Tuesday, September 24, 2013

SHINee Key's fan club donates to 'World Share's charity campaign in honor of his birthday


In honor of SHINee's Key's 22nd birthday (Korean age: 23), his fan club 'Goodbye Sunshine' donated 2.13 million KRW (~$1,980 USD) to 'World Share's Cambodia charity campaign!


World Share expressed their gratitude to Key and his fans, "We thank SHINee's Key for providing medical aid support for children in need of emergency care and clean water for those in need in developing countries who are suffering from unclean water."

Key has been active in charity work for 'World Vision' and more since 2009 and sponsors 4 children, so fans decided to join Key to make his birthday more meaningful.

The SHINee member celebrated his birthday on the 23rd. 

Happy Birthday, Key!



Super Junior’s Heechul to make his return to variety show



After being discharged from his mandatory military service, Super Junior’s Heechul will finally making his return to variety show.

On September 23, several entertainment industry insiders revealed that Heechul will join jTBC’s variety show ‘Ssulzun’. He participated in the first taping as the new regular panel of the show.

‘Ssulzun’ is a pop culture review spot by TV personalities Kim Gura, Park Jiyoon, Lee Yoon Suk, Kang Yong Suk and Heo Ji Woong. This will mark the second time for Heechul to team up with Kim Gura since their great combination on MBC’s variety talk show ‘Radio Star’.

KARA teaches fans the choreography for “Damaged Lady”



KARA released a dance tutorial video for their latest track, “Damaged Lady”.

On September 24, Loen Entertainment released the next installment of ‘Let’s Dance’, this time featuring KARA. Step by step, the members showed the three main points of the choreography, ‘pelvis dance’, ‘ring-off dance’ and ‘hip up dance’.

Check out the clip below:


T-ara releases comeback teaser images for ‘Number 9’



T-ara will make a return to the Korean music industry after being away for one year and five months.

On September 24, Core Contents Media unveiled the first set of teaser images for T-ara’s upcoming album ‘Number 9’. The new teasers seem to be indicating that the group is preparing for another epic drama music video, similar from their previous releases.

The new album is set to roll out on October 10, and a new video teaser for ‘Number 9’ will be released on September 26th.



f(x)’s Sulli under fire for her poor stage behavior



f(x) member Sulli is once again under the fiery criticism of netizens for her supposed poor stage manners.

The criticisms started after a certain YouTube clip was uploaded this past weekend. The clip showed f(x) performing “Rum Pum Pum Pum” for the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies symposium which was held on September 11, and Sulli became the center of attention for not performing the group’s dance routine.

The partis where the members lay down on their stomach and eventually push themselves back up to the music, but Sulli was seen just squatting down while holding her skirt. Sulli was highly criticized by the netizens for her poor stage manners.

However, others came to her defense by saying that she may have been exhausted from her sudden diet plan. Others blamed it on the short skirts f(x) members were wearing that might have made dancing uncomfortable for Sulli.

What do you think?