in which people experience waves of calm and pleasurable mental quivers that are often referred to ...
A K-pop star has quit after admitting he watched illicit sex videos received from another artist, his agency said Thursday, the third singer to be engulfed in a scandal sweeping South Korea's music industry. Yong Jun-hyung, 29, who is a member of boy band Highlight ...
Singer R. Kelly's home-made sex videos have circulated widely for years
An acquaintance of R. Kelly's recalled how the singer once lugged a duffel bag everywhere — to recording studios, film sets and gyms. Stuffed inside, she said, was a collection of his homemade VHS sex tapes. Despite Kelly's efforts in the 1990s to hold those ...
South Korea roiled as K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Big Bang's Seungri both face sex scandals
After their stunning retirement announcements, two K-pop stars — including a member of the supergroup Big Bang — are facing police questioning over a series of interlocking scandals that have roiled South Korea for weeks. Live TV footage showed solo singer Jung Joon-young arriving at ...
Umer Farooq's grandfather and father made bagpipes. Now he is the third generation to take up the tradition in Pakistan, which is thousands of kilometers from Scotland yet sells thousands of bagpipes each year. The fresh smell of wood floats through the Mid East factory ...
The Prodigy icon Keith Flint dead at 49
Keith Flint, frontman of British rave icons The Prodigy, has died at the age of 49, the electronic pop group said Monday. Flint took his own life, his band mate Liam Howlett wrote in a post on The Prodigy's official Instagram account. "I can't believe I'm ...
Soweto Gospel Choir riding high after winning Grammy for Best World Music Album
When the Soweto Gospel Choir was named as winner of a Grammy for Best World Music Album, it earned the ensemble a place in music history books. Announced by Questlove, drummer from the U.S. hip hop band The Roots, the award sparked an explosion of ...
A new documentary on pedophilia accusations against the late Michael Jackson presents in lurid detail the stories of two men who say Jackson sexually abused them for years as minors. "Leaving Neverland," a four-hour film by British director Dan Reed, is considered so potentially devastating ...
While on trial for child pornography in 2008, R. Kelly still found time to talk to fans, give autographs and to meet an underage girl he later invited to his home, according to prosecutors who depicted the R&B star as manipulative and sometimes violent. Other ...
Charged with sex crimes, singer R. Kelly released on bond of $1 million
Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly, who has faced years of sexual abuse allegations, was ordered held on a $1 million bond on Saturday on charges that he sexually assaulted three teenagers and a woman, as prosecutors offered new details in the case. In Cook County court, ...
