Big Bang once again does it! All tickets sold out in Hong Kong!

Big Bang showed off their popularity across the globe.

On September 26, according to a Chinese Media, Morning Post, 35,000 tickets of Big Bang’s solo concert, which is to be held on December 8 in Hong Kong, were sold out in less than one hour.

The media reveals, “Big Bang’s tickets were sold out at an unbelievable speed. We decided to have another concert, but the ticketing of that concert sold out as fast as the previous one.”

Therefore, Big Bang’s concert are sold out once again after their ticketing in the U.S. They are showing how popular and how strong their brand power is because they have not done a single promotion in those countries.

The ticketing of Big Bang’s world tour, Big Bang Alive Galaxy Tour 2012 that was held at California and New Jersey on September 22, was also sold out in less than two hours.

Big Bang is preparing for the concert at California’s Honda Center on September 3, and at New Jersey Prudential Center on September 9, which are popular stages for world-renowned pop stars.

Besides the U.S and Hong Kong, Big Bang’s tickets have all been sold out in Korea, Japan(5 cities), China(3 cities), Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines, and Malaysia. Most of those countries have had 10,000 seats, and it was Big Bang’s first visit to their countries.

Big Bang’s world tour that has been hosted by the world-renowned performing company, Live Nation, received positive reviews with their fancy videos and high quality live performances.

Starting from September 28 at Singapore, Big Bang will be heading on a world tour until December.

Source: Starnews

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2NE1’s Gong Min Ji and her puppy stick out their tongues

Recently, the girl group 2NE1’s Gong Min Ji revealed a picture taken with her pet dog.

On September 26, the star tweeted the picture with the comment “Merong to you all! Hehe! Here’s a double-Merong!”

In the picture, Gong is sticking out her tongue with her pet, Doggie, which she holds in her arms, and shows off her cute charm. The big fedora and sunglasses she wears reveal her particular sense of fashion, attracting eyes.

Netizens who saw the posting commented: “They look cute.” “Min Ji and the puppy look alike.”

Source: Starnews

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B1A4’s first exclusive concert to be held in December

The male “idol” group B1A4 (composed of Jinyoung, Baro, Sandeul, CNU, and Gongchan) is to hold its first exclusive concert.

The concert along, with a fan meeting, is to take place on the 8th and the 9th of December at the Olympic Handball Arena in the Seoul Olympic Park. It is the group’s first exclusive concert since its debut.

B1A4 debuted with an EP titled Let’s Fly in 2011, and after a year and seven months, they are finally holding an exclusive concert. The group has advanced dramatically among its peer “idol” groups and has received a rookie award.

Also, the group has been busy giving performances both at home and abroad.

In June this year, the boys officially debuted in Japan and ranked in the upper rankings on the Oricon chart as well as in first place on the daily rankings of Tower Records, turning on a green light for their activities abroad.

On the 29th of August, their second Japanese single, Good Night, was released, targeting many Japanese fans.

Source: Starnews

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2NE1′s Sandara Park plays a guitar

2NE1′s Sandara Park recently released a picture of herself playing a guitar.

On September 25, Park uploaded a picture of herself on her me2day account with the comment, “I got this guitar as a gift when I went to LA. I’m practicing a song now. I learned only two measures, but it’s really difficult. When would I be able to play well? I’ll try hard.”

In the picture, Park is focusing on playing a guitar. She looks innocent and attractive.

People responded: “Sandara Park is so pretty.” “I want to listen to Sandara Park’s guitar-playing.” “Sandara Park looks awesome.” “I feel so nervous that I cannot even look at her face.” “Please cheer up.”

Source: TV Report

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SNSD’s Yoona shows off her game-playing skills

SNSD’s Yoona shows off her game-playing skills.

In a TV commercial for the LG Cinema 3D Smart TV Magic Remote Control, Yoona shows off her game-playing skills.

Yoona shows off her game-playing skills with the Magic Remote Control in front of Sooyoung and Sunny, who have difficult times playing the games with a regular remote control. This scene is to show one of the characteristics of the Magic Remote Control, which can be operated without much difficulty.

On the set, Yoona enjoyed the Smart TV games with the Magic Remote Control.

Yoona also surprised Sooyoung, Sunny, and the crew by showing off her great game-playing skills for various games uploaded on the LG Cinema 3D Smart TV’s Game World, including the games she played in the commercial.

People responded: “Yoona is not only pretty but also good at playing games.” “The remote control looks really pretty because Yoona is operating it.” “SNSD members look lovely even when they’re playing games.”

Some deleted scenes of the commercial can be watched on LG TV Blog.

Source: Sports Korea

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JYJ’s Kim Jae Joong ranks high on Japanese charts

JYJ’s Kim Jae Joong is drawing a lot of attention by ranking high on every Japanese chart.

Japanese magazine Anan recently did a survey asking, “What is your favorite Hallyu TV series?” SBS’s Protect The Boss, in which Kim appeared, ranked first.

Kim also ranked third, following Hyun Bin, on the survey of ‘Japanese women’s favorite Korean actor.’

The fashion magazine, which sells around 300 thousand copies every week since 1970, is well known as a publication that features the top stars. The magazine is also very popular among girls from their 20s through 30s.

The series was aired on Japanese TBS in July and received considerable attention. The ‘Protect The Boss Kim Jae Joong Special Making DVD,’ which will be released in November, ranked first on a chart as soon as they started to receiving reservation offers.

A Japanese official says, “Kim has many fans who love him in Japan. His series made him even more popular all across the country.”

Kim will start going on an Asian fan meeting tour on October 20 in China.

Source: TV Report

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SHINee’s ‘Dazzling Girl’ short PV revealed

Boy group SHINee has unveiled the short version PV of their upcoming Japanese single Dazzling Girl.

Dazzling Girl marks the group’s second Japanese single for this year as well as their fifth single overall. The song speaks of a plain girl who becomes dazzling under the premise of love and she gets the help of the five SHINee members to achieve her dreams. Each member is in charge of her makeup, style, and look.

Check out the short PV for the song. What do you think of it so far?

SHINee will release Dazzling Girl on October 10th in three editions.

Source: EMIMusicJapan
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JYJ’s Kim Jun Su ranks first with his original soundtrack for a TV series

JYJ’s Kim Jun Su recently ranked first on several online music charts with his original soundtrack “Love is Like a Snowflake” of KBS’s series Innocent Man.

As soon as the song was released, Kim showed off his power by ranking first on the real time charts of Bugs, Daum Music, and Cyworld Music.

The song features Kim’s unique voice and delicate emotions. In the fourth episode of the series, which aired last week, Kim made a surprise appearance through the song and received considerable attention.

Kim has been releasing several popular original soundtracks, including, “You are so Beautiful” of Scene of a Woman and “I Hate Love” of Protect The Boss.

Source: Starnews

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SHINee and TVXQ take a picture with Tony Testa

roup SHINee recently took a picture with TVXQ and international choreographer Tony Testa.

On September 26, Key posted a picture on his me2day account with the comment, “Tony Testa, who created choreography for SHINee’s “Sherlock” and TVXQ’s “Catch Me,” came to see us in concert. We can’t wait to listen to the song “Catch Me.”"

In the picture, SHINee members are intimately posing with Tony Testa and TVXQ members. They put their arms around each other and drew a lot of attention.

Tony Testa also received considerable attention by creating choreography for the song “Sherlock” and TVXQ’s new title song “Catch Me.”

People who saw the picture responded: “It’s good to see you so close to each other.” “I can’t wait to listen to TVXQ’s new song and see the new choreography.” “I want to see the performance soon.”

TVXQ released their sixth EP Catch Me on September 24.

Source: Starnews

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B1A4’s first exclusive concert to be held in December

The male “idol” group B1A4 (composed of Jinyoung, Baro, Sandeul, CNU, and Gongchan) is to hold first exclusive concert.

The concert along with a fan meeting is to take place on the 8th and the 9th of December at the Olympics Handball Arena in the Seoul Olympic Park. It is the group’s first exclusive concert to be held since they debuted.

B1A4 debuted with the EP titled Let’s Fly in 2011, and after a year and seven months, they are finally holding an exclusive concert. Members showed a dramatic growth among its peer “idol” groups by receiving a rookie award.

Also, the group was busy giving performances both at home and abroad.

In June this year, the boys officially debuted in Japan and ranked in higher rankings on the Oricon chart as well as in the first place of the daily rankings of the Tower Records, turning on green light to their activities abroad.

On the 29th of August, their second Japanese single Good Night was released targeting many Japanese fans.

Source: Starnews

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Big Bang once again does it! All tickets sold out in Hong Kong!

Big Bang showed off their popularity across the globe.

On September 26, according to a Chinese Media, Morning Post, 35,000 tickets of Big Bang’s solo concert, which is to be held on December 8 in Hong Kong, were sold out in less than one hour.

The media reveals, “Big Bang’s tickets were sold out at an unbelievable speed. We decided to have another concert, but the ticketing of that concert sold out as fast as the previous one.”

Therefore, Big Bang’s concert are sold out once again after their ticketing in the U.S. They are showing how popular and how strong their brand power is because they have not done a single promotion in those countries.

The ticketing of Big Bang’s world tour, Big Bang Alive Galaxy Tour 2012 that was held at California and New Jersey on September 22, was also sold out in less than two hours.

Big Bang is preparing for the concert at California’s Honda Center on September 3, and at New Jersey Prudential Center on September 9, which are popular stages for world-renowned pop stars.

Besides the U.S and Hong Kong, Big Bang’s tickets have all been sold out in Korea, Japan(5 cities), China(3 cities), Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines, and Malaysia. Most of those countries have had 10,000 seats, and it was Big Bang’s first visit to their countries.

Big Bang’s world tour that has been hosted by the world-renowned performing company, Live Nation, received positive reviews with their fancy videos and high quality live performances.

Starting from September 28 at Singapore, Big Bang will be heading on a world tour until December.

Source: Starnews

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Psy appears on McDonald’s French fries shaker bag in Malaysia

The world-star Psy has appeared in McDonald’s French fries shaker bag.

Recently, a posting titled “How Psy shakes French fries in Malaysia” on an online community board.

The posting introduces a way to enjoy French fries shaker at the McDonald’s. If you look at the bottom line, it suggest consumers to put seasoning in the bag and shake it as one dances the horse riding dance of Psy’s “Gangnam Style.”

Netizens who saw the posting commented: “They’ve got some brilliant ideas there.” “Psy’s popularity soars.” “Let’s shake it like Gangnam style?”

Source: TV Report

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Super Junior’s Leeteuk expresses his feelings prior to joining the Army

Super Junior’s Leeteuk recently expressed his feelings prior to joining the Army.

On September 25, Leeteuk tweeted, “Things I Can See Only When I Stop written by Buddhist priest Haemin. This might be the most needed phrase for me. I have just been running forward. I should stop for a while to reflect on myself and to look around. I will try to become a better person.”

People who saw the tweet responded: “I hope you have safe trip to the Army.” “It will be a nice experience for you.” “I think life has become complicated prior to him joining the Army.”

Leeteuk will enter the 306 military training camp in Euijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province on October 30 and serve his duty in the Army.

Source: Starnews

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Super Junior’s Kyuhyun: “She is my idol but she only likes SHINee’s Onew”

Super Junior’s Kyuhyun recently released a picture he took with actress Kim Jung Nan.

On September 25, Kyuhyun tweeted a picture with the comment, “Finally this week. An idol for younger men and me, Park Min Sook. But she only likes SHINee’s Onew.”

In the picture, Kyuhyun is smiling next to Kim and Kim is staring at the camera while standing arm in arm with Kyuhyun. Kim previously tweeted a picture and proved that she is a fan of Onew.

Kim, however, saw Kyuhyun’s comment and made people laugh by replying, “Kyuhyun, you’re attractive too.” People who saw the picture responded: “I envy Kim standing next to Kyuhyun.” “Kim is an attractive woman!” “They both look good.”

Source: TV Report

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Big Bang’s G-Dragon will hold a live concert on the Internet

Big Bang’s G-Dragon will hold a live concert for his new solo album.

On September 25 at 10:00 p.m., G-Dragon will perform live on Naver Music.

This is the second part of the event GD Countdown Live. Under the title of GD Friends Live, G-Dragon will sing “Missing You” and “Today” live.

G-Dragon will perform “Missing You” with the composer Lydia instead of Kim Yoon Ah, who was featured in the song. Lydia is a popular composer who has worked with many YG Entertainment artists.

He will sing “Today” alone without Nell’s vocalist Kim Jong Wan.

G-Dragon will also communicate with his fans on me2day and talk about the inside story of his new album.

G-Dragon released a new solo album, One of a Kind, on September 15 after a three-year absence.
Source: Starnews

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Psy says, “I was more successful in the U.S than I thought”

Singer Psy recently gave his thoughts on the achievements he made in the U.S.

Psy arrived at Incheon International Airport on September 25 at 5:00 a.m. Completely dressed in black, giving an accent to his look with pink, Psy smiled at crowds of reporters.

Because Psy has become a world-famous celebrity, the airport was filled with crowds of reporters, who came to interview him.

Psy said, “Thank you for coming to see me so early in the morning. I’ve worked really hard in the U.S. for three weeks. Many people supported me, so I was worried about the result in the U.S, but I was more successful than I thought. I feel good. I thank you all.”

Psy will have a press interview in the afternoon.

Source: TV Report

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Super Junior’s Leeteuk says, “Would such a hairstyle still fit me two years later?”

Super Junior’s Leeteuk recently expressed his feelings before joining the army.

On September 24, Leeteuk uploaded a picture of himself on his Twitter account with the comment, “This picture was taken when I was attending promotional events for the film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys. Maybe it was 2008. That kind of hairstyle was in fashion at that time. Would such a hairstyle still fit me two years later?”

In the picture, Leeteuk is wearing his brown hair in a ponytail. He’s especially attracting attention by expressing his sad feeling before joining the army.

People responded: “I think you can wear that hairstyle two years later.” “I can feel Leeteuk’s sad feeling.” “Please take care of yourself in the army. I want to see your ponytail two years later.”

Leeteuk will enter the 306 military training camp on October 30, receive military training for five weeks, and serve in the army for 21 months.

Source: TV Report

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SHINee’s Onew says, “My ideal types are Lee Na Young and Kim Jung Nan”

A charismatic pictorial of SHINee’s Onew was recently released.

Onew recently did a photo shoot for the October issue of the style magazine Singles. He was praised by the crew for his bold poses and provocative look in his eyes.

Onew also surprised the crew by posing on the edge of a tall building without hesitation.

In an interview conducted during the photo shoot, Onew was asked if there are any celebrities he likes, and he said, “I fell in love with Lee Na Young when she appeared on MBC TV’s Infinite Challenge, but I also like Kim Jung Nan because she said she likes me.”

Source: TV Report

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Super Junior’s Leeteuk will join the army on Oct. 30

Super Junior’s Leeteuk will join the army on October 30.

On September 25, SM Entertainment, Leeteuk’s agency, reported that Leeteuk will enter the 306 military training camp on October 30, receive military training for five weeks, and serve in the army for 21 months.

Debuting as a member of Super Junior in 2005, Leeteuk’s herniated lumbar disc worsened after he got into a big car accident in 2007. However, he had a strong will to join the army, so he has steadily received treatment.

Leeteuk is also popular as the host of SBS TV’s Star King and the regular guest of SBS TV’s Kang Shim Jang. Before he joins the army, he will leave the shows.

Super Junior have recently finished promoting their sixth album, Sexy, Free & Single.

Source: Xportsnews

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2NE1’s Sandara Park attracts eyes with a heart mark on her head

Sandara Park became an issue as she makes a heart shape on her half-shaved head.

Recently, Gong Min Ji of the same girl group tweeted a picture with the comment, “You have a great picture here. The other one was just to play around.”

Sandara Park appears in the picture. She is turning her head to an opposite direction from the camera and poses as if she is holding her tears. The heart shape on her half-shaved head draws particular attention.

Netizens who saw the posting commented: “The heart shape on Sandara Park’s half-shaved head looks cute.” “The heart looks really pretty.” “Only Sandara Park can stand having a heart on her half-shaved head.”

Source: TV Report

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