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girlsday.livejournal.com
SBS Drama ‘Five Fingers’ have been embroiled in another controversy after allegations of its plagiarism has been made over the Internet.
On 10th, a blogger has posted on his blog a post with a title of ‘Five Fingers and the Five Reasons Why it Seems So Familiar’.
The blogger has claimed that ‘Five Fingers’ have a number of similarities with the novel ‘Rhapsody of Murder’, and has cited five reasons why it seems so in the post.
The first reason was the similarities with the character of Yeong-rang of the drama, and Yeong-ae of the novel.
( Read more... )
koreandrama | nate
The author of the novel is contemplating legal action. Check out the ratings on a steady decline with each new episode here! So much for SBS kicking Eunjung out to save their drama...
benihime99.livejournal.com
FNC Entertainment‘s new girl group, AOA, has concluded their promotions for “Elvis“.
The girls recently sat down with reporters and reflected on their performances and shared thoughts on their debut album ‘Angel’s Story‘.
AOA began by stating, “After our debut, we’ve been actively promoting for five weeks, but we have a lot of regrets. Time went by too fast and we feel as if we weren’t able to fully show everyone our one and only charms. We just started seeing the camera on stage now, but we’re already concluding our promotions.”
Member Hyejeong commented, “For our next album, we plan on maintaining our two concepts which is band and girl group. We will practice more on our live and playing the instruments in order to show everyone our best-quality performance.”
Chanmi added, “To describe our debut title track ‘Elvis’ in one word, it would simply be AOA. The song has lyrics that go, ‘I have fallen for you’, ‘Crazy’, and ‘Electrifying’. I hope the public will view AOA with those feelings and descriptions.”
Source: Allkpop, Herald News via Nate
shuureii.livejournal.com
Standing in front of fans live for the first time since the T-ara controversy, T-ara experienced the longest performance ever with no excitement from the audience.
On September 8, T-ara stood on stage at the 2012 World Conservation Congress K-Pop Nature+ Concert, where the members were unfortunately met with cold responses from fans.
As soon as the group took the stage, it’s said that some members of the audience turned off their glow sticks and refrained from cheering, creating the ‘black ocean.’ Fan accounts say that a group of fans started chanting, “Ryu Hwa Young,” referring to the T-ara member who was kicked out of the group earlier in August.
T-ara performed Sexy Love on Mnet’s M! Countdown and MBC’s Music Core a week before, but this was the first time performing its newest song live.
After the performance, the news of the ‘black ocean’ started seeping into online communities, where fans had a divide of opinions. Some said that the T-ara members made their comeback too soon, while others said the media was over exaggerating the event.
Check out a fancam of the performance below and decide for yourself!
( View the Video and Audio from the Event )
( CCM Addresses and Explains Jeju ‘Black Ocean’ Performance )
( Meanwhile, Inha University Students Partake in Delicious Trolling )
While there was a bit of applause at the end of their performance, I cannot deny the sheer deadness of the crowd in comparison to the way a usual crowd would behave, as well as the heckling before they appeared. However, I cannot stop laughing at both that 'statement,' and the banner. They even included the broken umbrella!
Sources: eNewsWorld (1, 2), tomtomtom52525252 via Youtube, Ilbe, NetizenBuzz
As soon as the group took the stage, it’s said that some members of the audience turned off their glow sticks and refrained from cheering, creating the ‘black ocean.’ Fan accounts say that a group of fans started chanting, “Ryu Hwa Young,” referring to the T-ara member who was kicked out of the group earlier in August.
T-ara performed Sexy Love on Mnet’s M! Countdown and MBC’s Music Core a week before, but this was the first time performing its newest song live.
After the performance, the news of the ‘black ocean’ started seeping into online communities, where fans had a divide of opinions. Some said that the T-ara members made their comeback too soon, while others said the media was over exaggerating the event.
Check out a fancam of the performance below and decide for yourself!
( View the Video and Audio from the Event )
( CCM Addresses and Explains Jeju ‘Black Ocean’ Performance )
( Meanwhile, Inha University Students Partake in Delicious Trolling )
While there was a bit of applause at the end of their performance, I cannot deny the sheer deadness of the crowd in comparison to the way a usual crowd would behave, as well as the heckling before they appeared. However, I cannot stop laughing at both that 'statement,' and the banner. They even included the broken umbrella!
Sources: eNewsWorld (1, 2), tomtomtom52525252 via Youtube, Ilbe, NetizenBuzz
Orange Caramel's MV Teaser
2012-09-10 03:10 pmtimetobegin.livejournal.comLoenent
Is that a dude in the white dress WTF haha. I doubt the whole mv will be like this, but this teaser actually reminds me of those early 2000s dance music music video's.... I'm liking.
swhyeon1991.livejournal.com
( O M G ! ! )
ㅡㅡBTS Part 1 (Eng sub)ㅡㅡ
Sources:
Pics: btobofficial.com | fyeahborntobeat [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [Behind Story]
Vid: theunitedcube
Presh bbs ♥ ♥ In the BTS you can basically hear half of Wow lol. Anyway thanks Cube for subbing .__.
xalexandriam.livejournal.comFifty Shades of Yunho
Hallyu Tsunami: The Unstoppable (and Terrifying) Rise of K-Pop Fandom
By Sam Lansky
Several months ago, I was in Los Angeles covering a Korean pop show for a major magazine. They ended up killing the story, considering K-pop “too niche” for their readers; somehow, this felt both totally accurate and maddeningly myopic. K-pop remains a largely underground movement in the States, mostly the ken of geeky music journalists, Asian Americans, and gays weary of Lady Gaga’s art-pop pretensions but thirsty for a similar spectacle. And yet, K-pop seems perpetually on the verge of breaking into the mainstream in a meaningful way: The Wonder Girls toured with the Jonas Brothers; Girls' Generation performed on Letterman a few months ago; and 2NE1 were signed by execrable hip-pop monster will.i.am’s management company after he promised to make them a global sensation. Most recently, Psy's video for "Gangnam Style" made him a viral phenomenon overnight; his appearance at the VMAs last Thursday night gave K-pop its broadest exposure yet, albeit still more as a novelty act than for its musical merits.
The festival I attended, SM Town 2012, featured several of the biggest acts signed to the monolithic Korean record label SM Entertainment. SM’s top-performing girl group, Girls' Generation, is my favorite, but that day the fans were showing up for the boy bands: Super Junior, SHINee, and EXO. The mood at the concert was crazed. These acts, who sell out arenas across Asia and are ubiquitous on variety shows and in magazines overseas, tour in the United States infrequently. The druggy anticipation of their performance hung as thick over the crowd as a fever.
( rest of the article & a video )
Sauce: Grantland & ycantyouletitgo @ YT
lol clearly this is a tl;dr.
Summary: An American writer is assigned to cover SM Town 2012, finds Yunho attractive and starts tweeting about him, bringing on the wrath of crazed fans. The rest of the article is him discussing the whole saesang culture in comparison to American stan culture.
Hallyu Tsunami: The Unstoppable (and Terrifying) Rise of K-Pop Fandom
By Sam Lansky
Several months ago, I was in Los Angeles covering a Korean pop show for a major magazine. They ended up killing the story, considering K-pop “too niche” for their readers; somehow, this felt both totally accurate and maddeningly myopic. K-pop remains a largely underground movement in the States, mostly the ken of geeky music journalists, Asian Americans, and gays weary of Lady Gaga’s art-pop pretensions but thirsty for a similar spectacle. And yet, K-pop seems perpetually on the verge of breaking into the mainstream in a meaningful way: The Wonder Girls toured with the Jonas Brothers; Girls' Generation performed on Letterman a few months ago; and 2NE1 were signed by execrable hip-pop monster will.i.am’s management company after he promised to make them a global sensation. Most recently, Psy's video for "Gangnam Style" made him a viral phenomenon overnight; his appearance at the VMAs last Thursday night gave K-pop its broadest exposure yet, albeit still more as a novelty act than for its musical merits.
The festival I attended, SM Town 2012, featured several of the biggest acts signed to the monolithic Korean record label SM Entertainment. SM’s top-performing girl group, Girls' Generation, is my favorite, but that day the fans were showing up for the boy bands: Super Junior, SHINee, and EXO. The mood at the concert was crazed. These acts, who sell out arenas across Asia and are ubiquitous on variety shows and in magazines overseas, tour in the United States infrequently. The druggy anticipation of their performance hung as thick over the crowd as a fever.
( rest of the article & a video )
Sauce: Grantland & ycantyouletitgo @ YT
lol clearly this is a tl;dr.
Summary: An American writer is assigned to cover SM Town 2012, finds Yunho attractive and starts tweeting about him, bringing on the wrath of crazed fans. The rest of the article is him discussing the whole saesang culture in comparison to American stan culture.
The craze is not over yet
2012-09-10 08:26 pmbenihime99.livejournal.comPSY Breaks US iTunes Chart’s Top 20
PSY‘s popularity seems to know no bounds overseas as he adds another achievement to the already impressive list. He ranked on ”US iTunes’ Top 20″ with the infectious number “Gangnam Style.”
( Read more... )
Soompi
PSY Featured on People Magazine, Rolling Stone and Mashable
( Read more... )
Soompi, Rollingstone, People, Mashable
GET THAT MONEY/PUBLICITY/CONTACT/...
PSY‘s popularity seems to know no bounds overseas as he adds another achievement to the already impressive list. He ranked on ”US iTunes’ Top 20″ with the infectious number “Gangnam Style.”
( Read more... )
Soompi
PSY Featured on People Magazine, Rolling Stone and Mashable
( Read more... )
Soompi, Rollingstone, People, Mashable
GET THAT MONEY/PUBLICITY/CONTACT/...
chocolitas.livejournal.com
Fat Cat is attracting much attention through a single for ‘Laws of the Jungle‘, as fans are awaiting her comeback.
On the September 9th broadcast of SBS‘s ‘Laws of the Jungle in Madagascar‘, Fat Cat’s “Southern Cross” was played as background music when the stars were laying in the desert and looking at the sky. Viewers became interested in Fat Cat’s comeback after the song was aired.
Last March, Fat Cat was promoting her third single, “Like a Dream‘”, but unfortunately had to halt her activities due to health conditions as her hands, feet, and face were swelling.
One representative explained to allkpop, “With the goal of making a comeback this November or early next year, we participated in the background music for ‘Laws of the Jungle’. For the past six months, Fat Cat focused on her health and treatment and is now fully recovered and in her normal condition.“
allkpop
MBLAQ IDOL MANAGER EP 3 (ENG SUB)
2012-09-10 09:04 pmcapedavenger.livejournal.com( More MBLAQ fun... )
source: sinaq3
lots of funny moments! my favs were: joon suddenly becoming defensive at being the only one seen at the salon, mir and GO showing reptiles, and their makeup CFs. which ones did you like?
oh, apparently joon and cheondung are the ones that no longer live in the dorm.
strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com
It was revealed that popular drama’ Reply 1997‘ was originally meant to be ‘Reply 1994‘.
According to the staff, when the drama was in its beginning stages of production, it was actually set in the year 1994. Producer Shin Won Ho revealed, “When I was planning the drama with writer Lee Woo Jung, we had chosen for the drama to be set in the year 1994, a year when the both of us were still students.” However, as preparations for the drama continued, the year was changed to 1997.
It is being said that Eun Ji Won played a big role in this three year shift of the setting. The singer was the first to be cast for ‘Reply 1997′ and plays a big role in the behind story of the drama. With his addition to the cast, the idea that setting the drama during the time period in which Eun Ji Won was actively promoting as a member of ‘Sechskies‘ would be interesting was suggested, and in the end the idea made for the final setting of the drama.
Taking place in 1997 when the IMF (International Monetary Fund) crisis hit South Korea, the drama draws out the vivid lives of a group of teenagers in their prime stage of growth.
In response to questions about a season 2 of the drama, producer Shin Won Ho expressed, “If we find a good subject matter and storyline, it is a possibility. However I have no desire to produce a poorly made sequel that only serves to degrade the first series.”
Netizens responded to the news of the ‘Reply’ drama that could have been stating, “Hm.. I don’t think the drama would have been as popular if it had taken place in 1994”, “1997 was the renaissance of idol culture”, and “I think it would’ve been better in 1994…. Please recreate 1994 in season 2~~.”
Meanwhile, episode 15 of the drama will air this week as scheduled however, because the final episodes will be longer than the usual 40 or so minutes, the last episode will air the following week.
Source + Image: Newsen via Daum, MyDaily, Herald Economy via Daum & allkpop
We have to wait a full week for the final episode? D: Nooooooooooooooooooo!
Changmin's New Hair Y'all
2012-09-10 10:30 pmumbrella-smile.livejournal.com( There is no god )
Sources: tohosomnia twitter, 206percent twitter
EDIT: Fixed source links and replaced the second pic with one that is directly linked.
Sources: tohosomnia twitter, 206percent twitter
EDIT: Fixed source links and replaced the second pic with one that is directly linked.
MILKY WHITE HYUNG IS PERFECTION
2012-09-10 11:37 pmpalebluedot09.livejournal.comBehind the scenes video for Hello
( Behind the scenes video of his next MV.. )
I already knew Chad Hyung had black hair for his comeback but omg he looks so sexy!! Can't wait for the new song! GLOBAL SUPERSTAR
Source: ChadFuture Youtube , VitaMeVi Youtube
( Behind the scenes video of his next MV.. )
I already knew Chad Hyung had black hair for his comeback but omg he looks so sexy!! Can't wait for the new song! GLOBAL SUPERSTAR
Source: ChadFuture Youtube , VitaMeVi Youtube
anthonymarie.livejournal.com
SHINee‘s maknae Taemin will be the next artist from SM Entertainment to sing for the OST of ‘To the Beautiful You‘.
On September 11th, SM Entertainment revealed that Taemin will release “It’s You” through various music sites for the drama’s OST on the 19th at 12 PM KST.
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