Korean pop star Rain will be leaving his mentor Park Jin-young (JYP) after the end of his contract in June.
Rain joined JYP’s company as a trainee in 2000 and made his debut in 2002; he is now one of the top pop acts in the country and getting famous internationally.
It’s not revealed what Rain’s future planning is; there’s rumour that he will be starting his own company. With his soaring popularity and recent advancement into Hollywood, he’s not short of options for sure.
JYP will have to find some newcomers to fill the void; hmmm… the Wonder Girls?
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Nestle has introduced a new flavour for its Kit Kat wafer bar, filled with powder from the famous Yubari melons; and the company will donate 10 yen to the bankrupting city of Yubari from every pack sold.
Sounds generous, but there’s some catches as pointed out by Stippy… turned out its more of a brilliant marketing campaign by Nestle instead of a genuine effort to help Yubari city.
Still, if the product does provide a bit of relieve for the city, I don’t think the folks there would mind if it’s genuine or not. It’s probably easier though, to spend a cool two million yen to buy two of their famous melons instead.
Riyo Mori from Japan is crowned as Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City on May 28.
Excerpt from
Miss Universe…
Ms. Mori is 20 years old and has been dancing since she was 4. She loves travelling the world and enjoys visiting museums and watching musicals.
The judging panel for the 2007 Miss Universe Pageant included NBC’s Heroes James Kyson Lee, NBC’s Deal or No Deal briefcase model Lindsay Clubine, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, rocker Dave Navarro, World and Olympic figure skating champion Michelle Kwan, fashion designer Marc Bouwer, Novela Star Mauricio Islas, Project Runway judge and Elle magazine fashion director Nina Garcia, and former Miss Universes Dayanara Torres (1993) and Christiane Martel (1953).
Throughout the two-hour event, contestants from 77 countries around the world competed in three categories: swimsuit; evening gown; and personality interview. Zuleyka Rivera, Miss Universe 2006, crowned her successor at the conclusion of the two-hour primetime telecast, before an estimated worldwide viewing audience of more than 1 billion in over 170 countries.
[photo by Fadil Barisha]
Riyo Mori is the second woman from Japan to hold the title; the first Miss Universe winner from Japan was Akiko Kojima, way back in 1959.
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Jeon Do-yeon became the first Korean recipient of Cannes’s best actress award at the 60th Cannes Film Festival for her role in Secret Sunshine.
Secret Sunshine, starring Jeon Do-yeon and Song Kang-ho
Jeon played Sin-ae, a widow who moves with her son to a small town named Milyang (lit. secret sunshine) to begin her new life, but tragedy struck again. As the lady struggles to face the series of unfortunate events, a man (played by Song) steps in and try to offer her new hope in life.
An Indonesian fisherman in North Sulawesi has caught a coelacanth, a rare fish from dinosaur era which was once thought to have extinct. Raw video below…
[video via bunakenchacha@Youtube]
The Clock Tower, famously known as Big Ben, is the name of the tower at Houses of Parliament in Westminster. The Chinese affectionately call it the Big Dumb Bell, as the pronunciation for BEN is identical to the word dumb in Chinese.
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Korean pop group the Wonder Girls held their first fan meeting on May 20. Sharing a video of the five members doing a bit of rapping as introduction and dancing to Destiny’s Child’s Lose My Breath…
The girls debuted a few months ago and gradually building their popularity. There are not many successful female pop groups in Korea for the past few years; these girls might just have what it takes to re-create the trend.
[video via lovelypinkox@Youtube]
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American-Korean singer Amerie was in Korea to promote her 3rd and latest album Because I Love It. She looks great in Hanbook alongside her Korean mother during a press conference in Seoul… [image from Newsen]
