►►SNSD’s big wish for 2011?
There is nobody that dares to block the way of ‘national girl group’ SNSD. Following the previous year, SNSD has once again taken ‘This Year’s Star Daesang’. They also took ‘This Year’s Artist Award’. But for 2011, what is the girls’ biggest wish?
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►►Which K-Celebs do netizens wish to drink with during Christmas?
Actress Ko Hyun Jung and actor Hyun Bin win top poll in “Which celebrities you wish to drink wine on Christmas?”
►►Which celebs do netizens want to go on a vacation with?
From March 31 to April 7, a poll was conducted on the homepage of “Runaway from Home”, in light of the upcoming movie’s release. It inquired, ‘Without any particular reason, who do you want to flee on a vacation with?’
Netizens voted and an overwhelming majority ranked Lee Hyori and Jaebum 1st place as the female and male winners respectively.
Bypassing international superstar Rain and teenage heartthrob Lee Seung Gi, Jaebum received 51% of the votes. Lee Hyori, on the other hand, earned 44%, outnumbering the votes for SNSD’s Yoona and High Kick Through the Roof actress Shin Se Kyung.
Runaway from Home is a comedy film revolving around Seong Hee (played by Ji Jin Hee) who seeks to find his runaway wife (played by Kim Min Seon) with his friend Dong Min (played by Il Joon Yang) and his brother-in-law Yoo Kwak (played by Lee Moon Sik). The movie, which follows the story of these three immature men throughout their search, is set to air on the 8th.
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►►[VID] SNSD’s Jessica act out kissing scene with Lee Seung Gi!
On SBS‘ Strong Heart, Jessica had stated, “There’s a special kiss that I want to really want to try sometime.”
So what kiss is SNSD’s Jessica wishing for?
“As a member of an idol girl group, there are times when you have to act coy, but to be honest, I’m more on the truthful side,” she stated, “I daydream about the ’scarf kiss.’”
In response to this, MC Lee Seung Gi confessed, “I wanted to try the ’scarf kiss’ with Jessica in a different way.” As soon as his confession was stated, the two reportedly got to re-enact the kiss scene of course.
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►►Hong Sisters are back with new drama “My Girlfriend is a Gumiho”
OMG yessss!! So far my two favorites dramas “My Girl” and “You’re Beautiful” were all written from the Hong sisters and they’re both really really good! I’m excited for this new release although it’s fantasy XD…and Lee Seung Gi is in it too! so it’s like a hottie bonus lol
The Hong sisters writing team — Hong Jung-eun, Hong Mi-ran — are coming back with another drama series! The intense popularity of their last series, You’re Beautiful, means there’ll be a lot of anticipation for their follow-up — and while nobody’s infallible, these two writers have a solid track record in the romantic-comedy genre (they’re five for five with hits like My Girl and Hong Gil Dong).
Now they’ve cast singer-actor Lee Seung-gi, who’s coming off a huge series himself in last year’s Brilliant Legacy. He’ll play the “extremely immature” (and somewhat cowardly) lead in their new drama.
The series is called My Girlfriend is a Gumiho and is described as a fantasy-melodrama. A “gumiho” is a legendary fox with nine tails that is frequently found in Korean folklore and horror tales. The main character meets a gumiho and fears getting his liver taken by her (the gumiho eats human livers), and winds up falling for her. The Hong sisters’ brand is strong on spirited comic scenarios, so even though they describe this as the most melodramatic of their projects, you can expect that the melo aspect will be more quirky than conventional.
The writers explained, “Western countries have Dracula. In Korea, our classic ghost is the gumiho, and we prepared our story around that. …The gumiho carries meaning of shaking a person’s resolve. The main character’s friends all say how great he must feel to have such a beautiful girlfriend, but he can’t reveal to them that she’s a gumiho.” Fearing for his own safety, he ends up doing all sorts of things to “protect” his liver from her. The gumiho character is extraordinarily beautiful, and will be cast with an actress in her early 20s. Lee’s casting is in the final stages as the producers finalize contract details.
The Hong sisters explained that this idea kept coming to them when they found themselves facing difficulties while writing You’re Beautiful. The drama will begin shooting in May, and plans to air in the summer (tentatively July or August).
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►►A.N.JELL’s Jang Geun Suk nominated for 46th Baeksang Arts Awards
The complete list of nominations for 46th Baeksang Arts Awards has been officially announced, and Jang Geun Suk is on the list!
Successfully played a role as the cold hearted Hwang Tae Kyung on Korean Drama ‘You’re beautiful’, Jang Geun Suk has been nominated for the Popularity Award at the 46th Baeksang Arts Awards.
Other popular nominees include: Yoon Sang Hyun (Take care of my lady), Lee Byung Hun (IRIS), Lee Seung Gi (Shining Inheritance), Lee Junki (Hero), Yoon Seung Ho (God Of Study), Hyun Bin (The world we live in), Jung Kyung Ho (Smile, You), Go Soo (Will it snow for Christmas), Ryu Si Won (Style), Oh Ji Ho (Chuno), Kim Bum, etc.
►►Top celebs who netizens want to give chocolates to on Valentine’s Day
LOL this is actually a cute survey ^^ I agree with most of the winning celebs lol
A two week-long survey was conducted on the 25th of January in Cheong Dam Dong by the Plastic Surgery Department asking the ladies about their ideal male celebrity to give chocolates and present to on Valentines Day. Women in their 20-30s were surveyed and about a 100 people participated.
First place was attained by the currently most loved entertainer, the National Little Brother, Lee Seung Gi. Actor Go Soo, who plays Son Ye Jin’s shadow in the movie ‘Baek Ya Haeng,’ came in 2nd. Popular KBS drama actor, Yoo Seung Ho , who is receiving a lot of love from the nuna fans in the drama “God of Study”, followed in 3rd. Hallyu Star, Won Bin, came in 4th, whereas 2AM’s Jo Kwon, who has been the trend with growing popularity, ranked 5th.
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►►[VID] SNSD Yoona and 2PM Taecyeon’s Love Scandal explained?~ subbed
The latest episode of “Strong Heart” features a nice section based on the rumors about these two celebs having a love affair. It features members from 2PM, SNSD, and the two hosts Lee Seung Gi and Kang Ho Dong 🙂
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►►Lee Seung Gi is unhappy about the SNSD YoonA – 2PM TaecYeon scandal
SBS variety show Strong Heart MC Lee Seung Gi reveals his unhappiness to YoonA-Ok TaeYeon scandal.
So Nyeo Shi Dae YoonA and 2PM TaecYeon was present in the recent filming of ‘Strong Heart’. The 2 had showed not just their dances as Korea’s representative idols, but also their good speaking.
Especially during the filming, Lee SeungGi-YoonA-TaecYeon “love triangle” was the hot issue amongst the guest appaearances. Previously, YoonA and TaecYeon put up a couple performance for MBC Gayo Festival on 31st December, which had sparked off talks of scandal. Back then, the 2 had clarified with the comment “It is just for business” to calm the scandal rumours.
So the issue of scandal between the 2 was put in the spotlight during filming that day even though the 2 had made it clear that it was just for pure entertainment purpose. With that, Lee SeungGi was seen uncomfortable during all the talk about the scandal between the 2.
Lee SeungGi has also always proclaimed that YoonA is his ideal type of girl. With that YoonA also revealed, “I’m really happy that Lee SeungGi has chosen me as his ideal type of girl.”
It is said that the YoonA was also made to choose her ideal type between Lee SeungGi and TaecYeon during the filming.
Meanwihle, the show is set to air on 9th February at 11.05pm.
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►►Big Bang’s Daesung, 2PM’s Taecyeon, and SNSD’s YoonA are taking on Lee Seungi’s “Triple Crown”
Competition…So, who will be our next great Lee Seungi??
Daesung, Yoona, and Taekyeon from top idol groups Big Bang, SNSD and 2PM are taking on Lee Seungki’s ‘Triple Crown.’
Lee Seungki received much love last year as ‘Heodang Seungki’ on KBS 2TV’s ‘1 Night 2 Days’, ‘Rough Seungki’ in SBS’s ‘Brilliant Legacy,’ and as ‘Romantic Seungki’ with his digital single album ‘Will you marry me?’
While there are many stars crossing-over into other areas, Lee Seungki is the only one to successfully conquer all three: variety, drama, and music. It just goes to show how difficult it is to do well in three completely different fields of entertainment. But in 2010 there’s a lot of anticipation for these three stars to take on the challenge of the ‘Triple Crown’ and become the next ‘Post-Lee Seungki.’
The one with the biggest advantage is Big Bang’s Daesung. For the past few years he’s grounded his footing as one of Korea’s top idol group stars with hits like ‘Lies,’ ‘Haru Haru,’ ‘Last Greeting,’ and ‘Sunset Glow,’ and has also had success with his solo album.
Daesung was also a part of SBS’s very popular ‘Family Outing’ which at one point reached past 30% viewership ratings, and was highly active in all sorts of variety programs, dominating as top ‘variety-dol.’ (t/n: variety+idol=variety-dol) With music and variety under his belt, he has been casted for the drama ‘What’s up’ and will be making his small-screen debut very soon.
Daesung’s last obstacle before winning all 3, ‘What’s up?’ is highly anticipated as its writer Song Jina has also penned the hits ‘The Eyes of Dawn,’ ‘Sandglass,’ ‘Daemang,’ and ‘Story of a Man.’ He has also received nods of acknowledgement for his performances in the musical ‘Cats’ last year, and with the decision to not be in Family Outing 2, he will be able to better focus on his acting.
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►►[Interview] Lee Seung Gi tells 10Asia, “I’m very cowardly and awkward among other idols”
Okayyyy so if you are a fan of LSG, I assume you will have to read this whole interview. It tells a lot about his personality ~~ kinda awkward and quiet yet very hard-working and honest. I love Lee Seung Gi more as an actor but he’s an amazing singer ^^
Anyways, I will cut out the interesting parts first for the semi-fans and I will post the rest underneath ummkay?
10: Isn’t it hard being a celebrity and a college student at the same time? You graduated without taking a single leave. Are there any special memories you have from that time?
Lee: College went by in a flash. I wanted to enjoy it more but I couldn’t get the best of both worlds. I didn’t have time to hang out with other students or anything.
10: Are you the type that usually prepares and thinks a lot in advance?
Lee: The president of my agency is strict (laugh) so even if I do start becoming lazy, people around me set me straight so that I can prepare in time. And it’s different when I go to a shoot for TV shows with the ad-libs prepared. Even with talk show “Strong Heart,” I can think up several dozens of ad-libs if I look at the script enough. But I’ll only get to use one of them on the show so I keep thinking of the different situations which could arise on the show.
10: You once said you have room to breathe when your goal is to reach 99 but it’s entirely different when you add 1 onto it.
Lee: I used to tell myself that I would be happy with 99. But people who will be content with reaching 99 seem to have a mindset so different from those who want to reach 100 that the gap is closer to 200 or 300.
►►Most Illegally Downloaded Songs and other Files of 2009 in Korea
NOTICE this is only in Korea 😉
MBC’s sitcom, Un stoppable High Kick, Davichi, and Son Dam Bi’s “Saturday Night” was found to have the most illegal files.
On the 13th, Korea’s copyright protection center has announced the data of illegal files they had for 2009. In those results, the top show was Unstoppable High Kick with 129,401 files shared. No. 2 for shows was SBS’ Wife’s Temptation (84,097), and third was MBC’s Seon duk Yuwang with 75,376 files.
For music, the artist with the most illegal files downloaded was Davichi with 60,409 files. Second was Big Bang (57,091), and third, Lee Seung Gi (56,491).
For songs, Son Dam Bi’s “Saturday Night” had the most with 1216 files. No. 2 was Super Junior’s “Sorry Sorry” (1016), and 2NE1 and Big Bang’s “Lollipop” (975).
Probably not the best things that these artist got made the list, but it’s interesting to see what people in korea share illegally.
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►►Bada, “There are many girls who like Lee Seung Gi but think he is too upright and honest to approach”
Shocking (but maybe that’s why he’s on the top singles list of 2010?!) ! haha poor Seung Gi-ah~ btw,
Happy 23rd birthday to Lee Seung Gi!!
Hopefully a female celeb will approach to you this year \(^0^)/
On the recent episode of Strong Heart on Jan 12, 2010, MC Lee Seung Gi stated that he really did not receive any request from female artistes to become friends.
Upon hearing what Lee Seung Gi said, female singer, Bada add on saying: “Actually, there are many people around her who like Lee Seung Gi but all think he is too upright and honest to approach.” Her words receive a lot of resonance from the female artistes on set.
Bada continues: “I have a really beautiful junior who is a fan of Lee Seung Gi and one day she asked me if I could give her Lee Seung Gi’s number. However, I don’t have his number so I can’t help her. This junior is an actress whose popularity is high, once I say out her name, everyone will know who is she.”
MC Kang Ho Dong commented on Lee Seung Gi’s high popularity “there are only Lee Seung Gi and Yoo Jae Suk who can be so gentlemanly and funny.” This comment made the whole studio burst out laughing.
Also in that episode, Lee Seung Gi also expressed that he still have not tried being crazily in love and regret that he still has not met his Mrs Right.
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►►Top celebrities who netizens think will continue to remain single in 2010
I’m not sure if they are who netizens WANT to remain single or they are celebs who CAN’T get a date/marry by this year…
Actress Kim TaeHee and all-round entertainer Lee SeungGi has been voted as the #1 celebrities netizens think will remain solo/single for the year 2010.
During KBS 2TV Entertainment Relay aired on 9th January, about 12,000 viewers did a survey on the poll ‘The celebrity who will remain single this year’.
And Kim TaeHee and Lee SeungGi are were voted #1 for the female and mae celebrity category with 20.3% and 20.4% of votes. Following behind are Lee Hyori and Kim HyunJoong at #2, and Kim HyeSoo and Rain at #3.
At #4 are actors Han YeSeul and Bae YoungJoon, and Son YeJin and Jo InSung at #5.
The results to the poll “Celebrities who will get married this year’ are also announced on the show.
Kim JaeDong, Lee HwiJae and Kim GunMo are voted top 3 on the poll.
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►►SBS Drama Awards: Winners list + photos revealed!
yayayyayayayay Han Hyo Joo & Lee Seung Gi won Best Couple!!
I am still updating this list!
Daesang (Grand Prize): Jang Seo Hee (Temptation Of Wife)
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►►[VID] Various Kpop artists wish you a Happy New Year!
As aired at the end of MBC Gayo Daejun (which is right around January 1st, 2009)!
►►MBC Gayo Daejun: performances and special stages videos
Special Collabs
Nichkhun & Lee Bo Young – Way back into love
2PM + SNSD – Sexy Back + Crazy in Love
2PM + SNSD – Night fever
►►SBS Entertainment Awards: Winners list + photos!
The 2009 SBS Entertainment Awards was held on 30th December, awarding the best of the best in Korean entertainment who took part in SBS channel programming.
Daesang: Yoo Jae Suk, Lee Hyori
Netizen Best Popularity award: ‘Strong Heart’ Lee Seung Gi, ‘Family Outing’ Lee Hyori
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►►Yoo Jae Suk and Lee Hyori bring home “Daesang” from SBS Entertainment Awards
Congratulations! 😛
Gagman Yoo JaeSeok and Lee Hyori have been both awarded the daesang at SBS Entertainment Awards, which took place on 30th December at the SBS GongGae Hall.
This is Yoo JaeSeok’s 2nd year winning the daesang amidst strong competition from other entertainers like Kang HoDong and Lee GyungGyu. He said, “Really grateful. I don’t know that I will get the award. This is so sudden I don’t know what to think.”
Yoo JaeSeok has been active as the MC for SBS Family Outing from June 2008. And the viewership for the show has even peaked at 30% once. This is his 2nd daesang for this year after the one received at 2009 MBC Broadcast Awards on 29th December, and making his 6th daesang award received.
Meanwhile, Lee Hyori has been appearing as perm member for Family Outing since June 2008. Even though she has been on various variety shows like ‘Happy Together’ and ‘Roundtable Plus’, her appearance on ‘Family Outing’ has further emphasized her as a variety star.
source: Osen
Some awards given out tonight:
•Daesang : Yoo JaeSeok, Lee Hyori
•Netizen Best Popularity award: ‘Strong Heart’ Lee SeungGi, ‘Family Outing’ Lee Hyori
•Best program: ‘Strong Heart’
•Best Teamwork award: Family Outing
•Producer best MC award: ‘Chocolate’ Kim JungEun
•Newcomer award (variety): ‘StarKing’ and ‘Strong Heart’ Boom, Super Junior’s Lee Teuk, EunHyuk
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►►KBS Gayo Daejun: performances + special stages are all up!
I’m pretty sure this is all of them…I’m finding MC cuts and if anything else is missing I’ll find it asap!
Congratulations 2PM for winning Viewers’ Choice Best Song of 2009 for “Again & Again”!
Michael Jackson stages:
KARA’s Nicole + Super Junior’s Ryeowook – Ben
4Minute – Billie Jean
2PM – Dangerous
►►KBS Gayo Daejun: Full line-up + airing time on December 30th
EDIT: videos can be found HERE.
The performance lineup for upcoming KBS Gayo Festival to take place on 30th December has been revealed!
KBS Gayo Daejun, tonight (December 30th in Korea) at 9:55PM KST streaming here : http://kpopflash.net/stream/
This year, we have some special stages lined up including couple dance stage by Son DamBi and Park Jin Young, and also special appearance from the 2Days1Night team.
Details:
- Broadcast time: 30th December Wednesday 9.55pm (1st part: 85 mins/2nd part 85 mins – Live broadcast)
- MC: Hwang SooKyeong, Han SeokJoon, Kim Kyeong Ran announcer
- Performing artistes: Super Junior, 2PM, So Nyeo Shi Dae, 2NE1, SHINee, KARA, Brown Eyed Girls, 4Minute, Davichi, LeeSsang, Lee Seung Gi, MC Mong, Kim TaeWoo, K Will, Lee SeungChul, Shin SeungHoon, Kim GunMo, Park Jin Young, Son DamBi, Baek Ji Young
- Special appearance: 2Days1Night team, Jang GiHa and Faces, DJ Park YoonJeong
Lineup:
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2009, which song is the most popular song picked by the viewers?!
- <2009 KBS Gayo Festival>will pick the song which received the most love in the past 1 year. 2PM’s <Again & Again>! Super Junior’s <Sorry Sorry>! So Nyeo Shi Dae’s <Gee>!
- 2NE1’s <I Don’t Care>! KARA’s <Mister>! Davichi’s <8282>! Baek Ji Young’s <Like Being Hit>! These are the finalists. Please look forward to find out which song the viewers will pick as the best song of the year.
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Park Jin Young & Son DamBi, the birth of the best sexy couple!!
- Sexy guy Park Jin Young and sexy queen Son DamBi will be putting up a couple dance performance on the show.
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2Days1Night team comes together!! Mong ah~ SeungGi ah~ We are coming!!
- The 2Days1Night team, who would always shout ‘Variety mentality’ no matter how hard it gets, will come together for MC Mong and Lee Seung Gi for a special stage. (more…)
►►SBS Gayo Daejun 2009: All Performances & Special Stages are up!
I’m slowly finding HD vids to update ^^;
OMG ksdjfkadsjfkds brb watching >.<
MC Intro – Heechul, Park Shin Hye, Jung Yong Hwa
MBLAQ + BEAST + SuperJunior + 2PM – Beat It (MJ)
►►Lee SeungGi will “propose” to Park Shin Hye on SBS Gayo Daejun
geez this makes me feel more antsy for SBS Gayo Daejun to come!!! >.<
Lee Seung Gi and Park Shin Hye will recreate the scene of a wedding ceremony for the 2009 SBS Gayo Daejun on the 29th. Performing to Will You Marry Me?, Lee Seung Gi will play the role of a groom while Park Shin Hye, the bride.
Unbelievable! Not only will Park Shin Hye be the MC of the night alongside hottie Jung Yong Hwa, she is going to be proposed to by the nation’s heartthrob?! Forget the fancy schmancy awards; in my perspective, this girl is already the biggest winner of all!
The two willingly agreed to work together and are currently practicing the choreography. They expressed their enthusiasm for the coming performance and fans are highly anticipating the collaboration as well.
In addition, Brown Eyed Girls are planning a special stage of their own with a mystery male idol group, whose identity viewers are curious to uncover. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a Dirty Brown Eyed Girls reunion.
A representative of Gayo Daejun stated, “There are mysterious and shocking performances in store for this year’s Gayo Daejun. Brown Eyed Girls are secretly rehearsing with a top male idol group. Please anticipate it.”
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►►MBC Gayo Daejun: Full list of performers + special performances revealed!
This year’s MBC Gayo Daejun will take place at the MBC Dream Center on the 31st. The MC’s are Kim Gura, Lee Bo Young, and Shin Jung Hwan but what you should be excited about is the line up.
It’s definitely going to be hard to beat SBS Gayo Daejun’s line up but with the 2PM and SNSD joint stage, it might be possible.
2PM also is planning on having a dance battle with Park Jin Young which will be interesting since both of them are known to be excelling in dancing. 2PM’s Taecyeon will also be performing together with SNSD’s YoonA.
Jewelry will put on a memorable and touching performance with Park Jung Ah and Seo In Young. Other than Jewelry, other girl groups will perform to show their unique looks and this year’s hit songs.
Baek Ji Young will perform My Ear’s Candy with Lee Seung Gi instead of Taecyeon. Awkward Lee Seung Gi grinding with Baek Ji Young, interesting.
EDIT: Nickhun to have a duet (and shows off his piano skills!) with actress Lee Bo Young, one of the MCs on this night.
Here is the full list of artistes that are set to perform:
2PM, JYP, Baek Ji Young, Lee Seung Gi, SNSD, Super Junior, KARA, SHINee, After School, Brown Eyed Girls, Kim Tae Woo, MC Mong, Son Dambi and more.
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