JYJ’s Junsu cast in leading role for musical “Tears of Heaven”

JYJ’s Junsu will be heading overseas next for the Great White Way, as he’s been casted for a leading role in the Broadway musical, “Tears of Heaven“.

Considered to be the ambitious work of Seol Company’s CEO, Seol Do Yoon, and Core Content Media’s Kim Gwang Su, the production revolves around a love triangle set during the Vietnam War between a Korean soldier, a female Vietnamese singer, and an American officer. Junsu has been casted for the role of ‘Jun Hyung’, the Korean soldier that falls in love with the Vietnamese singer, ‘Lin’. ‘Jun Hyung’ later becomes a famous composer and the father to his daughter that he had with Lin.

Seol Company reportedly set aside $10 million USD for production costs alone.

The musical is scheduled to open for December 27th in Korea, and will run for a month there before being taken overseas to Japan and Europe. A performance in the States by 2012 has been pinned as their ultimate goal.

Representatives of Seol Company revealed on December 10th, “We cannot give a confirmation statement right now regarding the cast line-up. All final casting decisions will be made public at the production conference to be held on the 13th. By February, this musical will be performed all over Asia, including Japan and Hong Kong. The ultimate goal is Broadway.”

Composer Frank Wildhorn of “Dracula” and “Jekyll & Hyde” will be producing the songs, while Junsu will be working alongside Broadway star Brad Little.

Source + Photos:allkpop

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Xiah Junsu’s English study invaded by Tigger

I’m not referring to the bouncy orange tiger from the Hundred Acre Woods, but to Xiah Junsu’s cute pet cat! Earlier today, Xiah Junsu posted a series of photos of his pet cat named Tigger invading his English study.

He tweeted,

“I was studying English… Tigger who suddenly laid down on my notebook.. study

Oh! Look at this guy.. what about hyung’s study.. By any chance, are you going to sleep..? No.. right?

Hul… Looks like today’s study has ended.. it’s done… completely laid down his mat..

Our Tigger.. I still love you~^^“

Fans commented, “Your cat is so cute! You’re handwriting is cute too“, ” I wish I was the one sleeping there ke ke ke“, and “Good luck with your English studies!!”

Check out the photos below!

Also, if you haven’t done so already, make sure to check out JYJ’s "Ayy Girl " MV!

Source : Twitter 

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[TRANS] 101206 Yunho's Bag For KRW1,000,000; TVXQ Is Also Exremely Popular In Thailand

TVXQ Yunho's hand-carry bag made the record for the highest bid of KRW1,000,000* at the "Charity Auction by Hallyu Stars for Flood Victims", held in Bangkok, Thailand.

The "Korea Festival" was held from 30 November - 5 December and it is organised by the Thai-Korean Embassy and the Korea Thailand Communication Centre (KTCC), with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand. This auction was organised to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Thai soldiers who fought in the Korean War, as well as give aid to 3,000,000 flood victims.

Cherished items were collected from top Thai stars and popular Hallyu stars like TVXQ, Super Junior, SNSD, Kim Rae Won, Cho Hyunjun and Lee Junki.

The highest amount recorded at the charity auction went to a small hand-carry leather bag and even though there are no special decorations, just by the fact that it had been touched by Yunho's hand, it was sold at the high price of KRW1,000,000.

Lee Yoohyun, the representative for the KTCC, said, "It was an event where the Hallyu stars could confirm the great love from the Thai fans. Simple items like hats and t-shirts were auctioned off at prices ranging from KRW30,000 - KRW1,000,000.

Meanwhile, the items received from 130 Hallyu stars raised KRW24,000,000 in total and items from Art Korea artists by the Korea-Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Thai branch of the Institute for National Unification raised KRW28,000,000. This fund will be passed to the headquarters of the task force for the Thailand flood on 8 December.

*KRW1,000,000 is approximately USD$882

Source : Tohosomnia

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JYJ’s Junsu has been donating to charity for two years

It was recently reported that JYJ member Junsu (23) has been secretly contributing his share to charity for the past two years.

According to ADRA Korea, a private international aid group of the UN Cooperation, Junsu has been supporting their ‘Building Houses of Love’ project, which is a project that officially commenced in May in the Dangjin Kun District and primarily focuses on improving the environment of disadvantageous neighborhoods.

Thanks to Junsu and his fans, who have been collecting donations since 2008, ADRA made a decision to utilize the funds to rebuild a house for a family named ‘Kim‘ who is currently living in Go Dae Myunin Dangjin Kun.

Kim’s family of nine had been living a very difficult life in a leaking house, however, with the help of Junsu and his fans, ADRA Korea were able to rebuild them a new kitchen, bathroom, living room, and a study room. The house is scheduled for completion by the end of December.

Junsu’s fans even visited Kim’s family on November 21st and had an enjoyable time with Kim’s children. What made the visit even more special was that Junsu’s parents were also present, and they helped deliver scholarships to the children.

Junsu also worked alongside ADRA Korea last year for their ‘Repair and Improvement’ project in underprivileged regions of Cambodia.

Source: Newsis

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JYJ’s performance for KBS ‘Drama Awards’ is not yet confirmed

In contrast to earlier reports, new information has stated that JYJ’s scheduled performance in this year’sKBS ‘Drama Awards‘ has not yet been confirmed.

“It is true that we are sharing discussions in a positive manner, however, at the moment, the final decision for their performance has not been confirmed. We have not yet received a final word from KBS,” explained a JYJ representative.

An associate of the KBS ‘Drama Awards’ also came forth to state, “It is true that we are negotiating their performance for Park Yoochun’s ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’. However, it is currently not a confirmed situation.”

Source: Money Today Star News

JYJ to make their TV broadcast debut on the KBS ‘Drama Awards’

Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu will finally be making their TV broadcast debut as a trio after a long time away from the small screen in Korea.

According to a KBS representative, JYJ will be making an appearance on the KBS ‘Drama Awards‘ as performers for the night. It was reported that the trio will be singing the OST track, ‘Found You‘, from Yoochun’s drama, ‘Sungkyunkwan Scandal’.

There is significant meaning behind the trio’s debut broadcast, as although JYJ released their first official album in October, they had difficulties appearing on TV broadcasts due to legal problems with their former agency, SM Entertainment.

Many are speculating that their performance at the ‘Drama Awards’ will widen their opportunities to perform on other broadcast shows as well.

Source: allkpop

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Avex dropped JYJ because of SNSD?

On September 27th, a news article by Japan’s Asahi News, titled, “TVXQ’s comeback potential“, speculated thathttp://tohocity.blogspot.com/2010/12/jyj-dropped-from-avex-promotional.html with JYJ because their contract with JYJ hindered Avex’s recruitment of other Korean stars. The article specified that Avex supported JYJ, but this caused a breakdown in relations between Avex and SM Entertainment to the point where the latter signedSNSD with Universal.

In summary, Aera, the author of the article, postulates that Avex split with JYJ as an act of submission to SM Entertainment and other Korean entertainment corporations.

Aera wrote, “It is commonly accepted in Korea that companies spend millions to train and promote artists from their early childhood. Korea’s entertainment business finds it inevitable that contracts must be of a certain length to guarantee profit. JYJ’s split from SM through legal proceedings put a huge scratch on the face of SM and Korea’s business. When Avex salvaged JYJ, it was a direct confrontation with SM.”

“When SNSD and KARA signed under Universal, and 2PM followed up with Sony, Avex had to consider the lack of fresh Korean recruitment. In the end, they opted to drop the immediately, but minimally profitable, JYJ for a chance to sign the new generation’s ‘TVXQ’.”

Aera continued, “Just like in Korea, where fame is but an overinflated bubble, when TVXQ broke up, their fame took a massive hit. Even in Japan, JYJ’s activities drew negatives comments such as, ‘money hungry dogs’, and other severe criticisms“.

Aera concluded by questioning whether JYJ has a bright future ahead.

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JYJ dropped from Avex, promotional activities on hold

“We can’t shake off the thought that Avex was using the three of us as tools to make more profits, instead of treating us as artists.”
Such an opinion was made by JYJ (Xiah Junsu, Hero Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun) about their Japanese company Avex, after their announcement of JYJ’s promotion discontinuation in Japan.

On the 17th, JYJ released: “First, we are sorry to our fans to have to bring them this kind of news” and that “We were very sad to have received news of a promotion cessation despite all of our cooperation and discussions with Avex”.

They continued: “It feels very stifling to not be able to fulfill our promise to meet our Japanese fans” and that “In order to solve this, we need the consent and attention from our fans”. They added: “We hope to be able to meet our fans as soon as possible when our promotions are resumed”.

Avex dropped JYJ’s Japanese promotions because the Korean company JYJ was affiliated with were allegedly attached to organized crimes of extortion and blackmail.

JYJ responded, saying that their Korean company had yet to be judged on whether or not it was affiliated with organized crimes. Avex shot back an accusation that JYJ had known about the issue before they even signed the contract.

JYJ then clarified: “That content does not break our current contract with Avex, so it cannot be the cause for a discontinuation in promotions, nor nullification of our contract”. Also, “Many months ago, because of this same issue, Avex requested that C-JES Entertainment be omitted from the contract. …JYJ agreed to this request and devotedly participated in the contract discussions because we wanted to have smooth promotions within Japan”.

They further criticized: “But Avex gave JYJ a substantially disadvantageous condition different from what we had originally agreed on the contract; once we declined that condition, they suddenly developed this stance to cancel the contract based on C-JES’s alleged crimes”.

In relation to this contract case, lawyer Im Sang Hyuk of Se-Jong Law Firm (the law firm that is in charge of the legal aspect of this case) commented, “It was immoral of the company (Avex) to put JYJ in a tight spot just because they acted in such a way that would not satisfy the company (Avex)’s greed”. He emphasized that “Many efforts will be put into solving this case so that JYJ can continue their promotions smoothly in Japan”.

On the 16th, Avex revealed through JYJ’s official homepage on their website that “In order to obey the morals of working principles in our company headquarters, we have judged that we cannot manage JYJ’s promotions”.

Credits: EDaily

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JYJ trio are guardians of …?

On November 20th, a friend of JYJ’s uploaded cute photos of Micky Yoochun, Hero Jaejoong, andXiah Junsu posing with a very special prop: an egg.

In the photos, you can see Micky Yoochun smiling while holding the egg up to his face, and Xiah Junsu posing furtively with the egg whilst bundled up under his blanket. Jaejoong, on the other hand, had the egg perched on his shoulder, and looked almost like he wasn’t aware of it.

Xiah Junsu even tweeted, “Oh my egg~!! hahaha.”

Doesn’t it seem like they’re the egg’s triple guardians?

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"Have a Micky Christmas EGGrebody!!!!! Kakakakaka"

"Oh My EGG!!!!! Now THIS almost made me hatch!!!!!!! ^^"

"Mr. Egg man has got Jaejoong's back!!! Yo yo yo!!!"

source : allkpop

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