110618 Which Idols Do People Want To See On ‘Immortal Music Classics 2′?

As netizens continue to take interest in idols’ vocal talents, they’ve voted for Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon as the idol singer they’d most like to see on KBS 2TV’s ‘Immortal Music Classics 2, Singing Legends’. In the TV Entertainment corner of the women’s portal site EZday, a survey was conducted with the title ‘Which idol singer would you most like to see as a new member of ‘Immortal Classics 2′?’ and 45% of voters gave their support to Taeyeon.

Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation, who are currently sowing the seeds of a new Hallyu Wave in Europe, receives much love for her vocal talent. Second place went to JYJ’s Kim Junsu with 21% of the voters’ support. Kim Junsu has been taking the musical industry by storm with his explosive vocal talent and is receiving much love as a member of JYJ.

2AM’s Jokwon came in third with 19% of the votes and Big Bang’s Taeyang followed with 13% of the votes. Netziens who participated in the survey showed much affection for Taeyeon and gave her their full support.

‘Immortal Classics 2, Singing Legends’ airs every Saturday on KBS 2TV and is a program in which idol stars reinterpret popular songs of the past and compete with each other.

The survey was held for a week from June 6th till the 12th with 1001 participants. 74%(739 people) were women and 26%(262 people) were men, 15%(155 people) were in their 20s, 39%(398 people) were in their 30s and 29%(291 people) were in their 40s, showing a strong participation from female netizens in their 30s and 40s.

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110505 Enraged PD Says, “If There Was External Pressure, We Wouldn’t Have Called Park Yoochun From The Start”

A shockwave spread through the industry when it was found that a string of Park Yoochun’s TV appearances were canceled. Many have voiced the opinion that the broadcasting companies are buckling under external pressure, and the production crews have stepped forth to give their clarifications.

It was revealed recently that not only was Park Yoochun, as well as his fellow leading actors of MBC’s new Monday-Tuesday drama ‘Ripley’, denied an appearance on MBC’s ‘Come To Play’, but his appearance on KBS 2TV’s ‘On A Roll’ was also canceled. Regarding this issue, a representative of the broadcasting industry even cautiously voiced the opinion, “It seems that someone is trying to hinder JYJ’s activities in the entertainment industry.”

But Yoon Hyung Joon, PD of ‘On A Roll’, refuted all claims of external pressure on the program canceling Park Yoochun’s appearance. On May 4th, PD Yoon stated, “It’s ridiculous that people believe Park Yoochun was unable to appear as Kim Kap Soo’s surprise guest because of external pressure. The rumors are completely and utterly false.“

He also stressed, “If there was any external pressure, we wouldn’t have called him from the start to ask him to appear on the show,” and “PDs have the authority over recruiting guests. It’s a bit extreme to say that we were pressured into canceling on him.”

A representative of ‘Come To Play’ also refuted rumors of external pressure when he said, ‘It’s true that the ‘Ripley’ team wanted to appear on the show, but we simply chose a better episode plan, that’s all.”

Some are saying, “Because the general consensus of the public is being steered towards blaming JYJ’s inability to appear on TV shows on external pressure, there are people who are spreading baseless rumors on the existence of such issues and making it worse.”

Source: [Newsen]
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110317 Park Yoochun and Kang Hye-jung Cast in ‘Goodbye Miss Ripley’

After half of a year, actor Park Yoochun will return to TV drama.

Actor Park Yoochun is challenging a classic drama through ‘Goodbye Miss Ripley’ (tentative title).

On March 16th, MBC drama official said, “The appearance of Park Yoochun in the drama is almost finalized. After returning recently from Fukuoka, Japan, he’s been actively participating in the drama practice.”

Since his last role in KBS 2TV ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ in November last year, it’s been 6 months of Park Yoochun to ever worked as an actor. In ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ he’s taking role of Lee Seon-jun as part of the ‘Jalgeum 4′ along with other handsome young popular actors Song Jung-Gi, Yu Ah-in, and Park Min-young, the role had gained him high popularity thus wrapped him a successful acting debut.

‘Goodbye Miss Ripley’ is based on 2005 sensational academic forgery case involving a culprit named Shin Jeong-ah that was attracting a lot of attention at that time, actress Kang Hye-jung is dubbed to be the final heroine cast. The drama is set to broadcast in May after the completion of drama ‘The Duo’.

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About the academic forgery case….

Shin Jeong-ah, a university professor and art curator at Dongguk University, who forged her credentials to get hired, and then embezzled funds from the art gallery’s corporate sponsorships. She got hired in 2005 under the belief that she had earned a BFA and MBA from the University of Kansas and a PhD from Yale, when in fact she was only a high school graduate. Her boyfriend Byeon Yang-kyoon, 19 years her senior, was a presidential secretary at the time, and helped her forge the paperwork and get hired.

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110316 JYJ Park Yoochun’s Cast in ‘Goodbye Miss Ripley’ “Basically it’s almost confirmed’

JYJ member Park Yoochun is expected to once again challenge his acting skill through drama ‘Goodbye Miss Ripley’ (tentative title). Park Yoochun will cast as the male lead of this May-scheduled broadcast drama after the completion of MBC ‘The Duo’, currently all details related is under coordination.

Park Yoochun’s representative explained via phone call to TV Report, “We’re currently reviewing the drama appearance in a positive way. We will confirm our final decision within this week”. “But it’s true about the recent visit of Park Yoochun and staffs to the drama filming location in Japan,” hinted about its utmost potential.

In meantime Park Yoochun’s official also said that they’ve been struggling in coordinating between the drama filming schedule and JYJ World Tour schedule, yet from the tone, it seems that the drama appearance is likely to confirm.

JYJ is set to kick their World Tour in coming April 2th in 7 countries and 10 cities starting from Thailand. Park Yoochun has been gaining high popularity as an actor after his successful acting debut in KBS 2TV Drama ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’.

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