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Why You Feel Like You Know Your Favorite Celebrity: The Psychology of Parasocial Relationships
You've never met them. They don't know you exist. Yet you'd feel real grief if they died, real betrayal if they let you down. That's a parasocial relationship — a 70-year-old concept that explains modern fandom, influencer culture, and why your favorite YouTuber feels like a friend. Here's how it works, and when it tips from normal to unhealthy.
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Page 1 of 1Park Seo Joon's Next Two Roles Are a Drug Dealer and a Secret Police Detective. The Romcom King Is Gone
His comeback romance flopped in January. Since then: a noir villain for Disney+, and now a 1974 dictatorship thriller. Park Seo Joon isn't taking one role against type — he's abandoned the genre that made him.
CORTIS' Keonho Will Perform Without Choreography — What Happened to BIGHIT's Youngest Star
Three days before CORTIS' first-ever tour, BIGHIT MUSIC confirmed Keonho fractured both little fingers in a fall. Here's what changes on stage — and the answer to the question flooding search right now: no, he and Seonghyeon aren't twins.