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Lisa from the K-pop group BLACKPINK will make her acting debut in the upcoming third season of The White Lotus. The casting news was first announced by Variety.

GOT7‘s BamBam recently opened up about a fight he had with bandmate Mark Tuan which resulted in a MacBook being thrown at him.Mark Tuan recently made a guest appearance on his GOT7 bandmate’s online talk show, Bam House. During their time on the programme, the K-pop idols reminisced about the group’s early days and one incident where Tuan ended up throwing a MacBook at BamBam.During the episode, BamBam explained that he and Mark had “fought a lot” during the early days of their career. “Whenever Mark and I fought, there were a lot of things that made me think, ‘Wow, he must be better off than I think’,” he said.“You know the old MacBooks are valuable right? From the 2010s? He got angry and threw his MacBook at me,” BamBam added.

Lisa, also known as a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, will be making her acting debut in The White Lotus season three.BLACKPINK’s Lisa has joined the cast of the third season of The White Lotus, according to a new report by Variety. Her role in the series is being kept confidential, as is the cast with other casting moves in the upcoming season, but it will notably be the K-pop idol’s acting debut.Also of note, The White Lotus season three will be set in Lisa’s home country of Thailand.

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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Blackpink member Lisa has joined the cast of “The White Lotus” Season 3, Variety has learned exclusively. She will be credited under her given name, Lalisa Manobal, in the third season of the hit HBO series. As with all castings for the third season, her role is being kept under wraps.

Following months of rumors that Lisa Manobal of BLACKPINK fame was set to make her acting debut, it was revealed on Monday that she’s joining the cast of HBO‘s The White Lotus for Season 3, the studio confirms. The series will begin production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok in February and will follow a new group of guests at another White Lotus property.

A dad has been left paralysed from the waist down after a horror motorbike accident on the last day of a dream holiday to Thailand. Lee Francis and wife Clare were in the country visiting his daughter Katie when they came off the bike and crashed into a barrier on January 19.

Former Emmerdale star Kelli Hollis has given fans a peek into her new life after leaving the soap. Kelli, 47, who played Ali Spencer on the hit ITV soap from 2011 to 2015 has revealed she now runs a 'weed bar' in Thailand, having left the UK for a more relaxed lifestyle.

The Lunar New Year is celebrated across the globe and largely underpinned by themes of hope and reunion. Known to many as Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year is also celebrated by many different countries throughout Asia, including Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Mongolia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It is also celebrated in other countries where there is an established Chinese community, as the holiday brings together family and friends to celebrate the start of another year.

Fargo and Alien are not necessarily two projects that you’d associate with each other but they both come from the mind of Noah Hawley and are for FX.

CLC singer Sorn has dropped a brand-new special single titled ‘cool’, in celebration of Valentine’s Day.The bubbly new track was released earlier today (February 9) alongside its accompanying music video, and notably marks the Thai soloist’s first music of 2024.According to her statement in a press release for the song, Sorn describes the song as a “confession” to “someone I developed a crush on”. She also notes that it’s her “first time writing and releasing a song about love.”“It’s cool, I like you like I do / Won’t keep you in the blue / Talk to me baby, it’s cool,” she sings on the song’s upbeat chorus.‘cool’ marks Sorn’s sixth digital single since she signed with WILD Entertainment Group, having previously released other tracks such as ‘Not A Friend’, ‘Scorpio’ and ‘Nirvana Girl’, for which she reunited and collaborated with CLC bandmates Yeeun and Seungyeon.While information about her forthcoming debut mini-album has been scarce, she did reveal in a video uploaded to her personal YouTube channel that the record will draw heavy influences from the early 2000s.

Amber Turner has worried fans that she may be leaving The Only Way Is Essex after seven years on the show, as she has hinted that a move abroad could be on the cards.The reality star has been a fixture on the show since 2017, the same year she embarked on a relationship with co-star Dan Edgar. However, the couple split in May last year, with the recent series showing emotional scenes between the duo.Taking to Instagram to answer a Q&A this week, it seemed that Amber wasn't set on staying in Essex as one fan asked her whether she was thinking of moving abroad permanently at some point in the future. "As long as I can remember I’ve always wanted to live abroad.

The family of a dad found dead outside his home days before Christmas said there is a 'huge void' in their lives in a moving tribute.

Chrissy Teigen‘s mom has moved back to her hometown!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix has picked up worldwide rights to “The Imaginary,” a currently-on-release Japanese animation film from producer Studio Ponoc. “Studio Ponoc is thrilled to bring our storytelling and innovative hand-drawn, hand-painted animated films to all audiences, and in particular to children and their families to enjoy together, around the world on Netflix,” said Nishimura Yoshiaki, Ponoc founder and former Studio Ghibli producer. The film is directed by Momose Yoshiyuki, who has credits on Ponoc’s 2017 title “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” and others on Ghibli’s “Spirited Away,” “Princess Mononoke” and “Porco Rosso.” Adapted from a novel by A.F. Harold, with a screenplay by Nishimura, the film “portrays the depths of humanity and creativity through the eyes of young Amanda and her imaginary companion, Rudger.

Chrissy Teigen has revealed that her mom Vilailuck “Pepper” Teigen has moved back home to Thailand.

ITZY have announced the dates and venues for their upcoming 2024 ‘Born to Be’ world tour, featuring concerts in North America, Europe, Asia and more.Today (January 25), ITZY revealed the dates and venues for their upcoming 29-date world tour, titled ‘Born to Be’ after their new studio album of the same name.ITZY’s new tour will kick-off with a two-night concert at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. The following month, the K-pop girl group play three shows in Oceania, as well as one in Bangkok Thailand.April and May 2024, ITZY play a one-night-only concert in Singapore, before starting the Latin America, Europe and Japan legs of their tour.

Coleen Nolan has opened up about her all-consuming nerves ahead of her upcoming solo tour which have left her with sleepless nights for months.The TV star, 58, also admitted how she's feeling "lost" without her daughter who is currently travelling around Thailand and detailed how it's been "horrendous" without her. The Loose Women panelist shared how she's feeling about having an empty nest after her daughter Ciara, 22, jetted off to Thailand to go travelling with her boyfriend.

Coleen Nolan has opened up about the 'sleepless nights' she's been having ahead of her upcoming tour 'Naked'.

Ukraine has attacked HBO after The White Lotus cast Miloš Biković, a Serbian actor who has voiced his admiration for Russia and accepted a medal from Vladimir Putin.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Three Japanese films enjoying their world premieres, along with festival favorites “City of Wind” and “Solids by the Seashore,” are set to appear in the 13-title competition section of the Osaka Asian Film Festival in March. The event will be held March 1-10 at venues including ABC Hall, Cine Libre Umeda, T-Joy Umeda and the Nakanoshima Museum of Art. The opening and closing films will be announced in early February. The 19th edition of the festival, which will eventually contain 55 feature and short films, is set to also include three special programs – a “Thai Cinema Kaleidoscope,” “Taiwan: Movies on the Move,” and “Special Focus on Hong Kong” – as well as its regular Spotlight Section on underrated Asian films and the Indie Forum of more challenging and innovative works. The competition titles are: “City of Wind,” by Mongolia’s Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir; “Fire on Water,” by Malaysia’s Sun-J Perumal; “Hyphen,” by The Philippines Joy Arnaldo; “The Lyricist Wannabe,” by Hong Kong’s Norris Wong; “The Missing,” by The Philippines’ Carl Joseph E.

Sheynnis Palacios is in Mexico celebrating the organization’s plans for 2024 and 2025, which include spas, cosmetics, perfume, and global expansion of the current products. The Miss Universe Organization (MUO) and its owner, the Thailand-based JKN Global Group, signed a new partnership with Mexican business conglomerate Legacy Holding to build the brand’s international profile and allow for new product and marketing opportunities.Based on the immense popularity of the beauty pageant in 2023, the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) decided to expand its business by launching skincare, swimsuit, and beverage product lines.

HBO in November 2022 announced a third season for , which will bring a new installment of the Mike White-created anthology series to screens.

So what actually happened to Meghann Fahy‘s Daphne Sullivan after a Sicilian summer trip that yielded a dead body in the water?

“Trauma bangs” are gone. Emily in Paris star Lily Collins confirmed on Instagram today that the cast of the popular Netflix comedy series have reconvened in Paris to begin production on the strike-delayed Season 4. Posing with the script for Episode 401, Collins revealed a hairstyle that harkens back to the first two seasons. In Episode 301, Emily famously chopped off her hair for what her BFF Mindy (Ashley Park) called “trauma bangs.” (You can watch the official Emily’s Trauma Bangs video below.) Emily sported the bangs for the entire season.

Emily In Paris star Ashley Park has shared that she suffered from tonsillitis which nearly killed her, while on holiday around New Year.The 32-year-old revealed details about her health scare, which began in Thailand, on Instagram, where she posted multiple pictures of her recovery in hospital.The post’s caption explained how she experienced an infection which quickly worsened, becoming life-threatening. She wrote: “While on holiday in December into New Years, what started as tonsillitis spiraled into critical septic shock, which infected and affected several of my organs.”Park, who plays Mindy Chen on the hit Netflix show starring Lily Collins, thanked her partner Paul Forman.“You calmed my fears and held me through ambulances, three foreign hospitals, a week in the ICU, scary ERs, countless scans and tests and injections, excruciating pain, and so much confusion all while we were alone on the other side of the world far from those we know,” she added.A post shared by Ashley Park (@ashleyparklady)Park, who added that she “hesitated to share what’s been happening” due to still being “in the throes of recovery” also thanked the hospital staff in her caption.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Mongrel,” a Taiwan-set drama film that has done the round of project markets, will appear at the International Film Festival Rotterdam as a work in progress. In addition to the screening of 15 minutes of footage, Taiwan-based Singaporean director Chiang Wei Liang has confirmed the film’s cast as being headed by Thai actor Wanlop Rungkumjad (“Eternity,” “Manta Ray”) alongside Taiwanese female actor Lu Yi-ching (“The River”, “Stray Dogs”) and rapper Hong Yu-hong (“Bad Education”, “Miss Shampoo”) from Taiwanese hip-hop group Nine One One. Other key cast include Atchara Suwan (“By the Time It Gets Dark”), and Guo Shu-wei in his debut role.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Leading Asian film directors including Josh Kim, Fukada Koji and Patiparn Boontarig line up to pitch their in-development projects at the March edition of the Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). Leading directors Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Lu will also be on the ground at HAF, operating as producers. So too will established producers Yamamoto Teruhisa (“Drive My Car”) and Michael J.

The cast of The White Lotus‘ third season is coming together!

Chloe Ferry may not have had the best luck when it comes to romance, but 2024 could be the year she settles down for good, after rekindling things with her boyfriend Johnny Wilbo.The Geordie Shore star, 28, is feeling extra smitten at the moment, she reveals to OK! during an exclusive chat about the show's new series, and is even looking to become a mother in the near future. Despite keeping her relationship fairly under wraps, Chloe admitted: " [Johnny and I are] really good! Don’t get me wrong, we argue like cat and dog, but he does love me [laughs].