MENtholatum Skincare for Men customers are so lucky. They get so many good giveaway events, and this week, Mentholatum China has been laying it on thick about Deep Hydrating Cream and Rain in his new Korean drama “My Lovable Girl.” ^@@^
(All posts and images credited to the official Mentholatum China micro-blog on Weibo / 曼秀雷敦中国官方微博, 10/1 – 3.)
On the My Lovely Girl set, 10/3. (Image credit: awriter99 @Instagram)
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A fan shopping in the Incheon Airport Duty Free shop found a “My Lovely Girl”/Louis Quatorze advertisement in a Louis Quatorze fashion section. Très cool. 🙂 (Image credit: @basara0625)
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Rain in Japanese magazine 韓流新発見 (New Korean Discovery, or New Wave Discovery). The headline is something to the effect of “Rain returns after a four year absence in My Lovely Girl.” ^@@^ (Image credit: wantan0625 @Instagram / Tip: @terry0625)
Rain in Taiwan news in the Apple Daily paper. The headline is something to the effect of “Rain works every day to conquer a woman’s heart”, and of course they’re referring to his character in “My Lovely Girl.” ^@@^ (Image credit: sherryloverain @Weibo / Tip: @terry0625)
Rain’s new 16-episode romantic comedy “My Lovable Girl” (내겐 너무 사랑스러운 그녀) is now on DramaFever, English-subbed and in crystal clarity! And no more waiting—same day releases as on SBS in South Korea. Isn’t it great? I’ll say! 🙂 (CLICK image below to watch “My Lovable Girl” FREE on DramaFever, if it’s available in your country.)
*ETA 10/6: (1024 x 768) By Cloud USA YouTube moderator Jess, a.k.a. rainthetreasure.^^
— Cloud cover by: Stephe, Managing Editor ^@@^
This month’s theme is Rain’s new SBS K-drama My Lovable Girl, of course. Enjoy! 🙂
(1300 x 800. Cloud USA. Looks better “centered” or “filled”, but please feel free to display them however you like! By Cloud USA Forum moderator Merrick.^^)
Big thanks to Elsie for the translation to Rain’s tweet/instagram. “Lovely girls with cute Yong Bok, thank you for supporting My Lovable Girl …. see you tonight at 10:30 after soccer game. Korean Team Fighting”
…that a little rice wine on opening day would be nice. Ah, is there another new business in the Fabulous circle? 🙂 ^@@^
(Fab ones Hongshi and Gori in native Korean garb. Image credit: Rain / 30rain @Instagram / 29rain @Twitter, 9/30.)
Big thanks to Elsie for the translation to Rain’s tweet/instagram. “Ah ~~seriously?? Today is opening day. I will go to drink meokgoli (rice wine) keke”
Looks like DramaFever is uploading the show a part at a time, a day at a time on their YouTube channel. It’s very off-putting, especially when I only have so much time in a week to post things. I understand that we can always just watch the full program on the website, but heck, if you’re going to put it up, put it up! Or don’t! Jus sayin’. ^@@^ (Source credit: DramaFever @YT.)
Korea’s hit variety show comes to DramaFever! Prepare for zany quests, hilarious antics, and insane betrayals. See your favorite stars battle it out and and show their true colors as they fight their way to the finish line. Every week, Running Man tests the strength, endurance, and cunning of Korea’s top entertainers through various missions and races.
The Rules:
1 – Protect your name tag at all times.
2 – Trust no one.
Mnet America posted about Full House on Instagram today…
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The freshest My Lovely Girl images released by SBS.
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A Cloud in China saw a Youku billboard for My Lovable Girl on the street. So cool! (Images credit: 貓貓囍雨 @Weibo)
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Rain wished Hong Kong Metro Daily editorial columnist Carrie Yip and her readers all the best. Nice. (Image credit: carrie葉嘉儀 @Weibo, 9/29.)
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RAINtholatum in the Beijing subways. Love it! (Images credited as tagged)
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Nice My Lovely Girl collages and additional images shared by Top Star News and SBS News. Handsome is as handsome does! ^@@^
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Rain joins other Korean celebs with a newly installed star for him outside of MBC Star Park. Cool. (Images credit: llsweetie8611 @naver / cupitter @naver)
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Istyle24 Magazine published an article about Rain’s wrist fashion as CEO Hyun Wook on their Facebook and their website.
Luxury menswear company SIEG FAHRENHEIT wants everyone to know that CEO “Lee Hyun Wook” of AnA Entertainment Agency (played by Rain/Jung JiHoon) is styling and profiling in their fashion on “My Lovable Girl.” Thumbs up! (Looks like 2PM’s Taecyeon is their current spokesmodel. You can’t go wrong there, either!) 🙂
Mineral-laden volcanic clay to the rescue! MENtholatum also seems to be quite stoked about “My Lovable Girl” (which is showing over there at this time) and the upcoming For Love or Money movie. We don’t blame y’all over there one bit. 🙂
(Images and posts credits: the official Mentholatum China micro-blog @Weibo. Caps by Cloud USA.)
Fan art: Let’s start off with some stunningly gorgeous Random Rain Goodness! “My Lovely Girl” fan art by Xandddie @Wordpress.
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That’s right — pull “Hyun Wook” (Rain) off of the smart ass before he gets hurt! Dude is cruisin’ for a bruisin’. 🙂 (“My Lovable Girl” images source: Top Star News)
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Rain and good friend Kim Kwang Min. (Image credit: Nate News)
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Finally! A larger picture of this, thanks to the Weekly Khan.
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Ah, someone has taken notice of CEO “Hyun Wook” and his wrist fashion. (Images source: Star Fashion @zine.istyle24.com)
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A great “My Lovable Girl”who’s who, if you can read Korean. (Image credit: http://khross.khan.kr/289)
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp-dressed man. (Images source: Top Star News)
( ↑ ↑ Want to know what’s up with this particular picture? Read HERE.)
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Recognize these digs? They belong to Rain’s character, CEO Hyun Wook, on My Lovable Girl. And, looks like these pics were posted by either the hired set designers or merely an interested party. (Images credit: the RareRaw Design blog @Naver)
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Our lovable CEO in “My Lovable Girl” images shared by Top Star News and official SBS. N-i-c-e.
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I do love a good quote when it comes to The Man. 🙂
Rain adjusts filming stance for shorter cast members
Rain shows off his great manners in recent stills from the set of My Lovable Girl. Due to Rain’s impressive 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) height, he has to make accommodations for his more petite cast members by holding a wide stance, ensuring that he doesn’t tower over anyone…
» You can read Rara Pop’s article in its entirety and leave your comments on DramaFever HERE.
This was last week. As I understand it, at this moment the number is more like 20 million. World star Rain, Krystal Jung, and their cast mates are doing it, doing it well, even overseas! 🙂
“My Lovely Girl” Tops Chinese Drama Charts With Over 8 Million Views
Only a week into it’s episodes, SBS drama “My Lovely Girl,” starring Rain and f(x)‘s Krystal, has already topped the drama charts on Youku and Tudou, two Chinese streaming sites. It has also become #1 on both sites’ Korean drama charts, and it is the only Korean drama to be ranked in the top ten of Youku’s overall drama chart.
The drama was sold for 200 million won per episode to the sites, totaling at 3.2 billion won for the entire 16 episode drama…
» You can read Morgan’s article in its entirety on Officially KMusic HERE.
Rain shares his My Lovable Girl episode 6 script on Weibo
On September 19 of last week, mega-entertainer Rain (a.k.a. Jung Ji Hoon) took a moment away from work to post a selfie with his My Lovable Girl Episode 6 script for fans, on his Weibo.
Episode 6, ey? Seeing as this week’s episodes are 3 and 4, it looks like SBS might be filming shows roughly a week out from when they’re to be aired…
» See my article in its entirety and leave your comments on DramaFever HERE.
Another Rain interview from the day of the My Lovable Girl press conference, but outside this time. Adorable! ^@@^ (Source credit: SBS / courtesy of ratoka. Caps by Cloud USA)
You can now see the 10-minute highlight reel that was shown at the “My Lovable Girl” press conference and a whole playlist of MLG videos by going to Rain’s official website and CLICKING this button on his home page. Nifty! 🙂 ^@@^ (I’ve linked that playlist here for you as well. Just CLICK!)
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Posted by Rain on his official Weibo, back on 9/19. Looks like he’s filming Episode 6 of “My Lovable Girl.” Gosh, look at that skin! ^@@^ (Image credit: RAIN-JIHOON @Weibo)
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An official The Prince poster for Thailand. I like it!^^ (Image credit: jediyuth.com)
(Images credit: JiOo / aweetcare32 @Twitter)
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Top Star News has come up with more top notch images from “My Lovable Girl.” ^@@^
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Rain on the set of “My Lovable Girl” on 9/18. With a little yellow friend to help with his lines? 🙂 ^@@^ (Images credit: 출구없는남자 @DC)
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Another shot of Rain, Krystal, L, and their My Lovable Girl cast mates clowning around the day of the K-drama’s premiere, instagram’d by actor Kim Ki Bang (who plays Yoo Sang-bong). As you recall, Rain (with his hat all down over his face, LOL) posted a picture of the gathering too. 🙂 ^@@^ (Image credit: Kim Ki Bang’s Instagram)
Word’s going around that Rain, Girls Day, and other artists will be at the Beijing Hyundai ix25 concert in Guangzhou on October 10. This poster is announcing a ticket giveaway for Chinese fans. ^@@^ (Image credit: Beijing Hyundai’s official Weibo)
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More images from when Rain’s Official Fan Club Community provided dinner for him and 80 staff and cast after a day of filming “My Lovable Girl.” That’s how 9th Cloud rolls! 🙂 (Images credit: Da Dam Catering blog @Naver)
More lovely images and ads posted on the official For Love or Money micro-blog on Weibo. (Do you recognize the veteran actress below? Joan Chen!) 🙂
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Just for fun: Posted on the official movie Weibo, these are couple parodies of the new animal version of the For Love or Money movie poster. In all, there are 15 to 20 cartoon character duos, but I only recognized these three:
Well, to tell y’all the truth, I was kind of speechless when I ran across this For Love or Money animal version movie poster, especially since it was Director Gao who shared it, which meant it was real and official. And kinda scary.
So, I headed over to Director Gao’s Weibo to see what I could possibly learn from his post.
In a word—not much. But that’s not his fault. In this case, Chinese simply does not translate into English very well. About all I can figure is that it’s somewhat representative of Liu Yi Fei’s character’s (“Xing Lu”) state of mind, especially with all the horrible things the character goes through in the film. Not to mention all the things Yi Fei herself suffered behind the scenes in order to bring her character to life, wow. Talk about a lot of physical work! How many times did she have to fall into that water or hang off the side of that building?
So. In light of this newest development, and taking into consideration something the director said in his post (“冷蛇+软兔”相爱相杀。), the driving force behind the plot might boil down to one thing. “Cold snake + Soft bunny.” Love kills.
We’ve been worried about Yi Fei’s character all this time because of the movie stills that have shown her bloodied and in danger. Heck, maybe we should have been worrying about Rain’s character (Xu Chengxun) instead! I mean, he is facing a cobra here, and cobras eat rabbits like it’s going out of style.
Thank you, rice garland provider Dreame Co. Korea, for shooting and posting this beautiful footage, and for making everything look so nice outside of the “My Lovely Girl” press conference at SBS Hall. You’re the best. 🙂 ♥
Dear Clouds, CloudUSAers, and Rain fans, once again we want to thank you all SO much for your donations towards the rice garland for the “My Lovely Girl” press conference. It was so last-minute that we had to buy the garland before we got donations. Now, we sort of wish we’d bought a larger one. 🙂 Remaining donations will be used to fund the next official Cloud project for Rain that comes up, and we’ll be sure to let you know what that is. Again, thank you for your support.
Hear ye, hear ye! Cloud USA has a new Tumblr! Looking forward to seeing what Rain’s Clouds and fans have to post and say over on the Tumblr landscape. You can find us HERE.
Rain’s new 16-episode romantic comedy “My Lovable Girl” (내겐 너무 사랑스러운 그녀) is now on DramaFever, English-subbed and in crystal clarity! And no more waiting—same day releases as on SBS in South Korea. Isn’t it great? I’ll say! 🙂 (CLICK image below to watch “My Lovable Girl” FREE on DramaFever, if it’s available in your country.)
For those of you who are diehard HULU watchers, HULU is affiliated with DramaFever, so it’s there as well. (CLICK image below to watch “My Lovable Girl” FREE on HULU, if it’s available in your country.)
Rain’s K-drama is also on Viki’s turf, for you avid Viki watchers. S-w-e-e-t. 🙂 (CLICK image below to watch “She’s So Lovable” FREE on Viki, if it’s available in your country.)
AND… If you’re looking for a “My Lovable Girl” thread to get your chat-on, there’s a mighty fine one over at SOOMPI to try out. 🙂
USA — August 22, Vietnam — August 29, Philippines — September 10, Netherlands — September 18, India — September 19, Singapore — September 25, United Arab Emirates — October 2, Iraq — October 2, Lebanon — October 2, Turkey — October 3, Thailand — October 9, France — November 3 or 5
FYI: We have reason to believe the film will also open in Indonesia, but so far, we haven’t been able to nail down a date there.
Gorgeous work, Naoko. Love it! ♥ ^@@^ Credit and edit: Naoko [harudoful] @CloudUSA / CloudUSAChannel @YT. Music: Rob Thomas, “When The Heartache Ends” PLEASE support the artist. Thank you!)
I owe a lot to Rain. In fact, I owe him everything for where (and most likely who) I am today in my short, but turbulent career as a fangirl. He put South Korea on the map for me in more ways than one. He led me to MBLAQ’s G.O (and I am forever grateful – *bows* profusely to Rain). Contrary to probably the opinion (and belief) of many, I still have a very special place in my heart for Ji Hoon. And, I certainly have a deep and strong admiration for him as an actor, singer, and performer. Most importantly, however, I have a sound respect for him as a man. So when I heard he was returning to the small screen in way of a 16-episode drama entitled My Lovable Girl, my interest was piqued.
My position concerning Rain’s career, intents, and purposes when it comes to the U.S. is the same today as it’s been since before he went in the military. Making it as an actor here is very important to him. And there are things in the works that we won’t know about until it’s time for us to know them.
There’s no reason for my position to waver now either, because he’s just confirmed it all once again in this Star Lounge interview on Arirang TV, which took place behind the scenes at the official “My Lovable Girl” press conference this past Monday.
He was not trying to become a household name with The Prince. Rather, he took this minor role in an ensemble film (something his U.S. management strategically advised him to do a few years ago, as I recall) to be a villain at least once in his career and to be a scene stealer. To get even more people to Google his name. According to a good number of the reviews out there, he did just that. They didn’t like the movie, but they liked him.
Dude has a plan for Hollywood, and that plan has not changed in the least. He has a timetable he’s going to follow, and he will get here when he gets here and not before. He is hella-smart, well connected in the States, and never makes a move until it is time. There is a method to his madness, which is why I’m content to sit back and watch it play out without too much concern at all.
(Showbiz Korea Star Lounge segment: Singer & Actor Jung Ji Hoon. Source credit: ARIRANG KPOP @YouTube.)
Arirang’s English YouTube comments:
Star Lounge
SINGER & ACTOR JUNG JI-HOON
The venue of the press conference of the new drama “My Lovely Girl” was filled with dazzling spotlights and tons of press members. We can meet one super star who′s making a comeback after a 4 year hiatus. Who is this celebrity? It′s Rain, also known as Jung Ji-hoon, a true multi-entertainer, who is making a comeback through the drama “My Lovely Girl.”
Behind every Cloud is a silver lining. His name is RAIN.
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