Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Sulli’s latest photo strongly resembles SHINee’s Taemin


f(x)‘s Sulli has been drawing attention for resembling SHINee‘s Taemin.
On July 31st, Sulli uploaded the picture on the left onto her personal me2day and along with it wrote, “As always, summer calls for short hair! Do you all want to cut your hair too?~ Please support ‘To the Beautiful You‘ and Goo Jaehee♥. This is the unrevealed cut from the Vogue Girl photo shoot from last time huhu.
Sulli is sporting a short boyish haircut as well as androgynous clothing for her upcoming role as Goo Jaehee and

AOA ‘Angels’ Story’


Should the voting for the Golden Disk Awards have happened today, and somehow I was a member of the voting committee, Ace of Angels would be my unquestioned vote for the female Newcomer Award. Usually I don’t muster myself to proclaiming such a bold statement shortly after any release, as I am generally one to never be completely satisfied with any musical or visual production. However, FNC Entertainment pulled all the right stops when it came to the creation, production, and distribution of their new rookie group’s release ‘Angels’ Story‘.
Do I think they are the most talented group to have hit the market in K-Pop recently?  Absolutely not. Their vocal talent, rapping skills, composition originality, and choreography are far from the skills possessed among the

2PM’s Wooyoung suffered from burns after dying his hair 15 times

2PM member Wooyoung recently revealed the struggles he faced while preparing for his solo debut.
On the July 31st broadcast of KBS‘ ‘1 vs. 100‘, celebrity Hong Jin Kyung and Wooyoung made appearances on the show to go against the 100 competitors.
In regards to his hair color transformation, Wooyoung remarked, “I bleached my hair 15 times. I thought it would

Girls’ Generation’s Sooyoung talks about acting for the first time on ‘Third Hospital’


Girls’ Generation member Sooyoung confessed she went into a state of panic when filming ‘Third Hospital‘ for the first time.
A press conference for tvN‘s ‘Third Hospital‘ was held on July 31st, and it was here that Sooyoung revealed, ”I panicked when I stepped in front of the camera for the first time to shoot the drama.
Although she has been taking acting classes since she was a trainee, the singer will be making her official acting

Witness refutes CCM’s statement of Hwayoung’s “unacceptable behavior”


With the controversy of Hwayoung and T-ara spreading and heating up the web, a witness has stepped forward to refute Core Contents Media‘s statement of Hwayoung’s “unacceptable behavior“.
According to a report released by OBS on July 31st, it was true that Hwayoung threw down her crutches at 

Idol stars who are often mistaken as the youngest member of their group

The above collage of idol stars recently surfaced on an online community board, and is becoming a hot topic of conversation amongst netizens.
Seeing the post titled ‘Idol stars who are often mistaken for maknaes‘, fans began discussing the group members who look young for their age, sometimes even younger than their team’s actual maknaes.
The top choice was B2ST‘s Yoseob. The singer who turned 23 in Korea boasts a baby face and is often

Woollim Entertainment to debut new duo group “Tasty (Tasty 2 Wins)”

After a teaser that was released last week, many fans were anticipating the new girl group from INFINITE‘s agency Woollim Entertainment. However, it seems that you will have to wait longer for the girl group. Instead, Woollim Entertainment will be debuting a new duo group named “Tasty (Tasty 2 Wins)“.

MBLAQ’s Lee Joon cast in drama ‘My Daughter Soyoung’

MBLAQ’s Lee Joon has been cast in the upcoming KBS drama ‘My Daughter Soyoung‘.
KBS’s new weekend drama for September has added Lee Joon to their cast, with the singer being given the role of the main character’s younger brother.
This will be the first actual drama as a fixed cast member for the young star. Having shown his impressive acting

F.CUZ releases album jacket photos for “Dreaming i”

Despite leader Jinon suffering from an ankle injury earlier on this month, it seems F.CUZ will be able to make their comeback as scheduled in August.
A few photos described to be the jacket photos from the upcoming album were revealed today showing off the

Photo of an individual, speculated to be Hwayoung, visiting the CCM office goes viral


A photo captioned, ‘Hwayoung, Company’ is becoming a big issue.
On August 1st, the photo above was shared online and spread like wildfire, and even became one of the top searched topics on search portals.
An individual who took the photo claims that Hwayoung, who is still suffering from her leg injury, was seen

2NE1 released “I Love You” acoustic collaboration with guitarist Jung Sung Ha


2NE1 has released their acoustic collaboration with popular Korean guitarist / YouTube sensation Jung Sung Ha!
A live performance clip of 2NE1 and Jung Sung Ha’s collaboration was revealed via YG Family‘s channel on Naver‘s tvcast today. The talented guitarist was noticed for his cover of 2NE1′s “Lonely” and met up with the

T-ara’s Eunjung leaves a short message via her official fan café


T-ara‘s Eunjung broke her silence for the first time since the Hwayoung controversy began.
On July 30th, the singer took to her fan café and wrote, “Thank you so much.. and I’m sorry.
Her few words seem directed towards her fans, to whom she is apologetic that the controversy caused

miss A Suzy’s simple airport fashion gets noticed


miss A Suzy‘s simple airport fashion has gained attention.
Suzy’s care-free style has caught the eyes of many fans. Though the young star has risen to the heights of fame, her airport style was very casual and normal.
The miss A member was seen in a baby pink shirt with a ribbon-shirring accent at her waistline, matched with

Former T-ara member Hwayoung tweets message for fans


Former T-ara member Hwayoung just tweeted a message for her fans.
She posted to Twitter on July 31 at 10:33PM KST, “To my fans, you’ve loved me until now, and I’m sorry that I’ve only given you disappointment. Please stop now, and look forward to our more mature and improved selves in the

TEEN TOP members sport new ‘traffic light’ hairstyles


On July 31st, TEEN TOP revealed their new ‘traffic light’ hairstyles on their me2day account, attracting attention for the colorful new look.
In the picture, members ChangjoChunji, and Ricky have their backs turned to the camera, showing off their red, yellow, and blue hair. Niel left a cute quiz for fans along with the picture: “What did Changjo, Chunji hyung,

How did B1A4 spend their first vacation?


The B1A4 members went on their very first vacation in three years.
Fans reported sighting the members in their hometowns of Cheongju, Chungju, Busan, and Suncheon starting on July 28th.
According to WM Entertainment, B1A4 never got a day to rest since their trainee days because of their busy

5dolls’ Hyoyoung uploads a picture with twin sister Hwayoung


5dolls‘ Hyoyoung recently updated her twitter photo with a picture of her and her twin sister Hwayoung.
In light of recent events, it seems Hyoyoung wanted to further show her support for her twin as she has changed

TEEN TOP releases second teaser for “Be Ma Girl”


TEEN TOP has released the second video teaser for “Be Ma Girl” from their upcoming special summer album!
They’re making a comeback in less than a month after promotions for “To You” have ended. “Be Ma Girl” (titled

T-ara’s largest fan community to shut down


The largest online fan community for T-ara, t-arafan.com, announced that it will be shutting down their site on August 15th KST.
The fan cafe has received over 4 million cumulative visitors, and is the largest gathering of T-ara fans in the world.
The cafe operator posted: “I have decided to shut down the fan site. Since it was my first time running a fan cafe,

AOA releases ’1st Greeting’ clip for fans!


New girl group AOA has released their first greeting clip for fans, “AOA 1st Greeting to You!!”
The members state that their title track “Elvis” will come in two versions, a dance version and a band version, and

SHINee gives greeting for Korean Cultural Service New York’s ’2012 New York K-Pop Festival’


Following the success of 2011’s ‘SMTown Live’ in NYC and the ‘New York Korea Festival’, the Korean Cultural Service New York will be holding ‘2012 New York K-Pop Festival’, an event that all K-pop fans in New York and the surrounding area can participate in with their covers of one of three artists.
From July 23rd 9AM through August 10th 5PM is the entry submission period for the online preliminary to choose teams that will advance into the finals.
The categories for the contestants will be singing, dancing, or both singing and dancing. The teams will be

D-Unit releases extended 1 minute MV teaser for “I’m Missin’ You”


Hip hop girl group D-Unit is set to debut on August 1st and after releasing numerous short teasers, they’ve now released an extended 1 minute teaser for their upcoming track, “I’m Missin’ You“.
The teaser gives you an extended listen to their track and it sounds like a pretty