Saturday, November 17, 2012

Minho breaks cup stacking record on ‘Star King’

 
SHINee‘s Minho showed his athletic ability by breaking the cup stacking record on November 17th’s ‘Star King‘.
 
Elementary school student Kang Hee Joon, the top ‘sport stacker’ in South Korea, appeared on the show. Members of SHINee and f(x) practiced for a week prior to filming in order to attempt to break his record.
 
Onew, Victoria, and Luna lost to the record holder, but the last competitor, Minho, was able to stack 12 cups within a faster time. However, he was disqualified for not returning the cups to their original position.
 
Kang Hee Joon offered a rematch, and Minho gladly accepted. The SHINee member then beat the champion’s record by 0.24 points.
 

Eunjung "Want to forget it all. Please withdraw the sanctions against Five Fingers' Production Company"

- Heard about the sanctions against Five Fingers’ production company while promoting in Japan
- Told the Management Entertainment Association “Want to forget it all”


T-ara’s Eunjung has requested the Management Entertainment Agency to withdraw its boycott of Five Fingers’ production company YEIN E&M.

The Korean Entertainment Management Association (KEMA), in any interview with eDaily StarIn on the afternoon of the 16th, said about its sanction procedure against YEIN E&M “A sudden change in variable occurred after the news spread that we had sent out documents [regarding YEIN E&M to our members], right now, our procedure is put on halt.” A related person from KEMA said “It is because T-ara’s Eunjung, who is currently promoting in Japan, has requested KEMA to withdraw the sanctions against Five Fingers’ production company YEIN E&M regarding the dispute about her being forced off the drama.”

This afternoon, Eunjung expressed to KEMA “Putting aside right or wrong, I want to put down everything related to Five Fingers and forget it all. If the sanctions against the production company can be withdrawn, then let’s just pretend this did not happen.”

Because of Eunjung’s request, KEMA is currently figuring out how to solve this problem. YEIN E&M had forced an actor to leave after completion of contract singing, poster shooting, script reading and the press conference, so this cannot be seen only as a problem between one actor and one production company. To prevent similar things from happening again in the future, KEMA decided to respond by taking boycotting measures. Another related person said “Although Eunjung’s opinion should be placed first in resolving this issue, but from KEMA’s perspective, some measures have to be put into place to prevent this from happening again in the future.”

Today, KEMA had delivered documents to its members and member companies (around 130) regarding Five Finger’s unilateral termination of Eunjung. The document said “We were determined to rectify the normal drama production relations and had requested for the actor’s return to the drama and for an undertaking not to allow such things to happen again, but YEIN as usual remained silent, avoiding responsibility and deceiving our Association”, “We hope that our members will confirm with our Association first before deciding to appear in YEIN E&M productions. It is our plan to implement this for 2 years (until December 2014)." [In effect meaning that without any special reasons, KEMA members should not appear in YEIN E&M dramas.]

This measure is the follow up to Eunjung's sudden termination from SBS’s drama Five Fingers in August. At the time, KEMA and the Korean Broadcasting and Actors Union (KBAU) had, on the 28th, issued its protests against SBS and Five Fingers’ production company YEIN E&M for forcing Eunjung off the drama. YEIN E&M had also expressed its stance, stating that it would take strong legal measures if Eunjung’s side continues to make unreasonable propositions. The two sides were always in opposition.

Nickhun writes his own song 'Let it rain'

 

After Taec Yeon, Junho and Woo Young, the solo songs of Chansung, Nickhun and Jun K have also been released recently.

At 2pm on November 15, through 2PM's official homepage, 3 new solo songs of Jun.K, Nickhun and Chansung were released..

In the previous Asia tour, Jun.K's 'Alive' received much love from fans. This time, maknae Chansung is attracting fans' attention with his new song "Love You Down".

In particlular, for the upcoming concert, Nickhun's 'Let it rain' was highly expected, because this is the first time he writes his own song, to show appreciation towards fans' love to him and 2PM. Nickhun wanted to share his true feeling about it through music.

JYP's representative shared, "The 2PM's upcoming live tour will display a lot of emotional performances and new sides of members. Please give us a lot of supports".

Ailee covers G-Dragon’s “Crayon” & Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire” on ‘Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook’

 
Ailee displayed her immense talents on the November 16th episode of Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook.
 
On the episode, Ailee performed her own rendition of G-Dragon‘s hit track “Crayon“. That wasn’t all as she also performed her own hit track “I’ll Show You” and she further displayed her vocal talents with a cover of Alicia Keys‘ “Girl on Fire“.
 
Check out the performances below!




Eunhyuk shows support for Yesung’s cafe ‘Mouse Rabbit’

 
Eunhyuk showed his support for fellow Super Junior member Yesung.
 
On November 11th, Yesung had opened a cafe with his younger brother titled ‘Mouse Rabbit‘. To show support for his hyung, Eunhyuk visited the cafe. On the 16th, Yesung posted two photos onto his Twitter to thank Eunhyuk for visiting and help promoting his new cafe.
 
He wrote, “My good-looking little brother Eunhyuk paid a surprise visit ^^ Next it’s my turn..^^“, implying that he would also pay a visit to Eunhyuk’s parents’ bakery. When fans saw the photos, they commented, “It’s good to see the members so close to each other“, “I’m glad to see Eunhyuk’s happy face“, and “You’re both cute!“.

2PM performs “Masquerade” with Nichkhun on ‘Happy Music’

 
The boys of 2PM performed their latest Japanese single “Masquerade” on the November 16th episode of ‘Happy Music‘.
 
The song was released on November 14th and placed 2nd on the Oricon Chart, selling over 100,000 units to date.
 
Nichkhun joined the boys for the performance, singing and participating in the impressive mask removal choreography.
 
Check out the performance below!
 

 

Jonghyun tries to seduce ‘S-Voice Hi Galaxy’ on his phone?

 
Jonghyun amused his fans by trying to seduce the voice assistant on his phone.
 
Jonghyun had previously tried to ask the automatic chat program ‘SimSimi‘ out on Confession Day, but had gotten rejected by the program. He tried yet again with his phone’s voice helper, ‘S-Voice Hi Galaxy‘, and got a similar rejection.
 
He posted a screenshot of the conversation with the tagline “Hi Galaxy… You’re a proud woman.. Someday soon, I will..!! kekeke“. The conversation between Jonghyun and Hi Galaxy started with Jonghyun confessing, “I love you“. Hi Galaxy replied, “I’m thankful for your feelings“, to with Jonghyun tried again by saying, “I love you” in a more formal tone. Hi Galaxy again rejected him and said, “You shouldn’t say that phrase so easily like that“. Jonghyun assured Hi Galaxy by confirming his feelings and saying, “I really love you“, but Hi Galaxy firmly refused him and said, “Sometimes, too much attention can be burdensome.
 
Fans were amused by the conversation, and said, “Jonghyun, you really need to get a hobby!“, “I wouldn’t reject you..“, and “Jonghyun is the king of playing by himself“.

Victoria and Super Junior M's Zhoumi to appear on "The Generation Show"


f(x)'s leader Victoria and Super Junior M's Zhoumi will appear in the upcoming episode of "The Generation Show".

"The Generation Show" is a popular variety show in China,anticipating their appearance on the show?

2NE1 Discuss Motherhood Acting and Stress in Interview with Singapore's 'My Peper'



Bom, who likes children, has stated that she wants to be a wife and future mother.
Korean girl group 2NE1 will be having their concert in Singapore on the 1 December. Members CL,Bom, Dara and Minzy has accepted an interview by My Paper before the concert. They were asked about how they felt coming to Singapore and their thoughts of having children in the future.

Main vocalist Bom stated that she loves children and said, ” Every child is cute to me!” Regarding the question of the ideal age of getting married and having a family, she said, “I’m not very sure when I’ll get married, but once I get married, I want to be a good wife and mother.”

Dara revealed her secret to being slim by saying, “I don’t specially go on a diet, I’m naturally slim. I usually eat very little and recently, I feel full after eating for 20 minutes. I’ve been eating like this since young. Actually, this is good for the body, so everyone, let’s eat slowly!”

Before Dara went to Korea to train to become part of 2NE1, she acted in many Philippines films and movies. When asked whether she still has the desire to be an actress, she said, “Being a movie star is an awesome job, it also gives me a different sense of satisfaction than from being a singer. If I were to act again, I hope it’s a romantic comedy where someone falls in love with a prince or a character which has a completely different personality from me.”

2NE1 has been hailed as one of the top girl groups in Korea, and they undoubtedly have hectic schedules and stress from work. Minzy said that her best of way relieving stress is “To listen to different genres is music, which lets me relieve lots of stress!”

About the upcoming New Evolution Concert in Singapore, leader CL said, “Every trip to Singapore has been a memorable one. I’m grateful to the support of the Singaporean fans. I hope you will come for this concert.”
Note: My Paper is a free, bilingual (English and Chinese) newspaper in Singapore published by the Singapore Press Holdings. It has a daily circulation of 300,000 copies.

SHINee interviews and comment segments to bradcast on Japan's ZIP-FM, FM AICHI and STV Radio



SHINee has been scheduled to appear on the following radio broadcasts in Japan.
The list is subject to change in the case of unforeseen circumstances.

2012.12.08
ZIP-FM (Nagoya) - "BREEZY SATURDAY" - December 8 (Saturday); 7:00 to 13:00 JST
"K-POP DISCOVERY" Segment (10:00 - 10:30 JST)
※ SHINee Interview OA

2012.12.05
FM AICHI 80.7 - "Fresh Up Eye" - December 5 (Wednesday); 8:20 to 11:00 JST
※ SHINee Comment OA

2012.11.17
STV Radio (Hokkaido) - "Korean Nights are Hot!" - November 17 (Saturday); 22:00 to 23:00 JST
※ SHINee Interview OA
Note: Normally this segment is called "Korean Music is Hot!"

2012.11.17
ZIP-FM (Nagoya) - "BREEZY SATURDAY" - November 17 (Saturday); 7:00 to 13:00 JST
"K-POP DISCOVERY" Segment (10:00 to 10:30 JST)
※ SHINee Comment OA