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 willmake 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, "Hear beat", - 'This is a totally new song", so We hope to see good results.

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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."


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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.

Namie Amuro’s Official Avex site has announced the title for the last of the twelve tracks to be included on her upcoming studio album. “FIRST TIMER” will appear on the still untitled set due for release on December 16th along with the previously announced, “WILD,” “Dr.,” “COPY THAT,” “MY LOVE,” “FAST CAR,” “LOVE GAME,” “The Meaning of Us,” “Defend Love,” “BAD HABIT,” “Steal my night,” and “Shut Up.”

“FAST CAR” will serve as the album’s lead track as “Hide & Seek” was for “PLAY” and “WoWa” for “Queen of Hip-Pop.”

They have also announced the four new videos being released for the album. They will be for “FAST CAR,” “LOVE GAME,” “The Meaning of Us,” and “Defend Love.” Although “MY LOVE” and “COPY THAT” are being used in national campaigns for Vidal Sassoon products, neither song will apparently receive a video treatment.

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Chinami Tokunaga, 17, and Yurina Kumai, 16, of all-girl J-pop group Berryz Koubou, were missing at the group’s shows in Nagoya on Saturday and in Osaka on Sunday. The remaining five members put on a dazzling performance but some fans demanded to know where Tokunaga and Kumai were. Inquiries later revealed that the pair were at home and have caught the influenza A virus.

The latest two cases mean that the whole group have had the flu recently, after captain Saki Shimizu, 17, Momoko Tsugunaga, 17, Miyabi Natsuyaki, 17, Maasa Sudo, 17, and Risako Sugaya, 15, all came down with influenza last month.

According to their agency Hello! Project, Tokunaga complained of not feeling well last Wednesday, and was told the next day at a hospital in Kanagawa that she’d need five days rest. Kumai fell ill last Friday while she was in Nagoya for the weekend’s show, and was diagnosed with influenza the following day.

Tokunaga and Kumai are scheduled to return to the line-up for their show at the Shibuya CC Lemon Hall in Tokyo this Sunday. A staff member at Hello! Project denied that the girls got sick from in-group transmission, and said they were infected separately due to their many appearances in public.

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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.

Tokyo Gov Shintaro Ishihara said Monday the Japanese capital will bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and should Tokyo be selected, it will jointly organize the event with Hiroshima, which is also seeking to host the event. The remarks follow Tokyo’s loss to Rio de Janeiro last month in the race to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Hiroshima said shortly after Tokyo’s loss that the western Japanese city will seek to host the 2020 Summer Games with Nagasaki, both of which suffered U.S. atomic bombings during World War II, despite the Olympic Charter stipulating that only one city can host the Olympics. On Monday, the Japanese Olympic Committee welcomed Ishihara’s remarks about a fresh bid by Tokyo, with Vice President Tomiaki Fukuda saying, "It is truly great."

Another vice president, Masato Mizuno, said, "It has been common in recent years for a city to make several bids to host the Olympic Games. It is completely natural for Tokyo to make another bid."

Other cities interested in bidding are: New Delhi, Istanbul and Budapest. The IOC will announce their decision in 2013.

Source: japantoday.com

“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
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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.

Hollywood star Brad Pitt (45) filmed his first ever guest appearance on a Japanese variety show on his recent PR trip to Tokyo. He and director Quentin Tarantino (46) were in town last week to promote the movie "Inglourious Basterds" and they fitted in a visit to the Fuji TV show "SMAPxSMAP". The episode will be aired on Monday, November 16.

The Hollywood duo appear on the "Bistro SMAP" segment, with members of the pop group preparing dishes ordered by their guests. Katori Shingo (32) joked that when he feels run down, he watches the Pitt movie "Fight Club," to which Burapi happily quipped, "Me, too!" He and Tarantino talked about their love for Tokyo and Japan. Pitt has appeared in many TV commercials here, for products such as Edwin jeans and the Softbank mobile phone network. Tarantino paid tribute to the Japanese chambara movie style in his "Kill Bill" movies. "Inglorious..." is scheduled for release in Japan on the 20th.

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http://www.japan-zone.com/news/

need to see this episode!

Utada “In The Flesh” Tour 2010
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No one ever come to Detroit T_T

By MARI YAMAGUCHI

On Christmas Eve two years ago, Masahiro Yoshida returned to his home to find it empty. His wife had fled with their 2-year-old daughter and was seeking a divorce.

Since then, he's rarely seen his child because law grants custody to only one parent — routinely the mother. His wife has refused to allow him regular visits, accusing him of emotional swings and past verbal and sometimes physical abuse.

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Source: japantimes.com

Edited to be made spoiler-free...SORRY!

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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Fact: I have developed an attraction to ugly people.

See also: douchebags



Moving on, FABRIC SHOPPING TOMORROW WITH MY MOM! isn't my life interesting?

I really have no reason to post other than to share the fact that I have a crush on everybody, possibly you as well, and I had a stats test today that called into question my reason for living, and have a Japanese quiz tomorrow as well as a psych test that I do not feel like studying for right now. What time is it again?

Also, today my piercing started bleeding. It didn't hurt, it was more like IS THAT BLOOD?? and then me proceeding to push on it some more.

P.s. jsyk pixiebehdixie would like to have an orgy with the entire cast of House.

:)

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.

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[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.

The following video clip (watch here) and interview caught the cast of You’re Beautiful in a rare spare moment as they filmed busily — time is scarce and it looks like they’re in the thick of live-shooting by this point, with just three more weeks left till the series wraps. The cast also seems unusually close and always in good humor, based on the behind-the-scenes clips that have been released.

In the clip, Park Shin-hye starts by explaining the cast’s nicknames for each other (which are explained in more detail below), and then starts reciting one of her lines when Lee Hong-ki appears. Hong-ki takes over and imitates one of Mi-nam’s lines from the scene in Episode 1 where she’s drunk at the party, and Shin-hye acts Jeremy’s part. Jung Yong-hwa arrives and Shin-hye recites his line from the Towel Scene. And then everyone imitates Jang Geun-seok.

They only sleep one to two hours a night and are wrestling with last-minute script pages, but the You’re Beautiful team was asked for a short interview. The clock read 1:30 am. The reason the interview went longer than asked is because of those unstoppable “pretty boys.” At times serious, at times playful, their moonlit chatter doesn’t stop. This is the unstoppable relay between Jang Geun-seok, Park Shin-hye, Lee Hong-ki, and Jung Yong-hwa.

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Credit: dramabeans + chosun

LOL @ the last line. Heavy flirting going on I see. Okay I need to get back to work now. :D
We need a Jung Yong Hwa tag  and You're Beautiful tag mods. Or I just want one. LOL

Credit: Yunise6

I hear the rest of the boys! Can't wait for the movie and the hq ver. of this to be out!

P/S Sorry Mods, I forgot to credit the earlier post. ):

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Source: allkpop

"Jaebum, he will return."

Park Jinyoung reveals return plans for the first time on the show "Mureuppak."

Airing on the 11th, MBC's 'Mureuppak Dosa,' Park Jinyoung carefully revealed plans on bringing Jaebum back.

A JYPE representative said "He revealed the drawing of Jaebum's return a little bit. You may consider it as an upgrade to the responses he's been giving about the Jaebum case. It's not a response that just plainly states the recent conditions but rather a response to the fans. We expect for the curiosity of the fans to be at least a little bit helped."

This is the first time that Park Jinyoung and JYPE spoke out about the Jaebum case. The fact that Park Jinyoung is working on making Jaebum's return a reality is causing much attention.

What fans are more interested in is the level of progress that Park Jinyoung has made on Jaebum's return. Park Jinyoug has yet to announce any details. He merely stated that a 6 membered 2PM is the direction that Jaebum wants and asked of fans to understand.

The producers of were asked how much they will actually reveal. "We're in a bit of an awkward situation. Regardless, we will not make any cuts to the show and air it as is, with everything Park Jinyoung said regarding Jaebum's return."

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



We're watching you JYP.