Yoo Dong Geun tried to matchmake Lee Yeon Hee and Song Seung Hun

Veteran actor, Yoo Dong Geun made a surprise relevation recently that he had tried to matchmake Song Seung Hun and Lee Yeon Hee during the filming of MBC's East of Eden earlier in the year. Coincidentally, Yoo Dong Geun was the father of Lee Yeon Hee's character in East of Eden while Song Seung Hun romanced Yeon Hee. This relevation came about on MBC talkshow, Come to Play which will be aired tonight in Korea where Yoo Dong Geun was one of the guests alongside Jo Min Ki, Jung Tae Woo and Im Ho in a King's Special (all of them was king/emperor at least once in dramas).

Yoo Dong Geun said during the show, "I couldn't help but tried to matchmake the both of them (Song Seung Hun, Lee Yeon Hee) because they looked really compatible with each other." He also revealed that he had tried to sound out Yeon Hee about Song Seung Hun during a conversation, "Don't you find Seung Hun to be very handsome? If you managed to grab him, your life will become very beautiful." Yoo Dong Geun revealed that Yeon Hee did not show any dislike on her face at all and he said, "It would be great if that happened." All the staff around them were shocked to hear him say that.

Yoo Dong Geun then went over to Song Seung Hun and said, "If you manage to woo Yeon Hee now, your life will become a real success." But Song Seung Hun rejected the idea saying that it would be too great of an expectation. Yoo Dong Geun finished by saying, "I thought that it would be really great if they were really together because of their reactions. So I kept trying to matchmake them from the side continously."

During the days when East of Eden were on air, rumors were flying around that Lee Yeon Hee (21) and Song Seung Hun (32) were dating on and off screen although both of them denied in separate statements that they were as they were very busy.

Source: kbites

New girlgroup groomed by ShinHwa Eric to debut this year-end

A new girlgroup groomed by ShinHwa Eric will debut this year end.

A representative said on the 6th, “We are currently preparing for the debut of a girlgroup which Eric worked hard in grooming.”

“Eric has given in a lot, including working for this new girlgroup’s album, for the debut of his hoobae girlgroup. We are targeting for them to debut this year end. We are still deciding on whether to make this a 4-member or 5-member group.”

Eric is known to be the talented rapper and dancer in ShinHwa, and much anticipation is into how this girlgroup will be like with his grooming. To add on, being the hoobae (juniors) of one of Korea’s biggest pop legend group ShinHwa would sure help this girl group with a good headstart.

Meanwhile, Eric is currently serving his military service, he had joined the military service last October.

source:kbites

Kim HyunJoong “Noona fans look to me like an oppa”

SS501 leader Kim HyunJoong had a date with about 70 fans on 4-Jul.

Chicken brand ‘Hotsun’, who signed Kim HyunJoong as their brand model, selected customers who applied through their homepage for the one-day date.

[Interview : Kim HyunJoong]
“We enjoyed eating and chatted a lot together. Though it only lasted for a short while, we chatted a lot, answering them sincerely on the things that they are curious about…”

For the one-day date with Kim HyunJoong, female fans came from Seoul and of course, from other cities as well.

In order to see Kim HyunJoong in a close distance, they seems to be completely enjoying and filled with happiness even though they waited for a long time.

[At the scene : Kim HyunJoong]
“Hello, your name please? Ah right…”

[At the scene : Fan]
“I came after receiving a phone call from here.”

[At the scene : Kim HyunJoong]
“I know.”

The lucky female fans had the chance to get the personally signed CD which contains the new songs during this commemoration shooting with Kim HyunJoong, most of these fans are noona fans.

After the one-day date ended, during their conversation time, Kim HyunJoong expressed his feelings about receiving focused love of these noona fans.

[Interview : Kim HyunJoong]
Q) How do you feel when you see noona fans…?
A) “I don’t particularly like being called oppa. I find it more comfortable to just be frank and use informal language. So if the person who is younger than me uses it now and then, it shows their characters. Hope you understand.”

Q) How many years older would you be able to take…?
A) “Well. I’ve met some who have lived twice as long as me among my fans, but even so, I see them the same as any others. Everyone would always look upon me like an oppa however I would even want to hug all of them in my case.” (? Not too sure abt this answer)

Kim HyunJoong will come back to his fans with his new song on 06-July.

SS501 ambitiously prepared this SS501 collection album which consists of each members’ solo song which will be released on 06-July. After which, they will hold their first Asia Tour concert in Seoul concurrently to commemorate the release of their official 2nd album on 01-Aug & 02-Aug, leaving their fans to give them lots of support and anticipation.

Credits : YT star + SS601.com + (English Translation) xiaochu @Quainte501.com

Lady Castle looks for a new name

Looks like the upcoming KBS miniseries Lady Castle [레이디캐슬] will probably be broadcasting under a different name, as explained by production company Lee Kim Productions. To that end, they invited online users to vote on the potential new title on the KBS drama homepage on July 2 and 3.

The reason cited was a concerted effort to curtail the unnecessary overusage of English titles by production companies, which is also the reason given for the last-minute title change for the drama Accidental Couple (aka That Fool), which changed its name from its initial “Six Months.”

Top contenders for Lady Castle’s new moniker include the two selections voted on by netizens: “Oh! My Princess” [오! 나의 공주님] and “Take Care of the Young Lady” or “Take Care of Agasshi” [아가씨를 부탁해]. Of the two, “Take Care of the Young Lady” led in online votes, meaning there’s a good chance that will be the new title. However, there was a group of netizens who preferred the current title “Lady Castle,” while others criticized the reasoning, saying, “If you don’t want English titles, then what about Partner, which is airing right now?”

Meanwhile, filming will begin soon with stars Yoon Eun-hye, Yoon Sang-hyun, Jung Il-woo, and cutie youngster (of Speed Scandal) Wang Seok-hyun. The drama soon-to-be-formerly-known-as Lady Castle is scheduled to follow current Wednesday-Thursday drama Partner at the end of August.

Source:sports.khan
Translations:dramabeans

"Boys over Flowers" Hit Guangzhou

South Korean actors Lee Min-Ho and Kim Jun hit the Chinese city of Guangzhou on July 4 to promote the TV serials "Boys over Flowers".

Lee Min-ho said Chow Yun-Fat and Zhang Ziyi are the Chinese stars who he most wants to collaborate with.

The teen romance will be aired on the Star TV (Xingkong Weishi) since July 8.

Source: CRI online

Rain may just be interested in a date with Megan Fox

World star Rain has suggested meeting with sexy Hollywood star Megan Fox. Aired on MBC Section TV Entertainment show on 3rd July has hinted that he did not know that he may just be interested with a date with Megan Fox.

Rain has always stated Megan Fox as his ideal type of woman. And on the 9th last month, Megan Fox has also visited Korea for the promotions of the movie ‘Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen’ and had said, “Rain has a really sexy body. I hope to meet him for once.” After which, Fox has picked Rain as her ideal type of guy doing promotions in other places.

On the show that day, Rain responded to Fox’s comments, “It feels great.” And when asked by the reporter if he will accept Fox’s date, he diverted away to say, “My movie ‘Ninja Assassin’ has started screening in North America, this is great and fun news to me.” Whether he will accept it is still a large guess for many.

Meanwhile, news have surfaced recently that Fox had called and emailed him several times to go on a date but accordingly, he had rejected by saying that he was “not interested”.

source: kbites

Lady Castle’s Cast Attracts Attention

*Jung Il Woo, Yoon Eun Hye, and Yoon Sang Hyun have been confirmed as leads for the upcoming drama, Lady Castle.

Yoon will play Noh Yu Ra, the second of three sisters in a rich household. A love story develops when a poor man – played by Yoon Sang Hyun – becomes the family’s household manager with the intention of getting his hands on the family’s hidden slush fund. Jung Il Woo will compete for Yu Ra’s attentions as the scion of a noble family.

Child actor Wang Seok Hyun (Speed Scandal) has also been cast and will make his drama debut in Lady Castle. He will play Yu Ra’s wealthy younger cousin.

The romantic-comedic drama is being written by Yoon Eun Kyung and Kim Eun Hee, who have previously collaborated on Sweet 18. Ji Young Soo, the PD behind Flowers For My Life, will direct. According to KBS, filming will begin mid-July for the program to be broadcast starting on August 19 (following the end of Partner).

Source:StarNews
Credit:KPCulture

*KP’s note: StarNews wrote on July 2 that Jung Il Woo’s participation is definite. As of June 30, Jung’s agency representative had said that they were still in the midst of discussion.

Kim Bum & Kim Soeun seemingly in a relationship; matching rings are being questioned by netizens

According to Korean reports, a picture titled “Evidence that talents Kim Bum and Kim Soeun are currently dating” is now circulating widely amongst the Korean Internet community. Their respective management agencies have now stepped out to deny that this rumour is true.

It had started on the 26th of June, when a thread named “Evidence of Kim Bum and Kim Soeun’s relationship” had appeared in one of many Korean forums on the Internet. The starter of the thread had posted a picture of both Kim Bum and Kim Soeun wearing the same rings, and stated that the design is very much like that of a certain brand’s couple rings line, therefore concluding that they could be in a relationship.

This thread then caught the attention of many Korean netizens, and this piece of information then began to spread like wildfire, posted on both personal blogs and forums alike. Some netizens even claim that they had started dating during the filming of <Boys Over Flowers>, and that they were a famous couple in school.

Although there was some positive response to this sudden rumour, many netizens still are wary. Also, both of their management agencies have clarified that this is just purely a rumour: both Kim Bum and Kim Soeun are just merely classmates.

Kim Bum’s manager also claimed that Kim Bum himself hardly has the habit of wearing a ring, and this is only for filming purposes, since this ring was sponsored. Kim Soeun’s manager added on by saying that it was basically impossible for the two of them to meet up at all because of their busy schedules.

Although she has seen the rumours circulating around on the Internet, but because it is just a rumour and not true at all, she does not mind too much about this whole issue.

Source: korea.sohu

Translated by: hazel @ http://asianfanatics.net

Hyun Bin isn’t afraid of the Friend comparisons

Did you feel any pressure choosing this role?

When I first chose this role, I guessed that I would be compared to Jang Dong-gun sunbae. Although there were people who worried about it, I took on the challenge and as we filmed, I have never once regretted it. We began filming in January and things got better as we went along, and by now I’m not afraid [of people's reactions]. I’m not worried, either. Watching this drama, people who saw the film Friend will think back to the first one.

Was it difficult acting with the Saturi accent?

When we first went down to Busan in January, director Kwak Kyung-taek gave me all twenty scripts and two cassette tapes. The director had recorded all my dialogue himself, and I listened to it over and over, and asked questions on set, too. Even now, I can’t speak like a Busan person. I have to show that I tried hard. I’m faster at picking up on the pronunciation now, so you can say I improved in my ability to follow along. It’s good enough that people won’t misunderstand what I’m saying, so I’m not worried that it will make viewers in general lose focus on the drama. They may find it awkward at first, but it improves soon afterward.

Is there any advice that Jang Dong-gun gave you?

He told me, “Give everything to director Kwak.” He came to the Busan shooting location not long ago, and he didn’t say much, only, “It brings me back to the old days.” Watching me film, he was pleased. We talked over the phone, too, but he didn’t tell me anything particular. He trusts me and just asks, “Is filming going well?”

How will your acting differ from the Dong-soo that Jang Dong-gun acted?

I’m very aware that the Dong-soo character acted by Jang Dong-gun left a deep impression on many people. I wanted to act the character differently than in the movie. At first, I thought seeing the film would make me model my acting after it so I didn’t watch it, but after reading the script I thought I should carry over some of the actions and looks from Jang Dong-gun’s acting, and changed my mind. After that point, I saw the film at least twenty or thirty times. I put it on repeat four or five times a day. At some parts, you may see bits of the film Dong-soo character.

The dramatic storyline with Jin-sook (actress Wang Ji-hye) didn’t happen in the movie, and is only given a central role in the drama series. I also wanted to show a lot of expression in my eyes. In the drama, Dong-soo boxes, I’ve been training with someone in Busan since January, and found that the looks in athletes’ or martial artists’ eyes are different. I worked hard to bring out a fierce look in my eyes.

How did you find doing the action scenes?

It was tough on my body, but fun. I had some injuries, and now have a permanent scar on my leg. In the early part, there was a scene I shot while on a boat, and I fell wrong from an oil container and hurt my right leg on the shin area.

How do you feel about your short haircut?

This is the first time I’m wearing my hair this short since middle school and when I first started shooting Nonstop 4. I couldn’t imagine how I’d look with short hair, so I was nervous at first. Now that I cut it off, what do you think, does it look okay? [Laughs]

What’s the main point when watching?

In the film, the friends go right from their school days into adulthood, but in the drama, things progress in between that time, like the prominent story with Jin-sook. One of the appeals of Friend, Our Legend will be watching for some of the same lines and the same locations but with different actors.

Source: news.mk.co.kr
Translations: dramabeans

Rain not falling for hot Fox

Hollywood Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen actress Megan Fox recently openly expressed her interest in Korean star Rain and also a desire to date the latter, who replied plainly to her invite, "I'm not interested."

According to media reports, Fox has spoke numerously about her admiration for Rain while on the movie promotional tour. And that was not just a comment made by Fox; she has indeed extended a dinner date to Rain through her manager but was rejected by the Korean star who was "not interested".

Yet, the rejection did not wound her pride and ironically, it has built up stronger interest of Rain in Fox who recently criticized the comparison of herself to Angelina Jolie.

According to reports, Fox loves such challenges and has no plans to give up. She would continue extending her invite to Rain, hoping that he would agree to meet up someday.

Source: sg.news.yahoo

Lee Si Young turns passive

We have all known Lee Si Young for being one frank lady who always speaks her mind about everything and her fans love her for that. Well, that has to change now after her relationship with JunJin was made public not so long ago since she has lost an opportunity to headline a drama.

As we all know, Lee Si Young is in the movie Ogamdo, an anthology film based around the theme of eros, and she attended the premiere yesterday evening. But that will be the only time that Lee Si Young is promoting the movie as it was revealed that she will not be doing any promotions after that. This was a sharp contrast to earlier news that she would be actively involved, and that has puzzled many of her fans.

The original plan was for Lee Si Young to be actively involved in promoting Ogamdo, where she appears alongside Kim Dong Wook, Jung Eui Chul, Song Joong Ki, Sin Se Gyeong and Lee Sung Min in 1 of the five interconnected segments, Trust the Moment (provocative love) of the movie directed by Oh Ki Hwan. But after her relationship with JunJin was made public, she has become rather passive in front of the media and GnG Production also revealed that Si Young will not be promoting the movie.

The movie production company expressed that Lee Si Young has always showed a willingness to learn during the filming as she was still considered to be pretty much a newbie in the acting industry. But she has adopted a rather passive attitude in recent times and they are guessing that she is afraid that her frank nature during interviews would be misinterpreted by the media and subsequently blown up.

Lee Si Young has also declined all media interviews except for Korean movie website, Cine21. In addition, the reporter was reminded not to ask Lee Si Young anything about JunJin and just concentrate on asking about Lee Si Young's role in Ogamdo.

But it's not all gloom though as JunJin turned up at the movie premiere like he promised earlier, to hand flowers to Lee Si Young and give her encouragement.

Source: allkpop

SS501 holds celebratory press conference, comes to Taiwan to show their compassion with fans

On Sunday (28th June), after SS501 successfully held their fan meeting at Taipei International Convention Center, SS501 who were missing food from their home country, went to famous Korean BBQ restaurant "Longevity" to hold a celebration dinner; the 5 big boys who cured their longing, very happily said "Thank you" to the staff of their Taiwan record company, and also said they'll continue to work hard, shouting "Fighting!" together.

SS501 sign a deal with Warner Music Taiwan to release their albums in Taiwan and the whole of Asia, and to let fans first revise all the classic songs of SS501, who made their debut 4 years ago, they specially released 2 albums, "Superhits CD+DVD" and "1st solo album", on 26th June, part of their monopolizing Taiwan plan; due to enthusiastic response during pre-order, once the albums were released, both albums immediately won the honor of Gold Record! And on today's (29th June) press conference, Warner Music's Greater China region General Manager Wang Pei Fen also presented the Gold Record to SS501, this record sale is said to be a new record among the Taiwan release of Korean artistes records!

SS501's first visit to Taiwan, and they showed their compassion together with their fans! A total of 1000 spots were opened for fans, and each person only had to pay NTD100 to take a photo with their idols during the fan meeting, the total earnings of NTD10000 were fully donated to United Way Taiwan; United Way Taiwan's donation ambassador Wang Yong He will also be attending the press conference, and accept the compassion of SS501 and their fans on behalf.

The press conference will also be hosted by Ken Wu Jian Heng, who was also the host for the fan meeting, both parties already have a certain amount of understanding, so during the Q&A activity where members poked fun at each other, all the members of SS501 were rather open, and the press conference was full of laughter; the 5 boys who've already been in Taiwan for 3 days have already learned many Chinese words, "Yes, yes, yes", "I love you", "You're very beautiful", "Are you courting death?", "Crazy" etc. Park Jung Min who was poked fun of most accepted the present - "Big cup of Taiwan beer", despite being poor at holding his liquor, he readily agreed to finish the cup of beer, exclaiming it was delicious! Also, SS501 officially announced that they'll be starting their Asia Tour from August, Taiwan's concert is scheduled to occur between October and December.

At night, SS501 boarded Cathay Pacific's flight CX531 that departed at 8:20pm, going on to Hong Kong, their 2nd stop for the Asia Tour fan meeting; it's estimated that about 600 fans went to see them off, and due to fans being overly-enthusiastic, leader Kim Hyun Joong almost fell, while his clothes and bag were almost pulled off; the wooden handle on the steps leading to the 2nd floor of the airport also fell off! But the 5 boys were very thankful to the fans' enthusiastic support, and before passing through customs, they specially walked next to the glass windows, and waved to their fans through the glass for 5 minutes, the fans also enthusiastically screamed and hit the glass in response, causing other tourists who were also present, to look on in curiosity, and filming it. Before leaving Taiwan, SS501 also promised everyone, they'll definitely be back in Taiwan before the year ends, and asked the fans to please wait a little while.

Credits: Warner Music Taiwan + (English translation) SS5014ever @ quainte501.com

SS501 loves purchases, do not worry about price

Korea boyband 5 people band SS501, first time in Taiwan, lifting up an extraordinary tornado wave. All of them has very strong opinions towards clothes & hairstyle. Usually all like buying but habits are totally different. the only similarity is that they don't really consider the price of the item, ie how expensive it is. The others pointed out that Jung Min spends most of his time on adjusting the attire & purchasing. He replies, He likes studying the latest Fashion, because he has long hands & legs so he would especially notice which attire suits his figure. Leader Hyun Joong looks at the season when choosing his purchases. During Summer he dislike going out, so in Winter, he mainly shops in the winter time. Hyun Joong, secretly loves buying V neck tops so he would observe some designer's new work.

The other 3 members belong to the impulsive purchase sort. Hyung Joon says, Once he sees something he likes, he will buy it. He will always buy a lot every time he shops. In his house, there's an exceptional amount of jeans, accessories & shades. Young Saeng says, he thinks of wanting something first then go buy it. Whether the clothes are cheap or expensive collections. he would buy whichever he wants. The self labelled "Lacking far behind members in Fashion sense's," Kyu Jong has no sense in resistance when it comes to shoes; once he sees something he likes, he will just buy it impulsively.

In the 3 days 2 night's busy schedules, SS501 specially took time off for UDN news "Star taste" special column, changed into a person full of LV male attire. 5 big boys at that instant, had an additional level of matured guys feel. For the preparation of the photo shoot, they had to wake up at 9am for grooming & matching. which took 3 hours. "Loves being pretty"Jung Min although satisfied with such a handsome outfit, yet sighed saying, "Normally, if we were to wear out in this, it will be too attention grabbing, probably have to wear a cap or shades to hide. " Hyun Joong also said: "Wearing this outfit, don't feel like working, would like wearing it to attend a party to have fun."

Have lots of opinions in one's dressing, SS501 towards girlfriend's dress style's attitudes are very open minded, respecting opposite's liking, but all hoping future girlfriend could wear more of skirts, more girly like, Hyun Joong says: :"I Like seeing girls wear 1 piece dresses." While Kyu Jong says he won't interfere wth the her style. For Hyung Joon & Young Saeng, "As long as she does not just wear a swimsuit or bra on the streets, all's fine.," Jung Min likes it more when the opposite dresses abit sexily. Only Hyun Joong upon hearing "revealing" two words (in Chinese), had a distress face saying: "I will probably be unable to control & interfere."

Source: udn
Translations: lehc_ar@soompi/putadot@quainte
Editor: Nikki@asianfanatics.net/News
Additional credits: wanyu0730@YT

Kim So Eun Drops 4th Period

Actress Kim So Eun has dropped her first starring film role in 4th Period Mystery (4교시 추리영역).

The movie, co-starring Kim with Yoo Seung Ho, has already been 60-70% filmed. However, a situation has arisen where they must start scrap everything and begin filming anew due to the movie’s director being replaced. (KP’s note: I presume this means that 100 Days With Mr. Arrogant’s Shin Dong Yup is no longer directing.) With Kim currently acting in a leading role in He Who Can’t Marry, it would be too difficult for her to work intensively on both projects simultaneously. Hence, it was decided that she would give up the 4th Period Mystery project. A representative of her agency explained that the decision caused no major problems with the producers.

With 4th Period Mystery off of her schedule, Kim So Eun is going to focus entirely on He Who Can’t Marry, which is airing on KBS until August. Kim is also in the process of choosing her next project from the many offers she has received.

Source: Newsen via Daum
Credit: kpculture

Jung Il Woo joining Yoon Eun Hye for Lady Castle

Some might have be a little disappointed with Yoon Sang Hyun joining Lady Castle, which will be Yoon Eun Hye's comeback drama in 2 years. Fret not, for it was announced just this afternoon in Korea that Jung Il Woo, last seen in The Return of Iljimae earlier this year, could be joining Lady Castle to offer more eye candy for the girls.

According to Lee Kim Productions, they are now in advanced talks with Jung Il Woo's management, Star K Entertainment and the possibility of him joining is very high. Once it's confirmed, filming for Lady Castle would then begin in mid July.

Lady Castle is a romantic comedy that sees a guy become a housekeeper and has an eye on the rich family’s hidden slush fund. He develops a love triangle with the family's 3 daughters, 1 of which is played by Yoon Eun Hye. Jung Il Woo is likely to be involved in a love triangle with Yoon Sang Hyun and Yoon Eun Hye if everything goes well.

Lady Castle is currently set for a 19th August premiere on KBS2TV, taking over the spot vacated by Partners in the Wed-Thus timeslot. Competing dramas in the same timeslot are SBS's Swallow the Sun and MBC's horror drama, Soul.

Source: allkpop

Rain's 'Ninja Assassin' to be released in November

Starring South Korea pop star Rain (Jung Ji-hoon, 28) as a main character, "Ninja Assassin" will hit world theaters, starting on Nov. 25 in the United States.

Rain has already made his debut in Hollywood by starring in a supporting role in "Speed Racer," produced by Larry and Andy Wachowski of "The Matrix." In their next film, "Ninja Assassin," the Wachowski brothers set the star as a leading character. Produced in Berlin Germany and inspired by traditional Japanese culture, "Ninja Assassin" plots a ninja's betrayal and revenge.

In the movie, Rain appears as Raizo, taken from the streets and raised into one of deadliest assassins in the world, by a mysterious ninja clan. After a cruel murder of his friend by the clan, Raizo turns away from the clan and prepares for revenge.

Besides the singer, the film stars Naomie Harris from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006), and Ben Miles from "V for Vendetta," (2005).

Source: koreaherald

Lee Si Young explains her fake name and age rumors

Lee Si Young whose relationship with JunJin was made public and became headline news this past week, came out on tv to address all sorts of rumors surrounding her background, and admitting that they were indeed very real.

This happened on SBS Ya Shim Man Man shown on 29th June where Lee Si Young appeared as 1 of the invited guests alongside Bae Soo Bin and Kim Tae Won. She truthfully spoke up on the rumors of her faking her real age and name plus her relationship with JunJin.

With regards to having a real name but yet keeping it hidden and pretending that her stage name is her real name, Lee Si Young said, "Lee Si Young is my real name now. My original name was Lee Eun Rae but I changed it (legally) to Lee Si Young."

As for reporting her age to be 2 years younger than her actual age of 28, Lee Si Young admitted, "When I auditioned for roles, I reported my age as 26 instead of 28, that's the truth." Lee Si Young added that because of the age issue, it's hard for a newbie like her to get selected for roles as people do judge actresses based on their age and also explains why some actresses do not really reveal their ages.

Source: allkpop

Kim Joon changed after Boys Over Flowers

According to the T-Max group members, Kim Joon has changed ever since he played Song Woo Bin in the drama Boys Over Flowers. Leader Shin Min Chul revealed "Ever since Kim Joon became an F4 member, he has changed a lot. I can reveal it now. Before he started acting, he would always ask me (the leader) everything, but now he does not give in and is much more confident. He also says "Don't worry. I'm F4." rather comfortably."

Aside from this, the group also talked about the time when they had to introduce themselves as the 'Dancing SG Wannabe'. The group mentioned "When we think about it now, it's really embarrassing. The company president said that we need to make this our motto because at the time, SG Wannabe was a popular, three-member group. We had to introduce ourselves as 'Dancing SG Wannabe' because we weren't particularly good enough at dancing to be called idols."

Source: allkpop
Date: Monday, June 29, 2009 Korea

Kim Hyun Joong lends Kim Joon a helping hand

Despite his frequent trips to hospital plus an unrelenting schedule with SS501, Kim Hyun Joong still took out time to show us his deep friendship bond with fellow F4 member, Kim Joon, which was formed during filming for Boys Before Flowers.

Kim Hyun Joong recently took part in the filming of the MV for Kim Joon's solo song titled Joon, Be Ok! (or Ready, OK!), with the latter getting some tips from Hyun Joong while also expressing the immense amount of stress that he was facing. Hyun Joong said, "Hope that my appearance (in the MV) will bring him some needed strength."

According to Planet 905, "Kim Hyun Joong and Kim Joon have similar backgrounds in the entertainment industry, be it acting, solo songs, etc, so they are able to understand each others' situation very well. Hyun Joong wanted to show his support despite his busy schedule." Kim Hyun Joong had also appeared at Lee Min Ho's fan meeting, showing the deep friendship that he has formed with the other F4 members.

Kim Joon's solo MV starring Kim Hyun Joong will be out on 9th July. Kim Joon's solo song will be included on T-Max's new album, out on the same day.

Source: coolsmurf
Date: Monday June 29, 2009 Korea

Lee Minwoo: Michael Jackson’s death stings my heart

World-class pop star Michael Jackson has passed away on 25th June.

Amidst the outpouring of grief around the world, Korean dance singer Lee Minwoo, who has just released his new mini-album Minnovation, also expresses his regrets.

In an interview with Osen on 26th June, he said “The sadness is really indescribable, it’s like in 1995 when DEUX member Kim Sung Jae whom I really liked and respected, passed away. When Kim Sung Jae passed away, I was heartbroken, and I placed his album in front of me as I prayed.”

“When I heard about Michael Jackson’s passing this morning, I felt a sting in my heart. It’s like I have a big wound in my heart. Michael Jackson is my hero, and I’ve been working hard in order to achieve what he has achieved. Now that I’m a step closer to my goal, my hero has left the world, and I really feel very sad. Although he lived a spectacular life, there were many unfortunate things as well. I believe Michael Jackson’s energy will live on. I really regret not being able to watch Michael Jackson performing live anymore.”

Credits: Osen + Absolut Shinhwa + shinhwa.biz