Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Fan draws an anime depiction of KARA’s Kang Ji Young

Fans are loving the anime avatar of KARA’s Kang Ji Young.

The character was drawn by a Japanese fan of Kang Ji Young’s, who saw her in KARA’s drama “URAKARA“. The idol was apparently so excited by the gift that she’s using it for her profile pic onTwitter as well.

An acquaintance stated, “Kang Ji Young was so happy after receiving this character as a gift. The cuteness is just like her.”

‘Heroes’ members cried a “sea of tears” during their final recording

SBS’s “Heroes” had its last recording on March 28th and 29th. The one-night-two-days filming saw the cast burst into tears during a particularly touching moment.

On the night of the 28th, the members had a candlelit chat, sharing their inner feelings of working together, from the good times to the bad times. Unable to forget that they would soon part ways after spending so much time together, the members could not stop shedding tears.

Officials who were with the cast stated, “With all the cast members crying, it became a sea of tears. Everyone felt an emptiness about parting. I think everyone was emotional especially because we filmed the end at the location where we first began.”

It was also revealed that KARA’s Nicole, who is an original member of the program, was unable to attend the final recording because of stress related to her group’s lawsuit with DSP Media.

Members of ‘Heroes’ will finish their recording on the 29th and then have dinner together in the evening to share a beautiful ending together.

Kang Ho Dong made f(x)’s Luna cry?

On the upcoming episode of Strong Heart, Luna of f(x) revealed that host and comedian Kang Ho Dong made her cry once.

She explained, “Before my debut, the first program I appeared on was SBS’s Star King, and everyone around me told me not to feel hurt or disappointed by Kang Ho Dong.”

Kang Ho Dong seemed a little taken aback as Luna added, “I started the recording nervously, and when it ended, Kang Ho Dong called me over. I almost started to cry thinking that he would have harsh words for me.”

Apparently, Luna didn’t just cry, but she bawled. Unfortunately, you’ll have to find out what happens tomorrow when it airs.

Fans rave over 4minute Jihyun’s new ‘carrot hair’

Earlier today, 4minute unveiled their music video for “Heart to Heart“, which saw the girls exchange their strong, sexy image for something lighter and more flirty.

Fans gushed, “It’s the best, a completely new image to 4minute!”. Out of the five members, however, leader Nam Jihyun garnered the most praise with her new hairstyle. Dyed orange, her hair is wrapped high above her head, which made it look like a carrot.

A representative of Cube Entertainment revealed, “In order to achieve her carrot hair, Nam Jihyun had to spend three hours with her stylist.

Fans commented, “It looks like soft ice cream,” “She looks like a rabbit and her hair is a carrot!,” and“Crunchy crunchy carrot Jihyun.”

Check out the 6 seconds of footage below.

Heart To Heart's MV revealed! Couple JeongShin and HyunAh's relashionship is netizens' hot topic!


4Minute's "Heart To Heart" music video has been disclosed to the public on 4Minute's
official Youtube channel at 5PM KST.

Earlier, Cube Entertainment unveiled 4Minute's 3rd EP album cover which marked their return
to the Candy Funky Style introduced by 4Minute with their debut song, "Hot Issue" as well as
the tracklist to their new record.

The music video reveals the couple complicated relationship as CNBLUE's JeongShin plays the
bad guy who doesn't care about his girlfriend, who is no other than HyunAh and plays with her feelings.

As a result, 4Minute's members decide to stalk him and ruin his life by making use of countermines
against him.

Will they succeed in making JeongShin come to his senses?

Watch the music video below:
The couple has become the hot topic among netizens and received positive response from them as
they find that the two are a match :

"They are the popular members of their respective groups,they look really good together"
and one commented : "I look forward to seeing them act as a couple again!" when others
were jealous :"I'm so jealous, I want to take HyunAh's place and be JeongShin's girlfriend!"


What does 4Minute have in store for us? Definitely more as underlined by these few lines :

"Now that I'm 20, I feel that it is time to seal off the secrets I had been keeping deep within me."


Meanwhile, 4Minute's 3rd EP "Heart To Heart" has been released on digital music portals at midnight KST.

4Minute's incredible popularity over Youtube explodes!


4minuteofficial's YouTube Channel has almost reached 20 000 000 Views for their over-all uploaded videos.

In preparation to 4minute's official comeback this month after a very long time of being hiatus in the music industry, individual teaser videos were released in a random order on their official YouTube channel. CUBE Entertainment started everything by revealing each member's concept photos - HyunA wearing her black stockings, Gayoon with her emotional gaze, Jiyoon showing her 2 sided-faces, Jihyun with her glamorous body and Sohyun with her meaningful facial expression.

Kim HyunA's teaser video has actually garnered so much interest that it nearly reached 300 000 views for only 3 days!

4Minute is actually pretty strong and popular in YouTube. Their intense and powerful performances has simply captured so much interest of many international fans. 4Minute's Debut song, "Hot Issue" and catchy song known as "I My ME Mine" caught so much attention that their added total number of views could simply reach10 000 000 views! Their other hits such as "MUZIK" and "HUH" got nearly 4 000 000 total of views. Their popularity continues to grow as their individual teasers were revealed on their official channel.

A staff from CUBE Entertainment explained, "HyunA's concept for her teaser video has been sexy to show her official entrance to 'legal age' yet we're all surprised with the huge amount of interest that it caused. A site server was even backed down because of it. As each member reveals their teasers with different concepts, interest about their comeback continues to explode."

Meanwhile, 4Minute has officially released their songs and will have their comeback stages this coming April.

4Minute's Hyun Ah shared goddess-like selcas on Twitter!




4Minute's Hyun Ah shared some new selca photos on her official Twitter account.

She is as pretty as usual,do you like her new hairstyle?

KARA’s Goo Hara recently spotted attending college classes

KARA’s Goo Hara was recently captured chatting it up with her college friends before class, grabbing the attention of her devoted fans.

The idol has entered Sungshin Women’s University in the class of 2011, joining as a freshman. Hara is seen sitting next to the windows while wearing no makeup, revealing her goddess-like bare face.

Hara’s bright smile is also noticeable in the picture, as she is talking to her friends. Celebrities tend to shy away from making friends with students because of their professions.

However, Hara revealed her true personality and made friends, making her fans proud.

Netizens commented, “Hara seems to have a really good personality. She’s very pretty”, “A celebrity is a celebrity. Even without makeup, she is a goddess”, “I hope she makes a lot of friends in college”,and “KARA hwaiting!

T-ara Hyomin’s college photos revealed

ctures of T-ara’s Hyomin during her freshman year in college has recently become a hot topic.

On March 28th, Hyomin uploaded photos she had taken with her friends in the past through her Twitter account along with the tweet, “Hyomin’s college life^^ During the festival’s first gala show concert…”

In addition, Hyomin stated, “Hypothetically, if our order is between the Wonder Girls and SNSD… We grumbled that our performance would become the time for all the audience members to visit the restroom… Even amidst our grumbling, when it came time for us to perform, we were all so nervous~ We went up saying fighting keke”

Hyomin, who is currently taking a break from Sungkyunkwan University’s Department of PerformingArts, displayed a fresh look in the pictures. Just as her bright and beautiful appearance after her debut, Hyomin looked happy in her pictures – making a ‘V’ with her hands and showing a big smile to laying on the grass while showing natural poses.

Netizens showed much interest, commenting, “Hyomin is so cute”, “I heard she started out as an ulzzang (beautiful face), she’s really pretty”, “It’s probably because she is from an Arts school, but her friends’ looks are also not a joke.”

KARA’s Seungyeon expresses gratitude to fans for 4th


Tweeting for the first time since their lawsuit broke out earlier this year, KARA’s Seungyeonaddressed a message of gratitude to her fans in celebration of the group’s 4th anniversary.

On the morning of March 29th, she wrote, “It’s already been four years. My heart aches so much. I’m so sorry for only saying something now.”

She continued, “I just want to thank all of the fans who have waited for us. What more could I say… I love you, you guys are so precious to me.”

After debuting on March 29th, 2007 with “Blooming,” the girls managed to become one of Korea’s top girl groups through four years of hard work, thanks to their hit tracks like “Pretty Girl,” “Mister,” and “Lupin“.

Get pumped with allkpop at the Korean Music Festival 2011!

As the leading authority of the hallyu wave around the world, allkpop is proud to be the premier source for the hottest and freshest Korean entertainment gossip and news to the online global audience. On April 30th, we’re stepping out of the internet and into Los Angeles for the annualKorean Music Festival!

2011 marks allkpop’s second year as an official sponsor for the Korean Music Festival, and we’re excited to be meeting our readers & fellow K-pop fans in person! The same morning & afternoon of the concert, allkpop will be participating in the official pre-concert festivities at the Hollywood Bowl venue right outside the stadium.

With our resident DJ REX ROWDEE performing his freshest k-pop mixes LIVE at our booth, allkpop staff will be giving away autographed merchandise, and other concert goodies for free. We’ve also confirmed some very special guests to visit our booth to sign autographs and provide photo ops, so keep your eyes peeled for surprise appearances throughout the day!

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KMF 2011’s star-studded line-up will showcase Jay Park, U-KISS, 4minute, SISTAR, K-Will, Baek Ji Young, G.NA and many, many more for a concert of epic proportions with over 17,000 attendees. What better way to get pumped!?

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