INFINITE goes up against card throwing master on ‘Star King’

INFINITE went up against a card throwing master on the December 8th broadcast of SBS‘ ‘Star King‘.

The INFINITE members took on a match against Bai Dengchun to see who would come out on top for “card shooting.”

Unfortunately, Woohyun, Hoya, L, and Sungjong failed the challenge, and Sungyeol made a good effort, but still missed the mark.

On the episode, Bai Dengchun cut into cucumbers and watermelons, amazing those in the studio.

Check out the segment below!

SECRET returns to ‘Inkigayo’ with “Talk That”

A few days ago, SECRET finally unveiled their new song “Talk That“!

The girls have teamed up with producer Shinsadong Tiger, whom they worked with on their debut mini-album “Magic“, after three years to bring out “Talk That”, a French-electric style song featuring minor chords and emotional vocals, which is different from their usual bright and confident style.

Although the girls just wrapped up promotions for “Poison,” they’re back and more ready then ever to conquer the stage.

Check out their comeback performance on SBS‘ ‘Inkigayo‘ below!

Psy shares which international artist he enjoyed working with the most

Singer Psy shared his feelings about collaborating with American pop star Madonna.

Psy appeared on the recent episode of tvN’s ‘Taxi‘ and shared that out of all the international stars that he had the opportunity to work with, working with Madonna was the most special.

Psy, who has been working nonstop and dancing to ‘Gangnam Style‘ with numerous international stars shared, “The collaboration stage that I had with Madonna was the most special.”

Also, before Psy got on the 2012 MAMA stage, he went to America, Paris, London, Australia, and traveled around the world and performed so much that his body broke down a bit and he had to be hospitalized.

‘Taxi’ will now be broadcast on Mondays at 12:00am KST rather than on Thursdays.

Does Psy’s choice surprise you?

Source: Star Today via Nate News

SISTAR’s Dasom and Bora struggle to select their ideal types on ‘Entertainment Relay’

SISTAR‘s Dasom and Bora had a difficult time coming to an agreement on selecting their ideal type.

During an interview segment on the December 8th broadcast of KBS‘s ‘Entertainment Relay‘, the two members participated in a ‘ideal type World Cup’, where they had to choose between some of today’s top male celebrities like Kim Soo Hyun, Lee Seung Gi, Song Joong Ki, Kang Dong Won, Won Bin, and more.

Dasom and Bora were unable to make a selection due to their differences and the two eventually played rock-paper-scissors to try and come to an agreement. But in the end, the members decided to select all three of the finalists (Song Joong Ki, Kang Dong Won, and Won Bin) as their ideal types, bringing much laughter to viewers.

Check out the hilarious clip below:

Yoseob expresses his nervousness on duet performance with IU

On December 29th, B2ST‘s Yoseob had a wonderful duet performance with IU at the 2011 SBS Gayo Daejun.

On January 2nd, SBS E! K-Star News aired a special featuring some backstage footage from the Gayo Daejun and it seems Yoseob was quite nervous for the performance.

Before the performance, he had a short interview session with a reporter:

Yoseob: I’m singing a song with IU sunbaenim.
Reporter: What song is it?
Yoseob: “If you want a lover.”
Reporter: If you were really to have a girlfriend what would you do with her?
Yoseob: Go to the amusement park and have a surprising event as well.
Reporter: If you were to date IU?
Yoseob: I’m so nervous and shy, how can that happen? I can barely even sing with her.

After the performance, both IU and Yoseob were asked how the performance went. While IU seemed perfectly fine answering, “It was fun,” Yoseob on the other replied, “I was shaking… I really was shaking… Ah, I feel so shy.”

Check out their wonderful duet performance below!

We Got Married awards ‘Best Couple’ of 2011

MBC ‘s hit program ‘We Got Married‘ closed out the year by holding the ’2011 We Got Married Award Ceremony’.

‘We Got Married”s final 2011 episode reflected back on the best moments of the year, and chose this year’s ‘Best Couple’.

Awards handed to the couples included ‘Most Jealous Award’, ‘Best Sound Award’, ‘Best Tears Award’, as well as the one everyone desired to receive, ‘Best Couple Award’.

The ‘Best Couple Award’ was awarded to the couple who could show the most affection towards one another on the spot.

The couples used every limb in their body to express their affection for one another, and the three couples: Leeteuk – Kang Sora, Kim Won Joon – Park So Hyun, and Eunjung – Jungwoo were all awarded with their own ‘Best Couple Award’.

The three couples were ecstatic when they were told the prize for winning was a 10 day 9 night trip to Hawaii but were quite disappointed when they found out that it could be only redeemed in the year 2021.

Source & Image : HK via Nate

Original ‘Dream High’ cast to cameo in ‘Dream High 2′

Fans of the first season of KBS‘s ‘Dream High‘ can rejoice, as the original cast has promised a cameo appearance in ‘Dream High 2‘!

2PM‘s Taecyeon, Wooyoung, miss A‘s Suzy, T-ara‘s Eunjung, and IU have revealed that they will be making a special appearance in the sequel to lend their support to the series. They’ll be taking on minor cameo roles to add a bit of spice to each episode.

The original ‘Dream High’ was known for incorporating an impressive line-up of cameo appearances made by the likes of Kim Hyun Joong, Super Junior‘s Leeteuk, Eunhyuk, 2PM‘s Nichkhun, Chansung, and Dal Shabet.

A representative of the drama stated, “We’re preparing a list of cameos that will be as impressive as the first season. There’s still about a month left until the broadcast so we’re trying to keep everything under wraps.”

‘Dream High 2′ will begin airing on January 30th, 2012.

Source + Photos: Sports Seoul

U-KISS talks about their “embarrassing debut concept”

On December 20th, U-KISS revealed their true feelings about their debut through the MBN story-cumentary (story documentary), ‘My Story‘.

When asked about their first album’s title track, “I’m Not Young“, Dongho confessed, “The song itself is okay, but I get so embarrassed when I look back on our performances and music video that I don’t know what to do with my hands. Still, it helps me feel like I’ve truly grown since then.”

Leader Soohyun stated, “We’ve been coming out with masculine, sexy images lately, but back then, we were just cute. They always told us to act cute and laugh where necessary so looking at it now, I really can’t bear it. It gives me goosebumps.”

The boys also admitted that their debut concept didn’t sit so well with the public, leading to a fretful year of identity changes.

Dongho explained, “In our rehearsal room, all of us sat in a circle and discussed a lot of things about problems with our company and within the group. There were a lot of fights that resulted from it, but it was an opportunity for us to get closer as a group.”

Concluding with a comment on how the group tried a variety of genres, Dongho added, “Our members love challenging ourselves with new things.”

Source + Photos: Everyday Economy via Naver

SNSD’s Jessica offered a role in KBS’s ‘Wild Romance’

SNSD‘s Jessica has just been offered a casting role in the upcoming drama, ‘Wild Romance‘.

On December 19th, the production homepage for the drama updated with a short introduction and a relationship map of the characters. For the role of ‘Kang Jong Hee’, Jessica’s picture was placed for the character, showing her to be the first love of lead star Lee Dong Wook.

Although the picture has been taken down, representatives of the drama stated, “We’re still discussing the matter. The casting will be finalized within the week with an official list. We are working with Jessica’s representatives to work on the scheduling, but are also keeping our options open with other actors. The role is still open.”

The KBS 2TV drama is expected to begin airing on January 4, 2012.

Source + Photos: TV Daily

INFINITE’s L to star in new drama, ‘Shut Up Flower Boy Band’

INFINITE‘s L will make his acting debut in a new drama, ‘Shut Up Flower Boy Band‘.

The drama will air on cable channel tvN after the completion of ‘Flower Boy Ramyun Shop‘.

As the cable channel seems to be using the idea of ‘flower boys’ in their recent dramas, ‘Shut Up Flower Boy Band’ will tell a story of a rock band with a more rugged style. A drama representative stated, “This drama will become a drama with a different flower boy atmosphere than the one shown in ‘Flower Boy Ramyun Shop’. It will show the appeal of a rock band of young boys.”

Along with INFINITE’s L, the cast also includes boys who auditioned in tvN’s audition program, ‘Oh Boy Project‘.

The drama will air its pilot episode on January 30th. But check out the trailer in the meantime!

T-ara makes a surprise appearance on ‘Gag Concert’

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With the exception of Ham Eunjung, the six ladies of T-ara transformed into ‘slap princesses’ on a recent episode of ‘Gag Concert‘.

Following the Wonder Girls, SNSD, and singer IU, the T-ara girls recently served as surprise guests on the ‘GamSuSung‘ corner of KBS 2TV‘s ‘Gag Concert‘ on December 18th.

On this episode, the girls were held captive and were commanded by Kim Junho to simply walk by him if they were to become citizens of their land, but if they opposed, to slap his face.

One by one, the girls opposed and slapped his face as they walked by. Member Q-ri displayed her strength during her turn, and Kim Junho hilariously remarked that she had hit the hardest out of all of them.

Member Jiyeon also expressed her frustration as they told her she needed to marry the barbarian to become a citizen of their land, and Hyomin continued the laughs by expressing her own complaints as well.

SNSD’s Seohyun loses her temper

SNSD member Seohyun showed a surprising new side of herself.

The first episode of JTBC‘s ‘SNSD and Troubled Teens‘ aired on December 18th, where SNSD had a chance to meet with and talk to the boys for the very first time.

As the girls watched a video clip of the rebellious boys in need of a loving touch, they could not hold back their shock.

Member Seohyun who is known to be an upright young woman was especially frustrated, and she adorably lost her temper for the first time ever since SNSD’s debut. Seohyun’s face was stiff for the entire time she watched the boys’ video clip, and once it was over she remarked, “It’s unfortunate that these boys are living without a dream or any real plans.”

And during a time of counseling where she and fellow member Taeyeon spoke privately to one of the boys, Seohyun was in disbelief over his careless attitude and surprised everyone by exclaiming, “Hey, you can’t live like that!”

‘SNSD and Troubled Teens’ is a program where the girls have an opportunity to mentor young teenage boys and watch them change and develop over time. The program airs every Sunday at 7:30PM KST on JTBC.

Source & Image: XportsNews via Nate

SNSD’s Taeyeon has no desire to become a solo singer

SNSD leader Taeyeon confessed that she has no desire to become a solo singer, expressing her strong attachment to her fellow members.

On the December 15th episode of KBS 2TV ‘Happy Together Season 3‘, SNSD’s Taeyeon, Yuri, Seohyun, and Sooyoung guest-featured as well as Kim Gunmo and Yoon Il Sang.

When asked if she ever thought about becoming a solo artist, Taeyeon responded, “No, I feel less intimidated and burdensome on stage thanks to the girls.”

“They fill the areas in which I lack, they are good at the things that I am not so good at. I think I am better suited for a girl group.”

The other SNSD members seemed to agree with her. And when they were asked to pick the prettiest member out of the group, they answered, “We can’t choose just one. Each member has their own unique charms,” expressing their content with the group as a whole.

Member Sooyoung also confessed her insecurities, while they also shared stories of arguments between Tiffany and Taeyeon, and Hyoyeon and Seohyun.

Source & Image: TVReport via Nate

Japan Box Office Report – December 10th/11th

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"Kaibutsu-kun" / "Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider" / "Real Steel"

For the weekend of December 10th and 11th, “Kamen Rider” took over the box office chart, followed by new entries “Real Steel” and “Genji Monodatari“.
The new “Kamen Rider” feature-length movie, “Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max” attracted 333,200 people over the weekend and debuted in first place. It grossed 378,422,200 Yen (4.86 million USD), which was a slightly better result than the two most recent movies in the series, “Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core” and “Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals“.
“Kaibutsu-kun” was beaten by “Kamen Rider” this weekend, but it’s still doing great at the box office. A total of 1,200,000 saw the movie already, resulting in a cumulative revenue of over 1.6 billion Yen (20.55 million USD). The threshold of 2 billion should get broken by the upcoming weekend.
American movie “Real Steel” opened on 3rd place. As usual for Western movies, it already opened prior to the weekend, but the weekend box office chart only counts the results of Saturday and Sunday. During those two days, 176,254 people went to theaters to see the movie, allowing it to earn a revenue of 225,279,650 Yen (2.89 million USD).
The anime “K-On!” dropped down to 4th place. Its total revenue is currently at 691,086,400 Yen (8.87 million USD).
Menawhile, the much-anticipated new adaption of “Genji Monodatari“, starring Ikuta Toma, Nakatani Miki, and more, only opened on 5th place. Attracting only 128,825 people and creating a revenue of 163,760,300 Yen (2.1 million USD) is a disappointing result reminiscent of last year’s “Norwegian Wood“, which also failed at the box office chart despite the positive comments prior and during its screening in theaters.
Next weekend, the top position will be challenged by “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol“.
Check out the trailers of all the Japanese movies that opened this weekend below!
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	Rank/Last		Title	Weeks
	01 (00)		Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max	01
	02 (01)		Eiga Kaibutsu-kun	03
	03 (00)		Real Steel	01
	04 (02)		Eiga K-On!	02
	05 (00)		Genji Monogatari Sennen no Nazo	01
	06 (03)		The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	02
	07 (04)		Suteki na Kanashibari	07
	08 (05)		RAILWAYS 2: Ai wo Tsutae Rarenai Otona-tachi e	04
	09 (09)		Happy Feet Two	03
	10 (06)		Kaiji 2: Jinsei Dakkai Game	06

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> “Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max” (Action)
Cast: Too many to give everyone the credit he/she deserves!

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> “Genji Monogatari Sennen no Nazo” (Spectacular Human Drama)
Cast: Ikuta Toma, Nakatani Miki, Kubozuka Yosuke, Higashiyama Noriyuki, and many more

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> “UGLY” (Human Drama)
Cast: Kubozuka Yosuke, Mono Akiko, Stéphane Coulon, Ngnima Sarr, and more

Mano Erina appears at a stage greeting for “Kamen Rider” movie

On December 10th, Hello! Project’s Mano Erina appeared at a stage greeting for the upcoming film, “Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & Ozu MOVIE Taisen MEGA MAX“.

Mano, who plays the role of ‘Kamen Rider Nadeshiko’, commented, “Once again, I feel I was given a great role. ‘Nadeshiko’ was also this year’s popular word.” She continued, “It’s a bittersweet movie, so I want Nadeshiko to be a first love for a child, and I want adults to remember their first love.”

This film is the latest of the “Kamen Rider MOVIE Taisen” series, and features both Kamen Rider Fourze and Kamen Rider Ozu. The story begins at Amanogawa High School, where a mysterious high school student (Mano) comes falling from the sky. The main character, ‘Kisaragi Gentaro’ (Fukushi Souta), just barely catches her, but finds that she does not speak very well. Gentaro looks at her student ID and finds out that her name is ‘Misaki Nadeshiko’, and immediately falls in love with her.

While all this is happening, the Zodiarts attack the school, and Gentaro transforms into Kamen Rider Fourze. Then, Nadeshiko takes out a transformation item, and turns into Kamen Rider Nadeshiko to fight alongside Fourze.

Director Sakamoto promoted the film saying, “Don’t be shy, cry and laugh aloud. Enjoy the film.” Fukushi Sota, Takahashi Ryuki, Shimizu Fumika, Watanabe Shu, Miura Ryosuke, Takada Riho, and Arai Atsushi also attended the event.

Check out pictures from the event below!

Source & Images: Mantan Web

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Sakurai Sho & Matsumoto Jun to make guest appearance on Ohno Satoshi’s special drama

It’s been announced that Arashi members Sakurai Sho and Matsumoto Jun will make guest appearance on fellow member Ohno Satoshi’s upcoming special drama “Mou Yuukai nante Shinai“.

 This special drama is a comical mystery about a freeter (Ohno) who receives the odd request to fake the kidnapping of racketeer boss daughter, (Aragaki Yui).

Sakurai will appear in the special drama as the butler “Kageyama” which is from Sakurai’s ongoing drama “Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de“, while Matsumoto will make an appearance as “Tokita Shuntaro” which is from Matsumoto’s upcoming “Getsu9″ drama “Lucky Seven.”

The announcement for Sakurai and Matsumoto’s guest appearance on Ohno’s drama was made during the press conference for “Fuku Arashi” campaign which is to promote the special TV programs on Fuji TV in which Arashi appears at the end of the year and New Year season.  There will be a special CM for the campaign starring Arashi during December 17th ~ January 3rd for a limited term, and on Fuji TV’s official site, there will also be an original game “Fuku Arashi Warai.”

At the press conference, Sakurai who received the script for the drama a few days ago, commented, “I saw Ohno’s name on the first page, and my name and Matsumoto’s name on the following pages on the script.  I’m happy to see it, so I am carrying it around with me everyday.”  Matsumoto also commented, “He (Ohno) has different atmosphere at the shoot for drama which is not Arashi-like.  So I’m looking forward to see it at the shoot.”

On the other hand, other members Ninomiya Kazunari and Aiba Masaki seem to be little dissatisfied, as Aiba said to Ohno at the press conference, “Ohno-kun, what about us? Though we don’t have any role we have with us right now, it’s not too late if you guys are still shooting.  Where are you guys filming at?“, and Ninomiya also said, “I haven’t been offered yet. I don’t mind if I have to meet you at the filming location.”  Unfortunately, Ohno refused them saying, “Not this time.” Therefore the two said while consoling each other, “Shall we do our best on ‘VS Arashi‘ then?”

“Mou Yuukai nante Shinai” is scheduled to be aired on January 3rd on Fuji TV.

Source & Image: Oricon (1 + 2)

’2011 KBS Drama Awards’ reveals list of nominees

It’s that time of the year where award shows roll out one-by-one to honor the best and brightest of the year. KBS has just revealed the list of nominees for their ’2011 KBS Drama Awards’, which will air on December 31st to cap off a good year for the station.

Check it out below!

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Top Excellence Actor / Actress

Male:

> ‘Princess’ Man’ – Kim Young Chul
> ‘Princess’ Man’ – Park Shi Hoo
> ‘Brain’ – Shin Ha Gyun
> ‘King Gwanggaetoh the Great’ – Lee Tae Gon
> ‘Man of Honor’ – Chun Jung Myung

Female:
> ‘Ojakgyo Brothers” – Kim Ja Ok
> ‘Smile Donghae ‘ – Do Ji Won
> ‘Princess’ Man’ – Moon Chae Won
> ‘Man of Honor’ – Park Min Young
> ‘Baby-faced Beauty’ – Jang Nara

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Miniseries

Male:

> ‘Crime Squad’ – Song Il Gook
> ‘Brain’ – Shin Ha Gyun
> ‘Poseidon’ – Lee Sung Jae
> ‘Brain’ – Jung Jin Young
> ‘Baby-faced Beauty’ – Daniel Choi

Female:
> ‘Dream High’ – Suzy
> ‘Crime Squad’ - Song Ji Hyo
> ‘Poseidon’ – Lee Si Young
> ‘Baby-faced Beauty’ – Jang Nara
> ‘Brain’ – Choi Jung Won

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Short Term Drama

Male:

> ‘Princess Man’ – Park Shi Hoo
> ‘ Princess Man’ – Lee Min Woo
> ‘Romance Town’ – Jung Gyu Woon
> ‘Thorn Birds’ – Joo Sang Wook
> ‘Man of Honor’ – Chun Jung Myung

Female:

> ‘Princess’ Man’ – Moon Chae Won
> ‘Man of Honor’ – Park Min Young
> ‘Romance Town’ – Sung Yuri
> ‘Thorn Birds’ – Han Hye Jin
> ‘Princess’ Man’ – Hong Soo Hyun

Long Term Drama

Male:

> ‘King Geunchogo’ – Kang Woo Sung
> ‘Ojakgyo Brothers’ – Ryu Soo Young
> ‘Believe in Love’ – Lee Jae Ryong
> ‘King Gwanggaetoh the Great’ – Lee Tae Gon

Female:

> ‘Ojakgyo Brothers’ – Kim Ja Ok
> ‘King Geunchogo’ – Kim Ji Su
> ‘Believe in Love’ – Park Joo Mi
> ‘Ojakgyo Brothers’ – Choi Jung Yoon

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Daily Drama

Male:

> ‘The Women of our Home’ - Kang Nam Il
> ‘Smile Donghae’ – Kang Suk Woo
> ‘Sweet Palpitations’ – Lee Jung Gil
> ‘TV novel Bok Hee Nuna’ – Lee Hyo Jung
> ‘Smile Donghae’ – Ji Chang Wook

Female:
> ‘Smile Donghae’ – Do Ji Won
> ‘Smile Donghae’ – Oh Ji Eun
> ‘The Women of our Home’ – Lee Hye Sook
>’The Women of our Home’, ‘Only You’ – Jung Ae Ri
>  ’Sweet Palpitations’ – Huh Young Ran

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Best Rookie Actor / Actress

Male:

> ‘Dream High’ – Kim Soo Hyun
> ‘Dream High’ – J.Y. Park
> ‘Princess’ Man’ – Song Jong Ho
> ‘Man of Honor’, ‘Smile Donghae’, ‘Human Casino’ – Lee Jang Woo
> ‘President’, ‘The Women of our House’ – Jay
> ‘Ojakgyo Brothers’ – Joo Won

Female:

> ‘Dream High’ – Suzy
> ‘Dream High’ – IU
> ‘Ojakgyo Brothers’ – UEE
> ‘Crossing the Youngdo Bridge’, ”The Women of our Home” – Jung Eun Chae
> ‘Only You’ – Han Hye Rin
> ‘Believe in Love’ – Hwang Woo Seul Hye

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Best Supporting Actor / Actress

Male:

> ‘King Gwanggaetoh the Great’, ‘Crime Squad’, ‘Baby-faced Beauty’ – Kim Gyu Chul
> ‘Princess’ Man’ – Kim Ryae Ha
> ‘Man of Honor’ – Son Chang Min
> ‘Ojakgyo Brothers’ – Jung Woong In
> ‘Romance Town’ – Cho Sung Ha

Female:
> ‘Baby-faced Beauty’ – Kim Min Suh
> ‘Only You’, ‘Believe in Love’ – Moon Jung Hee
> ‘Romance Town’ – Min Hyo Rin
> ‘Smile Donghae’, ‘Only You’, ‘Woman from Olle Road’ – Park Jung Hwa
> ‘Dream High’, ‘Terminal’ – Lee Yoon Ji

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Source + Photo: Joins, KBS