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Supernova and LPG recently participated in a photo shoot for their greetings for the new year.

Having an average height of 180 cm, the six members of Supernova were first dubbed as ‘models’, while LPG captivated fans with their 170 cm heights. With their naturally model-esque bodies, all 11 idol members successfully completed their photo shoot in hanboks with a relaxed atmosphere.


Supernova awaits the new year with great anticipation for their music careers. In particular, four of the six members, Kun Il, Sung Mo, Ji Hyuk, and Hwang Soo, were all born in the ‘Year of the Hare’. With 2011 also being the ‘Year of the Hare’, Supernova expressed, “Since 2011 is the ‘Year of the Hare’, we believe even better things will happen to us next year.”



Meanwhile, LPG stated, “We think we will be heading off to Japan as well as promoting in Korea for 2011. If we do advance into Japan, we hope we can follow the great successes of Supernova.”

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B2ST’s Dong Woon posted an explanation in response to a flurry of criticisms, alleging that he had improperly greeted the T-ara members.

On the December 28th broadcast of MBC’s ‘Happy Day‘, footage of Dong Woon tilting his head to the T-ara members caused some T-ara fans to believe that he was being impolite. Some commented, “T-ara is still his senior, so isn’t he being too careless?” and “It looks like he’s ignoring them.”

On December 31st, Dong Woon responded to the criticisms via Twitter. He started, ”There were some talks due to my greeting.”

“What was caught on camera was a situation in which I had already greeted my seniors [T-ara], and because they were in the middle of filming, I just slightly bowed my head to greet them. Please don’t hate me too much.”

When fans showered him with worried comments and consolation, Dong Woon replied, “I believe there must always be a clarification for comments regarding manners and character. I think you guys know the reason. I don’t get hurt that easily, so don’t worry ^^“.

More accommodating fans teasingly welcomed this seemingly stiff and unfriendly interaction, as they commented, “The beautiful (?) relationship between male and female idols!” and “All relationships between male and female idol groups should be like this“.

It appears that the scandal barely colored the relations between B2ST and T-ara, as the two groups collaborated together for SBS’s “2010 Gayo Daejun” on December 29th.

source: allkpop

Members from the SBS variety show ‘Heroes‘ put on a lively opening performance for the ‘2010 SBS Entertainment Awards‘ on December 30th.

To start, Nicole and IU wore white dresses and performed a cute dance to match their charming youth. Then, Shin Bong Sun and Jung Ga Eun showed off an unexpected sexy side by performing to a Lady Gaga number. Dance queen Kahi wrapped up the individual stages by delivering a powerful, yet smooth dance solo.


To wrap up their performance, the five members came together and danced to Lee Hyori’s ‘U Go Girl‘, leaving audience members primed for a great show ahead.


source: allkpop

Actress Song Ji Hyo received the ‘Variety Special Award’ at the “2010 SBS Entertainment Awards” on December 30th.

Song won over viewers with her dedication and unwavering passion as she casted herself into every game on SBS’s variety show, “Running Man“. Indeed, many have speculated that the program became popular because of Song Ji Hyo.

The actress is also a mainstay MC for ‘One Night of TV Entertainment‘, and even had to depart straight for the studio after the awards show to attend the show’s live broadcast.Source: Sports Chosun


source: allkpop

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Mnet’s M! Countdown returns on December 30th with another weekly fun-filled music show, and this episode was packed with awesome performances as usual.

Nine Muses’ Eunji and Lee Saem were special MCs for this final episode of the year!

Meanwhile, it was a battle between GD&TOP and IU for the #1 spot on M! Countdown today, and in the end, it was GD&TOP who got their first win since debuting as a duo unit! Due to scheduling conflicts, they did not appear to collect their trophy. Congratulations to GD&TOP nevertheless!

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Other performers include miss A, T-ara, Kang Seung Yoon, Huh Gak, Kim Ji Su, Park Bo Ram, Jo Moon Geun, Younha, Sean, Soul Harmony, Touch, F1rst, and JJ.

source: allkpop

KBS has been rather late in promoting their ‘2010 KBS Music Festival‘, but it’s better late than never.

The rehearsals for the ‘2010 KBS Music Festival’ took place earlier today at the KBS Hall in Yeouido and we can finally get a glimpse of what will transpire during the actual event later tonight.

Some of the artists who were seen at the rehearsal include T-ara, Seulong, IU, U-Kiss, SHINee, 2PM and After School.

Check out the rehearsal photos below (not all rehearsals were snapped).








source: allkpop

Korea’s newest underage idol group, Girl’s Story, has drawn both criticisms and concerns on debuting at such a young age. Addressing the debate, the CEO of Girl’s Story’s agency stated, “Minors also have dreams and hope. We decided on making an idol group because we wanted to grow with them.”

During a phone interview with Sports Today on December 30th, Jang Hyun Ok of Ants Star Company expressed, “We did not produce Girl’s Story with the intention of earning money. We decided to produce them after seeing the members’ dreams and passions. If we ever hoped for money, we would’ve made a group out of trainees in their mid-teens or early 20s.”

He continued, “The most important thing in life is not money, but the dreams of children. I created Girl’s Story in the hope of making both the children’s dreams and my own come true. Many people around us may be worried and look at us in a harsh manner, but we will direct this group with a parent’s mind to create them into great celebrities.”

Girl’s Story released their debut single on December 28th, and have officially begun their promotional activities through cable TV channels.

source: allkpop

SBS’s “Gayo Daejun” has come under fire for the amount of air time given to YG Entertainment artists.

Netizens have been arguing that the December 29th ceremony was biased towards YGE artists, which was supposedly reflected in the amount of air time they received.

Details from the actual broadcast show that GD&TOP and Se7en’s collaboration stage received 12 minutes, while 2NE1 and Kim Gun Mo’s performance received 18 minutes and 22 seconds. In comparison, 2PM and Park Jin Young received nine minutes and 31 seconds, BoA received seven minutes, and SNSD received six minutes.


Regarding the controversy, producers of SBS’s “Gayo Daejun” spoke with Newsen on December 30th and revealed, “The amount of air time they received was already decided before the live broadcast. 2PM’s stage or GD&TOP/Se7en’s stage were all balanced out with everything else.”

They continued, “We believe that the long length of 2NE1 and Kim Gun Mo’s performance is what’s causing these accusations of bias. What people need to know is that 2NE1 only sang two of their own songs. Seeing as how ‘It Hurts‘ is a slow song, the actual length of the song must have physically felt longer. Kim Gun Mo was also the highest senior present at the show, so his stage was a lot bigger in comparison. He asked us to match it up to our time divisions, but to the viewers, we believe that it could have been misinterpreted. Regardless, we were not biased towards YG artists.”


source: allkpop

JYJ froze up a section of Hongdae on December 30th with their surprise fan guerilla date.

The trio set out on the streets with a reporter from KBS 2TV’s “Speedy Source” for a live interview. Although the guerilla date was originally scheduled for Myung-dong, the location was changed to Hongdae due to the sheer amount of fans who swarmed the area after catching wind of the news.

Despite the change in location, Hongdae was still packed with excited JYJ fans attempting to catch a glimpse of the trio in person.

The episode featuring their interview will be broadcast at a later date.





source: allkpop

The Sean-Jung Hye Young couple won a poll asking about the most charitable celebrities.

An online job portal site recently held a survey and had 856 people vote on ‘charity role models’. The Sean-Jung Hye Young couple received a whopping 41.1% of the votes, placing them in first by a wide margin.


The two married in August of 2004 and have 2 sons and a daughter. They are famous for being the ‘kind married couple’, always taking the initiative in volunteer work. They promote donations, volunteering, and other good deeds, making them role models for many couples.

Singer Kim Jang Hoon, who is also a big donator, received 16.2% of the votes, putting him in second place. Kim recently became a hot issue when he donated over 1 billion won (approx. $959,200).

Behind him were the Cha In Pyo-Shin Era couple, who received 10.4% of the votes. MC Kim Jae Dong was fourth place with 8.1%, actress Moon Geun Young was fifth with 7%, and the Choi Soo Jong-Ha Hyi Ra couple was sixth with 3.9% of the votes.

source: allkpop

As reported earlier, Super Junior’s Yesung and f(x)’s Luna teamed up to record a duet track titled, “And I Love You“, for KBS’s “President, OST Part 2“.

The full track was released recently, and as intended, the combination of the duo’s rich vocals and stirring melody really bring out the song’s purpose as the drama’s “love theme.”

Achieve Group DN, the production company for the OST, commented, “The harmonization of their voices was exceptional. The sad melody and emotional lyrics mesh well together to create a luxurious ballad track that will surely be the best of this winter season.”

Check it out below!



source: allkpop

miss A’s Suzy attempted her first kiss scene recently for KBS’s upcoming drama, “Dream High“!

The scene in the still-cut revealed today features Suzy (who plays the role of ‘Hyemi’) confessing her feelings to her naive country-boy crush, Kim Soo Hyun (who plays ‘Samdong’).

She then asks him to later enter ‘Girin Arts High School’ with her. In their last farewell, the two characters share a shy kiss before Hyemi leaves by bus.

Producers introduced the kiss scene to act as a teaser for their fate in the future; ‘Samdong’ is expected to be putting aside his country life and single mother in order to go find Hyemi in Seoul.

Regarding the kiss scene, Suzy later revealed, “The scene wasn’t in the actual script and was an on-the-spot addition by the director. I was surprised at first, but we fortunately got an ‘OK’ on the first try.”





source: allkpop

We’re all quite curious about E-TRIBE’s newest project – a girl group by the name of “Sweet Shabet“. While expectations are running high for their music, many have been wondering about the members themselves.

Recently, Happy Face Entertainment shared their profiles with Naver Music. The members are comprised of leader Vicky (22), Seri (20), Jiyool (19), Ah Young (19), Ga Eun (18), and Subin (16).

Vicky, Seri, Ah Young, and Jiyool are all entertainment broadcast majors at Dong Deok Women’s University, while Ga Eun and Subin both attend high schools specializing in entertainment.

The group already showed off their talents through SBS’s “Kim Jung Eun’s Chocolate” last week, and demonstrated that they were all highly trained in both singing and dancing. The members also revealed that they’ve been developing their talents since they were very young.

Sweet Shabet will be releasing their “Supa Dupa Diva” teaser on January 1st, 2011.







source: allkpop

SBS has been really active in promoting their ‘2010 SBS Gayo Daejun2010 SBS Gayo Daejun since last week and the anticipation continues after press photos from their rehearsal was published today.

The rehearsals for the ‘2010 SBS Gayo Daejun’ is currently well under way at the Gyeonggi-do KINTEX building and we can now get a glimpse of what will transpire at the actual event later tonight.

Some of the artists who were seen at the rehearsal include Jung Yonghwa, Jo Kwon, Hwang Jung Eum, Kim Heechul, ZE:A, Teen Top, miss A, SISTAR, Orange Caramel, Norazo, f(x), SECRET, Narsha, MBLAQ, Park Hyun Bin, Homme, 4minute, IU, Wheesung, Davichi, Jang Yoon Jung, B2ST, SHINee, Hong Jin Young, Tiger JK, Supreme Team, U-Kiss, and many more.



















source: allkpop