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Jeon Ji Hyun had been injured while filming for her movie but has set an example as a professional by continuing to work. While filming for the upcoming film “Berlin,” Jeon Ji Hyun had reportedly been hit by a series of falling bullet shells during a gun fight scene.   Sources from the film staff stated, “Since this is a big-scale action film project, chasing scenes and gun fight scenes have also been upgraded, which is harder on the actors and actresses,” and “During a gun fight scene, Jeon Ji Hyun was hit in the face by falling bullet shells, which dug into her skin. But she didn’t complain and simply took out the shell and resumed filming, showing everyone her professionalism.”   Director Ryu Seung Wan commented, “Jeon Ji Hyun has a lot of experience with action scenes in the past so she is very good. She is very good on wires so I thought there was a reason why she was chosen for ‘The Thieves.’ I want to call her ‘Action Ji Hyun.’”   After this news was reported, netizens are comparing Jeon Ji Hyun with another actress, who self-asserted that she used a stunt double for a scene where her character is being beaten.   “Berlin” will hit theaters on January 31. Meanwhile, check out the characters in this highly anticipated film! (via - Soompi)

´Introduction to Architecture‘ revealed a deleted scene of Suzy and Lee Jae Hoon.   The scene was originally supposed to be superposed to Han Ga In and Um Tae Woong‘s kiss scene, but was taken out of the movie to keep the sadness of the scene. However, the scene was added back in for the DVD release of the movie. Both Suzy and Lee Jae Hoon flew down to Jeju Island to film the scene.   Upon seeing the scene, fans commented, “The deleted kiss scene is really intense“, “Their bodies are really close together..“, and “It’s even more interesting because it was deleted“. (via - Soompi)

Former After School leader Kahi posted a gloomy message on Twitter.   On January 4th (KST), she wrote, “I. Have. No fear. About death. I. Just. Hate. Suicide. I. Wanted to die. But I just live on. I. Just. Hate it. Just… Hate it…. I’m going insane. With hate. ……“. She then retweeted a quote from the poem ‘Some Decision‘ by Lee Hae In that read, “When my heart hurt a lot, I just lived by the day. When my body hurt a lot, I just lived by the moment. In any situation, I decided not to blame anyone. When I thought that the day I was given was my entire life, happiness smiled from far away and came to me“.   Her message worried fans and friends alike, who rushed to ask her if she was ok and to wish her the best.   Hopefully, Kahi cheers up soon. (via - Soompi)

Just a couple days in and 2013 is shaping up to be a pretty eventful year in the dating department. Are celebrities being more careless or is the public more accepting of open relationships? Or are some netizens just jumping to conclusions again like Won Bin and Sooyoung’s scandal?   An online community site posted couple pictures under the title “G-Dragon and Kiko Mizuhara’s Vacation Trip.” G-Dragon posted the left picture on his twitter on Christmas Day with the caption “Merry Pinkmas.” Netizens were able to trace the location to be the Sri Panwa Resort in Phuket, Thailand.   One fan claimed that s/he also spent Christmas there took the picture on the right and revealed G-Dragon hanging out with a guy and a girl. A witness claimed Kiko boarded a plane headed to Phuket around the Christmas holiday, making many fans think she’s the girl in the picture.   G-Dragon and Kiko’s relationship have been questioned quite often since 2010 because of several pictures of the two hanging out. (via - Soompi)

Are you ready for Girls’ Generation?   On January 3, a staff from Mnet’s “M! Countdown” uploaded on the music program’s official twitter, “3 hours before you meet Girls’ Generation! 9 girls, 9 colors, but with a thousand charms, you’ll be able to see Girls’ Generation’s comeback at ‘M! Countdown!” See you at 6pm~”   Inside the picture, the girls are all ready in their “I Got a Boy” outfits. They’re showing their excitement with smiles and spirit fingers.   Netizens who saw the photo commented, “There’s not much time left until Girls’ Generation comes back,” “Lets see just how much prettier they can be,” “Their newest song is super addictive. It’s the best.”   Meanwhile, Girls’ Generation came back with their 4th studio album “I Got a Boy” on January 1 and are gearing up for a busy promotion period. (via - Soompi)

The international fragrance perfumer expressed that Kim Tae Hee’s lovely, sexy, sensual and colorful charms made her the perfect model for “Elastine Perfume Shampoo.”   (via - Soompi)

"Music needs them now" BIG BANG were in London and we were of course there to review the show. The energy was blasting as soon as the sound was turned up and the sound of "Fastastic Baby" blasting the speakers made fans from all over the world scream as "Still Alive" starts and the big curtain onstage falls to reveal all the members standing in pods. Pods, as if they were sent from out of space to do this show. The space theme is vivid during the whole show, and reminds of other k-pop song styles such as EXO with "MAMA" and Girls' Generation's "Visual Dreams". The surprise for the audience today was that leader G-Dragon had dyed his hair, the previous concert day he'd had light-pink hair and this day it was back to the bright red hair he'd been sporting at Mnet Asian Music Awards. Next song is "Tonight", after that "Hands Up" and the energy from the crowd is blasting through the venue. Next up the band introduce themselves. "My name is G-Dragon, we're gonna make you scream tonight" Taeyang follows up with "Tonight is fantastic baby" and pulls the audience into more screams as the familiar first tones of "Fantastic Baby" starts playing. The next highlight of the show is G-Dragon and T.O.P riding around the stage on blinged out Segways during "How Gee" which leads to "Stupid Liar" with the members pointing out different members of the crowd as they sing the chorusline. The members do a bit of MC-ing and it becomes clear that some of them hasn't really been training that much on their english, especially as Seungri tries out a british accent making the other members fold over laughing and then starts singing; "The loof, the loof, the loof is on fire" (trying to sing Bloodhound Gang's infamous song "The roof is on fire") Daesung next exclames "London, it's a big pleasure to meet" and Daesung, Taeyang and Seungri start teaching the audience how to dance "Fantastic Baby." Seungri also says "Get your ass up" then confessing "I got a bad ass" which draws the crowd to laughters. Taeyang introduces the next stage which is his "homie" GD's solo stage with "Crayon", which draws Taeyang, Daesung and Seungri into singing and beatboxing the song as an intro. Seungri especially impresses with his beatboxing skills. "Crayon" is colourful and it's upbeat tempo has most of the crowd singing and dancing along, G-dragon ends the song by jumping to a setting position to lie down onstage to fix his trousers that seemed to be falling down. Next up G-dragon does his speach that he did for MAMA in Hongkong, then breaking into a song made from it's content "Why you so damn serious, got your girl delirious", which previously hasn't been released. GD & T.O.P's stage commences with "Knock Out" and "High High" (GD makes T.O.P shake his "ass" during the last song, which is just hilarious) and after that they break into Seungri's solo stage with Seungri shooting and shuffling to "Strong Baby" and "What should I do" which breaks into Nirvana's hit "Smells like teen spirit" at the end of the song. Next up is their japanese song "Gara Gara Go" which after they finish they break into rapping. Next up is their only full english song "Number 1." With "Cafe" the tempo slows down a bit with the more slower songs of this evening's setlist. It's also noticable for people seated that the band is actually reading a lot off their autocue screens, as both the lyrics for their songs and each individual members' speaches are showing on the screens. At the end of "Cafe" G-dragon has the crowd sing along. By this time there's many people in the bigger standing section that are getting dragged out as the pressure is so high. The crowd is trying to get closer to the band, it was even worse than the previous day of the show, so therefore the band starts telling the crowd to stop pushing and move back. Next song is "Bad Boy" which ends with Taeyang ending it alone singing "I'm a bad boy". After that they play "Blue" which ends with the audience singing a capella and T.O.P walking down the stage alone. "Love Song" starts playing and the bass can be felt booming through the floor of the standing section. "Monster" is a really dramatic performance which has Taeyang being carried by the dancers at one point and next up is "Feeling," breaking down into Taeyang's solo performances of "Only Look At Me" and "Wedding Dress" which has everyone screaming their lungs out. Taeyang does his thing and of course ends the performance by ripping his shirt off. Next is Daesung's solo performance of "Wings" his smile is wide throughout the performance. "Haru Haru" is played as a ballad, the band is sitting down throughout the song and promises to return to London again in their speach afterwards. "I really like London because the ladies are so beautiful and the gentlemen are so gentle" - Taeyang "Lies" has the crowd joining in to do T.O.P's infamous pointing-dance-gesture. Ending the show was "Last Farewell." The songs for the encore were "Heaven", "Fantastic baby", "Bad Boy" and "Feeling." BIG BANG left a good impression with the UK crowd and we are looking forward to their next concert in Europe! ´ (Written by Caroline Ahlmark Gronlund, Photography by Adam Spence)

Tim Burton recently visited Korea for Hyundai Card‘s latest culture project, the ‘Tim Burton Exhibit‘, which will be open from December 12th to April 14th at the Seoul Museum of Art. (via - allkpop)

Pro Baseball player Maeda Kentaro and his wife, announcer Narushima Saho, also attended the concert and took pictures with the group. On his blog he wrote, “They let us watch Big Bang live. The good atmosphere was enjoyable…We greeted them after the concert. That was great in itself but we also took a picture with them. It was a good memory.” (via - Soompi)

The members of Girls’ Generation have been focusing on individual and unit activities, such as TaeTiSeo, as well as promoting in Japan. They’re currently readying their 4th Korean album, which is scheduled to be released in January of 2013. (via - allkpop)

The photos show Yunho taking friendly snapshots with labelmates EXO, SHINee, Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, f(x), and fellow TVXQ member Changmin as well as celebrating Kangta‘s birthday. (via - allkpop)

In order to help build a rehabilitation center for young children in Mapo district of Seoul, YG’s Sean and Purme Foundation teamed up for the “Man Won’s Miracle” campaign. To participate, one will save a man won (~$10) a day and donate the saved amount after a year which totals to 3,650,000won. Celebrities like PSY, Cha In Pyo, Choi Su Jong, 2NE1, Big Bang along with various sport stars, writers, professors and 1,200 other people are participating in this campaign. (via - Soompi)

Jang Geun Suk most recently embarked on The CRI Show tour across Asia, which included Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Saitama in Japan, Shanghai and Shenzhen in China, and Taipei, Taiwan. The tour was seen by an estimated 163,00o people (via - Soompi)

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In the picture, Tablo is posing with Song Joong Ki at the "2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards" (MAMA) that was held on November 30 in Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center. Internet users who saw this commented, "Why is tablo a heart boy?", "So cute,", "Song Joong Ki's face came out big," and "The joker makeup was epic." (via - Kpopstarz)