ZE:A’s Dongjun cast in new film ‘Employee’ alongside actor So Ji Sub

Member Dongjun of idol group ZE:A will be making his big-screen debut through upcoming film ‘Employee‘, starring veteran actor So Ji Sub.

The film’s distributing company Showbox Mediaplex stated on September 6th, “Dongjun will be playing the role ‘Rahoon’ who lives a dangerous life working as a part-timer at the homicide business where the detective (So Ji Sub) is employed, despite not having completed high school.”

In the still cut which was also recently released, Dongjun displayed masculine charisma with his fierce gaze and gestures. His character ‘Rahoon’ is rebellious and appears cold on the outside, but on the inside, he is a warm teen who puts his family first, and he is the defining character who causes Hyung-do (So Ji Sub) to go against his company’s will.

Dongjun reportedly displayed much ambition for this particular role, not only practicing his action scenes but also receiving firearm training on the side.

The film opens in theaters on October 18th!

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Super Junior’s Choi Siwon voted as male idol with the best body

Super Junior‘s Siwon, who’s known as an “Um-Chin-Ah” (the ideal son), has been voted as the male idol with the best body.

A cosmetic clinic recently revealed the results to a survey that had taken place between July 17th and August 2nd, asking 654 of its female customers which male idol member has a body that is just as good as South Korean swimmer Park Tae Hwan.

The results showed Super Junior’s Choi Siwon, who recently returned with the group’s 6th album, topping the list with a total of 197 (30%) votes.

Second place with 152 (23%) votes was B2ST‘s lead vocalist, Kikwang. His unexpected muscular body attracted the second most votes as he is known for his cute and youthful appearance. Trailing behind were 2PM‘s Taecyeon and ZE:A‘s Dongjun with 141 (21%) and 124 (18%) votes, respectively.

Those who voted for Siwon commented, “Choi Siwon, the man who has it all. He even has a perfect body“, “He’s handsome, tall, and even has the perfect body… He’s a living statue“, “What is there that he lacks?“, and more.

Other idols that were also chosen include JYJ‘s Jaejoong and MBLAQ‘s Lee Joon.

Do you agree with the results?

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SHINee’s Minho and Z:EA’s Dongjun to finally go head-to-head in the ‘Idol Star Olympics’!

The well-known all-around ‘athlete-idols’, SHINee‘s Minho and Z:EA‘s Dongjun, will finally be going head to head in the MBC‘s ‘Idol Star Olympics‘!

The ‘Idol Star Olympics’ being held in commemoration of the 2012 London Olympics (normally called ‘Idol Star Athletic Championship’), will finally decide for once and for all the champion of the 110 meter hurdle event

Minho took the gold medal in the first and second ‘Idol Star Athletic Championship’ games, rising up as the powerhouse athlete to beat. However, he was unable to take the gold for the 3rd consecutive year unable to surpass rising star Dongjun’s stellar performance. With Minho’s absence in the next competition as well, Dongjun has currently risen to the top.

After taking the gold during the most recent ‘New Year special‘ of ‘Idol Star Athletic Championship’s hurdle event, Dongjun expressed, “I’m disappointed that SHINee’s Minho couldn’t be here. I think next time he and I are going to have to finish this once and for all. Minho! Let’s duke it out!”

No different than previous years’, the two idol stars brought their competitive spirits and fought for the first place spot in this year’s competition.

Catch the ‘Idol Star Olympics’ airing this week to cheer on your favorite idols and to find out who takes the gold!

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ZE:A’s Dongjun parodies Kim Ha Neul’s ‘window kiss’ from ‘Gentlemen’s Class’

ZE:A‘s Kim Dongjun parodied actress Kim Ha Neul‘s “window kiss” on the SBS drama ’Gentlemen’s Class‘.

The picture above of Dongjun parodying the “window kiss” inside a bus was uploaded on an online forum recently. The picture was taken on June 25th, the same day Dongjun and the rest of ZE:A were giving out free hugs at a shopping mall in Ilsan.

A representative from Star Empire told OSEN, “At the time, Dongjun wanted to show his thanks to his fans by parodying Kim Ha Neul’s window kiss. The fans who were there were very excited by it.”

Meanwhile, ZE:A will release their new album ‘SPECTACULAR‘ on July 4th and are preparing a comeback with their title track, “Aftermath“.

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ZE:A releases another set of concept photos for ‘Spectacular’

After the release of the previous batch of concept photos, ZE:A has unveiled the next batch of images for their upcoming comeback with ‘Spectacular‘!

The new concept photo released takes on the theme of ‘cyborgs’ and each member is seen with various props that belong to a robot.

Maknae Dongjun‘s photo is especially eye catching as it provides a view of his toned abs that he has become quite well known for.

As announced earlier, the boys will be back with their new album ‘Spectacular’ on July 4th, which will be preceded by their showcase on the 3rd that will be streamed on YouTube.

[individual shots of other members have not yet been released separately]

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ZE:A’s Dongjun and Siwan visit their past teachers while in their hometown

On June 15th, ZE:A‘s Dongjun and Siwan expressed their respect and gratitude towards their school teachers at the group’s press conference for their ‘Fighting Project‘.

Dongjun expressed, “My hometown is Busan so the minute I came, I went to go visit my homeroom teacher. I was able to locate him after finding out that he had transferred to Girls’ Busan High School. Siwan’s homeroom teacher had also coincidentally transferred there as well.”

He continued, “He’s the one that held me grounded during a time where I was acting out and finding myself. I would like to express my gratitude towards his work by borrowing a moment of time out of this event to say thank you.”

ZE:A visited Girls’ Busan High School and Girls’ Haewoon Junior High School to greet fans and pass out snacks as a special event for their upcoming comeback.

With Busan down, the boys will next be traveling to Daegu, Kwangjoo, Daejun, Bucheon, and Seoul for a total of six cities – an event that Star Empire has invested $429,457 USD and three months of time into.

Representatives expressed, “The members will be setting out to visit their fans personally so that they can create a unified fandom.”

ZE:A will be releasing their second studio album on June 4th.

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Siwan and Dongjun bring in the Busan fans for ZE:A

Ahead of the launch of their nationwide showcase tour, the members of ZE:A have been enjoying the ecstatic support of their fans in Busan.

On June 13th, Star Empire revealed that they received as many as 1,000 requests once ZE:A revealed that they would be personally delivering snacks to a school in Busan. Not only that, but they’re also receiving numerous calls from other locations double checking whether the boys are really coming to their city for their showcase tour.

The company suspects that the group’s two Busan members, Siwan and Dongjun, has a lot to do with their soaring popularity in the city.

As previously reported, this is just one of their many ‘fighting projects’ they’re running ahead of their official comeback. The members will be visiting schools with special events starting with Busan on June 15th and traveling to Daegu on the 16th, Gwangju on the 17th, Daejun on the 22nd, and Bucheon on the 23rd.

Their official comeback has been confirmed for early July.

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VIXX’s Hong Bin receives praise for his identical looks to singer Se7en

Rookie group VIXX‘s Hong Bin has been gaining attention for his strikingly handsome face.

On the May 17th episode of Mnet’s reality show ‘Mydol‘, a ‘Mydol Athletics Championship Competition’ was held in which idol group ZE:A‘s Dongjun and Heechul appeared as special guests.

The moment VIXX’s Hong Bin appeared, the MC compared his visual to that of actor Won Bin to which ZE:A’s Heechul commented, “He looks more like Se7en sunbaenim.”

The revealed photo above also impressed fans and had them nodding in agreement to the comparison.

As mentioned before, the members of VIXX are trainees under Jelly Fish Entertainment, which is home to singers like Sung Si Kyung and Park Hyo Shin. They were first featured on the reality program, ‘Mydol’, where the final members and name for the group were determined by viewers’ votes.

Make sure to check out VIXX’s debut stage on the May 24th broadcast of ‘M! Countdown‘.

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Eye Candy: “chocolate abs” edition

First of all, Happy Mothers Day‘s to all of you wonderful mothers out there!

While showing appreciation for our wives, girlfriends, and mothers, we thought this week, we’d ask our female staff members to share some of the male celebrities they’ve been drooling over with an emphasis on “chocolate abs”.

Surprisingly… or not so surprisingly, the amount of pictures they submitted was way more than we had expected to receive. So for this week, we’ve decided to include the first ten of the pictures our female staff members picked. Stay tuned for more coming up later!

Warning:

This feature may cause nose bleed. So proceed with caution!

Enjoy!

(Not in any particular order)

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Super Junior‘s Siwon

Jay Park

Big Bang’s Taeyang

2PM’s Taecyeon

MBLAQ‘s Lee Joon

B2ST’s Kikwang

2AM‘s Seulong

Kwon Sang Woo

SHINee‘s Jonghyun

ZE:A‘s Dongjun

Whose abs were your favorite?  Did we make any glaring omissions?

‘Dream Team 2′ members suspect Rania’s T-ae of getting an eyeliner tattoo

 

On the April 22nd episode of KBS‘s ‘Dream Team 2‘, Rania‘s T-ae was suspected of having gotten an eyeliner tattoo.

Despite finishing a tough swimming competition, T-ae’s unchanged features brought the attention of the hosts. ZE:A‘s Dongjun raised the question by asking the singer, “Why hasn’t your eyeliner erased?”

MC Lee Chang Myung then thoughtlessly remarked, “It’s because it’s an eyeliner tattoo,” causing the set to burst into laughter. T-ae quickly defended herself by strongly denying his statement.

However, the MC did not back down easily as he immediately shot back, “I can already predict ‘T-ae’s eyeliner’ becoming the #1 most searched on portal sites,” giving the set another round of laughter.

Meanwhile, this week’s episode featured a couple swimming competition for the London Olympic D-100. Guests that appeared on this episode were Jo Sung Mo, Choi Sung Jo, Shorry, Kim Ji Woon, Lee Sang Ho, Lee Mi Jin, Rainbow‘s Go Woori, NS Yoon-G, and Nine Muses‘ Minha.