Rain On The Cover Of TIME Magazine!

Isn't it great to see an Asian celebrity made to the list of TIME's100 most influencial person?!

We all know Rain is a mega star in Asia who would have guessed that he's now listed amongst the influence people like Bono and Michelle Obama.

BTW, where's Rain? can you spot him in the pic above?


Hint: He’s around the zeros near Reese Witherspoon.

Rain rips his pants on Strong Heart!

He dances, sings, produces, acts, models, has the body of a god, and did I mention, he has the body of a god? In other words, Rain / Bi is pretty much made of perfection and is regarded as a top A-lister in the celebrity world. But even for a guy like him, there are unavoidable things that occur which help us realize, in the end, Rain is only human.

At the end of the episode of SBS Strong Heart that aired on the 20th, a preview was shown of the man himself making an appearance on next week’s episode.

The clip had shown Rain doing some sexy dance waves, when all of a sudden his pants ripped and he disappeared off stage! I mean, we have seen Rain rip off his shirt plenty of times on stage, but ripping his pants is something new.


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Parodies of Rain’s Love Song take the internet by storm

The internet has recently exploded with parodies of Rain’s trademark “abs dance” from his comeback song Love Song.

Following the release of his special album titled BACK TO THE BASIC, singer Rain has been met with undivided attention from the public, most who have awaited his comeback to the music scene for a long time.

Love Song is an emotional ballad that is being promoted as Rain’s title track. The highlight of the choreography has been dubbed as the “abs dance,” wherein Rain flips his shirt behind his neck and performs body rolls that flaunt his chocolate abs.

Although Rain began promotional activities only recently, many male fans have already tried to follow in the footsteps of the King of K-pop. Videos of guys performing Rain’s “abs dance” have surfaced on bulletin boards, receiving a hilarious reaction from netizens. Rather than having rock-hard abs like that of Rain, they pull their shirt over to reveal loose belly fat.

After watching various Rain’s “abs dance” parodies, netizens commented,

“kekeke This is too funny.”
“Not anyone can be Rain.”
“Ack! My eyes!”

As expected of the King of K-pop, Rain has received much love since his comeback on the 7th. is popularity hasn’t changed a bit.

I like this one best, this guy can ready dance like Rain... haha..

I had a good laugh at this, hope you did too!!

credit : allkpop

Rain issues a $2 million dollar lawsuit

Looks like Rain isn’t out of the legal storm yet – although he won his last lawsuit, the idol is now involved in another lawsuit worth 2 billion won (~$2 million USD). Rain and seven other investors are all suing J.Tune Creative for embezzling the investment they put into the company, meaning that Rain, fortunately, isn’t the one under fire this time around.

It’s been revealed through Newsen that Rain & seven investors of J. Tune Creative, the fashion design company of Rain’s company J.Tune Entertainment, are pressing charges of embezzlement (fraudulent use of funds) against the company through the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. As J. Tune Creative is a part of J. Tune Entertainment, it seems that this is an internal company dispute regarding a certain group of staff misusing funds.

One of the investors, who identified as Lee, said through the prosecutors, “In 2008, we invested 2 billion won in J.Tune Creative for the fashion business purpose and looked at it as a loss. Of the registered fees, Rain and I as well as others paid 2.5 billion won [for the company and] the model fees of Rain … Two billion won was embezzled.”

J.Tune Entertainment said, “We are finding out more details about the complaint right now.”

Stay tuned as we continue to explore this matter.

Source: Newsen, Nate & Allkpop

Rain takes the reigns of online music charts

Rain on the cover of "BACK TO BASICS" [J. Tune Entertainment]

Asian pop sensation Rain has dominated all online music charts with his latest single "Love Song," according to his agency J. Tune Entertainment on Friday.

"Love Song," the title track from his special album "BACK TO BASICS" released at midnight on Tuesday, swept all Korean charts including Melon, Mnet, Dosirak, Bugs, Soribada, Hanteo, Monkey 3 and social networking site Cyworld.

The music video for "Love Song" was released on multimedia video player GomPlayer and will be followed by a wide release.

Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, has released several albums in Korea since his debut in 2002 and ventured into the small screen starring in the television series "Full House" and "Sang Doo! Let's Go To School."

He soon made a name for himself in Hollywood after appearing in the 2008 action picture "Speed Racer" and playing the lead in the martial arts flick "Ninja Assassin" the following year.

This will mark Rain's return to the Korean pop music scene for the first time in two years.

Asiae

Rain 'Love Song' audio revealed

Korean singer Rain and actress Han Ye-seul in a music video for "Love Song" [J. Tune Entertainment]

Korean entertainer Rain has revealed his new single “Love Song” over night, according to his agency J. Tune Entertainment on Tuesday.

J. Tune explained in a press release that “Song”, the title track from his upcoming special album “BACK TO THE BASIC”, was unveiled at midnight last night on various web-based music sites.

The track, which is his first-ever ballad single release, is currently ranked at No. 3 on real-time music chart for music provider Melon.

Yesterday, the singer also released a 30-second teaser clip from the music video, which included a kissing scene with popular Korean actress Han Ye-seul.

Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, started his career as a trainee at Korea's major talent agency JYP Entertainment in 2002. He quickly gained fame throughout Asia, releasing five albums in Korea and starring in hit televisions dramas including "Full House" and "Sang Doo! Let's Go To School".

He made his Hollywood debut in 2008 thru the Wachowski Brothers' action flick "Speed Racer", which led to his star turn in the martial arts pic "Ninja Assassin" last year.

"BASIC" marks his comeback to the local music scene in two years after releasing his last studio album "Rainism" in 2008.

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Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr
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Rain, Back to the Basic album Love Song teaser revealed

Rain and actress Han YeSeul

Rain's new single a ballad titled "Love Song"

Korean entertainer Rain's new single "Love Song" [J. Tune Entertainment]

The title song to Korean entertainer Rain's new album due out next month will be a ballad named "Love Song," according to his agency J. Tune Entertainment on Friday.

J. Tune announced in a press release that the title track from his special album "BACK TO THE BASIC", due out April 1, will be a ballad tune that the singer wrote himself.

"For the first time since his debut, we have decided that the title song from Rain's special album will be a ballad," an official at J. Tune was quoted as saying. "Since this is a special album for fans, Rain himself wanted to take on a different approach."

A teaser clip for the music video to "Song" was unveiled today at noon on Rain's official website (www.rain-jihoon.com). The teaser for his special album, which was revealed Monday at midnight, attracted some 50,000 viewers instantaneously.

Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, started his career as a trainee at Korea's major talent agency JYP Entertainment in 2002. He quickly gained fame throughout Asia, releasing five albums in Korea and starring in hit televisions dramas including "Full House" and "Sang Doo! Let's Go To School".

He made his Hollywood debut in 2008 thru the Wachowski Brothers' action flick "Speed Racer", which led to his star turn in the martial arts pic "Ninja Assassin" last year.

"BASIC" marks his comeback to the Korean pop music scene in two years after releasing his last studio album "Rainism" in 2008.

Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
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Han Ye-seul stars in new Rain music video

Singer/actor Rain and actress Han Ye-seul during the shoot for "BACK TO BASIC" [J.Tune Entertainment]

Actress Han Ye-seul has shot a music video with Asian pop sensation Rain for the singer's upcoming special album due out April 1.

'Rain"s agency J. Tune Entertainment said Wednesday that the two shot the video from Sunday till today in Seoul's Gangnam and Songdo districts.

A day earlier, the artist had released a 30 second-long teaser clip, composed of photographs of himself, for his latest record "BACK TO BASIC".

Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, made his debut in 2002 under talent agency JYP Entertainment. He has released numerous albums and singles as well as venturing into acting.

He made his Hollywood debut in the Wachowski Brothers' action flick "Speed Racer" in 2008 and also starred in the 2009 martial arts film "Ninja Assassin".

Han, who debuted as a supermodel in 2001, became popular after starring in MBC sitcom "Non-stop 4". She has since appeared in several dramas and movies including "Fantastic Couple" and "Will It Snow for Christmas??".

Reporter : Lucia Hong luciahong@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr
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Rain comeback teaser video unveiled

Cover to Rain's special album "BACK TO THE BASIC" [J.Tune Entertainment]

A teaser video for Korean pop star Rain's special album will be revealed when the clock strikes midnight tonight.

The singer's agency J.Tune Entertainment announced Monday that a 30 second-long teaser clip for the album titled "BACK TO BASIC" will be posted on Rain's official website (www.rain-jihoon.com) at midnight.

The clip will be composed of photographs of Rain from the jacket of his record due out April 1, J.Tune explained.

The cover to the album was unveiled earlier in the day, about a week after the 27-year-old singer had announced he will be returning to the K-pop scene for the first time in over a year.

Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, made his debut in 2002 after being discovered and trained by Korea's major talent agency JYP Entertainment.

Now considered one of the top celebrities in the Asian region, he has led a successful career in both singing and acting.

He made his Hollywood debut in the Wachowski Brothers' action flick "Speed Racer" in 2008, which led to his star turn in the martial arts movie "Ninja Assassin" last year.

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Rain for drama comeback this October!

World star Rain will be appearing in our home theatre this October.

According to an official on 15th March, Rain is preparing for his drama comeback this October. He will start the preparations for the drama proper after his concert in Japan in June. This will be his next drama production after KBS 2TV mini series ‘A Love To Kill’ in 2005.

A JTunes Ent representative said, “It is true that he will be participating in a drama the 2nd half ot the year. But as to what type of production it will be we cannot confirm as of now.”


Already we were given a preview to Rain’s comeback drama this October during his interview for ‘Ninja Assassin’ last year where he revealed the news.

But the drama comeback is delayed from the initial planned period of June-July this year.

Meanwhile, Rain’s drama comeback will be of more meaning since he had achieved success with his Hollywood film. An official revealed that Rain’s Hollywood movie Ninja Assassin had managed to earn 61 million dollars.

S:StarNews

KBites

Rain reveals comeback dates for himself and MBLAQ!

Worldstar Rain’s comeback date in Korea has been confirmed.

It was posted up on Rain’s homepage on 15th March, “The special album will be released on 1st April. I’m very happy that I can be able to show cool performances for 2 months.”

According to Rain, because of the release of the album, there will also be some delays for plans for movie and drama appearances.

He said, “The special album is made for fans and will be collection of a few songs which I’ve collected all this while. I’ll also be performing the song for my concert tour this year.”


It is also known that Rain will be doing a drama the later part of the year.

He revealed, “I’ve been doing a few productions whose contents are rather harsh, I will be back doing something which is more comfortable for fans.”

And Rain also gave a preview to MBLAQ’s new single, “Coming 5th April, I wish everyone will join the fun.”


KBites

Rain’s photo exhibit “Jung Ji-hoon’s Reality”

The next celebrity to take up photography is superstar Rain (aka Jung Ji-hoon), who just participated in a photography exhibit, “Jung Ji-hoon’s Reality.”

Rain’s exhibit takes the theme of “My Lovers” and runs from March 12 through 21, and features photos that he took of fans as well as photos that fans have taken of him. The exhibit is free and is displaying in Sinsadong, Seoul. A related auction was held on March 14.

In order to take the images on display, there were photo sessions at various locations in Seoul, such as in the Garosugil neighborhood and at Coex. Also included are photos shot at his concert location in Japan, as well as from his daily life.

At the auction on the 14th, Rain auctioned off a special package that included the camera he used, a Nikon D5000 kit with bundle lens, as well as signed CDs and a photo collection. Nikon Imaging Korea will donate the proceeds of the auction to the international humanitarian organization Good Neighbors.

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Rain Plans for Two Album Releases This Year

On February 19, the agency of famous Korean singer and actor Rain (real name Jeong Ji-hoon, 28), J. Tune Entertainment, announced that he would release a special album this coming April. According to J. Tune Entertainment, Rain will release a regular album around in October after recording a mini album consisting of four or five songs in April. This special album will be recorded one year and six months after releasing his 5th album “Rainism” in 2008. Due to his first Hollywood movie “Ninja Assassin,” Rain was so busy that he could not make a new album last year.

J. Tune official said in a phone interview with Yonhap New, “We have already recorded some songs, but we are still in the process of collecting better songs from songwriters. We will decide on the title song of the album after completing all of the songs for the album.”

It is an exceptional case for Rain to release an album in April. Rain has usually released his albums in October after releasing his debut album in May, 2002. The official said, “This upcoming mini album, which will be released in April, would be meaningful for Rain because he debuted in April, 2002.” The official added, “ Rain had completed his Asia tour up to January and he is planning an encore performance in a foreign country. He is also examining scripts to possibly appear in a TV drama in the second half of the year."


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Rain's interview on CNN will go to air tomorrow

Asian pop sensation Rain's appearance on CNN's "Talk Asia" as a representative figure of Korea, will be broadcast tomorrow, according to his agency on Tuesday.

CNN had invited the singer to appear on the show during last week's "Eye on South Korea", a week-long special program focusing on various aspects of the country including its economy and culture.

During the interview, Rain sat down with CNN anchorwoman Anna Coren and talked about various topics including his career, his mother's death and working in Hollywood, J.Tune Entertainment.

The singer talked about his mother passing away when he was 18, saying that she had wanted him to study but as he idolized Michael Jackson and wanted to dance, he always had regrets about not giving her what she wanted. He also talked about his early years, when he was rejected at 12 auditions for his looks. The singer credits JYP Entertainment founder and singer Park Jin-young for the many changes in his life which enabled him to perform on television.

When asked about being selected as the Most Influential Person by TIME Magazine in 2007, Rain answered that it was "unbelievable" and opened many doors for him in Hollywood. He also talked about appearing in his first Hollywood movie "Speed Racer" in 2008 and the upcoming action flick "Ninja Assassin".

Rain started his career with major talenthouse JYP Entertainment but left the agency in November 2007 to start his own entertainment company J. Tune Entertainment. He has released several albums in Korea and starred in movies and TV series, most notably dramas "Full House" and "Sang Doo! Let's Go To School." He starred in a Wachowski Brothers production "Ninja Assassin", which is set for a worldwide release in November.

The interview is set to air Wednesday on CNN at 9:30 p.m.

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Lee Jun-ki beat Rain and Song Hye-kyo as most popular Hallyu star in China

Lee Jun-ki in Allure Magazine in January

Korean actor Lee Jun-ki has been voted the top Hallyu star in China, according to his agency on Friday.

The actor came in first, beating Rain and actress Song Hye-kyo, in the "2009 Most Popular Korean Star" survey held by CRI Online, a major portal in China, Mentor Entertainment said in a press release.

Lee is also receiving attention in Taiwan with more than 80 media companies on Wednesday attending Lee's press conference for a fan concert set for tomorrow. His Taiwan concert was delayed indefinitely last year due to a typhoon.

"The foundation of Lee's popularity in the Chinese market is more solid than any other Hallyu star syndrome," an official working at a Taiwanese broadcaster was quoted as saying. "I don't think his popularity will decline anytime soon."

The 27-year-old actor rose to stardom playing a woman-like male clown in the 2005 hit film "The King and the Clown".

He is set to appear in the MBC drama, tentatively titled "Hero", which will air in Korea in November.

Source: asiae.co.kr

Rain showcasing his new boy band MBLAQ

J. Tune Entertainment is Rain's (a.k.a Jung Ji-hoon) management company and also the agency for new boy band MBLAQ. There is no information available relating to the accronym meaning but fans are awaiting the release of their first single in Octorber.

"MBLAQ is the first group to have been produced by Rain, and so everyone is showing interest. We are even receiving calls from fans who are interested in starting a fan club already,'' J.Tune Entertainment said.

MBLAQ will officially be introduced to the Kpop world through a photo spread in NYLON's magazine in the October isssue. The magazine will be instore on 21st Sept.

Rain to play legendary Bruce Lee in the remake of Enter the Dragon

South Korean pop singer/actor Rain was offered the lead role in the Warner Bros. remake of Bruce Lee's kung fu flick "Enter the Dragon," J Tune Entertainment, Rain's agency, confirmed Thursday.

J Tune, however, added that Rain hasn't made a decision, and refused to discuss details.

The 27-year old actor stars as an assassin in the Wachowski Brothers' upcoming "Ninja Assassin" set for release in November.

"Enter the Dragon," which is considered one of Bruce Lee's most popular films in the West, and the last before his death, delves into a Shaolin monk (Lee) who is assigned to expose illegal activities on an island. For the film's contemporary take, the company has hired writer Kurk Sutter (also the co-producer for American TV drama "The Shield").

J Tune Entertainment said only that Rain is currently preparing for his next Asian concert tour later this year.

Credits: hollywoodreporter.

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Rain Stars in His First Hollywood Starring Role as the ‘Ninja Assassin’

Rain is aiming to become the next big action star from the east after Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Jet Li. His first appearance in a Hollywood film was in Speed Racer, and now Rain (aka Jung Ji-hoon) has nabbed a leading role in a film called Ninja Assassin.

Rain will portray Raizo, a kidnapped child who is raised to be a professional killer but ends up seeking revenge against the clan that made him who he is.

Synopsis:

Ninja Assassin follows Raizo (Rain), one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.

In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team of killers, led by the lethal Takeshi (Rick Yune), to silence her forever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but he knows that the Clan will not rest until they are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to survive and finally bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan.

Set for worldwide release on November 25, 2009, Ninja Assassin is directed by James McTeigue under Warner Bros. Pictures production.

Check out the trailer below. Youtube video credit to tara82625

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Rain settles US lawsuit

South Korean pop singer and actor Rain (real name is Jung Ji-hoon) has settled a lawsuit over his cancelled concert in Honollulu in 2007. Back in March of this year, Rain was ordered by Hawaii court to pay up $8 million to Click Entertainment, the US based company that promoted Rain's concert. The settlement amount was not disclosed however many reports have suggested that the settlement amount would be less than the original $8 million that Rain was required to pay.

Rain’s Hawaii concert, supposed to be the first stop on his U.S. tour, was originally scheduled for June 15, 2007 at Aloha Stadium and tickets were sold for a maximum of $300. But the concert was cancelled a few days before the scheduled date.

Click Entertainment said the cancellation cost it more than 1.5 million dollars and its business reputation was damaged.

Rain argued that the concert stage was not properly set up for him. He also said he was unable to use his name in the United States because of a copyright dispute from a US Beatles tribute band also called Rain.

Image: Newsen

Source: Korea Times; AFP; The AM Law Daily