“Immortal Song 2″ airs episode #11

KBS’s ‘Immortal Song 2‘ broadcasted its 11th episode on August 13th!

The rundown of ‘Immortal Song 2′ is that each contestant sings unique covers, just like on ‘I Am a Singer‘; however, there are no eliminations to pressure them. The six castmates will instead battle for pride, as the first place winner will be judged by a studio audience. Not only that, but they’ll also receive priceless pointers and tips from the original artists of the songs they cover.

This week’s mission was to perform an adaptation of legendary hit songs by Kim Soo Hee.

With fresh new re-arrangements by the six idols, the audience members and Kim Soo Hee herself were utterly captivated with the potential they showed.

Check out the performance cuts below, and tell us your favourite!














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T-ara’s Hyomin tears up for the premiere of ‘Gisaeng Ryung’

Directors took the opportunity, however, to make it more fitting to the 19+ rating it was slammed with by adding more sound effects to emphasize the movie’s central horror scenes.


With the movie premiering on August 5th, Hyomin will be visiting theaters to greet audience members through till the 15th. The T-ara members also joined her for a special screening on its opening day at the Shinram Lotte Cinema.

Hyomin said, “Finally, we’ll be able to see our movie, ‘Gisaeng Ryung’, today on August 5th starting at 6 PM KST.” T-ara added, “Please enjoy this summer’s horror films with T-ara.”







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Cube Entertainment to find their next trainee through “K-Pop Star Hunt” audition program

A new music audition program has just been announced, and it’s set to make its way around Asia in the coming months to find the next idol trainee for Cube Entertainment!

It was recently announced that CJ E & M Asia and Fox International have joined forces with Cube Entertainment to produce a new show called, “K-Pop Star Hunt”, a survival audition program that will be carrying out auditions in popular cities around Asia to find the next potential Cube artist.

Promotions for the audition program will begin in Southeast Asia during the end of August, and starting from late September, the team will be selecting a total of 20 participants from each of five countries - Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore – to form the ‘Top 100′ of the show.

Only the top two contestants from each country will be selected for the ‘Top 10′, who will be personally training with Cube Entertainment for two months before going into the final elimination rounds in mid January-February of 2012.

A representative of Cube Entertainment stated, “We will be working to find potential talents for Cube Entertainment, starting with judging audition-hopefuls to training those who clear rounds.”

The final winner of this audition program will earn themselves an exclusive contract with Cube Entertainment, who boasts stars like G.NA, 4minute, and B2ST.

“K-Pop Star Hunt” will begin airing on cable channel tvN in January-Februrary of next year.


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SNSD performs “Genie” and “Bad Girl” on “HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ Special”

Today’s list of performers for Fuji TV’s “HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ Special” also included the Korean girl group Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) who charmed the viewers with two performances, live from their last concert of their Japan tour.

The nine girls first performed their hit song “Genie“, followed by an enchanting performance of “Bad Girl“. Both songs perfectly showed why they are gaining so much popularity in Japan. At the end of their performance they got to talk with host Hamada Masatoshi in the studio, but there wasn’t really much chit-chat going on, much to the amusement of Hamada.


Check out the great performances below!




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Song Ji Hyo cast for MBC’s historical drama, ‘Gyebaek’

Actress Song Ji Hyo has been cast for MBC’s upcoming historical drama, ‘Gyebaek‘!

Although it’s only been three months since her last project, she’s already eager to resume acting. Song Ji Hyo nabbed the role of ‘Eun Go’, a woman who’s described to be beautiful, but calculating.

She juggles the love of both ‘Gyebaek’ and ‘Uija’, until ‘Uija’ steps into his role as a king; ‘Eun Go’ then abandons the other man in order to become queen.

A representative of the drama explained, “Through a meeting held on July 15th, we all decided that Song Ji Hyo would be the best fit for the role of ‘Eun Go’ and came to a unanimous decision on casting her. She completed the script reading on the 17th, and we’ll begin filming in the first week of August.”

Others currently in the line-up include Lee Seo Jin, Jo Jae Hyun, Cha In Pyo, Park Yoo Hwan, and T-ara’s Hyomin. The drama will air for the first time on July 25th.

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f(x)’s Krystal gives a circus-themed performance on ‘Kiss & Cry’

Earlier, we reported that Kim Yuna had praised f(x)’s Krystal for her stunning performance on ice. On the July 17th broadcast of SBS’s ‘Kim Yuna’s Kiss & Cry‘, Krystal and her partner Lee Dong Hoon demonstrated a circus-themed performance to The Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams“.

The theme of the show was ‘friends’, so Krystal and her partner decided to cast Krystal’s fellow f(x) members. Krystal’s performance was full of difficult lifts, beginning with the mid-air swing lift.

Following this difficult move was yet another, with the ‘Tetris lift’, in which Krystal moves into a handstand, holding onto her partner’s skates.

They continued with the ‘necklace lift’, where Krystal wraps her body around her partner’s neck. Krystal revealed, “It isn’t scary because I trust my partner.”

Judge Kim Yuna commented,

“The skating was very good, but I feel that it was lacking color.

The lifts were a show of their own, and the skills demonstrated were enough for me to believe if someone said [Krystal] was an ice dancer.”

With this, Krystal and her partner received their highest score thus far with 37.3 points.

Check out her performance below!





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JYJ’s Jaejoong praised by ‘Protect the Boss’ co-stars for his acting talent

JYJ’s Jaejoong is being highly praised by his senior co-stars for his acting skills on SBS’s ‘Protect the Boss‘.

According to SBS, the crew kicked off the drama’s official filming by recording a reception scene at the 63 Building in Yeouido, Seoul on July 15th. As soon as the cue sign was dropped by PD Son Jung Hyun, Jaejoong was said to have slipped seamlessly into his role as ‘Moon Won’.

Senior co-stars like Park Young Kyu, Cha Hwa Yeon, Kim Ha Gyun, and many others all praised, “Jaejoong is an actor who will attain greatness. Let’s all support him so that he can do even better.” Staff members who had been watching Jaejoong interact with Ji Sung for their script also complimented, “They’re truly a great senior and junior.”

Producers of the drama added, “Before filming began, Jaejoong made sure to check over not only his script, but his outfit and make-up as thoroughly as possible. Although it’s his first time acting, he is as passionate as any other actor out there.”

The drama will begin airing on August 3rd.





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T-ara’s Hyomin cast for MBC’s upcoming historical drama, ‘Gyebaek’

With T-ara’s promotions for “Roly-Poly” well underway, member Hyomin will face a busier schedule now that she’s been cast for MBC’s upcoming historical drama, ‘Gyebaek‘.

On July 15th, a representative of Core Contents Media confirmed, “Hyomin has decided to star in ‘Gyebaek’, but former reports of her being the leading female role are false.”

Speaking on her role, they revealed, “Hyomin will be playing the role of a woman who goes through heartache as the friend of ‘Eun Go’, who secretly loves ‘Gyebaek’.”

Although Hyomin already gained some acting experience with her movie, ‘Gisaeng Ryung‘, and her SBS drama, ‘My Girlfriend is a Gumiho‘, this will be her first time working on a historical drama.

Directed by Kim Geun Hong (‘Queen Seonduk‘) and writer Jung Hyung Soo (‘Damo‘), the drama will begin airing after ‘Miss Ripley’ concludes on July 25th.


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B2ST’s Dongwoon imitates Girl’s Day’s Minah

On a recent episode of MBC’s “Radio Star,” B2ST’s Dongwoon showed off his ‘aegyo’ by imitating Girl’s Day’s Minah during their “Twinkle Twinkle” promotions.

Dongwoon does a pretty damn good job and provides us with lots of laughter.

Check it out below!







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Which B2ST member makes the most money?

On July 13th, the members of B2ST shared that rapper Yong Junhyung brought in the highest cash flow.

The boys guested on the latest episode of MBC TV’s ‘Radio Star‘, where they revealed that their wages were split equally, regardless of who appeared on variety shows, dramas, or commercials.

However, Junhyung’s income from his composing and writing is exempt from this equal distribution because it’s his own work, a benefit of his creative license.

Junhyung impressed the MCs by saying, “My income is a little more than I can handle.” Junhyung had a hand in many of B2ST’s hit songs, including “Shock,” “Fiction,” and “Thanks To“.


MC Kim Gura joked, “Poor Kikwang. He had to dance by himself next to a washing machine, and then had to share that money with the rest of you,” referring to Kikwang’s CF with actress Lee Na Young.

The episode also noted Junhyung’s past activities under the alias ‘Popping Dragon‘ with group Xing.


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Lee Min Jung transforms into a radio DJ for her new movie, “Wonderful Radio”

Actress Lee Min Jung has transformed into an idol star for her latest movie, “Wonderful Radio“!

Filming for the movie began on June 27th, and new still cuts of the actress were revealed today.

Lee Min Jung plays the role of an idol singer-turned-radio DJ named ‘Shin Jin Ah’, who meets the cranky but charismatic PD, ‘Jae Hyuk’ (played by Lee Jung Jin), for a radio program that’s about to be discontinued. The two bicker and fight over the ratings in the process of reviving it.

Although her popularity isn’t what it used to be, ‘Shin Jin Ah’ still maintains her fiery personality and the determination to do her best.




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2PM thanks fans for their double home run

2PM hit a double home run last week with a trophy from both KBS’s ‘Music Bank‘ and SBS’s ‘Inkigayo‘!

The feat was achieved just a week after their comeback, making the achievement all the more meaningful. Surrounded by staff and family labelmates, the group was seen thanking Hottests and congratulating their brother group, 2AM, on their third anniversary.

2PM said, “We would like to thank everyone for always supporting us. It’s hard for us to express what we feel right now as we’re so overcome with emotions. Thank you once again, and we promise to be a 2PM who always works hard.”


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SHINee trio + f(x) perform “Hello” on Inkigayo

‘Inkigayo’ has prepared another special stage involving SHINee and f(x) this week!

After a slew of special stages over the past two weeks, Inkigayo has arranged for another one, this time with SHINee’s Key, Minho and Taemin who was joined by the f(x) members for a performance of SHINee’s “Hello” to mark Pyeonchang being the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Check out the charismatic explosion on stage below!




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T-ara’s Eunjung volunteers for cameo in Hyomin’s movie ‘Gisaeng Ryung’

T-ara’s Eunjung volunteered for a cameo role in teammate Hyomin’s upcoming horror movie, ‘Gisaeng Ryung.’

Eunjung, who recently starred in her own horror flick, ‘White,’ will make an appearance alongside Hyomin as her high school friend.

While working in true team fashion, Hyomin and Eunjung snapped photos, on set to share with their fans.

‘Gisaeng Ryung’ will be a chilling story of a young child’s unfair and untimely death, whose soul later lingers and takes over people’s bodies to commit heinous murders. The film will be released in August.







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Superkidd and the Brave Girls to cameo in ‘Protect the Boss’

Superkidd and the Brave Girls will be making cameo appearances in SBS’s upcoming drama, ‘Protect the Boss’!

The two groups will be joining the first episode in a scene with a CF photoshoot. To make it look like the real deal, the drama spent thousands on creating the set. PD Park Sun Ho will be explaining the CF’s concept to the groups before they break into a parody of Cha Du Ri’s hit CF song, “Because of the Liver“. The lyrics have been changed to “Because of Money”.

Directors said, “We’re hoping to catch attention not only with our lead roles, but with fun little scenes like this as well. We’re sure that the two groups’ CF song, ‘Because of Money’, will earn great popularity.”

The drama begins airing on August 3rd!


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‘City Hunter’ stands strong at #1, edges towards 20% viewership rating

SBS’s ‘City Hunter‘ is standing tall as the dominant series in the Wednesday-Thursday drama slots, as it placed first on the rankings for that time period. In fact, it’s even edging close to the 20% viewership mark!

On July 8th, AGB Nielsen Media Research revealed that July 7th’s broadcast of ‘City Hunter’ recorded a viewership of 19.6%, exceeding its previous high record of 18.8% from June 30th’s episode.

‘City Hunter’, which is benefiting the most from a recent wrap-up of MBC’s ‘The Greatest Love‘, is gaining favorable reception from viewers.

Meanwhile, KBS’s ‘Romance Town‘ recorded 12%, while MBC’s ‘Heartstrings‘ recorded 6.6%.

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TVXQ’s Yunho puts on a perfect performance for “Kiss & Cry”

After coming in eighth place on the previous round in “Kiss & Cry“, TVXQ’s Yunho and Claudia Mueller redeemed themselves by putting on a perfect performance to an eclectic mix of waltz and the Black Eyed Peas‘ “Boom Boom Pow“.

On the episode that aired on July 3rd, Yunho confessed that he had even less time for practice this time around. He said, “I lost a lot of confidence because of last time. I’m really worried. I haven’t been able to practice for real. I actually got back the day before yesterday.”


Yunho was in Paris for the “SM TOWN Live in Paris” concert, so he could not practice with Claudia. Because of this, he took his skates with him to Paris and practiced on the street.

The theme for this performance was “Ballerina meets a B-boy“. They showed a nice lift skill and all kinds of dance moves that wowed the judges and the crowd.

Judges commented, “It was nice to see Claudia so into b-boying”, “You guys really seemed to be having fun”, “Yunho, you are born to be an entertainer.”

Yunho added, “I’ve been really sorry to Claudia because of my busy schedule. I will buy her sweet and sour pork, like I promised.”




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Idol music show “Immortal Song 2″ airs episode #5!

KBS’s ‘Immortal Song 2‘ has broadcast its 5th episode on July 2nd with its all-idol cast!

‘Immortal Song 2′ will have each contestant sing unique covers, just like on ‘I Am a Singer‘, however there will be no eliminations to challenge them. The six castmates will instead battle for pride, as the first place winner will be judged by a 200-member audience. Not only that, but they’ll also receive priceless pointers and tips from the original artists of the songs they cover.

F.T. Island’s Lee Hongki, 2PM’s Junsu, MBLAQ’s G.O., SISTAR’s Hyorin, 2AM’s Changmin, and SECRET’s Song Ji Eun were the cast members for this episode.

Their mission was to remake songs from Min Hye Kyung.

With fresh new re-arrangements by the six idols, the 200 judging audience members were utterly captivated with the potential they showed.

Check out the performance cuts below!


Min Hae-Kyung - You Are A Rose


지오(G.O/MBLAQ) - You're Love Is Enough (by Min Hae Kyung)


이홍기(Hongki/FT Islans) - You're Laughing Like A Doll But (by Min Haekyung)


준수(Junsu/2PM) - I Wanna See You Face (by Min Haekyung)


이창민(Changmin/2AM) - You're Laughing Like A Doll But (by Min Haekyung)


효린(Hyorin/SISTAR) - Mini Skirt (by Min Haekyung)


송지은(Song Ji Eun/SECRET) - Whose Life Is It Anyway? (by Min Haekyung)



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2PM’s Taecyeon meets his first love on ‘Dalgona’

Earlier this week, we reported that Taecyeon would be reuniting with his first love through SBS’s ‘Dalgona‘. On the show’s July 1st broadcast, Taecyeon’s first love appeared as a guest and talked about Taecyeon’s elementary-school romance.

When Taecyeon heard that his first love was going to be revealed, he was unable to hide his nervous heart. He hadn’t forgotten about his first love for he remembered her name, Kim Pyung Hwa.

Initially, Kim Pyung Hwa hid her face behind a childhood picture of herself. However, once she showed herself, he smiled and said, “You got cuter.”

Kim Pyung Hwa revealed her memories of Taecyeon saying,




“There was a time when Taecyeon gave me his mother’s wedding ring. Taecyeon, who had transferred to a different school, came to play at our Busan school on his day off and gave me the ring.

Unusually, Taecyeon wrote the letter on the gold ring’s warranty. Rather than expressing his feelings in the letter, he wrote about the fact that the ring was real.“

She continued to explain that she did not keep the ring, since it was in fact, his mother’s wedding ring.

Taecyeon reminisced,

“I really liked her. I waited a long time outside of her house. I wonder why I wrote the letter on the gold ring’s warranty?“


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[Updated][Spoiler: We Got Married] Nichkhun and Victoria…

On this week’s episode of MBC’s ‘We Got Married‘, Nichkhun and Victoria posed for their wedding photos and even shocked fans with a sweet surprise!

On July 2nd, ‘We Got Married’ broadcast a special episode, showing the couple, Khuntoria, finally locking lips! Although it has previously been attempted, Nichkhun and Victoria never kissed. But not to worry! After a year of being together on the show, the couple has finally kissed!


In this particular episode, Nichkhun laid down on the ground while Victoria looked down upon him from a bed for a wedding photo. This pose–as shown in the previous episode–was Nichkhun’s idea of wanting to do the ‘Spiderman Kiss’ pose in order to kiss his virtual wife. While the couple failed the first couple of times, they eventually touched lips and showed viewers a proper kiss.

In response to his kiss, Nichkhun said, “It was satisfying,” while Victoria giggled.

Meanwhile, fellow f(x) member, Amber, was present to witness the whole event unfold.





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