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Summer Vacation with Rain



July 28, 2008 | Topics Entertainment and Gossip



Korean pop star Rain will be releasing his new album in October 2008 after a year of hiatus from his singing career.
The Korean heartthrob announced his plans during a gathering (named
“Summer Vacation with Rain”) with more than 3000 fans at the Seoul
Olympic Park’s Olympic Hall on Sunday.

Rain and MC Kim Jae-dong

Rain has just finished filming “Ninja
Assassin”, a Hollywood movie in which he is playing the leading role.
He will be spending his next few months making his music and promoting
his album in Korea and across Asia.



Rain wowing the fans (Image from Newsen)

credits: yeinjee

Rain training for Ninja Assassin



May 9, 2008 | Topics Entertainment and Gossip



Korean star Rain undergoing martial arts training for his starring role in Warner Bros Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ upcoming action film “Ninja Assassin”…








Contrary to his minor role in “Speed Racer”, Rain will be the lead
actor in Ninja Assassin. The movie is directed by James McTeigue and
co-stars Naomie Harris, Rick Yune, Shô Kosugi and Ben Miles etc.
(Photo by Jim Maidment; distributed by Warner Bros)

November is magazine month for Rain




October 17th, 2008 // by javabeans







As (repeatedly) promised, Rain has begun launching
his Korean comeback in earnest, and November’s a busy magazine month
for the star, who’s gracing not one but two fashion covers. He shot
spreads for the November issues of Esquire (above) and Harper’s Bazaar (below).
With his fifth album — the awkwardly titled “Rainism”
— just released on October 15, I foresee lots more Rain news in the
making in the coming months. (Raise your hand if you already have Rain
fatigue.) On the upside, I’m more than ready to have the focus of
Rain-related news revert back to his bread-n-butter: music. ‘Cause
that’s the whole reason I ever liked the guy in the first place, and
I’ve missed that side of him in the past couple years.




Via Newsen, and Newsen again

[POPSEOUL Poll] Solo comebacks: Rain vs Wheesung vs Kim Jong-gook





Published October 18, 2008

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Tags: kim jong-kook, Rain, Wheesung







Comebacks seem to come in 3’s. The first wave included the trio of pop “divas” of Uhm Jung-hwa, Lee Hyori and Suh In-young in the summer. Next was the idol groups in early Fall with Wondergirls, Dong-bang-shin-ki going head to head with Big Bang. And now, it’s the men- Rain, Kim Jong-gook and Wheesung.
Rain makes his way back into the Korean spotlight
after 2 years with his 5th attempt to take over the world by way of the
album ”Rainism.” In contrast, Wheesung shows his Tina Turner side with a new image makeover to promote his new album which will go on sale on October 29th. And Kim Jong-gook simply keeps it real.

O’live’s inaugural Style Icon Awards




October 30th, 2008 // by javabeans







Cable channel O’live TV hosted its first Style Icon Awards
on the night of October 30, and a parade of stars turned out on the
“orange carpet” for the event. Held at Club Answer in the upscale Seoul
neighborhood of Cheongdamdong, the event awarded select members from
not only entertainment sphere to honor as icons, but also some from
society and the arts.
Actor Jung Jun-ho (The Last Scandal of My Life) acted as host, and awards were handed out to stars like Rain, above (Style Icon of the Year), Jung Ryeo-won, Park Tae-hwan, Sohn Ye-jin, and more.
Singer-actor-”World Star” Rain (I’m A Cyborg But It’s Okay)
was named Style Icon of the Year. Bowl cut aside, I actually like how
he looks. He comes across comfortable and confident in the first photo,
which is how I think he (or anyone) looks best. Rain, please take a
hint and stay in Korea so I can listen to your music while you’re in
your element and refrain from mocking your attempts at world domination. That hurts me more than it hurts you. Oh wait, no it doesn’t. Still, I’d rather fangirl than fanwank!

OMG! he still looks great! nice post..kkk

Rain and Jang Dong-gun are back together for Christmas








Rain and Jang Dong-gun are joined together by a single scarf for the SK Telecom’s T-mobile CF in time for the holiday season. Although
the holiday season is not as big of a deal as in the west, (Christmas
is generally spent with friends), it’s a cute reminder that Christmas
is nevertheless just around the corner.
Jang Dong-gun hones his singing skills, backed up by Rain with the play-on-words in Korean:
A red nose from liquor is not ok
Rudolph the red nose is ok
Mountain climbing (”san-ta”) is not ok
Santa coming is ok