2PM and SHINee wins Inkigayo

2PM and SHINee wins Inkigayo

SBS’s Inkigayo again returned with their weekly broadcast of anticipated performances which
included the comebacks of 2PM, Miss A, Younha, U-Kiss and Nine Muses, the solo debut of Brown Eyed Girls’ Ga-In, as well as goodbye from BoA and Son Dambi.

2NE1 was on hand to receive their Mutizen award for ‘Go Away.  The trio made history with their 4th consecutive win since Inkigayo implemented the 3 win rule. Their three earlier award was for ‘Can’t Nobody’ and this 4th win was for ‘Go Away’.

For this week, the seven nominees of ‘Take 7‘ were SHINee (‘Hello’), B2ST (‘Soom’), miss A (‘Breathe’), 2NE1 (‘Go Away’, ‘Clap Your Hands’), BoA (‘Copy & Paste’), and Supreme Team (‘Then Then Then’).

The winner of today’s Mutizen award was SHINee, for their song ‘Hello’.  This was their 3rd Mutizen for ‘Lucifer’.

Our congratulations! 

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SMEnt' stops JYJ trio

SMEnt' stops JYJ trio

SM Entertainment continues its attempt to stop JYJ’s debut in other countries and even sent complaints to the United States of JYJ’s distributor, Warner Music Korea. “The Beginning” is recorded entirely in English and is supposedly to be released in several countries worldwide.


The Korean Federation of Pop Culture and Art Industry has sent letters to TV stations KBS, SBS and MBC and cable network Mnet, as well as Korean online music sites and asked them not to allow JYJ to appear on their shows and sell the digital albums.

Despite these, Korean online music sites defied the letter and released the digital copies of JYJ’s “The Beginning” album last Oct 14. The songs in the album surprisingly entered the top 10 on real-time music charts.


JYJ plan to release the album in other countries and to meet their worldwide fans but this ongoing dispute with SM Entertainment over legal issues might take a while before the trio can perform without any restrictions.  How we wish this episode would end soon.

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Super Junior's Eunhyuk in Italy

Super Junior's Eunhyuk in Italy

Enjoying his break, Super Junior's Eunhyuk shared his photos in Italy after they finished their official promotions for their 4th album “Bonamana”, the Asia Tour “Super Show”, and the SM Town World Tour.

Best budz who joined him on this trip are Leeteuk, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun. It's nice to see Eunhyuk's big smile not for his fans this time but for himself, having fun.

Good for SME to give these guys a wonderful time together to relax!

Cheers!

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[Photos] TRAX and SNSD's Seohyun

[Photos] TRAX and SNSD's Seohyun

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Still 2:00 PM [Teaser]

Still 2:00 PM [Teaser]

JYP released new breath-taking MV teaser of 2PM from their upcoming album "Still 2:00 PM" yesterday.



I'm actually anticipating for the video to come out because they are one of my faves, but the stunts looked familiar from their previews album. I hope not!

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Vaness Wu is single again

Vaness Wu is single again

Former F4 superstar member Vanness Wu confirmed break-up with Singaporean girlfriend Arissa Cheo. The twosome used to date for a year in 2006, but broke up when the pair drifted apart when Arissa was studying in the US.

In  his Twitter post last September 4, the 31-year-old actor-singer hinted at his heartache and breakup with his squeeze. "No [,] I'm not saaayin~ [that I'm] soooorrry~ One DAY! Maybe we'll meet again~~~Closer to the edge," wrote Vanness.

A day earlier, he posted, "where it lies, is where you left it, where you left it, is where it died... revive, revive... revive the heart."

News of their breakup surfaced when Taiwanese netizens discovered that the couple was no longer following each other on Twitter. Arissa is widely known for her liberal ways like posing sexy pictures of herself online and this could be one of the reasons of the failed relationship?. Vaness, a devout Christian has taken a chastity pledge against pre-marital sex.

Vanness is currently preparing for his upcoming album and will be heading to France this October for the filming of a new drama, Material Queen.

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Galleon visits Manila

Galleon visits Manila

I am going to try to check out tomorrow and visit the Galleon Andalucia. The floating Galleon Trade Museum a 16th century replica from Spain which is now embarking on a worldwide exploration.

The Philippines is this year’s host of the Dia del Galeon Festival, which UNESCO institutionalized at its General Conference in Paris last year. The festival commemorates the glorious past of the galleon trade, which made the world a global village. I'll update you tomorrow before it leaves for Cebu on Saturday.

photo by Izah Morales of Yahoo! Southeast Asia

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Super Junior's Twitter followers can make them #1 Worldwide!

Super Junior's Twitter followers can make them #1 Worldwide!

Recently Super Junior appeared on MBC Chuseok Special "Radio Star Super Show"  and they explained that, "If we calculate it individually, it's... hard to become first but if we combined the total of our followers in Twitter we could be could be No.1 worldwide.

Super Junior said modestly "In the case of the 4th album, it ranked 7th in the worldwide top sales. It's a temporary position and it's the album total, but because we were 7th we were surprised. Album sales reached about 300 000copies, It's probably because those days the music industry is in recession.

Source: Nate news

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RAIN No Show at Concert Press Con in Manila

RAIN No Show at Concert Press Con in Manila

Kpop hallyu star Rain was supose to have a press conference at the Champagne Room of Manila Hotel for his concert on September 11 at the SM Mall of Asia open grounds in Pasay City.

Reporters who waited for three hours had no idea that Rain would not appear and bear with Rain's handlers explanation: They thought the press conference was on September 9 and not 6. (I think the alibi was too lame! ^^)

On the other hand, a local tv executive announced that, aside from his concert, Rain will also stay in the Philippines for 10 days to shoot a new television series which will be shown in Korea soon.

According to Perci Intalan, TV5's Head for Entertainment and Creative Services, they will co-produce the TV Series "Runaway". Rain's comeback TV Series in five years.  Rain will also visit and shoot his TV Series in Hong Kong, Japan, China, Macau and Korea. "For the show, Rain will be working mostly in and around Manila."

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer

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Onew will Rock YOU

Onew will Rock YOU

The SHINEE Leader - Onew will rock your world this September as the lead of the Korean Version of Broadway Musical Rock of Ages.

Onew working on his guitar skill with his mentor.

Rock of Ages will roll the red carpet very SOON!

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SHINee's New Album Launch (Philippines)

SHINee's New Album Launch (Philippines)

"ELECTRIFYING HEARTS : SHINee LUCIFER ALBUM LAUNCH EVENT" VENUES REVEALED!

Finally, the three major record stores participating in the "Electrifying Hearts: SHINee Lucifer Album Launch Event" on September 18 (Saturday) are the following :

- ASTROPLUS THE BLOCK
- ODYSSEY MEGAMALL
- ODYSSEY MALL OF ASIA

Here are the store schedules and telephone numbers :

Astroplus The Block SM North Edsa : 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM (Tel # 442-0372)
Odyssey Megamall : 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM (Tel # 687-3620)
Odyssey Mall Of Asia : 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM (Tel # 556-0138)

Universal Records and SHINee World Philippines, in cooperation with MYX, Astroplus and Odyssey, invite you to "ELECTRIFYING HEARTS : SHINee LUCIFER ALBUM LAUNCH EVENT" on SEPTEMBER 18 (SATURDAY).

"Lucifer" album is packed with 13 new songs including the infectious title track "Lucifer", the old-school hip-hop tune " Up & Down", the melancholic rock ballad "Quasimodo", R&B ballad "Life" by Kenzie and "Love Still Goes On", a sequel to the SHINee's first album hit "Love Should Go On". The members also participated in the songwriting this time, with Onew penning "Your Name" and Jong Hyun penning "Obsession".

"Lucifer" has exceeded sales of more than 100,000 units after just 2 weeks of release in Korea! The music video "Lucifer" has been viewed more than 3.5 million times on SME YouTube Channel alone! The boys have indeed arrived big time!

Watch "Lucifer" MV here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dww9UjJ4Dt8

Here are some SHINee related Facebook Fanpage you should join & check out regularly for updates about SHINee and our upcoming Album Launch Event:

SHINee 2010 Comeback Facebook Fanpage : http://www.facebook.com/pages/SHINee-2010-Comeback/124737560902092
SHINee World Philippines Facebook Fanpage : http://www.facebook.com/shineeworldph
Side by Side with SHINee Selca Contest Facebook Fanpage : http://www.facebook.com/sidebysideshinee

SHINee's "Lucifer" album is being released in two versions - Version A & Version B.

Tracklisting :

1. Up & Down
2. Lucifer
3. Electric Heart
4. A-Yo
5. 욕(慾) (Obsession)
6. 화살 (Quasimodo)
7. 악 (Shout Out)
8. Wowowow
9. Your Name
10. Life
11. Ready or Not
12. Love Pain
13. 사.계.후 (Love Still Goes On)

"LUCIFER " music video is currently being aired on MYX Music Channel.

To vote for "Lucifer" music video, type in MYX[space]VOTE[space]LUCIFER and send to 2366 for all Globe/Smart/Sun subscribers.

Start saving up & we promise you it's so worth your money, patience & effort to go to the event! More details about the FREEBIES coming soon!

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Donghae's cute nap

Donghae's cute nap

September 8th on Twitter, Super Junior Donghae tweeted on his account his own photo dressed up as a London Palace Guard.  Too tired to take off his hat before taking a nap, he commented,

“No wonder my neck hurts. It’s because I was sleeping like this!! Good Morning!! Have a good day!! ELF.”

"Fret not, we'll surely have a wonderful morning!" ^^

Kawaii!

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