Song Ji Hyo reveals how she was inspired to become an actress

Song Ji Hyo revealed how she first became interested in acting on the latest episode of ‘Running Man‘.

While moving in the car between the opening mini-games, the actress confessed that the actor Park Shin Yang – who was one of the guests for this episode – had inspired her to pursue a career in acting.

“I told him that I began wanting to act after I watched his performance in ‘Promise’,” she revealed, detailing a conversation that had occurred earlier between the two actors.

The hit film ‘Promise‘ was released in theaters in 1998 and immediately became a smash success.

2PM kicks off their arena tour in Japan

2PM successfully kicked off their 2013 arena tour, “LEGEND OF 2PM“, with an opening concert at theFukuoka Marine Messe performance venue.

The arena tour will include thirteen concerts, to be held at six different locations around Japan with a total audience of over 150,000.

Beginning with opening performances of their Japanese tracks “Beautiful” and “Masquerade“, the members of 2PM followed up with solo stages from all of the members – Wooyoung, Chansung,Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Junho, and Jun.K, including performances of several of their self-composed songs.

This concert also marked the first performances of tracks from 2PM’s highly-anticipated upcoming second full Japanese album, “LEGEND OF 2PM”.

The concert also featured a surprise birthday party for Jun.K, whose birthday was drawing near. Together with the packed venue, the members of 2PM led a chorus of “Happy Birthday”.

“With our second arena tour just beginning, we couldn’t sleep last night because of the excitement,” the members related. “It was a memorable time being able to greet our fans again with our performances, and we will put our best effort for our remaining tour dates as well. Thank you for your love and support.”

Additional tour dates include Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, and Sapporo.

Seungyeon praises Jiyoung’s looks

KARA‘s Seungyeon had good things to say about her fellow member Jiyoung during their appearance on ‘Entertainment Relay‘.

During a group interview in Japan, the question of “Who is the sexiest member in KARA?” was posed by the interviewers. After a quick tally, members Jiyoung and Nicole were picked as the winners.

Seungyeon especially praised the KARA maknae, saying, “She has everything I want, like her skin, height, and sexiness.”

Running Man releases Idol Olympic special episode

 Running Man unveils the trailer for the Idol Olympic Special episode that will be aired next week.

Top idols such as Minho, Sulli, Yonghwa, L, Jonghyun, Lee Joon and Kwanghee will appear on the show, check out the preview below

Park Yoonchun Hopes To Break Into China, Hits At Ending Of "I Miss You"

The “Park Yoochun Media Day” event was held in Beijing on 11 January. The popular Korean singer-actor met with the fans and media in Beijing after one and a half years, and there were over 100 media present that day. Yoochun thanked the fans who have been supporting him for the past 10 years since his debut, and also spoke freely about the dramas that he has acted in over the past 3 years, going into details about his two popular pieces from 2012, the dramas “Rooftop Prince” and “I Miss You.”

When Park Yoochun arrived at the Beijing airport on 10 January, a large number of fans carrying blue balloons and blue banners greeted him there, and there were even fans who had clothes pegs in their hair just like the younger Lee Soo Yeon did in “I Miss You.” Netizens said that the “airport had become a concert hall,” proving Yoochun’s high popularity in China.

Full Recap Of The Park Yoochun Press Conference

“Actor Park Yoochun” Surprised at the massive number of views for his dramas on streaming sites

Park Yoochun made his debut in 2003 and became popular as a member of TVXQ, and started activities as part of the group JYJ in 2010. In the same year, he made his official entrance into the Korean drama industry playing a lead role in the drama “SungKyunKwan Scandal”, then participated in “Miss Ripley” in 2011. Within those 2 years, Park Yoochun’s acting skills have gradually matured, and finally, in 2012 he took on a drama that combined the two popular themes of “time-slip” and “crown prince” attained massive local and international popularity for the drama “Rooftop Prince.” Then in winter of 2012, he co-stars with Yoon Eun Hye in the melodrama “I Miss You,” presenting two very different works within the same year and allowing “Actor Park Yoochun” to gain more love and recognition from the audiences.

Park Yoochun said that he felt surprised that his dramas were receiving extremely high views on the Chinese sites. The press conference that was held on this day was actually done because of the dramas, but instead of coming for the sake of promotions, it was due to the great popularity and love from everyone in China that presented him with this opportunity to come to China. On the Korean drama rankings of the Sohu streaming sites, “Rooftop Prince” has been played over 88.38 million times, and with 2 more episodes to the end of “I Miss You,” there have already been over 81.08 million views for the drama, making them the no.4 and no.5 drama on the list, exceeding the numbers for that of hit dramas in 2010 and 2011, “Secret Garden” and “City Hunter.”

Talks in detail about the drama “Rooftop Prince” and hints at spoilers for “I Miss You.”

In previous interviews, Park Yoochun had said that he fell in love with the drama “Rooftop Prince,” and he explained this time that it was because everyone had gotten along really well on set and it felt really good. In the 2012 SBS drama awards, his co-star Han Ji Min had praised Park Yoochun, saying that it was usually the female lead that brightens up the mood on set but Park Yoochun had taken her place in cheering everyone up instead. When talking about the two roles that he had to play in “Rooftop Prince,” Park Yoochun said that he had placed more focus on Lee Gak, as the role of Yong Tae Yong was a new one but Lee Gak’s assumption of his role (in the drama.) He also talked about scenes that left a deep impression on him, such as the happy ending in the final episode as his reincarnation is reunited with Park Ha; the tearful wedding in episode 19 when he leaves the modern world, and how the scene before the wedding where he confesses to Park Ha while lying on the bed had brought tears to his eyes even though the script didn’t call for it, showing how Park Yoochun had become one with his drama character.

As for the current drama “I Miss You” which is still being broadcast, Park Yoochun said that even though many people object to this, he still hopes for a tragic ending, because he feels that only Han Jung Woo’s death can the bring the story to a close. With regards to the character of Han Jung Woo, Park Yoochun said that he envies Jung Woo, because Jung Woo is a normal person, who is very humane, occasionally brash, occasionally childish. As for the kiss scenes which everyone was concerned with, Park Yoochun said that the feeling of the scene that was aired is usually different from when it was shot, but in both dramas, but as he got along well with both female co-stars Han Ji Min and Yoon Eun Hye, shooting the kiss scenes were easy. He also said that the kiss in episode 18 of “I Miss You” is the first time he was kissing and smiling at the same time, as he was always crying in previous kiss scenes.

The lamb skewer-loving Korean idol, unspoken plans to break into China

As for movies, Park Yoochun expressed that he does not feel the rush to appear in movies, and that it wouldn’t be late for him to do so even after he turns 30 or 40. This is because his acting would be more mature by then, and there would be more roles that are suitable for him. As for the genres of movies that he likes, Park Yoochun said that he thought about trying out horror shows but gave up because he was afraid, that shooting love stories are tiring and take up too much energy, and that he really wants to try shooting a war film, for example having 500 horses gallop towards him…a descriptive example with such strong imagery that the media in attendance started laughing. When talking about the delicacies in China, Park Yoochun said that lamb skewers are his favourite, causing the audience to break out into laughter once again.

With his coming to Beijing and holding this press conference so early in 2013, his plans to break into the China market are unspoken yet obvious. Park Yoochun said that he had only gone to Shanghai for his 2012 fanmeeting tour, and was busy with the shooting of “I Miss You” after that, having no chance to come to Beijing. He said that Beijing was very cold, but was actually not as cold as Korea. Time was passing by so quickly that he himself didn’t realise that it had been a year and a half since his last visit for the JYJ concert tour. Currently, he has received a lot of requests to appear in Chinese films and dramas, and that he is still looking for a suitable piece. We hope that in the near future, we will be able to see more of Park Yoochun in China.

2NE1's Park Bom, T-ARA's Hyomin and BEG's Ga-In, "SexyFashionable Stockings"

2NE1′s Park Bom, T-ARA’s Hyomin and Brown Eyed Girls” Ga-In have become a ”hot issue” with their ”tattoo-like stockings” they wear during performances or appearances with their group activities or solo activities.

Recently on an online community bulletin board, multiple pictures we’re posted with the title ”2NE1′s Bom and T-ARA’s Hyomin wearing same ”tattoo” stockings” which became the talk of town.

Park Bom flaunting a hip-hop ish vintage style with ”tattoo” stockings showing her perfect doll-like legs everyone’s basically envious of while Ga-In flaunts her ”sexy stockings” during her solo activities for ”Bloom” stages introducing a cute and sexy charm.

On the other hand, netizens showed a variety of reactions such as ”Bom’s legs are the best” ”They all three have killer legs!” ”Im so envious of their figure and legs!” ‘Ga-in’s stockings are too sexy” ”Bom always rocks these kinds of stockings”.