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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 28 November 2019
Actor Lin-Manuel

Miranda encourages

shopping small

NEW YORK (AP) — With the
holiday shopping season
upon us, actor and "Ham-
ilton" creator Lin-Manuel
Miranda is encouraging
people to take part in Small
Business Saturday, an effort
to shop at local, indepen-
dent stores on the Saturday
after Thanksgiving.
Growing up in the neigh-
borhood of Washington In this Sept. 22, 2019 file photo,
Heights, the award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda arrives
actor and "Hamilton" cre- at the 71st Primetime Emmy
Awards at the Microsoft The-
ator said small businesses ater in Los Angeles. A South Korean man pays tribute to K-pop star Goo Hara at a memorial altar at the Seoul St. Mary's
were a staple in the neigh- Associated Press Hospital in Seoul, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019.
borhood. Associated Press
"I think New York City is bet- can't find anywhere else in
ter when it's full of small the world," he said. Singer Goo Hara's death shines
businesses. I think the world This year, he also became
is better. I grew up in a a small business owner by
neighborhood that was teaming up with a group light on dark side of K-pop
dotted with small busi- that includes theater own-
nesses," Miranda said at a er James Nederlander to
recent pop-up shop put purchase the Drama Book By JUWON PARK cessful solo career in South a handful of top entertain-
on by American Express, Shop, a century-old store in Associated Press Korea and Japan. ment agencies.
creator of Small Business the theater district that was SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Sulli began her career The industry is known to
Saturday. "That's a part of in danger of closing due to The death of South Korean around the same time as have strict rules for their
what makes New York spe- high rent prices. The new singer and actress Goo Goo, debuting as a mem- stars — including dating
cial and makes the world location nearby will open Hara, whose body was ber of the girl band f(x) in bans, spartan training and
special, is those places you in March.q found at her home in Seoul 2009. She also had multiple diets, and sometimes slave-
this week, has again shone acting roles after stepping like and unfair contracts.
a spotlight on pressures that away from her singing ca- Experts say the industry has
Taiwanese-Canadian stars, especially females, reer. additional requirements for
face in the cutthroat K-pop Goo made headlines when its female artists, unspoken
model-actor Godfrey industry and in deeply con- she took her former boy- rules reflective of South Ko-
servative South Korean so-
friend,
Jong-bum, rea's patriarchal society.
Choi
Gao dies on set ciety. to court last year. Choi Park Hee-A, a K-pop jour-
nalist and writer of "Inter-
Goo's death at age 28 claimed to have been as-
came less than two months saulted by her, while Goo views with K-pop Stars," said
after the death of Choi Jin- accused him of threaten- female stars are bound by
HONG KONG (AP) — Tai- ri, or Sulli, another K-pop ing to release a sex video rigid societal rules of femi-
wanese-Canadian model- star and Goo's close friend. of her. ninity.
actor Godfrey Gao has Experts say both Goo and During the dispute, Goo's "Some female idol mem-
died after suffering an ap- Choi faced extensive cy- Korean agency didn't re- bers have gotten ostra-
parent heart attack while berbullying and sexual new her contract. A court cized for not smiling in a
on set in China. harassment from the pub- sentenced Choi to 1 ½ television show and read-
Gao was filming a sports lic and media throughout years in prison on charges ing a book about feminism
reality show in the eastern their careers, which took a of coercion and assaulting that contradicts male-
Chinese city of Ningbo on toll on their mental health. and blackmailing Goo. The dominated patriarchal
Wednesday when he died. Police say they are still in- jail term was suspended, South Korean society," Park
His agency, JetStar Enter- vestigating Goo's death keeping him out of prison. told The Associated Press.
tainment, confirmed his and found a "pessimistic Choi appealed and the Expectations of purity and
death on its official Face- In this August 12, 2013, file note" at her home. trial is still ongoing. chastity govern women in
book page. photo, actor Godfrey Gao ar- Once popular mostly in K-pop is highly competitive, South Korea. Goo faced a
The 35-year-old was film- rives at the world premiere of Asia, K-pop has spread with dozens of groups de- barrage of hate comments
"The Mortal Instruments: City
ing “Chase Me,” a Chinese of Bones" at the ArcLight Cin- far beyond South Korea, buting each year. Industry following media reports
variety series, when he re- erama Dome in Los Angeles. thanks to wildly popular experts have long warned about the sex video de-
portedly fell while running. Associated Press groups such as "BTS" and about the dark side of the spite her being the victim
He was rushed to a hospital "Blackpink." scandal-ridden industry. of revenge porn.
where he was pronounced numerous television dra- Goo debuted in 2008 as Aspiring artists, as young "The topic of sex is taboo
dead, according to his mas and movies, including part of the five-member girl as their early teens, train in South Korea compared
agency. a role in the Hollywood film group Kara, which shot al- for years. Only a few debut to western countries," said
The Taiwan-born Gao ini- “The Mortal Instruments: most immediately to fame and even fewer are com- Tae-Sung Yeum, attend-
tially rose to fame by be- City of Bones.” and helped pioneer the K- mercially successful. The ing psychiatrist at Gwang-
coming the first Asian male His body will be transported pop global phenomenon. likelihood of their success hwamun Forest Psychiatric
model for the luxury brand Wednesday to Taipei, Tai- She later launched a suc-
Louis Vuitton. He acted in wan’s capital.q increases if they sign with Clinic. q