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British boyband One Direction made Billboard chart history on Wednesday after storming to the top of the 200 album chart with their second album “Take Me Home,” holding off competition from Christina Aguilera, Soundgarden and Lana Del Rey. “Take Me Home” notched the third-biggest opening week sales of the year with 540,000 units sold according [...]
The Buddhist monk who was kissed on the lips by a male pop star in front of a large crowd for which he was punished with detention inside a monastery has asked to be unfrocked and as of November 16, is a normal, secular man. Venerable Thich Phap Dinh of Phuoc Son Monastery (real name [...]
Teenage pop star Justin Bieber will not face charges for an alleged altercation with a man who was taking photos of him at a suburban shopping center in May, Los Angeles prosecutors said on Wednesday. Deputy District Attorney Mara McIlvain said in a report there was “insufficient evidence for proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that [...]
South Korean pop sensation Psy’s “Gangnam Style” has become the second most-watched YouTube video of all time with more than 620 million hits as the quirky rapper continues to take the world by storm. Psy performs at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on October 21, in Las Vegas. The 34-year-old singer, whose real name [...]
Local singer Le Quyen and Viet Tan Studio on October 26 submitted an accusation letter to concerned agencies, accusing a number of local music websites of violating their songs’ copyright. According to lawyer Le Quang Vy, representing the accusers, the sites (mp3.zing.vn, nhaccuatui.com, musicmusic.vn,music.go.vn, hcm.nhac.vui.vn and teenpro.vn) have used a number of songs performed by Quyen and recorded by Viet [...]
South Korean movie actor and singer Kim Jae-joong will meet his fans in Viet Nam on November 10. The Viet Nam event is part of his Asia Fan Meeting Tour, and is expected to be attended by a gathering of 3,500 of his fans from the country and its neighbours. The star has also hosted [...]
The government has recently issued a decree, No. 79/2012/ NĐ-CP, regulating the organizing of art shows as well asbeauty pageants in an effort to improve the local show business, which has dismayed local audiences with a numerous scandals. According to the decree, the number of national-scale beauty pageants will not exceed two per year, while each [...]
As an amateur cai luong (reformed opera) singer, Pham Thi Huyen Trang faced hard times for many years, but her talent finally got the recognition it deserved when she won the gold medal at the Vong Co (Nostalgic Tunes) Golden Bell Contest. Dream comes true: Pham Thi Huyen Trang (left), 26, winner of this year’s [...]
Whitney Houston was given a final sendoff by the Grammys on Thursday as Halle Berry, Britney Spears, Jennifer Hudson, Usher and other stars shared their memories and performed in homage to the late singer. Academy-award winner Berry made a tearful introduction at the “We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston” special, [...]
The studio round of Viet Nam Idol 2012, featuring eight male candidates on the first night, will be broadcast live on VTV3 tonight. Ten of 16 winners of the theatre round named last Friday, eight females and eight males, will be selected for the next round of the popular reality show. The eight male candidates [...]