News: YG Entertainment employees steals from the stars’ pay

One of Korea’s big entertainment agency, YG Entertainment, well-known through popular idol artists such as Big Bang, Seven, and 2NE1, falls into another crisis.

Currently, 3 people are being kept in the police station for stealing the payments of the stars under YG Entertainment, including, Big Bang and 2NE1. The amount totals up to about 2,500,000 dollars.

These people who had been working in YG Entertainment as managers and secretary starting taking the money since 2004 and including last year, they were able to continually take money from the big business for 4 years eventually totaling up to 2,500,000 dollars. Other than that, they are also known to have used the money for personal investing fees in stocks and also for their daily lifestyle.

credit: KBites

News: Complete list of MAMA winners

First of all congratulations to all the winners especially the YG Family 2NE1 and GDragon. Much love and respect to 2Pm as well.

List of Winners

• Best Rock BooHal
• Best House & Electronic Brown Eyed Girls Abracadabra
• Best Ballad R&B Kim Tae Woo ‘Love Rain’
• Best Male Solo Artist Tiger JK
• Best New Male Artist Supreme Team
• Best New Female Artist 2NE1
• Best Trot Hong Jin Young
• Best Dance KARA Honey
• Best Mixed Gender Group 8eight
• Best Hip Hop LeeSSANG
• Best Music Video – FIRE – 2NE1
• Best Female Solo Artist Baek Ji Young
• Best Asian Composer JYP
• 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards Recommended AKB48
• Best Female Group Brown Eyed Girls
• Best Male Group 2PM
• 2009 Album Of The Year G-Dragon with “Heartbreaker”
• 2009 Song Of The Year 2NE1 – I Don’t care
• 2009 Artist Of The Year 2PM
• Mnet Music Portal Award – 2NE1
• CGV Popularity Award: Super Junior (Did not attend)
• Overseas Viewer Award: Super Junior
• Mobile Popularity Award: Super Junior
• Director of Music Video Award: Hong Won Ki

credit and special thanks to: 21evo.com

News: 2NE1 Camp eyes Young JV to front act at 2NE1’s planned Manila Concert

OMO! this is a shocking news! So YG is planning to have a 2NE1 Concert in Manila? Oh I hope this isn’t just a rumor.

Excerpts from the article:

2NE1 camp eyes Young JV Rising hip hop and R&B artist Young JV may just get the biggest break in his career next year if he could seal the deal to be one of the front acts at Korean girl group 2NE1‘s planned Manila concert.

Nothing is final yet, but Young JV informed Manila Bulletin Entertainment Online that the promoter for the concert has already contacted him and his road manager to make arrangements.

“The promoter’s name is D-Mac, a former schoolmate of mine. He already knew that I have an album out but it was really my videos on YouTube that got him interested in getting me for the concert,” said Young JV in an exclusive interview. If plans push through, the 2NE1 concert will be held at Araneta Coliseum in March.

“D-Mac and I already talked on the phone and I think some people are also trying get Rain and The Wonder Girls (act behind the hit song, ‘Nobody’) to hold separate concerts here,” said Young JV.

If all goes well, Young JV said that his talent fee would be of no issue since he knows how big 2NE1 is in Asia nowadays. “Even if they give me a small talent fee, I’ll accept the offer. Even if they only had a bottle of water for a fee, I’ll go out there and perform for the exposure doing so will give me,” said he who counts 2NE1’s “Fire” and “I Don’t Care” singles as ones he is most familiar with.

While waiting for things to fall into place, Young JV is busy tending to his career that continues to gather steam. He is set to release “Don’t Know You,” the latest single from his debut CD, “Ready Or Not.”

credits: sChiZoO14 @ asianfanatics + MANILA BULLETIN