Thursday, May 20, 2010

New drama series " Gold "

Yuki Amami (42) is confirmed to be starring in a new drama series this summer, tentatively titled "GOLD." The show is a home drama penned by screenwriter Shinji Nojima.

Amami plays Yuri Saotome, a charismatic beautician who runs a major sports gym and aesthetic salon. Her older brother died in an accident just before his opportunity to achieve a gold medal at the Olympics, so she chose to marry a wrestling gold medalist. After giving birth to four children, she and her husband broke off their marriage, leaving Yuri to raise the kids by herself. With their excellent genes, three of them have been raised as possible candidates for the next Olympic games.

"GOLD" will be broadcast by Fuji TV on Thursday nights at 10:00pm, starting this July.

Top 10 album chart

1. Hideaki Tokunaga - VOCALIST 4 = 36725
2. Suga Shikao - FUNKASTiC = 25870
3. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster = 14951
4. KE$HA - Animal = 14660
5. Mariko Takahashi - No Reason 2 ~Motto Otokogokoro~ = 12648
6. V.A. - "Waratte Iitomo!" Compilation Micro Mini Album "Happyo Shiranakya Ikenai!? Saishin Word Tenrankai" = 11145
7. Fuyumi Sakamoto - Love Songs Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru = 10007
8. V.A. - THE IDOLM@STER BEST OF 765 + 876 = !! vol.01 = 7789
9. Ayumi Hamasaki - Rock 'n' Roll Circus = 7702
10. Tiara - Message for You = 7097

Top 10 single chart

1. KAT-TUN - Going! = 230452
2. VAMPS - DEVIL SIDE = 36655
3. Ketsumeishi - Nakama = 35956
4. Girls Dead Monster - Thousand Enemies = 28105
5. Ikimonogakari - Arigatou = 20598
6. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - Taisetsu = 18420
7. Kiyoshi Hikawa - Shamisen Tabigarasu = 15231
8. Fuyumi Sakamoto - Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru / Asia no Kaizoku = 14080
9. Choshinsei - Magokoro = 13447
10. Erina Mano - Onegai Dakara... = 13339

KAT-TUN's new single "Going!"

KAT-TUN's new single "Going!" is hitting high sales. And on the live, Junnosuke Taguchi talked about from shopping to online shopping in MC section. It seems Koki Tanaka ordered abdominal exercise equipment on the airplane. In addition, Nakamaru recommended: "Have you tried Yahoo auction? That is amazing!" Kamenashi asked: "How to do that?" Then the topic turned into the auction talk, with Nakamaru and Tanaka explaining how to buy things at a lower price to other members. How often do they buy things on the internet? And Tanaka said he even asked "How to make my hair grow faster?" on the internet.

However, in the end, Ueda shouted: "I don't know about internet! Traditional media is enough for me!" And he turned to Nakamaru who recommended his fans to buy CD on Amazon, "No, I'm happier if you buy from shops directly." Was it an interesting MC for you to find out a new side of the members.

Now right before they start world tour in July, they are having tours in arena-class venues in 10 cities nationwide. And their new album "NO MORE PAIИ" has been decided for release on June 16th! It will be their 5th album, with "Going!" included, as well as other songs produced by top artists. All 13 songs, including 5 solo songs, will be included (14 songs in normal edition). Video clip and footage video DVD will be attached to the first limited edition, while a bonus track will be only in normal edition. Keep your eyes on them!

Jay Chou's new album was released

Jay Chou's new album was released across Asia today, and Hong Kong sales have already surpassed 70,000 copies, smashing his previous album sales record. In the MV for his second title track 'The Era', Jay turns into a handsome vampire and it also features a special custom-made piano that cost $620,000rmb, again smashing his personal record for the most amount of money spent on an MV. And for his third title track 'Raining All Night', Jay continues to travel through time, and transforms into a traditional Chinese man, playing er hu. The most special thing about this MV is that it actually led to a very happy event. During filming, one of the male actors suddenly proposed to his girlfriend, who was also one of the female actors, making her very surprised but happy. And this whole process was also recorded.

Sales for Jay's new album have already surpassed 70,000 copies, breaking the record for his previous album 'November's Chopin'. And to achieve the visual effects, the album comes in a 3D metal box, evidently displaying the amount of money spent.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Super Junior releasing the 4th album

Group Super Junior is continuing its reputation as the strongest in album sales.

After releasing the 4th album , Super Junior is holding on to its spot at number 1 in album charts. Since the 14th, Super Junior has stayed on top at the album counting site Hanteo Information system’s day chart. On 14th, they showed their power by selling 6,000 in a day. Super Junior’s 4th album sales numbers are the fastest and the most biggest numbers among singers this year.

Super Junior’s management company SM Entertainment said, “Because the pre-sale orders reached 200000, we had foreseen it somewhat. With international fans’ order sales continuously rising, we believe that the album sales will rise more as the promotion activity continues.”

Super Junior’s new song is a song where fast beats matched with repeating hooks mix well with the dance that expresses each member’ characteristics. The members are performing with emphasis on their masculinity earned by long training.

News : ‘Calling For Love’

During filming of CTS drama ‘Calling For Love’, female lead Charlene Choi (Ah Sa)’s married status had not yet been exposed but she had many kiss scenes in the drama with male lead Mike He. Ah Sa admitted that Mike’s kissing skills successfully electrified her, and she revealed that she “very quickly entered into the world of love.”

‘Calling For Love’ will broadcast this Sunday but it seems that Ah Sa wants to avoid the media. She used work as an excuse, and was unwilling to come to Taiwan to promote her new drama, leaving producer Angie Chai to hold the fort. Ah Sa’s character in the drama is very innocent, therefore she does not have many passionate scenes. Her dress style is also very conservative; if she isn’t wearing her taxi uniform, then her clothes will be buttoned very high. At the time, she did not have many requests, the only one being having her own personal make-up artist, and she was not opposed to filming intimate scenes.

Ah Sa previously had a kiss scene with Andy Lau in ‘All About Love’ that lasted over 10 seconds. She expressed that that kiss was the most unforgettable for her. However, when she arrived in Taiwan to collaborate with Mike, she felt that he had the ‘most charm’. She admitted that she was electrified by him during filming: “His eyes are too mesmerising, at first I was too scared to look him in the eye, I was very nervous.”

At the time, Mike did not know that the girl he was kissing was in fact already married. And she also marks the first married female that he’s collaborated with. Mike revealed that previously, they went to sing KTV together, and everyone purposely wanted to pick Ronald Cheng’s songs to sing. However, they were stopped by Ah Sa, who was strongly opposed to the idea.

2010 TVB Most Popular Commercial Awards Ceremony

"2010 TVB Most Popular Commercial Awards Ceremony" was filming yesterday. hotCha , Sandy Lau, Christine Kuo, and Matthew Ko were performing guests. When HotCha was singing a classic commercial song, their performance went badly. Crystal sang the wrong lyrics in the beginning. Then they NG and restarted recording, but she still sang out of tune and messed up lyrics. Crystal later explained that Winkie was supposed to sing first, but she didn't know why she sang it herself. Regen joked a ghost was here.

HotCha said they were very nervous during performing because they didn't wear low-cut dresses when they practiced. Crystal said: "Because aren't used to wearing these dresses, we felt restrained and constantly reminding ourselves to be careful. It's quite hard to remember lyrics actually, because some songs were already out before we were born, maybe we only heard the melody before, but didn't remember lyrics. We promise everyone that it won't happen again!"

Christine Kuo expressed she wants to improve dancing waltz and has no interest right now in seductive dances. She once said that she would tell her younger sister to audition Miss Hong Kong, but she didn't in the end. Christine said her sister is very confident and no need to prove herself through beauty pageants.She said: "My sister is different from me. My mother wanted me to participate in Miss Chinese International and she applied for me. I think I get to know more things after participating. In the past I just wanted to get married and have kids, just like normal people. Now I've changed, working is my focus, dating with my company." Christine said she doesn't feel anyone is pursuing her the majority are good friends.

Group Arashi new single

Arashi fangirls and fanboys, the moment you’ve all been waiting for has arrived. Jpop group Arashi has finally released the PV for their new single “Monster“. A few hours after release, the PV has already grabbed the no.1 spots for “Top Rated“, “Top Favorited“, and “Most Discussed” on Youtube. Can we call this the “Arashi Effect“?

Decked out in black and white, the Arashi boys have once again captured the hearts of fangirls around the world. With their charisma and this time, suave dancing skills.

MONSTER is the theme song of the ongoing drama, "Kaibutsu-kun" (NTV) starring Arashi's leader Ohno Satoshi. The single is slated for release next week, May 19.

New album “The Era” release on 18th May

Jay Chou’s new album “The Era” is set to release on the 18th. After being in showbiz for 10 years, 30 year old Jay reveals that he still loves to act like a spoiled kid in front of his mom. Recently, Jay was hoping to get his mom’s approval for him to open a guitar store, but his mom disapproved the idea right away.

In order to celebrate Jay’s new album release, Hit Fm will play their interviews with Jay throughout the day of the album release that will last 19 hours long. It will start from 7am with Good Morning DJ Kris and end with Night Cat DJ Dennis at 11pm. Fans will be able to hear Jay’s songs throughout all the shows.

For getting this rare chance to interview Jay, DJs of Hit Fm tried all their best. DJ Ah Juan revealed that she was so nervous that her armpits were sweating and DJ SoWhat was having diarrhea just before his turn to conduct his interview with Jay.

New movie " Love You Ten Thousand Years "

A deep emotional prince in front of the camera, Zai Zai Vic Zhou becomes an otaku when he reaches home. Fans rarely see this side of him but the film "Love You Ten Thousand Years" will scoop out Zai Zai's decadent and sloppy appearance, to give a surprise to fans.

Due to scheduling issues this year, Zai Zai narrowly missed being in the movies "Black & White" and "Killer Ouyang Penzai." This makes the soon-to-be released August movie "Love You Ten Thousand Years" being paid particular attention. This local Taiwan romance comedy film directed by Japanese director Toyo Kitamura, will let Zaizai do a turnaround, challenging the role of a decadent rock band lead singer, and he even has to use his own unique singing style to belt out the song "Love You Ten Thousand Years" which has previously been sung by Wynners, Five Tigers, Wu Bai and Li Yi Chun!

Prior to shooting the movie, director Toyo Kitamura had a headache thinking of how to change Zai Zai from his handsome appearance to a decadent band member. Then unexpectedly, he saw Zai Zai with disheveled hair and unshaven face walking towards him, and Toyo Kitumura happily shouted out "That's the look!" Manager Zhi Xiang Li was alarmed and worried that fans cannot accept this Zaizai who do not care about his appearance. But Zaizai just said, be calm,"They are only seeing my original (real-life) self."

Toyo Kitamura used his 13 years observation of Taiwan's cultural phenomenon and filmed it into a funny plot. Zai Zai will sing as he plays the guitar and even have to dance while wearing a "vulgar (coarse) looking" suit. Film producer Peggy Chiao could not help but praise him, that he has the form to be "Tony Leung's successor ".

The official website of "Love You Ten Thousand Years" is opening in these two days, and will specially introduce the lead actress Kato Yoo Ji. She is the Shiseido spokesperson in Japan, and in the film she will have an interesting exchange of blows with Zaizai on views about love.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Jay Chou " The era " album list


Singer : Jay Chou ( 周杰倫 )
Album Title : The Era ( 跨時代 )
Language : Mandarin
Origin of country : Taiwan

This is what we've all been waiting for - a brand new album from Jay Chou! In the year and a half since his last Mando-pop masterpiece Capricorn, the Taiwanese superstar has kept himself busy with his movie engagements. He has even made his first idol drama, and taken the first step in his Hollywood venture. In 2010, his 10th year as a singer-songwriter, Jay returns to lead Chinese pop music into a brave new era. His highly anticipated 10th album will be released in May, which will be followed by a world tour beginning in June. The first single off the album is called "This Superhero Can't Fly", in which Jay sings about the downside of fame as he learned firsthand through an eventful decade in the show business.

跨越自己 創新時代
周杰倫 2010第十輯【跨時代】
跨樂古今.飛越想像.創意絕倫.超時感動

CD
01. 跨時代
02. 說了再見
03. 煙花易冷
04. 免費教學錄影帶
05. 好久不見
06. 雨下一整晚
07. 嘻哈空姐
08. 我落淚。情緒零碎
09. 愛的等飛行日記
10. 自導自演
11. 超人不會飛

2010 Dream Concert

YG Entertainment’s singers like Big Bang and 2NE1 will not participate in this year’s 2010 Dream Concert.
The 2010 Dream Concert will be helding coming 22nd May in Seoul World Cup Stadium will the participation from various singers like Rain, Lee Hyori, So Nyeo Shi Dae, Super Junior, 2PM etc. But we will not see Big Bang and 2NE1.
Big Bang GDragon will be performing as guest performance for Flo Rida’s concert performance in Korea that day, while 2NE1 will not have any special activities this year – which explain their no-show for the concert.
An official from the organiser of the concert Korean Entertainment Production Association voiced on the 12th, “It’s a matter of decisions made by YG Ent internally, there is no special problem. Even though we hope to have many artiste participate for this concert, it is sad that these singers will not participate this year.”

Meanwhile, WonderGirls and SS501 will also be performing on Dream Concert 2010 to meet with fans after so long.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Jihen upcoming live DVD

Rock/Pop band Tokyo Jihen have announced the upcoming release of a live DVD entitled Ultra C for August.

Tokyo Jihen (who are also known as Tokyo Incidents) is the side project of well-known popular singer Sheena Ringo. The group recently released their fourth studio album Sports in February, which peaked at #1 on the Oricon. Following the release of Sports, Tokyo Jihen embarked on their first national tour in two-and-a-half years entitled "Tokyo Jihen live tour 2010 Ultra C". The tour, which began on March 26th at the Kawaguchi Sougou Bunka Centre, will conclude on May 23rd at the Kurashiki Shimin Kaikan.

Further details of Ultra C including a release date, tracklist etc. will be announced via the band's official website in the near future.

5th single "DEVIL SIDE"

Today, on May 12th VAMPS are releasing their 5th single "DEVIL SIDE", which is the first of their 2-months consecutive releases. For that occasion they are without a doubt in media focus and they have been taking part in a radio program lately. The theme of that program was "A person to be grateful for."

For hyde, the person he is most grateful for is a man, who he never met. During his time in middle school, hyde and a friend had been doing a bike race and suddenly he fell into some kind of pit. At that time, he lost his consciousness as well as in a dangerous state that his arm as well as his neck had been broken. According to hyde, an unknown man took him in his car until the ambulance arrived. He was taken to the hospital, where the surgery was done, but he only remembers things from after the surgery in the hospital bed.

However, on the mysterious man, he said "I didn't really have the chance to look for him, so I always wonder about it", still not knowing until now, who it was. The aftereffects of the accident has been taken on until now, hyde said. "There is still something wrong with the sensitive nerves around the eyes and lips. Even now I can't put any strength into my left arm."

Upcoming film "Dreams Come True"

Members of Korean idol group Super Junior will be singing the main theme song for upcoming sports film tentatively titled "Dreams Come True," according to its producer on Wednesday.

CJ Entertainment stated in a press release that Super Junior members Shindong, Leeteuk, Eunhyuk, Yesung and Sungmin had prepared the song since its planning stages a year ago.

"The fresh and vibrant image these Super Junior members give off due to their various activities on variety programs, radio shows and musicals, goes well with the title song and theme of the movie," a representative from CJ was quoted as saying.

"Dreams," starring Korean actors Lee Sung-jae, Kang Sung-jin, Yoo Tae-woong and Lee Sun-ho, is about how North Korean and South Korean soldiers near the demilitarized zone separating the two countries come together for their love of soccer.

The movie, a comical drama helmed by Kye Yoon-shik, is set to premiere on May 27 in Korea.

Super Junior is known as one of the biggest K-pop groups in Asia with several hit singles including "Sorry, Sorry," "It's You," Rukkugo," and "Full of Happiness."

They are set to return to the local music scene with their fourth full-length album "BONAMANA" at the end of the week.

Top 10 album chart

1. Hideaki Tokunaga - VOCALIST 4 = 62286
2. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster = 20699
3. Fuyumi Sakamoto - Love Songs Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru = 14191
4. Ayumi Hamasaki - Rock'n'Roll Circus = 13114
5. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS BEST = 9033
6. My Little Lover - Best Collection = 8418
7. Lady Gaga - The Remix = 8317
8. AKB48 - Kamikyoku Tachi = 7899
9. Arashi - All the BEST! 1999-2009 = 7196
10. Various Artists - ONE PIECE MEMORIAL BEST = 5932

Top 10 single chart

1. AAA - Aitai Riyu / Dream After Dream ~Yume kara Sameta Yume~ = 45710
2. Ikimono-gakari - Arigato = 44642
3. Momoiro Clover - Ikuze! Kaito Shojo = 22537
4. Fuyumi Sakamoto - Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru / Asia no Kaizoku = 19193
5. Hokago Tea Time - GO! GO! MANIAC = 18824
6. Hokago Tea Time - Listen!! = 16260
7. Mai Oshima - Mendokusai Aijo = 11768
8. BUMP OF CHICKEN - Maho no Ryori ~Kimi kara Kimi e~ = 10299
9. DOES - Bakuchi Dancer = 10185
10. Hilcrhyme - Daijobu = 7333

New movie "My Back Page"

Satoshi Tsumabuki (29) and Kenichi Matsuyama (25) will co-star in a new movie from director Nobuhiro Yamashita ("Linda Linda Linda," "Tennen Kokekko").

Titled "My Back Page," the story is set around the time of the 1969 student protests at Tokyo University. It is based on the experiences of critic Saburo Kawamoto, who was a newspaper reporter at the time of the protests. Tsumabuki will play a journalist named Sawada, while Matsuyama will play a left-wing student named Umeyama.

The supporting cast includes Shiori Kutsuna (17) as a model who appears on the cover of Sawada's magazine, Anna Ishibashi (17) as Umeyama's girlfriend, Keishi Nagatsuka (35), Tomokazu Miura (58), and Aoi Nakamura (19). Filming starts on the 16th, with a release date set for sometime in 2011.

New movie "The Emerald and The Pearl"

Joey Yung, Raymond Lam, Wong Cho Lam and Charlene Choi were in Beijing to attend the press conference of their new movie . The movie is a collaborative production between Shaw Brothers, EEG and TVB with an investment of 40 million yuan. Recently the crew is actively shooting in Beijing and Hebei.

In the movie, Joey plays a mountain bandit king (TN: or in Joey's case 'queen'), she considers herself as a newcomer in the industry. Joey said: "I have no experience in the film scene, Ah Sa taught me a lot by telling me which camera angles I look best in. Raymond pointed out that I have to look at the camera when I'm doing sword fighting scenes." Joey also expressed that she liked her mountain bandit costume because the costume is adapted from western film : "I really like it. There is so many fighting scenes that are quite challenging. Actually one time I was hitting to accurately and accidentally injured many people. Sometimes the fighting scenes is like dancing, I feel that I need to work harder."

The story is about a Princess having to marry to a foreign country. Ah Sa plays that princess, who is escorted to the foreign place by the General played by Raymond and eventually developed feelings for her. Unfortunately during their journey, the two were split up and met mountain bandit Joey Yung and storyteller Wong Cho Lam. It is a light hearted romantic comedy. The movie is scheduled to releases this summer.

Upcoming action TV series "Athena"

orean singer-actor Kim Hyun-joong is in talks to appear in the upcoming action TV series "Athena," the spin-off to last year's hit blockbuster drama "IRIS," according to the show's producer Taewon Entertainment on Tuesday.

"Kim is a strong candidate for the drama but we are currently in talks with his agency and nothing has been set as of now," a representative from Taewon told Asia Economic Daily over the phone.

An official at Kim's agency DSP Entertainment expressed more optimism on behalf of the 23-year-old star. "We can't say anything is certain but Kim has shown great interest in "Athena" and it is true that he wants to take the role."

Taewon is eyeing the latter half of this year for the airing of "Athena," about terrorist acts and threats against the Korean Peninsula and the world.

It will go into production starting in June in Italy and Switzerland and continue on into six other countries including Singapore and New Zealand.

Kim made his debut in 2005 as the leader of the five-member boy band SS501 and has also ventured onto the small screen appearing in the smash-hit drama "Boys Over Flowers" last year alongside actors Lee Min-ho and Ku Hye-sun.

He is currently focusing on his singing career with his group who will be returning to the local music scene with a new album at the end of the month.

Rain Green Planet Movie Awards

Rain who starred in hollywood movie 'Ninja Assassin', whose name has been already widely known to the hollywood.

As he won three Green Planet Movie Awards, the Best International Entertainer (Asia), 10 Outstanding Asians in Hollywood, and Asian Cultural Ambassador of the Year, he showed off his position as the hottest actor in the hollywood.

Since MTV Awards are distinguished as the most marketable and the youngest celebrities' meeting place, winning the award has great significant.

The final winners for 13 MTV Movie Awards will be made in an online vote which will be held from the 13th of May, and the winners will be announced about two weeks later. If he wins the award, he'll attend the awards ceremony that will be held in LA, USA, on June 6th.

Se7en new album in july

Singer Se7en will have his comeback after 3 years this coming July in Korea.

A YG Entertainment representative told Newsen on 11th May, “Se7en is currently preparing for the new album to be released in July.”

The rep revealed that there are plans for the new album to be released on 1st July, and they are currently preparing for it. The pre-recording was done earlier in April and back then, a rep has also revealed that, “Se7en will comeback with new features” pointing to a more matured image for Se7en’s comeback.

There is great anticipation for Se7en’s comeback since this is his comeback after 3 years plus, the YG rep added, “Se7en is preparing for the album enthusiastically.”

Meanwhile, Se7en released his last album ‘Se7olution’ in November 2006. Even though he did release hit digital single in 2007, it has been a while since he released a new song in Korea. This will be his 1st album after he released his song ‘Girl’ in the States.

Rain with a album ‘Back To The Basic’

Recently back with the album ‘Back To The Basic’ and dominating music charts and music shows charts, singer Rain will be holding a fanmeet.

Coming 12th May, he will be meeting fans in Seoul MyungDong Music Korea, YongSang Children Park ShinNara, KangNam Hot Tracks. The idea of the fanmeet was brought up by Rain himself during the recent meetings with staff after seeing the great success with this album even though the music industry is said to be in recession.

Meanwhile, Rain is preparing to promote his followup song ‘Hip Song’.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

News : "Ip Man 2"

Since it’s Hong Kong theatrical release 11 days ago, the film starring Donnie Yen has garnered HKD$28 million at the box office, with an unprecedented single day earnings (for 5/9) of HKD$3 million. With this type of box office revenue, not only is the film #1 in terms of single day earnings, it also #1 overall this year – currently leading (box office revenue HKD$21.88 million), which premiered in Hong Kong theatres 1 day later. The box office revenue for has also exceeded the HKD$25 million box office revenue that the original film garnered 2 years ago.

was also a box office success in mainland China, bringing in 100 million Yuan (RMB) in revenue in just 5 days. However, the film’s owner and executive producer Raymond Wong Bak Ming has indicated that the rampant illegal downloading of the film is a huge problem and has caused a potential loss in revenue of several hundred million. On his micro-blog, Raymond Wong wrote: “Someone has done something truly harmful by illegally recording the film and placing it on the internet for others to download for free. My understanding is that there have been over 10 million ‘hits’ to the illegal web version of the film, which has caused the box office revenue to fall by about half. I am afraid that the revenue won’t reach the 300 million Yuan originally anticipated – we’ll be happy if it ends up surpassing the 200 million Yuan mark slightly.” He has expressed that he will be pursuing legal action against the originator of the illegal download.

At the same time, some people are unhappy that the upcoming film directed by Wong Kar Wei and starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai has been overshadowed by the franchise, since both movies are the same subject matter, but because Wong Kar Wei’s film is still in production, it has not yet been released. A netizen by the name of Tonyleslie expressed that his favorite actor is Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), his favorite director is Wong Kar Wei, and the person he hates the most is Raymond Wong (Bak Ming), so he is planning on [illegally] downloading for all his classmates to watch. In response to this, Raymond indicated: “I don’t understand this type of mentality…to be honest, I’m actually looking forward to Wong Kar Wei’s film myself. I don’t care if people hate me, but illegal downloading is against the law – and the person boasting about illegally downloading for all his classmates to watch? That’s the part that makes me shake my head in wonder!”

New song ‘NU ABO’

Girlgroup f(x)’s new song ‘NU ABO’ has risen up to the #1 spot on weekly music charts.

The song ‘NU ABO’ released from the girls’ 1st minialbum on 4th May is up #1 on various album sales chart like Hanteo chart, Hot Tracks; it is also up #1 on daily and weekly music charts for the 1st week of May including Dosirak and Monkey3 weekly chart.

f(x) had their comeback stages performing the song ‘NU ABO’ over the weekend on the 3 major weekly music shows. The girls will move on to promote the song in full force on various broadcast programs.

New movie "Kamisama Help!"

Kazuki Kato (25) will take on a new starring movie role in the comedy "Kamisama Help!," directed by Shota Sasaki. This will effectively be his first film lead. He had originally starred in Eiji Uchida's "Dakara Oretachi wa, Asa wo Matteita" that was scheduled for release this past February, but the movie was canned after co-actor Manabu Oshio (32) was arrested for drugs last year.

"Kamisama Help!" takes place at a closed school where a mass murder occurred 25 years earlier. Kato plays both a teacher and a "horror planner." He will also sing the film's theme song, a cover of the 1985 hit "Kamisama Help!" by the band The Checkers.

The film is scheduled for release on August 7.

New drama "Strawberry Night"

Actress Yuko Takeuchi (30) will take on her first role as a police detective in a Fuji TV drama special later this year, titled "Strawberry Night."

"Strawberry Night" is an adaptation of Tetsuya Honda's bestselling mystery of the same name. The book, published in 2006, has sold 600,000 copies so far.

Takeuchi plays the protagonist, Reiko Himekawa, a young detective who has quickly risen through the ranks to become a member of the first investigative division. While trying to solve a mysterious murder, she comes across the keyword "Strawberry Night," and she must decipher its meaning in order to crack the case.

Takeuchi's supporting cast includes Tetsuya Takeda (61) and Hidetoshi Nishijima (39). Fuji TV plans to air the drama this fall, though the exact broadcast date is still undecided.

Jay Chow new album " The Era "

Jay Chou, who has always gone after diao stuff, has again done something diao. For his second plugged song "The Era" he has splashed out ten million yuan to film the MV, he has set the record for the most expensive MV production for Chinese people. For just the specially made piano with inverted black and white keys, it cost a million yuan, he said: "Normally werewolves transform because of the moon, in my MV vampires transform because they hear the sound of piano, the sound of piano eliminates their humanity."

The idea for this song and the completion of it has spanned time. When he was filming the MV for "Uncle Joker" in 2008, he was the director, he got a feeling from the clock tower on the set, he had the impulse to write a song and film an MV, he immediately took his dance teacher and drove from Linkou to Sanchong where the arranger lived, he wrote the song in his head down, the dance teacher also arranged the choreography, they then went back to the set to film, he spent just 2.5 hours.

His new album "The Era" was originally planned to be released on the 14th of May, yesterday it was announced it would be delayed until 18th, the delay is due to the large order from Mainland China, the factories cannot keep up, plus they want to guard against piracy.

New series "Rosy Business 2"

Wayne Lai and Sheren Tang's new series "Rosy Business 2" (巾幗梟雄之義海豪情) held a blessing ceremony yesterday. This time the two's characters have a complicated relationship. Sheren plays the head of a gang and is often taken care by Wayne, who plays a police. Asked whether the two would have intimate scenes? Sheren joked there're many extreme action scenes; no intimate scenes at the moment, only hugging and a scene where the two spend a night together. But she told everyone don't think too much about the night scene, nothing would happened. She felt feelings are most important when filming love scenes and can express with eyes. It can also send a message that to love doesn't necessarily have to possess it; man and woman spending a night together don't necessarily have to have sex.

Wayne said that night scene is about him helping Sheren to quit drugs and talking to each other. Intimate scenes like kissing would be decided depending on plot development, he can cooperate and doesn't mind. He agreed with Sheren that things don't have to happen when opposite sexes are spending a night together, they can have a healthy relationship. His son is 12-years-old and he was asked whether he mentioned sex education, Wayne said not yet; his son hasn't ask curiously, let it be.

"RB2" is copy editor Cheng Wah Biu's last series in TVB. Wayne said Wah Biu should leave after the screenplay is done writing. Whether he's confident in winning TV King again with this series? He said there are many reasons behind winning an award, as an actor he's satisfied for winning once already.

Fala Chen looked very tired in the event and she said a night before she had to film an emotional crying scene. She's stressed and very tired. Stressed because she is working with TV King and Queen? Fala denied and said everyone helps her out. Wayne would teach her techniques of acting. Asked whether the other reason is wind is too strong in boyfriend's expensive house? She said she doesn't even have time to go home, but her boyfriend supports her very much and lets her focus in working. Did boyfriend ask her to retire and become a rich wife? Fala said never, because her boyfriend knows she likes to act.

After Kara Hui won "Best Actress" in HK Film Awards, it's rumored that Lee Tim Sing gave her more scenes. As for this rumor, Kara stressed there is no such thing like that. She won't compete because every actor has his/her responsibility.

Rainie Yang autograph-concert

Rainie Yang will be having an autograph-concert session on May 9th, and didn't have anything prepared to give to her mom for Mother's Day, but has already had a small celebration with her sister and their mother. At the autograph session, fans yelled "Chen Lin mommy!" and gave her carnations. Coming from a single-parent childhood, Rainie pretended to be a strict mom and responded, "You have to be filial to your real mothers."

When Jerry had a "chest bump" with Rainie at her concert a while ago, she blurted, "I'm worried you won't find anything." At the concert, she even lost her cleavage tapes, so fans presented her with a G-cup cake, and purposely stuck on a floral pattern on the bra. Not even a B cup herself, Rainie confessed that in junior high, she drank milk thinking it would increase her cup size, but instead helped her grow 10cm.

4minute Concert “LIVE Energy Vol.1 MUZIK”

On May 8, 2010 girl group 4minute has done their 1st ever Concert “LIVE Energy Vol.1 MUZIK” took place at JEPP Tokyo (Odaiba, Tokyo) – Japan.

The girls gave their best performance in front of (estimated) 4,000 spectators who joined the 1 hour and 30 minutes event. 4minute is said to perform their hits like : “Hot Issue”, “Music” and “What A Girl Wants” alongside each members’ solo stage.

Magnae SoHyun did Lil Mama’s G-Slide for her solo, JiHyun sang Beyonce’s Get me bodied showed off her dazzling dancing skills and said to have captivated the audience. HyunA did her own single Change for her individual stage whilst JiYoon did Rihanna’s Umbrella brilliantly. Last but not least, main vocal GaYoon performed Mika Nakashima’s Snow Flower in Japanese receiving more love from the audience.

In addition, the girls also performed their just released Japanese single “Muzik” for the first time and receiving good response from the audience.

Before the concert, 4minute held a Press Session and attended by 50 media including local ones such as : Asahi TV, TBS, NTV, etc proving the local media interest towards the group.

4minute agency Cube Entertainment,” In Japan, 4minute’s fans age range is between 10 – 20 years old. Their charismatic and powerful image differentiate them from the local (Japanese) girl groups and that is seemed to be the reason of the good response the girls have been receiving from the country,” he explained.

4minute released their Japanese Mini album “Muzik” on May 5th,2010 and is currently busy doing promotion in Japan.

Friday, May 07, 2010

C.N Blue new album release date

Even though previously, the new album release date for C.N Blue has been delayed due to vocalist Jung YongHwa being diagnosed with vocal cord nodules, it has been announced that the group’s album release will resume as planned initially.

A FNC Music rep revealed, “During the last stage of their new album preparation, Jung YongHwa was diagnosed with vocal code nodules. Fortunately, he recovered faster than expected and the doctor told us he could sing again.”

So with that, the group will release their new album on 19th May, it will include 10 songs with 1 song to be revealed online before the official release.


The company also revealed that to protect Jung YongHwa’s vocals, for the first few weeks after their comeback, they will only do the minimal amount of activities.

Meanwhile, it is known that CN Blue’s new song is written by Jung YongHwa.

L'Arc-en-Ciel new mini album

It has been learned that Ken from L'Arc-en-Ciel will be releasing his new mini solo album "The Party" and moreover, he will be going on tour this fall.

It can be stated without question, that he has evolved greatly since his first solo album "IN PHYSICAL", incorporating devastating melodies as well as penetrating, heartfelt and intense guitar sounds, which show the respect Ken is paying towards the "sound" as such. With the strong emotions, evoked from the music, he creates images in one's head, which might not have been experienced like that.

There will be a CD only and a CD DVD version of the album, whereas the DVD will contain the music video as well as footage concerning the album making. Moreover, there will also be a special present for people purchasing the first press limited edition. On top of that the tour in autumn this year has been announced recently, with the details following in the near future.

Kara special album

Korean girl group, Kara has entered into an agreement with Universal Music Japan and has released their special album called Special premium box for Japan. This album has entered into the Oricon daily chart Top 7 list.

Universal Music Japan released Kara's album, Special premium box for Japan, and contains the 1st album(Break it),1st mini album (Rock U), 2nd mini album (Pretty Girl), Special edition (Honey) 2nd full album( Wanna) along with Pretty Girl, Honey, and Wanna in Japanese version within this album.

Kara's representative have stated, "There are reports of Kara possibly recording at the Universal Music Japan in the future, including schedules, and plans so they are giving a Green light to play Kara songs in Japan.

Kara has left for the United states for the Hollywood Bowl's "Korean Music festival". On May 7th Kara plans to arrive at Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, to meet with the official fan club in Japan. Soon after, Kara plans to attend the Grand Prince Hotel in Tokyo on May 8th to meet and shake hands with over 8000 Japanese fans.

WonderGirls’ upcoming new album

The album jacket photo to WonderGirls’ upcoming new album has been revealed!

The jacket photos to ’2 Different Tears’ set to be released on 16th May is revealed through iTunes on 5th May. The concept the girls adapt for the jacket photo is a denim punk yet feminine look made popularised in the 80s.

A JYP Entertainment rep revealed, “The girls are currently in the States preparing for their album launching event.”

Monday, May 03, 2010

News : Xiao xiao bin

Xiao Xiao Bin is going to school! It's pushed forward a year earlier than originally planned. This summer he is going to take junior kindergarten classes. His little brother Mini Bin will go to school as well, starting from lower kindergarten classes.

Yesterday Xiao Xiao Bin and father Xiao Bin Bin (Wen Shao Yu) attended to a kindergarten event. Wen said: "At first I want him to take senior kindergarten class when he's 6 years old, but he loves to write, likes to sign autographs, he also has to speak English when he hosts, it's good for him to start school early."

Xiao Xiao Bin's school expense costs nearly 20,000NTD. His manager said: "He gets along with his age group very easily, socialized very quickly. Everyone's worrisome is unnecessary."

Jay Chou's new song "Superman Can't Fly"

The MV for Jay Chou's new song "Superman Can't Fly" was shown on the 29th, it immediate stirred up discussion, some people online sighed that they were disappointed, because the male lead was not Jay Chou, but instead was a not so handsome and slightly overweight stranger, Jay Chou's JVR said, he is not an artist, he is Jay Chou's friend Jeff, he was just guest starring!

The lyrics to "Superman Can't Fly" describe Jay Chou's feelings since he had been out, this is the first MV, but there was no Superman Chou, no J Girl, just a plain man playing the role of Superman, it's makes you scratch your head. It turns out that while Jay Chou was filming "The Green Hornet" in America, because he was English was not good, he had to rely on the translator everyday for food and clothes, so he became good friends with the translator for the movie Jeff. During New Year this year, Jeff came to Taiwan and had lunch with him, as it so happens he wore a t-shirt with Superman on it, Jay said on the spot: "Aiyo! What a coincidence! Come film my MV!"

JVR said, this song started off with lyrics before the melody, in order to show plain people can be heroes, they got a plain person to play the role, he never planned to get a model or artist.

A few days ago Forbes magazine announced Jay Chou was second in the Chinese famous people chart for 2010, JVR said, they have never made public income or fees, it's probably the media guessing.

News : Down With Love

CTV / GTV Idol drama (Down With Love) arrives at the supermarket for filming. Seeing how considerate his gestures are, leading lady Ella praises male lead Jerry; exclaiming he is a good man. Facing the camera, she expresses her desire to help him 'jing fan'. Having heard this, the timid Jerry was left to scratching his head.

With this scene, it was originally written such that Ella would be seated in the shopping cart with Jerry pushing. While filming, Ella got really excited and requested for a role reversal so that she be the one pushing the cart. Jerry immediately refuted by saying, "I don't want that; it's too dangerous!" With that, Ella responded "He's so considerate! A true gentleman." While continuing to face the camera, she playfully turned the discussion to match making; jokingly stating that she wants to be his 'jing fan'.

Flustered, Jerry scratched his head after hearing her... in the end, his words were no match for hers, thus he sat compliantly for her to push. The duo's collaboration was a breeze as it only required one take to complete.

Not only was Jerry considerate, in one scene, it speaks of Ella getting hit hard by the shopping cart. Jerry, who was concerned that she might actually get injured, purposely reduced his speed. But Ella was fearless and gave Jerry the green light to go full force.

Jacky Cheung Private Corner Mini-Concert

Day before yesterday, Jacky Cheung held his mini-concert at Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Jockey Auditorium. After he came out on stage, Jacky jokingly told the audience: “Since this is a ‘mini’ concert, hope you don’t expect it to be long.”

In addition to singing songs from his new album , as well as a few songs from other artists such as Sam Hui and Deanie Yip, Jacky also sang a few of his own hits from previous years such as <李香蘭>, <離開以後>,<祝福>, using jazz-style music. The mini-concert lasted only an hour and half, however with the audience’s warm applause and chants of ‘Encore’, Jacky came back on stage to sing a few more songs. Before he left the stage, Jacky addressed the audience: “Of course, a ‘mini-concert’ is not going to last 3 ½ hours like usual, however in the very near future, I will be seeing all of you again, as I will be having another concert soon.”

During an interview after the show, Jacky stated: “I’m the type who needs a long time to warm up – with the concert time being so short, I should start warm up an hour earlier or else by the time I’m done warming up, the concert will be over!” Jacky indicated that the reason why he chose to hold this mini-concert at HK Polytechnic University is because he wanted to change things up a little and give the audience a different type of feel. Asked about whether his upcoming concert would be ‘jazz-themed’ as well, Jacky replied: “Probably! Since I just returned to Hong Kong from Shanghai a couple days ago, I will be meeting with Florence Chan this week to discuss the details of the concert. As for when the concert will take place? Probably at the end of the year…need to also coordinate with everyone’s schedules.”

Jacky also indicated that there are a lot of people in Shanghai right now, so he is not planning on taking his daughters to see the World Expo at the moment. As for Hong Kong government leader Secretary of Finance John Tsang Chun-Wah coming to watch him perform, Jacky expressed that he is very grateful.

promotional event

Yesterday Ada Choi, Moses Chan, Kenny Wong and Queenie Chu attended the promotional event. They played rock climbing and jumping into canvas from the air. When Ada jumped into the canvas, she accidentally injured her nose. She was in so much pain that her tears immediately came rolling down, but she laughed: "Scraped my nose a little. (Then you'll have to get it fix?) Luckily I'm a natural born beauty, proves that chin and nose are real!"

Speaking of Netizens saying that her acting in is exaggerated, Ada explained: "I have heard people saying that, but there are also a lot of people that said they disliked my HK girl personality. I hope audience watch the series in a happy mood!" Ada also admitted that she's a HK girl herself: "I am a Hong Kong girl and was once a Miss Hong Kong representative! (What qualities do you have?) I am full of confidence, I just feel that I'm really good! (Are you not afraid of embarrassment?) Not to the point of not fair of embarrassment." Speaking of the series copying several movies and other series (committed "7 crimes"), Ada said: "Superheroes, if not male then it's a female, or if not cat then it's dog. As for this series, it talks about me as a "HK Girl" going out to bully the typical "HK Boy". I don't think my costume is a copy of Maggie Cheung's character in , we both have different elements."

Moses Chan said that he knows that the series is getting a good number of hits by Netizens: "I am not too worried about the TV ratings. (How about being said to have copied other movies?) I played around with my costume several times, the outcome gives a feeling of a weird doctor. However, there is absolutely no copied elements." It was also Kenny Wong's birthday, the cast celebrated with them by giving kisses.

G.E.M first album in May

Hong Kong singer G.E.M will be in Taiwan promoting her first album in May, and the Taiwan-food lover has already eaten 15 pieces of fried chicken during her 10 day promotional stay in Taiwan right now. Every meal, she drinks bubble tea, and will not stop even if she starts breaking out, joking that she has already considered moving to Taiwan, so that she can eat the wonderful food everyday.

G.E.M is enthralled by all the Taiwanese eats, and praises fried chicken and bubble tea as the world's best food and drink. After being in Taiwan for only 10 days, she has already gained 4 kg, "Taiwanese food is really super delicious, I have seriously considered buying a house here, heck, I'll move here, just to eat the fried chicken!" One of her company's artists, Charge Pu Xue Liang, upon hearing of G.E.M's love for Taiwanese appetizers, personally made spicy stinky tofu for his "younger sister" to try. However, she caught a whiff of it and said, "It stinks!" She reluctantly tried it, and exclaimed, "It's smells so bad, but it's very delicious!"

News : 'Tou Xin Da Sheng PS Nan'

Because of filming TTV, Sanlih idol drama: 'Tou Xin Da Sheng PS Nan', Sonia Sui Tang present her slapping debut, relentlessly gave Blue Lan Zheng Long a slap, clear and crisp, Blue Lan's face has an addition of 5 red fingerprints immediately.

Before filming, Sonia Sui communicate with Blue Lan, for the sake of realism, have to 'really hit' ; could only see Sonia Sui waved her hand to hit Blue Lan's cheek, [po – Y] bang, giving the people at the filming site a shock, after the director, Liu Jun Jie shouted 'stop', everyone realised that there are five red fingerprints on Blue Lan's face, Sonia Sui exerted too much strength! Blue Lan said to Wen Sheng Hao who was watching by the side: 'Next time when she hits you, you need to be careful, because after hitting, she will cover your shots'.

Sonia Sui took one take for this slapping scene, she smilingly said: 'I dedicated my slapping debut in the drama circle to Blue, Blue should be having pain in the face and heartache.'

In CTV, GTV drama: 'Down with Love', Jerry Yan does not have hitting scenes, but while getting something from the mall pinch Ella, during the BTS of the mall, Ella not only play with the trolley, also jokingly want to seek marriage for Jerry, saying the marriage-seeker special line in front of the camera. Jerry who seldom patronise the shopping store, seeing the magic mop on the trolley, while playing with it ask Ella: 'Is this easy to use? Then I will buy one back, can help my mother to mop the floor, it is laborious for my mother to mop the floor.' Having heard that, Ella said directly: 'It will be better to get a maid.'

Rain make his comeback

World star Rain'll make his comeback on a soap drama in 5 years.

He has been cast as the main character in KBS 2TV's new drama 'Fugitive' which will mark big hit drama 'Choono's dramatist 'Cheon Seong-Il's second collaboration with director 'Kwak Jeong-Howan'.

Director 'Kwak Jeong-Howan' expressed, "I've decided to make the drama with Rain and 'Cheon Seong-Il'. This drama will be organized from late September to October, but the details of the drama are a closely guarded. It has not been decided whether it will be a 16-hour miniseries or a 20-hour miniseries, or a cloak-and-dagger story or not."

Rain appeared in KBS 2TV drama 'Damn Love' in 2005, movie 'I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK' in 2006.

Now he is a Hollywood star after 'Speed Racer' and 'Ninja Assassin', and he has joined the ranks of the world's best star as an actor and a singer.

SNSD new songs ‘Oh!‘ and ‘Run Devil Run‘

After promoting their new songs ‘Oh!‘ and ‘Run Devil Run‘, SNSD will be concluding their promotions on May 1st!

It seems like only yesterday that SNSD released their MV’s for ‘Oh!’ and ‘Run Devil Run‘, but now, the girls will be officially ending promotions for their songs.

SNSD will be appearing on the April 30th broadcast of Music Bank and the May 1st broadcast of Inkigayo.

The April 30th live stage on Music Bank will be their last live broadcast, and the May 1st broadcast of Inkigayo will be their last recorded broadcast.

SNSD performed ‘Oh!‘ and ‘Run Devil Run‘ one last time on their goodbye stage.

Thanks to ‘Oh!‘, the cheerful song that captured the hearts of oppas everywhere, and ‘Run Devil Run‘, the charisma overloaded Black Soshi song, SNSD has gotten tons of love and have revealed that they will work harder to return with a more mature image.

On the 30th, Newsen was able to get in contact with a SM Entertainment representative via telephone and held a phone interview. The representative stated that: “SNSD will be ending their activities for Oh! and Run Devil Run on the 1st. However, the SNSD members are currently active individually, appearing on variety shows such as ‘We Got Married’, ‘Family Outing 2′, ‘Invincible Youth’, and musicals as well. Please await SNSD’s more mature image.”

Meanwhile, the girls, also recently celebrated a very special occasion for all 9 of them! The 1,000th day since their debut!

The girls have also received attention for sending a word of thanks to all the fans who celebrated with them!

Congratulations girls! We hope you have many more days to come!