Toma Ikuta, Miki Fujimoto in "Grease"

The hit Broadway musical "Grease" is being performed in Tokyo later this year, and it was announced on Friday that rising ...

A Comeback from a Month-long HIATUS

Yes guys I'm back!That month-long hiatus was a one of a kind experience.I'm sorry guys i kept you hanging with the latest buzz.But don't you worry anymore. INSIDE ASIAN SCOOP is officially back at kickin!Expect for more UPDATED news to arrive. Expect for new changes.And also SUPER JUNIOR FANS... please do visit in the FIRST PHILIPPINE BASED SUPER JUNIOR COMMUNIT ...

Super Junior M Members Revealed

The members are finally revealed by SM through a series of teasers just uploaded on the web less than 3 hours ago.The members are:Han GengDong HaeSi WonKyu HyunRyeo WookHenryZhou Mi aka Junyuk (sp)Individuals :Kyuhyun and HenryRyeoWook and HenryDonghae and Si wonHangengcredit: mizzqtpnai + sunrainsong @YT. ...

A’ST1 Makes up with Super Junior

A’ST1 (A Style), whose debut is today on Mnet, tried to end the Super Junior "Take Down" chaos.On an Mnet show which aired on the 4th, A'ST1 and Super Junior finally met up and spoke about the controversial commercial.A'ST1 stated "We actually respect Super Junior and want to be just like them."Super Junior accepted their explanation by stating, "it's great to have a new rookie group look up to us, we would love to buy them dinner sometime."source: ALLK ...

SHINHWA-Kangta, 2 days concert, tourism income raises 5 billion

Hanryu start 2 days concertin Korean had helped the tourism increases over a 5 billion income.Male group SHINHWA & Kangta on March 29th & 30th hold a 2 day cocnert, they had attracted more than 3100 Asian fans to Korea.The organizer of SHINHWA concert, Openworld enter related staff express "From the tourism company we know that there is 1500 japanese fans & 1200 china fans who came for the SHINHWA 10th anniversary concert. In these 2 days included the concert expenses and the whole trip expenses, everyone had spent approximately of ...

Ariel Addicted to Study Travels ~ Wants Another 2 Years

Ariel Lin is too stubborn (Gingㄍㄧㄥ), with the way of having a relationship, even going to a famous night club to play in New York, arriving not longer than 1/2 an hour she wanted to escape. Yesterday during her new book "Ariel's NY Bagel Diary" publishing conference, the director Qu You Ning and "hubby" Joe Cheng both advised her: "If this continues on, you won't have any luck in romance!"Ariel's mother once helped her seek fortune teller, the teller said, Ariel's life will be distracted by "ethics feelings". Ariel had a crush with person that ...

BoA's Hit Song Created into TV Drama in Japan

Singer BoA's ninth single "Shine We Are" which nabbed the number one spot on the Japanese Oricon Chart in May, 2003, will ...

Super Junior China becomes SJ-M

It is April 3rd in China and as promised Super Junior China is slowly being revealed, the first confirmed members to appear ...

Changes in Korean Music Festival

The official broadcasting partner for this year’s concert has been changed from MBC to SBS, another major network in Korea. It was a friendly move for everyone, and I strongly believe that the change will only bring us positive one.Due to the change in broadcasting partner, however, we had to make a minor adjustment in terms of the artist lineup, and feel awfully sorry and regretful to inform you that two artists, Lee Hyo Ri and Wonder Girls, who we initially announced will not make it for the show this year.Lee Hyo Ri was scheduled to take a MC ...

Andy, image model of Nivea

Shinhwa member Andy was appointed as Nivea’s image model for “Nivea Deodorant Pearl&Beauty.” As its image model, Andy will be participating in its launching event and convey a woman’s beauty and tenderness as how a man sees them.“Andy ranked 1st place in a survey on an entertainer who has a soft charisma. He was made as the image model because he was deemed fit to convey a man’s opinion of a woman’s beauty,” an official from Nivea Seoul explained why Andy was picked as Nivea’s new image model.In today’s launching event for Nivea’s new product, ...

Girls’ Generation’s audition experiences

Girls’ Generation members Yoona, Sooyoung, Tiffany and Yuri guested in the MBC dramanet show “Three-Color Women Talk Show” and shared their audition experiences.Yoona shared that she had auditioned “200 times” before finally getting in the trainee program of SM Entertainment.Tiffany, on the other hand, revealed that she had an unusual casting experience because she was discovered in a restroom in the US. This revelation brought laughter in the studio.Source: Osentranslations: krnloop.wordpr ...

Epik High in Lee Hyo Ri’s music video

“Before our debut, we participated and appeared for a second in Lee Hyo Ri’s music video as hip hop boys,” Epik High revealed in the Mnet show “Bopper’s,” which is being hosted by Dynamic Duo. The music video Epik High was talking about is Lee Hyo Ri’s “10 Minutes.”“Before debut, it’s important to let people know that you’re releasing an album. So we were told that appearing in Lee Hyo Ri’s music video will be useful in announcing our album. We did manage to appear in Lee Hyo Ri’s music video. However, not even one of our posters was seen anywhere,” ...

Danny Ahn never thought that Rain would make it big

Life is really unpredictable, isn’t it? Former G.O.D member, Danny Ahn revealed recently on a program that he had never thought that Rain would cut it in the industry and never dreamt that that he would become a global popstar today.Danny Ahn mention in the program, “Rain was only a trainee at that time while the group I was in, G.O.D was the most popular group then. I often pointed out to Rain that he should learn how to control where he is looking at when facing the cameras. I will always add a sentence saying, “You can’t cut it.” Kim Tae Woo ...

Big Bang's 2nd Japan Mini Album "WITH U"

Jacket: Unavailable at the momentRelease Date: 2008/05/28Label: YG ENT. JAPAN/ Village AgainCD: 1Product Number: VYGJ-0002The topic of conversation! Debuted in January 2008 and became the topic of interest, it’s Big Bang.The contents of their upcoming album are a collection of their past hits and a new song+single.The focus of the album is new song “With You”, a dance number with their R&B color!Also, Maroon 5 remake number “This Love” and first Japanese song “My Girl” included!The perfect album with a strong POP feel by Korea’s No. 1.Special ...

UN ambassador KC Concepcion celebrates birthday with orphans

Young actress and United Nations World Food Programme national ambassador KC Concepcion meaningfully celebrated her birthday ...

Jiro Wang, Genie Zhou share the joy of milking

Jiro Wang (second to the left), Genie Zhou and Danson Tang helped blind children make cookies yesterday. The three jokes around while working.Milking for the first time, Jiro Wang Dong Cheng (Da Dong) doesn’t care about his idol status, blurted out: “The feeling is very different.”On the 2nd, Da Dong, along with Genie and Danson, for CTV and GTV’s idol drama Fan Gun Ba! Dan Chow Fan <翻滾吧! 蛋炒飯>, involved blind children in experiencing the joy of milking. The three in their work, experienced the paradise of acting as shepherds: at the time, ...

Edison Chen to film movie in Singapore

His scandal has made him even more famous overnight in USA, he doesnt need HK:Edison Chen to film movie in SingaporeHe said 'I quit' to the Hong Kong entertainment industry just 35 days ago.But it seems this declaration will not spell the end of Edison Chen, not with his alleged forays into Hollywood and now, Singapore.A report from Apple Daily said that the star of the recent sex scandal may be coming to Singapore to film a movie, with sultry siren Shu Qi no less.The movie, said to be a arthouse love story, is a collaboration between an unknown ...

Super Junior's Shin Dong's surprise solo debut

Super Junior's Shin-dong has completed the first solo recording since his debut! He has rapped the OST song "Don't Cry," ...

"Speed Racer" Rain Favors Hong Kong

South Korean actor Jung Ji-hoon ®, also known as Rain, is seen in a scene from "Speed Racer." The star has announced an ...

SS501’s April Fool’s Day joke

SS501, who has been active promoting “Deja Vu,” played an April Fool’s Day joke on the DSP Entertainment staff. SS501 said that it was going to stop being singers.“I didn’t realize that it was April Fool’s Day so I was really surprised when SS501 members said that they would stop activities. I fell for it and got worried for a while,” a DSP official said on April 2.“After a while, I knew that SS501 just played an April Fool’s Day joke. But still, I didn’t easily recover after the shock that I got when they said they’ll stop being singers,” continued ...

Super Junior, 1st fan meeting in Japan

Super Junior is holding its first fan meeting called “SUPER JUNIOR 1st PREMIUM EVENT in JAPAN” on July 8 at Nippon Budokan. ...

Lucky fans to be chosen to appear in CM with Arashi

As a promotional campaign for Arashi's first prime time variety show, "Himitsu no Arashi-chan!," several fans are being selected to appear in a television commercial for the program.TBS is working with major newspapers to include "tickets" in their issues, and the lucky winners will be chosen from those who mail in a ticket. Those selected will appear in a 15-second ad, in which the members of Arashi pass on a secret to them.The television program starts on April 10th.source: Tokyogr ...

Lee Jun-ki Chosen as New Model for Pepsi

Popular Korean actor Lee Jun-ki has been chosen as the new model for Pepsi Cola in China along with other young Asian celebrities including Jolin and Louis Koo of Hong Kong.Lee's management agency said Pepsi chose the Korean actor as its new model for Chinese-speaking countries for his popularity in the region, which was clearly demonstrated during his recent promotional tour in Hong Kong and China. Singer Rain was a former Pepsi model for Chinese-speaking regions.On April 1, Lee attended a Pepsi Family press event held in Hong Kong. The management ...

Shinhwa to be on hiatus for at least 3-5 years due to military duty

It will take at least 3 years and at most 5 years to see idol group Shinhwa - who just celebrated their 10th anniversary - on the same stage again, as the members will be consecutively reporting for mandatory military duties.The oldest member, Eric, is likely to be the first to enlist. Born in 1979, Eric will start filming a KBS2 drama in April, and enlist in Sept/Oct after the filming wraps up. Similarly for 1979-born Kim Dongwan, he will be placing his focus on his solo album activities. Although he says he is unsure about his plans thereafter, ...

Is Joo going to be forgotten ‘Like Yesterday’?

JYP's hidden jewel, Joo, is going to return to the stage with a new performance from her album '남자 때문에 (Because of A Man)'. Joo is going to begin her activities with a remake of J's single '어제처럼 (Like Yesterday)'.Joo's remake single is causing quite a stir amongst music fans. It's already appearing in Cyworld music charts, and gaining lots of attention. Joo said that she is honored to get a chance to sing a song that gained so much popularity and love for senior singer, J. She added, "I will work extra hard on my performances to satisfy fans' expectations."Joo ...

Music Core made cuter by the Wonder Girls Mcing

Wonder Girls were out in full force MCing MBC Music Core last Saturday in the absence of regular host and Big Bang member, ...

Korean Idol Groups to Sing "We are the Future"

Korea representive idol groups would all take part in the Korean version of “We are the World”SoNyuhShiDae SS501 SuperJunior Jewelry BrownEyedGirls etc, Korea’s most refreshing idol groups would take part in the upcoming May recording of SBS ‘Hope TV 24 hours’ and plans to sing the ‘Hope Song’ together.On April 1st at Seoul Kangnam, they will be recording the “Hope Song” and all proceeds from the song after the broadcast are planned to go into the charity.All of Korea’s highest popularity idol groups gathering together has lead to many people paying ...

Rain & BoA’s voice insurance

How much are Rain and BoA’s voices insured?The value of the two stars’ voices were examined in MBC Every1’s “Magazine One,” ...

Wheesung, “Love Seat” single

Today, April 1, Wheesung’s last recorded song before having a vocal cord operation in February was released as a digital single entitled “Love Seat,” which was written and composed by Humming Urban Stereo’s Lee Ji Rin.According to Orange Shock, Wheesung’s label, the song is a fusion of fresh acid jazz style music with Wheesung’s sweet vocals. Wheesung said that he felt awkward singing the song because it was his first time to try this genre but was satisfied with the results.Meanwhile, the song will be used as the theme song for So Ji Sup and Lee ...

Shinhwa's Andy and Jun Jin Drinks Alot

K-1 Fighter, Choi Hong Man revealed on MBC "Come to Play" that Shinhwa members Jun Jin and Andy Lee are hardcore drinkers."They have fun with alcohol," he explained. "Whenever we meet up, we always end up drinking."Choi Hong Man revealed that he himself can consume a lot of alcohol. However, he admitted that when it came to these two boys, especially Andy, he gets scared to the point that he "runs away."The episode aired on March 31, 2008.source:allk ...

Super Junior China Wave 2

News update has just been released on Sohu. According to the report April 1st is not Suju China's debut but instead it is still part of the preparations.Instead starting from April 2nd, the members will gradually appear in the china media. The offical Debut will be april 8th with an MV.Following. on April 9h they are scheduled to have the first offical subgroup interview with Sohu. source: SohuTranslated: Hong ...

Hollywood remakes My Sassy Girl

The trailer to the Hollywood remake of the hit movie My Sassy Girl has been leaked. Judging from the preview, Hollywood ...

Kangta joins the army on April 1. Hyesung, Lee Jihoon came to see off their friend

At 1 pm on April 1, male singer Kangta was attending in government addition Multi-battalion 306 at Kyung Jeong Do. He will start his life as a soldier over there with 4 to 5 weeks recruit training.There were many fans have attended to say good-bye to Kangta, among them there were many audience from overseas such as Thailand, China... Even the old women also went to see off Kangta.Moreover, his close friends in show biz such as Shin Hye Sung (Shinhwa), Lee Ji Hoon and Kim Min Jong also came to say good-bye to him Source: http://krfilm.net/f/t-16101-1-1- ...

Nicholas Teo was both cool and smiling

Nicholas Teo started work as early as 6am two days ago. It was for photo and television advertisement shooting of the endorsement product, LG new model handphone.(Kuala Lumpur) After being busy with his first major concert, Nicholas Teo throws himself into the task of ad-shooting for LG KF510 handphone which he currently endorses. The director requires of him to continue playing cool. However, Nicholas was afraid that it would be overly fake so he still put on smiles and be his own self."It's fine if you want me to smile, but playing cool is not ...

S.H.E return to work after break , no stop earning money

S.H.E’s Hebe welcomed her 25th birthday today; this is S.H.E’s seventh year in the line! Yesterday when Hebe return to work with her two Laopos in Taipei for the shooting of a fast food ad, she sighed, “Time past really fast, I’m another year older.” Despite Hebe’s sigh, the 3 won the advertiser over with their energetic and healthy image and replaced idol LeeHom Wang and good friend Elva Hsiao as the endorser for China area, earning a handsome 8 digit figure into their pockets. Regarding the recent rumour of “Tie Xiong Nan”, the recording company ...

Fahrenheit official website; Arron Yan got left out

Fahrenheit international official website is opening soon, Wu Chun, Jiro Wang, Calvin Chen, Arron Yan took new pictures for the website, each of them standing in a corner, but their body look different, especially Arron Yan, he looks really small on the picture, you can't see his picture clearly, causing the talk of "leaving Arron out", Manager company Comic Co. answered "actually its the problem of the background picture"Four of them standing front and back, not leaving Arron outChun, Jiro, Calvin and Arron have no problem standing in a straight ...

Shinhwa Andy likes pure and innocent girls like YoonA

“I like pure and innocent girls, someone like YoonA.”Andy from Shinhwa was on MBC “Golden Fishery: Radio Star” on 26th March ...

Yoona Guest Appearance on Drama

SNSD member YoonA is becoming a homeless person.YoonA is doing a cameo as the homeless girl, MiAe on MBC drama ‘Woman Of ...

Girls to be Ballerinas

Female group SNSD is coming out on KBS Happy Sunday - High Five dressed as ballerinas and is going to compete with the High Five members.For their 26th job/profession, High Five is challenging ballerinas and they did this at the Universal Ballet in Seoul. They recieved coaching from top ballerina, Kang Aena.On this day, the producer only told MC Ji SukJin the theme and kept it a secret to the other members until the filming. After the theme was revealed the members were shocked that they had to wear a ballet outfit. After finding out that they ...

DBSK Concert – sudden price increase for tickets

‘A few days ago the price tickets for the Shanghai concert suddenly went up catching the fans off guard. The organisation explained that because changes had to be made for the stage, production costs increased resulting in the price change for the tickets. However, the fans don’t understand why the most important – stage design – would change now, just as tickets are about to go on sale.Fans claim that it appears prices are getting cut, but in reality, they’re ‘stealing’ money.On the 31st of May, DBSK will be holding their concert in Shanghai. ...

FT Island concert in Malaysia CANCELLED (again)

News just in. The FT Island 1st Live in Malaysia concert has been cancelled.K-popped! got the news from the grapevine and sent a message to a representative of C.I. Entertainment, the organiser of the event, asking whether the news is true.The reply, in an SMS read: "Yes is cancel. I don know wat's the reason. cuz is a direct msg from my directors..we r very sorry about this."------------It is 6.30pm on Sunday (March 30) and the atmosphere outside Sunway Lagoon’s Elephant Walk Entrance is somber.Many fans are shocked and in disbelief that the FT ...

Big Bang Member Dae Sung Wants a Scandal

Big Bang Member Dae Sung is turning 20 next month has revealed he wants to have a scandal with the upcoming new age.On an episode of Star Golden Bell, which aired on the 29th, Dae Sung was asked, "now that you are 20, what is something you wish for?"Dae Sung replied with, "I want to have a scandal with Jessica Alba."source: allk ...

SHINHWA 9th jib SP edition sold out

Popularity male group SHINHWA their 10th year anniversary special album Sold Out.SHINHWA will be releasing their 9th album Special Limited Edition on April 3rd, the Limited 50000 were sold out within 1 week.SHINHWA management company GOODemg express "9th jib Special Limited Edition had already out out, we already had receive many request on printing more." "Because in the album comes with a free photobook, thus it's even special."In this concert because is SHINHWA's last concert before their enlistment, they had receive attentions from the fans ...

Super Junior Han Kyung is Stylish

Super Junior's Chinese member Han Kyung has been awarded the title, Most Stylish Male Artist of 2007 in China.Han Kyung ...

Wonder Girls Advertises Pizza

Barely a month since reaching Korea from their America trip and yet another CF in the bag for the Wonder Girls. Their popularity ...

Kim Hee Chul gets a Nose Job

Super Junior’s, Hee Chul, is getting some Rhinoplasty, the technical term for nose plastic surgery.On March 9th, Hee Chul was said to have fallen down a flight of stairs as a result of blurred vision from Lasik Eye Surgery. The fall was said to be minor but it did lead him with an injured nose.Recently there is a huge debate among netizens on whether this incident actually took place, but either true or false SM has admit they will be sending Hee Chul into the hospital for Rhinoplasty.Source: Newyorkcityse ...

TVXQ set to release “History in Japan Vol. 3”

Are you upset that you were unable to see world renown boy band TVXQ perform and promote in Japan? No worries, the boys are releasing their DVD, "History in Japan Vol. 3" on March 28, 2008. And it has already been on sale in Japan since March 12, 2008.The first DVD, "History in Japan Vol. 1" was released in 2006.The disc includes the group's 10th Japanese single, "Choosey Lover," their Oricon number one hit, "Purple Line," and several other songs including special footage of the boy's and their "episodes." But, that's not all! The DVD is also packed ...

So Nyeo Shi Dae Star Photo Pictorial

Following the success of So Nyeo Shi Dai Star Photos pictorial featuring Tae Yeon, Hyo Yeon and Seo Hyun two weeks ago, they have now released part two of three today to continue on their momentumThe concept for part two of their pictorial is “super popularity school girls” and features So Nyeo Shi Dae members Soo Young, Jessica and Yuri this time.Compared to the sexy photoshoots done commonly by female artistes in Korea, So Nyeo Shi Dae photoshoots is focused on using their youthful charms as the selling point and they hope to win the affection ...

SuJu’s Donghae farts the most

Super Junior members unanimously voted Donghae as the biggest farter of the group. The dance party on the go member even ...

Eric to serve as Civilian

"Giving up his American permanent citizenship" Eric, Reason why he is not serving in the military but in civil officeEric Mun Jung Hyuk will be serving in September this year. But because of his accident in early 2006 while filming a TV drama, he finally received the judgment that he will serve as civilian officer.As the leader of a 10 year 6 men boyband, as well as an actor, Eric through a source close to him told Money Today Star in an interview that Eric had "given up his permanent residents in the States early 2000, and had chosen to serve ...

SM changes strategy for ZhuChenChen - new member of SJ

Recently, Chinese entertainment industry has been full of rumors that famous Korean boyband Super Junior will add Zhu Chen Chen- the second Chinese member who will appear this July. SM doesn’t want to make a big noise in public to avoid disorder caused by fans as the case of Henry before. However, after knowing this, fans of SJ had other actions to prevent adding more members into SJ. Now, they have collected 1 billion won to buy stock of SM.To deal with this action, SM changes strategy for new member Zhu Chen Chen. According to a newest information, ...

Lee Dong Gun brings his brother’s urn back to Korea

Lee Dong Gun returned to Korea via Incheon Airport at around 6pm yesterday evening with his brother’s urn. He wore the customary ...

Ethan Ruan and Chen Qiao En “goes to bed again”, netizens criticize

Ever since Ethan Ruan and Chen Qiao En “sleep” up the ratings in TTV/SETTV’s “Fated To Love You”, the production unit redoubled their efforts and continues to let the two of them have a bed scene on a haystack. But some netizens object and feel that if a television station keeps on promoting “bed scene”, it’s an “insult” to the matured female audience. The promotion method becomes the subject of discussion at the official website’s forum.“Fated To Love You” shot to the top of the ratings when it aired and even broke idol drama records. In the beginning, ...

Kangta: “TVXQ not given the credit…"

Kangta’s guesting in KBS Cool FM “Yoon Do Hyun’s Music Show” last March 26 was a fun and touching one.The fun part was when the staff made an on-air call with TVXQ without Kangta initially knowing who was really on the phone. U-Know was actually on the phone but changed his voice and impersonated a hardcore Kangta fan.“Who are you and where are you from?” asked Kangta.“I’m Kim Won Joong from Incheon,” U-Know said, without Kangta noticing who he was really talking to. When U-Know eventually made himself known, Kangta was overjoyed.It was also during ...

Kim Jung Eun’s digital single

SBS announced on the 29th that the theme song of the music talk show “Kim Jung Eun’s Chocoloate,” entitled “Chocolate,” will be put in the market as a digital single.“Chocolate,” which is a ballad song about a first love that is as sweet as chocolate, will be made available online on the 31st. Even the music video, which has scenes during Kim Jung Eun’s recording of the song, will also be released on the same day.“The full amount generated from the sale of the single will be donated to the less fortunate,” SBS announced.Source: Yonhaptranslations: ...

March 28: GLOBAL WARNING TOUR 2008

BIG BANG successfully finished its first concert in its “GLOBAL WARNING TOUR 2008″ in front of 3,000 fans at the Tokyo CJB ...

FT Island press conference in Malaysia

After a successful concert tour in their native South Korea, FT Island has now descended upon Malaysia to give us a taste of their music in the FT Island 1st Live in Malaysia concert.The concert will be held tomorrow (March 30) at the Sunway Lagoon Amphitheatre.The boys debuted in June 2007, but have already scooped up numerous New Artist awards back home. They won at the 2007 Asia Song Festival, 2007 Mnet Music Festival and the 2007 Golden Disk Award.While the conditions surrounding the PC with FT Island in Malaysia on March 28 was a nightmare, ...

14 artist to come to Korean Music Festival

an update on Korean music festival…The 4th set of artist was released and the 5th set will be released on the 1st of April.Artists:[] Fly To The Sky[] SG Wannabe[] Super Junior T[] Wonder Girls[] Lee Hyori[] Ock Ju Hyun[] Tae Jin Ah[] Eru[] Shin Joong Hyun[] Yun Hyung Joo[] Kim Se Hwan[] Choi Baek Ho[] Jung Hoon Hee[] Dong Bang Shin GiCREDITS TO kh ...

Lyn Tries to End Rumors with Suju Kangin

Singer Lyn who has been under heavy accusations by netizens who believe she is dating Super Junior member Kangin, has decided she wants to end the supposed "relationship".Lyn who originally wanted to ignore all of the rumors, had enough and made a public statement via her Cyworld mini homepage. Lyn stated that she is "only friends with Kangin, who she adores as a baby brother."In closing, Lyn said to Kangin in a very friendly manner, "perhaps we were too close, let's try to be a bit more careful."source: allk ...

Kim Ji Hoon streaks through Myungdong

Actor Kim Ji Hoon actually had to streak through Seoul’s busy Myungdong district for his new show, Why Did You Come To Our ...

Wu Zun enjoys the happiness of having two wives, does not forget to flirt with Xiao Zhu

Wu Zun and good friend Luo Zhi Shiang (Shiao Zhu) who worked together in “Hot Shot” <藍球火>, both held endorsement conferences on the 28th, the two both say that they aren’t scared to compare popularity. However, Wu Zun’s endorsement was a $138, 000 massage chair, while unit price forcing Xiao Zhu had a $20 (Taiwan Dollar by the way…) pack of chips. But Xiao Zhu’s endorsement includes China, Hong Kong and Taiwan three places, earning near $14, 000, 000, winning Wu Zun’s endorsement of $6 000 000 which only includes the Taiwan area.Even though ...

X Japan announces Paris show in July

The first of X Japan's three reunion concerts took place on Friday. Before the second concert on Saturday, the band held ...

Who is Betty La Fea?

It really seems all this Betty La Fea fever isn’t fanning out soon. While a number of girls’ names have already surfaced on possibly portraying the lead role of the Philippine adaptation of the popular telenovela, madaming nagsasabi si Bea Alonzo na nga daw ang number one candidate….And she doesn’t know yet!Well the production people are said to be meeting about it already and in the pre-prod process and writing the show, they already have Bea in mind and as a peg for the role. Well they better hope that Bea will really welcome the chance to do ...

Kristine Hermosa – one big pa-singit?

Hmmmm…. Some people can be so frank and mean.Well you know that One Big Love is such a big-hit, proving once again the mettle of the Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby loveteam. And of course sprinkled with Kristine Hermosa who has her own long list of blockbuster films on her belt, talagang it was a sure-fire hit that wouldn’t have tanked.But some people are saying na even without Kristine Hermosa in the cast, the movie would still have been a big hit.First of all, Kristine was radiant in the movie. She has definitely improved her acting chops and her ...

Angela Zhang basking in romance using her illness as an excuse?

According to the Taiwanese media, Angela Zhang has been in Canada since applying for leave in February 2008 and was diagnosed ...

SNSD Tae Yeon to be Radio DJ

Highly capable entertainer Jo Jung-Rin is leaving MBC FM4U’s ‘Close Friends.’Jo Jung-Rin, who first grabbed the microphone as a DJ in April of 2004, decided to finish the Spring season and step down from the position she has held for the past four years.One official at MBC radio said: “For a variety of reasons the withdrawal of Jo Jung-Rin’s position has been decided. SNSD’s Taeyeon is in the strongest position to become the replacement.”Taeyeon has been confirmed as the new DJ and will have her first broadcast on April 8th. source: SNSD Fans ...

Pop idol Teppei Koike to play homeless teen in film

Pop idol Teppei Koike, 22, of the popular singing duo WaT, will play a homeless teen in a film based on a best-seller written by a comedian, film producer Toho says. Koike will play a 14-year-old teen who spends his summer holidays in a park after his parents separate due to bankruptcy. The book “Homeless Teen (Homeless Chugakusei)” was written by comedian Hiroshi Tamura, 28, last year, based on his true experience. Two million copies of the book have been sold so far.The film is scheduled to be released this autumn. source: japanto ...

KangTa's Favorite Hoobae, Super Junior Dong Hae sheds Tears

On 'Super Show', Super Junior member Donghae got the chance to perform the song 'My Everything'. It turns out that this ...

Shinhwa’s Andy was Originally an H.O.T. member

Ten years later, the truth that Andy Lee, a member of the group Shinhwa, was originally supposed to be an H.O.T. member was exposed.This 10-year secret was revealed on March 22nd on KBS2TV "Happy Together - Memory Challenge Song," where ex-H.O.T. member Moon Hee Jun spoke of the birth and the never revealed behind-the-scenes stories of H.O.T.H.O.T. originally started off with 10 members with an elimination process, until the members Moon Hee Jun, Kang Ta, Jang Woo Hyuk, Tony An, Lee Jae Won, AND Andy Lee remained.However, because Tony An and Andy ...

SHINHWA vs Kangta concert

Group SHINHWA & HOT member Kangta will be holding a large scale concert in Seoul on the same day.SHINHWA on 29th ~ 30th March will be holding their 10 years anniversary concert in Seoul Olympic Garden Stadium with title "SHINHWA MUST GO ON - 10th Anniversary Live". And at the same day, Kangta will be holding his large scale concert in Seoul YeonSeDae hall with title "Eternity - Forever" & fanmeeting. In the 90s HOT & SHINHWA was a pretty boy dance group which had gained popularity after their debut, surely their concert will catch lots ...

Hyeon Bin, Screen Comeback with movie "I Am Happy"

After two years, Hyeon Bin will be coming back to the screen since "A Millionaire's First Love". He wasn't involved in anything after drama "Snow Queen".On the 20th, he posted a message at his fan café titled, 'You've waited a long time', revealing his comeback. "I'm really busy these days. I've been trying to prepare a good work for our family, but it's taking longer than I thought". He revealed the reason why he hasn't been coming out a lot.He also said, "I'm going to be filming a movie from next week. It's a movie called "I Am Happy", and many ...

Seung Ri Embarrasses Big Bang

When Big Bang members were imposed with the question of who's the most embarrassing to hang out with, they all answered, Seung Ri.On KBS2 TV's Star Golden Bell which aired on the 29th, fellow Big Bang member Dae Sung even stated "Whenever Seung Ri is in a good mood, he starts acting very strange." source: Allk ...

TVXQ credit card

Members of TVXQ not only grace the pages of magazines or posters but also a credit card.The said credit card, which has ...

Isak acts in a musical

Isak (23) of the duo IsakNJiyeon will debut as an actor in the musical “The Life” on May 2 at the Hanjun Art Center in Seoul. ...

Epik High 5th album, coming soon

Epik High is set for its 5th album comeback in mid-April!This great news was posted by Tablo in an entry, which he titled “Epik News,” in his mini homepage on March 22. Tablo posted that the album is called “Pieces, Part One,” which he explained is, by far, “the most personal work” he has done. He also mentioned that for 3 months, his life just revolved around the recording room. source: http://krnloop.wordpress. ...

13 JYP trainees down to 10

10 final trainee members of JYP’s male group, who were featured in the Mnet program “Hot Blood Boys,” successfully held ...

Lee Dong Gun to debut in Japan as singer

Lee Dong Gun, who is currently facing the tragic death of his younger brother, is going to debut in Japan as a singer and ...

Super Junior leaves MCountdown

Super Junior is leaving the MC seat of Mnet “MCountdown” after 2 years and 4 months of hosting the said show. The episode ...