No matter how high his international stature rises, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei never seems to take himself too seriously. That's my takeaway, anyway, from his parody of the South Korean pop hit "Gangnam Style." 
 
 Well, it's sort of a parody. Ai and his team donned some pink clothes and jumped around to the song's audio, splicing in some shots from the video (with its star, Psy, always cut out). 
 
 At one point, the artist starts waving a set of handcuffs, which he later uses to attach himself to another man in the video. I can't claim to understand the significance of this, if there is any. Chinese police arrested Ai for almost three months in 2011 and later placed him under house arrest. Does anyone have any insight to this, or is it just Ai having a bit of fun? 
 
 Update: Answer here. 
 
 Ai showed his more serious side to the New Yorker's Evan Osnos, who just posted video of his interview with the artist. 
 
 A poignant moment comes about eight minutes in, when Osnos asks Ai, "Have you thought about how you will explain your life to [your son]?" 
 
 Ai: I had a very funny notion during my detention, even after or now: I want my son to grow slower. I don't want him to be mature too soon, to understand what I'm doing. 
 
 Osnos: Because it's impossible to explain it? 
 
 Ai: It doesn't really make sense to me. Of course I don't want to teach my children a sense of suffering, it's not necessary. It doesn't have to be this way. 

 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been taking dancing lessons from South Korean rapper Psy. 
 
 Mr Ban, who is also South Korean, joked that he felt overshadowed by the Gangnam Style singer, whose video has clocked up more than half a billion views on YouTube. 
 
 "I'm a bit jealous. Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world. Now I have to relinquish. I have no regrets," he said. 
 
 The two lavished praise on each other at the UN's headquarters in New York, with Mr Ban risking a few of Psy's trademark horse-riding dance moves from Gangnam Style. 
 
 "So now you have first and second famous Korean in the same building," Psy told reporters, adding that he had nothing but praise for Mr Ban. 
 
 "For all the Koreans he is the guy, you know, in everyone's heart in Korea, the best among the best," said the 34-year-old. 
 
 "To be here and he knows me, even the thing that he knows me is so touching right now, and he's saying he saw my video. He counted my video views. 
 
 "This is much more better feeling than when I did No 2 on Billboard (US music chart)." 
 
 Psy does his much-copied horse-riding dance (YG Entertainment) 
 
 Although Psy has been a hit in his home country for years, it took Gangnam Style to propel him to worldwide stardom, getting to No 1 in the UK Singles Chart. 
 
 He has appeared on numerous television programmes in the US, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Saturday Night Live and The X Factor, and his moves have been performed by the likes of Nelly Furtado and Britney Spears. 
 
 The official video accompanying Gangnam Style has prompted numerous parodies, including a group of US lifeguards and some pupils from Eton. 
 
 Mr Ban's meeting with Psy, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, was a break from the conflict and wars the UN leader usually deals with. 
 
 Mr Ban's spokesman said the Secretary General thinks it is important to engage different parts of society. 

 Forget Dancing With the Stars. You want to see an A-lister bust some really impressive moves, look no further than Hugh Jackman's sexy, smooth "Gangnam Style" lesson. 
 
 The action star took a break from filming The Wolverine to dance with Psy, the South Korean pop star who sparked the dance craze. 
 
 It's not clear why Psy hit the movie set. Maybe they are negotiating a dance montage for the heavy action flick to lighten things up a bit. (Stranger things have happened!) Whatever the reason, the Twitter pics they each posted of the visit are priceless. Hugh and Psy are both wearing those crazy sharp Wolverine talons while gettin' jiggy with it. "Had a great time," tweeted the singer. 
 
 Hugh was definitely psyched too. "Slicing gangnam style!!!! Great to meet @psy_oppa who visited set yesterday," he later tweeted along with the following pic. 
 
 How cool is that? Hugh is such a good sport. 
 
 Do you still love "Gangnam Style" or are you over it? 
 
 Images via Twitter & Twitter
– South Korean rapper PSY has taught his insanely popular "Gangnam Style" dance to Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres and even Wolverine, aka Hugh Jackman—but his latest student may be his most impressive yet. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon did the "horse dance" alongside PSY at UN headquarters in New York yesterday, Sky News reports. Ban also joked that he's jealous of his fellow South Korean. "Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world," he said. "Now I have to relinquish." And PSY has another high-profile fan: Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei. Ai has released what the Washington Post calls an "odd" parody of the "Gangnam Style" video, which basically features a pink-shirted Ai dancing around to the song as scenes from PSY's video are spliced in. "At one point, the artist starts waving a set of handcuffs, which he later uses to attach himself to another man in the video. I can’t claim to understand the significance of this, if there is any," writes Max Fisher. "Chinese police arrested Ai for almost three months in 2011 and later placed him under house arrest. Does anyone have any insight to this, or is it just Ai having a bit of fun?"