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It's Wednesday, which means it's celebrity news time with our Michelle Kim and as always, she brings us all the latest from Hollywood and beyond.

Hello Michelle

[Reporter : ] Hello Conn-young

So what are you going to tell us about first[Reporter : ] To start us off this Wednesday, I have the scoop on the next host for the Oscars, the latest James Bond theme song, Glamour U.K'.s Sexiest Men cover model, and more. Take a look.

"Family Guy" creator Seth Macfarlane has been tapped to host the 85th annual Academy Awards, which will air on February 24th. This will be his first outing as the Oscar MC.
Adele fans, listen up: After months of rumors, the singer confirmed on Monday that she had recorded the theme song for the new James Bond film "Skyfall". and posted a picture of the sheet music for the song on her Twitter page.

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The song will debut on her website on October 5th, chosen because it is also the 50th anniversary of the release of the first Bond film. "Skyfall" hits theaters in Korea on October 26th.
Drew Barrymore has announced that she has given birth to a baby girl, named Olive. The baby was born on September 26th, but the news was not made public until Monday. This is the actress's first child with her husband Will Kopelman.

Actress Anne Hathaway has tied the knot with longtime boyfriend Adam Shulman, a jewelry designer and actor. The two had a private ceremony at an estate on the scenic coast of Big Sur, California, on Saturday night with more than 100 guests in attendance. Hathaway and Shulman were engaged last November, after dating for four years.

Lastly, Robert Pattinson has been making headlines with the upcoming finale of "The Twilight Saga" and his on-and-off romance with co-star Kristen Stewart. Now. he's made headlines once again by topping Glamour U.K'.s "Sexiest Men" list. This is the fourth time in a row the actor has topped the list, this year beating out actors Taylor Lautner, Chris Hemsworth and Ryan Gosling.

A lot of updates this week, and the one that stands out most is Anne Hathaway's wedding. I read about that online and was absolutely shocked.

[Reporter : ] I'm sure a lot of us were. She and her fiance, now her husband, had been daiting for a while, so we knew there was going to be a wedding sooner or later, but no one knew they were going to tie the knot before they actually did. It was a very well planned secret and I hope they enjoyed it.

I hope so too. And now moving on, what other celebrity news do you have for us today[Reporter : ] Well, our day would feel a bit empty without some mention of Korea's most famous pop star -- Psy. He surprised Korean fans with a free concert yesterday at Seoul's Jamsil Indoor Stadium and has another surprise for us tomorrow. Let's take a look.

Seoul's Jamsil Indoor Stadium was filled with 20,000 screaming fans yesterday, all waiting for one person -- Psy.
The pop star didn't disappoint, performing for an hour longer than scheduled in a free concert organized by Korean social networking service Cyworld yesterday.

The CY x PSY concert was divided into two parts, with the first featuring all of the singer's hit songs.
The second part was filled with PSY doing covers of hit songs by musicians popular in the 90s.

The artist offered his genuine thanks to fans at the show, saying that if it hadn't been for his fans in Korea, he would never have been able to achieve so much success around the globe.

Since his mega-hit "Gangnam Style" first grabbed the world's attention, the song has inspired an endless stream of tribute videos and topped music charts in 10 countries.
As of this week, "Gangnam Style" is at No. 2 on Billboard's Hot 100.

For fans who didn't get a chance to see yesterday's concert, the singer will be holding another free concert tomorrow evening at Seoul's City Hall Plaza.
The concert will follow the release of the next Billboard Hot 100 chart, and all eyes will be on Psy, who has vowed to perform shirtless if the song makes it to Number 1.

Sounds like we might need to get the party started a little earlier than usual this week and go down to City Hall for the PSY concert on Thursday.

[Reporter : ] I'm definitely ready to do that. PSY's concerts are nothing but crazy, entertaining, extremely fun and not to be missed. The concert starts at 9 in the evening and it's free, so why not go out and enjoy some great music, creative dancing and the phenomenon that is PSY Why not[Reporter : ] I do. This weekend, singer Hong Kyung-min will be celebrating his 15th anniversary with a concert in Seoul, Korea's "king of ballads" Shin Seung-hoon will be performing in Goyang on October 17th and the 28th, and Dr. Dre will perform with three other major names in hip-hop in Busan and Ilsan at two shows in November. Here are the details on today's bulletin.

[Reporter : ed: jenny] This bulletin features 3 events

Hong Kyung-min is celebrating his 15th anniversary with a concert at the Blue Square Samsung Card Hall on October 6th and 7th. Three years after his debut in 1997 with the album "Dedicate", he rose to fame in the year 2000 with the hit song "Broken Friendship".

Shin Seung-hoon, known in Korea as the "king of ballads", will perform at the Goyang Aram Nuri Aram Theater on October 27th and 28th. The concert features some of his old hits alongside new material.

Dr. Dre, one of the most successful producers and artists in the hip-hop scene, performs two shows in Korea at Bexco in Busan on November 2nd and at Kintex in Ilsan on November 3rd. Joining him on stage will be three other major names in hip-hop -- Snoop Dogg, Game and Tha Dogg Pound.

Thank you for the update

[Reporter : ] My pleasure

Reporter : dainee@arirang.co.kr
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