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Idol group Big Bang member TOP has been chosen as the #1 entertainer who looks like he is good at doing events for his lover.

According to a survey done on Monkey3 from 23rd October to 30th October, and in commemoration of Pepero Day (11th November), and the question ‘Celebrities who looks like he/she is good at doing special events for their lovers’ was asked and 1363 netizens polled. Big Bang TOP came in first in the poll with 23% of the votes.

Go under the cut for the rest of the poll results.

The rest of the survey results:

1. Big Bang TOP (23%)
2. FT Island Lee HongKi (19%)
3. Jang GeunSeok (18%)
4. Noh HongChul(16%)
5. UKnow YunHo (14%)
6. Gil (10%)


Source: sookyeong

TOP? TOP? TOP?! I like that boy but rofl good at doing special events for their lovers not. Also, Jang Geun Seuk is only in this poll cos of You're Beautiful duh, most specifically this:


Source: kamap37

BUT I AINT COMPLAINING

The title song 'Heartbeat' in 2PM's first official album '01:59PM', is garnering immense popularity as soon as it was released on the 10th. It had placed 1st in various music charts and is staying on as one of the top searched terms in various portal sites.

2PM's new song, 'Heartbeat' comes after their debut song '10 out of 10', 'Again and Again' and 'I hate you'. The song embodies a powerful yet dark and wistful sentiment -- the color of 2PM is well captured. 'Heartbeat' is written and composed by Park Jin Young. It uses the actual heart beat sounds of the 6 members as the base and an orchestra is arranged over the sound creating a sad, doleful melody that captures the melancholy sentiment.

As much work has been put into the song, they have put in a lot of effort into the marketing as well. As they have gained a lot of attention through the '01:59PM' 'Tired of waiting' 'I was crazy for you' as well as the teaser marketing, they have completed the image marketing with the connection between 'Heartbeat', the idea of 'waiting' and the actual pulse of the heart. Anxiety, fear, yearning and various other meanings have been attached to the song 'Heartbeat' and has been coupled with the sound of the actual pulse creating an image sound for this whole album's concept.

The peak of 2PM's marketing is 'Jaebum' who had left the team in September after the anti-Korea controversy. The song, which is more sorrowful than before, is used along with the idea of fear and anxiety as a theme. This marketing point is combined into one with 'Leader Jaebum's absence' and the fans' desire for his return.

The result of many fans discussing how the album's title, '01:59PM' has been used to call 2PM without Jaebum, along with how the songs, 'Tired of Waiting' and 'I was crazy for you' seems to reflect the 6 members' and Jaebum's thoughts are all a result of how the marketing point has hit its mark.

Although fans are worried that they are using Jaebum too much for just marketing, many in the music industry see it as a way of telling the story of the whole album, especially after the talk of Jaebum's return possibly becoming a reality.

cr: (Trans) saradah@2oneday (Source) MK news

A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, the first such clash in seven years, South Korean officials said.

There were no South Korean casualties, the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, and it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties on the North Korean side. Each side blamed the other for violating the sea border.

The exchange of fire occurred as U.S. officials said President Barack Obama has decided to send a special envoy to Pyongyang for rare direct talks on the communist country's nuclear weapons program. No date has been set but it would be the first one-on-one talks since Obama took office in January. Obama is due in Seoul next week.

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Source: NY Times

2AM’s Changmin and Seulong know a thing about composing

On an episode of Mnet's "Director's Cut," which was broadcasted on the 2nd, Lee Changmin and Im Seulong of 2AM received first-hand experience on composing by singer Yoon Jong Shin.

For those who may not be familiar with the show, "Director's Cut" is an artist reality program that features Yoon Jong Shin and Ha Rim who dissect OSTs, documenting how they are made.

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Changmin is an ahjussi?

2AM's Changmin receives humiliation from child star Kim Soo Jung.

On the 7th, KBS 2TV 'Star Golden Bell' was broadcasted as Changmin asked Kim Soo Jng "Do I look like an ahjussi?"

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Diagnosed with the H1N1 virus late last week, SHINee’s leader Onew is currently making a speedy recovery.

SHINee’s management company SM Entertainment said in a phone interview this morning: “Onew’s body temperature has returned to normal, and he is now making frequent video calls to his good friends. He is in a good state of health as of now.”

The company also said: “Onew will be sent to the hospital on either the 12th or the 13th, to check if he has recovered fully from the virus.”

Before Onew, lead vocal Jonghyun had also fallen ill due to the H1N1 virus on the 3rd, and made a full recovery on the 6th. SHINee is currently promoting title track Ring Ding Dong as a 4-member group.


Video calls lol. I'm glad he's recovering.
Source: korea.sohu
Translated by: hazel @ http://asianfanatics.net / theretroradio @ lj
Please take out with full credits

For Pinoy K-pop fans, November is the season to be jolly.

To cap the year-long celebration of 60 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and the Philippines, the Korean Embassy will hold on November 19-27 the Korean Cultural Festival, which will let Filipinos have a taste of Korean food, dance, music, theater, and arts.

But the most-awaited event in the week-long festival is the free K-pop concert scheduled on November 27. It will feature popular Korean front acts like boyband Shinee, jazz band Winterplay, and energetic rap duo Mighty Mouth.

In an email message to PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal), Blaise Regacho, Executive Assistant on Economic & Cultural Affairs for the Korean Embassy, said the concert was borne out of several petitions by avid K-pop fans in the country, to bring Korean stars to the Philippines. Shinee was the first group they were able to get, she added. (Click here to read related story)

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Source: PEP.ph

I wanna go!
I WANT SUJUUUU!

DeviantART and the upcoming martial arts action film, Ninja Assassin, have teamed up to give all deviants Premium Member access to Journal Skins! With just a few clicks, deviants can easily customize, organize, and maximize their journal experience.

Basically, they're promoting Ninja Assassin by allowing everyone on dA switch to one of their custom made Ninja Assassin layouts or user made ones with a banner of the movie gracing the top. Link also includes trailer and synopsis of the film.

Source: deviantArt news

Yay! All you deviantArt people can now see Rain's ninja-ness in your blog entries :P

Asia.co.kr: 2pm will come back with the title song of their first album, "Heartbeat" on 10th Nov. The first stage of it will be a Music Bank of KBS. At last, 2pm, who had many ups and downs, will come back into K-pop culture.

We expect that 2pm will make a lot of issues. there is always a open question, when Jay will come back? and they can rise to the top cuz there are no Dong-Bang-Shin-Ki and Bing Bang in 2009 K-pop. More, Park, jin young said about the title song, "Heartbeat", - 'This is a totally new song", so We hope to see good results.

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cr: 2pm-online Kor -Eng Chinup_jay@2pm-online.com Coordinator : Cassina@2pm-online

(the tears in chansung's eyes D; & lmao at 'bingbang')

The three members of TVXQ who have taken legal action against SM Entertainment are planning to work by themselves, according to their legal counsel.

When Sports Seoul asked the three members' legal counsel about SME demanding the three members to make a decision by the 12th, they were told:

"The three members are taking a break at the moment and are planning new projects. We do not plan on responding to SME's press conference. SME was ordered by the court to submit relevant evidences and they have been ignoring this order for almost 3 months now and they also have not been following any other court orders. Conversations with SME will start when they start respecting the court's decision. The court said that the three members may work on their own, so we do not need SME's permission on that. We are also seriously considering making criminal accusations against SME."
 
[Original Korean source: Nate]

Source: Allkpop

The title was chosen because IU's emotions, thoughts and feelings will be expressed through music The title-song is called Marshmallow and is produced and composed by Kim Do Hoon, Park Soo Jong and Chae Gap Won; the latter also wrote the lyrics. The title-song is anticipated to reveal the teenager's feelings towards love like a squishy, sweet marshmallow.

IU's album will also contain other songs such as Love Attack, which expresses a confident girl's honest feelings toward emotions, Riding the Guitar, which reveals IU's matured vocal combined with a magnificent orchestra, Morning Tears, which has a fantasy feeling, and Dugeun Dougeun Date - which expresses the feelings of a girl's first dating experience.

IU's agency Loen Entertainment stated, "In this album, everyone can feel IU's possibilities of a great future. Everyone will fall in love with the pure emotions she is expressing through her activities."


( Second Promo picture, cover + tracklist under the cut )


Her comeback stage will be on the 12th through M! Countdown.

source: allkpop

Words can't describe my excitement.

She starts dancing to "Gee" 0:37 in.

After 1 year and 8 months, SM Entertainment's female soloist, Zhang Li Yin, finally releases her new single. She returns back to Sohu for the exclusive first interview on her comeback. She chats with the host about the two songs, the recording process of the single, cute guys at her company, her love life (?) and the possibility of the upcoming album after her single promotions. Liyin also shows some SMTOWN love by dancing to Girl Generation's "Gee" and imitating Super Junior's Kyuhyun's style of singing.

( Full interview under the cut! )

Source: Choompi Chocolyn

Completely addicted to her little giggles, especially when she talks about filming with Donghae. ♥ And she does an amazing imitation of Kyuhyun's vibrato, lol.

Group 2AM's Jung Jinwoon was confirmed lately for having swine flu.



On the 6th, a person close of 2AM said that when Jo Kwon was confirmed for swine flu, Jinwoon also had swine flu.

Fortunately, Jinwoon went for treatment with Jo Kwon that day and recovered from swine flu, not letting his team down in the schedules laid out for them. Especially with finals right around the corner, he is studying at a healthy state.

After hearing the confirmation of swine flu of Jo Kwon, fans were very sad but it is said that Jo Kwon will be back on broadcast at a healthier state. Currently on the show MBC 'We Got Married,' with Brown Eyed Girls' Ga In as a fake married couple, Jo Kwon cancelled all schedules upon hearing of swine flu.

On the other hand, 2AM's magnae Jinwoon is a fixed guest on MBC 'We Got Married' with 2AM member Im Seulong. Also, on the 7th is when SBS ETV 'Idol Magnae Rebellion Generation' will be broadcasted as he will reveal his hidden talents.


CREDITS: REVIEWSTAR.NET (SOURCE), JIWON @ 2OD (TRANS)

Mods, the original article wasn't linked to on 2OD. ):

The beastly idol group 2PM's first official album's title track 'Heartbeat' is sweeping the kpop charts.

On the 10th, music site 'Monkey3' showed that 'Heartbeat' immediately took first rank the minute of its reveal. Many are showing attention to this feat as 2PM has yet to hold their official comeback stage and managed to land such a high place on the chart.

Not only 'Heartbeat' but 'Tired of Waiting' and 'I was crazy for you' have also been holding their solidified positions in the charts upon reveal, making many express feelings of amazement.

Monkey3 stated "With the revealing of the first two tracks, many have been anticipating 2PM's first album. It seems as if 2PM will be resurrecting the popularity of boy bands once again."

'Heartbeat' is a track with an addictive hook and an old school style rap that also adds in an orchestra, creating a dynamic track produced by Park Jinyoung.

2PM will be holding their comeback on the 13th at 6:40PM on KBS 2TV's 'Music Bank.'

CREDITS: MYDAILY(SOURCE); hazyfiasco@2ONEDAY(TRANS)

My favorite song on the album on the acoustic version of Only You. So good~

Singer K.Will (28; real name: 김형수) 2nd single, “Hypnotism” has been decided by KBS not to be broadcast on their music show (KBS Music Bank). Their main reason to reject this song is because in the songlyrics, there is a phrase, ‘dumb’ that can be a sensitive issue to referring people with disabilities. KBS then decided to give a no-go for this song to be aired on their broadcasting network.

They were going to perform “Hypnotism” with featured rapper, Outsider as K.Will’s 2nd album 2nd single candidate. Alas, they have to make another decision as to pick another song to replace. According to K.Will’s management company, they said, “We have no intention of disrespect those with disabilities. The song doesn’t express the emotion of love itself as a metaphor for being ‘dumb’.” Thus, they have made a promise to take care of this issue with careful consideration.

Source: jazzholic

Uhm, okay.

“Comeback” 2PM NichKhun’s Chocolate Ab’s becomes a topic of conversation

As the 6 membered group 2PM prepares for a comeback, their first CF (commercial film) released has NichKhun’s chocolate ab’s gaining interest

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CREDITS: NATE NEWS (KOREAN SOURCE); jina_bing_bang@2ONEDAY (TRANS)

Also, 2pm Becomes a Giant Billboard



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I found them on Bestiz, but that's obviously not the original source.

Melon.com recently did an evaluation on the current most popular Kpop girl groups. See what 'grade' did each one get!



A group with a somewhat familiarized concept, T-ara: B

T-ara was known for the song "A Good Person" before they debuted, and then came out with the song "Lies" as well as "T.T.L." and "T.T.L Listen 2" with Supernova. Up until "Lies" the concept wasn't anything new. The songs, style, and choreography were a general mass of cliches. While other groups were striving to break the mold, T-ara was outwardly cliched. The result was just not as good as their input.
( Let's see who's the valedictorian of the class! )

Source: Melon.com
Cr: filmsession @ omona_prection

I sooo agree with this :D
We Black Jacks beat that!

Who is Charlie? No, Charlie is not a gun on Iris. Big Bang member TOP must have felt a little left out of the picture when he saw fellow members' dogs Gaho (G-Dragon) and Boss (Taeyang) as he has recently welcomed a little friend of his own into the Big Bang's puppy family.

Charlie:


Source: omgkpop

Aaw, cute puppy is cute. Please spam me with adorable pics of idols with their dogs.

Film won two other awards at 46th annual event

SEOUL – “The Divine Weapon,” a martial arts action by Kim Yu-jin, won the Best Picture at Korea’s 46th Grand Bell Prize Film Award, an annual film prize handed out Friday.

The film, despite its only moderate local boxoffice success, won two other awards – Best Editing and Best Sound Technique. Kim Myung-min won Best Actor for his performance as a Lou Gehrig's Disease patient in Park Jin-pyo’s “Closer to Heaven”; Su Ae, the heroine from “Sunny” set in the Vietnam War, won the Best Actress Award. Best Director went to Kim Yong-hwa of “Take Off,” which also won the Best Cinematography Award.




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hollywoodreporter.com

Humorless, preposterous, and soaked in blood, "Ninja Assassin" turns out to be thinly-plotted schlock from a team of pedigree filmmakers who should have known better. "The day Rain did his first scene in 'Speed Racer,' the Wachowski brothers called me and said 'This guy is unbelievable. He's a natural, our dream come true.' We began to plan 'Ninja Assassin' immediately afterward," producer Joel Silver said in an earlier interview.

Unfortunately for "world star" Rain, what was to be his breakout film falls way short of what "Enter the Dragon" was for Bruce Lee. No doubt that was what the Wachowski Brothers were aiming to do by gambling on a relative unknown in the Western world.

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Korea Herald

TaeYang from Big Bang is going unveil his new single, "Wedding Dress" shortly. According to the YG Entertainment official press release today, TaeYang's 2nd digital single is coming out on the 13th. And TaeYang will continue his promotional activities, inclduing TV appearances, until the end of the year.

The single "Wedding Dress" was co-composed by Teddy and TaeYang and it's a slow R&B song that has both popular appeal and artistic merit, much like "Look Only at Me".

TaeYang will make the TV debut performance of his new single on SBS Inkigayo on the 15th, coming Sunday.

( Couple of pics more )

[Original Korean source: Money Today]

Source: Basking in the Sun

Woohoo, so excited! I hope this will make wait for his full album release a bit easier.