Category: Celeb

Talk of the Town: SM Entertainment’s Growing Influence in K-Pop

One of the most trending topics in K-Pop last week was SM Entertainment’s (SME) growth in stock price value. It was reported that Lee Soo Man, founder and chairman of SME, saw his total share value for SME surpass 110 billion won ($100 million USD) for the first time on July 13th, reflecting his growing prominence in the overall K-Pop industry. He currently owns 24.43% of SME’s total stocks, which saw its closing price end at 27,500 won ($26 USD) per share on KOSDAQ that day. It was the highest value SME has ever seen since entering KOSDAQ in 2001, and also the most value Lee Soo Man has had so far.

2AM’s Jo Kwon Celebrates One Year Anniversary as Inkigayo’s MC

2AM’s Jo Kwon has tweeted a picture on July 17th to celebrate his one year anniversary as the MC of SBS “Inkigayo." As seen in the picture, Kwon and his other two co-hosts, IU and f(x)’s Sulli were all wearing big smiles on their faces, while Kwon was holding a colorful celebration cake from fans. He tweeted, "Today is the day where it has been a year since I became the MC of Inkigayo. I promise to be an MC that keeps inproving. Ki Kwang is now in the middle of other schedules, so we couldnn’t have him in the picture." which explained why BEAST’s Ki Kwang, who is also the MC of the show, is not in the picture!

JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong: "I’d rather be a director"

JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong, who has recently taken on, and completed, two directing projects – JYJ’s World Tour and LG Whisen’s Rhythmic All Stars Gala – has expressed his interest in directing, and pursuing more projects in the future.

Son Dam Bi Shows Off Her Sizzling Beauty

Sexy diva Son Dam Bi showed off her sizzling beauty in a recently unveiled photo! Yesterday, the star tweeted the following photo, along with the description, “Fighting for today’s shoot. I have a long way to go.”