The Korean pop star, Rain (Bi), is finally being called to court by Click Entertainment for the abrupt cancellation of his Hawaiian concert in June 2007. Surprisingly I feel sorry for the mullet monkey especially since he’s being sued for 4 million dollars. With that type of money he could learn English!

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Tags: click entertainment, court, j-tune, jyp, kpop, rain, trouble

I’m a bit disappointed with this week’s round up since most of the songs didn’t really interest me. Also I’m a bit sad that the Olympics finally ended. I didn’t get to catch the closing ceremony but I heard it wasn’t as good as the opening.

Anyways for those of you reading this and unaware, GirlyBubble is having their launch party on Sept. 10th in New York City. If you’re in the area be sure to come as it’s free. Plus there’s going to be hot models and photographers there in addition to the GirlyBubble girls. Check here for more event details.

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Tags: arashi, big bang, buono, girlybubble, hyori lee, jpop, kpop, leah dizon, music, round up

My favorite little leek spinning princess will now be grazing the screen of the PSP according to a recent announcement by Famitsu magazine. The game is title, Miku Hatsune – Project Diva unfortunately, whether or not it’ll be released in the US is still unknown. I’m keeping my hopes up anyways or maybe I’ll finally get off my arse and learn Japanese.

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Tags: 2008, ddr, dj max, games, madhouse, megaman, miku hatsune, project diva, psp, volcaloid

MBC star wedding variety show “We Got Married” is one of the most talked about shows in Korea featuring various Kpop stars paired together as if they were husband and wife. One of the more talked about couples is Jewelry’s Seo In Young and Crown J. They’ve debuted earlier this year together and have been active together outside of the show such as collaborations and wedding photos. Well now, they’re going to further that relationship. At first I thought she was crazy but turns out the mushroom head will actually be playing pretend with “We Got Married” honey Crown J.

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Tags: children, crown j, fake, kpop, marriage, seo in young, we got married, wedding

The much anticipated MNet 20’s Choice Award finally aired this past Saturday. There were many performances none of which are spectacular but one did catch my attention.

Wonder Girls teamed up with Jun Jin to perform Justin Timberlake – Sexy Back and their hit single Tell Me. Why they had some random FOB singing in English, I have no idea. He didn’t pull it off well and it brought back horrifying memories of William Hung. In addition, the Wonder Girls didn’t do much but take off a silver rain coat that could give someone a seizure. They also didn’t pull off being sexy very well then again any hopes of being sexy were completely ruined by Jun Jin’s engrish skills.

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Tags: booty, engrish, jun jin, justin timberlake, jyp, sexy back, wonder girls

Better late than never! I usually post in on Saturdays since Fridays is dedicated to America’s Best Dance Crew. But ABDC is over now and the winner is Super Crew, congrats to them! So I’ll be posting on Fridays from now on.

But that doesn’t explain why this post is a day late. So recently we’ve launched a new website called GirlyBubble and it’s about duh! girl stuff. It’ll feature two new bloggers in addition to me plus a guest blogger whom you may know. :O It’s been a great project so far and I hope the rest of you like. Please show us your support and visit the site. Thanks!

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Tags: community channel, ft island, girlybubble, maximum the hormone, music, olympics, parody, round up, shoko nakagawa, wonder girls

Finaly! The season was starting to go in the biggest slump of its life but it’s on the last episode for the second season and that means a winner. But not just yet. All the crews that were previously eliminated are back again to take the stage along side the two finalists.

The first performance of the night was from the two finalist So Real and Super Crew. They did a collaboration routine to an unknown song that featured the two crews working together and dissing each other. It was a good opening to the show that had me excited to actually watch the show (and it’s been awhile since that’s happened). Judges loved them and pointed out all their highlights and overall agreed they deserved to be there. As if they would say they didn’t.

Afterwards came all the other crews from all coasts. They were sporting national flags from various countries, I’m assuming in support of the Olympics.

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Tags: americas best dance crew, asiid, boogie bots, dance, distorted x, extreme dance force, fanny pak, finale, mtv, olympics, phresh select, sassx7, so real, super rew, supreme soul

Hurdler champion Liu Xiang has been the center of attention in recent Olympic news after he had walked away from his most anticipated race.

Liu Xiang has been the center of attention since the 2004 Athens Olympics where he became the first Chinese man to win an athletics gold in the 110m hurdles. He has also set a world record in 2006 and captured a world championship in 2007. Liu then became more than an athlete but a hero to China.

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Tags: 2008, athens, beijing, china, hero, hurdler, injury, liu xiang, olympics

As you know Ningin is always expanding its horizons and this past weekend one of our new, upcoming bloggers was at the Cosplay Day event along side with yours truly.

I wasn’t able make it to the event on time but luckily we had someone else to take more photos for us, Jason Linetsky aka Taraka. He was there way before I got there and was also in the front during the Team US cosplayers interview. He took a lot of great photos of the cosplayers some of which I didn’t as well as Team USA. They’re part of the same album with credit to him of course. Be sure to take a look, they’re awesome!

Him and I will also be at New York Anime Festival in September so be on the look out for us. We’ll possibly be cosplaying. /gasp!

View the photos from Cosplay Day here

Tags: bloggers, cosplay, cosplay day, event, kinokuniya bookstore, new york anime festival, photography

This past Sunday August 17, 2008, the Kinokuniya Bookstore in New York City was holding a Cosplay Day in honor of the USA representatives for the 2008 World Cosplay Summit (the Olympics of cosplaying). Also, anyone who cosplayed received a discount on merchandise within the store. Sweet! It was honestly one of the most entertaining things I’ve done in awhile (other than AM Classic the previous day).

The event started at 10AM but I didn’t arrive till 3PM which was when the USA reps were giving their interview. Before I even walked in the store I was giggling like a little girl. I was really excited since this was my first cosplay/anime event that I’ve ever been to. The store is 3 stories and the event was held on the highest floor. It had the most amazing view of Bryant Park but that’s not important.

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Tags: 2008, anime, bryant park, cosplay, cosplay day, event, kinoku, manga, new york, olympics, world cosplay summit