Korean model Gu Ji-sung in cosplay costume while hosting the Dungeon Fighter Festival, a promotional event for the multiplayer online game on July 19…
Archives for July 2009
Girls’ Generation Viliv Wallpapers
Widescreen wallpapers (1920×1080) of Korean pop group Girls’ Generation, provided by Viliv [Kr], a Korean portable media player brand which is endorsed by the girls. [Update] Added three new wallpapers…
Departures movie review
Departures (おくりびと, Okuribito) is a multiple award winning Japanese movie and winner of the best foreign language film at the Academy Awards in 2009.
Directed by Yojiro Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, the movie follows the story of a nokanshi whose job is to prepare the death for encoffinment. Other cast include Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki and Kimiko Yo etc.
Asian music video collection (2)
English song from Korean pop star BoA; Korean songs from MC Mong and KARA; and a Chinese song from Taiwanese actress-singer Vivian Hsu…
BoA – Energetic
Third MV from BoA’s self-titled American album, released in March 2009…
Wonder Girls live at Jonas Brothers’ New York concert
Video of Korean pop group Wonder Girls, a mash-up of their performances as opening act for the Jonas Brothers’ concert in New York on July 19-21…
Seems like the Wonder Girls are performing Nobody, Nobody and Nobody besides Nobody throughout the tour so far. Seriously, aren’t they going to sing another song? An English version of Tell Me perhaps?
The girls are obviously getting noticed, for good or bad, among Jonas fans. But if they want to get bigger publicity in the US, they need something more than just singing the same old song with the same old look for two long months.
Wonder Girls series
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Entertaiment roundup (July 29, 2009)
Entertainment snippets from other sources…
China – Jane Zhang loves Barcelona [Cfensi]
Japan – Yuna Ito’s photobook [Reallycuteasians]
Japan – Miss Universe Japan Emiri Miyasaka’s national costume controversy (pic) [Japanprobe]
Korea – Kwon Sang-woo might star in Hollywood film “The Green Hornet” [Stareast]
Korea – Go Ara to make J-drama debut [Stareast]
Korea – Hyun Bin on Cosmopolitan [Koreanclicks]
Korea – SNSD and Son Dambi at Man Utd vs FC Seoul match [K-popped]
Korea – Rain Theater: 7th Global Fan Meeting [K-popped]