Scans from Koda Kumi's latest calendar.



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• Aya Ueto - Kanshou / Mermaid
• Aya Ueto - Binetsu
• Aya Ueto - Ai no Tame ni
• Aya Ueto - Kaze / Okuru Kotoba
• Aya Ueto - Afuresou na Ai Daite / Namida wo Fuite
• Aya Ueto - Usotsuki
• Aya Ueto - Yume no Chikara
• Aya Ueto - UetoAyaMix
• Ai Otsuka - Love is Best [NEW]
• Ikimonogakari - Nakumonka [NEW]
• Aya Kamiki & TAKUYA - W-B-X -W Boiled Extreme- [NEW]

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South Korean Pop Sensation Wonder Girls Hits The States



NEW YORK, New York --

For the first time ever, a music group from South Korea has debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Already a hit in Asia, the Wonder Girls are striking a chord with a young U.S. audience, having just completed their first U.S. concert tour with the Jonas Brothers.

The Wonder Girls are one of Asia’s most successful music artists where they have sold millions of singles including the international #1 songs “Tell Me,” “So Hot” and “Nobody”. Comprised of Sun, Yenny, Yubin, Mimi and Sohee, the group formed just over two years ago and quickly became one of the country’s most popular new acts earning dozens of awards and an unprecedented amount of digital downloads.

Access Hollywood had a chance to talk with these Wonder Girls for this Q&A.

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I wish they would just release their US album already.

                                                 

                                                

On Tuesday, Softbank Mobile announced their lineup of new models and a major new addition to the "White Family" who appear in their commercials. There have been more than 60 commercials in the series since it started in June 2007, based around characters played by Ueto Aya (Daughter, photo center), Dante Carver (Son, photo left), Higuchi Kanako (Mother) and a white dog as the Father. Joining them will be Quentin Tarantino (46), who did some filming while here to promote his latest movie, "Inglourious Basterds." That movie stars Brad Pitt (45), who was also in town and has appeared in Softbank TV commercials in the past.

Tarantino will play Uncle Tara-chan, with an image based loosely on the legendary Sakamoto Ryoma. The 19th-century samurai was one of the most prominent figures to embrace western culture and famously carried a Smith and Wesson revolver along with his sword. The image seems to suit Tarantino, the man who brought us the "Kill Bill" movies, perfectly. Asked about working with the director, Ueto said, "I was surprised that he was so fired up. He was really into it and ad-libbed a lot of the samurai moves. Maybe I should ask him to make a Hollywood version of the White Family." The photo also includes Softbank CEO Son Masayoshi.

Source: www.japan-zone.com/news/index.shtml
and Japan Times Online Video

Acting as a bassist in “You're Beautiful" - Towel guy, Jung Yonghwa, will meet his fans for the first time on stage.

Jung Yonghwa will lead his fellow members of the idol band C.N.Blue to perform at FT Island's concert as guests, at Seoul's JangChung Gymnasium on 14th and 15th November.

Jung Yonghwa holds the bassist position in A.N. Jell in the SBS Wed-Thu drama “You're Beautiful“, as Kang Shinwoo. He also became the topic of many after being known that he actually belongs to a 4-member band. At FT Island's upcoming concert, he will perform on stage with his bandmates, for the first time in Korea, as the lead vocal. This concert holds an even special meaning as Lee Hongki, who acts alongside with him in the drama, belongs to the band FT Island.

According to Jung Yonghwa's management company FnC Music, “While doing performances with his Indie band in Japan, he got a casting in the drama and so he went over to acting. As he's busy filming for the drama, it's difficult to plan other schedules for him. However, we managed to get consent from the drama producers in advance, to arrange for their first stage in Korea to meet their fans, who want to listen to their performance and songs.”

Jung Yonghwa attracted lots of female fans with his tall height and princely image in “You're Beautiful“. He also studied music while doing street performances and gigs at live clubs with his bandmates in Japan. The other 3 band members are now studying in Japan. They are working very hard with the aim of debuting in Korea early next year.

Credits: Sports Hankook (source) & ying1005 @ primanoona (translation)

I've been waiting for C.N.Blue to pop up somewhere soon since 'You're Beautiful'.

Source: Sponichi | Hochi Yomiuri | Sanspo | arashi_on

Translation by xoalice88ox @ arashi_on (originally posted here):
"Arashi in a drama together for the first time since 10 years ago  "The Last Promise"
It was confirmed on the 10th that the popular group, Arashi, will be in Fuji TV's special drama "The Last Promise" (Saigo no Yakusoku) with all five of the members together, which is first since 10 years ago, and it will be aired next year in early spring.

  It is a human suspense where the five coincidentally come upon a building hijack and face an unpredictable situation. It is the first time the leader Ohno Satoshi (28), Sakurai Sho (27), Aiba Masaki (26), Ninomiya Kazunari (26), and Matsumoto Jun (26) are co-star in a drama since "V no Arashi" from '99, right after their debut. The poster which have been shot for this drama has a mature atmosphere that makes us feel their growth of the 10 years.

  In addition to recently starring in dramas, movies and stage plays solo and earning high reviews of their acting skills, their variety shows are are popular with every ages. Their DVD "All the BEST! 1999 - 2009", which was released on the 28th of last month, has sold 500,000 copies, which is a first of the history of music DVDs, and they are unstoppable.

  Ohno says, "I want to act keeping 10 years worth of experiences and feelings in mind", and Matsumoto says "I am a bit embarrased...(laugh), but I am looking forward to the day the five of us film together."

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I hope the hijacker is a group of Amazons trying to find mates and obviously those 5 are the hot, chosen ones. What are your hope and dreams (fic bunnies) about this awesomesauce news?

DJ Tukutz of Epik High who left last month to serve his mandatory military service, wrote to his fans recently.

The letter went up on Epik High's website (mapthesoul.com) that read:

"To all the fans who were worried about the alcohol and cigarettes, there's none of that here, so my body is getting a lot healthier. After my mailing address was released / published last week, I've been receiving a lot of letters and I'm ever so grateful for them. I've realized, to a soldier, letters are the 2nd most important thing after food."

Tukutz added:

"I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard my military training photo has been released. How is it? Is it strange? I'm still in training, so I may look a bit awkward, but as I develop as a soldier, I will show more distinguished and cooler photos."

Looks like Tukutz is fitting right in, I'm sure he's still the same old clown though.


source: ALLKPOP

♥ T_T

Source: elaisfangirl

*facepalm*

Goes back to listening to this epicness:

Source: KPOPMV010

another song from his new album
(by taeyang)
called "Wedding Dress"



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Today Clarino, a leather brand of Kuraray, honored 4 beautiful women with the "7th Clarino Beautiful Legs Award 2009" at a hotel in Tokyo.

Actress Nagasawa Masami received the award in the 20s category and revealed her secret for keeping her legs in shape. "Every day I do 20 minutes of stretching and pilates. I also walk a lot and usually wear heels most of the time." Other winners include the actress Shaku Yumiko (31), the former Takarazuka performer Makoto Tsubasa (44) and the beach volleyball player Urata Satoko (28).

Nagasawa appeared with a black and white dress. "I love black and tried to look a bit like a cool adult woman." She also wore black pumps to go with dress and used some vivid pink tights to lay the focus on her legs. The pumps are part of the Clarino collection and said to be the favorites of Western celebs like Jennifer Lopez or Janet Jackson. It’s Clarino’s goal to make beautiful legs look even more beautiful, or so they say.

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http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/11/half-lifetime.html

The editor at CBS Sunday Morning asked if I had any photos of my son Mike back at the period when I first had the idea for The Graveyard Book - late 1985. I looked. We really didn't have any. I wandered next door and asked Mary (his mum, my former wife and for these last five years my friend and next-door neighbour) if she had any photos from back then. "No," she said. Then, "Do you mean those transparencies? I have them in an envelope somewhere." She vanished and came back with a large manila envelope from a long time ago. "Here."

Half a lifetime ago -- literally -- I was nearly 25, and working for magazines. Henry Fikret, who photographed a lot of the interviews I did, volunteered to take some photos of me and my family, and he did.A week later the envelope arrived, and I realised that everything he shot was on colour transparencies -- like huge slides -- and I was never sure what do with them, other than being fairly sure I couldn't take them down to Boots the Chemist and have prints knocked out. So they stayed in their envelope, and they kept their secrets, and were forgotten.

Yesterday I had the transparencies scanned, and finally got to see lots of pictures I had never actually seen before of Holly as a baby, Mike at the time that I would have watched him riding his tricycle around the graveyard, and me... at exactly half my age: A young journalist who had sold a very small handful of short stories and two non-fiction books, with dreams of writing fiction and comics. At the time I was dressing in grey, but was getting tired of the way that you would buy something grey and take it home and discover that it was a blueish grey or a brownish grey, and wondering if I'd have the same problem if I just started to dress in black.

And half a lifetime on, it seemed like it might be good to put one up here. I checked, and Mary didn't mind. What odd clothes we wore back then. What big glasses. And look, my hair is practically normal.





So long ago, and it went like the blink of an eye.

*RAPID DOLPHIN NOISES*

( IRIS 5-7. )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEGO! ♥
It sucks that I have my last HSC exam on Tego's birthday D: lol but I was able to finish this translation a few days ago so I'm posting it before I go off to do my exam!

Tego talks about "Happiness", "Anger", "Sadness", and "Fun". He talks about Dream Boys ending safely and everything he learned from it, how much he hates people who don't have good manners, Massu always looking annoyed at a certain part of the airport lol, losing soccer games and Tego plans for his next prank victim (he has gotten tired of pranking Koyama lol) and it seems like there’ll be a TegoShige prank tag-team going on!

( Ah, Massu gets annoyed at interesting times )

Seventh original album release from BoA featuring tracks "Bump Bump! feat. Verbal (m-flo)," "Mamoritai - White Wishes," and more new songs! This edition includes DVD with music video for "Bump Bump! feat. Verbal (m-flo)" and "Mamoritai - White Wishes -" plus footage of her live performance at BoA Release Party "Best & USA" - Thank You For Your Support!! -" at Studio Coast on April 6, 2009. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles. Release date is January 13th.

description from neo-wing
- BoA's first self-production
- includes ~Provocative~ Dance tunes, and her Real Fellings are expressed in the new songs.
- a production no one else has seen yet ~A new BoA~ is showing herself with this album.
- DVD comes with 2 PVs and that BEST&USA Live (the description mentions VALENTI and Merikuri so those are most likely there. and UNIVERSE too)

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Source: www.youtube.com/watch

This PV was made with 50 cameras in a semi-circle using the "time slice" technique. 

A fugitive wanted over the murder of a British teacher whose body was found in a sand-filled bathtub in Japan has been arrested.

Japanese police said Tatsuya Ichihashi, the only suspect in the killing of 22-year-old Lindsay Ann Hawker, was apprehended in Osaka.

Her father William Hawker tearfully told broadcaster TBS: "I hope that authorities deal with him in an appropriate manner. My nightmare is finally over."

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So glad to hear that they caught him. The part about his parents asking him to turn himself in broke my heart.

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Episode 4, RAW
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I won't put any previews up because I don't want anyone to get upset if they haven't seen it yet and don't want to be spoiled on the intro video...I even have a couple Member Ai gifs made too!

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PUBLIC FOR ONE WEEK!

x-posted @ news_jpop

Idol group Big Bang member TOP has been chosen as the #1 entertainer who looks like he is good at doing events for his lover.

According to a survey done on Monkey3 from 23rd October to 30th October, and in commemoration of Pepero Day (11th November), and the question ‘Celebrities who looks like he/she is good at doing special events for their lovers’ was asked and 1363 netizens polled. Big Bang TOP came in first in the poll with 23% of the votes.

Go under the cut for the rest of the poll results.

The rest of the survey results:

1. Big Bang TOP (23%)
2. FT Island Lee HongKi (19%)
3. Jang GeunSeok (18%)
4. Noh HongChul(16%)
5. UKnow YunHo (14%)
6. Gil (10%)


Source: sookyeong

TOP? TOP? TOP?! I like that boy but rofl good at doing special events for their lovers not. Also, Jang Geun Seuk is only in this poll cos of You're Beautiful duh, most specifically this:


Source: kamap37

BUT I AINT COMPLAINING

The title song 'Heartbeat' in 2PM's first official album '01:59PM', is garnering immense popularity as soon as it was released on the 10th. It had placed 1st in various music charts and is staying on as one of the top searched terms in various portal sites.

2PM's new song, 'Heartbeat' comes after their debut song '10 out of 10', 'Again and Again' and 'I hate you'. The song embodies a powerful yet dark and wistful sentiment -- the color of 2PM is well captured. 'Heartbeat' is written and composed by Park Jin Young. It uses the actual heart beat sounds of the 6 members as the base and an orchestra is arranged over the sound creating a sad, doleful melody that captures the melancholy sentiment.

As much work has been put into the song, they have put in a lot of effort into the marketing as well. As they have gained a lot of attention through the '01:59PM' 'Tired of waiting' 'I was crazy for you' as well as the teaser marketing, they have completed the image marketing with the connection between 'Heartbeat', the idea of 'waiting' and the actual pulse of the heart. Anxiety, fear, yearning and various other meanings have been attached to the song 'Heartbeat' and has been coupled with the sound of the actual pulse creating an image sound for this whole album's concept.

The peak of 2PM's marketing is 'Jaebum' who had left the team in September after the anti-Korea controversy. The song, which is more sorrowful than before, is used along with the idea of fear and anxiety as a theme. This marketing point is combined into one with 'Leader Jaebum's absence' and the fans' desire for his return.

The result of many fans discussing how the album's title, '01:59PM' has been used to call 2PM without Jaebum, along with how the songs, 'Tired of Waiting' and 'I was crazy for you' seems to reflect the 6 members' and Jaebum's thoughts are all a result of how the marketing point has hit its mark.

Although fans are worried that they are using Jaebum too much for just marketing, many in the music industry see it as a way of telling the story of the whole album, especially after the talk of Jaebum's return possibly becoming a reality.

cr: (Trans) saradah@2oneday (Source) MK news

A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, the first such clash in seven years, South Korean officials said.

There were no South Korean casualties, the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, and it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties on the North Korean side. Each side blamed the other for violating the sea border.

The exchange of fire occurred as U.S. officials said President Barack Obama has decided to send a special envoy to Pyongyang for rare direct talks on the communist country's nuclear weapons program. No date has been set but it would be the first one-on-one talks since Obama took office in January. Obama is due in Seoul next week.

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Source: NY Times

It's already November 11 in Japan...
So it's time to say...

誕生日おめでとう　手越祐也

We always wish for your success, health and happiness!!
Love you always...

-Vie, Mimi & Nc on behalf of NEWS Express forum-

2AM’s Changmin and Seulong know a thing about composing

On an episode of Mnet's "Director's Cut," which was broadcasted on the 2nd, Lee Changmin and Im Seulong of 2AM received first-hand experience on composing by singer Yoon Jong Shin.

For those who may not be familiar with the show, "Director's Cut" is an artist reality program that features Yoon Jong Shin and Ha Rim who dissect OSTs, documenting how they are made.

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Changmin is an ahjussi?

2AM's Changmin receives humiliation from child star Kim Soo Jung.

On the 7th, KBS 2TV 'Star Golden Bell' was broadcasted as Changmin asked Kim Soo Jng "Do I look like an ahjussi?"

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Diagnosed with the H1N1 virus late last week, SHINee’s leader Onew is currently making a speedy recovery.

SHINee’s management company SM Entertainment said in a phone interview this morning: “Onew’s body temperature has returned to normal, and he is now making frequent video calls to his good friends. He is in a good state of health as of now.”

The company also said: “Onew will be sent to the hospital on either the 12th or the 13th, to check if he has recovered fully from the virus.”

Before Onew, lead vocal Jonghyun had also fallen ill due to the H1N1 virus on the 3rd, and made a full recovery on the 6th. SHINee is currently promoting title track Ring Ding Dong as a 4-member group.


Video calls lol. I'm glad he's recovering.
Source: korea.sohu
Translated by: hazel @ http://asianfanatics.net / theretroradio @ lj
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Konbachiwa
Today, recorded『utaban』music part


Danced energetically


Super happy




Now, during rehearsals
I like to use this towel








Happy summer



I have never thought that ARCS towel can be so useful（Laugh）





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Presenting the GIFs from NEWS LIVE DIAMOND DISC 1

Took me a few days (in whole) to finish disc 1 !! and I still think I missed some stuff out. XD

1 - Note that you click the cut, the page opened is a major GIF spam. So slow connections... I think you should skip this and just get the dl at the bottom of the post maybe.
http://foxhana.livejournal.com/

2 - Contains spoiler in the whole post. :)

( For the Opening show of NEWS LIVE DIAMOND )
( NEWS members )
( For Koyama~~~~~~~~~ )
( For Massu~~~~~~~~~~ )
( For Yamapi~~~~~~~ )
( For Ryo~~~~~~~~~~ )
( For Tegoshi~~~~~~~~ )
( For Shige~~~~~~~~~ )