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lol even when she is yelling and looking irritated you still want to just pat her on the head. Looks so cute. hah.

I'd like to see her as a fixed member somewhere, but I'm not sure if that will happen because of Kara's Japanese activities. We Got Married could work because they can work their schedule around Gyuri's. I really think she would do good as an MC on a show like say Win Win (next time they revamp MC's). Since she has experience from hosting the radio show.

If the difference between fan and lover is that a lover has romantic feelings or crushes on a member that makes me a fan. Hara is my bias for entertainment purposes, but I'd love to see it revealed that she's in a relationship and dating someone even though I'm a guy. I feel that way about all the other groups that I'm a fan of and kpop artists in general though. I want them to be able to experience some tiny bits of normalcy and happiness and be able to date and have a relationship. If I wasn't able to I know I'd be extremely depressed lol.

sigh. I too hope she can be there to film the last episode because with Nicole's personality she endears herself to people very quickly and her fellow cast mates seem to like her a lot. Her and IU got to be friends through the show and I've missed seeing Nicole the past few episodes she's not been on while Kara was in Japan and then the lawsuits which stopped Korean activity. August '10 through Dec '10 was a great period. Hara on IY Friday's and Nicole on Heroes Sundays... Now both shows are gone

I think the post I made about City Hunter disappeared so maybe some server issues? I'm thrilled to get a chance to see her on a weekly drama. I think having a small role is actually a good thing she she is a rookie when it comes to acting. It will be interesting to see if she has any kind of 'love-line' in the show. I saw that she was playing a college-aged student who failed her entrance exams the first time so she's playing pretty much her own age and not a younger high school character. I think Lee Min Ho's character works inside the Korean Blue House for the President as some kind of security expert/agent so Hara's character being the President's daughter may have a crush on him in the show or something. I'm kinda hoping for some interaction between her and Lee Kwang Soo just because I find him hilarious on Running Man and they're not far apart in age since he's 4 years older.

Whoo to the news about a drama. I said when watching her on Urakara that she should get a role in a drama because she was really good and now it's going to happen. I don't think it'll be a huge part, but I think that's a good thing. I think it's better when an idol debuts in acting and doesn't take the lead role.

Just based off appearance it was Hara then switched to Nicole because of seeing how funny a personality she had on SGB and then back to Hara when I got to see more of Hara's personality on IY

That's a misconception people have about AKP that they favor a certain group or company and dislike others. They have a lot of different writers posting articles and those writers have personal favorites. I know a number of the writers post in various threads about certain groups over on Soompi.com. There's no centralized 'bias' at AKP. If it looks like they're being biased against Kara because of all the articles about the controversy it's because AKP is most concerned about getting views. Some of the stories there can border on 'tabloid' type stuff in order to attract attention to the site and get people to click on it. BTW, just to respond to something else that supposed 'Kara fan' who started up the disband petition. Sorry, but no. I'm not going to give my support to that person and feel bad because they're going through hard times with these lawsuits so they started the petition. If you want them to break up YOU ARE NOT A FAN. PERIOD. End of discussion as far as I'm concerned.

I find it odd that the Japan activities are continuing. Was there really absolutely nothing scheduled for Korea prior to this dispute and all the remaining schedule is Japan? Or are they more scared of Universal Japan than DSP?

I get the impression he thinks Gyuri didn't try hard enough to present complaints of the rest of the group to DSP. I think he's being unfair to Gyuri because all the parents have said DSP's people in charge since the President was hospitalized and his wife took over have done a poor job of handling the needs of the group and I think they've fired a manager that the group liked.

Her corner was usually the highlight of every show because of how funny it would be and watching the guests react to her or vice-versa. I think KBS only has itself to blame for SGB ratings going down because I can understand Nicole leaving or not having time, but before Nicole left(I think it was before) they got rid of Kim Jae Dong who was awesome on the show and the reason they fired him is because he supported a different political party than what the KBS executives did.

There's never any doubt in my mind that artists are short-changed in Korea mainly because of how many 'layers' the company puts over the artists involved. I doubt the claims made by Landmark are completely accurate though because the money mentioned is ridiculously low and I believe is just talking about a specific payment for a certain promotion or CF. I've been pretty bummed out since I saw the lawsuit news because it looked like they were trying to resolve things privately and then it went back out into the public... Which just hurts the girls image IMO. I feel like I'm on a plane that had the engine die out so it went in for a crash landing...sliding to a stop on the edge of the cliff and being relieved to be alive... and then the edge of the cliff broke off and the plane fell down.

I remember seeing a behind the scenes type thing before on youtube, but I have no idea how to find it. Don't know if anyone else remembers it. There was also one of the KBS programs which followed the G7 to the KBS Entertainment Awards in 2009 for like 10-15min thing I think.

Her sisters and Mom all look so alike. I remember thinking that when Kara appeared on the Hahamong show and Jiyoung's family made a visit while they were at a park. Good genes ultimately win out in the end I guess lol.

I still think it will be Gyuri just in terms of singing ability + character. I think she has the best chance of still standing out on her own if she was solo eventually.