Oh man, I hoped they wouldn't do the Native American thing on stage :/

album is no.1 in sells today :)
http://i56.tinypic.com/mr30ip.png

I have not ordered mine Yet but i heard it comes in the same big hardcover photobook packaging like the first album :love

congrats girls:heart
^really?!! i wanna see pics of the package then!!!

here i found some photos on diadem but im not going to post one of every single page since there was too many :P its around 50 pages



some chinese lady tried to cover bo peep... no comment!!

Same. It seems downright racist if you ask me :\

a lot of people seem to be totally uneducated on this issue and are throwing around strong words like 'racism', there is actually a big difference between stereotyping and racism. i'll just leave it at that i don't want to go into it any further because i don't know what the rules are on AHS about this sort of stuff and i don't want to cause trouble

^thank you! omg, im thinking the same, people just need to calm down about this:o

Racism and stereotyping go hand in hand, so I don't see why anyone would say it's one over the other. Cultural appropriation at its best.

Stereotypes and racism are so closely linked that it's irresponsible to say that there is a big difference between the two.

You can argue that there are "good stereotypes" that are complimentary to an ethnic group but I prefer to believe that any generalization about any ethnic group is detrimental to their humanity. By reducing them to a set of predetermined aspects, you are drawing a clear distinction between you and them.

Can you really watch "Yayaya" and think that what it portrays is flattering to Native Americans? Would you, personally, want to be seen doing anything that the girls do in the video? No, because it's vulgar, antiquated, and embarrassing.

If you think it's okay because it's "just pop culture" you should reexamine just how influential pop culture is.

^^ & ^ People who actually know what they're talking about. I don't understand how anyone can look at the video and concept and not think it's utterly ridiculous and incredibly offensive.

Calling me "uneducated" because I said "it seems downright racist" says a lot about your own character. I adore T-ARA but I'm not going to defend them for going through with a concept like this (their idea or (obviously) not). Racism isn't strictly confined to hating someone because of their race, and the sooner you realize that, the sooner you might be able to get off your damn high horse.

umm no i completely see how it would be offensive to some, i'm saying i don't see it as 'downright racism' like you said. i just don't see any point in the seemingly endless arguments about this on the international sites. they aren't taught about the history of this stuff in korea and this concept is something that's completely acceptable to CCM (not saying that it's an excuse for them, it's just the way it is and we aren't going to change that) and people in korea, which is their target audience, love it. IMO it's harmless. there's no malicious intent behind it, simply ignorance on their stylist's part since she didn't do her research when she was deciding on a concept. i'm not going to get mad about it.

a selcas from inkigayo backstage with gyuri-goddess
http://static.allkpop.com/wp-content...g_gyuri_01.jpg
omg, they look stunning:thud

and other of the girls
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6...1205tiara1.jpg
they're sooo pretty:heart:heart

I love T-ara and these songs, but that video was not okay (and gasp, I am native american, and actually a part of my tribe). Was it done in ignorance? Probably. Does that make it okay? No. Can anything really be done about it? Probably not. A lot of those things are probably stuff they picked up from older western media that often portrayed Native Americans that way until they got the hint that it was hurtful. And obviously NA aren't known much about outside of the Americas. I'm not trying to give them excuses, but that's just kinda the way it is when you get down to it.

And that whole stereotypes and racism thing? Yeah no. Racism is built heavily off stereotypes. they may not be the same exact thing, but one depends heavily on the other. (And there's no such thing as a "good stereotype".)

ILU. :love

But we're not getting mad about it. We're discussing it.

If we were mad about it, we would be attacking T-ARA, Core Contents Media, and Korea in general, but we're not because we know the issue is bigger than all of them.

Us discussing the video may not change anything about it in Korea, but it will have an effect in the environments we frequent. Someone on AHS will read this discussion and form their own conclusion about stereotypes and racism on the global landscape and will hopefully be better for it.

:love

^WOW already won on the comeback performance??????? :faint :faint congrats bbs!!! though i wanted kara to win ;_____; this must be so awesome for hwayoung!

Hello baby episodes 1-3 subbed is on youtube :love



the rest of the parts is all on here (you have to turn on CC) http://www.youtube.com/user/PudLov3Icecream

FINALLY:heart
thnksss!! gonna watch it this noon!! <3

and im so glad they're winnin already <3

today is a very special day :rings Eunjung turns 22 today and Qri turns 24 :colors

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/618...8371595448.gif

^LMAO THOSE SMILIES :roflmao

happy bday bbs!! i didnt know qri was so old :OO is she the oldest?

jiyeon and IU are so cute playing around in the winning video :love

anyways they have a special stage with Secret on music bank tonight:

- T-ara & Secret <Crazy Because of You + Magic + Madonna + YA YA YA>

^OMGGGG CANT WAIT FOR THE SPECIAL!!!!!!!!!

huh where's iu, i didnt see her lol

she's with jiyeon on the far right around 00:39 and then she drags her off to the left around 1:00

^ooooh i see her!!! lol thanks XD they are so cutie <33

@hearted: In order of age

Boram: 24 (March 22, 1986)
Qri: 24 (December 12, 1986)
Soyeon: 23 (October 5, 1987)
Eunjung: 22 (December 12, 1988)
Hyomin: 21 (May 30, 1989)
Hwayoung: 17 (April 22, 1993)
Jiyeon: 17 (June 7, 1993)

The oldest member is Boram, then Qri, then Soyeon, then Eunjung, then Hyomin, then Hwayoung, and the maknae is Jiyeon (still)

I can't wait until they're done promoting yayaya.. it makes me so embarrassed for them when they do it live. 왜 이러니 is so, so much better. I'm so addicted to it now.

hyomin is looking so skinny lately ;____; she used to look amazing but now... not so much :weep

Eunjung accidentally let it slip in an interview the other day that their comeback is in May :) (they're probably having one earlier to make up for the losses CCM made from Co-ed's girl unit)

Jiwon and Jiae are also supposed to redebut in CCM's new girl group in a few months

^really?!:heart
yaay:heart can't wait for more t-ara!!

omg really!!!!!!! YAYYYYYY hopefully with a full album :luv2

jiwon and jiae are the girls that left t-ara right? i heard one of them is a real ***** :x

that was probably jiwon... apparently she was the only one who wanted to leave the group at first but she didn't want to leave alone so she pressured jiae into leaving with her :no
whatever happened seems to be fine now since Jiwon still spends time with the other 3 original members and even has couple rings with eunjung :P

anyway here is the article about that: http://www.allkpop.com/2011/02/hyun-...new-girl-group

here is the info about comeback

comeback in May and a possible Japan debut ? yay! :D

Today performance



It's a shame both 5dolls and their few fans are so disrespectful towards T-ara :no

^ikr? :o i don't like 5dolls anymore because of all this :( (well, i never liked them at all lol)
they should be grateful t-ara is helping them, because they're floooooping so hard

yep I thought they should be happy that T-ara helped them..
I don't know if I should give 5dolls another chance later..
:(

I have a feeling CCM will put 5dolls and Co-ed on the backburner if they don't have a hit soon anyway. They've blown a ton of money on their expensive videos and covering up Co-ed's scandals and they aren't really getting much in return :no If they learned how to speak in interviews (without trashing SM Entertainment and their groups or T-ara) they probably wouldn't have so many antis

i feel kinda sad for 5dolls tbh.. they got such a *****ty song and MV..style... just everything =/

yea poor 5dolls, at the same time no one in their team really is like stand out gorgeous?
maybe 1 but the rest are okay looking T_T

In 5dolls, the best looking is Hyoyoung, the best singer is Chanmi, Soomi is a good dancer, Eungyo is (idk) and the other one is too.

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oh gosh eunjung :luv2 and yoseob too :3

hot and sexy new video



Jiyeon and iu are so cute together on Heroes it's Too bad it's ending soon

^ awww thats so cute all the soldiers loved them :) their all adorable i think i like IU more than i did before cuz of this video XP

T-ara got 3 new endorsements

Look Optical:


Freestyle:


and Macos Adamas Jewelry


Eunjung's movie White also got a release date :luv2 June 2, 2011.

Soyeon starts filming for her movie in May, and Qri and Hwayoung are still going over some movie/drama offers :yes

CCM is starting a chain of cafes based on Eunjung's Coffee House role :O

what a coincidence because i'm also rewatching this drama right now.

^wow:heart i'd love to go to that cafe
ah.. coffe house, i miss the drama so much T_T

Eunjung is confirmed for the new couple on WGM :yes but they haven't revealed who the husband will be yet

^yaaaaaaaay!! and his husband is...

omonaaa! he's such a cutie!!!!:heart

another CF deal :) for nongshim ramen this time, i guess it's for japan too

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/8...partsimg02.jpg



Making:



i don't know when the actual cf will be out

Eunjung on WGM ? cool :D
idk who's Lee Jang Woo though XD

the cf looks good.. well.. I like Nongshim ramen \\random :laugh

I'm glad they have all these CFs

anyone know where these stunning eunjung pics are from??
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj...1o4so1_500.png

^from her new drama, king of .. something, i don't remember:laugh

^lol xD woah it looks like its going to be interesting!! kinda wish it was for their comeback tbh... how awesome would a samurai/ninja concept be!!!!!!!!!!


anyone know where i can get these pics? :eyes

^http://community.livejournal.com/omo...t/6409171.html
hereeee

^YAYYYY THANKYOUUUU :glomped

omgomgomg she looks so FIERCE :faint :faint i love the traditional hair and clothes :luv2

she looks so smexy!! but i think i'll just skim through her cuts cos i'm not interested in historical dramas


Anyway here is a Soyeon interview where she talks about her time in SNSD, joining T-ara, and also advice for people who want to become idols:



she's so smart and mature and wise :yes

eunjung is so cool *___*

and that interview with soyeon just made me respect her more, like woah. she had an interesting life and she's so cool!

hot and sexy performance


filming for new mp3 CF:
http://i.imgur.com/53FjY.png
http://i.imgur.com/S3Xcw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/A6dJG.jpg

^OMG THAT LAST PIC IS THE CUTEST :luv2 :luv2 :luv2


oh and btw, is it just me or has hyomin been looking really skinny these days =/ she was much prettier before

Love the performance :D

hyomin has always been really thing! it was worst when they first debuted, she looked sick


she's still thin now but she doesn't look unhealthy anymore to me, i think she's just naturally tiny

damn I love Eunjung with glasses.

^^i think she looks fine there actually :P but since yayaya i dunno i think its her face, she's been looking abit like an ahjumma .___.

omg, i love that pics!!:heart i need their comeback soon!!

:thud

that's.. a huge amount of money :thud

^^0_______________0

release date for eunjung's movie was moved to june, the title was changed too:

and filming for Soyeon's movie was pushed to this fall due to conflicting schedules

^wow eunjung is going to be sooooo busy!!!! i wonder if they'll push back their comeback

Hwayoung and Hyoyoung turn 18 today :hat :happybday

here are some pix of the twins celebrating their birthday
http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/9409/o6ffm.jpg



and eunjung/hyomin/jiyeon met up with former member jiae a few days ago :ysmile
http://i.imgur.com/3so3J.jpg


and also!! cute and gorgeous pix of hyomin and puppy
http://files.spic.me/2011/04/20/02/1...9b81f6_500.jpg
http://files.spic.me/2011/04/20/02/1...1eb076_500.jpg

^happy bday to theeeeeeem!!!

awwwww the pic with jiae is really cute :luv2 i love jiyeons expression :laugh i hope jiae will go solo.. we need more solo acts in the kpopworld ;_;

OMG HYOMIN LOOKS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i didnt even recognize her 0____0

Happy birthday HyoYoung and HwaYoung ♥♥♥

Teaser for Soyeon's digital single with Ahn Youngmin for his album (he's a composer who made Tic Tic Toc for them and wrote the lyrics to Lies, Apple is A, and Wanna Play)

^lol why are they always in horror movies??? XD

soyeon sounds amazing :heart

horror movies make a lot of money there i guess :P and since it's usually CCM behind the movies they're in they probably want to go with what they know will sell :yes last year jiyeon's movie death bell 2 broke the record for the fastest selling horror movie in korea ever! i don't think soyeon's movie is a horror movie tho

i wonder if they'll have them go to a million screenings of white and hyomins movie like they did to promote DB2

the promotional poster for White was released

http://i.imgur.com/1nm2B.jpg


So frightening and Spooky!!!

^omg, so scaring .___.
but eunjung looks so beautiful <3

making iriver CF!!!! this video is so cute :(

^SOOOOOOO ADORABLEEEEE
i hope we'll get lots of pics of this :laugh

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7...minletter1.jpg

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/9...minletter2.jpg

T-ara’s Hyomin recently wrote a heartfelt handwritten letter to her fans.

On May 3rd, Hyomin revealed a photo of herself writing a letter and the letter itself. She tweeted,

“A love letter has arrived“



The letter reads,

^so cute and sweete! I can't wait for their comeback.

here is a hot new cf for crown sando ft. boram and her father

Wow I really like these girls so far :luv2! I'm loving Bo peep Bo peep, Yayaya, & Beautiful Girl so far!!! Wow what is it with me & girl Kpop groups these days hahah xD!?

Welcome to this thread you will not regret being their fan they are Fantastic!!!!!!

teaser for eunjung's movie was released

so kute :( i heard they're practicing hard for their comeback right now

2 enw posters for White

http://i.imgur.com/B6cKi.jpg




hot!!!!! i love this thread

Feenin for their comeback Rn :( however there was a news recently that says they are in the midst of preparing for it :)

So that's why 5dolls is looking decent now :laugh Hyomin already has STYLIST experience since she was Eunjung's stylist for Coffee House and she also helped out on My Girlfriend is a Gumiho :yes

^:roflmao hyomin always looks so fab!

and i heard that davichi is also preparing for a comeback soooo i wonder who will return first! (kinda hoping for davichi tbh .____. )

^^ oh! so that's why chanmi looks like a real woman now!! :laugh
^i kinda want davichi to come first too <3 but i want t-ara soon too... :roflmao

davichi will most likely be back first just because it's been over a year since their last album, and t-ara's was only 6 months ago :yes
i think it's safe to say they won't be making a comeback in may, the current speculations are saying it'll be sometime within the first half of june but who knows!!!!!

there's also the new girl group CCM is debuting. they were supposed to debut this month, but that was probably put on hold for a few months if Jiwon is really in it, as she recently suffered from a knee injury and had to get surgery for it.

^ohyeah!! i totally forgot about the new girlgroup!

love your new ava btw :luv2 :laugh

Thanks!! I made it myself :) I love yours too. Tiffany's picture is my favourite of the 9!

omg!!!!!!! more White stuffs!



EUNJUNG at the press conference:
http://i.imgur.com/2phTw.jpg



sexy!!! she looks the best out of the whole cast!!! who made her wear that dress though she looks so uncomfortable in it :(

That other actress girl's face is terrifying (http://i.imgur.com/k9M01.jpg)!! She looks like a burn victim, Park Bom, and that face transplant lady all combined into one. I can't believe she was born in 1995.

Eunjung feature in new Song