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Protect The Boss drama poster

July 23, 2011 by Yein Jee

Promotion image for upcoming Korean drama Protect The Boss, a comedic-romance flick starring Ji Sung, Choi Kang-hee, Kim Jae-joong and Wang Ji-hye.

Korean drama Protect The Boss

This would be popular singer Jaejoong’s first starring role in a Korean drama series, thus garnering plenty of attention from the media and fans.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Choi Kang-hee, Hero Kim Jae-joong, Ji Sung, Korean pop culture, Korean showbiz, Korean TV shows, SBS television, South Korea, Wang Ji-hye

Kim Jae-joong & Han Hyo-joo Heaven’s smooch

November 30, 2009 by Yein Jee

Screen cut from Korean telecinema Heaven’s Postman, with the main leads Kim Jae-joong of boyband TVXQ and actress Han Hyo-joo sharing a kiss…

Kim Jae-joong and Han Hyo-joo kiss in movie Heavens Postman

The movie was made in early 2009 but was only released recently after much delay. There’s some dating rumours between the duo during the filming, and the rumours are reignited once again following the airing of the film.

As far as I know the two hadn’t responded directly to the earlier rumours. Who knows, there might actually be something in between them lol.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Asian movies, East Asia, Han Hyo-joo, Hero Kim Jae-joong, Korean movies, Korean showbiz, South Korea, TVXQ Korean Group

Han Hyo-joo & TVXQ Jaejoong dating?

January 5, 2009 by Yein Jee

Recent photos of Korean actress Han Hyo-joo partying with pop singer Jaejoong from boyband TVXQ have sparked huge interest online.

The photos were taken at a staff party for telecinema Heaven’s Postman which they are starring in; and the two were getting a bit too close from some points’ of view, sparking rumours that the on-screen couple might be dating for real.

Korean celebrities Han Hyo-joo and Kim Jae-joongWell, it’s common for young people to get a bit cozy with each other after a few drinks, but it turns big deal when it involves celebrities… especially when it involves member from one of the biggest boybands.

As expected, not all responses are positive with the possible “relationship”. The actress is currently one of the hottest rising stars, but a few of TVXQ’s fans still think that she’s not good enough for their idol. The majority seems neutral and supportive to the “couple” though, thank goodness.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: East Asia, Han Hyo-joo, Hero Kim Jae-joong, Korean showbiz, South Korea, TVXQ Korean Group

Hallyu stars dominate J-pop chart

October 24, 2008 by Yein Jee

Hallyu stars are dominating the Japanese Oricon singles chart for the past two weeks. The Koreans claimed the top three spots at the singles’ sales chart last week, and keeping their momentum with three of the top four spots this week.

Pop group TVXQ (known as Tōhōshinki in Japan) tops the singles’ sales chart for two consecutive weeks with their 24th Japanese single “Jumon-Mirotic”. This is their 4th chart topping Japanese single in 2008.

Actor turn singer Lee Byung-hun claims the 2nd spot also for two weeks in a role with his debut single, “Itsuka”; while Ryu Si-won dropping from 3rd to 4th with his 8th single “Kimito Boku”.

To be frank, I’m quite puzzled how the songs managed to lead the charts. I can understand that Mirotic is appealing to some audiences (although not to my liking), but the other two are just so average. Anyhow, sharing all three music videos below…

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Asian Music, Hero Kim Jae-joong, Japan blog, Japanese Music, Japanese showbiz, Kim Jun-su, Korean Music, Korean showbiz, Lee Byung-hun, Park Yoo-chun (Micky), Ryu Shi-won, Shim Chang-min (Max), South Korea, TVXQ Korean Group, U-know Jung Yun-ho

Japan’s most wanted artist lovers 2008

August 24, 2008 by Yein Jee

Japan’s Count-Down-TV [Jp] has concluded their annual poll for “the most wanted artist as girlfriend/boyfriend” in 2008, with YUI and Jin Akanishi topping the girlfriend and boyfriend category respectively.

Top 20 Japan’s most wanted girlfriend 2008

1. YUI – 2. Kaori Mochida – 3. Ayumi Hamasaki – 4. Ai Otsuka – 5. aiko – 6. Ai Takahashi – 7. Ai Kawashima – 8. Kiyoe Yoshioka – 9. Maimi Yajima – 10. Yui Aragaki – 11. Nocchi – 12. Namie Amuro – 13. Ayaka – 14. Kaela Kimura – 15. Kumi Koda – 16. Misako Uno – 17. Hiroko – 18. BoA – 19. Mai Kuraki 20. Reina Tanaka

Top 20 Japan’s most wanted boyfriend 2008

1. Jin Akanishi – 2. Kazuya Kamenashi – 3. Hyde – 4. Jun Matsumoto – 5. Tomohisa Yamashita – 6. Takahiro – 7. Takahisa Masuda – 8. Jaejoong – 9. TAKUYA∞ – 10. Sho Sakurai – 11. Koichi Domoto – 12. Akihito Okano – 13. Kentaro Kobuchi – 14. Ryo Nishikido – 15. Yusuke Kamiji – 16. Yuya Tegoshi – 17. Masaki Aiba – 18. Haruichi Shindou – 19. Teppei Koike – 20. DAIGO

Note that in Japan the term “artist” often refers to singers, so there aren’t any “pure” actors/actresses in the list. Korean stars BoA and Jaejoong are the only two non-Japanese celebrities who made the top 20.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Ai Kawashima, Ai Otsuka, Ai Takahashi, Aiko Yanai, Akihito Okano, Asian pop culture, Ayaka Iida, Ayano Omoto, Ayumi Hamasaki, Daigo Naitou, Haruichi Shindo, Hero Kim Jae-joong, Hiroko Akutsu, Hyde Hideto Takarai, Japan blog, Japanese pop culture, Japanese showbiz, Jin Akanishi, Jun Matsumoto, Kaela Kimura, Kaori Mochida, Kazuya Kamenashi, Kentaro Kobuchi, Kiyoe Yoshioka, Koichi Domoto, Kumiko Koda, Kwon BoA, Mai Kuraki, Maimi Yajima, Masaki Aiba, Misako Uno, Reina Tanaka, Ryo Nishikido, Shimizu Takuya, Takahiro Tasaki, Takahisa Masuda, TBS Japan, Teppei Koike, Tomohisa Yamashita, Top List, Yui Aragaki, Yui Yoshioka, Yusuke Kamiji, Yuya Tegoshi

SM Entertainment Global Audition 2008 (US & Canada)

August 11, 2008 by Yein Jee

SM Entertainment, the Korean talent agency that boost the likes of BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Super Junior, SNSD, Ara and Lee Yeon-hee etc. will be holding the “08 SM Entertainment Global Audition” in Sept/Oct 2008.

Poster of SM Entertainment Global Audition 2008 featuring Korean group TVXQ

The auditions will be held from September 19 to October 25 in Hawaii, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Orange County (CA), New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver. Nationality doesn’t matters, but it seems like they are looking for Asian faces only.

It’s funny that SM is calling it a ‘global’ audition when in fact the locations are limited to US and Canada. Regardless, it’s a chance for young Asian talents to try their luck if they are interested with the entertainment business.

Set aside the publicity purpose, SM do mean business with the auditions. If not mistaken Tiffany from SNSD and Henry from Suju-M were discovered from previous auditions… there might be a few more that I’m not aware of.

Check SM’s website for details and updates. Good luck if there is any taker here.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Auditions and Talent Search, Canada, Go Ara, Hawaii State, Henry Lau Hin Wa, Hero Kim Jae-joong, Kangta Ahn Chil-hyun, Kim Jun-su, Korean showbiz, Lee Yeon-hee, Los Angeles, New York City, Orange County (CA), Park Yoo-chun (Micky), Province of Ontario, San Francisco, Shim Chang-min (Max), SM Entertainment, South Korea, State of California, Super Junior, TVXQ Korean Group, U-know Jung Yun-ho, United States, Vancouver City

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