A bit jerky and blurry, but what the hey—it’s JiHoon on video on February 10 and we’re sure it wasn’t easy to get, what with the crowd going insane and all. The policemen looked terrified! 😀
Enjoy this little piece of the Man on the way to his snow date. Thanks to the fan-cammer for sharing.
— Stephe ^@@^
RAIN BI Arrival at Chitose Airport. (credit: 123gojira @YT)
That would be May 4, 2011, to be exact.
Yessir, just as Rain hyung has an official Japanese site (J.Tune Camp Rain Japan) as well as his official Korean site, his Boys now have their own official Japanese site in addition to their official Korean site. And their debut in Japan coming in May will be the icing on that cake.
Hopefully Mir and Joon will be 100% and raring to go. They must all be pretty stoked right now, because this is exciting stuff.
Aja, BLAQ Style!
You can find all four of these absolutely delicious sites to the right, in our media blog sidebar, under JIHOON’s COMMUNITY and RAIN WORLDWIDE.
— Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com ^@@^
MBLAQ – JAPAN Debut (May 4, 2011). (courtesy of rainyyonme @YT)
MBLAQ – Promo – Japan Debut 2. (courtesy of rainyyonme @YT)
Remember? JiHoon, the Crew, and their strategically placed TAILS? 😉
Yeaaaah.
We’ve seen the broadcast footage, sure, but not the fan cam. The crowd was screaming as if they were being killed. The fans around the fan-cammer were in flat-out convulsions. Ohh, there’s KyuSang, YongDeock, SungTak, Gori, Hongshi… and is that NamYong?? *scream* Rain was seducing everyone who could see him. Look at that sly grin! Look at his reaction when he hears his name—sheer pleasure. Heh. If you don’t damn near pass out watching this, you have a strong constitution, my friends, because this is gold.
WOW. We love raintic.
— Stephe ^@@^
081121 Music Bank Only You. (courtesy of raintic @YT)
[*ETA 2/17: As we recall, Rain also covered Esquire back in November of 2008. You can revisit that cover and some of the spread in our previous post HERE. ^@@^]
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As tweeted by Min Heesik, Editor in Chief of Esquire Magazine (Korea), at about 1PM today, February 16:
3월호 에스콰이어 표지. 모델은 비, 정지훈. 새벽 3시에 표지마감했다. 별책부록은 big black book 성공한 남자들을 위한 스타일 가이드 북.
Esquire cover in March. Model, rain, Bi. Ended at 3 am, cover. Separate appendices, Big Black Book style guide book for successful men.
(image credit: euimin10 @Twitpic / tip: rain-cloud / trans: Google)
— ^@@^
J.Tune Creative has not only adopted the new DRAFTWORKS logo for their Facebook page, the same as their new Twitter…
They’ve also announced that Rain’s still very much sought-after Legend of Rainism Tour and Rain Loves Japan/ZEPP Tour merchandise has been made available for purchase at open markets on the Internet (Ebay Auction Korea, SK Telecom’s 11th Street, and G-Market). The links to the purchase pages for these Rain items are listed HERE on J.Tune Creative @Facebook.
The problem is, unfortunately for English-speakers, these sites are only in Hangeul, that we can see. As if it isn’t a proven fact that JiHoon has English-speaking fans ALL OVER THE PLACE. *shrug* Honestly, how long is it going to take the Powers That Be to GET WITH THE PROGRAM? Do you want Rain’s items purchased or not? 
For the love of God, will someone get JiHoon some American and European distributors?
We’re sitting here with money in our hands. WHAT are y’all waiting for? *incredulous*
— Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com ^@@^
Woahhhh…!
Let us all gaze upon Marisara’s n-i-c-e Rain stash, shall we? (Mari is the leader of Cloud USA‘s newly-forming Cloudburst Puerto Rico Storm group; you can contact her and/or see all incoming Cloudburst meet-up group information on our Forum HERE.)
Will you look at that… SangDoo, A Love To Kill, Full House, B2TB, Rain’s World, Rain’s Coming, The Fugitive: Plan B, the Legend of Rainism Tour, Ninja Assassin and Speed Racer, Eternal Rain, and lots of vintage JiHoon. That isn’t a stash, my friends. That is a HAUL. Haha! Thanks for sharing your haul with us, Mari. May it continue to grow and grow exponentially.
This is all Mari’s, but if any Cloud USA community member would like to increase their own stash, member DN (presently in Osan, S.Korea) has a stash of Rain goodies for you to choose from. » Please see our previous post HERE for that information.
— Stephe ^@@^
(image credit: Marisara @CloudUSA)
Everybody’s talking about it! Aja, JiHoon!
— Stephe ^@@^
KBS Global 2/16/2011 —
Singer Rain and actors Jeon Do Yeon and Lee Bum Soo have been selected as the winners of the 2nd Seoul 2011 Art Awards.
The association for Korean Art and Culture announced the award winners in a total of eleven categories at the Seoul 2011 Art Awards on February 15, including Rain in the category of World Star Grand Award and Girls Generation in the category of Popular Singer Award. Actress Jeon Do Yeon and actors Lee Bum Soo and Jeong Sung Hwa have been selected as the winners in the categories of movies, TV dramas, and musicals, respectively. In addition, the representative of SM Entertainment, Lee Soo Man, has been selected as the winner in the category of popular music producer, and producer Kim Young Jin, who had directed the KBS drama for disabled people entitled “Thank You For Making Me Smile,” will garner the special award.
In addition, the producers of the MBC documentary program “Tears In the Amazon,” Kim Jin Man and Kim Hyun Chul (documentary award), the writer of the KBS drama “Bread, Dream, and Love,” Kang Eun Kyung (drama writer award), the production director of the MBC drama “Dong Yi,” Lee Byung Hoon (drama director award), and the director of the movie “The Unjust,” Ryu Seung Wan were included in the list of the winners in each category.
The Seoul 2011 Art Award ceremony, which is supported by the ministry of culture, sports, and tourism and Seoul city, will be held at the Olympic Gymnasium on February 28 at 7 pm. People from child heads of households, the disabled, and heads of multicultural families will be invited for the ceremony. During the ceremony, many commemorating events will be performed by Girls Generation, Kim Deok Soo’s Korean traditional percussion quartet, baritone Seo Jeong Hak, the Seoul Philharmonic, and the National Police Agency’s whistle performance team.
That was my first reaction when I saw this map of Sapporo Tiene. As you can see by the ID pass that dancer Gori tweeted, these are the ski slopes he and Rain and pals just frolicked and played on in Japan, after the Sapporo Snow Festival/KPop concert. And my eye went immediately to the TOP peak. Holy mackerel, that’s HIGH!
But then my brain registered that the ID pass specified Tiene Olympia. And my eye moved down. And I thought, Whew! Okay, that I can work with. 🙂
— Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com ^@@^
(map source site: rainstorm, Japan / credit as tagged)
We don’t publicize what Rain makes on the media blog most of the time, because it’s very easy for people to only see the dollar signs and to forget just how much money he also has going OUT of his pockets.
There are many people (employees, family, stockholders, etc.) who depend on him, and he lives up to the responsibility of providing for them very well. It’s really easy to see the penthouse and all the zeros in Korean won, and to forget how very hard this man physically and mentally works for his money every day.
» You may recall this article from last year, where he amassed at least 21 commercial spots in 2010 alone.
However, there is also a certain amount of pride that comes with the knowledge that JiHoon has indeed worked his way so high up the ladder by sheer strength of will. He deserves to be the 3rd highest paid star for a commercial spot in S.Korea. Period. We’re really excited to see what he’s going to do for Mentholatum China. (And I’m really stoked about Seo Taeji! Awesome.)
And so, we bring you this. 🙂
— Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com ^@@^
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Koreaboo 2/16/2011 — junchan, Writer
High grossing CF stars include Big Bang, Rain, JYJ, 2PM, 2NE1, Wonder Girls, After School, and SNSD
Korean news site Money Today put together a list of the highest paid celebrities for appearing in CFs. Amongst the male celebrities, veteran Seo Taeji takes the #1 spot with a whopping 2 billion won. Following him is idol group Big Bang, who will make a comeback on February 24th with the group’s 4th mini album. Rain takes the bronze, while Big Bang’s fierce rapper TOP takes 4th place as an individual.
On the women’s side, “Dae Jang Geum” star Lee Youngae takes the crown with 1.2 billion won. Following her are Go Hyunjung, Kim Taehee and Jeon Jihyun in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place, respectively. The highest grossing CF girl groups are Wonder Girls, 2NE1 and After School, each with 800 million won. SNSD trails slightly behind with 700 million won.
Check out the full list below!
Source: YG Ladies and Money Today
Original Hangeul:
Remember Rain’s stint in W Korea Magazine from April 2010? My heavens, those images were straight-up killa. Everybody was falling out and such. » You can take a gander at our post from last year HERE. — ^@@^
(image credit: Philo and Phil)
— ^@@^
HelloKPop 2/16/2011 — Kimberly, Writer
“Making the BLAQ Style” Will Be Coming Soon!
Attention to all A+s and other admirers of the sexy and charismatic group, MBLAQ! Just a while ago, @myjanggun tweeted a photo of a computer screen saying ‘Making the BLAQ STYLE – MBLAQ 1st Album’. The many J.Tune Camp fans who follow his twitter page are overjoyed and anxious to see how MBLAQ and J.Tune Camp began shaping the album. Unfortunately, it has not been released because it is in the making.
There are rumors spreading that it may be like MBLAQ’s Making The Artist episodes, but it has not been confirmed. Are you ready to see the effort MBLAQ has put into the album?
Source: @myjanggun
It really is nice to see Rain honored for advancing into Hollywood. » Our previous post on this event is HERE.
— Stephe ^@@^
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10asia 2/15/2011 — Heidi Kim, Reporter / Jessica Kim, Editor
Rain, Girls’ Generation, Lee Beom-Soo to receive arts and culture award
Singer Rain, female band Girl’s Generation and actor Lee Beom-soo will receive awards at the upcoming Seoul Arts Culture Award set to take place at the end of this month, revealed a press release by the Korean Association of Seoul Artists & Culture (KASAC) on Tuesday.
According to KASAC, the ceremony for the 2nd Seoul Arts & Culture Award scheduled to take place at Olympic Park Gymnasium on February 28, will award those who showed the best performance in 11 categories of arts and culture in 2010.
The best pop artist award will go to Girls’ Generation who sold nearly 200,000 copies of their second album “Oh!” last year, the best world star award to singer Rain who advanced to Hollywood, best TV actor award to Lee Beom-soo who played the main lead to 60-part hit-TV series “Giant” (SBS, 2010) and the best film actor to actress Jeon Do-youn who starred in film “The Housemaid,” (2011) which was invited to last year’s Cannes Film Festival….
(ⓒ10Asia All rights reserved)
Love Song, a little Japanese conversation, and Hip Song hit the 62nd Sapporo Snow Festival/KPop concert stage this past February 11. Want to see it? Here it goes. 🙂
Thanks to the fan-cammer for all of this awesomeness.
— Stephe ^@@^
110211 rain (bi) fancam K POP FESTIVAL in SAPPORO 2 LOVE SONG・Hip Song. (credit: aoi73x2 @YT)
» You can visit the previous Open Thread HERE. And of course, don’t forget that our Cloud USA Forum is a most excellent place for Rain love, fan communication, and self-expression.
By the way — have you left a message for JiHoon on The Cloud today?
(Remember, our Project page for newbies on how to access the Official Cloud Rain Fan Club in S.Korea is HERE.)
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For those fans who have been waiting for news concerning the 8th Korean Cloud membership drive: The recruitment is scheduled to begin next week on the 21st and last for one month, until March 20. » The latest update on that can be found in our recent post HERE. As you can see in our post and in the latest notice from the 7th Cloud posted on other Rain sites, the hard details have yet to be released (details such as the exact fee amounts, exactly how to pay, exactly what individual information may or may not be required, etc.) but should be very shortly.
What everyone should know is this: 1) Becoming an official member of Rain’s official fan club is not a requirement for being a part of the Cloud USA community. That is a personal choice that each of you can freely make for yourselves based on comfort levels and finances, and you will not be judged for it. 2) The Cloud knows that their culture and ours are very different. We’ve shared a lot of info concerning those differences with them, and are continuing to do so. It’s a learning process for both sides. The PAYPAL setup is an encouraging sign. 3) Terri and I will be joining the 8th Cloud. It would be pretty ridiculous of us to provide you with Korean Cloud Fan Club information now if we weren’t comfortable enough to put our own money where our mouths are when it comes to supporting Rain. We’ve wanted to help our sisters in the U.S., who have already been official Clouds for a good while, bridge the gap between Rain’s Asian, North American, and European fans for a long time. Korea is extending a hand to the Americas and to Europe. Barring unforeseen circumstances or Acts of God, we’re going to take it and at least see what this year brings.
In other news… I’m going through severe RAINY DAY episode withdrawal. Aigoooooooo. 😦
Have a terrific week, everyone.
— Stephe ^@@^
You all know that security was as tight as a drum, especially at the door of the Sapporo Snow Festival/KPop concert on February 11. So our hats are definitely OFF to aoi73x2 for getting the job done.
We thank you! 😀
— Stephe ^@@^
20110211 rain(bi) fancam K-POP FESTIVAL in SAPPORO. “Rainism.” (courtesy of aoi73x2 @YT / source site: rain-cloud)
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(image credit as tagged / cap by ratoka / source site: rain-cloud)
Lovely Valentine’s Day wallpapers. — ^@@^ (source site: RainLove2, Japan / Rain’s official music thread on Soompi)
… back at the end of October 2010. Terrific broadcast coverage by the organization itself, so please enjoy it!
— Stephe ^@@^
110213 2010 ASIA SONG FESTIVAL – RAIN. (courtesy of rari0001 @YT / tip: Rain’s official music thread @Soompi)
And here it is… number eight in the series, haha. Several fan cams all melted down into one ADIEU performance. Let us escape the sun, shall we? 🙂
— Stephe ^@@^
Rain [Bi] Adieu2010concert HowToAvoidTheSun [fancammix]. Credit: Fancam by 마리79 (b4마리) + miyu~pi + charlotte + 비만관리 / Edited by 지하마녀 ch[B] / cogns0526 @YT / courtesy of UnderworldWitch)
From the English Talk board on The Korean Cloud fan site today, 2/14/2011:
Dear all,
A quick summary of the Cloud notice today:
8th Cloud registration will start next week, from 21 February until 20 March. It is possible they may extend the period if fans still encounter problems in accessing the website.
Membership fee will be the same as last year. Discounts will be offered to teenagers. For Europe and USA fans,
PAYPAL system has set up to facilitate easier payments! Discounts will be offered to teenagers.
For Asian countries excluding Japan, RAIN forum masters could organize collective registration for their members or individual members could join via the Cloud home page.
They are also seeking feedback on 8th cloud souvenirs. This has been discussed before. Some fans believe it’s good to have meaningful, inexpensive items that bind the artist and the fans together, especially during the gap between the artist’s military service period. Others may have different opinions..
Bank account and other details will be announced soon.
Let’s join the Cloud family and give RAIN our biggest support!
Oh, and a happy Valentine^^
— huhuhuhu
So please stay tuned for the additional details to come as we roll closer to official cloud-dom. Thanks.
— Stephe ^@@^
[*ETA: ROFLMAO! JiHoon, OMG LOL! Never mind, everyone, they weren’t about to rumble with anybody or defend anybody or drive-by anybody as they left Sapporo… they were all hurting too bad from dancing and snowboarding and whatnot. JiHoon has spilled the beans. Just call us “General Hospital.” What am I going to do with them. ROFL! Awww… feel better, guys. ^@@^]
Here come the Men in Black, the galaxy defenders… Gori, Rain, SooBong, and SungTak… They won’t let you remember forget how doggone hot they truly are, even for a second… — ^@@^ (source: 29rain @Twitter / image: 29rain @Twitpic)
*ETA Rain’s tweet 5 hours ago (English translation by rain bird @rain-eu): 참 이사람들 믿고 계속 가야하는건지
Oh my! I wonder if I’m going to keep on doing with that kind of work partners with having confidence in their reliability. [ Do I have to keep on trusting these people… ^@@^ 😛 ]
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What up? Just waiting around and doing it Kostyle. 🙂 (image: 29rain @Twitpic)
*ETA Rain’s tweet 5 hours ago (English translation by rain bird @rain-eu): 제가 모시는.. 요즘은 허리가 많이 아프시데여 저희팀 이름은 “종합 병원” 입니다 4시간전 via 파랑새 These (aged) guys I look after are recently complaining of severe pains in their backs. Our team’s name is “General Hospital.”
From the 62nd Sapporo Snow Festival/KPop Festival 2011 page. See all the images HERE on JapanKorea.org … — ^@@^ (source site: JapanKorea.org / tip: rain-cloud)
Welcomed at the Airport (空港での歓迎)
The Venue (会場の様子)
Rain (Bi, ピ)
Autographs (サイン色紙)
Enjoy this long, wonderful piece of Rain deliciousness with your favorite morning beverage, and then happily go forth on this day of love, everyone!
(And if you need a little bit more aaaahhhhh to get you going after that, CLICK on the hearts at the top of our media blog sidebar. Ahhhh.)
— Stephe ^@@^
El mundo de Bi Rain. (credit and edit: diamar10 @YT)
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Rain departs Sapporo, Japan at New Chitose Airport today, the 14th, Korea-bound with the Sapporo Snow Festival & KPop concert and a nice little vacation behind him. — ^@@^ (image: Kwon YoungChol @Plixi)
By: 권영철 Kwon YoungChol / English translation: rain bird @rain-eu. / source site: rain-cloud
삿포로 치토세 공항에 가수 비 왔다!! 누가가르쳐 주지 않으면 알수 없을 듯 ㅎㅎ
Singer Rain came to Chitose Airport in Sapporo. I never would have guessed if anybody hadn’t told me ㅎㅎ(haha)
[*ETA 2/15: There have been a lot of questions across the Internet about this particular song (it is Rain). As we understand it, the song is track #7 off of Rain’s Eternal Rain album, released in Japan in 2006. The name of it is… Romanization: Oku Ga Atsuku Nari Sugite. Korean: 내가 너무 뜨거워서. Japanese:僕が熱くなりすぎて. Which translates as “I’m So Hot…” ^@@^]
Rain and his buds leaving their Hokkaido hotel today, the 14th. He looked rather relaxed.
The “decoy” directly in front of the fan cam was doggone good, I must say… but once they round that corner, there is NO mistaking JiHoon’s profile, is there? 🙂
— Stephe ^@@^
110214 Rain Bi Departure Hotel in Hokkaido. (credit: Maria1982625 @YT / source site: rain-cloud)
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HelloKPop 2/14/2011 — TerriKR, Writer
Earlier today, hellokpop.com reported that MBLAQ’s Lee Joon had been hospitalized after becoming ill during preparations for his appearance on February 13th’s episode of SBS’s Inkigayo. BNT News has now reported that his illness was due to some type of cochlear dysfunction. The exact type of cochlear dysfunction he is experiencing has not yet been revealed.
A representative from J.Tune Camp said, “Lee Joon is currently receiving treatment in the hospital after suddenly vomiting. He has a cochlea disorder, but the results have shown that his condition is not severe. Thank you to those who are concerned.”
The cochlea is the auditory portion of the inner ear. Disorders of the cochlea can lead to vertigo, which can bring on sudden episodes of vomiting, like the one Joon experienced backstage at SBS.
Everyone here at hellokpop.com hopes Joon is resting well and sends him their best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Source: BNT News (News translation by Choi Yoori@AbsoluteMBLAQ)
As we recall, right around this time last year (the end of January 2010), after his Legend of Rainism stops in Japan were finished, Rain did some holiday R&R in Hokkaido too, HERE and HERE (where the resort literally built a shrine to him that was kind of creepy because they used a mannequin… just sayin’). He really seems to like it there. 🙂
— Stephe ^@@^
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[This post was supposedly made yesterday, on the 12th, but the exact date of this picture is not specified (Rain is supposed to be in the yellow camo pants). Gori’s pics of the group (except for Rain) wearing the same clothing were tweeted yesterday as well.]
Rain spending his winter vacation with his dancers at a ski resort in Japan’s Hokkaido, posted 2/12/2011
Source: Benamoo / DC Inside (Image: DC Inside)
English translation: rain bird @rain-eu.
몇 년전에 구름들로부터 선물 한 웨어 아닙니까?
홋카이도에서 즐길 수 있던 것 같고 좋았습니다.
댄서들의 웨어를 알 수 있으므로, 아마 황색과 흑이라고 생각합니다
2008년도에 선물받으셨던 보드복 찾아보니 저 샛노란 바지님이신듯
The picture shows that Rain is spending his winter vacation with his dancers at a ski resort in Japan’s Hokkaido, wearing yellowish brown ski pants with flecks of black.
The ski pants were a gift from his Cloud fans in 2008.
Dancers Gori, Hongshi, SooBong, and more, uploaded about a day ago… Some of these are definitely headed for our Rain’s Crew page. Thanks again, Gori dear. 🙂 — ^@@^
(images… except the one from SooBong: gori7911 @Twitpic)
(image: kostyle0324 @TwitPic / Thanks, wakki...!)
We put this up on our Facebook the other day… but for those of you who don’t have a Facebook or haven’t seen it yet, here it is: Rain arriving for the Sapporo KPop Festival back on February 10, at Chitose Airport in Japan.
— Stephe ^@@^
110210 RAIN new chitose airport. (courtesy of mizorain @YT)
Now THIS is impressive.
Please enjoy this wonderful video that contains many of Rain’s projects (Ninja Assassin, Rainism, I’m Coming, Happy Together, Nan, et cetera and et cetera…!). Not only that, it also showcases Rain’s sexy persona to the Nth Degree and shows how it comes out in everything he does. And set to Linkin Park… what more could you want? 🙂
— Stephe ^@@^
Bi Rain (비) is paranoid… Set to Linkin Park’s “Papercut.” (Credit and edit: 0IchHasseDich0 @YT)
Preach, man. Preach! Thanks for putting a lot of what many of us feel into a fine piece of writing. You’re talking about us. The crowd has indeed spoken.
And thank you, HanCinema, for putting it up on your site. *applause, applause*
— Stephe ^@@^
HanCinema 2/12/2011 — Daniel Matthews, Writer
Here’s To More Korean Talent Starring in Hollywood Movies!
Did anyone get a chance to watch the film, “The Warrior’s Way”? It was pretty recently released (back in December) and starred Korea’s version of Brad Pitt, Jang Dong-gun. Regrettably I missed this film. I was sorely disappointed that I didn’t see it, not because I was excited about the latest tale of ninjas and warriors and ninja-like warriors. No, it was because of the fact that this was one of the very few recent opportunities that I would have had the chance to see a Korean actor opposite a Non-Korean actress in a “love interest” type of role on the big screen.
I’ll probably rent “The Warrior’s Way” when it comes out on DVD or becomes available online, to support the film and see what happens to the characters. But until then, my mind starts swimming with different thoughts. Will this be the start of a larger chain reaction of Korean men playing opposite non-Korean woman in films and TV? Beyond this, could we be seeing more Korean actors start making crossover attempts as well? Not that Korean actors haven’t already (Rain in “Ninja Assassin” and Lee Byeong-Heon in “G.I. Joe” come to mind), but maybe it’ll start happening a lot more often. Even just once a year would be a nice pace. And, as I type, Taiwanese actor/singer Jay Chou is embodying his inner Bruce Lee, as the supporting lead in the Hollywood film, “The Green Hornet”, released in January. Let it continue!
It’s important that these types of relationships continue to grow with more Korean (or other Asian-born) actors/actresses being put in starring roles in Hollywood films. Not only does it give younger Asian Americans a chance to see someone relatable on the big screen. It helps educate a broader audience on different types of people, characters and roles. It also puts more attention on that actor’s country of origin, which in turn opens more doors for other actors/actresses to make a breakthrough.
With all of the current attention on Korean Pop (K-POP), there’s definitely no better time then now for someone to make that crossover. All of the irrefutable power that the supporting K-POP community has (the influence and buying power is insane!) creates the perfect storm of buzz, blogging and financials that make for this opportunity. These K-POP fans are wildly supportive, loyal and have become tastemakers online. As mentioned in a previous post, they’ve already made other K-POP celebrities winners of some very surprising awards (Jay Park winning a Mashable award and Rain winning Biggest Badass at the latest MTV Movie Awards). If this is happening, it means that there definitely is an audience, an interactive and supportive audience, for these crossovers. The crowd has spoken – let’s see what Hollywood does next.
Source : korean-content.com/( KOCCA English Korean )
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Dramabeans 2/12/2011 — javabeans, Writer
Rain’s new movie Red Scarf, co-starring Shin Se-kyung as his love interest, is beefing up its cast with several new additions: Lee Hana (Triple), Kim Sung-soo (My Precious You), musical and film actor Yoo Joon-sang (Moss), and Secret Garden’s Tae-sun, Lee Jong-seok.
The plot: A volatile North-South situation sets the stage for the blockbuster action-melodrama, in which Rain plays a fighter pilot who takes part in a dangerous mission that includes the bombardment of Pyongyang. Shin Se-kyung is the main lead and his romantic partner, while Lee Jong-seok is confirmed as a pilot and one of Rain’s juniors. Since the film is described as depicting the lives and loves of the fighter pilots who engage in the mission, I’m presuming that the other men are likely to be airmen colleagues, though don’t quote me on that.
Red Scarf is a remake of the 1964 film of the same name (although this movie’s title uses Korean, whereas the old movie’s title was a transliteration of the English). Directing is Kim Dong-won, the director of 2008′s action-crime comedy City of Damnation and a producer on the recent Housemaid remake. The film will employ a cinematography team specializing in aviation shoots, who worked on previous films Sky Fighter and Stealth.
Truth be told, I’m a bit meh on the ladies — they’re all right, but not (imo) all that charismatic — but as for the others… Hot men in uniform? Yes, please!
Red Scarf begins shooting at the end of February.
(Hand-drawn and shaded in pencil and charcoal, by Usako99 @RainLegend /original screen shot included) — ^@@^
The Boys on Saturday’s Music Core, this week. Mir is healing and was there in spirit with his band mates, no doubt… and boy, they did ever represent for him. SeungHo jumped on into that rap like gangbusters, and none of the four missed a beat. I dug the cool MBLAQ bar code in the background. And listen to those A+s!
Mama is impressed, impressed, impressed. 😀
— Stephe ^@@^
[HD] 110212 Music Core MBLAQ – Stay. (source: sarangkpop.com / courtesy of kbank1004 @YT)
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And… I find this extremely cute. Just CUTE! In fact, I haven’t seen anything so cute since B2ST’s YoSeob joined IU on stage for “Marshmallow”, with a barrette in his doggone hair. (The Marshmallow Man goes bounce, bounce, bounce… LOL!) Watch G.O and Joonie have fun acting like Shy Boys. (“acting” being the operative word here, because we know they ain’t…) 😀
[HD] 110212 Music Core Secret With MBLAQ G.O&Joon – Shy Boy+Y Performance. (source: sarangkpop.com / courtesy of kbank1004 @YT)
Cloud USA 