Park Han Byul reveals how she and Se7en began dating

On March 8th, actress Park Han Byul guested on SBS’s “Strong Heart” and revealed the steps it took for her and boyfriend Se7en to become an official couple.

The actress was asked to describe her first impression of Se7en. She laughed,”When I first saw him, his skin was so smooth – I really thought he was very feminine. He was just so pretty, I thought to myself, how could men even look like that? One day, he called me and asked whether I had a boyfriend or not.”

When prodded for her reply, Park Han Byul continued, “I had a boyfriend at the time, so I said I did have one. He replied, ‘I was going to introduce you to an amazing guy, what a disappointment.’”

“I told him to introduce him to my friend instead of me, and he said, ‘Never mind, forget it,’ and hung up.  A couple of months later, I broke up with my boyfriend and Se7en contacted me again, asking whether I had a boyfriend still. After that, we just naturally began to date.”

Park Han Byul concluded, “I later found out that the ‘amazing guy’ he wanted to introduce me to was Se7en himself!”

Source: Star News via Nate

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GD&T.O.P and Taeyang garner #1, #4 and #8 spots on Asian Chart of Channel V Thailand

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MBLAQ’s Lee Joon reveals special relationship with Yoo In Na

MBLAQ’s Lee Joon has revealed a special relationship with Yoo In Na.

The March 8th edition of SBS ‘Strong Heart,’ featured a Doll’s House special with stars includingYoon Eun Hye, Park Han Byul, Yoo In Na, Nam Gyu Ri, Lee Joon, Kang Soo Ji and Jo Hyun Jae.

Lee Joon began with, “After debuting, [MBLAQ] members and I went out to a rodeo in Ahp Goo Jung.” He continued, “We played a game where a loser had to sign an autograph to a stranger.” Lee Joon explained that he lost in rock, paper, scissors and had to sign an autograph for a random woman at a cafe.

“But when I gave her my autograph, she gave me her autograph too,” said Lee Joon. He surprised everyone by revealing that the autograph read, “Good luck. Unstoppable High Kick – Yoo In Na.”

Lee Joon became embarrassed after this and worried that weird rumors might go around. “I swore I wouldn’t run into her ever again. I even wished she wouldn’t be successful,” said Lee Joon. He said he really didn’t want to see her again that much.

“After, I was invited to appear on ‘Heroes,’” said Lee Joon. “I really didn’t want to see her again but Yoo In Na was becoming more and more successful.” Lee Joon then looked at Yoo In Na and explained, “Please don’t take this the wrong way. I’m not a player.”

Yoo In Na comforted Lee Joon and said “I think Lee Joon is cute and a nice person. I wish we can laugh about this together when we’ve grown up more.” Lee Joon also confessed that he likes Yoo In Na as a fan and loves her as a woman, he later showed his off ballet skills as well and re-enacted the autograph scene.

Check out the segment below!

Source: Daum

GD&TOP Album Zooms to Number 1!

GD&TOP CD zooms to the NUMBER ONE spot in one of the country’s biggest record retail chains, Astroplus/Astrovision’s album charts (dated February 28 to March 6, 2011). GD&TOP album occupies the NUMBER ONE spot in both their OVERALL ALBUM CHART and INTERNATIONAL ALBUM charts! Astroplus/Astrovision has more than 80 record stores nationwide!

GD&TOP is the FIRST NUMBER ONE album in the Philippines for Big Bang affiliated project GD&TOP and is the 2ND NUMBER ONE album for YG Entertainment in the country after 2NE1 “To Anyone” went number one in January 2011. GD&TOP is also Universal Records’ 16th Number One K-Pop album!

Universal Records in cooperation with Big Bang Philippines Fan Club, Astroplus, Odyssey and MYX finally launched YG Entertainment amazing duo GD&TOP’s album in the Philippines last Saturday (March 5th). The Album Launch Event was held in three record stores – Astroplus The Block, Mall of Asia and Odyssey Megamall and an estimated close to one thousand VIPs trooped to these stores to show their support for their K-pop idols! Album buyers can be part of Big Bang′s fan club in the Philippines by filling up the membership form, plus a chance to win GD&TOP standee by posing with their bunny ears for the “Bunny High Contest”. Of course, VIPs are also excited to have a grab of GD&TOP albums and get those amazing freebies! Big Bang cover groups Dynam[i]te and Chronic Beats graced the event and entertained everyone with their moves.

Special thanks to Big Bang Philippines Fan Club and all their hardworking staff members, Astroplus, Odyssey and MYX, the #1 music channel in the Philippines and most of all all, much love to all VIPs who patiently waited for the Philippine album release and showing the immense support for GD&TOP during the album launch.

Watch out for Big Bang’s 4th Mini Album Launch Event!

Source: BigBang Philippines Fanpage

Official Photos of YG Entertainment artists for Nikon Imaging Korea

Earlier today, YG Entertainment and Nikon Imaging Korea held a ceremony celebrating their collaboration at Seoul’s Hyatt Hotel.

The two companies announced plans to continue their joint partnership, which has proven to be a mutually beneficial relationship.

Nikon Imaging Korea revealed that they would feature the YG stars in their year-long campaign. The campaign is called ‘A Shot A Day‘, and Nikon products will be used to capture the stars’ daily lives, which will be later released in an episode format.

Shortly after this announcement, the Nikon Imaging Korea official website was updated with official photos of the YG Entertainment artists, check out the photos below.

Source: Nikon Imaging Korea

MBLAQ’s Lee Joon asked Yoo In Na for a favor when she first debuted

During the latest recording for SBS’s “Strong Heart,” actress Yoo In Na revealed her special past relationship to MBLAQ’s Lee Joon.

She explained, “This is something that happened when I just debuted, when barely anyone could recognize me. A man in a cafe randomly came up to me and started talking to me, asking for a favor.”

She continued, “That man didn’t know I was an actress, and he was none other than MBLAQ’s Lee Joon.”

Lee Joon, who made a guest appearance in the same recording, added on to her story by revealing why he had gone up to her and what favor he had asked.  

Check out the full story at 11:15 PM KST on March 8th.

Source: Newsen via Nate

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Kim Jae Dong asked Yoo In Na for her number

During an interview with Star News on March 7th, actress Yoo In Na revealed that she received an offer to go hiking with MC Kim Jae Dong.

She began, “Kim Jae Dong-ssi treats me so well, I’m very thankful. He acts shy during recordings, but after it ends, he’ll ask me casually to go hiking with him and even asked for my number. Still, he couldn’t look me directly in the eye, but I did give him my number. I really love the mountains as well.”

Although she loved Kim Jae Dong for being “friendly, caring, and comfortable“, she chose Yoo Jae Sukas her ideal man. “My heart hurt when I had to congratulate him on his marriage,” she expressed.

Still, that didn’t hinder Kim Jae Dong’s love for her, as the two recently guested on KBS’s “Night by Night” together, in which Kim Jae Dong’s ‘Yoo In Na’ obsession was revealed in full force. Not only had he scribbled her name all over his script card, but he even wrote ‘38+5′ when she revealed that she wanted to get married within the next five years.

Source: Star News via Nate

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Park Han Byul and Se7en to marry?

Actress Park Han Byul ‘accidentally’ revealed her thoughts of marriage with singer Se7en!

During the broadcast of MBC “Come to Play”, aired on the 7th, guests Park Han Byul, Yoon Eun Hye, and Yoo In Na talked about marriage.

Park Han Byul, who has been dating Se7en for 10 years already, stated, “I have dated for about 10 years now. So, when my friends talk about dating, I cannot understand them well. On the other hand, I seem to understand the couples who have been married for 30 years when I watch programs that have older guests.”

Hearing this, Jung Ju Ri asked, “Are you going to marry that person (Se7en)?” In response, Park Han Byul stuttered, “Should I?” by asking and agreeing at the same time.

Park Han Byul also revealed a “Roller-coaster Event” that Se7en had done for her, making all the other female guests jealous.

Source: Korean Economics via Naver

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YGE and KBS reach a compromise, Big Bang to make a comeback on “Music Bank”

The dispute between YG Entertainment and KBS has finally been resolved!

The boys of Big Bang will hold their long-awaited comeback stage on this week’s episode of KBS’s “Music Bank“, for which they’ll perform their title track, ”Tonight“. This will complete their round of comebacks on all three major public broadcast networks.

Representatives of YG Entertainment met with representatives of “Music Bank” on the afternoon of March 8th, and finally reached a compromise that allowed Big Bang onto the show.

Industry representatives believe that this compromise was possible because of Big Bang’s ‘K-Chart’ win last week; they’ve also been nominated for this week as well.

The boys will focus on promoting their title track, which will also be showed on MBC’s “Music Core” this week after pre-recording their stage on the 5th.

Source: Star News via Nate

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