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  1. 2009/04/07 SS501 Selected as SBS Radio ‘Music High’ New DJ
  2. 2009/04/07 Noh MinWoo “Told friend HyunJoong to change his way of talking for acting…”
  3. 2009/04/07 Big Bang DaeSung, “Kang Ji Yeong is the best ‘Pretty Girl’ in KARA”
  4. 2009/04/07 YG turned down offer for Big Bang TOP to appear in hip hop movie (1)
  5. 2009/04/07 No more Mr Nice Guy
  6. 2009/04/07 Bae Yong-joon tourism ad given praise
  7. 2009/04/07 Bae Yong-joon tourism ad given praise
  8. 2009/04/07 Lee Na-young signs with Hollywood agency
  9. 2009/04/07 S.H.E are shocked to hear about the death of their ex-colleague; Joe Cheng finds it hard to forget her melancholy voice
  10. 2009/04/07 Steven Ma likes to tease Fala Chen's little fox costume
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SS501 Selected as SBS Radio ‘Music High’ New DJ

No category 2009/04/07 19:41
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Male group SS501 became the new host for SBS radio Power FM (107.7Mhz) program ‘Music High’ (broadcast 2am~3am).

SS501 will meet with the listeners as the new DJ of ‘Music High’ taking over from Lee ByungHee announcer, from 13-Apr onwards through the SBS radio Spring reorganization.

One representative from SBS radio department said “This Spring reorganization is to make ‘Power FM’ towards more diverse direction. We have done our best to select DJs who can get friendly with the listeners.”

Besides SS501, listeners can also listen to male group Sweet Sorrow’s ‘Ten Ten Club’ airing at 10pm, and Jung SunHee’s program airing at 12midnight.
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Noh MinWoo “Told friend HyunJoong to change his way of talking for acting…”

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Noh MinWoo failed to get Kim HyunJoong to play bass guitar for his self-produced movie OST.

Noh MinWoo (23), a singer cum talent who acts in MBC sitcom ‘TaeHee HyeGyo JiHyun’, revealed his affinity with same-aged friend SS501 member Kim HyunJoong.

Noh MinWoo told Nocutnews in an interview recently, “We became close since mid of last year. However, HyunJoong is so busy these days that I am not able to see much of him.”

Noh MinWoo “I met Kim HyunJoong before he started acting in drama ’Boys Over Flowers’. At that time, I told HyunJoong ‘I think you have to change the way you talk if you act’, but HyunJoong replied to me ‘I think you have to do that too’. It is great to see HyunJoong get such a good result for his first time acting.”

Kim HyunJoong is well known for speaking out in a loose manner. Noh MinWoo’s way of talking is similar to Kim HyunJoong’s.

Both of them also understand each other music-wise. Noh MinWoo participated as an actor and music director for Mega TV movie ‘Story of Wine’ produced by himself last year, showing his talent in music. Recently, Noh MinWoo’s self-composed song ‘Right Now’ which he sang with SNSD’s Sunny for an OST album was the talk of the town.

Though Kim HyunJoong is a member of an idol group, he was with a school band during his school days, which shows his passion for music. He also plays guitar.

Noh MinWoo said “I asked HyunJoong to play the bass guitar for the OST song ‘First Snow’. HyunJoong readily agreed to it but because of the filming of ‘Boys Over Flowers’, he was not able to do it in the end.” He added “If there is an opportunity, I want to make music with HyunJoong.”

Noh MinWoo acts as prince-like ‘Noh MinWoo’ in ‘TaeHee HyeGyo JiHyun’. He is currently in activity as group 24/7 made up of HyunWoo and Lee JangWoo who also appeared in the sitcom.
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Big Bang DaeSung, “Kang Ji Yeong is the best ‘Pretty Girl’ in KARA”

No category 2009/04/07 18:39
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Big Bang DaeSung has picked youngest member Kang Ji Yeong out of the 5 KARA members as the best ‘Pretty Girl’

DaeSung was recently on MBC Cable ‘Idol Show’ which KARA are the MCs to and was asked to pick out the best ‘Pretty Girl’ amongst the members.

In order to become DaeSung’s ‘Pretty Girl’, the KARA members each performed their hidden talents on the show. KARA leader GyuRi then instantly broke into a song showing her vocal powers in front of DaeSung. Kang Ji Yeong who is known to be DaeSung’s fan, also sang a song in front of DaeSung.

And DaeSung picked Kang Ji Yeong in the end. This episode will air on the 9th.

source: kbites
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YG turned down offer for Big Bang TOP to appear in hip hop movie

No category 2009/04/07 18:37
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Big Bang TOP has been offered for a hip hop movie but because Big Bang has to concentrate on their advance into the Japanese market, the offer was turned down.

YG Entertainment revealed that they received an offer for TOP to be in a movie which depicts the story of youths who dream of hip hop and their pursue to their dreams. But because Big Bang will be staying in Japan from end-May to July and there are long term plans for the group in Japan, YG had turned down the offer.

The producer to the movie had wanted TOP on the team because of his popularity amongst young people and also that he is currently on his acting activity.

Right now, TOP is filming for drama ‘IRIS’ alongside Lee Byung Heon and Kim Tae Hee. Plannings are also in the process for member SeungRi to be in the movie ‘71′.

A YG representative said, “There are many proposals for the group but the group’s schedule just don’t allow for them. TOP is currently filming in Japan and immediately after that he will join the group in Japan for their promotions.”

source: kbites
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No more Mr Nice Guy

No category 2009/04/07 18:34
Source: Sina
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Action remains the big draw of Jackie Chan's movies, such as (from left) Drunken Master, Rush Hour, The Forbidden Kingdom, and even the latest Shinjuku Incident.

The day after the opening of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, one of the city's favorite sons is looking very much the star. Jackie Chan, now 55, strides into a function room at the swish W Hotel almost at odds with it. The hotel embodies all things Western and modern.

Chan is dressed in a traditional men's Chinese tangzhuang and doesn't look at all out of place. Though it's the middle of what's going to be a long day, Chan is feeling talkative. A quick "Congratulations on the film" sets him off.

In Chan's words, the premiere of Derek Yee's Shinjuku Incident was exciting, though he wonders, "whether a normal audience will accept it or not, my character. It's a really, really big change for me. It's too dark."

In the film, Chan plays Steelhead, a Chinese national living and working illegally in Japan as he searches for his missing girlfriend. Steelhead becomes mixed up with the Yakuza and becomes a gang leader in Tokyo's Shinjuku district and does some very, very un-Jackie Chan things. He's not quite an anti-hero, but close.

"I just know I have to change," he continues, possibly in recognition of his age and changing audience tastes.

"I cannot continue to make Rush Hour 1, 2, 3, Drunken Master 1, 2, Police Story 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. I've wanted to change for the last few years I want to play good guys, bad guys. In a few more years I want to be the Asian Robert De Niro."

Chan's meal ticket is still action, but a better comparison for career trajectory than De Niro may be Dwayne Johnson (formerly the wrestler known as The Rock).

He's managed to transform himself into a bankable general leading man with a combination of action (Doom), comedy (Get Smart) and family films (Race to Witch Mountain). Chan is on a similar track. His most recent work has comprised the same combination - Rob-B-Hood, Rush Hour 3, and The Forbidden Kingdom - and just spread over two continents.

That doesn't mean Chan has an easy task ahead of him. He got the part in Shinjuku partially because he produced it.

Chan does have a Rock-like plan. Within the next few years, he and the characters he plays will be all over the map. The first step in that master plan is indeed Shinjuku, a mix of drama and action.

Next comes The Spy Next Door, an American film directed by Brian Levant about a babysitter, his charge, and an accidentally downloaded secret code; Big Solider, a dark comedy currently shooting in China and which Chan is already stating, "will be very good"; Kung Fu Kid, a remake of the 1984 cult classic The Karate Kid; and then Chinese Zodiac, another big action movie in the Armour of God franchise, and possible work with Zhang Yimou.

Chan has been a fixture in the Hong Kong industry since the early 1970s as an actor, stunt coordinator, director and most recently producer (he heads JCE Entertainment).

Ask him point blank if the film scene in Hong Kong is in as poor shape as many seem to think it is and he doesn't mince words. "Yeah. I think in a few more years, we won't have Hong Kong films anymore. We'll have Chinese films," he says. But that's not necessarily bad according to Chan.

He argues that shifting tastes and priorities that come with the natural flow of history are the guiding forces for local cinema's direction.

Now that the initial handover panic of 1997 has subsided, "All the children are coming back. When they left they were 10 years old, and when they came back they're 20 years old with Starbucks," Chan says.

Investment is down precisely because of all the returnees and their new Western tastes, which ultimately impacts the economics.

"Chinese film is the way to go. What can you do? There are only 47 theaters here and there used to be hundreds," he says.

"Hong Kong is so tiny and real estate people would rather build skyscrapers. We don't have enough theaters, and Hong Kong audiences are into the West and the world. They build a new theater every day in China; next year there will be 6,000 cinemas in China."

For all of Chan's old school charm and faith in the future of China, he's clearly a pragmatist.

Shinjuku has already made waves for being banned by mainland censors for its graphic violence, and oddly - perhaps bravely - Chan as a producer left director Yee to make the film he wanted to.

Contrary to being furious, skittish, or indignant, Chan is taking it all with a relaxed, laissez-faire attitude.

"I knew we might lose China with Shinjuku. I'm a bit selfish. I don't care about the market because I have a market," Chan admits.

"When we showed an edited version to the mainland government, the movie just wasn't that good. We couldn't make two versions. So if we kept the mainland market we'd lose Europe. In China, they know how to see it. They have a way to see it. We'd rather have the world market."

But not all producers can think like that and Chan does indeed recognize his market of one is unique. "Malaysia for example, that's big. But you can't 'kill' police, so that's out. And then there's Singapore," mentioning it with a bit of an eye roll.

"Every country has its own rules. If you want to come into a market you have to follow the rules. When you go to Russia, you do as they say. If you don't, then don't come in. It's a fair game."

Up to now, Chan has starred in most of the films he's produced, but there are exceptions: Kenneth Bi's Rice Rhapsody, House of Fury, Stanley Kwan's Everlasting Regret, and Sylvia Chang's Run Papa Run are all part of Chan's executive producer's resume, and he says he will continue to produce other directors' films.

Chan is something of a workaholic. He returned to Hong Kong for the festival's opening from a grueling high-altitude shoot in China, and will follow that up with press junkets to every corner of Asia for Shinjuku.

In May he begins shooting Kung Fu Kid, and shortly after that work starts on Zodiac.

"Sometimes I ask myself why," Chan says, "but I just don't stop. I like to work. It's like a holiday. You create and solve problems, hang with the crew, sometimes take some meetings. You know what I hate? Interviews."

Then comes a little bit of Jackie Chan style venting. "But you have to do it. You get out there and smile. Then come the people, the fake talking. 'Oh love you.' 'Thank you so much' Then come interviews, round tables, TV, tomorrow Taiwan, next day Malaysia, then Singapore. And everyday it's the same thing; the same subject."

It's too bad he hates them because, really, he gives such a good one.
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Bae Yong-joon tourism ad given praise

No category 2009/04/07 18:33
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A full page print ad featuring top Hallyu-star Bae Yong-joon posing at Gyeongbok Palace has been selected by Japan's Yomiuri Shinbun as a "good advertisement," Bae's management company Boundaries of Forest said Tuesday. The ad shows the 37-year-old actor standing in front of the open Geumjeongmun gate on the foreground, looking much like his "Winter Sonata" character that catapulted him to fame throughout Asia, with the prominent view of the throne hall in the background.

The ad, which had been sponsored by the Korea Tourism Organization, has been shown in Japan's major newspaper outlets such as the Yomiuri and Asahi dailies since last month.

The copy on the ad includes a quote from Bae saying, "Come visit Korea where future and tradition coexist, with a variety of attractions at your finger tips."

According to BOF, "The ad recorded a 70 percent rating based on a reader survey and was given merit for boosting interest in and creating favorable impressions of (Korea)." They further added that newspapers containing the full-page advertisement had been sold out due to Japanese fans buying up existing hard copies.
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Bae Yong-joon tourism ad given praise

No category 2009/04/07 18:33
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Korea Herald

A full page print ad featuring top Hallyu-star Bae Yong-joon posing at Gyeongbok Palace has been selected by Japan's Yomiuri Shinbun as a "good advertisement," Bae's management company Boundaries of Forest said Tuesday. The ad shows the 37-year-old actor standing in front of the open Geumjeongmun gate on the foreground, looking much like his "Winter Sonata" character that catapulted him to fame throughout Asia, with the prominent view of the throne hall in the background.

The ad, which had been sponsored by the Korea Tourism Organization, has been shown in Japan's major newspaper outlets such as the Yomiuri and Asahi dailies since last month.

The copy on the ad includes a quote from Bae saying, "Come visit Korea where future and tradition coexist, with a variety of attractions at your finger tips."

According to BOF, "The ad recorded a 70 percent rating based on a reader survey and was given merit for boosting interest in and creating favorable impressions of (Korea)." They further added that newspapers containing the full-page advertisement had been sold out due to Japanese fans buying up existing hard copies.
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Lee Na-young signs with Hollywood agency

No category 2009/04/07 18:32
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Actress Lee Na-young has signed with one of Hollywood's largest talent houses, the William Morris Agency, according to the 30-year-old actress' management company Boundaries of Forest yesterday.

The William Morris agency houses some of the biggest names in entertainment such as Russell Crowe, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez and Alicia Keyes.

Lee will join Rain and "Lost" star Kim Yun-jin among the WMA's roster of Korean stars.

The company, which was founded in 1898 as a vaudeville booking broker, is the oldest and one of the largest talent agencies in the world. It has become one of the most influential talent agencies in Hollywood representing actors, musicians and filmmakers with an annual cash flow between $275 million and $300 million.

Lee is currently looking for her next film project. Her latest film "Dream" directed by controversial director Kim Ki-duk garnered the lanky, doe-eyed actress wide praise for her riveting portrayal of a sleepwalker.
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S.H.E are shocked to hear about the death of their ex-colleague; Joe Cheng finds it hard to forget her melancholy voice

No category 2009/04/07 18:31
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Artists friends feels heavy-hearted
Ah Shang rose to fame by singing the ending song [Leaf] in [The Rose], her unique melancholy voice has especially attracted and connected to the heart-broken people, and because of this she was nominated in the best newcomer in the 15th Golden Melody Award. The MV of the song was leaded by Zheng Yuan Chang and Selina. Yesterday when Selina heard about the news, in grief she says: [It’s very shocking!] Zheng Yuan Chang was also startled and kept asking: [What is happening?] In his impression, Ah Shang’s voice can always comfort people’s heat, and he is in great sorrow to receive such a sad news.

Six years ago Ah Shang worked with S.H.E in the OST of [The Rose] and they have attended several signing events together. Yesterday S.H.E expresses that: [Her voice is very melancholy and yet she is actually very friendly and optimistic.] But Ah Shang has only released 2 albums with HIM Recording Company and then she didn’t renew her contract in 2006.

JS having reunion gathering in last year’s March
Member of the Power Station, Yan Zhi Ling says, I met her two years ago in one of the events in Mainland China, that time we were having a light chat about our current status, but then later I heard from her manager Wang Yi Ping says she is getting ready to marry a Chinese American, [She is a very low-profile person, she won’t share her personal life with us.] Recently HIM recoding company has just had a sad news about the death of one of their colleague from the promotional department and now there’s news about Ah Shang’s death too.

The entire company is in grief
Senior JS Justin Chen Zhong Yi who is also graduated from HIM record company, has even posted up the picture in his blog of Ah Shang in their reunion gathering in last year’s March. (http://www.wretch.cc/blog/justin0206 /13529377）, he wrote [Ah Shang from a poor unknown singer in Taiwan to a wealthy lady in Beijing; she sold the house in Taiwan and planning to go to America for holiday] because [She wants to get married], never thought that (I’ll) receive the news of her death instead of the wedding news, such a great sorrows.
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Steven Ma likes to tease Fala Chen's little fox costume

No category 2009/04/07 18:30
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Steven Ma likes to tease Fala Chen's little fox costume

Steven Ma, Linda Chung and Fala Chen are collaborating in new series "The Legend of Po Chung Ling" (蒲松齡) and working together happily. Because Steven is able to film with two beauties in a triangle love relationship. Steven praises Linda as elegant and generous. As for Fala's little fox costume is very adorable and beautiful. Every time he sees her with the fox earrings and fox tail, he cannot resist to tease her.
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