I know lately we haven’t been bringing the news that much to you guys. Well that’s because we have lives too (like me, working two jobs and going to school). But here is some K-Entertainment that’s out.

In Korea, a big number of women turned out to see Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution” it drew in 385,000 viewers nationwide in seven days since its release on November, 8th. I guess we know what women in their 30s living in Korea wants.
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Song Hye-Gyo is getting some help from Hollywood in her U.S debut by having her in one of their upcoming movies “Fetish”, where Hye-Gyo will play a woman with psychic abilities in this thriller. But first you can see her in an Nintendo DS CF.

Song Hye Kyo, Nintendo CF

The only thing I have to say..…..is anyone really waiting for her U.S debut, especially after her horrible acting in the movie “Hwang Jin Yi”?
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I know I did a post on Yoon Eun-Hye about her showing her goodies. Well this time I will give her some praise for her newly found talent as a model. Eun-hye will be seen in the Vogue magazine in their December 2007 issue and in Vogue Girl the Korean verson.

In the December issue of Vogue, she will take on the appearance as a…..swan? Yes! That is right! Using her acting abilities and new found model ability, she actually pulls it off gracefully.

And in Vogue Girl she is showing more of her sweet and seductive side.

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Speaking of Yoon Eun-Hye….she along with Rain were selected as China’s favorite Hallyu stars. Each receiving the highest votes taken from a Chinese website survey by the International Reelection Hallyu Channel. Eun-Hye received 2,811,769 votes in the female catogary and Rain received 2,193,388 votes in the male catogary.

But not everyone is loving Rain right now. Peta issued a complaint to the Kpop star for wearing fur. They released a statement asking Rain to stop wearing fur saying “You have said that you want to show American women ‘how sweet and loving Asian men are’. Correct us if we’re wrong, but wearing fur is anything but ’sweet’ and there is no ‘loving’ way to rip the skin off a still-twitching animal,”…

I have to say this…..has PETA run out of U.S stars to harasses now they have to pick on Rain. I mean he hasn’t even made his debut yet and they are already tarring his throat.
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Ivy should be receiving a sigh of relief after hearing that her ex-boyfriend whom was blackmailing her, was arrested and charged for blackmailing, sending threatening messages, and other charges. Even though Ivy has cancelled all of her Korean activates, she was recently seen on stage in Vancouver, Canada participating in a concert that was scheduled before the scandal broke out. She joined DJ Doc and Tei and others at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, where she received an overwhelming appreciation from the audience that it brought her to tears.

That’s good that she is receiving good will through this ruff patch, but……cough cough… WHERE IS THE SEX TAPE? Trust me I am not the only one thinking that.
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JYP has already started his comeback, but I am just wondering why. The dude cannot sing for the life of him…. I hate to say this, but I would rather hear Heechul sing before I listen to him. JYP may have the magic touch in finding talent, but the magic stops with him.

JYP - The House that You Live In & Kiss

Do people really like this?
and what the hell is up with his fashion sense…..

Is he taking fashion tips from Ugly Spice….hummm…..i mean Posh Spice?

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JYP’s little protégés the Wonder girls have a new basket Robbin CF.

Wonder Girls- Baskin Robins CF [ 35 version ]

They really are going to wear this dance out. Hahahahahah
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Lee Hyori will be featured in the December issue of Cosmo(Cosmopolitan) magazine in the spread labeled “Girl’s Party Best Friend” (what ever that’s suppose to mean)…..


and she also has an Soju CF out……

Lee Hyori’s management is saying that she will be taking a year off to attend college. Oh, now i get it….she is featured in the Cosmo spread named “Girl’s Party Best Friend” and she has an Soju cf out, and she’s going to college…..that means only one thing….PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!!!! It’s good to see that she will have her priorities straight. Hahahahahahah
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Girls Generation is the new “GirlScout” Ambassadors-from Bellisima @ JPHIP.com

Korean GirlScout League (?), “It’s been 62 years since the founding (of GirlScout) and we are ready to welcome a new society with a new image, different images from eating healthy meals to having the best talent, and so the popular Girls’ Generation was chosen as the ambassador,” on the 28th.

As ambassadors, the GirlScout Federation says they will contribute to campaigns, participate in international events such as camping, be distributed to schools nationwide as GirlScout ambassadors, be promo models for the bimonthly “GirlScout” magazine, and a variety of activites, include photo shootings.

Girls’ Generation, “We are really happy to be represented as GirlScout ambassadors. We want girls’ images to be bright and healthy, so we will work hard.”

The ambassador appointment will take place on February 13, 2008 in Seoul GirlScout Association Hall (?) and they will proceed with plans in the General Assembly in 2008.
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Cjlatina—isn’t the GirlScout’s moto suppose to be about being yourself. Where does plastic surgery fall into there….couldn’t they get a group that was more about being unique, instead of the cookie cut-out girls they picked.

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The elves will be seeing less of their Suju gods….well on MBC programs that is. MBC has stated that they will not allow any SM artist to participate in any programs until they receive a offical apology from Mr. SM because of what they feel are unfair pratices. The whole episode is over the fact that Kangin and other members are on MBC and a competing station(SBS) at the same time. Guessing from their argurment MBC programs that have SuJu Memebers on it are not doing too good compared to SBS’s programs that also features Suju members.

Edit—SM has apologize to MBC. His artists will be able to perform on MBC, but Kangin will not be going back to his MBC MC job. YEAH! For the elves…..boo for the rest of us. lol
~Thanks Jennifer for the update~
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Also in news Kangin was rushed to the hospital during the show “Explore the Human Body” .. he started to vomit so bad, they had to take him to the hospital …. there they found out he is having swollen intestine … so he is kept there for further examinations. This is just more proof that SM is working these guys to the bone that every other day someone is going into the hospital.

Sad that this is happening to him….first is his hand and now his intestines. Ouch!

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[Okay ya’ll, I know this is a hot topic right now, and you guys are probably sick of reading about it. But just because I actually have a life and wasn’t able to write, DOES NOT MEAN I will just trash this article.]
Alright ya’ll, “Do you wanna talk, Do you wanna play, Do you wanna love?…”

ANYBAND, made up of Korean talents such as BoA, DBSK’s Junsu, Epik High’s Tablo, and Jin BoRa have a new song! Looks like my dream came true (or should I say “day dream…”?)~ They finally have another song, AND they had a concert together! Not only has their two sings, ‘TPL’ and ‘PROMISE YOU’ have been topping radio charts all over the Korean nation since its release, but even the CF is still getting praise!

This makes my day every time I read about this :] Anyway, moving on to the goods:

That right, there is the inside of the ANYBAND album. Looks pretty sweet, eh? >>COVER<< >>CD<< >>1 inside good<< >>2 inside good<<

Again, I have made it easier for you (lovely lazys) to view their so-far released videos of performances, previews, and fan stuff. >>AB/SB YOUTUBE PLAYLIST 2007/11/28< - A performance of ANYBAND’s new song, ‘DAY DREAM’. Sweet sound with a sweet performance. Listen to that crowd when they hear the sound of BoA’s voice, the lyrics of Tablo, the playing of BoRa, and Junsu’s voice!
- Fancam performance of ‘PROMISE YOU’. Sorry folks, people are being stingy, and so far it’s only fancams. I doubt there’s going to be anything new with ANYBAND by the time the higher quality stuff comes out, you’re on your own! But if you really are being lazy, you can email me at uhohspaghettios346@yahoo.com and ask for updates :]
- Closer performance, but shorter, of ‘PROMISE YOU’!
- ‘A WHOLE NEW WORLD’ by BoA and Junsu! I really like the vocals. But both their English…well… let’s just say that BoA can converse better, but she needs to get her accent better! The new trainees or groups from different entertainments have such good pronunciation now, but their conversational English is horrible!
- BoA doing ‘Meri-Chri’. Hey Shen-unni, remember this song? LOL.
Again, sorry, it’s not the whole thing!
- OH hellz yeah! It’s ‘GIRLS ON TOP’. This song never gets old. My first Korean BoA song, haha. Full version!
- Oh yay, Junsu fans can watch a pretty good fancam version of his SOLO song! I love him for his vocals (Well he’s cute too, haha, they always pick on him about his cute booty!~)
- MP3 version of ‘DAY DREAM’ Not the best quality, but it’s not live…
- BoRA playing a bit of her piano bits from the ANYBAND songs.
- THREE fan versions of people playing ‘TPL’ and ‘PROMISE YOU’.

The others that were there were EPIK HIGH and DBSK (because like BoA having performances, they did too), but of course, ANYBAND was the topic. Sorry guys, I haven’t found any videos yet, just pictures :T

Looking good boys…looking good…>>EPIK HIGH<< >>LOL JaeJong’s hand can be mistaken to be somewhere else…<<
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It was said that during the performances, Tablo held her hand! OMG THE DRAMA CONTINUES!~ Sigh, it’s so beautiful *o*. How many suitors does she have now?!
Haven’t had enough of BoA yet? Of course you haven’t! This girl’s busy, so you can bet I’ve got a big news article coming up about her recent achievements biggrin.gif Get ready, cuz it’s gonna be a >>kick*<< in your face! [hehe, okay, maybe not, but I wanted to share that pictures haha] so here’s more >>BoA (on top) and ANYBAND (scroll down)<< pictures from that night, compiled by BOAJJANG fans.
[*I don't know what's better... the laser poon picture (Sorry, I can't find it on my computer!) of BoA during the >>2006 LOVE BUG<< performance... I just love how these pics make her poon look so hot or godly. haha]
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For those waiting for the KOREAN BoA blog, please wait. I don’t want to add that onto here, I’ll put it in another post.

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[As Se7en would say… It’s a ShenYuePop “Collabolation”! Some of you have been wondering if there was gonna be a post on this, so here you go! I was actually wondering about it too…so I decided to make one!! So here it is, brought to you by Michelle and sLaVe!]

As you can see, Big Bang is our featured artist of the month! If you’re not into them cuz their music isn’t your type of music, then that’s ok, but giving them a try wouldn’t hurt, cause they’re a pretty awesome group of guys!! If you guys don’t know who they are, here’s a little background info!! Big Bang consists of five guys and is under the management of YG Entertainment. I know that SE7EN and Wheesung had helped train these boys.
Theses dongsengs have hidden talent finally being discovered by the rest of Korea, has many hidden talents. New fans may not know, but all of them beat box! Even Seung Ri, like SO-1, almost didn’t make it – he was shy on stage and he would mess up during dances – but through hard work and re-auditioning, he made it (but now, he’s the one helping in choreography!)! If you watch their pre-debut documentary, you’ll know more about it. Could you imagine what it would be like without Seung Ri? Furthermore, SO-1 making it with the rest of the gang?! SUPER NOVA will actually have a real reason to be a band. [joke explanation: honestly, I see no point in SUPER NOVA. They aren’t that great to me, and who are they competing against?]

Now on to the goods! BIG BANG’s mini album (number two if you haven’t kept count) was released on 2007/11/22. Titled ‘HOT ISSUE’.

To listen to the hot songs and other featured videos, check out >>BB Youtube Playlist for November<<.
Big Bang’s second concert has been planned to be on 2007/28, 29 and 30 by the title of “BIGBANG is GREAT.” And they will also be attending YG’s “One Concert” on the 31st (fans, go mark your calendars!!) SE7EN will be at this One Concert too!!
Big Bang is currently preparing for their Japanese debut. They will debut with an album consisting of English versions of their Korean songs and the infamous “How G” song! Their album will be called “For the World” and is expected to be released on 2008/1/04. 2008 is when the Korean Wave is forecasted to hit again. This time storming over Japan, China, the U.S., and maybe even Europe! Big Bang will now take part~ So you’re for sure gonna hear from them again! [LOL sLaVe’s lil sis: their title for your next post is gonna be something cheesy like "We back, Yo!"]

On the YT list, you will find:
- A hot performance of them with WONDER GIRLS on 2007/11/10; TOP’s first day as a host on MBC MUSIC CORE. They performed one of my favorite INTROS, “Victory” – also Seung Ri’s nickname.
- One of TOP’s acting clips from his drama “I AM SAM/I’M SAM”, where he plays a student. It’s romance comedy about young teachers and students. [Sorry for half assign this synopsis, but I haven’t watched it and wiki is not giving much info at all!]
- A performance of BIG BANG’s version of ‘OAO’. Other than G-Dragon writing for Big Bang (as you can see, he also wrote THIS upcoming mini album) but he writes for other artists! He wrote another YG group’s song. MooGaDang’s ‘OAO (SHAKE YO BOOTY)’. But instead of BB singing it, it was decided that since MooGaDang was new, it’s a better fit for them.
- A fan made MV (using Rain and Omarion’s ‘MAN UP’). It features DaeSung’s abs. And the others too, hehe
- Lastly, a present (and more like a reason to bring this preview in, haha)! LIVE, and English subbed! And for a preview of >>Entertainment Battle<< PT.2…Did you know another awesome YG artists is the girl that starts off Big Bang’s famous song, LIES (Koh Ji Mal)? She is the girl in the beginning saying “hello? hello?”.

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Every Time the Temperature Drops…
2007/11/2

Is everybody fine and not ill?
I feel like eating hot food every time the weather gets cold.
Like a pot of steaming ramen!
Recently I have slowly been using Japan’s hot pots.

This is a photograph of ramen I ate at Osaka that I want right now.
Spicy soup with ramen, topped with spring onion and it
taste so good~
After getting full, I feel so much more energetic!
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This one was sort of hard to translate and even edit, but this is the gist of it.

Anyway, did you guys know she had a KOREAN blog as well?! If you guys wanna start reading that too, let me know. The last one was on the with Junsu, but I haven’t gotten translations for them yet.

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Since my last post about k-rock I am happy to see that Korean rock is not going unheard. People have been leaving lovely comments and gratitude for giving notice to this much unappreciated genre in Korean music. Some even asked me to do more posts like it, and others asked for info on other Korean rock bands, which I am happy to do. But I will like to say this…. I am not going make it a habit in doing requests because it takes time away from other K-entertainment news I could be doing research and posts about, but please continue to share the bands you love with us to help get their names out there. Here are some that someone requested.

First up is Rocket Diary labeled as Punk Rock. Well now I am not much of a punk rock chick, but these guys are not that bad.

The group is made up of five guys around the ages 21 and 22.

Ham Byung Sun 함병선
Position: Vocals
Birthdate: June 8, 1985

Jung Won Joong 정원중
Position: Lead guitar
Birthdate: January 12, 1985

Hwang Sung Soo 황성수
Position: Bass
Birthdate: May 1, 1985

Hong Sun Gi 홍선기
Position: Second guitar
Birthdate: December 27, 1985

Park Jung Ho 박정호
Position: Drums
Birthdate: July 16, 1986

Their first single was released in October of 2005
Rocket Diary Single -
Release date: October 18,2005

1.20 INSTANT LIFE 20 INSTANT LIFE
2.SPACE BOY SPACE BOY
3.WHAT YOU WANT

I actually like this song by them, only because I think that it doesn’t sound too punk
Rocket Diary - What You Want MV

and their first album came out in February of 2007
Rocket Diary Vol.1 - District 13 -
Release Date: February 6, 2007

1. District 13 District 13
2. 태양을 건너 Sun crossing
3. On My Way On My Way
4. Heart Messenger Heart Messenger
5. Wanna Be Want to Be
6. 너의 냄새가 없어 Yours is the lack of smell
7. Morning Glory Morning Glory
8. What You Want What You Want
9. My Stage! My Stage! My Friends! My Friends!
10. Tonight Tonight
11. She Makes Me Cry She Makes Me Cry

Rocket Diary - District 13

If you like this band check out more info about them at myspace and soompi:
myspace music
Soompi

The next band is Suger Donut which is also a punk rock band. This band is has been compared to the American band Weezer for their POP/Punk sound (kind of like happy rock). Which some labeled them as the Asian Weezer (funny).

Changs (창스) : Vocals, Guitar
Cheolwoo (철우) : Guitar
Taks (탁스) : Bass
Dial (디알) : Drums

Spinner Jump released on 2002-05-09

1.Pre Face
2.Call Me Plz
3.몇해지나
4.책받침 아가씨
5.몰라
6.그림그리기
7.오예
8.Love Song
9.집
10.I Don’t Have
11.Spinner Jump

Sugar Donut 몇해지나

(This song was also featured on the “Madeleine” movie soundtrack)

Phantom Pain released on 2006.03.07

1.아이 모습
2.Turn Around Me
3.Loser
4.이제
5.목각
6.Everything
7.집으로
8.거짓 속에서
9.꿈꾸는 너
10.Fish
11.In My Head
12.Good Bye

Sugar Donut - “Loser”

Speed King released on 2003.08.09

1.바다 (Bada)
2.방학 (Banghak)
3.라디오스타일 (Radiostyle)
4.푸른눈동자 (Pureunnundongja)
5.그림그리기 (Geurimgeurigi)
6.Screwed Spinner Jump

SugarDonut”푸른눈동자”

you can check out more about them here at
Sugardonut
(that’s if you know Korean)

For those that think that I am a hater of Kpop you are far from right. The thing is that when it comes to music I have standards, but that doesn’t mean that kpop doesn’t have any talented artist. My favorite groups and soloists are: Shinhwa, Fly to the Sky, G.O.D (So Ho Young and Ahn Danny mostly), DBSG, Yangpy, ERU, Big Mama, Wonder Girls, Rain, SG Wannabe, Big Bang, and yes even Super Junior K.R.Y (because their voices sound amazing together) and many more.

Here is a person to look out for coming back into the K-pop scene.

Nemo( real name Oh Sang Eun)

When I came across here MV on yt I thought she sounded amazing, and I don’t say that a lot about female kpop singers(I’m more into the guys’ vocals). Well Nemo is no newbie to the kpop scene because she once was part of the group Shinvi(under the SM’s management)……

but now she is a solo artist under the name Nemo(she is with YG now some say). Why she named herself after a fish….your guess is as good as mine. Maybe it’s because her eyes do look similar to fish eyes.hehehehehe

Anyways Nemo has a single out with two tracks on it.

Nemo - Nemo 002
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Language: Korean
Genre: R&B/Ballad

01 - 독설.. 이 지독한 사랑..
02 - 이제, 우리… [With Dae Sung of Big Bang

The first track I really like, and her vocals are great
Nemo - 독설.. 이 지독한 사랑..

and the second track with Deasung from Big Bang
Nemo (ft. Daesung from BigBang) - Now us

(I think the duet was so so, but not great)

You can find out more about her at soompi where there is a thread on her.

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