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　　Much to the excitement of fans, South Korean boy band Dong Bang Shin Ki released their new album Mirotic on September, 2008．

　　The title of the leading song Mirotic comes from the Korean word “miro” which means “maze”(迷宫)and the English suffix “tic”．“It is meant to describe the kind of feeling one has when he falls in love with someone at first sight,” said member U-Know．“It's like being trapped in a maze．”

　　It is reported that the album has sold 90,000 copies two days after its release．It has risen to No．1 on the weekly chart in South Korea．

　　While you enjoy the catchy song, don't miss the band's trademark dancing moves．This time Dong Bang Shin Ki worked with famous dance choreographer(舞蹈编排)Kenny Wormald, who once cooperated with American pop stars including Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera．

　　The band began working on the new record in early 2007 and didn't finish until June this year．“We have devoted ourselves to the producing work．We see the album as an opportunity to show our fans that we have made progress on a daily basis,” said member Xiah．“We won't let them down．”

　　It is this determined attitude that keeps the band going in the highly competitive entertainment world．The band never sets limits to their music styles．Since their first appearance on the stage in 2003, they have tried pop, R&B and ballads(民歌)．After winning the hearts of thousands of teenagers across Asia, they haven't slowed down．This year, Dong Bang Shin Ki has starred in two TV dramas Dating on Earth and Heaven's Postal Delivery Man．The boys are sure to ride the wave of South Korean pop culture．

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　　Bill Melendez,91,an Emmy Award-winning animator(动画片制作者)who transformed the two-dimensional drawings of the Peanuts comic strip into some of the most beloved cartoon characters on television and film,died Sept 2 at St．John's Health Center in Santa Monica,Calif．

　　The cause of death was not reporteD．

　　Mr．Melendez,who began his career at the Hollywood animation stud ios of Walt Disney and Warner Bros,found his greatest fame as the animator of A Charlie Brown Christmas,The Great Pumpkin and dozens of other Peanuts Presentations．

　　With producer Lee Mendelson,Mr．Melendez formed a 43-year partnership that has generated more than 70 Peanuts productions,including four feature films He also animated more than 370 commercials using Peanuts characters and remains the only animator Charles M．Schulz trusted to bring his famous comic strip figures to life．

　　Success was hardly assured when the first Peanuts special,A Charlie Brown Christmas,was broadcast by CBS in 1965 Network executives feared it would be a colossal flop．with no laugh track,a jazz musical score by pianist Vice Guaraldi and religious message．

　　Much to everyone's surprise,the show was a huge hit and got Emmy and Peabody awards Cartoonist Robert Smigel called it“the greatest half－hour American TV has ever produced” In addition to animating every Peanuts film and TV special,Mr．Melendez provided the wordless voice of Snoopy Before his work oil Peanuts,Mr．Melendez drew many of the famous Disney and Warner Bros．animated figures of the 1930s and 40s,including Mickey Mouse,Donald Duck,Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig．The peanuts characters,with their complicated personalities contained in round,childlike figure,proved unexpectedly challenging．

　　Mr．Melendez won five Emmy Awards for his work oil Peanuts．He also won Emmys for creating the first animated cartoons of Jim Davis'Garfield and for animating CS Lewis'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe．

　　Melendez was born in 1916 in Hermosillo,Mexico and moved to Douglas,Arizona in 1928, and later to Los Angeles．He began drawing as a child．He studied at what is now the California Institute of the Arts and joined the Disney studio in 1938．

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