Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Sunny and Taemin attend press conference for ‘Koala Kid’

On January 3rd, SNSD‘s Sunny and SHINee‘s Taemin attended the press conference for their animated film, ‘Koala Kid‘!
Since it was Sunny’s first time dubbing for a movie, she was asked who inspired her, to which she replied, “Taeyeon and Seohyun both have experience voice dubbing so they gave me a lot of help. Thanks to them, I was able to record a lot more comfortably.”
When asked whether she would like to pursue acting instead of voice dubbing, she said, “Instead of delving straight into acting, I’d rather prepare myself thoroughly step by step. I personally don’t think I’m ready so I’ll challenge myself in the future when I feel that I am.”
Commenting on his role of ‘Johnny’, Taemin expressed, “His shy personality is a lot like mine. I was very nervous in the beginning, but this was a great experience that I learned a lot from. If there is another opportunity, I’d love to try it again.”
‘Koala Kid’  hits theaters in Korea on January 12th.

Jung sisters send their New Years greetings together

A few days ago, f(x)‘s Krystal and SNSD‘s Jessica sent their New Year’s greetings to their fans through SMTOWN‘s official Facebook page.
Famous for being idol siblings, the duo released seven photos that gave some insight on how they spent their holiday. The sisters exuded a warm vibe that could only come from a close relationship, causing many netizens to smile over their love.
Fans embraced the newly uploaded photos as they commented, “What beautiful siblings“, “Ah, the beauty of sisterhood~“, and “You two are so pretty!  This is what you call superior genes!

Top 10 stories on allkpop in 2011!


2011 is now over and we’re sure 2012 will be another exciting year of k-pop for all of us. But we wanted to take a look back at the year and pull up the 10 most popular stories on allkpop.
In 2011, we published exactly 17,806 stories… phew! Many stories received a lot of attention, while others went nearly unnoticed – The general trend though, our readers love scandals and Girls’ Generation, or rather, scandals involving Girls’ Generation.
Using our nifty view count tracker, we present you with the top 10 most read stories on allkpop in 2011!
This innocent little photo of Jessica and Taecyeon had readers in a craze. Fan girls and boys were all over this story, debating on whether these two beautiful idols are actually an item.
Jessica makes it onto the list again, except this time with a more humorous light-hearted story. We’re not sure why this was so popular, but you guys have a very strong interest in Jessica’s sitting habits. We’re not sure what’s weirder, her sitting habit or your interest.
Ahh.. the couple that came out of nowhere, disappeared just as quickly as they started. The dating revelation was one of the more shocking stories of the year, but their break-up generated even more interest.
This unfortunate accident involving Big Bang’s Daesung and a motorcyclist had many worrying about Daesung’s future and well-being. It’s good to say that things seem to be settling down for Daesung now, and fans should be able to anticipate his return in the near future.
The superstar couple that everyone thought would eventually get married ended up announcing their break-up. Although the news of the break-up was unfortunate, because of Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won’s amazing charisma together in Secret Garden, fans were hopeful the drama-couple would actually become a new couple now that Hyun Bin was on the market again. Only time will tell…
SNSD/Girls’ Generation’s comeback with a Teddy Riley produced song attracted the attention of k-pop fans everywhere. The first music video teaser received over 5 million views and was a huge topic on allkpop.
The highly anticipated comeback of Big Bang had VIP’s going crazy with the release of their 4th mini-album. They were gone from the scene for way too long, but their comeback did not disappoint.
Tiffany’s short shorts became a huge topic of debate. While many felt her shorts were too short and inappropriate, others felt they were hot, the others meaning mostly males.
Although Taiwanese girl group Super 7 is known for keepin’ it real fake, they thought it would be wise to accuse Girls’ Generation of being plastic fantastic. Well, that definitely wasn’t the smartest thing to do, but we suppose there’s no such thing as bad publicity.
Thanks to an obsessed fan with a whole lot of courage, his attempt at kidnapping Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon, made this the #1 most popular story on allkpop in 2011.
There’s your top 10 – Happy New Year everyone! We will try our best to bring you even more