Eunhyuk, Donghae and Siwon enjoy a casual dinner together

 

Super Junior‘s Eunhyuk, Siwon, and Donghae gathered together for a casual dinner.

 

Eunhyuk shared the above photo with his fans and wrote, “Eun Si Hae’s dinner time“. Eunhyuk, Donghae, and Siwon were dressed casually, and it appears they enjoyed their meals, as the plates on the table were completely emptied the plated.

 

The boys are currently in Korea and recently wrapped up their Korean special stages of “Break Down” as Super Junior-M.

 

Fans commented, “You must have been hungry.“, “It’s great you can share these type of memories together“, and “It looks like you guys enjoyed a nice late night meal“.

Y-STAR goes behind the scenes for BoA's "Disturbance" MV featuring Taemin

 

Y-STAR went behind the scenes for BoA and Taemin‘s “Disturbance” music video.

 

The music video had become a hot issue not only because it featured Taemin, but also because users were able to choose between a happy or sad ending. In the behind the scenes segment, Taemin and BoA play around on set, acting like close siblings instead of the lovers they’re supposed to be in the music video.

 

Check out the video below!

Hyomin cast in Japanese movie 'Jinx'

T-ara’s Hyomin has been cast in the upcoming Japanese movie, ‘Jinx’!

According to reports on February 7th, Hyomin has been cast for a lead role for Japanese movie ‘Jinx’, which will be directed by director Naoto Kumazawa. This will be the first time a female singer from Korea takes the lead role in a movie.

‘Jinx’ is about the stories of college students and their various feelings. In the film, Hyomin will be playing a Korean student named Ji Ho, who will act as the cupid to the main leads.

Hyomin said about her casting, “I think I will be able to relate to the viewers of my generation in various ways with the story line, so I hope of people to see it.”

Suzy, Sulli, Krystal, Sohyun and more graduate from high school

 Along with high school seniors, several idol group members graduated from their respective high schools on February 7th.

Despite the freezing cold temperature, many idol stars attended their high school graduation ceremonies including f(x)’s Krystal, 4minute’s Sohyun, T-ara’s Areum, B.A.P’s Jongup, Dal Shabet’s Subin, SPEED’s Sejun, BTOB’s IlHoon, and C-Clown’s Ray, Juniel, Girl’s Day’s Hyeri, EXO-K’s Sehun and more.

f(x)’s Sulli, miss A’s Suzy, U-KISS‘ Dongho, A Pink’s Na Eun and Yookyung also graduated, but not able to attend their respective school’s graduation ceremony because of conflicting schedules.

SHINee shares Lunar New Year greeting in hanboks

 The boys of SHINee all dressed up in their colorful hanboks to wish fans a Happy Lunar New Year!

On February 7, SM Entertainment revealed photos of the members wearing hanboks. In the photos, all of SHINee members are smiling warmly while posing for the camera.

The group shared, “Happy Lunar New Year, we hope that this year may be filled with only good things.” SHINee also announced their impending comeback saying, “We will be making a comeback with our 3rd full-length album so we ask for your love and support.”

Davichi to sing OST for 'IRIS 2' + video teaser revealed

 

The duo of Davichi will be lending their voices for the official soundtrack of KBS’s new Wednesday-Thursday series, ‘IRIS 2’.

Titled “Do You Not Know”, the song is a ballad number that includes magnificent 70-piece orchestra. Lee Haeri and Kang Min Kyung are said to have performed the sensitive song with great emotions.

Davichi members said, “Since Baek Ji Young received a lot of attention with the song “Don’t Forget” for ‘IRIS’, we feel a bit of pressure, but we also want to get a better response.”

A video teaser has been also unveiled, featuring some highlights from the series with a snippet of the upcoming OST track playing in the background. Check it out below:

KARA to possibly enter the Western market?

After getting so much success in Korea and Japan, KARA may possibly challenge the new area, European market! 

Recently, it has been anounced that Kobalt Music offered to help KARA enter the European market after seeing their huge success in Korea and Japan. If this happens, KARA will have more chances to bring their music to more people and boost the popularity.

Kobalt Music will help KARA release songs under Kobalt Music, and suggest distributing the tracks in the UK and Europe. DSP Media also confirmed that they indeed received an offer on the 4th, saying, “We will consider carefully the offer.” 

As one of the brightest stars in Korea and Japan, KARA still has a brighter future ahead. With their hard working and achievements in the past, KARA may totally shine in Europe. Let's wait!

SHINee to return with "Dream Girl" + releases Key's teaser

 Currently preparing for the release of their Japanese single, SHINee is also set to return to the local music scene with their much-awaited third album!

SM Entertainment announced that SHINee will release their new album on February 19th featuring the title track, “Dream Girl”. The song is said to be dance track which will showcase the unique charms of the group.

Further hyping the fans, SHINee also unveiled the first image teasers featuring member Key.

SHINee's Minho met his idol!

Idol group SHINee was given a vacation in the middle of recording their new album. 

The show titled 'SHINee's Wonderful Day' will be aired on MBC on the 10th at 12:40am. The program will feature the journey of SHINee during their short break.

Each member was given 4 days and 3 nights to enjoy their break and do whatever they wanted. It was also their first time to go on a vacation alone. The members encountered different problems but treasure every second of their time without the other members. 

Minho is an avid soccer fan and the reason why he went to England was  to watch the English Premiere League match between the Queens Park Rangers and Sunderland. 

Minho revealed that he respects soccer star Park Jisung a lot. He said "Watching Park Jisung playing soccer in person is really amazing and I am really happy".

G.O, Seungyeon, Siwan, Ji Eun, and Sunggyu to cameo in upcoming KBS sitcom

MBLAQ‘s G.O., KARA‘s Seungyeon, ZE:A‘s Siwan, SECRET‘s Ji Eun, and INFINITE‘s Sunggyu will all be making cameos in the upcoming KBS2 sitcom ‘A Bit of Love‘ (‘Remaining Love‘).

According to KBS reps, “The idols are not fixed cast members, but for about three weeks, they’ll appear as the younger versions of the five main characters and leave a strong first impression.”

G.O. will be playing the younger role of manly man Lee Jae Ryong, while Siwan will play the main character’s crush (Kim Tae Hoon). Ji Eun is set to play the feminine character of Do Ji Won, while Sunggyu will play weak-bodied Lee Hoon. Seungyeon is warming up her acting chops by playing the main character’s (Kim Sun Mi) younger self.

It’s reported that the producers of ‘Immortal Song 2‘ had a hand in picking the idols.

Check out the premiere of ‘A Bit of Love’ on February 18th KST!

Davichi sing theme song for ‘Iris 2′

Davichi will be the voices behind the theme song for KBS 2TV‘s upcoming drama ‘Iris 2‘.

Along with the duo’s vocals, a 70-piece orchestra played the instrumentals for the ballad, “Do You Not Know“. Kang Min Kyung and Haeri stated, “As Baek Ji Young sunbaenim’s song for the ‘Iris‘ OST ‘Don’t Forget‘ received so much love, we feel a bit of pressure, but we also want to get a better response.”

In other news, the members of Davichi are preparing to release a full-length album, the second since their debut five years ago.

T-ara and SPEED to serve rice cakes for charity

T-ara and SPEED will be serving rice cakes for charity.

The two idol groups will serve rice cakes together at Brilliant Chicken (Gilbalhan Chicken) in Bucheon on February 9th at 6PM KST. Their agency stated, “We want to give the 100 sacks of rice we’ve received from fans to those in need.”

T-ara will be handing over the 100 bags of rice on the day of the event. They’ve also invited 12 children from the orphanage and plan to share rice cakes, take photos, and gift autographed CDs to them.

Last winter, the members of T-ara delivered rice, ramen, chicken, underwear, makeup, and other basic necessities to elderly persons living alone. They’ve previously donated necessities, dental services, and lunch to children with disabilities as well.

The rice cake event, which will take place on the 9th from 6PM-9PM KST at the Bucheon Brilliant Chicken, is open to anyone, including fans of T-ara and SPEED. The SEEYA and 5dolls will also be serving rice cakes as well.

In other news, T-ara will be releasing an album in Japan later this month, and SPEED will be releasing a repackaged album on February 18th KST after wrapping up promotions for “It’s Over“.

SHINee to collaborate with Jeon Hyun Moo?

Lee Soo Man, the chairman of SM Entertainment asked TV personality Jeon Hyun Moo to have a collaboration stage with SHINee?

On the February 5th episode of Strong Heart, when both MC Shin Dong Yup and Jeon Hyun Moo were present, they revealed a very interesting topic about Lee Soo Man.  Jeon Hyun Moo said that he was demanded by SM Entertainment's Chairman, Lee Soo Man during their dinner together to participate in various things and not to be an MC forever

Jeon Hyun Moo garnered much attention for imitating SHINee. He then said that he can replace SHINee in Korea while the group was busy promoting in other countries. The other guests said that he might misunderstand it, Jeon Hyun Moo insisted that what he understood was Lee Soo Man wanted him and SHINee to have a collaboration stage and caused everyone to laugh.

Check out Hyun Moo covering Lucifer and Juliette below