Taeyeon, Seohyun and Sooyoung appeared on SBS radio program ‘Park SoHyun’s Love Game’ on January 27th.

On her personal Twitter account, Park SoHyun tweeted, “Together with Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon, Seohyun and Sooyoung on Park SoHyun’s Love Game!! This is not a ‘bora (viewable radio show)’. All of us are not wearing make-ups ㅠㅠ” and attached a ‘certification shot’ of herself and the three girls.

In the photo, Park SoHyun, Taeyeon, Seohyun and Sooyoung’s beauty stands out even with no make-up on their faces.

Netizens who saw the photo commented, “Girls’ Generation members are indeed pretty even without wearing make-up”, “Park SoHyun can be one of the members too”, etc.

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On the afternoon of January 27th, a SM Entertainment representative left a notice on Girls’ Generation’s official website, stating that the January 28th episode of MBC’s ‘Show! Music Core’ will be the last broadcast for MC Yuri, in order for her to focus on her solo activities. Inevitably, fans are sad to see Yuri’s departure from the weekly music program and the separation of the well-loved MC Yuri and Tiffany combo.

Yuri and Tiffany first co-hosted ‘Show! Music Core’ from April 4th, 2009 to July 31st, 2010, where they bid fans and audience goodbye as Girls’ Generation prepared for their advancement into the Japanese music industry. In the following year, the duo made their comeback as permanent hosts for the music show on October 15th, 2011, taking over the hosting reins from Suzy and Jiyeon. Besides that, the winning combo of Yuri and Tiffany also hosted many big-scale events such as the 2010 MBC Gayo Daejeon, 2011 Incheon Korean Music Wave, K-pop All Star Live in Niigata and many more.

Other than that, Yuri and Tiffany also received their first ever hosting award, as hosts of ‘Show! Music Core’ in the 2011 MBC Entertainment Awards on December 29th, 2011.

Meanwhile, Tiffany will continue hosting ‘Show! Music Core’ and her new co-host will be revealed soon, while Yuri will be focusing on her new role in drama ‘Fashion King’, which is scheduled for broadcast in March 2012.

Be sure to catch ‘Show! Music Core’ on January 28th to see the last broadcast for MC Yuri for now. All the best in future ventures, girls!

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In the newly-released list of award winners for the ’26th Japan Gold Disc Award 2012′, Girls’ Generation’s first full-length original Japanese album ‘Girls’ Generation’ was awarded the ‘Album of the Year’ award for the Asia category, as well as one of the ‘Best 3 Albums’ award in the Asia category, alongside KARA’s ‘Girl’s Talk’ and Tohoshinki’s (TVXQ) ‘TONE’.

The Japan Gold Disc Award is one of the major annual music awards in Japan, held by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) since 1987, in recognition of the music sales and outstanding artists in the country.

The album ‘Girls’ Generation’ was released on June 1st, 2011 and has since shipped more than a million copies, according to statistics in December 2011. The album, which contains 12 songs, recorded an accumulative sales of more than 735,000 copies in December, along with its repackaged album.

In 2011, Girls’ Generation (Shoujo Jidai) won the ‘New Artist of the Year’ award and the ‘Best 5 New Artists’ award in the 25th Japan Gold Disc Award. It is truly an admirable achievement for last year’s recipient of best new artist to be awarded ‘Album of the Year’ after one short year. Congratulations and good job, girls!

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J.Estina’s jewelry line, Rosa unveiled Girls’ Generation’s latest pictorials which portray the girls as luxurious princesses.

On January 27th, fashion brand J.Estina revealed the advertisement images for jewelry line, Rosa featuring Girls’ Generation. In the photo, the girls gave out lovely and luxurious image as they posed in elegant dresses with matching jewelries.

Fans who saw the pictorials commented, “They seem more beautiful than the jewelries”, “They are true goddesses”, “They seem to be prettier each day”, etc.

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In the next episode of ‘Invincible Youth 2′, Hyoyeon revealed Sunny’s nickname to be ’60 Sunny’.

On the upcoming episode of ‘Invincible Youth 2′, as a ‘Lunar New Year Special’, the godfather of comedians, Im Ha-ryong, came as a special guest to teach the G8 members (Girls’ Generation’s Sunny and Hyoyeon, Miss A’s Suzy, Sistar’s Bora, f(x)’s Amber, Rainbow’s Woori, Jewelry’s Yewon and Kara’s Jiyoung) about traditional food and games.

According to the staff on set, in order to fit the festive mood of the Lunar New Year Im Ha-ryong prepared a quiz to test the girls about the three styles of traditional foods and their meanings, which consisted of herbal rice, rice mixed with five different types of beans and finally, nuts.

Since the age of the G8 members range from late teens to early 20s and were mainly brought up in the city, almost none of these girls had any memory of playing any traditional games or eating traditional foods. Solving the quiz itself was a challenging process for the girls.

However, there was one exception. Out of the eight girls, Sunny was able to easily answer most or nearly all of the questions in the quiz. Even Im Ha-ryong was surprised by Sunny’s knowledge and asked her, “Answer me honestly. How old are you really?”

Fellow Girls’ Generation member, Hyoyeon revealed, “Sunny’s nickname within our group is ’60 Sunny’. We call her this because, despite being born in 1989, Sunny’s actions and her knowledge of old and traditional facts just makes her seem like she was born in the 60s.”

Lee Soo-geun created laughter on set as he added on, “There’s a rumour that Sunny’s hair isn’t dyed and that it’s just her natural white hairs coming through.”

Also on the episode, Suzy dressed up and re-enacted Kang Hye-jung’s slightly mentally disabled character from the movie ‘Welcome to Dong Mak Gol’ in order to make Im Ha-ryong laugh to win the challenge.

This episode will be aired on January 28th at 11.05pm.

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Girls’ Generation are highly regarded by the music producer for American TV Network, CBS’s popular talk show ‘Late Show with David Letterman’.

SM Entertainment revealed a portion of the email received from the music producer of ‘Late Show with David Letterman’, Sheryl Zelikson, confirming Girls’ Generation’s appearance on the show.

According to the email, producer Sheryl Zelikson said, “We thought of Girls’ Generation as a very interesting and unique group and thus, we decided to invite them on the show. We are very happy that Girls’ Generation have agreed to come on the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ as their debut appearance on an American talkshow.”

Girls’ Generation are scheduled to appear on ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ on January 31st. On the show, the girls will be performing the title song of their 3rd album ‘The Boys’, which was released worldwide in October last year.

Besides the famous CBS talk show, Girls’ Generation will also be appearing on ABC’s morning talk show ‘Live! with Kelly’, on February 1st along with the famous pop star Jennifer Lopez. As American-born Tiffany and Jessica will be with the girls on these shows, they will not be having a translator with them during their TV show appearances.

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Girls’ Generation and SM Entertainment’s founder/chairman, Lee SooMan were selected as the entertainment industry’s ‘Power People’.

On entertainment information program, TV Joseon’s ‘Entertainment in TV’, Girls’ Generation were voted as the best ‘Power People’ in the female entertainers category among 100 others who are entertainment reporters, PD, writers, etc. The survey was carried out for a period of 1 week from January 21st.

The girls were picked as one of the ‘Power People’ because of their overseas advancement and also their role as the leader of Kpop and Hallyu boom. Composer Park GeunTae said, “The result reflects Girls’ Generation’s success in signing a contract with America’s top major music label, Interscope Records. I think it is a meaningful step for them as this is somewhat similar to a promising football player signing for a famous football club. In the US market, real challenges await”.

SM Entertainment’s chairman, Lee SooMan who faced challenges from entertainment’s industry’s top producers such as Yang HyunSuk, Park JinYoung, Hong SeungSung, Kim KwangSoo, etc was voted as the winner of the Producer Category. Yoo JaeSuk who features in many variety programs topped the Male Entertainers Category while Kim TaeHo PD of variety program ‘Infinity Challenge’ emerged as the ‘Power People’ of the Broadcast Category. In the Movie Category, it was none other than Director Park ChanWook who received recognition not only in Korea but also various international film festivals in Cannes, Berlin, etc.

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Ahead of the release of Brown Eyed Girls’ Miryo first solo album ‘MIRYO aka JOHONEY’ on February 1st, teaser video and images were revealed.

On January 27th, a teaser video was unveiled and Sunny’s surprise appearance in the spy movie-like teaser have garnered a lot of attention from fans and netizens.

Sunny, the main character in the teaser video, put on a cool and meaningful expression while looking at the camera as she entered a building. Only phrases such as ‘Time to get crazy’ and ‘Miryo is coming’ were introduced in the video, arousing more anticipation as the day of the album release draws closer. With Sunny’s appearance in the teaser, netizens are wondering if there is a connection between Sunny and Miryo as well as the album.

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On an online community forum, a post with photos attached entitled ‘Photos of Taeyeon’s cameo appearance in new sitcom’ was published recently.

In the photos taken during the shooting session of SBS TV’s ‘Salamander Guru and The Shadows’ on January 24th, Taeyeon’s fair skin and bright smiles caught the attention of netizens. During the break, as the weather was cold, Taeyeon put on a purple padded jumper while holding a pack of hand warmer with a cute expression on her face.

Netizens who saw the photos commented, “Taengoo is really cute. She seems to age backwards”, “I’m envious of Taeyeon who can sing, act and not lacking in terms of beauty as well”, etc.

SBS TV’s new sitcom ‘Salamander Guru and The Shadows’ will be aired starting January 27th.

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