INSIDE KPOP: 02/01/2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Jay Park gives a surprise dance lesson, talks about second chances

“There is no such thing as one chance.”

During a recent broadcast of tvN’s “Dream”, singer Jay Park made a surprise appearance as a dance teacher for a girl named Gina, who wants to become a musical actress.

Choreographer Park Jung Min (37) unfortunately ended his life on February 27th.

Last Friday, it was reported by representatives from MBC’s “Knee-Drop Guru” that TVXQ had completed an episode recording that was done in top secrecy.

The ladies of SNSD have recently inked an endorsement deal with energy drink brand Vita500 and a behind the scenes video along with the CF (Commercial Film) for the company has been released.

Recruited by MC Mong several years ago, Dalmatian – consisting of members Dari, Day Day, Drama/Daniel, Inati, Jisu, and Young Won – officially entered the K-pop scene recently and they’ve been gaining a lot of fans due to their expertise in singing, rapping, and dancing.

Last week was reported that 2PM’s Nichkhun filmed a CF with his entire family and the CF has been released.

JYJ’s international fans are rolling up their sleeves to help their idols. Nearly two weeks ago, we wrote about JYJ’s overseas fans undertaking a large campaign with a petition.

Approximately 86,418 international JYJ fans submitted a petition in regards to the lack of JYJ’s appearances on broadcasts.

How did composer Bang Shi Hyuk look 10 years ago?

A picture was uploaded onto an online community site of Bang Shi Hyuk from SBS’s “Development for the Gifted 99% Challenge”. Some of you may recognize the name of this program, as it was the very same one that Jo Kwon appeared in.

The 2nd Seoul Cultural Arts Awards took place on the evening of February 28th at the Seoul Olympic Park with plenty of stars in attendance as awards receipients, presenters, or attendees.

TEEN TOP’s C.A.P confessed that he auditioned for the role of Sun in SBS’s hit drama, ‘Secret Garden‘.

If it feels like there’s an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm dispersing across the internet, you are not alone. A certain Korean group just so happens to have returned from a two (count them, two) year hiatus and has instantly vaulted to the forefront of the Korean pop music industry once again. A break of that length is considered an eternity, especially to those who live their lives according to the K-pop measurement of time, which basically travels at warp-speed.

The boys of Super Junior-M are ready to rock your world again, as they’ve just revealed the Korean music video for “Too Perfect“!

Gagman Yoo Jae Suk wrote an article some time ago detailing a powerful story about his mother during his elementary school days. A copy of that article was recently posted up on various internet community boards, and netizens were so touched by its contents that it quickly became a hot topic.

On February 27th, miss A’s Fei delighted her fans with two cute photo uploads on her Twitter. Unfortunately, it seems that the idol was suffering from a terrible headache during the time that she took the pictures.

Due to her worsening knee injury, Dal Shabet’s Ga Eun was unable to represent the freshmen class of 2011 in the Seoul Arts College’s entrance ceremony.

After releasing his debut solo track “Girl” through various online music sites earlier today, SS501’s Kim Hyung Jun has followed up with the release of not one, but two teasers for his music video!

Stars have been making non-stop visits to the play “Lee Ki Dong Gymnasium” in order to show their support for actor Kim Sooro and singer Solbi, who are both lead stars of the play.

2NE1’s Dara released a teaser video for her “Precious Mineral BB Cream” CF with makeup brand ETUDE!

The CF revolves around the theme, ‘brightening your complexion’, and so Dara is seen with a team of ‘pearl lighting experts’ who follow her around all day with lamps to visually demonstrate the wonders the product does for your skin.

On the morning of February 28th, 2PM’s Taecyeon, Wooyoung, and miss A’s Suzy expressed their feelings on finally concluding their much-loved drama, “Dream High.”

Suzy, who played the role of ‘Hyemi’, expressed, “I feel both refreshed and upset. It was my first project as well as leading role, so I worried over a lot of things. Fortunately, I’m able to conclude ‘Dream High’ amidst the love and support of my drama family. I know I was lacking, but I’ll work on my skills in order to improve as an actress and meet you all again. My ‘Dream High’ family, my miss A unnis, and all of those who loved ‘Dream High’, thank you. I will never forget the winter I spent life as ‘Go Hyemi.’”

2PM’s Nichkhun scandalized his fans after his kissing CF was released a few weeks ago. Following up, cosmetics brand ‘It’s Skin‘ has just unveiled ‘Part 2′ of their “Snail Cream” CF series!

It looks like Big Bang attracted some big names to their “2011 Big Show“, as it’s being reported that actresses Shim Eun Ha and Ha Ji Won were seen at the concert!

Big Bang’s comeback took over the airwaves with a big bang!

According to AGB Nielsen Media Research, SBS’s hour-long special ’The Big Bang Show” achieved a 5.7% rating when it aired on February 27th. It’s actually a high figure, considering that its airtime was after midnight. In comparison, ‘Kim Jung Eun’s Chocolate’, which originally airs in that time block, only achieved 3.3% last week.

On the morning of February 28th, the four gorgeous ladies of “My Black Mini Dress” gathered for a press conference at the Apgujung CGV.

For those of you who may have been out of the loop, “My Black Mini Dress” is a film which stars Yoon Eun Hye, Park Han Byul, Yoo In Na, and Cha Ye Ryun as women in their mid-20s who hold deep friendships and a mutual love for the classic black mini dress.

J.Y. Park revealed his thoughts about his acting debut through KBS2TV’s “Dream High“.

On February 28th, the multi-entertainmer wrote on JYP Entertainment’s official homepage, “Hello, this is ‘Yang Jin Man‘. We finally finished filming ‘Dream High’. I had to cry comically for a scene but because I was thinking that this was the end, I cried very hard, though I didn’t put in artificial tears“.

On February 27th, indie label Fluxus Music released a music video teaser from their latest rookie trio, ‘Handsome People‘.

Titled “Shall We Dance“, the song was written by the band’s keyboardist, Choi Young Ho, and features an urban sound with acid tones and a disco base which come together for a melody that’s easy to follow and hard to forget.

Super Junior fans were elated when they discovered that Super Junior-M had made a Korean version of “Too Perfect“!

SS501’s Kim Hyung Jun released his solo debut track, “Girl“!

The track was previously revealed during SS501 concerts and it received much love amongst fans. Indeed, fans may love it even more when they discover that the song was re-arranged to become his gesture of gratitude for everyone stood by his side.

Actress Lee Min Jung shared her unique experience of wearing three wedding dresses for three different roles, but unfortunately, her characters were never able to get married.

At the press conference for “Midas” on February 21st, Lee Min Jung had stated, “In ‘Boys Over Flowers,’ I wore a wedding dress but wasn’t able to get married. In ‘Smile, You‘, I also wore a wedding dress, but the wedding was called off soon after.”

Rookie actress Kim Soo Yeon will be making a cameo appearance in the 70th episode of MBC’s daily sitcom, “All My Love“.

On the morning of February 28th, CNBLUE’s official homepage unveiled a teaser photo of the group’s comeback concept.

Singer, producer, and now certified actor J.Y. Park gave himself a ‘B-’ for his acting performance in the popular teenage drama, “Dream High“.

During the February 26th broadcast of KBS 2TV’s “Entertainment Weekly“, an interviewer asked the multi-star, “If you were to give a grade for your acting…?” J.Y. Park replied, “I’d give it a B-.”

Rookie girl group Dal Shabet will be making a surprise cameo appearance in the final episode of KBS’s “Dream High“!

SECRET’s main vocalist Ji Eun revealed her solo teaser for “Going Crazy” earlier today which featured actress Min Hyo Rin, and she followed up with the release of her album jacket photo.

Super Junior members Kim Heechul and Jo Kyuhyun’s manipulated perfect bodies have brought netizens and fans great laughter.

On February 27th, Heechul re-tweeted a photo of himself and Kyuhyun, and included the comment, “Perfect body.”

The ‘Heroes‘ cast successfully performed their break dance performance on the February 27th episode of the show.

The cast was divided into two teams and they rehearsed fiercely for the performance. However, even the dance singers had trouble mastering the difficult break dance moves.

It is said that the most beautiful body proportions are 34-24-34 (bust-waist-hip). Of the celebrities, actress Kim Sa Rang and model Jang Yoon Joo are said to have these perfect proportions. But how do they maintain this perfect body?

During this week’s broadcast of SBS “Nightly Entertainment”, Kim Sa Rang talked about how she maintains her body by exercising and controlling her diet.

Kim Soo Hyun’s ID picture released

Actor Kim Soo Hyun’s high school ID picture has been released!

Through an online community forum, Kim Soo Hyun’s high school ID picture was uploaded and is receiving a lot of interest.

In this picture, Kim Soo Hyun has a clean and neat hairstyle that shows off a hard-working student image. Also, his thick eyebrows, high nose, and sharp jawline once again proves that he is an ulzzang.

Netizens praised this picture by stating, “This is the ultimate photo ID picture.” “I bet a lot of girls followed him around when he was in school.” “The more I see him, the more I think he looks really handsome.”

Source + Picture: Consumer News via Naver

SNSD reveals ‘Dior Snow’ CFs

Last week, six of the nine members of SNSD revealed their ‘Dior Snow‘ cosmetics advertisements that garnered a lot of attention due to their beautiful looks.

5dolls has been making headlines for their debut as a unit group of Co-Ed, but while the ladies have been earning praise for their vocal talent, they –or rather, their stylists– have been drawing negative attention for the questionable wardrobe choices that have been made for 5dolls’ It’s You performances.

Last evening was definitely Big Bang’s night as the five member power group made their comeback in the biggest of ways – with an hour-long comeback episode on SBS and a concert with 14,000 fans, there was no question that Big Bang is back and better than ever.

As SECRET wrapped up their promotions for Shy Boy this weekend, it was announced two days ago that member Ji Eun would be making her very own solo debut with a track titled Going Crazy. Although the track is slated for a March 3rd release, we got a glimpse of the track and music video through a teaser today.

SBS is advertising its one-hour special program ‘The Big Bang Show,’ which will air on the 27th at midnight, during midnight TV programming.

According to SBS, the network sold all of its ‘The Big Bang Show’ commercials even for late-night time blocks. This shows that advertisers have recognized the value and power of Big Bang’s come back in two years and six months.

It is often difficult to spot commercials for popular programs, except for sports, during midnight TV programming.

miss A’s Suzy recently prepared a surprise present for her parents.

It was revealed a while back that Suzy’s parents were operating a fast-food restaurant in the metropolitan area of Gwangju. However, recently, an online community site uploaded a photo of the restaurant showing that it was under construction, and that it was being upgraded to a coffee shop.

Last week, 2NE1 was mentioned in American ‘Vogue‘ for their fashion sense, however it seems that even the top tier fashionistas have their wonky moments.

On February 27th, Dara updated her me2day with pictures of herself wearing pants that had a mesh portion in the front. She posted,

Singer Park Hyo Shin and the hip-hop duo Dynamic Duo recently performed on an ‘Army Radio’ station, “Freeway“.

The three musicians, who are currently serving in the army, performed a cover of Sting’s “Shape of My Heart” and Maroon 5’s “This Love” on February 26th.

JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong gave fans a glimpse into his off-the-wall charm.

On February 26th, Jaejoong posted an interesting photo through his Twitter, displaying every man’s aspiration – facial hair. The idol is seen staring straight into the camera with a thick shaving cream mustache and beard.

On February 27th, Woongjin Coway revealed that they selected SNSD as their exclusive models and recently contracted with the group for their water purifiers. Their contract will begin on March 1st and last through the year, while TV advertisements will begin running in mid-March.

Japanese fans are showing strong support for JYJ.

On February 26th, a video project cheering for JYJ played on several big screens across Japan. The video addressed the interference in JYJ’s Japanese activities with the message, “Respect the international fans’ rights to see their favorite stars on stage.” A separate message read, “We will never give up on JYJ and will continue to support them.”

TEEN TOP’s Ricky celebrated his 17th birthday on February 27th, but unfortunately, he did so with some back pain.

During their performance of “Supa Luv” on this week’s episode of SBS’s “Inkigayo“, Ricky worried fans when he was unable to complete his ‘Matrix’ move. It was later revealed that he had hurt his back during a recent rehearsal, and took painkillers before going on stage.

Following J.Y. Park’s spoiler photo, T-ara’s Eunjung has revealed additional spoilers for ‘Dream High‘’s final episode.

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