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2011-01-21
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-ochre.livejournal.comThe 20th High1 Seoul Music Awards were held on January 20th at the Hall of Peace in Kyunghee University, and many top K-pop artists were in attendance.
The awards show first begun in 1990 and is presented annually by Sports Seoul for outstanding achievements in the music industry in South Korea. It is one of the big 4 music award ceremonies in Korea, alongside Mnet Asian Music Awards, Golden Disk Awards, and Melon Music Awards.
The hosts for the evening were Shin Dong Yup, SNSD’s Yuri and Tak Jae Hoon.
Source: akp
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( red carpet )
SOS: akp
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The awards show first begun in 1990 and is presented annually by Sports Seoul for outstanding achievements in the music industry in South Korea. It is one of the big 4 music award ceremonies in Korea, alongside Mnet Asian Music Awards, Golden Disk Awards, and Melon Music Awards.
The hosts for the evening were Shin Dong Yup, SNSD’s Yuri and Tak Jae Hoon.
Source: akp
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( red carpet )
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SHINee looking flawless in Burberry
2011-01-21 01:58 amkakkoi-x.livejournal.com
SHINee recently appeared in the January 2011 edition of the Thailand Tatler for a Equestrian-themed photoshoot.
With the start of the Thai Polo season in January, a small group of enthusiasts wanted to introduce the sport to a new generation. The magazine says that to “kick off this youth-recruiting effort, Korean boy band phenomenon, SHINee, visited Thai Polo & Equestrian club in Pattaya to model the latest Burberry fashions and take in the surroundings of this exciting horse sports venue.”
( HQ scans under the cut )
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scans by: ohniminxie
lots of SM artists sporting Burberry lately :P
aunts.livejournal.com
( GORGEOUS BALI PRINCESS HOLY CRAP )
source: soompi
sme you have our approval of a full shoot like this with all the girls in the future jsyk
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YGE announced, "For the BIGSHOW which is going to be held from 25th to 27 next month, 40000 people are going to watch it at the Olympic Stadium but there were 1 million people rushing to reserve the tickets in the past 3 days. On 18th, there were 250000 people, while on 19th, there were 300000 people and 450000 people on the last day competing for the tickets fiercely."
The spokesman further elaborated, "BIGBANG is popular in Japan and other Asian places. Domestic demand together with foreign market made the competition more fierce than their concerts held before."
BIGBANG is gong to release their new album on 24th next month after a two-year break. They will then have their comeback stage in the concert. Currently, the members are having their solo activities. G-Dragon and TOP are promoting their Duet album and Seungri has also started his solo activities.
Original Source: Daum
Translation: Rice@BigbangWORLD
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A close industry representative of DSP Media revealed through TV Report on January 21st that both Seungyeon and Jiyoung have a high possibility of canceling their contract terminations. He stated, “It’s likely for them both to be staying with DSP. But with Nicole’s mother being regarded as the leader of this controversy, if worse comes to worst, Nicole will leave the group.”
He continued, “Because of this controversy, Nicole is bearing the brunt of the hate. Even if all five choose to remain together, it will be difficult for Nicole to further lead a normal career. There’s even ridiculous talks of Nicole being the ‘recall’.”
( Yup, no Career ruining, Shirley )
AKP+Nate
thisisbrandnewinformation.gif But, really though "WE DON'T WANT TO RUIN OUR DAUGHTERS CAREERS" I just can't with this situation anymore tbqh. Parents need to stay out now.
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T-ara’s Soyeon made a surprise “cosmetic procedure” confession while guesting on KBS2TV’s “100 Points out of 100.”
The show features an “I’ll Fix It” game corner, where participants find things for the others to fix; Soyeon took part in it with gagman Kim Kyung Jin.
Kim attacked her by asking her to fix her nose, to which she replied, “I got a shot in my nose, and I once planned for rhinoplasty. Maybe I’ll use this opportunity to really fix it.”
She confidently added, “Shots aren’t considered plastic surgery, but just a cosmetic procedure.”
Her full segment can be seen on January 22nd.
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qrizta.livejournal.comcredit: aslotussmusic
4MEN is obviously above the level of most Korean singers but I think SunFany did well. And I'm just happy that the underrated singers of the group sang one of my favorite ballad songs especially Lee Sunkyu. I miss her non-squeaky voice.
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“SMTOWN LIVE in TOKYO” will take place this month on the 25th and 26th at the National Yoyogi Kyougijou 1st Gymnasium. They began taking ticket reservation applications from December 8th to January 7th through their mobile site. There were more than 400,000 people who applied. SM Entertainment announced this on the 21st.
People had to request their tickets through the mobile site, and people will be chosen for actual tickets through a lottery of the people who applied.
The performers this time are BoA, DBSK, SUPER JUNIOR, SNSD, SHINee and other star groups. They will surely sing their hit songs, but they also plan to do a section for the Japanese version of their songs.
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“People will think, ‘He’s the youngest member of Big Bang. What can the youngest member do?’ It’s fun to break that ideal.
He definitely caused a big trouble. On the 20th, Big Bang’s Seungri released his first solo album and the songs on album have been placed high on various music charts such as Naver Music, Bugs Music, Mnet.com and many more. This may be just a start but as a singer, Seungri has decided himself to change the minds of the people. Before he released his solo album, he revealed his hopeful and made it into reality.
Not only in Korea, but in Japan and in Asia in general, he’s the member of Big Bang who gained a lot of popularity. But compared to the other members, he has the least amount of solo activities. The youngest member have so many things he wants to do.
“I believe in faith. I think everything has its time. If there are no activities or a chance then I think it’s destiny as well. I think it’s better to continuously prepare for the destiny that’s about to come than to be hasty. Of course, the release of this solo album is destiny as well.”
( rest of the interview )
Original: Nate
Translted By: solshin3 @ 21BANGS.com
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no bold lines because ft are pretty funny.
What did you do on Chuseok Festival?
Hongki: Went to Japan, started filming MV at 4am and did recording on the 2nd day till night.
Minhwan: Even the Chuseok's break was spent in Japan.
Jonghun: We were eating bentos when others were eating songpyeon (rice cake).
Hongki: Isn't it fortunate that we ate bentos instead of rice balls?
What about last year?
Minhwan: Last year? We were resting on Chuseok last year.
Jaejin: Resting?
Minhwan: There was one week of break.
Jaejin: We didn't have much rest last year right? Our mothers didn't come right?
( F.T boys are your best friends. )
Sources: Daum | bag @ FTITW | multiplylove & crahyuns @ Silh0uette
They seriously crack me up in their interviews.... never change.
hyungshiks.livejournal.com
Original: Title: まっててね～♪♪
こんばんわ-＾＾
来週また日本にいきます。
みんなに会うと元気もらえるから笑顔になっちゃう☆☆☆☆
いつもほんとにありがとう。
生放送ドキドキするけどみんなと同じ時間すごせるからがんばるよーーー!!!!!!!!
だいすきだよ♥♥♥
Translation: Title: wait for us~♪♪
Good evening ^^
Next week we’ll be going to Japan.
Meeting everybody will give us energy in order to smile ☆☆☆☆
We are eternally grateful.
I am nervous for the live broadcasting however because everybody’s is going to pass the time together I’ll try my best!!!
I love you♥♥♥
( Hyungshik's fancafe + Junyoung's Yozm messages )
Sources: zea-japan, monologue8 | Starempire @ daum, sobriquets/skipfire | junyoung's yozm, sobriquets/skipfire
gonna pretend that last part to dongjun is to me.
streetliights.livejournal.com
After School’s leader Kahi is now ready for her solo debut, which has been postponed for a long time.
Pledis Entertainment said on January 21st, “Kahi’s solo album is nearly done. We just have to pick the title track.”
After shooting her music video and finishing up the little details, she will debut in the middle of February.
The reason Kahi has been pushing back her solo debut due to the fact that she could not choose a title track she’s satisfied with. Now she has chosen her favorite tracks and has finished recording.
The rep at the company added, “We did push back her solo debut day a lot, but by doing that, she did not have to rush and she got to work harder to be content with what she produced.”
Kahi will be pretty busy for a while since she has her solo debut and After School’s new album in March.
SOURCE: Nate TRANS: AfterSchoolDaze Allkpop
gator-yoong.livejournal.com
Despite Japan’s on-going music market recession, K-POP girl groups SNSD and KARA shined last year.
“Since KARA and SNSD both have success in Korea, when they debuted in Japan, they already had a lot of passionate fans. According to last year’s Oricon Yearly Ranking, the top domestic new comers who had their CD debut were #1 KARA and #2 SNSD. KARA had 2 singles, 5 albums and 1 DVD, 8 total things; earning 1.3 billion yen (~15.7 USD). SNSD had 2 singles, 6 albums and 1 DVD, 9 total things, they earned 880 million yen (~10.6 USD). #3 was the male 3 member band WEAVER who earned 130 million yen (~1.6 million USD).” (Music Magazine Reporter)
About their popularity in Korea, “It feels as if KARA’s season has passed, and SNSD’s popularity among young girls is high. It’s for that reason that KARA has increased their Japanese activities. Starting in January, the members play the lead roles in their TV Tokyo drama “URAKARA”.” (Journalist from Korea)
On December 30, 2010, SNSD was awarded the Best Newcomer Award by the “Japan Record Awards”. It feels as though SNSD are leading KARA by just a bit in Japan and it could be thanks to their valuable weapon, one member who is proficient in Japanese, Sooyoung. In August 2010, she was the representative member at Tokyo’s Ariake Coliseum and greeted the fans, “After this, I think there will be a lot of chances to meet with Japanese fans, so please support us!”. After this, she was proactive and she fluently spoke in Japanese at events and on TV programs. She learned this Japanese from her early years in Japan.
“When she was still 11 years old, she applied for TV Tokyo’s audition program “ASAYAN”’s “Japan-Korea Ultra Idol Duo Audition” that began in December 2001. There were around 15,000 applicants from Japan and Korea and she was selected among them. She was paired with Takahashi Marina, who has already retired, to form the female duo “routeφ”; produced by Kawamura Ryuichi. In April 2002, they released their debut single “START”. At that time, she went by her real name Choi Sooyoung.” (Record Company Officials)
“ASAYAN had already produced Suzuki Ami and Morning Musume. At the time Sooyoung passed her audition, the idol golden age was already in full force and the girls couldn’t keep up with it. “START” (R and C Ltd.) only sold 5,000 copies and entered Oricon at rank #62. By July 2003, they had already released 3 singles and 1 DVD; but still remained unknown. In March of 2003 “ASAYAN” stopped being broadcast and route0 broke up.” (Same Company As Before)
After the breakup Sooyoung returned to Korea. She took thorough singing and dance lessons. In August 2007, she was able to debut as a member of SNSD. They became big last year and she had her “triumphant return” to Japan.
Sooyoung doesn’t try hard to hide from her past. In 2008 a Korean entertainment program touched on her past activities in Japan and she thinks fondly of those times now. I have no doubt she will definitely be successful in her activities.
Translated by: Kanki@Soshified.com
Source: cyzo
aunts.livejournal.comsource: TVXQHOME @ yt
BARE WITH THE LESS THAN STELLAR ARIRANG COMMENTARY AS PER USUAL PLS, ENTICEMENT FYT:
Goo Hara’s great aunt passes away
2011-01-21 03:11 pmfuuism.livejournal.com
KARA’s Goo Hara has flew back to Gwangju to attend to a personal family affair.
A representative of DSP Media revealed to Star News on January 21st, “Goo Hara received notice that her great aunt had passed away this morning. She has left by plane to her great aunt’s home with one manager in tow. Her parents left separately on another flight.”
With three of her fellow KARA members undergoing a lawsuit with her agency, Hara has been earning the support of the public for having to endure the death of a family member as well.
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“I’ve been to the police office because of my girlfriend.”
During a corner on the show, Jinon said, “My girlfriend didn’t like that I wasn’t very enthusiastic, but all of the sudden, I became kind of obsessed with her. My girlfriend started to notice and she worried. She told me she wanted me to go back to the way I used to be, but I had become so obsessed with her by that point that I couldn’t go back.”
He continued, “I would call her until she picked up, and call her when she didn’t answer back one text. My girlfriend eventually called the police on me and I had to go to the police office for the first time.”
He stated, “I think I called her over 30 times one time.”
Source: Star News, Sports Today via Nate, AKP
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The members of MBLAQ made an appearance on Mnet’s “Beatles Code“, and shared personal stories about their recent purchases and their siblings.
MBLAQ’s Lee Joon opened up their segment by confessing he had bought a home in Jamshil. Born in 1988, the singer turns 24 this year, and he’s demonstrated that he’s pretty mature for his age.
He reasoned that since the promotion period for an idol singer isn’t that long, he could buy himself a home.
“It’s not anything extravagant,” he shyly revealed. “One day, I just thought that I wanted to move into a home I bought with my own money and began saving up little by little since then. I’ve never once bought my own clothes since my debut. I made a promise to myself recently, and it was to never spend money on anyone else for the next 10 years.”
His fellow members confirmed, “He’s never bought us food since our debut. He’s the one who’s had the most CFs, but he’s really never bought us anything.”
The topic then moved onto 2NE1′s Dara, after Thunder revealed that he thinks so preciously of her, he won’t even let her visit their rehearsal room.
MC Yoon Jong Shin asked, “If your sister had to meet one member from MBLAQ, which member would it be?“ Thunder replied, “I’m going to tell my mom!”
Mir, who has an actress sister named Go Eun Ah, was asked the same question, to which he replied, “I’d just be really thankful.”
Their full segment can be seen at 12 AM KST on January 20th.
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With the recent news of the 5-member girl group KARA possibly dismantling, rumors of bullying in girl groups has became a hot topic.
On January 19th, four members of KARA had decided to terminate their contracts with their company DSP. Excluded from the lawsuit was the leader Park Gyuri. Netizens have assumed that Gyuri was an "outcast leader" being bullied by "natural leader" Seungyeon, but these claims have been denied.
In addition, it was also talked about how T-ara's former leader possibly could be bullied. T-ara who released a new album late last year gained a new member, Ryu Hwayoung, and also changed leaders from Eunjung -> Boram.
Eunjung said in an interview with Newsen, "All of us are really close and we think it's ridiculous there could be bullying among members. When I first heard this rumor I just said 'Huh' and laughed."
Eunjung continued by, "It was the first time we heard of leaders being changed in an idol group in Korea. The leaders rotating through different members, including me, is just intended to get each member's good points shown and encourage growth/development. That's the only reason we will switch from leader to leader, so don't concern. It's even possible maknae Jiyeon could be leader in the future," she said while dismissing the rumors.
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CEO, producer, singer, choreographer, music director – J.Y. PARK has consistently stepped up to his reputation as Korea’s ‘jack-of-all-trades’. He’s recently added ‘Actor’ to that formidable list of achievements, as the multi-talented entertainer took on his debut acting role through KBS 2TV’s “Dream High“.
( tl;dr J.Y. PARK )
Source: Cyworld, Union Press, akp
flawless gorgeous can do no wrong etc
hosnaps.livejournal.comDSP Media and the three Kara members' lawyer held a press conference about Kara's stance against DSP Media. DSP Media's point was the same as always: to work out differences so Seungyeon, Jiyoung, and Nicole can come back to Kara. The three girls' stand has softened considerably to returning as long as their conditions are satisfied.
There are many ways this could work out. The first choice is if Kara comes back to DSP, after DSP Media and Kara reach an agreement. However, the three members will have a hard time resuming normal activities with DSP Media, especially Nicole, as many are sure it is Nicole's mother behind the issue.
Another possibility is if DSP Media outsources to other management companies, but keeps Kara under their contract. This is quite possible, as DSP Media has done so before. However, as one of the three girls' points are that DSP Media is being unprofessional, they might face the same problems again.
koreaboo
There are many ways this could work out. The first choice is if Kara comes back to DSP, after DSP Media and Kara reach an agreement. However, the three members will have a hard time resuming normal activities with DSP Media, especially Nicole, as many are sure it is Nicole's mother behind the issue.
Another possibility is if DSP Media outsources to other management companies, but keeps Kara under their contract. This is quite possible, as DSP Media has done so before. However, as one of the three girls' points are that DSP Media is being unprofessional, they might face the same problems again.
koreaboo
velvetsunglass.livejournal.com
There may be a lot of idol stars currently active as an actor, but there aren’t many who are acknowledged by the general public as a true actor. This is one of the greatest reasons why T-ara’s Ham Eun Jung (23) has been the center of discussion amongst the general public as of late.
Eunjung is currently acting in the KBS drama “Dream High” as a character who feels the need to compete against her pretty, talented best friend Go Hye Mi (Bae Suzy), and thus slowly transforms from an innocent female high school student to an evil antagonist. Without Hye Mi knowing, she shows evil behavior such as going through her locker to deliberately rip her shoes or purposely dropping a flowerpot on Hye Mi. As a way to cover up her evil doings, she even lets out fake tears when confronted by Jin Gook (Taecyeon).
When Chosun Daily met with Eunjung at the drama set on January 19th, the actress said, “I was able to discover than even I have an evil mind deep within me. At first it didn’t suit me, but later people began to ask, ‘Are you sure that’s not your real personality?’. I’ve even read comments such as ‘I’m really disappointed in unnie’ and ‘I like everyone in T-ara except Eunjung.’ People have slowly started to create anti-cafes against me. It’s a strange feeling, because each and every fan is very important to me. I guess this is just proof that my acting as Yoon Baek Hee comes out that naturally. In order to protect the fans of ‘idol singer Ham Eun Jung’, I try my best to show my innocence and my well-behaved manner whenever I’m not acting with Go Hye Mi.”
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SHINee made an appearance at one of Asia’s biggest modeling events, the “2011 Asia Model Awards Ceremony“.
Held on January 21st at the Seoul Marriott Hotel, models from Korea, China, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Mongolia each represented their home countries under the slogan, ‘Asia Is One,’ in an effort to improve the modeling industry.
The boys were not only fawned over, but they also won the ‘BBF Popular Singer Award‘!
source: allkpop, Newsen via Nate
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