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  1. 2009/04/24 Jolin catches bridal bouquet; Wants to date but has no boyfriend candidates
  2. 2009/04/24 Moon saves study center from closure with charitable funding (1)
  3. 2009/04/24 SNSD Produced & Acted Horror Film, Planned Release this Summer
  4. 2009/04/24 Pageant finalist Kim Sun-ah
  5. 2009/04/24 Leo Ku: Eye Fever Concert at The Hong Kong Coliseum
  6. 2009/04/24 Kate Tsui's style looks exactly like the late Nina Kung
  7. 2009/04/24 Jackie Chan: Singaporeans have no self-respect
  8. 2009/04/24 Han Ji-min picked to model menswear (1)
  9. 2009/04/24 So Ji-sub: The four year wait was the most difficult
  10. 2009/04/24 Jimmy Lin is selling his Hummer H2. Lost big in stocks? Won’t buy a 40M NTD car like Jay Chou
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Jolin catches bridal bouquet; Wants to date but has no boyfriend candidates

No category 2009/04/24 21:06
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Source: LibertyTimes
Translation by minivicki @ http://asianfanatics.net

For the first time in her life, Jolin caught a wedding bouquet and although she looked delighted on the outside, her feelings were actually down for a while. She moaned "I don't have a lover!", revealing that she really wants to start dating!

For her new MV "My Reliance (我的依賴) (Wo De Yi Lai)", Jolin turns into a wedding party singer, giving blessing to the married couple. On the day of filming the MV, the wedding location was chosen to be the green pasture outside and when asked about her own ideal wedding location, Jolin said "I will choose to marry at the seaside. A very simple wedding and then have a party to celebrate!"

The director arranged for the bride to throw the bridal bouquet and Jolin will be in the midst of a crowd. The bridal bouquet will unexpectedly fall in front of her, giving Jolin no choice but to catch it. The workers joked that "Catching the bridal bouquet means that you'll be the next to ring the wedding bells!" Although Jolin was delighted to hear that, she couldn't help but lament "There's not even a candidate yet, how will the wedding come?"
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Moon saves study center from closure with charitable funding

No category 2009/04/24 21:02
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Philanthropist Moon Geun-yeong will hand over tomorrow the keys of a study room she helped save from closure to an NGO devoted to helping underprivileged kids.

The actress has been helping to fund the facility, located in South Jeolla, since 2007 when she heard it was at risk of being shut down.

Thanks to Moon, well known for her charitable donations, the once dilapidated facility is now a regional children's center for education with clean desks, new computers, and even shower facilities.

Moon decided to give the center to Good People, where it could be managed by professionals.

Established in 1999, the organization holds consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

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SNSD Produced & Acted Horror Film, Planned Release this Summer

No category 2009/04/24 20:53
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Credits: Newsen.com
Translation: k_Taevid @ soshified.com

9 girls that dominated Korea with the 'Gee' hurricane; wil be challenging themselves to the making of a horror film that's planned to be released this coming summer.

Kim Youngjin PD, who is in charge of 'SNSD's Horror Film Factory' announced on the 23rd at the press conference of SNSD's new corner on 'Sunday Sunday Night', "A horror film that portrays each of the 9 girl's personality will be created and released this coming summer."

Kim Youngjin PD stated, "The 3 months project for this summer will be a 30 minute long film and a theater will be borrowed to release the movie. It will be free of charge" and "I thought that a horror film is perfect fit for the personality of the girls of SNSD, and all of the members are very supportive of the proposed idea."

Kim PD continued, "Every week, the girls will take on the challenges of acting lessons and various missions related to casting and finding items needed for the film" and "The member that performs the best will be given a chance to make a testing film which will be distributed to various movie directors to take in diverse opinions on the filming. To raise the quality of the film, we might need to receive help from professionals."

Also Kim PD stated, "We were aiming for the summer and named the corner 'Horror Film Factory', but if the corner receives good reviews there are possibilities that the girls of SNSD will be able to use this opportunity to branch to other divisions of the entertainment industry. The show could progress to fit the seasons, such as 'SNSD's Mellow Film' in the autumn." He added, "I have seen SNSD work as editors on cable TV and thought that the girls had a high possibility of success in branches of the entertainment industry other than just filming."

Kim PD concluded by saying, "I haven't fully discovered all the potential of the girls in the filming aspect. And with the genre being a horror film, we will have to make adjustments as we proceed with the filming" and "We can write the scenario but it might be fun to take suggestions from the viewers. The characters of each the girls will be determined after figuring out the specific appeals of each member."

Beginning on May 3rd, 'Horror Film Factory' of Sunday Sunday Night will air with SNSD having with new teachers each episode who will teach the girls on various aspects of acting. The girls will be tested on diverse aspect of filming and acting. The girl that is chosen as the Horror Queen of the 'Horror Film Factory' will be elected to be the female lead actress, and will become a Co-MC along with Yoo Saeyoon, Jo Haeryun and Kim Shinyoung to discuss many topics about SNSD.

On the other hand, Yoona was not present at the press conference due to the filming of MBC midweek drama 'Cinderella Man'.
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Pageant finalist Kim Sun-ah

No category 2009/04/24 20:51
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source: JK News, Segye
translations: dramabeans

Kim Sun-ah walks the pageant runway — and cracks up crew members in the process — for a scene in the upcoming SBS drama City Hall.

In the scene, her character participates in the “Miss Baendaengi Pageant” (and being that a baendaengi is a kind of fish, we can guess the event is not exactly at Miss Korea levels), jumping at a chance at the 20 million won prize ($15,000) to pay off her credit card debt.

After being selected among the first 100 contenders, Kim’s character then makes the final cut to be among the last 15 standing. As a finalist, she walks the runway with the other competitors, which Kim accomplished with a particularly comic flair. The shoot took place in front of an audience of 400 and Kim shot about 20 takes.

City Hall airs its first episode next Wednesday, April 29. This particular scene will air in Episode 4, which broadcasts on May 7.
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Leo Ku: Eye Fever Concert at The Hong Kong Coliseum

No category 2009/04/24 20:49
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Leo Ku started off one of his six "Leo Ku Eye Fever Concerts" at The Hong Kong Coliseum last night. He chose the song "Money, Money, Money" to start the show. Leo was wearing a silver outfit, standing on a giant glittering silver ball, descending from above. He told reporters afterwards that he has never been standing so high up before and he was very nervous when he was rehearsing. He went on to say that when he was up on the silver ball, his legs went jelly. He was hoping all the audience went in the stadium quickly so he could get on.

When Leo was singing "Today, every year" accompanied by Joey, the whole stadium went wild. Many fans kept saying "Good show!". There were rumors recently that Leo took a long time to renew his contract with the company and Pako Wong was not very happy about it. Even though Pako and Leo were in talking term at the concert, they did not seem very close as before.

Source:Wenweipo/Takungpao
Translator:R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com
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Kate Tsui's style looks exactly like the late Nina Kung

No category 2009/04/24 20:47
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Source: Oriental Daily, Wenweipo, Takungpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/

Kate Tsui's style looks exactly like the late Nina Kung

"The 20th International Pop Poll Music Awards" (第二十屆國際流行音樂大獎) by RTHK was held yesterday. Many singers attended the ceremony and performed English songs. The majority of the singers attended in costumes from the 90s.

Kate Tsui's braided hair, school uniform outfit was very scary looking, it seem like she wanted to imitate the late Nina Kung, but actually she was trying to imitate popular female singer Britney Spears. As for the hairstyle resembles Nina Kung instead, she asked reporters: "She has this school uniform too?" Kate said that her style looked more like Britney Spears. Turns out that she'll be singing Madonna's song and wanted to pretend to be Madonna, but because her body figure did not match well, so she decided to change her idea.
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Jackie Chan: Singaporeans have no self-respect

No category 2009/04/24 20:45
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Asia One

Action star Jackie Chan did not only offend the Chinese living in Hong Kong and Taiwan, his "speech of freedom" that drew widespread ire recently also spoke badly about Singaporeans.

He had apparently said that Singaporeans have no sense of self-respect.

Chan, who spoke last Saturday at the Boao Forum for Asia, said that the Chinese have to be controlled or society would be "chaotic" like that of Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Local Chinese evening daily Shin Min Daily News reported that in the action star's speech, Singaporeans too, were not spared.

During the forum's question and answer session, Chan said in his reply to a question from the media, "When I go to Singapore, I realize that chewing gum is not allowed there. Why is this so?

"I found out later that if (Singaporeans) chew gum, they will dispose of the used gum on tabletops, on chairs, and (they) have no sense of self-respect."

According to the Shin Min report, he also pointed out that unlike the Americans and the Japanese, "they" do not have that sense of self-respect. And when this is lacking, the government will have to step in.

Should one be sensitive, the action star's words might be interpreted as him saying that Singaporeans are not as orderly as the Americans or the Japanese. Compared to the people in these two countries, Singaporeans thus have less self-respect and in turn, are not allowed to chew gum.

This was not Chan's only comment about Singapore in his speech. The actor also spoke about the country's laws.

"When you reach Singapore, you must obey its laws, if you are caught littering, you will go to jail right away."

These words, according to the Shin Min report, seem to have exaggerated the severity of Singapore's penal code.

Shin Min spoke to members of the public, who thought that Jackie Chan did not have an in-depth understanding of Singapore's law and culture, and should thus not make such sweeping comments about the country and its people.

Miss Wang, 29, told Shin Min, "He is not a political figure, and should not make comments that are political in nature. The problem about chewing gum being inappropriately disposed of is not confined to Singapore alone, and he should not single out one country in his comments.

Real estate agent, Mr Lim, 30, said, "I think that he had gone a little overboard in his comments about Singapore."

The actor's close friend and publicist however, told Shin Min that Chan's words were misunderstood. "Every time Jackie visits Singapore, he will speak about how nice and clean the country is. He speaks very quickly, and because of this, people might interpret his words in a different way."
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Han Ji-min picked to model menswear

No category 2009/04/24 20:43
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Source : www.lovejimin1004.cn
translation by shuky @ soompi.com

Actress Han Ji-min has been picked to model the summer collection of Gelato menswear. What is interesting to note is HJM is not modeling women fashion but menswear. The designer has been looking for a model to pique the interests of men since 2006.

Recently, in a photo shoot in Gangnam, HJM was spotted modeling a greenish-grey jacket, exuding her natural charm and sexiness. According to Gelato's business manager, HJM was selected as she is Korean men's ideal type and hopefully achieve the expected publicity and marketing effect.
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So Ji-sub: The four year wait was the most difficult

No category 2009/04/24 20:43
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Source : Yahoo Korea
translated by shuky @ Soompi.com

The interview was conducted in the morning of Apr 21 at a park in Dongsung-dong, a neighbourhood of Jongno-gu, where Han Ji-min and So Ji Sub were doing location filming for Cain and Abel. So Ji-sub said :"The past four years had been most difficult and at the end of a very long wait, there's no regret". So had been missing from public eyes since 2004, after "Sorry I love you" and his eagerly-anticipated comeback was pushed back as the production of Cain and Abel was delayed. The long wait did not dampen his passion for acting and he kept his promise to his faithfuls, overcoming Cain and Abel's tough shooting schedules.

For Han Ji-min, picking up the North Korean accent and getting it right were the most difficult, given viewers demand for the authenticity of the accent. Cain and Abel has shown a different albeit refreshing side to actors So Ji Sub and Han Ji Min, especially Han Ji Min who has shown a 180 degree change from her typical innocent image. An amazing transformation for both So Ji Sub and Han Ji Min.
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Jimmy Lin is selling his Hummer H2. Lost big in stocks? Won’t buy a 40M NTD car like Jay Chou

No category 2009/04/24 20:42
translation by l_coco @ http://asianfanatics.net
source : udn.com

Jimmy Lin is selling his Hummer H2. Lost big in stocks?
Jimmy is selling his Hummer H2. He won’t buy a 40M NTD car like Jay Chou.

Jimmy Lin is car crazy. He owns several over 10M NTD super sports cars. He is selling his 6M Hummer H2. Is it because he lost big in the stock market? Jimmy laughed and denied it. “Not really. It’s because I have too many cars and no time to drive them. So I am selling.” As for Jay Chou spending 40M TWD to buy a bat car, Jimmy said, “I won’t buy that kind of car. Just riding in one is good enough.”

Jimmy has about 5 to 6 super sports cars, including Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, and Lamborghini. Each one of them is over 10M NTD. The Hummer is a limited edition. He bought it for 6M. The car used in the Hollywood movie, The Transformer, is a Hummer.

Jimmy is spending most of his time in China now and there are too many cars in his garage. His younger brother drives them. “I used to be car crazy. When a new model came out I had to have it. But now I am more mature. There are not many chances for me to drive in Taiwan. Cars get old. It’s more practical to sell them.”

Because of their mutual love of cars, Jimmy and Jay Chou get together in private to look at cars and drive around. Jimmy said he rode in Jay’s 40M NTD ‘bat car’ SLR722. But jimmy laughed and said, “I wouldn’t buy this type of cars. Just riding in one is good enough.”

Jimmy invested in electronics stocks and lost big recently. That changed his mindset in investing. Now he put his money in real estates. It’s less affected by the economy. He just sold a house in Danshui and will buy a new one is Shanghai. “Now I know that making money is not easy. It’s better to be more prudent.
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