YoonA shares selcas to celebrate 'Love Rain'

Girls' Generation's YoonA, who is currently starring in KBS new drama "Love Rain", has shared 4-frame selca in celebration of the start of her drama.

On March 27, YoonA updated Girls' Generation's official website saying, "Hello~ This is Yoona~~ I was very nervous about the first episode of Love Rain yesterday. But it was very nice to watch it with Sone~~ Please look forward to future Love Rain episodes!!", and attached the photo above.

"Love Rain" has aired its pilot episode on March 26th. Despite having attracted so much attention prior its broadcast, the first episode started off lower than expected with 5.8% ratings.

Seohyun's hot pants turns heads

A photo of Girls Generation's Seohyun wearing a 'revealing' airport fashion is currently making a stir online.

On March 24, a photo of Seohyun has been uploaded on an online community forum titled as, "Seohyun's micro hot pants."

In the photo, Seohyun is seen wearing a sleeveless, beige jacket, coupled with short shorts. Her hot shorts seemed to have sparked attention as Seohyun who has a reputation for being a very conservative and modest person. She normally doesn’t wear them aside from promotions and performances.

Netizens commented, "The maknae has become confident!" and "Here comes the goddess."

Seohyun and Soo Young are elegant beauties at DKNY event!

SNSD's Seohyun and Soo Young attended the DKNY event earlier today,the amazing duo were spotted in classy outfits as shown in the photos attached here,whose fashion do you prefer??

SM artists to become shareholders of SM Entertainment

SM celebrities including Girls' Generation, Super Junior, TVXQ, BoA, SHINee, f(x) and Kangta will become major shareholders of SM Entertainment, one of Korea’s largest entertainment companies. The agency recently announced that it would be issuing approximately $881,000 worth of new shares for its artists.

SM Entertainment announced the plan through DART Financial Supervisory Service on March 26, "To raise funds for management, the company will be carrying out a small sum recapitalization allotted to a third party. As such, 47 artists signed with the company including Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, f(x), Go Araand Lee Yeon Hee have been included in the procedure."

SM Entertainment explained, "This capital increase represents a strengthening partnership between the company and its artists, and we hope that as shareholders, our artists will share and take part in the vision and growth of the company."

Lee Pil-Ho's Decision on Choosing Taeyeon as the Singer for "The King 2 Hearts" OST Track!

Girls' Generation's leader Taeyeon’s OST track for MBC’s drama “The King 2 Hearts” will be used as Ha Jiwon’s theme song, titled “미치게 보고 싶은” (“Missing You Like Crazy”). Ha Jiwon plays one of the lead female characters alongside Lee Seunggi in the drama. The song will be a sad, loving ballad that has modern rock and funk incorporated into it, making it serene. The OST is a song filled with emotions, from controlled to explosive, representing Ha Jiwon’s character’s mentality.

Taeyeon had been asked to sing the OST for the drama on numerous occasions, but had been declining due to Girls’ Generation’s busy overseas schedules. However, she kept a promise she made with the musical director, Lee Pil-Ho, three years and six months ago when they worked together on the “Beethoven Virus” OST.

When Lee Pil-Ho first received the synopsis for “The King 2 Hearts” last summer, he had made special requests only to Taeyeon, saying, “The only singer who can sing the main title song is Taeyeon. I haven’t thought of anyone else but Taeyeon.”

The OST track will be revealed on the third episode of “The King 2 Hearts” on March 28th.

Member changes planned for ‘Invincible Youth 2′

‘Invincible Youth 2‘ will be undergoing some changes soon!

With its recent time slot change, KBS2′s ‘Invincible Youth 2‘ will also go through program and format changes, which includes a change in its member line-up.

Starting April 7th, ‘Invincible Youth 2′ will begin airing at 5:15PM KST.  It was originally broadcast at 11:05pm but with the cancellation of ‘Birth of a Family,’ it will take over the latter’s time slot.  With the change, it will now compete against SBS’ ‘Star Junior Show‘ and MBC’s ‘We Got Married.’

‘Birth of a Family’ has been slow in the ratings department and ‘Invincible Youth 2′ is not garnering the same interest that it had in its first season, so there is concern about where the show is headed.  Because of this a staff member said that starting April there will be a format change as well as a change in its MC and G8 members.

Staff member CP Kim Ho Sung commented, “With the time change, there will be a change in the program structure and the MC and girl group members. But there is nothing set for certain and we are still discussing the matter.”

Seems like a lot of plans will be revealed on April 7th.

Update #1

It was just revealed that Lee Soo Geun and Ji Hyun Woo will both leave the show while Boom will remain. The duo will record their final episode on March 28th. Discussions are on-going on the possibility of inserting idol boy group members and the replacements for the outgoing duo.

Update #2

Exclusively from Star News, SNSD’s Sunny and Hyoyeon will reportedly also leave due to overseas activities. Meanwhile, Lee Soo Geun’s departure was due to the fact that he wanted to spend more time with his family and concentrate on other programs at hand. Meanwhile, Ji Hyun Woo is busy with filming for his new drama, “Queen In Hyun’s Man” and decided to leave to avoid schedules clashing.

Update #3

Sports Seoul reports that Season 1 MC, Kim Shin Young will return but there’s no official confirmation.

Update #4

SM Entertainment has revealed to mydaily that the earlier news report from Star News regarding SNSD’s Sunny and Hyoyeon departure from the show are unfounded and not true.

Update #5

Star News has confirmation from Sidus HQ that Kim Shin Young has signed on and will record her first episode for “Invincible Youth 2″ starting next Wednesday, April 4th. Kim Shin Young was a big success on the previous season with her great entertainment sense and chemistry with the cast members.

It was also revealed that Kim had was asked to helm “Invincible Youth 2″ from the start. But because it clashed with her schedule as a fixed cast for MBC’s “Quiz that Changes the World” which also aired on Saturday night, she had to decline. But with the new time slot for “Invincible Youth 2″, it was now possible with KBS moving quickly to sign her on.

Girls’ Generation keeps in touch with which celebrities?

A surprising list of celebrities that keep in touch with Girls’ Generation was recently revealed through an online post, peaking the interest of netizens.

On March 26th, an online user uploaded a contact list, personally written by Girls’ Generation along with the caption, ‘Contact list, hand-written by Girls’ Generation’.  This list was actually created back when Girls’ Generation was featured on Mnet‘s “Wide Entertainment News“, where the girls each wrote their list of connections.

The list was divided into two segments, ‘idol’ and ‘top star’.

Under the ‘idol’ segment, Sooyoung wrote Wonder Girls‘ Sunye and Super Junior as idols who she contacts.  In the ‘top star’ category, Sooyoung picked out actress Jung Ryeo Won, Kim Ah Joong, and Sung Yuri along with actor Cha Tae Yeon.  The impressive list of celebrities surprised netizens who saw how well Sooyoung was connected with other entertainers.

Meanwhile Tiffany and YoonA played it safe by selecting Girls’ Generation in both sections.

Yuri drew laughs for her “fan girl” response.  Instead of writing down her actual connections, she wroteSong Hye Gyo, Jang Dong Gun, and Won Bin as the stars she wanted to befriend the most.

Netizens commented, “Top Star Kim Shin Young?  Haha Taeyeon is so cute =)” and “Sooyoung was the socializer after all“.