Saturday, July 21, 2012

[NEWS] Kim Junsu rewrites K-pop history with his world tour!




JYJ member Junsu who has embarked on his solo career will write a new K-pop history of his own. Wrapping up his Asia tour which made stops in Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan and China, he is now preparing for another tour, this time in North and South America and Europe.



His first solo album “Tarantalegra” dominated international music charts, including Germany’s Asia music chart, Chile’s Etc…TV pop chart and Japan’s iTunes music chart. It also ranked on Billboard’s top 10 world album along with its music video entering at No.1 on a Chinese weekly music video chart.



Junsu planned out a world tour from the early stage of his solo career as he had limited access to his fans with TV. So he consulted able promoters who were in charge of previous JYJ world tour, and planned out one for himself this time that would make two to three stops in the each continent.



Junsu is currently working on repackaging his first solo album in English for the upcoming world tour. World-renowned producer Bruce ‘Automatic’ Vanderveer who had collaborated with American singer Christina Aguilera and music video director Marc Klasfeld who worked with Beyonce, Eminem and Jay-Z participate in the repackaging process for Junsu’s album and the music video.




As the news of Kim Junsu’s world tour spread out, his fans across the country take part in a campaign, wishing his tour made a stop in their nations. Fans in Peru made a collection of photos in which every single one of them was holding Junsu’s album and poster. His Mexican fans created a 5-minute video, entitled “Mexico is always waiting for you JYJ” on Youtube. Fans around Europe and South America posted messages online wishing for his visit to their countries.



A pop-culture critic in Korea said Kim Junsu was the very first solo musician launching a “world” tour, and his challenge would be worth looking at, because his overseas success could open a whole new world for solo artists, who did not relatively have much opportunities in the overseas music market, compared to idol groups.



Kim Junsu’s repackage to his first solo album will be released in the middle of August, and he will kick off his highly-anticipated world tour in the end of this August.





Credit: AsiaToday

[NEWS] JYP reveals he had doubts about Nichkhun becoming a singer



At a recording for the KBS variety show “Happy Together” on Thursday, the head of JYP Entertainment, Park Jin Young, confessed that he wasn’t so sure about 2PM’s Nichkhun when they first met.

“I seriously doubted whether he could become a singer,” said Park about the first time the two met and Park saw the boy band member’s dance and vocal skills.

At the time, the 2PM member also said he had no interest in becoming a singer, so the indifferent feelings were mutual.

“I had no desire to enter into JYP Entertainment,” said Nichkhun. “I changed my mind, though, because of Rain.”

The change of heart turned out to be a blessing for the JYP producer, who joked, “Now, Nichkhun is practically keeping our company afloat.”

The Thai-American singer who rose to fame in Korea also said that though his singing and dancing improved, his Korean is still not so good. “When Park Jin Young is scolding me, I just pretend I don’t understand,” said Nichkhun.


Source: JoongAng Daily

[NEWS] D-Unit’s Wooram passes out at practice



Ill health may run in the family for T-ara member Boram and her sister Wooram (center) from the newbie female trio D-Unit.

According to Wooram’s agency, the young star who goes by the stage name R.A.M passed out yesterday while rehearsing dance moves in Cheongdam-dong. The incident occurred about 1:30 a.m. and initially, the group members thought Wooram, ever the prankster, was just messing around.

When it was obvious that the 24-year-old wasn’t faking it, the members and agency personnel tried to help. “She said it wasn’t so bad as to go to the hospital and apologized for causing a stir,” said a spokesperson for D-Unit’s agency.

Wooram’s health is thought to have deteriorated as the result of rehearsing more than 10 hours each day ahead of an EP in August.

Meanwhile, Wooram’s older sister Boram suffered a bout of acute gastritis in June which resulted in her taking about a week off.


Source: JoongAng Daily

Vincent Wong, Benjamin Yuen & William Chak's Memorable 'Tiger Cubs' Scenes

TVB handsome guys Vincent Wong, Benjamin Yuen and William Chak possess healthy body figures. In their new series, Tiger Cubs, they play members of the SDU and went through a chain of physical training. For the sake of making the scenes realistic, Vincent gets injured while shooting a car chasing scene: "That scene, we had to roll on the ground and then dodge the on coming car, but at the time I rolled into a large rock, that I couldn't see and injured my back. I went to see the doctor later and found out my pelvic bone shifted. I had to do 2-3 months of physical therapy!"

In the series, the actors often show off their built bodies, displaying their masculine charm. Ben was asked if he and the other actors compared their body shapes? He laughed: "Actually we all have different figures, but when this group of men are together, it feels pretty cool! The most memorable is each time we have those bathing scenes, we would first get together and do some pull ups before the shoot! Haha."

As for William, Tiger Cubs is his first TVB series, so it was very meaningful for him. He frankly expressed shooting this series had many challenging action scenes. He said: "I remember there was one scene where we had to climb up the fake ceiling to get into another room to capture the criminal, that night Oscar Li and I were arranged to do this scene. We waited 5 hours before we broke and jumped into the room. So it was really memorable!"

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Raymond Lam claims he looks matured, not due to plastic surgery

Artistes in showbiz are continuously publishing books at the Book Fair, Raymond Lam joins in on the lively atmosphere,as well, launching his full photo book collection IT'S LF published by TVB Weekly. The photo book is a collection of all the photos he has taken in the last 10+ years that he's been in showbiz. Those who have followed Raymond over the years can see his 'life changes'. Raymond's facial appearance is often questioned as difference are seen in his looks today compared to the past. This time, there is no need to speculate any further because Raymond allowed fans to personally examine him. He confidently said: "I don't think there are changes, even if there are, it's just that I've matured."

IT'S LF documents the photos back when Raymond was still in the TVB Artistes Training Class, his foolish and behaved look, to today, where he transforms into a matured handsome man. Since his debut, Raymond has participated in over 30 modern and costume series.

Yesterday, Raymond held he autograph session at the Book Fair, where over 200 fans were there to support him. Raymond said: "Early this year, we started the project to publish a photo book documenting my acting career, from all the series and films I've been in. I think from my debut until now, I have a different image, sometimes I looked chubbier and other times I looked thinner. My image changes, can be witnessed from my growth."

When asked if he's worried fans may discover the changes of his appearance (suggesting plastic surgery) through this photo book? He suddenly had a huge reaction and asked reporters: "Change? You have watched me grow, my looks haven't changed right? I don't think anything changed, even if there are, I look mature now. Perhaps I'm already over 30 years old, especially this year, my acting career and image are much more matured!" He explained its because of his recent series that he grew a mustache, its just a coincidence, and he did not deliberately tried to change his appearance.

Raymond modestly expressed he's not a good writer, and he does not dare to write his own book, but the contents in his photo book are definitely his own words. He also exposed its been over 10 years since he's been to the Book Fair and really hoped to take a look around, but unfortunately there are just too many people.

Recently, it has been widely rumored that Ron Ng and Viann Zhang broke up, as Ron's good friend, Raymond expressed he's unsure of the situation, he said: "I haven't been in touch with him, so I don't know what's going on. Usually we rarely talk about our love lives. I'm not sure at all." Does he believe a long distance relationship is hard to maintain? "Don't ask me, ask Ron!"

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Cecilia Cheung's Armor look has been unveiled

The Cecilia Cheung Pak Chi starred film THE LION ROARS 2 (HOR DUNG SI HAU 2) will be released soon. Her armor look has been unveiled. While in the armor Pak Chi looked strong, actually during the shoot she suffered.

The film was shot in the blazing August last year when the temperature reached 35 degree Celsius and rain was constant. Although the location was dirty and muddy, Pak Chi did not complain. The director and the action director worried that she would slip and ask for a double, but she declined as she insisted on personally performing.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: hktopten

Friday, July 20, 2012

[INTERVIEW] SNSD in HIGH CUT Magazine!






-Starting with TaeTiSeo, I could feel that you were enjoying the stage whenever I watched your unit activities.

-TAEYEON: It was fun because we had more chances to sing differently from Girls’ Generation’s activities.

TIFFANY: At first, the fact that just the three of us had to fill the stage from start to finish was burdensome. Still, because I could take part in singing and the style myself, it was really fun.

SEOHYUN: I’m really thankful that people have been telling me that I’ve matured, putting my usual quiet image behind. I gained a lot of confidence because of the response was so good.



-Seohyun, The sticker under your eye was appraised as being ‘provocative’.

-SEOHYUN: Normally, it wasn’t a dot, but a shining spangle. I thought it would be good to put an emphasis point on my face during ‘Twinkle’ performances, so I asked for it to be put on. But I didn’t know that would be mistaken as a mole. (laugh) It wasn’t my intention, but it was nice that it garnered attention.



-Hyoyeon is currently in the TOP3 of MBC ‘Dancing With the Stars 2’.

-HYOYEON: After all our schedules are over, I practice until 3 or 4 in the morning. After learning sports dancing, I think my body line is getting prettier. Your feminine side is emphasized, and you need a lot of strength. I hope there are good results.

SEOHYUN: Personally, I think ‘DWTS’ is a program that does a lot of good [for Hyoyeon]. During our trainee days, when I saw her dancing, I was shocked to the point where I thought to myself, ‘Is that a person (/human)?’. I was sad that she couldn’t show off even 1% of those dance skills through Girls’ Generation’s stages, so I’m glad she can show off her strengths. Aside from dancing, she looks like she’s gained a lot more composure.

TIFFANY: I hope she wins. So far, other than Taeyeon whose schedule did not work out, all the members visited her. If she reaches the finals, all of us will go and cheer her on.

HYOYEON: She gives me this much pressure. Honestly, I made a lot of mistakes during live broadcasts, but everyone said they didn’t notice it. It’s because of the reflexes I gained from Girls’ Generation performances.



-Were there any mistakes made during TTS promotions?

-TIFFANY: Of course there were. We got the choreography wrong, and we had trouble hitting notes because we breathed smoke from explosions, but we handled them [those situations] well.



-Tiffany recently messed up MCing. During MBC ‘Music Core’, she introduced Infinite as ‘seven girls, Infinite’.

-TIFFANY: (with a hopeless facial expression) I accidentally said ‘seven girls’ instead of ‘the seven boys who run through girl fans’ hearts’. It was my third year MCing live, but I’ve never been that embarrassed before.

TAEYEON: Honestly, I was right next to her, but didn’t hear it. I just felt something weird, so I laughed it off. When I heard the reason later, backstage, I burst out laughing.

TIFFANY: I quickly replaced it by saying, ‘great seven guys’. Thankfully, fans understood with kind hearts. Infinite is a team that I really care for. Through this incident, I realized that a person really should always be on their toes. That happened when the broadcast was about to be over. (laugh)



-Now, questions to the ‘actresses’. Yoona and Yuri recently completed KBS ‘Love Rain’ and SBS ‘Fashion King’.

-YOONA: I wasn’t hung up on ‘Love Rain’ ratings, and really had fun filming. It’s a work I’m doing for the first time in a while, so I think it was special to me. I felt something that I never felt before. At first, I thought of acting lightly, but the more I acted, I noticed a lot of other things, and it gets harder. After it was over, I got a lot of regrets of, ‘I could have done better’.

YURI: ‘Fashion King’ was agonizing, but it was enjoyable and I was happy. Because I’m usually bright and cheerful, I got greedy with trying to accomplish the dark character of Anna. More than anything, I wanted to try the role because I could relate to the passion she had for her work. As the drama went on, there was disappointment over my screen time from people around me, but there honestly wasn’t any time for me to worry about how my character appeared. I want to show a good appearance in another work as soon as possible. Preferably, a bright character, that is like myself.



-I was surprised because Yuri’s English lines in ‘Fashion King’ were so natural.

-YURI: It’s embarrassing, but I practiced really hard. Because Anna is fluent in the language, and is a professional character, I had to worry about the pronunciations amongst other things. I didn’t learn from our American members, but I found my own teacher, recorded them saying the lines, and the results were from me constantly listening and practicing it.



-Yoona was chosen as Park Ji Sung’s favorite girl group member in SBS ‘Running Man’.

-YOONA: I watched the broadcast. While he did just end up choosing me (laugh), it felt really good. When we heard that he liked our group since before, we also gave him an autographed album once. I appreciate it, and will watch and cheer him on.



-Amidst all that, Sooyoung became the new MC for SBS ‘Midnight Entertainment TV’. How is it MCing a live show?

-SOOYOUNG: Before debuting (as SNSD), I MCed a live Mnet program called ‘HelloChat’. That experience is helping a lot now. Honestly, what’s embarrassing when people tell me I’m “doing well”, is that there isn’t a lot of things for me to do as a MC. The panel is so good, when I see senior Jo Young Goo, Yoon Do Hyun oppa and I can’t hide our amazement. It feels like the ball returns to the MCs only, so it’s also kind of embarrassing.



-During the first broadcast, Sooyoung said that Jessica’s ‘hurling pitch’ is ‘One that won’t happen again during the next decade. I’m proud. I want to hear Jessica’s thought on this.

-JESSICA: I was thankful because she was the only friend to say it like that. (stifled laugh)

SOOYOUNG: That was an incident that showed her character very well. Making Jessica pitch made me think our company is doing good marketing. This girl’s true self is like that. While she looks perfect, she’s a bit slow. I think this showed that side of her off the best. It wasn’t intended, but I’m proud that side of her came out.

JESSICA: I actually practiced a lot at the park in front of our dorm, and even got confidence, but it wasn’t easy. I think all my sport skills went to my younger sister (Krystal). I think I’ll look forward to my sister’s pitching. (Krystal showed off her ‘power pitch’ at the Doosan-Nexen match on June 19th, redeeming herself.)



-While the members were active on television, Sunny put her all in on stage with the musical ‘Catch Me If You Can’.

-SUNNY: There was the closing ceremony not too long ago. It was always fun and I was happy getting on the stage for the musical. While preparing, as it was my first attempt at a musical, I did get quite a bit of stress, but thanks to meeting such a good team and [stage] producer, I received lots of help. They made most of it, so because I just went along with it all, I think I performed safely. I really wanted to join the wrap-up party, but I couldn’t even attend the MT (=basically just like a gathering). I’m still sad about it.



-Now that I look at it, a lot of other members have musical experiences. Do you have plans to make another attempt at musicals?

-TAEYEON: Hm… Of course I didn’t think of it easily, but because it’s such a difficult area, I honestly don’t know if I will be able to attempt it in the future.

TIFFANY: Because I know how hard members work for a musical they’re in, so I all members will definitely support them. When you go to support Taeyeon, she doesn’t talk to us and constantly focuses on watching her musical videos. I thought, ‘I think she’s going to do well?’, and she really did that day. (laugh)



-Which member are you most thankful for, one who you could lean on during a hard time or when you had a worry?

-JESSICA: All of them are like that. They listen well no matter who is talking.

YOONA: Worries are usually posted in the smartphone chatroom. In our own chatroom, all 9 of us talk and a lot of different things come and go. If you don’t check it, there are like 500 things posted. Other than that, there are [chat]rooms shared with our managers, and there is one where we talk about outfits with our stylists, and we receive announcements through the rooms, too.



-The existence of Girls’ Generation’s personal chatroom is interesting. Who talks the most in the chatroom?

-JESSICA: Sooyoung monitors a lot of things (like dramas), and if she’s bored, she just keeps on talking.

SOOYOUNG: I’m bored, but my members won’t play with me a lot. If I post things like, ‘Who wants to go eat right now?’ or ‘What do you want to do?’, they check it, but nobody answers. (pout)



-If you weren’t Girls’ Generation, but an ordinary citizen, what do you think you’d be doing in life?

-YOONA: I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. I met a friend recently, and they gave me their business card for the company they now work at. If I weren’t in this area of work, I think I could have been a company worker. I do think about what I might do living a regular life a lot, but I don’t know what I’d be doing.

SOOYOUNG: But, to be honest, while I do long for that lifestyle, on the other hand, only we can live our life. We’re receiving too much to be jealous of others’ lives.

JESSICA: There are a lot of friends around me who have started work recently, too. I think I’d be an ordinary college student, too. But, rather than wanting to be there, I think the situation would be like, me having to work hard due to the pressure from my parents. (laugh)

SEOHYUN: When I was younger, my dream was to become a pianist. Because my mom is a director at a private piano institute, I listened to a lot of music, and learned violin and ballet. So if it weren’t for Girls’ Generation, I think I’d be studying abroad around this time. I was actually planning on going to San Francisco to study abroad when I was in 5th grade, but I changed my career path after being cast in SM.



-Since we’re talking about college, Taeyeon got number one in a survey. The number one celebrity people want as a junior.

-TAEYEON: (in a chic tone) Oh, really? I didn’t know. Do I have to attend college? (everyone laughs)

SOOYOUNG: I tell them every time I get the chance, but I wish everyone would attend university. Because it feels like you become a girl in your age group at least when you go to school. Rather than it being good that you learn, it’s good because you can discover Choi Sooyoung, Im Yoona, and Kim Taeyeon from within [the experience].



-Last question. What will Girls’ Generation be doing 10 years from now? Can one person speak for everyone?

-SEOHYUN: I spoke with the unnies about this, but we think the group Girls’ Generation will still exist then. Like our seniors, Shinhwa, we made a goal not to break the mold that is Girls’ Generation. While we would become an aged Girls’ Generation, we would have concerts every now and then, and some of us will have become actresses. By then, I think some members will be proficient in composing and writing music, while some may stand out in musicals.






Source: Chosshi

[NEWS] EXO-M in Pop Magazine 538th Issue!





But EXO-M - You're seriously good looking!


Since the start, shooting is something interesting, the important SEGMENTS that are related to subject of the shoot and every minute, every second's INSPIRATION that suddenly appears will become a beautiful memory. Da Zui - has welcomed countless big-shot celebrities in front of the camera, it had always been a place that is crammed with stories. But with guests like EXO-M, "when they come, the rain follows and when they leave, the autumn wind picks up the leaves, "they're rare to be seen. Da Zui, for this particular shot, has been prepared since a month ago. Indeed, since their debut, Da Zui has already been pondering on when this group of people would come to shoot . In order for this group of young men's many sides to be honestly captured on camera, Da Zui, you could say that he put in his outmost effort (tears). This time, the capture of material was extremely successful, the video that Da Zui captured and the request for an interview, they both were accomplished and coordinated, EXO-M's professional groupwork really gives people a good impression. Then, according to the principle of responsibility that Da Zui has towards the fans, the scenes off camera were equally exciting, compared to being happy alone, why not be happy in a group of people; Da Zui has always had the spirit of sharing, in this issue we have compiled in detail every piece of information that happened in the sidelines of the shoot and made it into a inside story of EXO-M's real personalities off camera. A! Huge! Compilation!





Making Check!!

Team
EXO-M, this team, together with the staff team that work together with them, displayed a kind of all-rounded professional and earnest attitude. Fashion, makeup, styling, details, every step was followed up by professional staff and every detail was taken care of. The clothes that were used in the shoot and the tools were all gently taken and gently placed, the labels and packages were all neatly arranged. Everytime, after the shoot ended, Da Zui would spend a very long time cleaning up the makeup room. But as the day’s shoot ended, the makeup room was already being packed up by EXO-M’s staff — the juice bottles, packing papers, this sort of rubbish would be put into different bags, neatly placed at the corner of the door. Even though they’re tiny details, they show the professionalism and carefulness of the opposing team, it’s something that deserves to be commended. Under such a team’s protection, we are able to leave the kids in good hands.

Fans
Fans, you tell Da Zui, no matter how many times Da Zui has tried his best to make the names (of the artists who are appearing) difficult to be found, how are you able to get this information? How did you all manage to find it? Earlier, we heard that the communication between EXO fans is huge, this time, it seems like that really is the case. Even though it was difficult to be found, in front of Da Zui’s shooting studio, several fans turned up, but on the day of EXO-M’s shoot, it could even be said to be a unprecedented grand occasion. Especially when the shoot ended, the crowd of fans that came to greet them, standing outside the studio on the three levels, it looked like all three levels were being surrounded and in the distance, there were fans playing incredibly loud — Even though Da Zui has seen the images of many fans chasing stars, Da Zui has never seen such an occurance where they would be outside his own shooting studio. Once we opened the doors to send the people off, we didn’t prepare ourselves mentally and for that moment, we were shocked. Regarding the situation that suddenly happened, our editor was slightly worried. Even though there was a huge number of fans, everyone kept watch of their social order, maintained their distance and they did not have any physical contact with the members. Everyone did well with their support.

Interview
Interviews that have been arranged after the shoot by Da Zui are always casual and relaxing, topics are brought out at the same time as conversing, there will always be unexpected results, and Da Zui will always be able to dig out layers of the interviewees that are unexpected. But regarding the six members of EXO-M, even if it’s the always victorious Da Zui he’s also committed whispering. The management company is strict about the maintainence of the idols, and in such situations, won’t interviewing these people cause people to feel sleepy? Then, when the interview first started, Da Zui realised that the worry from before was unnecessary. The kids were extremely relaxed and they were different from the old foxes who have been in the entertainment industry for years, the reactions that they gave Big Mouth were all sincere “you ask, I answer’, they were continuously unprepared whenever Big Mouth casually asked them questions, the image of them panicking slightly was indeed, cute. When answering questions, they would look into your eyes seriosuly, when it came to talking about something exciting, they’d perk up. When both parties are bickering, there was not the slightest amount of pretending or showing mercy, they were direct.

Everyone has a little !!secretly kept talent!! It’s just life.
Kris: He is tall, in order to balance his formation and frames, he practices his gaze. No matter the background, as long as it’s for a shoot, he would quickly make use of his most suitable pose and bend his waist or kneel down. However, he appeared to be tired and panicky after being photographed for hours and being unable to stand straight then.
Xiumin: Unexpectedly imposing existence, Tao and Chen are very reliant on him and at times, even kris will lean close to him attempting dally time, and also show no quarter of starting PIA.




Translated by hyerin + xuan + angi + hyewon @ exom-trans
Source: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1734593632

[NEWS] Yuri, Sunny and Seohyun watched ‘Hairspray’ musical with Superstar K’s Esna!




On July 19th, a contestant of ‘Superstar K’, Yoon Bit Nara (also known as Esna) posted an update on her personal Twitter account, “Thanks to Yuri, I had a fun and exciting time watching the musical ‘Hairspray’. Gong HyungJin sunbaenim awesome, everyone is awesome! To all the pretty juniors, you guys are awesome too. Hairspray was AMAZING! Fun times with Yuri, Sunny & Seohyun.”



In the photo uploaded, Yuri, Seohyun, Sunny and Yoonbit Nara went backstage to look for actor Gong HyungJin and snapped a photo together with a ‘V-sign’ pose. Although the girls did not wear much make-up, their natural beauty stood out.



Netizens who saw the photo commented, “Seohyun is pretty”, “I wish to know where to get the blouse that Yuri was wearing”, etc.





Credit: moneytoday.co.kr

Angelina Zhang sinks Jeana Ho

Jeana Ho Pui Yu and Angelina Zhang (Cheung Woon Nga) yesterday promoted their film DUE WEST: OUR SEX JOURNEY (YUT LO HEUNG SAI) original novel at the Book Fair. The 34D Cheung Woon Nga pushed up for the occasion but the tardy Jeana was exceptionally conservative. Both starred in DUE WEST. Jeana was asked about Cheung Woon Nga stealing her thunder, Jeana asked, "Who is Cheung Woon Nga? I don't mind, we are in the same movie. When she is sexy, I can be conservative!"

Source: Mingpao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Jessica Hsuan wants to be the bad person and kidnapper



Jessica Hsuan, Joe Ma, Vincent Wong and Yoyo Chen attended the promotional event for TVB series Tiger Cubs yesterday. The current broadcast times for the series are on Saturdays and Sundays, Jessica expressed she was initially worried viewers may get confused and miss the Saturday broadcast, and hence affect the ratings. Now that the ratings are doing well, it truly helped opened a new series broadcast time slot. Joe expressed if the ratings get better, he'll treat the cast and crew a meal to celebrate. Asked if he'll wear swim trunks? He said: "To make it even more enjoyable, we can go for a cruise trip." Asked if Jessica would wear a bikini to celebrate? She shook her head and expressed that she'll leave the heavy responsibility to the younger ones, like Yoyo Chen.

Earlier it was reported based on statistics, Jessica has been held hostage 24 times in the 18 years of her acting career. Jessica said: "So happy, never thought I've been kidnapped that many times, but its better to get kidnapped than wearing a wedding dress. Each time, there are different weapons and people, it's so exciting. Once I see wedding dresses, I get bored. (How about when you wear one for your actual wedding?) I don't like to make a big deal out of it, just peacefully get married. I may not even wear a wedding dress." When asked if she wants to be the kidnapper instead? Jessica said she wants to be a bad person and then she immediately pretended to kidnap Joe Ma, but he laughed and said she's not convincing. Jessica said the person she's kidnapping can't be like Joe, 6 feet tall.

Joe was asked about not being in Triumph in the Skies II? He said: "I'm already very happy to be able to be in the first part. I see the cast for the sequel is pretty strong as well, but I already died in the first one, can no longer come back to life." He expressed if it's reasonable for the story and TVB needs him, he can make a guest appearance.

Source: Mingpao 
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Ron Ng withered: "As Long As She's Happy"



The confusing relationship between Ron Ng and Viann Zhang, the "Ron-Viann Love", further develops when Viann announced their breakup yesterday. It was also rumored she hooked up with Mainland actor Chen Li, since there were pictures of them out at the nightclubs and heading home together! Yesterday Ron attended an awards ceremony in Guangzhou, and appeared relaxed towards the whole issue. He was presented with the "Enjoying Thin New Product Award' based on the commercial he did for health product brand Xing Jian Tang.

Regarding the rumor that he and Viann broke up 3 months ago? Ron said: "The breakup, I only found out last night when the reporters asked me. I don't understand why she described our relationship to reporters like that. Perhaps earlier we had some arguments. (She's upset that you didn't publicly acknowledge that she's your girlfriend?) Not upset, we never personally said it, but many people already know about our relationship. (What is the situation like now?) I hope she's doing well, as long as she's happy." As for the rumors that there's a third party? Ron said: "Shouldn't be related to a third party. (Do you know Chen Li?) No, I just know they are shooting together!" He was asked if he contacted Viann? He emphasized three times that he still keeps in touch with her. As for Viann's comment on Weibo: "What you see before your eyes may not necessarily be the truth." Ron's manager expressed he will not comment.

Also, yesterday Francis Ng was trying out his costume for Triumph in the Skies II, asked how he sees the 'Ron-Viann' break up? Francis expressed: "He'll be fine when he starts the new series, since there's more female flight attendants for him to choose from."

TVB executive Virgina Lok expressed she called Ron yesterday, but he's currently working in Mainland, so they didn't get a chance to discuss in detail. Virgina said: "I will urge him to take a few days to calm down and really think about what he wants to do or maybe things will turn better."

Source: Oriental Daily 
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Andy talked about his height phobia

Andy Lau, Lin Chiling and Zhang Jingchu went for the photo shoot for the poster of their latest film – Switch and took the chance to do some promotion yesterday, the film’s boss Peter Lam was also present to pay them a visit but he soon left after the champagne opening ceremony. Although the photo shoot was at the remote Chai Wan Estate, but several fans who were on summer holiday did went to catch a glimpse of Andy.

The two female leads also dressed sexily and posed as though they were models on the platform, as Andy quipped: “It looked like I’m attending a beauty pageant.” Some seize the chance to ask if he’ll give permission to his daughter to take part in beauty pageant, he smiled and did not give any answer.

Zhang Jingchu wore an elegant and classy dress revealing her slim waist, Lin Chiling resume her sexy goddess image as she wore a silver dress revealing her back and long legs. Meanwhile Andy did not lose out to the actresses as he wore a white western suit showing off his gentleman charisma. When talked about the sexy dressing, Lin Chiling looked at Zhang Jingchu and said: “I just looking at her, in the film she is more conservative, while I’m more open.” Zhang Jingchu pointed out that there was a scene where Chiling was injured and need to wrap her body, it had a transparent feel, very sexy!

Andy exclaimed that the film had completed shooting a long time ago and yesterday then the photo shoot for the poster, it was alleged that the film will hit the cinema either during Christmas or in October, thus Andy rather gave the answer of “really don’t know”. The film has a poetic Chinese title but it is an action film which secret agent as its theme. As he will be surrounded by two beauties, he still remembers the collaboration: “I have many action scenes with Lin Chiling, she’s very hardworking, just like when I first entered showbiz as she did most of the dangerous scenes. This is my first time as a couple with Zhang Jingchu, many intimate scenes, but it’s more difficult than the fighting scenes.” Andy quipped that both actresses worked so hard for the fighting scenes, thus he could not be lazy. With regards to Andy’s claim, Lin Chiling sing praise to Andy, pointing out that Andy did all the fighting in the film, he’s so determined and serious as he did all the fighting himself, thus the actresses whom initially gave 30% had to go all the way to 100%.

It’s known that Andy had phobia of height, he clarify the allegation: “Indeed I have phobia of height, there was a scene that I need to jump from high height, I only did the close up whereas the rest was did by a body double.” He remember that he was required to stand at the edge of the roof when shooting Running Out of Time, the director need to steadied him by tying a rope to his leg and hold him by the crew member, he said: “The crew will occasionally pull the rope hard, maybe wanted to give me a feeling that someone is holding me and won’t be scared, but it did no good as my heart beat an extra beat with every pull, in the end I asked him not to pull the rope.” He explained what the body double told him, the higher it get will be safer because there will be enough time to prepare for landing.

When asked if the two actresses gave him the convenience by coming from Taiwan and Mainland China respectively for the poster photo shoot, he expressed that he knew nothing: “Since World Without Thieves, all my poster photo shoot were in Hong Kong.”

Both Lin Chiling and Zhang Jingchu claimed that they had not see Andy’s daughter, Chiling exclaimed that she would find chance to peek at Andy’s phone to check if there is photograph of his daughter. Zhang Jingchu exclaimed that she heard from Peter Lam that the baby resemble her mother, very pretty. She added: “I met Andy earlier, I feel that he looked more like a kid when compared to the past, maybe this is the reason behind it for him to be more active and cheerful.”

In addition, Disney initally was to collaborate with DMG to shoot Iron Man 3 and location shooting in Shanghai was scheduled this month and alleged that Andy, Huang Xiaoming and Fan Bingbing could collaborate with Robert Downey Jr., but State Administration of Radio Film and Television has yet gave approval as it has opinion of the script, it ended up that Disney had gave up the collaboration and venturing into Chinese market, resulting the location shooting in Shanghai to be cancelled, thus need not to have Chinese actors involved.

Source: Hong Kong Daily, Wei Wen Po, Ming Pao, Apple Daily News, Macao Daily, Liberty Times, Metro Daily, Headline Daily, ent.QQ.com
Translated by: AndyLauSounds

Wong Kar Wai spends his 54th birthday on the grandmasters set

Director Wong Kar Wai turned 54. He is currently working on the December release THE GRANDMASTERS (YUT DOI JUNG SI) and had to celebrate on the set. Zhang Ziyi posted the birthday celebration photo from the set.

THE GRANDMASTERS was a film that Wong Kar Wai prepared 13 years for and took almost 3 years to shoot on and off. Viewers who were anxious to see Tony Leung Chiu Wai worried that the film would never be released and joked that it was "missing for a generation". In March the film announced its mid December release, but the film is still in "a hurry to wrap up" production.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: hktopten

Lau Ching Wan refuses to reveal attacker

Producer Derek Yee Tung Sing, director Law Chi Leung, Lau Ching Wan, Jiang Yiyan, Liu Kai Chi and Wu Gang yesterday attended the Beijing THE BULLET VANISHES (SIU SUT DIK JI DAN) press conference. The theatrical trailer was premiered. Two great detectives Nicholas Tse Ting Fung and Lau Ching Wan's investigation team look was unveiled. In addition Mini Yang Mi's loving dialogue with Tse Ting Fung, her panic dash and fiery explosion with Tse Ting Fung were in it.

Ching Wan in his solo poster looked focused and sharp. He picked up a bullet and pointed it directly toward his temple. The feeling was suspenseful and dangerous. Ching Wan joked, "An enemy actually shot the bullet, I caught it with my bare hand." As for who attacked from behind, Ching Wan played coy, "From the poster, whoever has a gun has the possibility to attack me from behind."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: hktopten

Shiga Lin hides her conventional figure

The film LAN KWAI FONG 2 (HEI OI YEH PO 2)'s cast yesterday promoted on a yacht. Shiga Lin Si Nga lost the attention as she did not appear in a swimsuit. She said, "I know my figure isn't as sharp as the other girls', no need to frighten anyone. I have never sold being sexy, I could only accept healthy sexy. My friends have never made fun of me being flat either." Her skin was sensitive to sea water. Even when she went to the pool she would swim with a tee.

Kelvin Kwan Chor Yiu was unwilling to show off his figure. He explained, "I only want to show my figure on the big screen. (Chrissie) Chau Sau Na's boyfriend (Avis) Chan Wai Sing and I trained hard. I am making preparation to play a maniac in an October film. I hope to have a tan and a little muscle, when I stand up I would look a little cooler." Will his new film have any stunt? Kwan Chor Yiu joked, "This time I tried it in bed, next time I will try it on the ground. This time I had a passionate kiss scene with Lin Si Nga, next time it should be familiar to me. I will be able to bring my co-star into another territory."

Adason Lo (Law Lik Wai) was asked whether he felt embarrassed with so many girls in bikinis. He said, "Absolutely not, going to sea of course requires wearing swimsuits. Would you wear evening wear?" However he dressed casually and did not fit in. He explained, "When I was little I was mad from the sea breeze and needed medication for treatment. Thus as an adult I rarely go to the sea."

Source: Mingpao, on.cc
Translated by: hktopten

Niki Chow signs with Richie Ren's company, denies betraying TVB






Yesterday the press conference was held for Niki Chow joining Richie Ren and Peter Lam's company Mountain Entertainment (ME) (????). Her colleagues William So and Wendy Zheng attended to support her. A magazine reported that actually Niki already signed a contract with TVB, but then she turned around and signed both her management and singer contract with ME, which angered TVB executive Virgina Lok. Due to this, TVB decided to pull out the 'traitor' Niki's latest series Sergeant Tabloid from the broadcast schedule. Sergeant Tabloid was initially scheduled to air in August. Regarding the rumor, Niki denied she's a traitor: "[You're] gonna kill me, there is basically no such thing." Niki made it clear that her relationship with TVB had always been good, and she still has a per-series contract with them. Whenever she shoots a HK series, she will definitely shoot them with TVB and she'll be participating in new series soon. ME primarily manages her work in Mainland, such as shooting dramas and her Mandarin album. There are no contractions between the two parties, therefore she's not going back to TVB to admit wrong, but just to shoot promotional clips.

In regards to her series getting pulled out of the schedule? She said: "Actually all along, there was no confirmation on when the series would air, there wasn't an official notice." Niki reveals her relationship with Miss Lok (Virgina) never changed, she was actually suppose to come support her at this press conference, but because there's a large-scale event at TVB, she wasn't able to attend.

Richie Ren reveals, Peter believes Taiwanese films provide greater space for productions/creations and so they are planning to invest 9 figures into ME for their artists to release albums and shoot films in Taiwan. In the future, there will be more and more artists joining ME. Although Richie has now become a boss, he will still continue to sing and act. He reveals he is currently shooting a film in Taiwan, in which he plays a gay man.

It has been widely rumored that once Shu Qi leaves East Asia and joins Huayi Brothers, Niki will replace her? Peter denied that Shu Qi's leaving East Asia and he didn't sign Niki to replace her.

Source: Mingpao, Oriental Daily 
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

[INFO] Se7en Best Album set for release 2012.9.5!



Title: Still undecided

Version 1
2CD + 2DVD – 7800 yen
CD content
Disc 1 – Japan Best (10 or more representative songs from Japan)
Disc 2 – Korea Best (10 or more representative songs from Korea)
DVD Content
Disc 1 – Representative MVs from Korea and Japan (Duration undecided)
Disc 2 – Se7en 7th single Showcase ‘Love Again’ Live Video Duration undecided)

Version 2
2CD + DVD – 5040 yen
CD discs 1 + 2, DVD disc 1 (see above)

Version 3
2CD – 3500 yen
CD discs 1 + 2

(YGEX points can be accumulated for first editions of all 3 versions)


Source: http://www.ygex.jp/se7en/discography/index.html

[VIDEO] T-ara is busy practicing "Sexy Love"!




T-ara will release their repackaged album in August and here is the video clip of the girls practicing and recording for the title song of their new album titled "Sexy Love",check out the video below!



[PICTURE] Sunggyu snapped pictures with Lucky fans!





INFINITE member Sunggyu took pictures with lucky fans.



The photos of Sunggyu with fans circulated on the internet and garners much attention. 



You can see him posing with fans in the photos above. The fans expressed jealousy as Sunggyu put his hand on one of the fans shoulder while smiling.

Do you envy these lucky fans?


Written by: angelclowie18@dkpopnews.net

[NEWS] 2NE1′s Sandara Park, Vivid Purple Hair In Addition To Shaved Head Hairstyle “No End To Exceptional Style”!



Girl group 2NE1 member, Sandara Park, once again pulls off an exceptional hair style.


On the 15th, 2NE1 performed their newest single, “I Love You” on the stage of SBS music program, Inkigayo. During this day’s stage, Sandara Park’s vividly purple hairstyle, stood out and was a strong eye catcher.



Sandara Park had long, straight hair, with the front being trimmed shorter to shoulder-length, and dyed to a shockingly intense color, aside from the change of style. This hairstyle and fun color, added more excitement to 2NE1's stage. Sandara Park’s current shaved head hairstyle, was still present, as her right side showed off the shaved portion, while her long hair cascaded from the left.





Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20120715n09834

Translated by: SlaveTranslator@WeLoveDara/ BlackjackBelle@OhDara

[NEWS] Original stage names of idols revealed



The original stage names of some of today’s top stars have been revealed and currently attracting much attention among netizens.

Recently on an online community board, a list with the title, “Idols’ original stage names” was posted giving the list of idol groups and their unique or rather hilarious stage names.

Included in the list is Super Junior, with Leeteuk originally planned to debut as ‘Kang Soo’, a name similar to his real name. Shindong could have become ‘Udon’ while Kangin as ‘Woongdam’ and Kyuhyun as ‘Gweehyun’.

TVXQ considered to be named ‘Oh Jang Yook Boo’ which means ‘internal organs’ while Big Bang almost debut as ‘Diamond’. Within Big Bang, T.O.P was originally going to be named ‘Mark’, Daesung as ‘Big Castle’, Seungri as ‘Sonic’ and Taeyang ‘Taekwon’.

Wonder Girls almost named ‘LC’ short for ‘Ladies Club’ while the members could have unusual names as Sohee as ‘IC’, Yenny as ‘Silver’, Sunmi as ‘Berry’ and former member HyunA as ‘Mint’.


Source: Nate

[NEWS] ‘K-Pop Star’ to release a book about season 1



SBS’ popular survival audition show ‘K-Pop Star’ will be releasing a book containing the behind stories of the first season’s contestants.

A staff from the show announced on July 17th, “In hopes that the moments of laughter and tears of the ‘K-Pop Star’ contestants will be remembered, we decided to make a book that records them all.”

The book will include interviews, pictorials and behind-the-scene stories about the contestants that weren’t shown on the show itself. It will also talk about the Big 3 agencies, SM, YG and JYP Entertainments’ audition casting know-hows and trainings.

Regarding the book release, a production staff commented, “We have decided to release this book based on the suggestion by the publishing company after finishing up the first season. We thank everyone who really made the audition program successful. We hope to discover even more talents with season 2.”


Source: Nate

[NEWS] YoonA is all dressed up for a vacation



On July 17th, pictorials of YoonA’s ‘vacation-look’ for outdoor clothing brand, Eider was revealed and it has attracted the attention of netizens.

In the pictorials revealed, besides her beautiful long hair which portrays her innocent look, YoonA was seen in a young-looking, sporty and colorful clothing. Complete with ribbon as her accessories, a swimming tube and a huge hat, looks like YoonA is ready to go on a vacation!

Netizens who saw the photos commented, “YoonA looks pretty in anything she wears”, “Anything she wears can be used for pictorials”, “I wish to go on a vacation with YoonA”, “Where is Girls’ Generation going for a vacation?”, “Beach goddess is here!”, etc


Source: reviewstar.hankooki.com/donga.com
Translation: fanwonder.com

[VIDEO] Brown Eyed Girls unveils MV for “One Summer Night’s Dream”



After releasing their new digital single ‘The Original’ earlier today, Brown Eyed Girls finally unveiled the full music video for title track, “One Summer Night’s Dream”!

“One Summer Night’s Dream” which was co-composed by leader JeA and penned by Kim Eana, is a smooth, refreshing ballad that highlights the members’ vocals.


Monday, July 16, 2012

[VIDEO] A-PRINCE releases MV teaser for “You’re the Only One”



A-PRINCE, formerly known as TAKEN, has released the music video teaser for their pre-debut single, “You’re the Only One”.

“You’re the Only One” is notably special as MBLAQ’s lead vocal G.O is directly involved in writing the lyrics and music for it. The song is scheduled to be released on July 25th prior to their official debut.


[NEWS] Super Junior's Yesung is in awe with their album's appearing in Billboard's World Album Chart



Looks not Super Junior's Yesung was surprised and amazed with Super Junior's album debuting at the Billboard's World Album Chart. On the 15th of July, he updated his twitter account and shared, "My Gosh... Number 3 on the Billboard World Album Music Charts, that's our group's name... I cannot believe it, hehe".

It was recently reported that Super Junior's album "Sexy, Free and Single" debuted at the 3rd spot at the Billboard World album chart being in the same charts with worldwide artists such as Chris Brown, Linkin Park, Adele, Maroon 5, Justin Beiber, Katy Perry and others. Netizens commented, "Daebak, it's certainly awesome", "they are also chart toppers in Taiwan", "Super Junior is the best! Congratulations".

Source: Newsen
Written by: blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

[VIDEO] TAHITI releases first MV teaser for “Tonight”



Dream Star Entertainment’s upcoming girl group TAHITI is gearing up for their official debut. After releasing their first teaser yesterday, the second video teaser for their debut track, “Tonight” has been unveiled.

The six-member TAHITI is currently starring in their own reality show, SBS-MTV’s ‘Ta-dah! It’s TAHITI’ which started airing on April and will end on the 16th. The new season of the show features the whole process of the group’s debut, where they’ve captured the audience with their fresh visuals and talents.

TAHITI will make their official debut on July 24th. In the meantime, check out their teaser featuring the next two members Minjae and Jisu.


[PICTURE] Brown Eyed Girls reveal teaser photo for Ga In



The fierce ladies of Brown Eyed Girls are finally coming back with a new digital single. After releasing the teaser photos of Narsha, JeA and Miryo, the final individual teaser for member Ga In has been unveiled.

On July 16th, Brown Eyed Girls’ official Twitter account posted, “Finally D-1!! Here’s Ga In’s teaser photo, which many of you have been waiting for!” along with the alluring teaser image of Ga In donning a floral-patterned top, short skirt with heels and hat.

Brown Eyed Girls will be releasing their new digital single “The Original” on July 17th.

[NEWS] SISTAR Dasom's past graduation photo revealed!



SISTAR's Dasom get's a blast from the past! On the 15th of July, a random graduation photo of Dasom was shared on various online communities with the title, "A bit shocking past photo of SISTAR's Dasom, are they the same person?".

Dasom's past graduation photo was revealed which shows a bit different side to Dasom. On the photo you can see her giving a smile and holding a teddy bear. She has full bangs, short hair and bare face accentuating her small eyes. Netizens commented, "Dasom looks a bit different from before and now", "She looks way prettier now than in her past photo", "She looks cute even before". Perhaps make up really makes a huge difference for some?

Source: Nate
Written by: blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

[NEWS] 2PM's NichKhun gives Wooyoung's solo debut performance a thumbs up



2PM's NichKhun shows his support to his fellow 2PM member Wooyoung who just recently finished his debut performances on music shows this week. On the 14th of July NichKhun updated his twitter account and shared, "2NITE-JWY(Jang Wooyoung)" and shared a photo.

On his photo you can see him giving a thumbs up while watching Wooyoung's debut performance at MBC "Music Core". Look's like NichKhun didnt want to miss Wooyoung's debut performance and also was impressed with Wooyoung's performance. Netizens commented, "He has really beautiful fingers", "That's so nice to see them supporting each other", "They share a really close relationship".  What do you think? Do you also give Wooyoung a thumbs up for his solo debut?

Source: Newsen
Written by: blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

[NEWS] SNSD's Tiffany transforms into a pink princess at a fashion show red carpet



SNSD's Tiffany recently attended the "KOLON SPORT 2012 Fall Winter Fashion show collection" and at the red carpet, Tiffany showed up head to toe in pink (minus the shorts). Tiffany looked like a pink princess with her red hair and matching neon pink blouse and heels and even her phone is colored pink.

Look's like Tiffany likes the color pink and she looks cute and feminine in the color which also compliments her milky white complexion. Netizens commented, "She looks great in Pink", "She looks awesome", "I dont mind seeing her in all pink, she looks great in that color".

Source: Nate
Written by: blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

Sunday, July 15, 2012

[NEWS] CNBLUE’s Yonghwa and Park Shin Hye sell out fan meeting in Japan



On-screen lovers from the drama “Heartstrings” Jung Yonghwa and Pak Shin Hye will visit Japan on July 16 for a fan meet for their drama.

The event to take place at Tokyo International Forum will be conducted like a talking session between the stars and their fans. FNC Entertainment announced that more than 10,000 fans will attend the event which was sold out as soon as the tickets went on sale on June 30.

A Japanese representative from the fan meet said that as well as entertaining fans on the day, the two co-stars will also donate part of the proceeds from the event to charity body dubbed Korea Food for the Hungry Organization.

The Korean drama that aired on MBC last year is Park and Jung’s second collaboration since working on “You’re Beautiful” back in 2009. The duo’s second work is based on a love story that takes place on campus of an arts college.


Source: JoongAng Daily

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