There are a lot of sleazy Korean entertainment companies.
Shim Eunha, once a popular TV and movie celebrity in the 1990s, this week denied rumors of her return for a new project for the first time in 22 years. This was the second time in the past few months that she denied a comeback story.
The 51 year old dismissed reports that she has signed a contract with a local production studio, BY4M, for a new work this year. Her agency said it will file a suit against those who spread the false rumor. “I feel sorry for those who still remember and love me as they have heard the baseless news,” Shim told Yonhap News Agency.
There are companies who throw out press releases that Actor A has been cast for a new project, only to have Actor A’s agency politely say it has received a script but has not accepted the project. Companies do it to promote a project, get media attention to get other actors interested and to find investors who want attach their money to known stars.
A few days later, BY4M told local press outlet Ilgan Sports that Shim Eun-ha did not receive any down payment for a contact from agency “We have finally confirmed that the person who received 1.5 billion won ($1.2 million) from us to pay Shim the down payment had not in fact delivered the money to Shim,” said the spokesperson for BY4M. “The person in question claimed to have been entrusted with a contract to appear on behalf of Shim, but the payment does not seem to have been made to the actor herself. We sincerely apologize for having caused trouble to Shim and her family due to our faulty handing of the funds.”
Who in their right mind would give a million dollars to anyone without meeting the artist first? Does anyone really believe BY4M’s explanation?
The idol group LOONA has been in litigation with its agency. BBC, over contract terms and payments. A court ruled in favor of some members that the agency’s contract was unconscionable and entered an injunction against its enforcement. Afterward, BBC filed various administrative complaints against the winning members, especially the popular Chuu, to effectively blacklist them from Korean entertainment activities. The Korea Entertainment Management Association revealed that LOONA’s agency BBC submitted a petition in December last year, asking for a suspension on Chuu’s entertainment activities based on their claims that Chuu’s actions to sign a new contract with BY4M STUDIO in 2021 is “tampering” (the act of making pre-contact prior to the expiration of the contract period) which violated the management contract. But in November 2022, BBC announced Chuu’s removal from LOONA, citing “violent language and misuse of power” toward a staff member as their reason. Chuu has since spoken out to personally deny the agency’s claims.
What is crazy is that BBC is using an alleged Chuu contact with BY4M as a breach of contract claim to punish Chuu, when BY4M’s own credibility is at issue in the Shim matter. You often see an…
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Source: Buzz Pinay Daily
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