Directed by 8 film directors, "SF8" consists of 8 science-fiction episodes and stories about artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), robots, gaming, fantasy, horror, supernatural powers, and disasters. The series includes star-studded cast Super Junior's Choi Siwon, EXID's Hani, actress Lee Yeon Hee, Kim Bora, Uee and more. During the press conference held in July, the directors and cast sat down with the press and talked about the drama. 

Episode 1_SF8: The Prayer

Cast: Lee Yoo-young, Moon Sook, Ye Soo-jung & Yeom Hye-ran Airs on 15 Aug, 8PM on Oh!K (Astro Ch 394)

The series kick-started with "SF8: The Prayer" which tells the story about the intelligent nurse robot, Gan Ho Joong (starring Lee Yoo-young) who is responsible to take care of a woman who's in a coma for 10 years and the daughter Jung-in. Jung-in is facing financial and emotional problems and tries to commit suicide due to stress. However, the nurse robot detects suicide risk from Jung-in and desperately tries to protect her. 

Episode 2_SF8: Manxin

Cast: Lee Yeon Hee, Lee Dong Hwi Airs on 22 Aug, 8PM on Oh!K (Astro Ch 394)

7 years ago, Precon Company developed AI fortune telling program "Manxin" that claims to have a 95% accuracy rate. One day, Sun-ho (starring Lee Yeon Hee)’s little sister disappears with the big sinkhole in the ground. Sun-ho and 'Manxin' believer Ga-ram (starring Lee Dong-hwi) start to look for the program developer of Manxin to find the solutions of their problems.

Episode 3_SF8: Joan's Galaxy

Cast: Kim Bora, Choi Sung-Eun Airs on 29 August, 8PM on Oh!K (Astro Ch 394)

In 2046, the earth is covered in fine dust, and humans are categorized into 'C' (Clean) and 'N' (Non-Clean). C's can get an expensive shot for an antibody at birth and get to live up to 100 years old. N's however, are not given expensive vaccines at birth and can only live up to the age of 30. They lead totally different lives. Lee Oh (starring Choi Sung-Eun), a 26-year-old university student who thought she was a C but realizes that she didn’t receive antibody injection when she was born due to the hospital's mistake. She then started to have interest of N's lives, especially the life of Joan (starring Kim Bora), the only student at her university.  

Episode 4_SF8: Blink

Cast: Lee Si-young, Ha Joon Airs on 5 September, 8PM on Oh!K (Astro Ch. 394)

Detective Ji-woo (starring Lee Si Young) works at SF investigation but she hates AI technology as her parents died in a car accident involving an automatic driving car. Since then she did not believes anything related to AI and tends to trust her own sense and ability. One day, she meets a new freshman detective, Seo Nang (starring Ha Joon) who's an AI. Will she be able to solve the murder case with Seo Nang and catch the criminal?

Episode 5_SF8: Baby It's Over Outside

Cast: David Lee, Shin Eun-soo Airs on 12 September, 8PM on Oh!K (Astro Ch. 394)

Nam Woo (starring David Lee) a policeman, who lives a lonely life for 6 years. In a week, a meteorite will fall and bring the end of the world. After the news being announced, people started to reveal their identities such as superpowers. Hae Hwa (starring Shin Eun Soo) then starts to gather people with superpowers and try to protect the world. Will they be able to stop the apocalypse from happening?

Episode 6_SF8: White Crow

Cast: Hani, Shin So-yul Airs on 19 September, 8PM on Oh!K (Astro Ch.394)

BJ Juno (starring Hani) is a pro-BJ gamer who has 800 thousand subscribers. One day, one of her alumnae shows up and distorts Juno’s past. After she blows up at her fans and loses her dignity, she makes plans to recover her reputation through a new ‘trauma game’. When Juno went into the virtual world, she faces herself as a high school student again and could not overcome her trauma. She gets trapped inside the game that threatens her life.

Episode 7_SF8: Love Virtually

Cast: Choi Siwon, UEE Airs on 26 September, 8PM on Oh!K (Astro Ch.394)

A real romantic drama about Min-jun (starring Choi Siwon) and Ji-won (starring UEE). The couple started dating through a VR app called “Love Virtually”, but aren’t able to meet anymore due to the malfunction of the app. They lied to each other about their looks and are scared to meet in real life, but their interesting love story begins now.

Episode 8_SF8: Empty Body

Cast: Moon So-ri, Jang Yoo-sang Airs 3 October, 8PM on Oh!K (Astro Ch.394)

Human brain and AI able to connects in this futuristic society. Hye-ra (starring Moon So-ri) succeeds in connecting her dead son, Young-in (starring Jang Yoo-sang)’s brain into an Android. But she doubts the Android son and thinks that he's pretending to be her real son. She gets more suspicious and reports to the police. Young-in is charged under ‘Symbiosis Android Kim Young-in deleting possessor Kim Young-in’s conscious’. But Android Young-in keeps claiming that he is the real possessor ‘Young-in’.

Don't forget to tune into Oh!K (Astro Ch 394) and watch this interesting SF8 series every Saturday. 

photo credit: Oh!K 

CLC returns with upbeat and powerful single "Helicopter" after a year of their "Devil" comeback. This comeback indicates curiosity about future and it captures the journey in finding the solutions with CLC's own unique ways. Not only Korean version, CLC will also release "Helicopter" English version for global fans who showed lots of love to them. 

Ahead of the release of its single, CLC sat down with the press at their online media showcase held in Seoul and talked about their new single and also goals for the comeback. 

Q: Few members have their own YouTube channels. Tell us more about the contents.

Seung Hee: I'm still new to YouTube. My main content is about music but as fans are curious about my daily life so I have been consistently uploading vlog that I edited by myself. 

Seung Yeon: Recently I have uploaded few contents about dancing. I wanted to challenge various genres so I took those videos. Moving forward, I wanted to record some healthy life that includes beauty and also sports contents. 

Sorn: Actually I have lots of content that are in progress which are specially created for international fans. So in order for them to understand, I have included subtitles as well. So for Korean fans who wanted to learn English can also watch my videos. I think it'll help a lot. 

Q: Recently Eunbi takes the role in drama Somehow Family who's quiet and has a reserved personality. So in the future what role you hope to receive?

Eunbi: I really wanted to try an action role. For example street fight or action scene jumping from one building to another.  

Q: How do you feel to collaborate with other artists in "Good Girl" and which artists match you well, Yee Eun?

YeeEun: Rather than seeing each other as a competitor, I felt we are more like a group. Also, I am really happy being able to meet good sisters (at the show). / When preparing for the stage, I match well with KARD's Jiwoo but when being offstage, Jamie and YoungJi are the most comfortable to talk and play with. Ailee and Girls' Generation's Hyoyeon also gave advice and lots of supports regarding my stage performances. 

Q: What comes to your mind when you first listened to the title track "Helicopter"?

Seung Yeon: We sat together to listen to the song and the members' first impression about the song was great and that was our first time to have same opinions. It's interesting that all of us have with same opinions for the first time.

Q: Any interesting episodes when shooting "Helicopter" MV? 

Seung Hee: This time the shooting took a little longer compared to the previous. Also, it was YeeEun's birthday during the shoot, so while preparing for her birthday surprise, suddenly the venue was blackout. Not for the surprise but the lights suddenly went off for real. 

YeeEun: Actually I have excepted a birthday surprise so I just pretended it was blackout (instead of a surprise). But who knows it was really a blackout. And since we have been together for so long, so each time after 12AM of someone's birthday we'll send wishes or celebrate together. So naturally, I have expected (a birthday celebration from the members).

Q: Any difficulties when you participated in writing the lyrics for "Helicopter"?

YeeEun: It's really difficult because it's my first time to write our own stories. So, it's kinda difficult for me to express what I really want. Although it's difficult but I would like to take it as a challenge. 

 Watch "Helicopter" MV:

Photo by: Cube Entertainment

In an effort to commemorate the re-opening of cinemas nationwide, TikTok, the leading destination for short-form mobile video, partners with GSC Movies Sdn Bhd, the largest independent movie distributor in Malaysia, to launch Entertainment Anchor. The newly launched feature on Tiktok provides avid movie goers and TV show fanatics with exclusive access to upcoming blockbusters, hit shows, star-studded interviews, and opportunities to win fantastic merchandise.

To mark the launch of this partnership, Entertainment Anchor’s inaugural blockbuster would feature Train to Busan Presents Peninsula, the sequel to Train to Busan, a zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide when it premiered four years ago.More than just an ad-hoc page, Entertainment Anchor will show users a wall of film and television shows for their perusal. Once selected, users need only click the ‘Entertainment Anchor’ icon on the bottom left of their screens to be transported to a dedicated page filled with further insight such as trailers, title synopsis, casting lists, hashtags, and many more. As an added bonus for Train to Busan Presents Peninsula fans, users will be greeted to a super exclusive three-part interview between TikTok creator Sean Lee, actors Lee Jung-hyun & Gang Dong-Won, and Director Yeon Sang-ho himself when they click on the title. 

This month, innisfree brings two newest additions to its collection - Vivid Cotton Stick and Jeju Life Perfumed Hand Cream. 

Vivid Cotton Stick available in 10 shades | Price: RM52

Vivid Cotton Stick is the newest addition to the Vivid Cotton line which available in 10 different shades, from nude to deep colours. Its featherlight, cotton-like texture glides smoothly onto your lips with a soft, velvety matte finish while keeping your lips moist and comfortable. This hybrid tint stick is a combination of lipstick and lip tint. It is densely packed with pigment to ensure a long-lasting and smudge-proof lip colour even with just one application. 

Purchase any Vivid Cotton Stick and receive a complimentary My Lip Balm (Wedding Peach Team), available from 1-30th September, while stocks last

Jeju Life Perfumed Hand Cream, however, has added four new scents to the line with renewed packaging and designs to represent beautiful scenes of Jeju Island. These four new scents bring the total collection to 10 types of fragrances. The semi-wax technology used in the hand creams allows the fragrances to be released slowly for a longer lasting scene. 

Price: RM17 / 30ml 

Jeju Life Perfumed Hand Cream | Tropic Sherbet 

This sweet-smelling scent starts with soft notes of yuzu and fresh lime. Dewberry adds a green note which is rounded out by the gentle finish of musk. 

Fragrance note: Fresh Fruity 

Jeju Life Perfumed Hand Cream | Lilac 

Surround yourself with the delicate and feminine scent of blooming lilacs. Allow the flowery, mysterious, exotic fragrance take you on a trip. 

Fragrance note: Green Floral 

Jeju Life Perfumed Hand Cream | Sky Surfing 

Surf the blue sea under the warmth of strong sunlight. Close your eyes and let this citrusy, soapy fragrance with basil, bergamot and jasmine transport you to a thrilling day at the beach. 

Fragrance note: Citrus Soapy 

Jeju Life Perfumed Hand Cream | Snow Path 

Bask in the quiet solace of the snow path. This pure and soft musk fragrance elicits the feeling of snowflakes softly landing on your skin. 

Fragrance note: Floral Musk

SuperM unveils new single ‘Tiger Inside’ music video that sends messages of overcoming hardships and challenges by bringing out the inner tiger (passion) hidden within us. The track is from SuperM’s first full-length album, SuperOne which is set to release on 25 September. 

Like the big cat that it’s named for, “Tiger Inside” is kinetic, visceral and galvanizing, exuding strength and confidence as septet seamlessly trade off powerful vocals and traverse musical styles. Synths conjure up the grumbling noise of a tiger alongside powerful 808 bass with distortion, creating an Asian-themed track made for the dancefloor. The accompanying music video features distinctive choreography, inspired by the tiger movement. 

Watch ‘Tiger Insider” MV: 

Fans who pre-order SuperM upcoming album in digital format will instantly receive “Tiger Insider” and “100”. Pre-order Super One HERE.

photo credit: SM Entertainment