Haha makes a surprise confession to Nichkhun’s sister

The cast of SBS’s ‘Running Man‘ visited 2PM Nichkhun’s Thai home for their 50th episode special.

On the upcoming July 3rd broadcast of the ‘Running Man – Thailand Special’, the final mission location took place at Nichkhun’s home in Thailand. Viewers are anticipating to see Nichkhun’s family members that were previously revealed through their LG U+ 002 commercial and through ‘We Got Married‘.

Just like in Nichkhun’s previous Thailand visit with his ‘We Got Married’ wife f(x)’s Victoria, his parents, grandmother, 2 sisters, and about 20 of his other relatives gathered to bring about laughter on set with their variety program skills.

While filming, ‘Running Man’ regular Haha fell in love at first sight and suddenly confessed to Nichkhun’s younger sister. It’s reported that everyone from Nichkhun’s family along with the staff members on set were all surprised by Haha’s actions.

Netizens who heard the news said, “How could Haha throw away Song Ji Hyo?” “I anticipate to view Nichkhun’s younger sister’s beauty” and “Must watch this episode“.

The Running Man special will air on July 3rd at 5:10PM.

Source: Sports Seoul via Nate

2NE1 posts promo and shoutout videos for their 1st solo Concert – NOLZA

As mentioned before through YG Entertainment’s Official Blog, ‘YG-LIFE,’ more detailed information about 2NE1’s first concert has been announced.

Titled ‘2011 2NE1 1st Concert - NOLZA‘, will take place in Olympic Hall, at Olympic Park in Seoul. The concert will take place in the same venue as the YG FAMILY concert back in December of 2010. The world NOLZA roughly translates to “let’s play” in English.

The concert will take place on back-to-back dates, the first being on August 27th at 6PM and the second concert on August 28th at 7PM. Tickets will go on sale starting on July 14th, at 8PM KST, which will be sold on Gmarket for 88,000 Korean WON (not including tax), which converts to around $83 USD.

For this concert, the 2NE1 members also gave a special shoutout to their fans:



Additionally, a promotional video was released:



Official concert website: nolza.yg-2ne1.com


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T-ara’s Japanese Showcase is a hot ticket

Fans are going wild to be a part of T-ara’s first showcase in Japan.

T-ara will be departing on the morning of July 4th for their Japanese debut showcase which will be held at AX Hall in Shibuya, Japan. T-ara’s Japanese management company, J-Rock, has requested special security measures to Core Contents Media as a mass of fans are expected to appear for their arrival at the airport, as information on their arrival has been leaked.

T-ara has put on a special event, inviting a limited number of 1,500 fans to attend the showcase. It is reported that around 70,000 fans applied to attend the showcase, making it a 46:1 ratio competition to receive an invitation.

Expectations for success are soaring sky high even before T-ara’s official debut in Japan. At the showcase, T-ara are expecting to perform their new single, “Roly Poly”, along with their hit songs, “Why Are You Being Like This”, “I Go Crazy Because of You”, “Yayaya”, and “Bo Peep Bo Peep”.

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The Hottest Stars of the Year, Who’s leading on the 2011 Mnet 20’s Choice Awards online polls?

The one and only awards ceremony open to the public, the “2011 Mnet 20’s Choice Awards” will take place on July 7th.

As “20’s Choice Awards” picks the hottest stars in every field, it’s the ceremony that top stars want to be recognized for as it signifies that they swept the hearts of the public for the first half of 2011.

Who will be chosen as the hottest stars of 2011?

The awards are broken down into 20 categories and the winner for each category will be formulated from a survey of people in their 20s (50%), a professional judge panel (20%), and online polls (30%).

The winners are yet to be chosen, but by looking at the current results from online polls, fans can estimate who the honorable winners may be; however since the online polls only weighs 30% of the whole process, there’s a good probability the ultimate
result could be different.

Let’s look at the current online poll results below.

Leading the ‘Male Drama Star‘ poll by a huge margin, the hottest star of 2011 is likely to be Cha Seung Won, who played Dok Go Jin in “The Greatest Love”, capturing the female hearts watching the drama. As of July 1st, Cha Seung Won is leading the poll with more than 130,000 votes, where Lee Min Ho is following behind in distant 2nd place with about 79,000 votes.

The soaring popularity of Cha Seung Won is shown as he is leading the ‘Hottest Six-Pack‘ poll, as well.

In the ‘Female Drama Star‘ poll, Yoon Eun Hye, who is starring in, SBS’s ‘Lie To Me’ is leading with the number 1 position with more than 260,000 votes. Gong Hyo Jin is following closely at 2nd place with more than 220,000 votes. For the category of ‘Movie Star‘, Kang So Ra, who starred in, “Sunny“ is leading.

As for idol groups, 2PM is leading the ‘CF Star‘ poll, where as miss A is leading for ‘New Star’. TVXQ leads in ‘Performance‘, and finally, Big Bang along with f(x) are competing for the top spot in the ‘Trend Musician‘ poll.

MBC ‘Infinity Challenge’’s Jung Hyung Don tops the ‘Variety Star‘ poll with his ‘crazy existence’. “BalleriNO” of KBS 2TV’s ‘Gag Concert’ is at the lead of the ‘Best Gag’ poll, in which the top comedy corner is selected.

In ‘Sports Star‘, English Premier League’s ‘Blue Dragon’, Lee Chung Yong is leading the poll while G.NA is leading the ‘Hottest S-Line’ poll.

SNSD’s Seohyun is the top ‘Campus Goddess‘, where as Jung Il Woo is the ‘Trendy Guy‘.

f(x)’s Pinocchio is leading the ‘Online Song‘ poll, G-Dragon is currently the top ‘Style Icon‘, and 2PM is leading both ‘Hallyu Star‘ and ‘Pocari Sweat Hot Balance Star‘ polls.

‘20’s Voice‘, the poll created by the people in their 20’s themselves shows that UV is leading the poll, proving their popularity with the generation of people in their 20’s.
The online polls will officially close on July 6th.

In related news, “2011 20’s Choice Awards” will air live on July 7th, 6PM KST. It will air live through Mnet, tvN, On Style, XTM, ongamenet, as well as stream through Youtube, allowing the whole world to view the awards ceremony.

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After School’s Lizzy poses with a tomato

After School’s Lizzy teased her fans with an adorable sel-ca once again.

On June 30th, the idol tweeted, “I’m sticking my tongue out” and uploaded a picture of herself. In the picture, Lizzy is seen holding a cherry tomato to her cheek while sticking her tongue out playfully. Her bright personality is well captured in the photo.

Fans commented, “Lizzy is really cute” and “Your sel-ca looks really pretty.”

Meanwhile, After School is set to hold a fan meeting on July 9th. Recent graduate Bekah is expected to participate in this event as well.

Source: Star News via Nate

SNSD’s “ECHO” MV revealed

We previously reported that SM Entertainment would release a special DVD, All About Girls’ Generation “Paradise in Phuket” and included in this package would be the music video for “ECHO.”

Well, fans have received the DVD and uploaded the MV to YouTube. “ECHO” was a special track that was included in the Run Devil Run repackaged album.

Check out the MV below!



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YG launches 2NE1 “I Am The Best” dance cover contest

2NE1 launches a dance cover contest for their latest song, “I Am The Best“, addressing fans all over the world.

The dance cover contest will be held from July 8th to August 5th and through this, 2NE1 is planning on sharing their music and dance with fans from all over. This isn’t the first time 2NE1 has launched a global contest; last month, after releasing “Lonely“, 2NE1 also held a global cover contest. In response, thousands of fans world wide uploaded their version of the song. The final 40 contestants are currently involved in a voting contest through facebook.

While the contest for “Lonely” was focused on only the song, the “I Am The Best” contest is adding the choreography part of the song and as a result brought much excitement and is highly anticipated to gather content-filled videos.

The choreography for “I Am The Best” accompanies its overly-confident lyrics; ‘the conceited-dance’, the showy performance attire with backdancers, and choreography emphasizing each member’s personality created a big buzz as soon as it went on air.

The distinctive groove that only 2NE1 seems to be able to showcase increased interest in dancers from all over and was chosen to be one of the top choreography routines that they want to emulate.

Since it is difficult to see the full choreography of the song through performances or the music video, YG Entertainment posted a video on their official blog (www.yg-life.com) of 2NE1’s uncut version video filmed by president Yang Hyun Suk himself. Officials of YG Entertainment said, “It’s okay to copy the choreography but we’re also expecting to see unique interpretations of it as well. We hope that many people will enter this contest.”

In this contest, after watching 2NE1’s version of the choreography, the contestant must film and update their own video and achieve support. 2NE1 and the actual choreographers will be the judge in choosing 1st to 4th place, a total of 21 teams, and they will be prized with 2NE1’s concert tickets, Adidas Originals merchandises, and 2NE1’s actual stage attires.

Meanwhile, “I Am The Best” is receiving love and support from domestic music charts as well as Youtube and iTunes.

Watch as members of 2NE1 announce their dance cover contest for “I Am The Best”



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