[spoilers][bullet points][caps] From Stephe’s desk: Of “My Lovable Girl” episode 16 finale.

•November 10, 2014 • 11 Comments

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Episode 16: FINALE

OMG. Is this really happening? Are we truly at the end? Seems like we just got started good!

•  I’m not surprised at how this epi started off. I had a sneaking suspicion that Se Na would get the heck out of Dodge once she saw Hyun Wook making headway when it came to composing again. The cool thing about it is she didn’t try to fool him into thinking she was leaving because she’d had a change of heart about her feelings for him (a usual well worn K-drama tactic). She made it very clear that she loved him deeply and that she knew he loved her just as deeply, but that distance was the only way they’d survive for the time being. I ain’t mad at ya, Se Na. One thing you’ve always been is a smart cookie. Good call, but a heartbreaker. *sniffle*

(Let me say right here that Rain’s hair has been an amazing work of art during this show. You can’t helping wanting to partake of its radiant magnificence. I’ve always thought it probably has its own separate contract, manager, and agent. That man was born with an awesome mane, let me tell you. If he were a lion, he’d definitely be King of the Forest. Or of the Jungle. Or of the Korean peninsula. Or of wherever.)

•  ROFL! I told y’all. “1 year later.” ROFLMAO! (Awesome. Is Hyun Wook still CEO? Or did CEO Lee survive and come back to AnA? Has A-hole Jae Young managed to hang on to his shirt? Let’s get on to it!)

•  Aw, poor Jae Young. He completely screwed himself because of his hatred and tomfoolery, and still, he’s as sullen and bitter as a 5-year-old at recess. It’s gotta suck to live like that. LMAO~ People like him, in real life, are laughable and of absolutely no use.

•  LOL at Producer Hyun Wook and World Star Shi Woo butting heads over working together. Y’all two are so cute, scowling at each other, haha. Hae Yoon has risen to the presidency now… hmm. I always knew she had it in her if she’d just get her head out of her butt. Good for her.

•  Jesus. Ex-CEO Lee is still alive – and STILL telling Hyun Wook how to live his life, what to do with his house, et cetera, et cetera. Dude, you ever thought of just saying a simple “Hey, how are you today, son?” when you lay eyes on your kid sometimes? Sheesh. What a drag.

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•  Don’t bother lying about it, Hyun Wook. You haven’t “forgotten all about” Se Na, not by a long shot. But, I guess if I were you, I’d be saying the same thing if A WHOLE YEAR HAD PASSED and everyone kept bringing up her name like, DAILY. What is it with you people? You didn’t want him with her, y’all bitched every day about it back then, how “just wrong” it was, how the world would be against them. He hasn’t been with her for a year! Why do you continue torturing him? Shut your pie holes.

•   Ahahaha! Hong’s boyfriend ended up as Shi Woo’s manager? Did not see that coming. I underestimated you, dude.

•  How convenient, Hyun Wook’s front door being unlocked. The fact that the house hasn’t been cleaned out by neighborhood thugs yet is unrealistic. Ugh.

•  Yeah, let me stroll into my house and find the door open. The first thing I’d be doing was backing out the way I came and calling the cops to file a report and see if anything is missing, not sitting down and composing a song. If Hyun Wook thought that maybe he’d carelessly left the door open himself, that should have been made clear. (That’s two strikes in rapid succession, screenwriter. You’ve had a good run thus far. Don’t make me come down hard on you now that we’re in the homestretch.)

•  Yeah, Se Na, wouldn’t you feel cold and hurt if Hyun Wook had abandoned you? You’d be furious, and you know it. Your leaving was understandable, I got it, but this is a consequence of leaving him after his life had been about nothing but loss for the past four years. He still loves you, but doesn’t trust you or himself anymore. A sure-fire way of protecting yourself from further hurt is not letting anyone in anymore, even if you have to fib.

•   I knew there had to be a catch for Hong’s boyfriend to be a manager. Shi Woo, tsk tsk! LOL~

•  Alright, Shi Woo. You need to rein in that horse before it writes a check your ass can’t cash. Just because our favorite couple is broken up, don’t think you can be an upstart to Hyun Wook about it. Your feelings will be awfully hurt when your cockiness doesn’t keep them apart. Don’t you watch K-dramas? LOL~

•  Ahaha! Rain’s face, when Hyun Wook was lying sternly over the phone to Se Na about his “missing 100-year-old” pen, strongly reminded me of Young Jae’s face whenever he lied sternly to Han JiEun in Full House. Keke~ (Her hidden delight at being summoned to his house was so cute! Is she wearing the necklace he gave her? 😮 Yippee! She should have found that pen where he hid it, and put it in his face, screenwriter!)

Lee Young Jae lying his butt off on “Full House”…

•  Racoon Hae Yoon and ex-CEO Lee at the door when Hyun Wook has Se Na right where he wants her. Arghhhhhhh! Aigooooooo, just kill me now so I don’t have to suffer this!! 😡

•  Awwwwww. Hyun Wook outed himself to the entire nation. Holy cow, how romantic. Wild horses couldn’t drag Se Na from that train station after that. And when they lay eyes on each other, it was all over but the singing. For good. ❤ ❤ YAY 🙂

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Talk about a feel-good ending. Talk about a feel-good drama, without some of the K-melodramatic craziness we’re used to seeing. I enjoyed it so much. Hyun Wook, Se Na, Shi Woo, and Hae Yoon all changed and grew and found success in both life and business. Their transitions were right on. I would like to have seen Shi Woo end up with a happy heart, but I suppose that with his new confidence, that might have come next. The same with Hae Yoon – I was hoping she would begin to see Sung Jin with new eyes and give him a chance. *sigh*

Jackass Jae Young was as stagnant as all get out, didn’t grow at all, and got off damned easy. No satisfaction for me there. If he suffered, I wanted to see him suffer, not have that suffering implied. He probably went on to accept Hae Yoon’s offer, but what’s the point if he’s still an ass? You can say the same of Ex-CEO Lee – you know he went on to create more problems for our favorite couple before realizing he wasn’t going to get anywhere. He probably even refused to go to their wedding. Oh, well. You can’t win them all.

I thought for sure that Supernatural So Eun and ghost pooch Dal Bongie might have a final hoorah, but no. Eh, okay.

Was this K-drama perfect? No. Did I get most of what I was hoping for with this K-drama? Yes. I was looking to recapture some of the things I felt while watching favorite “Full House” but without the lovers hurting each other so much in the process of fighting their feelings. When everyone’s feelings got hurt, I wanted a heroine who remained strong but didn’t turn into a shrew, and a hero who kept his compassion but didn’t turn into a bully and a jerk, which is exactly what I got. Se Na and Hyun Wook exasperated me at times, but at no time did they act out of character, in my honest opinion.

Rain and Krystal, job well done. Really proud of you both. 🙂

I would’ve liked there to be more to the ending, but I didn’t mind what we got because that’s simply what you get with a K-drama, and anyone who watches them knows that. So long as Hyun Wook and Se Na ended up together, alive and intact, in the real world and not in an afterlife, I was good. Just think of the ending we could have gotten… SangDooA Love To KillI’m Sorry, I Love YouKingdom of WindFlames of Desire… Yeah, now, that would have sucked.

rejected-thumbs-down2My only real complaints:

1) Why didn’t they let Hyun Wook sing a little bit while he was composing? File that under Missed Opportunity. 😐

2) It would have been a better idea to have 20 episodes and spend less time or NO time on the subplots you weren’t going to develop or tie up. Like Kang Tae Min and Mrs. CEO Lee — did nothing with that. Ra Eum and the Infinite Power leader (played by Hoya?) treating Shi Woo like garbage — did nothing with that. Ex-CEO Lee’s supposed love child that turned out to not be his love child — glossed over that. The consequences of Jae Young’s villainous betrayals — glossed over that. Sung Jin having a crush on Hae Yoon — did nothing with that. The two AnA staffers secretly dating — did nothing with that!

If these things weren’t going anywhere, why’d you bring them up? You could have used all of that time digging deeper into the real meat of the problem, Hyun Wook being with his dead lover’s sister, and more of the fallout from that. Hyun Wook and Se Na would have been clinging together in quiet, calm misery, while everyone else and the Korean Media spun out of control around them and made life hell.

3) Hyun Wook’s panic attacks and “earworm” problem were completely dropped after the first few episodes. What the heck for? Y’all could have done wonders with that!

4) The pacing could have used a boost. (Refer back to #2.) Terri said this and I agree — The events that happened in those 16 episodes could have happened in only eight.

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A few inane things people are saying around the Internet:

“What was with Rain dating his dead girlfriend’s sister? OMG, so lame.” The same thing has happened in about a million-gazillion K-dramas before this one. It’s a well used plot device, so stop pretending it’s so shocking.

“No romantic chemistry between the leads.” If you already had a bias against either Rain or Krystal, you would think that. Which means that they could have jumped through flaming hoops to please you, and you’d still condemn them. So, whatevs.

Krystal’s acting was wooden and horrible. She wasn’t up to Rain’s level at all.” Jesus, folks. The poor girl is just starting her acting career in earnest. She’s barely turned 20. With the added pressure of co-starring with RAIN, I have to give her kudos for managing to pull it off. Everybody has to start off wet behind the ears somewhere. Even Rain did. How could she possibly be on the level with anyone who’s already been acting for 12 years? Geez.

“What was with all the head-holding and one-handed hugs? Where was the passionate kissing? WTF?” R-i-g-h-t. That’s all Rain needed for everyone to then bash him for tongue-kissing and feeling up a girl 12 years his junior. Why do you think they were in his bed fully clothed and their night of love merely implied? Netizens would have tried to ride Rain out of town on a rail. You know I’m telling the truth.

“I could have written better.” Is that why you’re not employed as a screenwriter? Just askin’.

“The worst K-drama I’ve ever watched.” LOL, I doubt it. Stop being so dramatic and think back on all the drivel you’ve watched over the years… See?

“He’ll be a great actor with just a few more lessons.” *speechless* ROFLMAO

“All Rain did was stand around looking grim with his hands straight down by his sides.” That was the character. That’s what Hyun Wook does. He is a rigid, introverted business type whose life has been a living hell for a lot of years. He’s damaged. He’s quiet. You expect him to enter every scene like a party animal, I guess?

Let me also mention that I saw just as many comments by viewers who saw the chemistry plenty and enjoyed Rain’s and Krystal’s performance. Glad of that.

Okay, folks, take the floor if you so desire. What did you think of My Lovable Girl?

(*NOTE: You can be truthful about your feelings in this thread—or any thread on Cloud USA—without fear of being attacked. BUT. No hate speech. No fighting. And no vilifying of Rain or other commenters. Be constructive. We have discussions here, not flame wars. Have at!)

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“My Clouds, here with me… I love that.”

•November 10, 2014 • 2 Comments

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If Rain’s pics could talk to us… *sigh* ❤ Rain at the For Love or Money cast greeting in Beijing. (11/7) Image source: adryshi.tumblr.com ^@@^

[images][GIF] Rain check.

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Our man leaving the hotel, giving the fans a wave, and spending a few moments to himself in Shenzhen (or trying to, anyway) before the For Love or Money press conference there that day, 11/9. (Images credited as tagged)

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In Shanghai for the For Love or Money press conference and Meet the Stars Event there on 11/8. (Image credited as tagged)

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The latest posted by the official Mentholatum China micro-blog @Weibo.

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[images][露水红颜] The “For Love or Money” Meet with the Stars Event in Shenzhen. (11/9)

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Off stage. (Image sources as tagged)

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On stage. (Images credit: the For Love or Money movie micro-blog @Weibo)

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[images][露水红颜] The For Love or Money movie press conference in Shenzhen. (11/9)

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GOSH. Handsome is as handsome does. Mercy!

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[images][露水红颜] The “For Love or Money” Meet with the Stars Event in Shanghai. (11/8)

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Rain, you look so happy and content here, promoting your first Chinese film, it does our hearts good. Very proud of this newest achievement in China! 🙂

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[clip][images][露水红颜] The For Love or Money movie press conference in Shanghai. (11/8)

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After the press conference. He was as sharp as a tack, and he knew it. *duckface* XD (Image credit: CECILIASAI)

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This wasn’t for My Lovely Girl, but Rain and Crystal Liu still look incredibly adorable! Her dress is THE BOMB. And the shoes! Their fashion choices go together perfectly. 🙂 ^@@^

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[images][露水红颜] The For Love or Money cast greeting on the cinema stage in Beijing. (11/7)

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Rain, Liu Yi Fei, Director Gao, and the cast at the Wanda International Cinema in Beijing for the movie premiere.

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[clips][images][露水红颜] The For Love or Money movie press conference in Beijing. (11/7)

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News coverage on CTI. (Clip credit: Transit TV / 中天電視 @YT.)

Entertainment news coverage on Youku.

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There are tons and tons of them out there, but these are my favorite shots of Rain, Crystal Liu, their cast mates, and Director Gao. (It’s really ridiculous of him to look this doggone handsome. WTHeck, Rain? ^@@^) XD

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[Eng trans] Instagrams and Tweets abound: 비 wants you to see… (11/7 & 9)

•November 9, 2014 • 3 Comments

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…that he and leading lady Liu Yi Fei were styling and profiling the day of their For Love or Money press conference in Shanghai, on November 8.

(Image credit: RAIN / rain_oppa @Instagram / 29rain @Twitter, 11/9.)

“홍보끝 이제 돌아갑니당 ~”

English translation by Elsie:

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…that he was having a blast in Beijing during the opening of his Chinese debut film, For Love or Money. So happy for him. 🙂

(Image credit: RAIN / rain_oppa @Instagram / 29rain @Twitter, 11/5.)

“오늘부터 로수홍안 홍보 시작이요 … 드라마 끝나자마자 ~”

English translation by Elsie:

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[images][露水红颜] Rain at his For Love or Money movie interview. (11/7)

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[images] Rain arrives in China for his For Love or Money movie opening. (11/7)

•November 9, 2014 • 2 Comments

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As we understand it, he touched down at Beijing Airport. (Images credited as tagged)

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[movie clips][images][露水红颜] For Love or Money check.

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A few clips from the movie! (Credit: Tv.Sohu.com / courtesy of ratoka)

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A quick shot from the back: Waiting for the elevator at a Beijing hotel on 11/7. Rain’s security man keeps the fans back, at a safer distance. (Images credited as tagged)

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The Beijing Wanda Cinema micro-blog on Weibo posted pictures of Liu Yi Fei signing humongous posters, and Rain and Director Gao leaving their hand prints on 11/7.

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Writeup on Rain and his Chinese film debut in 精品购物指南LIFESTYLE Magazine this month. (Images credit: 希望快乐与幸福 @Weibo)

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For Love or Money previews and meet and greet sign at the Bai Yu Cinema. (Images credit: 宜临思雨 @Weibo)

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More images of that luscious For Love or Money brochure/magazine. (Images credit: 微微的微笑一个 @Weibo)

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[images][내그녀] My Lovable Girl check.

•November 9, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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Wrap party pics: Cha Ye Ryun, I’ve got to give you props, girl! You had me ready to choke Hae Yoon to within an inch of her life. No joke! Great job. 🙂

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Sweet actress Lee Suji, who played AnA staffer An Da Jung, posted these cheerful cast party images on her Instagram on 11/6. ❤

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Baek Seung Do, who played AnA trainee Kim Do Hyuk, wasn’t shy about sharing lots of candid shots from the wrap-up party on his Instagram, and we’re delighted about that. 🙂 (Images credit: 백승도)

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Cast photos shared by Kim Hye Eun, who played Hyun Wook’s step mom (ex-CEO Lee’s wife and Director Kang’s love interest) on the show. Nice! (Images credit: 김혜은)

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[article] Korean drama exports to China face hurdle.

•November 8, 2014 • 3 Comments

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Well, this good and truly sucks for the citizens of China.

With the government approving the Korean drama content coming into the country instead of the people, they’ll be lucky to get anything in the same decade it was made, if at all. Why is this friggin’ necessary? People go to their jobs, work hard as hell to pay their bills, and tow the line day in and day out. Can’t they simply enjoy a harmless, feel-good drama without the government sticking its nose in? 😦


Korea Times/Money 11/5/2014 — by Park Si Soo

Korean drama exports to China face hurdle

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K-pop singer Rain, left, and Chrystal pose in a promotional poster for the SBS TV drama “My Lovely Girl.” A Chinese broadcaster recently bought transmission rights for the 16-episode drama starring the two K-pop musicians for 3.2 billion won ($2.96 million), or $200,000 per episode. / Korea Times file

The success of Korean TV dramas in China could face a major hurdle as reports indicate the Chinese government plans to regulate drama imports and tighten pre-screening censorship.According to the Beijing Youth Daily, Beijing will soon unveil new regulations on foreign dramas available on Chinese video-streaming websites.The full details of the rules are still unknown, but the news outlet reported that a cap will likely be put on the number of foreign dramas imported into China each year, as well as making pre-release censorship more stringent.Should these rules come into being, the number of foreign dramas imported into China is expected to fall by 70 percent.

The Chinese daily added that the “Sept. 3 notice on strengthening of supervision on foreign dramas available on the Internet” was a warning of the upcoming regulations.

In early September, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that China’s top broadcasting regulator said it must approve all foreign television shows before they can be posted on Chinese video-streaming sites. In addition, sites must pull all unapproved content by early next year.

The U.S. daily added that the censorship standard for streaming foreign shows will be based on rules already applied to TV programming. Existing TV rules dictate that whole seasons of shows must be reviewed by censors before any episodes can air.

Chinese video sites have so far depended on self-censoring of content, according to the WSJ.

Pre-screening would likely mean Chinese audiences will have to wait to see new episodes of shows like the Korean hit drama “My Love from the Star,” which often appears online with Chinese subtitles one day after airing here ㅡ and sometimes even simultaneously without the subtitles.

Korea’s drama exports into China reached $161.5 million in 2012, and experts believe this number grew again last year amid the increasing popularity of Korean pop culture across Asia. China is one of the biggest importers of Korean dramas, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.

In September, a Chinese broadcaster purchased the transmission rights of SBS TV’s 16-episode drama “My Lovely Girl” ㅡ starring K-pop musician Rain and Crystal ㅡ for 3.2 billion won ($2.96 million) or $200,000 per episode, the highest ever for a Korean drama sold to the neighboring country.

Blast from the (recent) past #234: Rain and his Fab Ones at the 2013 MAMAs.

•November 7, 2014 • 1 Comment

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With the 2014 MAMAs approaching and Rain nominated for four awards, how could I not revisit his eagerly awaited gorgeous-in-pink performance at last year’s ceremony?

I still remember the utter excitement as, in the audience and around the world, we all waited for the Fabulous 7 to take the Mnet Asian Music Awards stage, and that excitement bubbling over with the roar of crowds when it finally happened.

Rain and crew had taken a quick break from ZEPPing in Japan to fly to Hong Kong for the performance. They were all so nervous because of everything that was on the line (one mistake would be glaring and ruin Rain’s official comeback to the music scene after being gone for so long in military). Not only did they KILL IT, Rain hit his split on that raining platform way up in the air. Bravo! After their victory, back to Japan they went to finish Rain’s 2013 ZEPP concert tour.

What a night. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Stephe @ cloudusa.wordpress.com / CloudUSA.org

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[info][clip] Mnet 2014 MAMA Artist of the Year nominees.

•November 7, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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» You can read Terri’s extensive info post Vote for RAIN: 2014 MNet Asian Music Awards (MAMAs) by CLICKING the link!

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Voting site -> http://mama.interest.me/2014mama/vote
Rain has been nominated in 4 categories
2.) Best Male Artist
8.) Best Dance Performance Solo
16.) Union Pay Artist of the Year
17.) Union Pay Song of the Year

Don’t forget to give Rain a rose after each vote!!

-Voting Time: 10/27 MON. 18pm ~ 12/2 TUE. 24pm (KST)
-Vote once per ID per day

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[movie trailers][caps][露水红颜] For Love or Money: The final trailer, and Crystal Liu’s tearful monologue.

•November 6, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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Tomorrow’s the big day — Rain’s movie hits theaters in China tomorrow night, Friday the 7th. ^@@^

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(Liu Yi Fei’s Tearful Monologue Trailer source credit: Chinese HD Movies / 华语高清电影 @YT.)

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[clip][NGs/outtakes][내그녀] The making of My Lovely Girl, Part 3.

•November 6, 2014 • 3 Comments

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I love things like this because it reminds me that IT’S ONLY A K-DRAMA and not real. Makes me feel a lot better. LOL~

When Rain ended up dropping that lollipop, I busted a gut. Fumble! 🙂

(Source credit: A Story @YT.)

[trailer][poster][露水红颜] For Love or Money’s “I Do” trailer.

•November 6, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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(Poster credit: the For Love or Money micro-blog @Weibo)

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[images][露水红颜] For Love or Money check.

•November 6, 2014 • 1 Comment

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Sorry. I had to post this HD version of this pic again, just because. Couldn’t help myself. *sigh* ♥ (Image source: Rain’s official website)

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This Chinese fan posted images of a For Love or Money panel and what seems to be scenes from the movie (a pre-screening, perhaps?) In any case, she tagged her post to Rain’s Weibo and said something to the effect of, “Oppa, you’re good, no matter what anyone else says.” She also mentioned “goosebumps,” and hoping that For Love or Money goes BIG.

Speaking of big, that doggone panel is gigantic! 🙂 (Images credit: 雅雅娅娅丫丫@Weibo)

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Zhang Keren, who looks to be the promotions and TV assistant of Director Gao Xixi, posted some goodies on her Weibo, such as another For Love or Money promo bus, more posters all around town, a For Love or Money ad in the Beijing News, and a Liu Yi Fei poster I that I hadn’t seen yet! Nice! 🙂 (Images credit: @张可人CC / Zhang Keren @Weibo / Director Gao’s Weibo / For Love or Money movie Weibo)

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Omnijoi Media Corporation, Ltd., a content giant in the Chinese television and movie industry, has taken to its Weibo to advertise For Love or Money. (Images source: 幸福蓝海国际影城-天津天佑城店 / Omnijoi International Cinema @Weibo)

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An on-location poster, and magazine/brochure advertising the movie. (Images credit: 宜临思雨)

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[spoilers][bullet points][caps] From Stephe’s desk: Of “My Lovable Girl” episodes 14 & 15.

•November 6, 2014 • 10 Comments

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 Episode 14

•  Shi Woo, Shi Woo. Honey, I know you’re trying to help, but… don’t ask questions you don’t really want the answer to. Just sayin’.

•  Hang in there, Se Na. We know you want him, girl! You’ve got Hyun Wook on the brain and he ain’t coming out of your brain any time soon…

•  Oooooh, Hyun Wook… you’re so jealous, bless your heart.

•  Hae Yoon, does every question that comes out of your mouth have to be so stupid?

•  Hmm, Mrs. President Lee and Director Jang make a right nice couple! (I’m pulling for them, in case you can’t tell)

•  Good lawd, he’s in Self-punishment Mode again. Hyun Wook – I’m going to CHOKE YOU OUT if you don’t start opening up your mouth and talking when an explanation is needed from you. I know you’re in a tremendous amount of pain. I know you feel that you deserve that pain and more. But dude, you’ve only got one life and you need to start fighting for what will make you happy! You could have accidentally died at any point during the past three years that you spent in solitary confinement. But you didn’t. Instead, you have a second chance at life with someone you love. It may not work out. Se Na might never be yours. But if you don’t fight for her, you’ll never know! (Where is Supernatural So Eun when I need her?)

•  Go, Shi Woo! Top of the charts!

•  I don’t know how you “didn’t know things would blow up like this” by saying what you did on the radio, Shi Woo. You’ve been a celeb for a good minute. When you clip your toenails, the Media goes into a frenzy. That excuse is lame. Just say you didn’t care that it would blow up because you were marking your territory in front of Hyun Wook and be done with it. (I have to admire you, though, for speaking from your heart no matter what!)

•  How sweet of racoon Hae Yoon to be all concerned about Hyun Wook’s heartbreak these days. “Will you be okay seeing Se Na and Shi Woo together?” “I thought it important for you to know what we’re going to do, because of your feelings.” Heifer, puh-leeze. The second a door opens for Hyun Wook and Se Na to possibly be together again, you will revert back to Suicide Mode so fast everybody’s head will be spinning. LMAO

•  Wahhhh, that long dark coat looks awfully good on Rain… Yussssss.

•  That’s right! Threaten to sue their asses, Hyun Wook! (And by covering her with your coat, you got to touch Se Na again after a long, dry spell. Smart guy! Keke~)

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•  You know what the really enjoyable thing about this drama is for me? Se Na and Hyun Wook are in a horrible place, in love but angry and betrayed and not speaking, yet there hasn’t been one truly hurtful, sniping, yelling, over the top “I’m going to hurt you because I’m hurting” exchange between them like in other K-dramas. Their quiet misery and attempts to avoid hurting each other is a breath of fresh air. Makes me want them together more and MORE.

•  For once, I wasn’t wanting Sung Jin to close his flippin’ mouth, not with Se Na at the table with him. And he came through for me, like a champ. Thanks, dude! *satisfied*

•  Dal Bongie with an IV drip made me cry. He and Supernatural So Eun are both working on our behalf, but I don’t want him to have to DIE to bring my couple together… ㅜ.ㅜ

•  Last night? Let’s bring him to the ocean? I do not want to watch this.

•  I have to give this scriptwriter kudos for a magnificent job. They really got me. When Dal Bongie lay his head down on the sand, I knew that was it. I know it’s just a K-drama, but I am crushed. And when Se Na came up the stairs in that big doggie head again, I just bawled like a baby. Such a precious scene. It’s like I really lost a pet I loved. Hyun Wook and Se Na are emotionally together again, but at what cost. ㅜ_ㅜ

I can’t make myself watch Episode 15 right now. Maybe later. Or tomorrow.

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Episode 15

Whew. Mercy, that was hard. Epi 14 destroyed me. I had to take a break, eat an ice cream sandwich, drink a Strongbow, watch some Luche Libre, draft some CUSA blog posts, calm the heck down and man up.

I’m back! …only to find that Epi 15 is NOT on DramaFever. What the heck? It’s on Viki. It’s on SOOMPI TV. How can DF not have it yet? An act of God must have happened, you know, one of those uncontrollable situations they couldn’t avoid. I ain’t mad at ’em. But I am off to SOOMPI TV, for the time being. A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.

•  Oh, gosh… the way Hyun Wook looks at Se Na as she’s making him something warm to drink… ♥ “I’ll have to be here all night if you don’t go to sleep.” Girl, that’ll make him want to NOT sleep. LOL~

•  Don’t worry, Se Na. Your eonni completely understands why you love the Mister. 🙂

•  They can’t let each other go. *squeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!* Saddle up, because it’s gonna get rough, kiddies.

•  What’s changed in the last few days? Nothing, Shi Woo, with your dimples from heaven.^^ Se Na may not have been “with” Hyun Wook, but she still loved him to death. That hasn’t changed the whole time and you know that.

•  Hmph. I’ll believe Hae Yoon is over Hyun Wook only if she doesn’t go to DEFCON 1 when she finds out he and Se Na are back together.

•  Holy smokes. The prez just shows up while our favorite couple is having some nice quality time. It’s a bit too late for you to be acting like a concerned father now, sir. Go home and worry about your wife. *sigh* Well, at least it’s not Hae Yoon at the door. And the sh!t’s gotta hit the fan sometime. (I can’t believe the sh!t didn’t hit the fan!)

•  Uh-oh. Shi Woo is seriously “strategizing” for love! (good luck with that, though, just sayin’)

•  What? Hae Yoon didn’t go DEFCON 1? *stunned as all get out*

•  You couldn’t see your son because you were (and still are) an A-hole, President Lee. So Eun is just your excuse. You know, I could almost forgive you for torturing your son if you’d at least led a decent life yourself. But you fostered a bad reputation, whether you really were or not. So who are you to tell anyone how to live?

•  Se Na! You talked yourself into Hyun Wook’s house? You’re so stubborn, I love you! Are you trying to get him to write songs again? Is that your plan? Aww. ♥

•  Hyun Wook is such an angel when he sleeps.

•  I almost wish Shi Woo’s love wasn’t unrequited and he loved someone else, with his cute self. His smile is precious and I do hate to see him sad.

•  *gasp* At first I didn’t realize what I was seeing. But then I blinked, and stared at our precious couple all cozy-like (but innocently) in Hyun Wook’s BED. It didn’t matter that they were only talking. Christmas has come early for The Stephe! Woot!

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•  That Se Na, she truly is a special, lovely girl. Just by believing in both Hyun Wook and Shi Woo, she’s gotten both men to finally believe in themselves. Shi Woo’s solo career is off and running, and Hyun Wook has played music again. Ahh. Be still my heart.

•  Poor, disgusting Jae Young was looking mighty nervous and worse for wear this epi. What’s wrong, dude, about to lose your shirt? LMAO~

Gosh, I loved Epi 15. I really did. The comedic relief provided by Joo Hong and her man, Se Na and Hyun Wook, and Shi Woo had me laughing out loud.

One more episode, y’all. Tonight’s #16, the finale! From the looks of things, it’s going to be a doozy.

Are you ready?

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[Eng trans][article] Instagrams and Tweets abound: 비 wants you to see… (11/5)

•November 6, 2014 • 5 Comments

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…that Alex Chu (who plays “Sung Jin” in K-drama My Lovely Girl) may be the eldest in this finale selfie on set, but he looks every bit as young as the rest of them. (I tend to agree.) 🙂

(Image credit: RAIN / rain_oppa @Instagram / 29rain @Twitter, 11/5.)

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With the selfie Jung wrote, “The hyung (elder brother) who is so like the youngest brother,” pointing at Alex.

» You can read this brief article in its entirety on KPop Herald HERE.

[fan cams][images][내그녀] Rain on the My Lovable Girl set (11/1 — 6).

•November 6, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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November 6. If I’m reading this correctly, this man (who is the pastor of a church, a writer, a poet, a broadcaster and columnist) saw Rain in Hyun Wook’s pretty red sports car and thought it was doggone COOL. (Image credit: joom8291 @Naver blogs)

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November 5. (Image credit: yangexex @Instagram)

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November 4.

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November 1. At the BM Bar [Blue Monkeys] in Sinchon. (Image credit: kiss璐璐lu)

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[images][내그녀] My Lovable Girl check.

•November 6, 2014 • 3 Comments

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Actress Cha Ye Ryun (Hae Yoon) instagram’d an image taken during the same time as the one Rain instagram’d. Yeah, it does look like he was holding that boom mic for quite a while. LOL~

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Rain and Alex filming at the BM Bar [Blue Monkeys] in Sinchon, as shared by Top Star News.

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[images][clip] Rain check. (Including an entertainment news report about BbaekGa.)

•November 6, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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An MBC entertainment news report 휴먼다큐 사람이 좋다 (Human Documentary: Good People) that aired on 11/1 included honorary Fab One BbaekGa (professional photographer and veteran member of K-Pop group Koyote). They made sure to get a few words from Rain about his longtime best buddy, who has shot many of Rain’s modeling photos. 🙂 ^@@^

(Clip courtesy of ratoka @ dailymotion and vimeo)

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I want to ride on this escalator and then walk down these stairs! RAIN going up. RAIN going down. (Images credit: P小小茜 @Weibo)

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[spoilers][bullet points][caps] From Stephe’s desk: Of “My Lovable Girl” episodes 11, 12, & 13.

•November 4, 2014 • 13 Comments

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Episode 11

•  Oooooh! Se Na and Handsome Dog Owner are soooooo adorable together. He tries to be witty and she busts his chops. LOL! And it’s all going to be completely ruined! Why won’t he just tell her the secret nowwwww. ㅜ_ㅜ

•  Dang! Hyun Wook walks into his office and right off the bat, “Did you go see Yoon Se Na?” Didn’t you get enough satisfaction from harping on the guy last night? Yes, he did go see her! Shut up, Sung Jin! How awesome, another guilt trip first thing in the morning.

•  That long red coat Hae Yoon is wearing is to die for. Too bad it’s wasted on her. *sigh* I know it’s a mean thing to say, but I wouldn’t mind if she’d take a swan dive right off the roof of the AnA building. Even looking at her is painful.

•  As if I didn’t despise the Korean media enough, here they come, smelling blood in the water, badgering Shi Woo’s mom about her education as if it’s any of their business. Ugh.

•  Se Na’s roommate Joo Hong and Joo Hong’s boyfriend are friggin’ hilarious. Love ‘em.

•  Hold on a sec. Did this AnA guy go to see The Prince (2014) and fall in love with Mark’s hairdo? Get on down, clown! Mark, your bang’s got a fan. LOL!

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•  Aww, I love Shi Woo acknowledging his real name and his dear mom on stage. ♥ *applause, applause*

•  Okay, Hyun Wook. Se Na just opened up the “So Eun” conversation point blank, so there’s TRULY no excuse for you to keep the secret now. I’m betting you’ll do it anyway. Gah!

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Episode 12

•  And he deflects. Again. No! Nooooo, Hyun Wook! Tell her! You look so guilty! Ughhhhhhhh

•  Jae Young, you ass. May you suffer 100 days of Monkey Pox, be eaten alive by fire ants in the Amazon, and die a thousand deaths in the Fiery Depths of Hell.

•  “I came back because your father asked me to,” says Hae Yoon with dark circles around her eyes like a raccoon. *rolling my eyes*

•  Shi Woo, I know that you really like Se Na, but please for the love of God DON’T become the male version of Hae Yoon. I’m begging you.

•  Just tell her, Hyun Wook. You’re killing me here! (Truthfully, if the guy wasn’t so damaged and traumatized by the past, he wouldn’t be acting this way, desperate to hang on to every last second of happiness with Se Na he can get. I may not like the way he’s acting, but he’s doing exactly what a man in his position would do. Poor thing.)

•  Luuuurving Rain’s accented English right now… Yusssssss…

•  Se Na and Handsome Dog Owner in America sounds wonderful. But I know it ain’t gonna happen — OMG! Dal Bong’s scarf! >_< *he’s doomed*

•  Why doesn’t Hae Yoon just tattoo all of Hyun Wook’s secrets on her forehead? It’ll save her the trouble of opening her big mouth and telling them to Jae Young.

•  That picture with So Eun. *covering my eyes with dread* That friggin’ picture. *sigh* My heart breaks for ya, Hyun Wook, but it had to happen. (Dear scriptwriter, nicely done, by the way!)

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Episode 13 (forcing myself to watch poor Hyun Wook’s “demise” ㅜ_ㅜ)

•  Yes, my love, that sound you hear as you run out of the airport is your life crashing and burning.

•  No, he’s not okay, Sung Jin! How could he be okay? And on top of everything else, he might lose Dal Bongie, too. Rain is crying and my feels are devastating me. I’ve got to calm down. Ughhhhhh

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•  I do NOT want to look at you right now, Hae Yoon. You threw Hyun Wook under the bus, get back in your damn car.

•  Well, at least Se Na hasn’t taken a pair of scissors and physically cut Hyun Wook out of that picture with So Eun. Yet. And she didn’t try to claw him to death on the bridge. I can accept a “hi” and a “bye.” That’s cool. It shows how mature she is for her years. Personally, I’m glad the scriptwriter made her different and didn’t fall back on the usual K-drama “I hate you” scream/pout-fest. Quiet misery is even more powerful than all the noise.

•  Oh, so now, Hae Yoon is all concerned about everyone’s feelings and everyone’s heartache. Spare me the hypocrisy, okay. You still suck.

•  OMG. When Se Na told Hyun Wook to come back to the Land of the Living and go on to be the amazing man she knew he could, I just about bawled! That’s my girl. She’s got a spine of steel and the compassion to match. She is something! Totally worthy of Hyun Wook’s love, and him hers.

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•  A breakthrough between Hyun Wook and his father? A miracle! Hyun Wook even smiled at the man. What a great scene.

•  Lord, I had a Raizo moment when Rain was speaking English to that nincompoop CEO Jang. *shivers up and down mah spine*

•  Uh-oh, here comes Shi Woo, trying to mark his territory (Se Na) in front of Hyun Wook! Well look at you, Mr. Man! (good luck with that, though, just sayin)

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Goodness gracious, folks, I’m pleasantly surprised. The rumblings I’ve been hearing out of everyone had me convinced that something was dreadfully wrong with the plot in these past three episodes, but hey, I enjoyed every single minute of them. What was up with all that?

I got a kick out of the comedic moments, too — Joo Hong’s boyfriend trying to give Hyun Wook relationship advice while slipping him a resume, President Lee’s wife and Director Kang conspiring and flirting, LOL. I loved the flashback montage of Se Na and Hyun Wook’s budding relationship, as she figured out the secret. And I loved that no one told her. Rather, she figured it out herself.

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This is Finale Week. We’ll have three episodes to gorge on, starting tomorrow night. Do you think Hyun Wook’s father and/or Dal Bongie might be saved from the Grim Reaper? Will Supernatural So Eun work her magic to bring Hyung Wook and Se Na together (they want each other sooooo badly)? Will Jae Young’s nefarious doings double back and make him a victim of his own poison (please, God, yes)?

Will Shi Woo become a top solo artist and thumb his nose at that heifer Ra Eum? Will Se Na find success and everlasting love with Hyun Wook “5 years later” in America somewhere? Or will everyone crash and burn and the show end in a hot, miserable pile because this is a Korean drama where happiness ain’t guaranteed and no one is safe?

We’re about to find out!

I am so ready.

Stephe @ cloudusa.wordpress.com / CloudUSA.org

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[English trans] Instagrams and Tweets abound: 비 wants you to see… (11/3)

•November 4, 2014 • 1 Comment

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…that his arm is hurting from holding this friggin’ boom mic on the My Lovely Girl set. Alex looks like he’s giving an important speech, doesn’t he? LOL~ 🙂

(Image credit: RAIN / rain_oppa @Instagram / 29rain @Twitter, 11/3.)

“아~ 오랜만에 들었더니 팔아픔…”

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Wallpaper! Get your Rain calendar wallpaper for November 2014.

•November 2, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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This month’s theme is Rain’s upcoming Chinese movie debut, For Love or Money, which opens in theaters in China on Friday, November 7. Enjoy! 🙂

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[info][clip] Mnet 2014 MAMA Best Male Artist nominees.

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(Posters source credit: 엠카운트다운[Mnet M COUNTDOWN] @Facebook.)

» You can read Terri’s extensive info post Vote for RAIN: 2014 MNet Asian Music Awards (MAMAs) by CLICKING the link!

(Clip source credit: Mnet @YT.)

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Voting site -> http://mama.interest.me/2014mama/vote
Rain has been nominated in 4 categories
2.) Best Male Artist
8.) Best Dance Performance Solo
16.) Union Pay Artist of the Year
17.) Union Pay Song of the Year

Don’t forget to give Rain a rose after each vote!!

-Voting Time: 10/27 MON. 18pm ~ 12/2 TUE. 24pm (KST)
-Vote once per ID per day

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[15/5sec CFs][wallpaper][images] MENtholatum check.

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New 15 second Energizing Essence commercial spot. (Source credit: Mentholatum Men CN / scorpiolabibi @YT.)

Because 5 seconds of Rain is better than 5 minutes of anyone else…

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Well, GOSH dang it! How am I supposed to post official wallpaper that looks THIS GOOD while my eyes are crossing and I’m needing a defibrillator and an oxygen tank? *sigh* I’m only human! *whew* ^@@^

**NOTE: If you have any trouble getting some of these links to load, you’re not the only one! Something wonky seems to be going on either with the Mentholatum Men website OR with my computer. Ugh. LOL~ (Official Wallpaper credit: menthol-men.com.cn. Images and all size links courtesy of Scorpiola @The Cloud)

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Spotted on the subway train in China. LOVE ’em! (Images credited as tagged)

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The latest posted by the official Mentholatum China micro-blog on Weibo. (Images credit: 曼秀雷敦中国官方微博 / mentholatum001)

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[event poster][露水红颜] Wanda Cinema Line Co. promotes Rain’s Chinese film debut For Love or Money.

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With one week to go before Rain’s Chinese film debut For Love or Money hits the Big Screen, Wanda Cinema Line Co., Ltd. has jumped on the marketing band wagon and started movie promotions of their own.

The new poster and event details were posted by Shenzhen Wanda Cinema on its Weibo on 10/28. As far as I can tell, some type of personal meet and greet with Director Gao Xixi, “King of Asia” Rain, and “National Goddess” Liu Yi Fei will take place at the Wanda Cinema in Shenzhen (China) after the For Love or Money showing on November 9. Pre-sale tickets are going fast.

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Wanda Cinema operates 142 cinemas in 73 cities in China, a total of 1,247 screens. From 2009 to 2013, the company was ranked the number one cinema operator in China when it comes to box office sales and market shares. So, it sounds to me like Rain’s movie is in good hands there and will be seen far and wide across that massive country.

Wow! I can’t imagine having the opportunity to see the movie and those three in the flesh, to boot. Can you?

For Love or Money (露水红颜, Mandarin) opens in Chinese theaters on Friday, November 7.

Stephe @ cloudusa.wordpress.com / CloudUSA.org

(Event poster credit: 深圳万达影城/ Shenzhen Wanda Cinema @Weibo as tagged)

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[내그녀] Rain’s donated footwear fetches $380. USD at the My Lovable Girl charity auction.

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Remember back in mid-September, before SBS K-drama My Lovable Girl premiered, when the cast donated items to be auctioned off for charity at the press conference in Seoul? That auction, held on the eBay Korea Auction website, ended on 10/31 Korean Standard Time yesterday.

The starting bid on Rain’s autographed sneakers was set at around $1.00 and, after 18 bids, the winner’s wallet was $380.00 USD lighter.

The entire amount raised by the My Lovable Girl auction was around $2100.00 USD.

A pretty nice haul! 🙂

Stephe @ cloudusa.wordpress.com / CloudUSA.org

(Clip source credit: SBSNow @YT.)

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[MV][clips][images/caps][露水红颜] For Love or Money check.

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New music video for the movie OST! The song is called “Be Here.” ♥ (MV source credit: RAINY Entertainment / OfficialRAIN @YT.)

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A 1905.com entertainment news report shows scenes where Rain’s character is at the hospital when Liu Yi Fei’s character arrives, as well as when she gets stabbed in the gut by some thug on the street. OMG! (Re-up: ratoka)

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(Source: 电影露水红颜官博 / For Love or Money page @Miaopai. Capture: Cloud USA)

Fresh Rain project promotions on media investing site Ali-Entertainment Treasure, and Rain for “My Lovely Girl” on the For Love or Money page on short video sharing site Miaopai. ^@@^

(Clip source credit: 电影露水红颜官博 @Miaopai. Courtesy of ratoka)

(Images Source credit: 阿里-娱乐宝 / Ali-Entertainment Treasure @Weibo. Captures: Cloud USA)

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