‘Dream High 2′ releases new still cut featuring six students

A new still cut featuring the six leading members of KBS’s upcoming drama, ‘Dream High 2‘, has finally been unveiled!

Aside from Jung Jinwoon and Kang Sora, who are seen facing the viewer, the rest have their backs turned towards the audience to raise anticipation for what’s to come.

The ‘Kirin Arts High School’ uniforms have undergone a few changes, like the use of red and checker patterns. Fans already know that Jiyeon and Hyorin are the remaining two girls, but word on who the two boys at the side are has not been revealed.

Producers are purposely keeping their identity a secret to exclusively reveal at the drama’s production conference.

A representative stated, “Actors and idol singers won’t be the only members of the cast, but also rookie actors. They have a surprising amount of energy that we’re sure will bring the same amount of attentionKim Soo Hyun managed to garner.”

‘Dream High’ begins airing on January 30th.

Source + Photos: Joy News 24 via Naver

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‘Dream High 2′ releases first set of Kang Sora’s still-cuts

Anticipation for the pilot broadcast of ‘Dream High 2‘ just got kicked up a notch with the release of the drama’s first still-cuts!

Actress Kang Sora is seen busily running errands and cleaning shoes with a sign on her chest that explains she’s being punished for coming to school late.

But why is being late such a big deal? In ‘Kirin Arts High School’, the gates are zealously guarded by teacher ‘Yang Jin Man’ (J.Y. Park). He finds out that she’d been out all night at an idol group concert and punishes her by making him clean his stinky shoes and pots.

Kang Sora earned the praise of staff around her for not being afraid to scruff up her image for the sake of her role. She also showed smooth chemistry with her castmates and warmed up the film set with her lively personality.

Source + Photos: Chosun via Naver

How much did it cost to dress up IU for “Dream High”?

The cost of IU’s transformation for her role in “Dream High” has been estimated to be around $60,000 USD.

Producers of “Dream High” revealed that in order to costume IU into her chubby character, $50,000 USD was spent on her fat suit, along with an extra $2,000 USD for makeup spent per episode.  Six episodes have cost the drama a total of $60,000 USD so far.

Her transformation also takes over five hours, and coming out of her outfit takes an additional two.

Thankfully, her efforts aren’t wasted, as she’s been dominating the charts lately with her song “Someday” for the drama’s OST.

The R&B song was sung by IU in her audition scene on the January 4th episode.  Written and produced by Park Jin Young, the song marks IU’s first hit of 2011, continuing her streak of success from last year.

Listen to it here!

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T-ara’s Eunjung takes a selca with her ‘Dream High’ best friend miss A’s Suzy

On January 3rd, KBS 2TV’s new drama ‘Dream High‘ aired its first episode.  Although it’ pilot episode received mixed reviews, in particular miss A’s Suzy’s poor acting skills, co-star T-ara’s Eunjung continued to support her fellow female idol star.

The following day, Eunjung updated her Twitter with a photo of herself with Suzy saying,

“Thank you to everyone who watched ‘Dream High’! ♥ This is Yoon Baek Hee and Go Hye Mi’s best friend photo..!“

Fans commented, “aww so cuteee~~ i like your hairstyle *V*” and “eunjung suzy love you girls“.

While the two will soon become rivals on the show, it’s great to see them finding time to take silly selcas within their busy filming schedules.

Source: T-ara Eunjung’s Twitter

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Dream High Episode 1 Recap and Review by Dramabeans.com

An uneven beginning, but one that got progressively better as the hour advanced. (To be honest, I was feeling that dull sense of bored disappointment halfway through, but at the 45-minute mark things picked up, and the last five minutes had my curiosity stirred and hopes rising. Things take an interesting turn.)

I’m not ready to make a decision yet, because the plot pieces are just getting put into place, and the stuff that draws me to this drama — the school, young aspirants working toward their dream, the rivalries — has barely even gotten any screen time. And yes, I suspect that if you were to decide based on the first half-hour, a lot of people might check out, but that’s mostly necessary background maneuvering; it’s really when they move to the school that things pick up.

SPOILER ALERT!