Joe Cheng picking actors in Guangzhou; reveals that he has a ‘secret mission’

Source: Sina
Translated by: Kassy @ http://asianfanatics.net

Taiwan’s popular idol Zheng Yuan Chang appeared in Guangzhou to attend the “GIFTOUR —- Creative Competition Fan Meeting in Guangzhou”. Zheng Yuan Chang turned himself into GIFTOUR team leader and picked out 30 team members, together they will complete the short clip of his first internet reality show. During the event, he gets a taste of being a ‘director’, currently busy with stage play performances and doesn’t have any filming jobs has reveals that he will be having a ‘secret mission’ soon.

Once recorded a creative horror story
Attending the event held by the creative brand, Zheng Yuan Chang can’t help but revealed some of his creative ideas in his daily life, for example during special events or anniversaries he will create special drinks or delicacies, when talking about creative presents, Zheng Yuan Chang reveals that when he was small he and his older sister will record a story together for their parents, introducing his own life, sometimes he will make sounds effect, telling ghost story and using his mother’s high heels to make walking sounds. Among the presents given by his fans, Zheng Yuan Chang said that the self made cards made by the fans are the most unique, making a mini size of himself with a cardboard and recording his journey in the entertainment industry, very thoughtful.

About Japanese fans giving him a star, Zheng Yuan Chang gives recognition for their ideas and also curious to know the price that they have paid for the star. You can’t measure creativity with money, it’s the heart and thoughts that are most important. When asked what kind of creative present he will give to the girl that he likes, Zheng Yuan Chang reveals that he will pick something that is very useful, like fridge, home appliances etc but he will wrap them up in a very creative way.

Will be having a cross domain [secret mission]
When talking about his next job, Zheng Yuan Chang introduces his stage play [Design for Living] that he is going to have in Hong Kong this coming July, as for movies and tv series, he can only have more general plans at the end of the year. But Zheng Yuan Chang also excitedly said that at this moment he has a cross domain [secret] mission, it is something that he has never experience before for the past 5 years in his career, it allows him to enhance his senses more fully, as for what kind of job it is, Zheng Yuan Chang asked us to anticipate for it.

As for why he still hasn’t has any new filming productions, other than busy with stage play tour performances, rumor has it that Zheng Yuan Chang is also very picky with the script. With this, Zheng Yuan Chang said that actually his demand for the script is very simple, as long as the story is touching then he will take it, choosing a script is like getting a girlfriend, depends on fate, once both sides are match, it will receive the blessing and well-loved by everyone.

Once think of Ariel Lin as a killer mechanical doll
Been filming so many idol series, when asked which one will the his signature character, Zheng Yuan Chang thinks that every character is his signature character, and probably the fans will have their own too but if he really has to pick one, he will more favor on his first tv series [The Rose], the feeling is like first love, very refreshing.

Rose to fame while working with Lin Yi Chen in [It Started With A Kiss] series, when talking about having future collaboration with Lin Yi Chen, Zheng Yuan Chang said that Yi Chen is a very very important working partner for him, and believe that in the future they still have a lot of opportunities to work together. And not necessary just be acting, maybe some time in the future, both of them will get to work together under a wider working field. Actually during their normal conversation Zheng Yuan Chang has once imagine Lin Yi Chen as a totally different character, for example being a very cute mechanical doll but it’s actually a cold-blooded killer. As for his own imagination character, Zheng Yuan Chang reveals that he would often imagine unrealistic characters, for example able to fly or having special powers like telepathic etc.

During the night he had attended a competition in Guangzhou, the organizer has especially arranged the fans to sing birthday song to Zheng Yuan Chang, he was especially touched by it. After [GIFTOUR -- Creative Competition] in Guangzhou the same events in Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenyang and Beijing are going to start soon. The team mates of these 5 cities will be competing against each other, getting 30 team mates from the 1500 GIFTOUR contestants of each city. Then the 30 team mates will have to create a creative and fun clip within a week, in the clip, the team mates has to show a nice interaction and interest with the creative products by GIFTOUR, then the clips will be uploaded to the event website organized by GIFTOUR. After going through 2 weeks of reviewing and voting by the professionals and netizens, they will then pick out the top 5 to go for the final round [GIFTOUR Team]. In this round the fashion icon celebrities like Zheng Yuan Chang, KIMI Qiao Ren Liang, Wang Yue Xin, Ma Tian Yu, Zhang Jie will be included for the filming of this event, they will be leading their [GIFTOUR Team] to challenge the last mysterious mission.

SS501′s TW FM, singing, dancing, speaking, in Chinese,

Credits: cna.com.tw + (English translation) SS5014ever @ quainte501.com

Korea’s popular boy idol group SS501 held their fan meeting today in Taipei, where they sung 6 songs, and used Chinese to say “Hello” to fans, leader Kim Hyun Joong also specially danced a sexy dance, causing fans to be extremely high.

SS501, who debut 4 years ago, held their first fan meeting in Taiwan, attracting almost 3200 fans, apart from Taiwan fans, many fans specially came over from Japan and Korea on chartered jets, just to see their idols. Apart from singing and dancing, fans were also allowed to ask questions, and the atmosphere was lively.

Kim Hyun Joong expressed, it’s very nervous being the first time we’re in Taiwan, but once he saw so many fans here, he felt it was great; member Kim Hyung Joon then expressed, when they passed by the venue yesterday, and saw so many fans camping and queuing outside, he felt very touched, so he’ll definitely give his all for today’s performance, and show the best to everyone.

The 5 members, apart from greeting “Hello” to the fans in Chinese, also individually showed the Chinese they knew. Kim Hyun Joong, Park Jung Min, Heo Young Saeng respectively said “I love you”, “Once again”, “You’re very beautiful”, Kim Kyu Jong said “What is this? What is that?”, he said, he’s very curious about many things in Taiwan, so he specially learnt the line, hoping to understand Taiwan better.

Due to Kim Hyun Joong’s participation in Korea’s “Boys over Flower”, he specially learnt the Chinese line “This beautiful lady, please buy an ice-cream”, causing the fans to be very happy.

Furthermore, SS501 also said, this August they’ll be holding their first tour concert in Seoul, Korea, and they hope everyone will go down to Seoul then to watch their performance. And for the fans that can’t go to Seoul, they specially promised the fans that they’ll definitely come back to Taiwan for a concert before the end of the year.

So Ji-seop, Kong Hyo-jin Receive ‘Rising Star’ Award

Actor So Ji-seop and actress Kong Hyo-jin received the Rising Star Asia Award at the New York Asian Film Festival on June 24. The awarding ceremony was co-organized by the New York Asian Film Festival and the U.S. film industry magazine Hollywood Reporter at the IFC Center. The event also marked the 30th anniversary of the New York Korean Culture Center. In the photos, So and Kong are shown at a news conference after the award ceremony.

Kong, who became the first recipient of the award, received the Best Leading Actress award in Korea for her role in the movie “Crush And Blush,” while So received the New Actor award at the Blue Dragon Festival for his role in the movie “Rough Cut.”

The award ceremony was attended by ethnic Koreans living in the U.S., film industry representatives and journalists from renowned U.S. and Asian media outlets such as Hollywood Reporter. A ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the Korean Culture Center and the Korean Film Night were also held on the sidelines of the event.

Kong said she was honored to become the first to receive an award at a film festival that was dedicated to Asian films and pledged to do her best as an actress. So also extended his gratitude for the award and attributed his feat to the production team and movie fans.

The New York Asian Film Festival, which marks its eighth anniversary this year, will be held through July 5 at the IFC Center and Japan Society. Korean movies to be screened at the festival include “Rough Cut,” Crush And Blush,” “Antique” and “Gogo 70.” Famous movies from China, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong will also be shown.

The Korean Culture Center will hold a festival of Korean short films on June 26 and 27 to showcase 10 short films that had received awards at the Mise-en-scene Short Film Festival, which is highly regarded in Korea.

source: kbs

Kim Hyun Joong lends Kim Joon a helping hand

Despite his frequent trips to hospital plus an unrelenting schedule with SS501, Kim Hyun Joong still took out time to show us his deep friendship bond with fellow F4 member, Kim Joon, which was formed during filming for Boys Before Flowers. (note: Hyun Joong has vampire eyes?)

Kim Hyun Joong recently took part in the filming of the MV for Kim Joon’s solo song titled Joon, Be Ok! (or Ready, OK!), with the latter getting some tips from Hyun Joong while also expressing the immense amount of stress that he was facing. Hyun Joong said, “Hope that my appearance (in the MV) will bring him some needed strength.”

According to Planet 905, “Kim Hyun Joong and Kim Joon have similar backgrounds in the entertainment industry, be it acting, solo songs, etc, so they are able to understand each others’ situation very well. Hyun Joong wanted to show his support despite his busy schedule.” Kim Hyun Joong had also appeared at Lee Min Ho’s fan meeting, showing the deep friendship that he has formed with the other F4 members.

Kim Joon’s solo MV starring Kim Hyun Joong will be out on 9th July. Kim Joon’s solo song will be included on T-Max’s new album, out on the same day.

source: coolsmurf

A date with ‘Hot Issue’ 4minute, “We’re curious about them~

Credit: EDaily SPN
Translation: chungalung@4-minute

Since their first performance on the 18th, there has been a lot of interest.
The group that former Wonder Girls member Hyunah is in has been grabbing a lot of attention.
Now, after giving brilliant performances that you cannot take your eyes off of, 4minute has captured the public.
It was unbelievable that they were chosen to be clothing models recently, but it is even more unbelievable that they are guaranteed $100,000 for it.
We met 4minute on the 20th at MBC.
On the stage, they showed charisma; offstage, they appeared innocent.
This left deep impressions in our minds.

9:00 AM – Before the rehearsal
If they listened to their manager, then they had practiced until dawn the night before, but 4minute still seemed lively.
Maknae Sohyun said, “Before I debuted, there were many times when I stayed up all night practicing. I didn’t sleep. I just washed up and immediately went to school afterwards.”
The way she said that seemed like it was nothing at all.
Rehearsal was scheduled to begin at 9.
To a brand new group, rehearsals are just as important as the real stages.
Was it because of that?
There were hints of nervousness on the members’ faces.

11:30 AM – In the midst of preparing for recording
As soon as the rehearsal ended, they entered preparations for recording.
Then, they advanced to the pre-recording of their performance at MBC.
The members’ hair and makeup took almost one hour.
Every member had two staff members sticking by their side, moving very busily.
The waiting room was filled with many people who were watching, so it felt like a war.
Hyunah said while laughing, “We only have to sit still, so it’s not tiring for us at all.”

1:00 PM – Beginning of recording
As 4minute’s recording was about to begin, workers gathered in the studio one by one.
They talked about how great of a group 4minute is and how 4minute will succeed.
While they were in the studio, the big “4″ that was part of the setting on the stage was illuminating.
As the introduction of started, everyone in the studio stopped breathing and they watched the stage.
This day’s stage was the third, and it was much more appealing.
Especially the charismatic Jiyoon, whose skills were as good as Hyunah’s, stormed the stage in such a manner that she caught everyone’s eye.
When ended, applause exploded everywhere.
Thumbs were also raised.

2:00 PM – After the recording ended
“Today’s stage was fun, right?”
This day’s stage was rather a success.
As Hyunah got off the stage, she said, “That was fun,” to the other members and showed her satisfaction.
Although she doubted herself on the first and second days and even cried, the other members loved being up there.
Hyunah said, “Unni, you were very impressive on stage,” to Jiyoon, who showed an amazing performance.
Jiyoon laughed and replied, “YOU are impressive every day.”
4minute enjoyed this day’s recording.
They slept, ate, listened to music, and cherished the remaining time that they had to rest.

5:30 PM – Back to the practice room
As soon as MBC Music Core ended, 4minute went back to the practice room.
The members said, “Whether we have a schedule or not, we have to practice at least two hours every day so that we can feel at ease.”

“Even though we’re a team that is still lacking, we will continue to improve,” 4minute said with bright smiles.