More Korean Idol Photos on Official CNBlue Twitter

CNBLUE member Kang Min-hyuk (left) and Lee Jong-hyun (right) [Official CNBLUE Twitter]



Korean rock band CNBLUE guitarist Lee Jong-hyun has posted a picture with drummer Kang Min-hyukon the group's official Twitter account (http://twitter.com/CNBLUE_4).

Earlier today, Lee Jong-hyun uploaded a photograph of himself with his arm around Kang Min-hyuk in a waiting room during the 12th Korea-China Song Festival held yesterday at the Yeouido Hall in Seoul with a comment below saying, "Hello, It's Lee Jong-hyun, the guitarist of the group. It's been a while but we are here to play for a music program. ^^ To celebrate this moment, here is a picture with our youngest member Kang Min-hyuk. Let's go Korea!!!!"

Over 180 fans have left comments saying, "You two look GREAT!!! Love u all", "Kang Min-hyuk & Lee Jong-hyun ♥♥♥ 2 acoustic stars!" and "Looking good :)".

Kang Min-hyuk and Lee Jong-hyun made their debut as part of the four-member rock band CNBLUE which released two singles in Japan before making their debut in Korea with single "Alone".

They have toured several countries in Asia including Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

The two members recently starred in the omnibus film "Acoustic" for which they attended the Pusan International Film Festival to promote the movie.

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Winners at the 2010 Style Icon Awards (Korea)

Many Korea top stars attended the "2010 style Icon Awards" at the CJ E&Mcenter in Seoul on November 17th. It is an event show that awards celebrities who are considered to be one of Korea’s representative 'Style Icons' for 2010.



"Style Icon Awards", which was started in 2008, is the awards event that selects style icon from the world of movie, drama, music, design and model who distinguished themselves among other in styling.


More celebrity photos here!

This year’s event was held by Olive, women’s lifestyle channel, and Onstyle, Korea’s number one style channel. This event is aiming for Korea’s biggest and most popular style awards event for Korean stars.

Winners on the night are as follows:

Style Icon of the Year: Lee Byung Hun

Popularity award: SS501’s Kim Hyun Joong

International Style Icon: So Ji Sub

New Style Icon, Movie actor: Big Bang’s T.O.P (Choi Seunghyun)

New Style Icon, Actor: Song Joong Ki

New Style Icon, Singer: CNBlue

Fashionista: Oh Yeon Soo

Style Leader: Gong Hyo Jin

Cultural/Arts award: Kolleen Park

Model: Han Hye Jin

Style Icon Actor: Chun Jung Myung

Style Icon Actress: Shin Min Ah

Female Singer: 2NE1

Male Singer: 2PM

Style Icon TV Star: Kim Jung Eun

Movie Actress: Lee Min Jung

Movie Actor: Joo Jin Mo

Special Award: Andre Kim (received by Andre Kim’s son, Kim Joong Do)

Sky Beautiful Sharing Award: Tiger JK & Yoon Mirae

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Kim Hyun Joong receives Popularity Award


T.O.P receives New Style Icon (Movie Actor) Award


CNBlue receives New Style Icon (Singer) award


2NE1 receives Style Icon (Female Singer) award

Review: "You're Beautiful" (Korean Drama)

From the writers of my favorite k-drama My Girl comes the irresistible television hit You're Beautiful, which takes viewers into the exciting and hectic world of K-pop showbiz!

Tae-kyung (Jang Keun-suk / Jang Geun-suk) is A.N.JELL's arrogant and insufferable lead singer. Guitarist Shinwoo (Jung Yong-hwa of CNBlue) is too perceptive for his own good, and happy-go-lucky drummer Jeremy (Lee Hong-ki of F.T. Island) is just plain slow on the uptake. Into the boy band mix comes A.N.JELL's bumbling newbie, Minam (Park Shin-hye). But what the fans don't know is that he's actually a she! Roped into posing as her twin brother, Minam has to hide her real identity. But secrets have a way of coming out, especially when her bandmates start falling for her!

Read the reviews from those who bought & watched the dvd from Amazon!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Korean Drama I've Ever Seen, September 7, 2010

You're Beautiful is a wholesome, fun, engaging drama about the classic "girl plays boy" scenario. The disks are USA coded, the subtitles are embedded so that they play automatically (and they are in English) and each episode is a full hour of hilarious fun! My sixteen year old niece was immediately interested in the storyline, which focuses on the daily life of a girl named Ko Mi Nyu who is pretending to be her twin brother, Ko Mi Nam. It is a refreshingly innocent experience after shows like True Blood that showcase loose morality and easy sex. There are sixteen episodes and I can guarantee that you will play them one right after the other, just to find out what could possibly happen next! In all, an excellent show with an amazing cast and a very catchy soundtrack that will leave you feeling good in the aftermath.

By Stacey

5.0 out of 5 stars YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS AWESOMENESS!, August 11, 2010

this is one of the best dramas i have ever watched! it is in my top 2! and i have watched A LOT of dramas!
i love the characters! you think it is going to be a generic asian girl-pretends-to-be-boy drama, but it is WONDERFUL!
you really start to root for your favorite characters and feel the emotions with the characters!
when the devil fairy actress gets in the way you really start to dislike her and want to see go minam prevail!

shin woo, reminds me of ji hoo but with a slightly sadder feeling!
jeremy is adorable! you love him no matter what!

i ever write reviews like this, but my gosh this drama is so good, that i must spread the love!
i have told all of my friends to watch it, and bought the dvds so we can watch episodes together!

i didn't get any sleep while watching this!

By nekome

5.0 out of 5 stars A Truly Wonderful Experience, July 28, 2010

I originally got this through a fansub...and am waiting for my official copy now.
A marvelous cast (the 4 main characters were 21 or younger) in well-developed roles. A somewhat transparent plot, but who cares? It is fun...and, just like most Asian comedies, it will also make you cry. The music is excellent...well beyond the usual K-Pop/J-Pop stuff.

Park Shin-Hye steals the show, with a funny take on gender bender stuff. There are so many hilarious scenes...and so many heartbreaking scenes...but, I don't play the spoiler. Her first vocal effort is also in the show...Lovely Day...and it is a lovely song.

I rank this with Densha Otoko as the best of the J/K-Dramas. Other good titles include Boys Over Flowers and Palace.

After you see this series, you will wonder why US TV sucks as badly as it does.

Just buy it...you WILL not be disappointed.

By Kenneth J. Connor

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful cast, beautiful soundtrack, I love this drama!, July 7, 2010

I'm an American who loves watching foreign drama but I was starting to give the habit up since I had a hard time finding one that would capture my interest when I came across this one gem of a story.
I fell totally in love with "You're Beautiful". The cast was amazing, so much so, that I just couldn't stop watching.

To top it off, the soundtrack made me want to run out and learn Korean asap! The melodies were entrancing and beautiful. The talent in this show was absolutely flawless, from the singing to the acting.

It was funny, heartwrenching and lovely. I'm buying this item. It's well worth the money and the time.

By Lilian Rose



Buy the original DVD to show your support!

Photos of Celebrities on Red Carpet at 25th Golden Disk Awards 2010

The 25th Golden Disk Awards was held on 9th December 2010 at the Hwajeong Gym in Koryeo University, Seoul, South Korea. Many top Korean celebrities attended this award show and walked the red carpet.

Golden Disk Awards’ red carpet attendees include Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, BoA, BEAST, SHINee, CN Blue, Secret, F.T. Island, IU, Sistar, Supreme Team, 2AM, Miss A, Yoo Ah Yin, Min Hyorin, and more. Check out the pictures below and tell us who do you think is the best-dressed and worst-dressed!
For the list of winners, check it out here!


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Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, CN Blue, F.T. Island and Supreme Team kept things simple and safe with black mini dresses and black suits. Loving SHINee and Yoo Ah Yin’s outfit with different shades of grey and lots of layerings for this winter season. For the ladies, Secret’s bridesmaid-like dresses on the red carpet really did not work for me; Min Hyorin’s simple bustier cocktail dress with nude heels really stood out in my opinion.

Tell us what do you think!

Source: Kokororeano, Sport Korea, Osen, StarNews, Xports News, SPN, YonHap News

Winners of the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)

The 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) was held overseas for the first time in its history at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Hotel in Macau where a host of stars from Korea and around the world attended, with millions watching it live (or delayed) through TV broadcasts and online streaming sources.



Here are the list of winners (in bold) from this year’s show!

Daesang Award (Grand Prize)

▲ Song of the Year

2AM – “Won’t Let You Go Even If I Die”
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
2PM – “I’ll Be Back”
DJ Doc – “I’m This Kind of Person”
miss A – “Bad Girl Good Girl”

▲ Album of the Year

2AM – Won’t Let You Go Even If I Die
2NE1 – To Anyone
BoA – Hurricane Venus
Super Junior – BONAMANA
Taeyang – SOLAR

▲ Artist of the Year

2AM
2NE1
2PM
miss A
SNSD

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Singer Category

▲ Best New Male Artist Award (not shown during broadcast)

CNBlue
Infinite
Teen Top
Seo In Kook
ZE:A

▲ Best New Female Artist Award

G.NA
miss A
Nine Muses
Rainbow
SISTAR

▲ Male Group Award

2AM
2PM
B2ST
MBLAQ
Super Junior

▲ Female Group Award

2NE1
4minute
KARA
T-ara
SNSD

▲ Male Singer Award

PSY
Se7en
Rain
Taeyang
Wheesung

▲ Female Singer Award (not shown during broadcast)

BoA
Gummy
Seo In Young
Son Dambi
Lee Hyori

- – -

Genre Category

▲ Best Dance Performance – Solo

Narsha – “Bbiri Bbabba”
Rain – “Love Song”
Lee Hyori – “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Taeyang – “I’ll be There”
Hyuna – “Change”

▲ Best Dance Performance – Male Group

2PM – “I’ll Be Back”
B2ST – “SHOCK”
MBLAQ – “Y”
SHINee – “Lucifer”
Super Junior – “Bonamana”

▲ Best Dance Performance – Female Group

2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
4minute – “HUH!”
miss A – “Bad Girl Good Girl”
Secret – “Magic”
T-ara – “Bo Peep Bo Peep”

▲ Best Vocal Performance – Solo

K. Will – “Miss Miss Miss”
Gummy – “Because You’re A Man”
Seo In Young – “You Write It As Love and Call It Pain”
Jung In – “Hate”
Wheesung – “I Thought of Marriage”

▲ Best Vocal Performance – Group (not shown during broadcast)

2AM – “Can’t Send You Even if I Die”
4men – “Can’t”
8Eight – “Break Up Is Coming”
Vibe – “Come Back”
Davichi – “Time Please Stop”

▲ Best Band Performance

CNBlue – “Love”
FT Island – “Love Love Love”
Hot Potato – “Confession”
Boohwal – “Love Is”
TransFixion – “The Shouts of Reds”

▲ Best Rap Performance

DJ Doc – “I’m This Kind of Person”
Epik High – “Run”
Outsider – “Acquaintance”
UV – “Sorry I’m Not Cool”
Supreme Team – “Dang Dang Dang”

▲ Best Collaboration (not shown during broadcast)

Homme – “Eating Well”
Ga-In/Jo Kwon – “We Fell In Love”
Seo Young Eun/Jung Yeob – “This Pitiful Word”
IU/Seulong – “Nagging”
Sung Shi Kyung/IU – “It’s You”

▲ Best Digital Single

MC Mong – “Hurt to Death”
Monday Kiz – “Spread Away”
Park Bom – “You and I”
Supreme Team – “Then Then THen”
Jung Yeob – “Without You”

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Music Video

▲ Best Music Video

2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
Epik High – “Run”
UV – “Sorry I Can’t Be Cool”
Ga-In – “Irreversible”
Taeyang – “I’ll Be There”

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Others

▲ Best International Artist

- Far East Movement

▲ Best Asian Pop Artist

- Perfume (パフューム, Pafyūmu)

▲ Best Asian Male Group

- Chemistry (ケミストリー)

▲ Best Asian Artist

- Zhang Jie (张杰)

▲ Best Asia New Artist

- iMe

▲ Producer Award (not shown during broadcast)

- PSY (for Seo In Young’s Cinderella)

▲ Music Video Director Award (not shown during broadcast)

- Seo Hyun Seung (2NE1’s “Can’t Nobody” and “Clap Your Hands”)

▲ Choregraphy Award (not shown during broadcast)

- Kim Hwa Young (JYPE)

▲ Stylist Award (not shown during broadcast)

- Yang Seung Ho (2NE1)

▲ Performance Award (not shown during broadcast)

- 2010 Jisan Valley Rock Festival

▲ This year’s Discovery Award (not shown during broadcast)

- 10cm

▲ Adult Music Award (not shown during broadcast)

- Tae Jin Ah

▲ The Shilla Duty Free Asian Wave Award

2PM
4minute
CNBlue
KARA
SNSD

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Source: allkpop

Watch Ueno Juri Guest Stars on "We Got Married"

Japan's rising star, Nodame Cantabile's "Best Actress" Ueno Juri (Kanji: 上野樹里) made a surprise appearance on Korea's hottest virtual marriage show “We Got Married” (aired on Saturday night) in September, pulling a surprise on the WGM couple C.N. Blue leader Jung Yong Hwa (Hangul: 정용화; Hanja: 郑容和) and SNSD's Seo Hyun (Hangul: 서현; Hanja: 徐賢). Watch below.

Ep.25 part 1


Ep. 25 part 2

Ueno Juri, who was in Japan to promote her new movie Nodame Cantabile The Movie II, appeared as an assistant chef at a conveyer belt sushi bar in thick black frame glasses. However, Seo Hyun and Yong Hwa didn't really notice Juri chan, because they were so engrossed in conversation. :) In the end Ueno Juri had to take off her glasses and actively called out to them. Finally when the two noticed her she said, "I thought you would notice me a bit earlier. That took a long time."

Jung Yong Hwa made it clear on a radio earlier that she was his ideal type and he exclaimed, "I can't believe Ueno Juri is standing right before my eyes." On the other hand, Seo Hyun was able to show her excellent Japanese conversation ability. She had a flawless conversation exchange with Ueno Juri, "I'm studying Japanese right now but, it's difficult because there's so much kanji."

Translated by: Kanki@Soshified.com