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Actor Lee BH Cast in Global Film 2007-05-27 08:58:00 Heartthrob actor Lee Byung-hun is expected to play a starring role of a Hong Kong gang boss in a new film by Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung called “I Come with the Rain," which could mark his global debut.The movie is a thriller about a former L.A. policeman who is traumatized after killing a serial killer who had been disfiguring dead bodies into art pieces. The story involves events in Asia where the policeman is hired to go find a Chinese billionaire's missing son.The gang chief Lee will portray operates a large drug nextwork and plays a key role as one of the two close associates to the lead character.Filming will begin July 9 including a ten week location shoot in LA, the Philippines and Hong Kong. It will be produced in English for worldwide release next year.linkTags: korean actor, lee byung hyun, lee byung hun, korean entertainment, asian entertainment, asian actor Read more:Actor
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Jeon JI Hyun,Go Ara, and Ivy 2007-05-27 08:52:00 link Tags: Jeon JI Hyun, Go Ara, Ivy, korean actress, korean actress pictures, korean girls, sexy korean actress
song hye kyo and Ha ji Won 2007-06-06 00:05:00 Tags: Song hye-kyo, Ha Ji Won, hwang jin-i, Korean celebrities, Korean actress, korean drama, korea Read more:song hye kyo
Kim Ah-joong Enjoys Fanfare in Vietnam 2007-06-12 11:28:00 Actress Kim Ah-joong has proved that her name, meaning "the center of the world," is true in Vietnam
.She has received overwhelming fanfare and media attention while visiting the Southeast Asian country as part of a cultural delegation for the 2007 Dynamic Korea Cinema Festival, which is running from May 31 to June 3 to celebrate the 15th year of Korea-Vietnam diplomatic relations.Kim's management agency says the local media has been covering her story in the top headlines and airs a ten minute segment on her whereabouts in a prime time slot every day.The hype is also apparent at autograph events. Some 1,000 fans flocked to an autograph session at a Ho Chi Minh department store.The promotion of Kim's hit film '200 Pound Beauty' has established her status as a Hallyu star to the Vietnamese people. source : KBSTags: Kim A Joong, korean actress, korean girls, korean, korea
Ivy to Sing at Aguilera's Seoul Concert 2007-06-12 11:25:00 Singer Ivy will perform during the opening concert of U.S. pop star Christina Aguilera
to be held June 23 at the Seoul
Olympic Park gymnastics stadium.It will be Aguilera's first concert in Korea. The U.S. singer decided that Ivy, one of the most popular singers in Korea, would be a good fit for this high profile occasion.Aguilera's tour manager and stage director, who visited Korea June 1-6 for inspections and preparations, reviewed Ivy's albums and music videos received from Ivy's agency. On Sunday, they made an official invitation for Ivy to appear in the concert.Ivy says it's an honor to share the stage with the U.S. pop icon, of whom she is a fan and "has so much to learn from," adding that she would practice her dance moves by watching Aguilera's videos.Ivy promised to give her best performance for the audience as well.source :KBSTags: ivy, korean singer, korean sexy singer, korean girls, korea Read more:Concert
Lee Hyo-lee to Launch Volunteer Work in Ethiopia 2007-06-18 10:35:00 Singer Lee Hyo
-lee will visit Ethiopia
June 18 for ten days to provide help to needy people in the country wrought by drought and poverty.Lee will be joined by actor Cho Min-ki. Their efforts will be shown on the KBS TV1 program "Request for Love." The two will also launch a fund-raising campaign to help African children.Sources say that it was actress Shin Ae-ra who suggested that Lee go to Ethiopia to do volunteer work. Lee willingly accepted the offer from Shin, who has been helping children from poor families for years.source :KBSTags: lee hyori, lee hyolee, hyori, korean girls, korean stars, korean actress, signers, celebrities, cute Read more:Launch
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LA Times Spotlights Daniel Henney 2007-06-18 10:33:00 The Los Angeles Times
has carried a special story on half-Korean actor DanielHenney
, who has become a major star in Korea in just two years since his debut here.The U.S. daily called his immense popularity interesting because of Henney's confession that his Korean language skills are at the level of a 12 year old, he cannot fully handle an all Korean cultural situations and that he's not yet comfortable with the Korean style of emotional expression.His soon to be released film 'My Father' is about an adoptee who comes to Korea to look for his biological parents and how he eventually reunites with his father.The LA Times cited Henney as saying that "I'm not yet familiar with the Korean father and son relationship but fortunately, I am in the same position with the character I played in the film."The paper covered how the model-turned-actor first came to Seoul in May 2005 for a commercial shoot, his rise to stardom through the hit Korean dramas 'My Name is Kim Sam-soon Read more:Spotlights
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Rain to Star in Special CNN Ad 2007-06-30 03:34:00 Korean singer Rain will be the main model for a special advertisement on the world's biggest news channel CNN
.This special type of ad that restrains the sending of commercial messages has appealed more to customers and has actively been used by public US corporations in recent days.The Korea Tourism Organization has been airing an ad utilizing its slogan 'Korea Sparkling!' with Rain as the model since April to 17 countries worldwide. The ad's visual is considered to promote Korea's energy and softness. A CNN official, after watching the ad, proposed that the tourism organization produce another ad in a different style, which is how the latest deal came about.KNTO director Cha So-hee says the new ad has been made exclusively for CNN and is expected to significantly promote Korean tourism during the months of July and August.Singer Rain has previously appeared on t Read more:Special
Park Jin-hee Earns Her Paycheck in "War of Money" 2007-06-30 03:30:00 With its ratings above the 30-percent mark, the SBS drama "War of Money
" has become one of the most popular shows on TV, thanks in great part to the performance of actor Park Shin-yang. But even Park and his angel-to-devil transformations hasn't been able to overshadow actress Park Jin-hee, who's been drawing avid praise for her performance of a righteous woman facing a slew of financial hardships. Park Jin-hee, who returned to the small screen after a four-year break with last year's 25-percent-ratings hit "Please Come Back, Soon-Ae", has become the queen of the tube with the runaway success of "War of Money." The actress, who is a bit of a straight-shooter, said, "When I first got the script I was surprised to find how small my scenes were. But now I've changed my mind. Park Shin-yang acts so hard and so well, he's certainly the one who should be in the spotlight." The actress first came to stardom with the 1998 movie "Whispering Corridors", but the path from there wasn't so sm Read more:Paycheck
Jang Nara Named Ambassador of Chinese Charity 2007-06-30 03:20:00 Hallyu star Jang Nara has become a PR envoy for a leading Chinese
charity organization.The singer and actress on Monday held a fund raising concert for child patients of leukemia in China.The Jang Foundation was established from the money raised during Jang's fan club meeting at her June 9 concert in Beijing, which was held to mark the 15th year of Korean-Chinese diplomatic relations.Twelve hundred seats of the concert sold out early and Jang wowed the crowd with a great performance. After the concert on stage, a leading Chinese charity organization appointed Jang as a goodwill ambassador, making her the first foreigner to receive the honor.The appointment comes only 7 months after she was named an ambassador to one of the organization's charity events in November. Now she has been appointed the representative celebrity of the entire organization.Jang's father Joo Ho-seong noted keen local interest, saying that Chinese dailies are dedicating two to three full pages to the story and Read more:Ambassador
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Seven to Give Last Japan Concert This Yr 2007-06-30 03:16:00 Singer Seven
yet again proved his high popularity in Japan
.Tickets to his 2007 Japan Tour in Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo that were released in late May were sold out in just one day.An official at the singer's agency in Japan says that thanks to enthusiastic fans, the 20,000 tickets were sold immediately without any particular promotion.Seven is currently working on an album for his advance to the US. Therefore the Japan tour will be his last production in the island nation for this year. He will perform in Nagoya on Saturday, Osaka on July 2, and Tokyo on the 7th and 8th, for a total of 4 concerts.He will stay in Japan promoting his 6th Japanese single until the end of July and head to the US in early August to record his debut US album.link Tags: seven, korean singer, korean star, korean actor, korea Read more:Concert
Top Star Lee Byung-heon Celebrates Birthday in Japan 2007-07-17 04:20:00 Top Korean star Lee Byung-heon will hold a showcase to mark the publication of his third photo collection "Paris, a Monochrome Man in a Monochrome City" on July 12, his 37th birthday.The showcase was hosted by a Japan
ese marketing firm at the request of Lee's Japanese fans. The event will take place in Nihon Budokan in Tokyo.Lee's official fan club will also hold a birthday party for him at the showcase. There were so many people wanting to attend the party that the showcase will be held in two separate stages--at 2 pm and 7 pm--to accommodate the 16,000 fans expected.Lee's fan meeting in May 2006 at the Tokyo Dome was attended by some 42,000 fans, demonstrating his popularity in Japan. The upcoming showcase will again prove his drawing power and solidify his position in the Japanese entertainment industry.At this year's birthday party, Lee's Japanese fans will s Read more:Birthday
Kim Suna, so cute 2007-09-17 05:06:00 Tags: kim sun ah, korean actress, korean girls, korean celebrities
Jeon Ji-hyun Set to Return to the Local Big Screen 2007-09-28 08:26:00 Actress Jeon Ji-hyun is set to make her big screen comeback by starring in director Chung Yun-chul's new film 'He Once Was a Superman.'The film's production and distribution company CJ Entertainment said in a recent press release that actress Jeon Ji-hyun and Hwang Jung-min will star in 'He Once Was a Superman.'The film, slated to open in the first half of 2008, is the comic and heartwarming story of an eccentric who believes that he is a super hero.Jeon will take on the role of Song Su-jeong, a documentary producer who will resort to all lengths, even manipulation, to create a program that will move the hearts of TV viewers. In the film, she uses "Superman" to make a human documentary.The actress recently finished shooting a film entitled "Blood: The Last Vampire" based on a Japanese animation. linkTags: Jeon Ji-hyun, Korean actress, Korean girls, sexy Korean celebrities, sexy celebrities, Korean celebrities Read more:Return
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Sexy Han Ji Min 2007-09-28 08:18:00 Tags: han ji min, sexy, Korean actress, Korean, Korean celebrities, Korean girls, sexy celebrities, sexy Korean celebrities, cute girls, cute asian girls
Jang Jing Young coming back to TV Show 2007-09-28 08:12:00 Jang Jing Young is coming back to us, with the new TV show Lobbyst.Tags: jang jin young, lobbyst, Korean actress, Korean, Korean celebrities, korea drama
Um Jung-hwa Earns W10 Billion in 3 Months 2008-01-14 08:15:54 Singer/actress Um Jung-hwa, who launched her own business last summer, posted sales revenues of 10 billion won just three months after launching her brand. Um launched the fashion brands "Corner Suite" and "Zuhm in New York" in September in a joint effort with a private firm. "Corner Suite" debuted on home shopping channels in mid-October, and was sold out in 50 minutes instead of the originally scheduled 70 minutes. A person close to Um said the brands posted sales revenues of 10 billion dollars in three months and will be introduced on the GS and CJ home shopping channels in February. He ascribed the success to Um's efforts. Read more:Months
Choi Kang-hee to Fill In as Radio DJ 2008-01-14 08:08:18 Actress Choi Kang-hee will return as a radio DJ.She will fill in for singer MayBee to host the KBS Cool FM show 'Pump Up on Volume' Jan. 14 to Feb. 3. It's been 14 months since she left the show as the DJ.The replacement is scheduled because MayBee will undergo surgery on her vocal cords. MayBee was diagnosed last month while promoting her second album. She wanted to continue as DJ but her management and radio producers persuaded her to take a break for a while.Upon hearing the news, Choi--the show's former DJ--willingly accepted the offer to sit in during MayBee's absence. Busy herself promoting her film "My Love," Choi has even delayed a photo shoot this month to a later date because of the radio gig.Her management agency said, "Choi is happy to meet fans again as a DJ." She will also be Read more:Radio