B2ST’s Doojoon selected as the most ideal idol manager

B2ST leader Yoon Doojoon has been acknowledged for his considerate personality.

During a recent shoot for the upcoming September 5th broadcast of MBC MUSIC‘s ‘Weekly Idol‘, the idols were asked to select a fellow idol member they would like to have as a manager, and the top 7 names were revealed.

Among the names were Big Bang‘s G-Dragon who has an eye for talent, SHINee‘s Onew who takes care of his members more than his own self, and 2AM‘s Changmin who personally cooks for his group the way a mother would.

However, B2ST’s Doojoon triumphed all these candidates and boldly claimed the #1 spot. The idols who voted for him explained that he pays attention to even the smallest concerns of his fellow members, and therefore was selected as the most ideal idol manager. B.A.P‘s Bang Yong Guk who voted for Doojoon added, “He seems like he has a lot of stamina, and appears thoughtful and attentive, as well as understanding.”

Source & Image: Newsen via Nate

SHINee’s Minho snaps a handsome selca in his school uniform

SHINee‘s Minho shared his excitement for his new drama along with a handsome selca of himself recently.

The idol uploaded the picture on the group’s me2day account while saying, “It’s finally my first step. I’m nervous but excited. From today, I’m Kang Taejun“, referring to the character he plays in the new drama, ‘To the Beautiful You‘.

In the picture, Minho is wearing a school uniform, which further accentuates his defined facial features and his fresh hair cut. Fans were left in awe by the singer and actor’s good looks, and responded, “Minho’s facial features make girls feel jealous“, “Oppa’s shining looks“, and “He’ll make the girls at school cry“.

As mentioned previously, Minho plays a high-jump athlete and co-stars with label-mate f(x)‘s Sulli in the drama, which will be airing its first episode later today (August 15th KST)!

Source + Image: Star Today via Naver

SHINee, A Pink, Dal Shabet, f(x), and more perform at the ’2012 DMZ Peace Concert’

The first day of MBC‘s ‘2012 DMZ Peace Concert‘ took place at Imjingak Park on August 14th.

The concert was held to celebrate the 59 years of ceasefire between North and South Korea, and to convey a message of peace through music.

The first day of the concert consisted of performances by top K-Pop stars such as SHINee, B2ST, f(x), SISTAR, A Pink, Ailee, and more. The second day will showcase familiar classical performances, featuring violinist Richard Youngjae O’Neill, and performances from artists such as Sung Si Kyung and Kai, cellist Song Young Hoon, and pianist Kim Jung Won, all who will also collaborate with the TIMF Orchestra. Popular classics such as the “Shostakovich Waltz”, “Libertango”, “Imagine” by John Lennon, and traditional Korean folk song “Arirang” will also be performed.

The August 14th concert will air on August 15th through MBC at 1:05PM KST, and the second day will air on August 16th at 12:45PM KST

Check out a few photos from the concert below!

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SHINee’s Minho is becoming like his ‘To the Beautiful You’ character?

SHINee‘s Minho revealed that his abrasive on-screen personality is transforming his actual personality.

At the press conference for SBS‘ ‘To the Beautiful You‘ held on the 13th, Minho revealed, “Because my character’s personality is rough around the edges, my actual personality has changed. I noticed I’ve been treating Sulli more roughly without knowing it.”

He continued, “Of course, there have been funny situations. Although it was difficult in the beginning because I have no acting experience, now I work well with not only Sulli, but with the other actors. Because we’re all in the same age group and get along on set, the director says, ‘It’s good to see’.”

The drama is drawing much attention for its cast, which was chosen by ‘Boys Over Flowers‘ director Chun Ki Sang. The main characters include Goo Jaehee (Sulli) who transforms into a boy and transfers to an all-boys athletics high school to meet high jump athlete Kang Taejun (Minho), who she adores.

Kang Taejun is an athlete who holds the world record for the Junior World record in high jump. With his good looks and athletic abilities, Taejun is no doubt popular with the ladies, but because of his painful past, he is quiet and keeps to himself most of the time. However, after meeting Jaehee, he begins to change little by little.

Catch the first episode of ‘To the Beautiful You’ airing August 15th at 9:55 KST!

Source + Image: Hankook Ilbo via Naver

Super Junior’s Eunhyuk to dance with BoA for this week’s ‘M! Countdown’ and ‘Music Core’

It has been revealed that BoA will be performing with Super Junior‘s Eunhyuk for the title track off her 7th album, ‘Only One‘, on two of the music shows this week!

BoA will be making an appearance on both the August 2nd broadcast of Mnet‘s ‘M! Countdown‘ and the August 4th broadcast of MBC‘s ‘Show! Music Core‘ with Eunhyuk for another unforgettable couple dance performance, similar to the one she shared with SHINee‘s Taemin last week.

The singer previously kicked off her comeback with her show, ‘BoA4354‘, where she performed the couple dance with TVXQ‘s Yunho, gaining attention from fans of both artists.

With each of her previous performances receiving a great amount of attention, fans are greatly looking forward to tonight’s performance with Eunhyuk.

Don’t forget to check out BoA and Eunhyuk later tonight on ‘M! Countdown’!

Source + Image: The Star via Chosun

Tip: S.Lee

SHINee’s Minho becomes a gold medalist in ‘To the Beautiful You’

SHINee‘s Minho has transformed into a handsome gold-medalist for his upcoming drama!

In the upcoming SBS drama ‘To the Beautiful You‘, character Kang Taejun, played by Minho, was captured in a photograph with a gold-medal around his neck.

With the ‘2012 London Olympics‘ in progress, Minho’s golden smile drew extra attention from netizens for Minho’s transformation into a gold medalist portrays the dreams of the South Korean Olympic athletes and the hopes of the citizens of the nation.

The filming of the medal ceremony scene took place on July 28th at the Jamsil stadium, directly after Minho’s high jump scene. It has been said that Minho lifted the spirits on the set with his enthusiasm.

Even after two hours of continuously shooting the high jump scene in Korea’s extreme summer heat, Minho showed no signs of exhaustion and executed his character flawlessly.

A representative from the drama’s production company stated, “Please keep your eyes out for Minho, who is working extremely hard to portray his high jump athlete character perfectly.”

Source + Image: Star News via Daum

10 Male Idols we’d like to be on a date with this weekend (Part 2)

It’s another weekend and unfortunately we’re hard at work, ugh! If we had our way though, these are the top 10 male idols we’d like to be on a date with right now! From ruggedly handsome to delicate flower boys, any one of them would make for a perfect date tonight.

Kim Soo Hyun...(Dream High!)

Big Bang's Taeyang

Cross Gene's Casper

Teen Top's C.A.P. and Ricky (YES I'll be yours)

2PM's Nichkhun

2AM's Seulong

Kim Hyun Joong

 

Se7en (technically not an idol anymore, but who cares...)

 

SHINee's Minho

Jay Park

What male idols would YOU like to be on a date with this weekend?

200,000 fans flock to see SHINee on first Japan tour

Five-member boy band SHINee has completed its first arena tour of Japan.

The group performed 20 concerts, stopping off at Fukuoka, Hokkaido, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Tokyo and Hiroshima, and attracting 200,000 people.

SHINee, which debuted in Japan in June 2011 with “Replay (Kimi-wa Boku-no Everything),” has a large fanbase in the country. The tour began on April 25, and additional dates were scheduled in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka after tickets sold out for the initial concerts. In Nagoya, three additional concerts were held.

SHINee waves to fans during its “SHINee World 2012” Japan tour. (S.M. Entertainment)

“SHINee became the first Korean group to gather 200,000 people at its first Japan arena tour,” said S.M. Entertainment, the group’s management company.

During the tour’s finale at Hiroshima Green Arena on June 30 and July 1, the group performed 29 songs including “Replay (Kimi-wa Boku-no Everything),” “Lucifer” and “Juliette.” The group also performed solo songs as well as new single “Sherlock,” which was released on May 16.

SHINee will hold “SHINee Concert-SHINee World II” on July 21 and July 22 at Seoul Olympic Park Gymnasium.

By Lee Hyun-jae, Intern reporter
(lhj137@heraldm.com)

Source & Image : The Korea Herald

SHINee, B2ST, T-ara, f(x), Ailee, and more to perform at Korea’s demilitarized zone

MBC announced at a press conference on July 26th that they will be holding a ‘Peace Concert’ this August at Korea’s demilitarized zone (DMZ), the buffer area between North and South Korea.

The concert will be held specifically on August 14th-15th in the outdoor theatre at Paju’s Imjingak Park. It will be celebrating the 59 years of ceasefire between North and South Korea, and convey a message of peace through music.

For this concert, MBC’s main points of focus was to appeal to a mass audience. The head of MBC’s Special Event Planning Team told the press, “In order to better approach a wide range of people in a more familiar manner, we have prepared this concert while keeping mainstream appeal in mind.”

The first day of the concert will consist of performances by top K-Pop stars, while the second day is scheduled to showcase familiar classical performances. The first day of the concert will be subtitled, ‘We are a peaceful generation’, and will open with the stars Han Young Ae, Bobby Kim, SHINee, T-ara, B2ST, f(x), SISTAR, A Pink, and Ailee. This line-up of singers will have a collaboration stage and perform under the theme of peace.

The second day of the concert will feature violinist Richard Youngjae O’Neill, and be followed by performances from artists such as Sung Si Kyung and Kai, cellist Song Young Hoon, and pianist Kim Jung Won, all who will also collaborate with the TIMF Orchestra. Popular classics such as the “Shostakovich Waltz”, “Libertango”, “Imagine” by John Lennon, and traditional Korean folk song “Arirang” will also be performed.

The concert will be free of charge, and will not have a limited audience number, as it will take place in the wide outdoors. The concert will be filmed so that the performances can be viewed via TV as well. The head of MBC Hong Suk Ho commented, “Although we haven’t decided on the exact time frame, we will broadcast the concert on television a few hours after the performance comes to an end.”

Source: Oh My News via Naver

5 Do’s in K-Pop

Trends in the radical world of  K-pop change from day to day. Some we hate, but some we absolutely love and want more of. Check out some of the 5 Do’s in K-pop!

 

01. Two-tone (ombre) hair

I’m not too sure who started this trend but I think it was either SHINee or f(x). Either way, the ‘ombre’ hairstyle is still pretty cool. But to try it out in the real world, I’d say it’s a bit risky.

 

02. Airport Fashion

Airport fashion is where the carefully crafted image of idols/celebrities can make or break. You can see the “truth” behind idols and their fashion. Although there are times when outfits are hand-picked by professionals, we’d like to believe that these are “casual” outfits of our idols.

 

03. Fan Service

Even with their busy schedules, our idols never fails to find time to appreciate their fans with a simple wave. And many times, that is the only thing we need!

 

04. Sexy Concepts

The sexy concept never gets old, and never fails, period.

 

05. Variety Shows

We love watching our favorite idols on variety shows. We also love them when they supposedly “ruin” their images! It’s the best way to get to know your artists on a more personal level.

 

Tell us some of the K-pop trends you love in the comments section below!

An internet cafe caught red-handed for selling idol stars’ personal info

A cafe within an internet portal site has come under fire for buying and selling the cell phone numbers, social security numbers, and Kakao Talk IDs of idols such as TVXQ, JYJ, and SHINee. In addition, buyers were even able to attain the phone numbers of the artists’ managers or close acquaintances through the website.

Exact prices were not specified, but it is said that the price of each piece of information differed greatly depending on the idol group.

As controversy over the site began to grow, access to the cafe was finally blocked.

Netizens who came across the shocking news stated, “It’s a pity their personal information is leaked just because they are celebrities. Although they are public figures, I think we should protect their privacy”, “Buying another copy of their album would be much more helpful to the artist than buying their social security number”, and “That’s crossing the line of fandom and approaching criminal offense. I hope they realize that sometimes less is more and that their actions can actually be a disservice to the idols they admire”.

Source: KBS News

SHINee’s Taemin and Minho almost kiss, fans go wild

The talented boys of SHINee continued to deliver a round of powerful performances yesterday for their second concert, dubbed ‘SHINee World Concert II‘.

Following Jonghyun‘s naughty attempt at a passionate kiss with Taemin, which made Shawols‘ go wild, it seems that Taemin is now the one delivering copious amounts of fan service, by practically planting a big, juicy kiss on fellow member Minho.

The two were jokingly messing around on the stage until Taemin decided to surprise the crowd by passing along a paper bill, by mouth, to Minho.

2min shippers, are you enjoying SHINee’s recent streak of fan service? Let us know in the comments below!

SHINee talks about sharing concert dates with MBLAQ

At the July 22nd press conference for their concert, ‘SHINee WORLD II‘, SHINee explained that they had wanted to attend fellow boy group MBLAQ‘s concert.

During the press conference, a reporter asked, “MBLAQ is currently holding a concert at the same time as you are. Do you feel like they are your rivals in any way?” to which SHINee responded, “We’re very close to the MBLAQ members. We have actually been talking a lot about their concert.”

They continued, “We invited MBLAQ to our concert, and in return, they invited us to their own. But we discovered that it was being held at the same time as ours, so we were really disappointed.”

Member Jonghyun added, “That’s why we joked amongst ourselves that we should end our concert quickly and go see the MBLAQ concert,” showing just how close the two groups are.

SHINee, currently wrapping up their Seoul concert, will head to Taipei, Singapore, and major cities in Asia to continue their tour.

Source + Image: X Sports News via Nate