Hallyu star Song Hye-kyo teams up with Michelle Yeoh from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Memories of a Geisha" fame to target the Asian public.

According to the film magazine "Variety", Song recently signed a contract with Stella Entertainment, located near Taiwan, for her work overseas.

Stella Entertainment was established by Yeoh, Terrance Chang (who produced "Mission: Impossible 2" and "Face-Off") and entertainment agent David Tang.

Variety magazine wrote that "Song Hye-kyo became extremely popular [with the Asian public] after co-starring with Rain in the TV drama, 'Full House'. She also starred in 'My Girl and I', as well as 'Hwangjinyi'. She was also cast in the director Son Soo-peom's independent film which was also his U.S.A. debut, 'Fetish'."

Song also signed a new contract with Eden Nine, the Korean agency representing Won Bin. Won Bin and Song both plan on more active participation in the Asian entertainment industry.

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Big Bang leader GDragon, following after member TaeYang, will be starting his first solo activities the coming summer.

YG’s Yang Hyun Suk announced the plans for GDragon’s solo activities on 1st July on their official homepage. He said, “After TaeYang, the second one to have his solo minialbum will be GDragon. We have already started the discussions and planning for this with GDragon a few months ago.”

Already, GDragon is known amongst music fans for his music composing capability, an example can be seen from his participation in the producing and composing of the songs in Big Bang’s upcoming album in August.

He also added, “GDragon will start the activities for Big Bang’s new album in August and also the release of his solo minialbum and his solo activities.”

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Do you remember her from "I am Sam" and "High Kick!" ?

Yes! She's coming back! Park Min young will be in KBS2TV Wednesday and Thursdays drama "Evil Twin- 9 Tailed Fox" to be aired in August. Many top stars have done this role, and this drama which has been talked of has finally casted Park Min-young as the main character, the 9 tailed fox!

"9 Tailed Fox" is about the fortunes of a bloody family with its carnal and wordly desires revealing the truths through violence and destruction. This legend will be shown to fit the viewers of 2008 with a new twist.

Park Min Young will be the Officer Lee's youngest daughter, Myeong-ok. Myeong-ok will light up the family with her curiosity and optimism.

Let's look forward to the new role our young actress will take on.

The 8 episode drama will be first aired on August 6th.

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Big Bang member TaeYang whose popularity has been rising lately with his solo single "Look Only At Me" will be having a duet performance with singer Gummy. They will be performing hip hop group Duex's 1994 hit "In Summer" on SBS "Kim Jung Eun's Chocolate" on 28th July.

Both of them had rushed the choreography and rehearsing the vocals to the duet performance 2 days before. However TaeYang and Gummy will not perform the whole song but will perform a remake band version of it, hence it is much anticipated.

TaeYang and Gummy's duet performance will be broadcasted on 2nd July 12:30 at night on SBS channel.

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The TV drama "Every Night," starring Kim Sun-a and Lee Dong-gun, took over the time slot of the MBC hit production "Lee San" with safe 10% ratings.

According to the ratings research company TNS Media Korea, "Every Night" recorded national ratings of 11.6% for its first episode, which aired on the 23rd.

The ratings were lower than the 14% reached by "Lee San" for its first broadcast last September. However, "Every Night" is up against tough competition.

The same primetime slot is occupied by the SBS TV drama "Le Grand Chef," (16.4%) starring Kim Rae-won, and the KBS 2TV production starring Eric, "Chil-woo, the Mighty" (10.5%). "Every Night" was also at a disadvantage due to a one-week delay of the first episode.

Another ratings research company, AGB Nielson Media Research, found that the TV ratings for "Every Night" were only 10.9% nationwide, while "Le Grand Chef" came in at 15.2% and "Chil-woo, the Mighty" reached 11.1%.

"Every Night" is about Korea's Cultural Heritage, with Kim Sun-a on the task force of Cultural Heritage crime-fighters and Lee Dong-gun playing a flirty art historian.

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Top Korean actress JUN Ji-hyun(Gianna JUN) will embark on a media tour this July to promote her first Hollywood feature, Blood: The Last Vampire. Her management agency SidusHQ announced this month that the film, in which JUN plays the main role, is to be released in the U.S., Canada, Central and South America through Universal Studios in September.The model-turned-actress, going by her English name Gianna Jun, is the lead star in the big budget US – France – Hong Kong co-production. Set in the Tokyo of 1970, JUN plays Saya, a vampire working for a covert US government agency that hunts and destroys demons. She is assigned to a military school where she must find out which of her fellow classmates is a demon in disguise. The film is an adaptation of a Japanese anime of the same title directed by Kitakubo Hiroyuki in 2000.

Following the US release, France's largest independent film studio and the film's financial backer Pathé, as well as renowned Hong Kong-born producer Bill Kong are planning to release Blood: The Last Vampire in France and Hong Kong respectively this October.

The English-language horror-thriller is JUN’s Hollywood debut. Rising to celebrity status with her 2001 Korean feature My Sassy Girl, Jun’s fame spread throughout Asia and she went on to star in several more features including Windstruck (2004) and Daisy (2006).

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Kim HyunJoong, member of SS501, became troubled while starting local activities.

Kim HyunJoong’s company DSP Entertainment’s spokesperson said on the 21st through a telephone interview “HyunJoong has received a request for the public relations for “Boys over flowers” and met with the writer. We are still in the midst of confirming with each other and we think positively about participating in this.”

But Kim HyunJoong’s worries will start from here. Recently ending their single “Déjà vu” activities, Kim HyunJoong will start preparing their official album expected to release this coming autumn. He is also currently casted in MBC “Sunday Night” section “We got married”.

Regarding this, company expressed “It would be difficult as ”Boys over flowers” filming period will coincide with SS501’s official album activities and “We got married” broadcast. However, we could not give up the chance of being selected to cast in “Boys over flowers” due to these circumstances.”

Company said “Because this drama has garnered a lot of talking point in Taiwan and Japan, and that the actors for this drama in Japan has received a lot of attention. This drama production is a very important step for HyunJoong as an actor, that is why it is not easy to decide if we should give up the desire.”

On the other hand, besides HyunJoong, another member of SS501, Kim KyuJong has also gathered attention about getting into acting.

Credits : scblog.chosun.com/press011 + SS601.com
English Translation : xiaochu @ Quainte501.com

Epik High’s Mithra Jin explained his ‘rumours’ with Super Junior’s Kim Heechul. Epik High was recently on SBS’s “The Star Show” which will be broadcasted on the 23rd. Mithra Jin further explained that his ‘rumours’ with Heechul were fake, and that they were only friends.

Mithra Jin said, “I would go along like how lovers would and go for a spin with Heechul” and, “Although I’ve hung out with Heechul more than I would with my girlfriend, but I’m certain that we’re not dating, we’re just friends”.

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Heechul's CY Update:

Bear Mithra, don’t explain these things
The more you explain, the more strange it becomes (-┏)

Perhaps E.L.F and those in High School
will get affected by this incident

Our Mith Kim are not dating
Although we meet in the middle of the night, to eat together, to drink beer…

It’s friendship

Certainly not love

When we meet, we never touch each other
To the extent that even if we fall down, we won’t help each other up
Looking at it, conversely, it seems like Mith Kim’s relationship is not too good

Ah really…
Why am I explaining? (-┏)

*Ah That’s right.. I’m not dating Yunho either (-┏)

Kibum, Hankyung, Siwon, Jay etc…
I’m not dating them too (-┏)

Me!!
I’m dating all the fans
^-^*

Ah.. I can pretend that I amㅋㅋ

Translated superduperlove
Credits; OnlyHeechul + gyuhyuncn