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Sunday, January 17, 2010

SHINee filming Hello Baby season 2 picture








Seohyun reveals what SNSD's dorm looks like



SNSD has been with each other for almost ten years. On top of that, since they have lived together for two years, they must be really close. Seohyun said SNSD is, "Pretty much my family. Because we know each other so well, we can just tell by looking at each other's eyes. We have a great chemistry together. Just like teenage girls, we're lively and laugh easily. At the dorm we have become more active, so I'm actually worried we might be too loud".


There is a saying that says, "if three girls or more get together, a plate will break" [basically, girls are loud]. With nine girls living together in a dorm, do they really live together peacefully? I implored Seohyun to tell me a funny incident.

She then pondered and said, "During one winter, our heater didn't work. We would wake up in the middle of the night because it was so cold, but we fell asleep anyway". She then laughed, "It wasn't until two or three days later, when we found out that our heater didn't work". She continued, "Nothing big happened so far. All of us laugh easily at even little things. When we are back in our dorm, there are endless outbursts of laughter. We talk a lot and play pranks on each other often. It's so much fun living together".

Will G-dragon go to prison ??





Big Bang member gone solo act, G-dragon is under criminal investigation for public display of inappropriate behavior and violation of the Youth Protection Act. The source of the trouble is from the sexually suggestive and violent performances at his solo concert, “Shine a Light” in December 2009.

Not only that, the district prosecutors are questioning why the songs, “She’s Gone” and “Korean Dream”, were performed when they were deemed unsuitable for minors and prohibited from distribution and sale in November 2009.

If G-dragon is found guilty of obscence performance, he can possibly wear jail stripes for a year and/or be fined a maximum 5 million won. The violation for the Youth Protection Act is stiffer with a 20 million won fine and a 3 year jail sentence.

Maybe for his next video, he can act out a jail sentence.
BTW, in protest, 1000 legal fans (in their 20’s) sent in a petition to the Prosecutor’s office in support of their man.

The real reason to TaecYeon-YoonA casting on Family Outing 2 ?



There have been fans who are worried of a loveline that will happen between So Nyeo Shi Dae YoonA and 2PM TaecYeon. They have both been casted for SBS Family Outing 2 recently. Here’s a reason to fans of both side as to why they were casted.

FO2 PD Kwak SeungYeong said recently, “Even though we see the responses whenever we had idol appearance on the show, that is not the only thing we were thinking of when we do the casting.”
Kwak PD said, “TaecYeon was casted for his ‘beastly’ nature. Observing TaecYeon, we see that he has strong competitive mindset and overflowing energy. We hope to see that he will use that competitive nature in whatever situation he is being put through.”


And regarding YoonA, “YoonA is a child who shows endless possibilities. Her ‘SaeByuk’ image she shown in her recent drama, the side of her she shown on variety shows, there is still so many sides of her yet to be shown. We want to discover her endless possibilties through her appearance on the show.”

The 2 were not picked just because they are idols but because they are seen to be young celebrities who will show new charms through their appearance on the show.
Meanwhile, other celebrities like Kim WonHee, Yoon SangHyun etc have also been casted on the show. The first filming will start end-January, and the earliest the show will air is in early-February.

2pm Junho get jealous of Taecyeon and YoonA



Meanwhile, during SBS ‘One Night’s TV Entertainment’ aired on 14th January, 2PM was interviewed during their CF filming.
TaecYeon said, “JunHo is 2PM’ avatar of jealous. He was envious of my collaboration with YoonA during one of last year’s year-end stages.” JunHo was seen smiling shily when exposed by fellow member TaecYeon.

Brown Eyed Girls Miryo voted the best rapper of all female idol group members



Brown Eyed Girls Miryo has been voted by netizens are the best rapper amongst all idol groups.
On community portal site DCInside, a poll was carried out from 18th till 25th August on ‘The rapper which you think is the most talented amongst female idol group members’, and Miryo was voted #1 with 3,072 votes out of 9,358 votes (32.8%).
The rest of the poll results show:
  1. Brown Eyed Girls Miryo (32.8%)
  2. 2NE1 CL (29.2%)
  3. KARA Nicole (18.9%)
  4. WonderGirls YooBin
  5. 2NE1 Gong MinJi

SNSD Jessica's cynical comments ^^



SNSD's member Jessica left cynical/humorous replies to her fans questions.

On an internet fan portal site, netizens asked questions to Jessica and tried to get humorous responses. One fan said "Jessica noona, please play with me", and Jessica replied "Learn how to play by yourself please".

Another fan said "Jessica noona, there will soon be a hole in my sock. The threads are coming apart." and Jessica left a reply saying "Go buy yourself some socks".

Other than these responses, there were also "My sister bothers me. Please scold her for me", and Jessica replied "Good job sister, Fighting", while another netizen said "wow ur English is great" and Sica replied "I'll scold you". With that reply, she made many netizens laugh. (*note 'ur' was written like that in the comment)

In response to Jessica's responses, netizens said "I never knew Jessica's humour level was this high" "Jessica is for sure the most JJang Soshi member" (note JJang = best) "I also want to get a cynical response from Jessica".

T-ara's Hyomin "I want to be closer with SNSD's Sunny"



A member of T-ara, Hyomin, said that she would like to be closer with SNSD's Sunny.

Hyomin revealed her hopes for new years on an upcoming KBS2 'Invincible Youth' episode, which will be aired on the 15th. Hyomin said, "This year, I would like to avoid being edited out completely. Also, I would like to be closer with Sunny".

"As long as I'm with Sunny, I'll get more air time", said Hyomin. It snowed so much that it was up to one's knee. So Hyomin followed Sunny everywhere, while shoveling the snow.

When Kim Shinyoung saw this, she joked, "From now on, then we should call Hyomin 'Sunbyung' [a pun of Sunny+folding screen]", and people laughed.

Then Han Sunhwa added, "I improved a lot because I was with Sunny; you can model her and learn a lot".

Meanwhile, 'Invincible' team went out to shovel the snow in Hongchun, Kangwondo because it snowed over 30cm (more than 1ft).

Two days prior to the filming schedule, it has been snowing in Honchung. With fifty soldiers, the 'Invincible' team went there to shovel the snow on ginseng fields and roads in the vicinity of the church. It took a total of four hours to shovel over 2 000 pyong.

Soompi gets to know SNSD Jessica and Tiffany



Soompi: One of the questions our members are really curious about is: Do you know Soompi?
Tiffany: I definitely know it and I’m amazed at how much it’s grown. My sister’s a frequent user. I knew it when I was back home.
Soompi: Right, it’s been around for a long time.
Tiffany: But it wasn’t like, this major.
 
Soompi: K-Pop is really making it grow and it’s actually your guys’ work that is making it grow a lot more. So have you been to the site yourself, then?
Tiffany: Oh, I’ve been to the site myself, of course!
 
Soompi: And were you a member back in the day? Or were you just a lurker?
Tiffany: [laughs] Ah, I was just a lurker. I was just getting into the site.
 
Soompi: When all this happened?
Tiffany: Yeah. Yeah.

Soompi: How much about Korean music did you know before you came to Korea?
Jessica: Actually, when I came to Korea I was in 5th grade and I didn’t know anything about Korean music. I kind of knew H.O.T. [laugh] but like, I really had no idea about Korean music. Or well, I was really interested in this field. Well, but Tiffany had a different story.
Tiffany: Yeah, I was the opposite. I wasn’t really familiar with it but I just got really into K-Pop the year I was cast. And that would be… 2003? 2004?
I immediately fell in love with it because it was just as cool as American pop, you know? Yeah, so I was um, really, really into that.
Jessica: [cutting in] When she first came to Korea –
Tiffany: I was like, obsessed. [everyone laughs]
Jessica: She was called “Little BoA” because she had yellow hair.
Tiffany: I had the long hair and round cheeks and I really admired her look. I mean, that’s what made me start. Yeah, she’s definitely my icon.
Soompi: Well, since you’ve been here, you’ve obviously met a lot of people in the entertainment industry since you go to a lot of performances and events. Who have you met that has blown your expectations out of the water? Like, you had a lot of respect for them before but when you met them, you were amazed.
Tiffany: [pause, thinking] Definitely BoA. And I mean, she still tends to amaze the world.
Jessica: [thinking] Um… for me… Dong Bang Shin Gi.
Tiffany: [cuts in] Yeah, I have to say that, too. They’re so professional
Jessica: Yeah, they’re like different people.
Tiffany: That’s why we admire both of them. BoA unnie, she’s tiny and little and cute and completely lovable. And she goes onstage and she’s completely different.
Soompi: She’s got a lot of power onstage.
Tiffany: With both of them, that’s something that we definitely admire. When it comes to music, their passion is so intense that they’re like different people, and that’s what we admire.

Soompi: So SM has their training program, and right now, a lot of our members are getting ready for the auditions. I’d say a good number of our members want to join the entertainment industry either as entertainers like you guys or as A&R, producers, directors, or like writers of drama. They all have these dreams and they take these auditions really seriously. So one of the things we want to know about is like, what is the day to day life of a trainee like?
Jessica: Actually, for us, um…
Tiffany: For us, we were pretty… pretty normal.
Jessica: Like, the whole is: we go to school and after school, we come have lunch, and then we have vocal lessons, dance lessons, and um, we practice on our own. Time flies.
Tiffany: Since I went to high school in America, I was really, really social. I loved extracurricular activities and so this was basically like extracurricular activities. It was just as fun, but the pressure was – I have to say – higher because you know, when you’re in school, they cut you slack. It’s part of school, you know? But this wasn’t part of school so you have to be like… perfect in both. So it’s not extracurricular, it’s like two schools. It’s like two jobs, right? [laughs]

Soompi: Okay, so since you guys are Korean Americans in the Korean entertainment industry…
Tiffany: [cheerf
ully] Proud to be!
Soompi: Do you feel like you have given something special to your group in particular or to even Korean music culture? Being from overseas?
Tiffany: [thinking] Um, yeah, yeah. [then with more certainty] There’s always something different, once you set us girls together.
Tiffany and Jessica: [laughing and together] There’s always something different about us!
Tiffany: So they’ll be like, “okay, the two Americans, come over here!”  [Jessica laughs] Because we’d like, be always talking in English and it’s good that we have each other because the culture difference… it’s pretty different. It’s cool. And it’s cool definitely when we look at the bigger picture – when we go outside of Korea and all over Asia. And we’re definitely interested in pursuing careers back home, as well. I think it’s cool because you can only do the whole teen pop stuff once and because it’s sooo highly [searching for a word]… valued here, it’s very exciting and it’s an honor.

Soompi: What has been the most difficult thing about being a Korean American?
Jessica and Tiffany: Culture.
Tiffany: [openly] I was the wild child. [laughs] I definitely was.
Jessica: [to Tiffany] For example, for her: maybe… food. At first.
Tiffany: [remembering] Ohhh, yeah…
Jessica: She came to Korea and she was like, “I want pizza, Jessica!” and so we had to go eat pizza. And she wasn’t like a Korean girl. But now, she eats dwenjangjigae!
Tiffany: I’m full Korean now!  But um, yeah. I was wild. I was used to being really outgoing and making friends every moment, but then – it’s the culture different in Korea – it’s so calm and… ladylike… but… [honestly] I’m wild. [laugh]
Jessica: [whispers loudly] YEAH.
 
Soompi: Do the other members support your Korean-Americanness?
Tiffany: YES, they do. I’m glad they’ve become a part of it because when they go back to America with us, they’re like “So this is why you’re like that!” [both laugh] They like it, too! The reactions, the food, or just everything. So it’s really nice, actually.

Soompi: You guys know you have big fan followings in many countries, so do you have a message for those people? Mostly the non-Koreans or Korean Americans that want to come here and debut one day?
Tiffany: I’d definitely say that dreaming is the main point because I, myself, was back home – like every other member of this site – kind of just dreaming, “What if? What if?” And then I… went wild, came here, followed my dreams, and I’m here now. So I definitely think that it’s not a far away dream as long as they have that much passion and the passion… gives you responsibility. I came here at such a young age and my dad was like, “What are you going to do going at such a young age?”
Jessica: It was really so brave of her, really.
Tiffany: [continuing] All of a sudden – I don’t know what I was thinking.
Jessica: I had my whole family supporting me. They’re here with me, right now. But she [Tiffany] still doesn’t have her family here and now she’s so big – she’s so huge – here in Korea. And, I think, her family would really be happy.
Tiffany: [searching for words] It’s… it’s… it’s as much passion as you have, just follow it, and you can be where you want to be. I mean, I am.
Jessica: And speaking English kind of a… plus.
Tiffany: Yeah, a plus.
Jessica: Because if you can speak Korean, that’s great. But if you can also speak English, it’s a plus.
 
Soompi: But how good does someone’s Korean have to be?
Tiffany: [loudly] My Korean was terrible, don’t worry.
Jessica: But you can catch up!
Tiffany: Yeah, I totally studied. And we’re not stupid back home, you know? But you come here and you don’t know what you’re saying so it makes you want to study.

Soompi: This next question is actually from one of our members: How long, on average, does it take you to learn a dance routine? And what techniques do you use to help you memorize them?
Jessica: As a group, maybe three full days.
Tiffany: For maybe four or five hours a day. But… but this is bad!  We usually take longer – we take our time – but now that we don’t have that much time, our bodies are kind of programmed to work faster. But um, yeah. About five days?  A few hours a day… it will be solid. Um, kind of solid.
Soompi: Do you have any techniques that you use? Or is it just the whole group, coming together?
Tiffany: You know, we realized it’s not technique, it’s just practice, practice, practice. You just have to repeat it over and over.
Jessica: And before you go to sleep, you just think about it. And then you go to sleep and you dream about it…
 
Soompi: Now we have a question for each of you. Tiffany, so you mentioned in a 2009 interview with Arirang that you felt like you came to Korea too soon, so what is it that you miss about your American teenage years? And if you’d stayed, would you have gone to college and what would you have wanted to study?
Tiffany: [quiet for a moment] I think this is known, but… I thought I was Elle Woods. [laughs] So I wanted to go to law school. Why I thought I came to soon was because I came without even thinking. Like, I came within three weeks. I packed up my whole life in three weeks without even thinking!  I was just like, “Yay!” And then now, as I’m here alone, and I have so much time to think, I think, “I could have gone to prom, I could have gone to Sadie Hawkins.” But I definitely wanted to do law and I’m a big fan of literature and history, so I like writing and reading. It’s kind of nerdy, but… [laughs]
Soompi: Well, what you’re doing is definitely more fun than law school. I promise you.
Tiffany: [laughing] Well, maybe I’ll go back. But yeah, definitely, I’d still be at school. And I wanted to go to USC so much! My sister was like, “Berkeley!” Berkeley law is always nice. My sister is at Berkeley right now for her Ph.D. For anthropology.

Soompi: So then, for you, Jessica, your younger sister is obviously a star also at SM. Did you try to give her as much advice as possible? Or did you let her kind of learn the ropes by herself?
Jessica: Um…I tried to let her learn by herself but because I’m her sister and I’m older, she tends to ask me a lot of questions and she worries about her future. We have a lot of conversations, and actually, our members are really supportive, too.
Tiffany: It’s super cute. You can totally tell… she’s exactly like Jessica! It’s sooo cute! I was listening to their song in the car and I was like, “Dude, did Jessica sing a song without us?” Um, I mean you can totally tell she’s picked up a lot of things from Jessica. Like, her sister picked up... only her good attributes. [joking]
Jessica: That’s what I’m really happy about because she can learn from my mistakes.
 
Soompi: And did it surprise you when she decided to get into your industry?
Tiffany: It blew us away, she was so good.
Jessica: Yeah, but it wasn’t actually all of a sudden. So it wasn’t really surprising.
Tiffany: [joking sentimental voice] But… it’s so cute! She’s growing up…
Jessica: Just seeing her on TV and onstage is really exciting.

SHINee Key's image looks like a Japanese Soonsa ?



Actor Ji HyunWoo puts SHINee Key in a flustered situation.
The 2 had appeared on KBS 2TV Star GoldenBell together on 16th January. And Key picked Ji HyunWoo as “the person who will cause trouble/accidents” and explained, “(Ji HyunWoo) looked like someone who plays through school”.
And Ji HyunWoo was asked “What is your impression of SHINee Key’s image?” and he answered, “He looked like Japanese *soonsa.”
Meanwhile, 4Minute Nam JiHyun had everyone during the filming in laughter when she said, “(SHINee Key) looks really cool but a little mean-looking.”

Key responded with, “I don’t get to see anyone who will look at me as a kind-looking person. I don’t feel bad about it, and will just accept it as a fact.” showing his cool side.
Meanwhile, HyunA was picked as the “member who don’t wash well” in 4Minute, and seemed flustered when chosen by her team members for that. Heo GaYoon explained, “Manager unnie came to our room and said that she smelt something sour. We have all washed up, so there is just one person we thought of.”
*soonsa – the lowest rank police during the Japanese imperialism

S: CSNews || cr:Kbites

MBLAQ's member close relationship in Idol Army



 

I have found some photos of MBLAQ for the third episode of Idol Army.

Many of us know that the boys are pretty close,but how close are they i think many of you don't really know that.However,after seeing the photos from Idol Army,i have to say that they are like family members!

Just look at the photo above,G.O and Lee Joon look like mum and dad who are looking after their won children,Joon is funny in the photo,it seems like he is telling some bedtime stories to Mir.



 

C.N. BLUE rank 1# on the Mnet Chart





New indie band, C.N. BLUE, can definitely compete with fellow rookies MBLAQ and BEAST even if they aren’t an idol group!

Along with a great showcase, their song “I’m a Loner” is now number one on the Mnet real-time charts! They have also reached the number 2 spot on the Hanteo charts, which is similar to Japan’s Oricon (a ranking for sales).

2pm wins Popular Artist Award at the 2010 Asia Models Award






congratulation to our boys !! they totally deserved the award..

On January 15th, the 2010 Asia Model Awards were held at the Seoul Olympic Hall. Stars from many fields entered the hall to a festive night. The awards goes over many categories from endorsements, fashion, music to acting. Some of the winners include:


Asian Star Award: Lee Byung Hun
Popular Artist Award: 2PM, 4minute and Kim Tae Woo
Asian Special Award: Cha Seung Won and Lee Yo Won
Fashionista Award: Noh Hong Chul and Park Han Byul
Popular Star Award: Ji Sung and Yoo Sun Model Star Award: Han Chae Young and Kim Sung Min


 

2PM performed Heartbeat and gave a shout out to Lee Byung Hun in their acceptance speech.

That day, 2PM, along with Kim Taewoo and 4 Minute won the BBF Popular Artist award. They had stood on not as singers but as models.
Afterwards, their congratulatory performance was with 2PM's unique acrobatic skills, capturing the audience.

Fans flocked to the red carpet event and gave birthday messages for 2PM's Junsu's birthday. Junsu replied with a smile in front of the photo wall. On top of this, Junsu had already been topping the search ranking charts with his 'Kim Bo Peep' incident. The 15th should definitely be a special day to remember for 2PM.