'The Star' 2nd anniversary with various artists

'The Star' 2nd anniversary.. Jung Ilwoo, Secret, Infinite, TEEN TOP, etc gathered!

The Quality Entertainment Webzine, 'The Star'(the-star.co.kr) opened a special event for our coming 2nd anniversary on 21st July.

The Star is a joint company of Chosun Ilbo and Digital Chosun Ilbo. The Star has become the center of multimedia news for young generation in their 10s-30s as a celebrity news site with on-site entertainment reviews, personal HD videos of star interviews, etc.

Not only that. Member of 'Secret' called Hyosung and the super hero of drama '49 Days', Jung Ilwoo. They will act as a day reporter for a special HD interview called 'Idol meets idol'. And also the president of 10s generation, who will have their comeback on July. 'TEEN TOP' who's popular for their in-sync choreography will meet The Star for the first time. We are planning to reveal a HD video of them with a their new choreography inside.

Join the event at The Star's site (the-star.co.kr), and the event will end on 17th August.

SNSD’s Japanese Photobook gathers attention

Girl group SNSD’s Japanese photobook is gathering attention in Korea.

SNSD’s first Japanese album jacket photos were recently uploaded on their official Japanese website. The nine members are shown wearing white dresses to create a lovely, yet mysterious look.

However, upon closer inspection, it’s easy to see that each of the members have different dresses and accessories that compliment their unique tastes. The concept seems to focus on SNSD’s transition into womanhood and their feminine charms are just oozing in every picture.

In comparison to their previously pure and cute image, this recent photobook incorporates white and pick colors to portray a more matured and sophisticated style. The overall photobook draws out SNSD’s lovely nature in a fantasy-esque setting.

Taiwanese artist Vanness Wu Talks about SNSD's Tiffany and Sooyoung

On the 2nd of July 2011, Taiwanese American actor, singer, director and producer, Vanness Wu went on a show called “100% Entertainment” where he mentioned his affiliation to Girls’ Generation, particularly, members Tiffany and Sooyoung.

Show Luo, another Taiwanese singer who was also on the show, said that his favorite member from Girls’ Generation was actually Tiffany, and showed his obvious jealousy when he exclaimed that Vanness Wu knew Tiffany and Sooyoung personally. Vanness Wu went on to elaborate that not only did he meet them through a church group last August when he went to South Korea with Jason Mar; Tiffany was actually his younger brother’s friend’s sister. (Tiffany has a brother called Leo and a sister called Michelle)

Vanness Wu also said that through the church group, he met other K-pop artists such as Big Bang’s Taeyang and G-Dragon, and members of 2NE1.

Take a look at the video below to watch their excitement as they unravel Vanness Wu’s friendship with Girls’ Generation’s Tiffany and Sooyoung.

SNSD bags two awards at the 2011 MTV VMAJ

The winners of the MTV Video Music Aid Japan 2011 (MTV VMAJ) were announced on Saturday evening and impressively, Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) won two out of the three awards that they were nominated.

The 2011 MTV VMAJ took place last week on June 25 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, Japan, where the girls performed ‘Mr. Taxi’ and ‘The Great Escape’, while the winners of awards were only announced on Saturday (July 2).

SNSD bagged two award wins out of their three nominations, which are the Best Group Video and the Best Karaokee. Song categories with their Japanese single ‘Genie’.

And the impressive part of winning the two awards? Other than being the only Korean representative to be nominated in the awards, they were up also against stiff competition along the likes of Black Eyed Peas, Linkin Park, Avril Lavigne, Justin Bieber, Ikimono-gakari and w-inds.

Fans can look forward to more goodies from the 2011 MTV VMAJ as a backstage special to the June 25 event will be aired on MTV Japan on July 23. Be sure to catch it. A huge congratulations to the girls for another amazing achievement, having won another two music awards in Japan after less than a year of making their debut in the country.

Meanwhile, the girls had successfully completed one out of two concerts of their Arena Tour at the Hiroshima Green Arena, Japan on Saturday, with another scheduled for Sunday.

SNSD releases “ECHO” Making MV

SNSD recently released their MV for “ECHO“, which is a special track that was included in the Run Devil Run repackaged album and now the making of MV video has been released.

Check it out below!

MBC airs SM Town Live in Paris special program

Last month we reported that MBC made the decision to broadcast a special program solely dedicated toSM Town Live in Paris concerts held on June 10th and 11th at the Le Zenith de Paris. Well, it took a while but the special finally aired through MBC on July 2nd.

The special aired all the performances from f(x), SHINee, SNSD, TVXQ, and Super Junior.

Check it out below!

SNSD win 2 awards at MTV’s Video Music Aid Japan

Back on June 25th, the ladies of SNSD performed “The Great Escape” and “Mr. Taxi” on MTV’s Video Music Aid Japan. The event was held to benefit the Japanese Red Cross and the winners were to be announced at a later date. Well, the award winners from the event were finally announced on MTV Japan’s official website earlier today.

The girls were nominated in three categories including Best Group Video, Best Karaoke Song, and Video of the Year. SNSD won the awards for Best Group Video and Best Karaoke Song both for“Genie”, while the Video of the Year award went to LADY GAGA for “Born This Way“.

Congratulations to SNSD for this accomplishment.