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  1. 2009/04/21 SNSD is the "number 1" guest for movie premiers
  2. 2009/04/21 HwangBo to comeback as singer 6 months after getting off ‘We Got Married’
  3. 2009/04/21 WonderGirls YooBin speaks up to criticisms, “Whatever anyone says, I’m satisfied with my own body”
  4. 2009/04/21 SeeYa, Davichi and T-Ara Ji Yeon comes together for 5-member project group
  5. 2009/04/21 Oricon: fashion leaders for high school girls
  6. 2009/04/21 Girls' Generation to Perform at Hospital
  7. 2009/04/21 Lee Byung-hun Meets Kimura Takuya in High-Profile Film
  8. 2009/04/21 Fruitful Decade for Raymond Lam
  9. 2009/04/21 TVB Under Fire for Cutting Bao Hei Jing's Thanks to ATV
  10. 2009/04/21 Kang Worl Lae Was the Person Who Created SNSD's HaHa Dance
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SNSD is the "number 1" guest for movie premiers

No category 2009/04/21 19:28
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Original: Sportsseoul.com
Translated by: dongie@soshified.com/forums

SNSD is now becoming the number 1 guest to invite to a VIP movie premier.

SNSD is using their break from the music industry to go to premiers and enjoy movies that are opening recently. The members Yuri and Sooyoung are called the most. They went to the VIP premier of the new movie "Shadow's Murder" with Sunny on the 23rd of March. They also watched the movie "Scandal in Insadong" with Hyoyeon at its premier. It is said that other movies that will come out soon are competing to have SNSD come to their VIP premiers.

One top male actor said that "I went to the VIP premier of 'Scandal in Insadong' and was really happy when I saw SNSD there" and "I want SNSD to come to my movie's premier even if I have to ask their entertainment's company staff myself" and showed his affection for SNSD.

Their company SM Entertainment doesn't seem to dislike the invites as well. It may be because members other than Yoona, who acted in 'You Are My Destiny' and currently acting in 'Cinderella Man', get to know the directors of movies and are able to become acquainted with many actors.

One SM staff said "There are instances where other entertainment companies called us to invite SNSD. But many members are just close to the actors and go the premiers for that." and "I think the members are being invited because of their bright and outgoing image."
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HwangBo to comeback as singer 6 months after getting off ‘We Got Married’

No category 2009/04/21 19:27


Singer HwangBo will comeback with a ballad single ‘Unbelievable Words’.

She will comeback with a more matured image, the single talks about the feelings after knowing one had to say goodbye to one’s love.

This is going to be the female version of the same song by singer-producer STAY. The song is rearranged to bring out HwangBo’s style, and also totally different feeling from the original version.

source: kbites
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WonderGirls YooBin speaks up to criticisms, “Whatever anyone says, I’m satisfied with my own body”

No category 2009/04/21 19:26
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WonderGirls YooBin speaks up to the criticisms fired at her lately about her body.

The main screen to her Cyworld Minihompy on the 20th writes, “I will not receive any more hurt. Rather I am thankful for all the concerns! All the criticisms I got at my photo album, no longer recognisable like the mashed red beans inside sweet HoDo cookie.”

YooBin said in her post, “Regarding my body, I think I am still putting on weight. There are many people who like me and cares about me, and I had received many comments of advice and concern. Everyone is curious about my condition. Even though I’m not perfect, I am sufficiently satisfied with my body.”

“Even though I like the trend of being skinny these days, I prefer to have a suitable and healthy body. I am also controlling my diet and doing exercises.“

She also added, “During the ‘Nobody’ days, actually there wasn’t proper managing of my body and health, and my body condition was not good. But with doing a concert now, I have lose some weight and I feel healthy. For people who are looking at me and feels that I am plump and unfit, I am feeling healthy and I like my looks now a lot.

Meanwhile, the girls are preparing for their USA debut with Park Jin Young himself in America

source: kbites
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SeeYa, Davichi and T-Ara Ji Yeon comes together for 5-member project group

No category 2009/04/21 19:25
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Female group SeeYa, Davichi, and new group T-Ara’s member Ji Yeon will come together for a 5-member project group.

SeeYa and Davichi will release a digital single ‘Female generation/Forever love’ on 29th April. They will start promoting their single together from the 1st week of May. There will also be 2 versions with different lyrics to this song.

With their powerful vocals harmonised perfectly with the melody, already the teaser video to this project group single has roused much interests from music fans.

In this project group also features new group T-Ara’s member Ji Yeon. It is said that there is possibility that Ji Yeon will promote both as T-Ara member and as SeeYa’s new member.

Ji Yeon, who is also known as the ‘2nd Kim Tae Hee’, first started out as a model alongside with SHINee in Smart advertisement last year. With a body of 167cm tall, 45kg, she is known to be trained in singing, dancing and acting. T-Ara is a 5-member group, 3 years in the making, under Mnet Media. Each member are not only talented in singer but also acting. They sand the song ‘Good Person (ver.1) off the OST of drama ‘Cinderella Man’.

more pictures: kbites
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Oricon: fashion leaders for high school girls

No category 2009/04/21 19:24
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A recent Oricon survey asked 300 high school girls, "Which female celebrity do you consider to be a fashion leader?"

The #1 answer was pop superstar Namie Amuro (31), noted for her cute and stylish appearance. One girl explained that Amuro always wears fashionable items in her music videos and television appearances.

At #2 was Becky (25), whose fashion tends to be full of color and originality. "Her clothes range from slightly strange to pretty, but no matter what she wears, she ends up looking stylish," one girl said. Another expressed her respect for Becky's individuality.

1. Namie Amuro
2. Becky
3. Karina
4. Ayumi Hamasaki
5. Tsubasa Masuwaka

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Girls' Generation to Perform at Hospital

No category 2009/04/21 19:24
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Source: Koreatimes

"Girls' Generation," a nine-member local top pop group, will perform at a free concert hosted by Gangnam Severance Hospital at the hospital plaza in southern Seoul at 6 p.m. on April 22 on the occasion of its 26th founding anniversary.

Other pop musicians to join the concert for child patients and their parents are five-member group "Kara," duo "Da Vinci" and Park Jung-a, a member of "Jewelry."
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Lee Byung-hun Meets Kimura Takuya in High-Profile Film

No category 2009/04/21 19:23
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Source: KBS Global

Two top stars from Korea and Japan have once again displayed their respective talents in the same movie. Lee Byung-hun and Kimura Takuya are appearing together for the second time--after their 2007 Japanese film “Hero”--in “I Come With The Rain.”

Directed by Vietnamese-French director Anh Hung Tran, whose works include “The Scent of Green Papaya” and “Cyclo,” the film is a multinational project starring Josh Hartnett and Elias Koteas in addition to Lee and Kimura.

The thriller centers around ex-Los Angeles cop Kline (Josh Hartnett) who travels to Hong Kong in search of the missing son (Kimura Takuya) of a Chinese billionaire. Lee plays a role of a mafia boss in Hong Kong.

With trailers released on April 18, it is scheduled to hit theaters in Japan on June 6. A large-scale premiere will be held in the island country, which all the stars will attend.
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Fruitful Decade for Raymond Lam

No category 2009/04/21 19:20
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Hong Kong actor-singer Raymond Lam Fung marks 10 years that he’s been in showbiz.

RAYMOND Lam Fung is one guy who makes heads turn when he enters a room. The phrase “tall, dark and handsome” was indeed coined with men like him in mind.

Hong Kong TVB artiste Raymond Lam Fung likes dressing in climateappropriate attire, even if it means bucking convention.

Recently, however, members of the media were staring at him for another reason.

The Hong Kong artiste showed his quirky side as he matched a fitted black jacket and pristine white shirt with tapered pants, which revealed that he was not wearing socks. That image alone got all the photographers happily snapping away.

What was the reason for this particular getup?

“This outfit is actually styled according to the occasion. The suit jacket is befitting the event, but since Malaysia is quite hot, I’m wearing ‘short’ pants instead,” quipped Lam, setting a light-hearted mood for the afternoon.

Arguably Hong Kong Television Broadcast’s (TVB) hottest male lead in recent years, Lam was speaking at a media conference introdu­cing him as the brand ambassador for local beverage Power Root Alicafe Premium Gold.

This makes him the first Chinese and international star to be appointed as a spokesperson for the home-grown brand, which is available in 16 countries.

Targetted at the Chinese market, the Premium Gold series is a new blend of coffee with ginseng extract (Alicafe) and marine collagen (Per’l Cafe).

The 29-year-old actor-singer was very happy that the collaboration brought him to one of his favourite countries – Malaysia – to promote his favourite drink – coffee.

The coffee lover shared how he came to love coffee and how he would enjoy a cuppa on a daily basis.

“My love for coffee probably stemmed from the time I was studying in high school and had a singing teacher who loved drinking coffee.

“For me, nothing can substitute coffee. Personally, I like to make my own brew using ground coffee beans and enjoy my cuppa while listening to music. But, my working schedule does not permit such luxuries that often.”

The Xiamen-born Lam is celebrating his 10th year in showbiz with his first concert. The two-day gig will be held in Hong Kong Coliseum on June 17 and 18.

Gearing up for his concert, Lam has all his own songs on repeat in his CD player.

“I’ve been listening to my songs only as I need to memorise all the lyrics. There are so many things to prepare for the concert,” said Lam.

Having released Cantopop albums Finding Love in Memories (2007) and Your Love (2008), Lam is already working on his third Cantonese album.

“The new album is quite amusing as I’m trying to preserve my own style while exploring fresh musical direction. There will be a couple of R&B numbers, which is very unusual for Cantonese music.”

His debut album won him a string of accolades, including the coveted gold award for the most popular male newcomer at Hong Kong’s 2007 Jade Solid Gold, the best newcomer award at 2007 Metro Hits Awards and the IFPI highest album sales among newcomers.

Love with No Regrets, the title song from his second album and also the theme song of popular TVB series Moonlight Resonance, also bagged him another armful of trophies, including most searched at 2008 Yahoo! Buzz Awards and most outstanding newcomer (Hong Kong) at China’s 2008 Sprite Music Awards.

Encouraged by the slew of awards, Lam is looking forward to taking on the mainland China market.

“I hope my next album will be in Mandarin. I do wish to have a Mandarin album very soon. I hope to venture into the China market, which is much bigger,” said Lam.

Prodded further, Lam disclosed that he had also been busy filming a TV series in Shenzhen, China, for the past two months. The 30-episode serial is a collaboration between TVB and a mainland Chinese station.

He could not reveal much about the production except to add that “luckily it is a modern-day series” as even the title of the show has not been fixed yet.

The Drive of Life, which was a hit in Hong Kong, made him Favourite Actor (in mainland China) at TVB’s 40th Anniversary Awards in 2007 and snagged him multiple awards at the 2009 Astro Wah Lai Toi Awards – favourite character for his role as Wah Chun Bong and favourite On-Screen Kiss with Charmaine Sheh while another hot favourite Heart of Greed won him the favourite couple award with Linda Chung.

More recently, Lam was named best actor in a drama series for his role as Tuen Hiu Sing in The Master of Taichi at the 2009 Asian Television Awards.

With such a packed schedule, what does he like to do to relax during his free time? “I like to go jogging but then I’ll still be practising my songs. I watch movies during flights.

“Every minute and every second of my time, even when I’m resting, I’m actually working. I need to be at my best to take on upcoming challenges I’ve got for the next half of the year,” he groused cheekily.

Looking somewhat pensive, he mused hesitantly, “There are so many things I wish to learn, absorb and digest.

“But, that would just gradually add more to all those things I have in hand. Yet, that’s a good thing and I do enjoy the process of my work.”
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TVB Under Fire for Cutting Bao Hei Jing's Thanks to ATV

No category 2009/04/21 19:19
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Source: MingPao
Translated by: themissingpiece @ Asianfantics.net

During TVB’s Sunday night broadcast of the Hong Kong Film Awards, ATV actress Bao Hei Jing won the Best Actress award. However, the newly minted movie queen’s thanks to ATV was edited out of the broadcast. In addition, “Lifetime Achievement Award” winner Josephine Siao’s acceptance speech was also edited so much that it became fragmented. TVB was heavily criticized for being petty and for carelessly editing the awards show. TVB General Manager, Stephen Chan, yesterday immediately try to make up for the mistake. He ordered a rebroadcast of Bau Hei Jing and Josephine Siu’s acceptances speeches, to try to quell the criticism.

Derek Yee: The Work of Servants

Director Derek Yee was extremely angry after learning of the edited version of Bau Hei Jing’s acceptance speech. He said, “I’m very angry. I don’t believe that Sir Run Run Shaw and Mona Fong are this petty, it’s the servants under them that made this decision for the cuts. This is the Hong Kong Film Awards, not a TVB program. The winners’ acceptance speeches should not be cut. At the after-party, many HKFA workers were unhappy with the decision to edit, we will hold a meeting to have an understanding of the situation.”

Josephine Fong’s Acceptance Speech Fragmented

Reporters surrounded Stephen Chan when he appeared at a function yesterday. In response to the “petty” criticism leveled at TVB, he emphasized, “TVB’s standpoint is not petty. Towards this misunderstanding, I am willing to apologize and will immediately try to fix it. Bau Hei Jing and Josephine Fong’s acceptance speeches will be re-broadcast tonight on “The Scoop.”

Stephen Chan Apologizes

In response to the criticism that the awards broadcast was incomplete, Stephen Chan expressed remorse, “Our coworkers tried their best, but there is room for improvement. The awards were broadcast an hour after the live show, there was not enough time between airing and editing.” When asked about Bau Hei Jing’s thanks to ATV being edited out, Stephen Chan replied, “I don’t feel that it was because she thanked ATV that it was cut, the main issue was the time and length of the broadcast. It is definitely the wrong way to do things, if the speech cut because of the ATV mention. The company has never made any order on what to cut. This was an unsuitable handling of the matter and we will follow up on the issue.” He expressed that it was possible that HKFA will be re-broadcast. If Bao Hei Jing’s contract allows, he would like to invite her onto “Be My Guest.” When asked about Derek Yee’s remarks, Stephen Chan said, “If it caused a misunderstanding, I need to apologize. I don’t wish for anyone to be unhappy.”

Received 19 Complaints

HKFA chairman Gordan Chan expressed that a lot of winners’acceptance speeches were cut and that he received complaints. He felt that TVB’s editing was very rushed. Gordan Chan continued and said, “I’m not sure if Bau Hei Jing’s thanks to ATV were cut. Sometimes it’s hard to choose. Of course, the more that it broadcast, the better.” As to whether the broadcast rights for HKFA will be given to TVB next year, he expressed that there will be a bid on it.

Louis Fan Misunderstood to have Cursed

TVB execute Tsang Tsing Ming expressed that TVB received 19 complaints over the HKFA broadcast. The main complaint was over Josephine Fong’s acceptance speech not being broadcast in its entirety. One complaint was over Bau Hei Jing’s acceptance speech being cut. As to Louis Fan’s suspected cursing being broadcast, Tsang Tsing Ming said that under review, “Louis did not curse, he was just playing with the pronunciation of colloquial terms.” The average ratings of the HKFA was 28 points, with a peak of 29 points. It was 4 points higher than last year’s HKFA ratings.


Translator's Note: ..the Oscars are broadcast LIVE with like a 3 second delay..and TVB had an hour (and that's considered little?) What about the cut performances of Jacky & Sandy, Ivana/Justin/Janice? dry.gif
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Kang Worl Lae Was the Person Who Created SNSD's HaHa Dance

No category 2009/04/21 19:18


Translated by: FanyTae@soshified.com/forums
Credit:허지혜(Huh Ji Hae)@tvdaily.co.kr

The company learned that the person who created Sam Sung's "HaHaHa Campaign 2009" dances which were performed by Girls' Generation was created by Clone's Kang Worl Lae.

Kang Worl had this horrible accident in 2000, which his body was paralazed due to motorcycle accident.

Anyone can learn these moves and was concept of hope and courage. If you learn all 9 dance steps taught by SNSD, you will now get a chance to follow HaHaHa dance.

Especially, during the dance, you could notice the sign languages was used during the dance.

Opening up your left arms and circling around it means "everyone together", moving upward/downward with your thumb/index finger/middle finger means "laugh". Kang Worl Lae who coordinated the moves, added these moves to the dance because he wanted to cheer for the disabled people.

In HaHaHa Campaign homepage (www.hahaha4u.co.kr), you can learn 9 dance moves through SNSD members individually.
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