Cheon Jeong-myeong (천정명)

2008/01/08 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter

This year, some of the hottest male stars in Korean entertainment will temporarily leave the spotlight to enter the military as part of the two-year service compulsory for all Korean males.

"Coffee Prince" star Gong Yoo met with around 1,000 fans in a special meeting Sunday. He asked fans not to worry while he was serving in the military, but became emotional during the event.

Gong's red-hot career will have to be put on hold for the next two years. The actor, who recently gained popularity for his role in the hit MBC drama, will enter the military Jan. 14.

Last week, actor Cheon Jeong-myeong, who appeared in the film "Hansel and Gretel", and pop group NRG member No Yoo-min started their military training.

Hallyu stars Jo In-seong, Jo Hyeon-jae, Yang Dong-keun, Lee Dong-geon and Kim Rae-won are also expected to enlist this year.

The K-pop music industry will also suffer the temporary loss of Shinhwa members Eric Moon and Kim Don...

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Everyone should give the duty to the native land.Now I love ERIC even more.I'm going to miss him. Take care samira 2008-02-21 22:38:43 poonam45 2008-02-01 22:14:38 so sad but yes ....aja aja fighting all the best all oppas........... Fighting!!! In Sung oppa and Cheon Jeong-myeong, Fighting!!! Sirin-dream 2008-02-01 01:32:03 Angelique 2008-01-30 22:47:38 Ahhh!! So, they're really obliged to undergo that military service... It's really sad.. I already missed Gong Yoo, my "oppa"... IM SO MUCH WORRIED ABOUT JO IN SUNG. i hope he comes back real soon and make nice movies or drama after the military service! IM SO GONNA MISS HIM!! chanchayne 2008-01-28 09:22:07

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2008/01/03 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Korean heartthrob Cheon Jeong-myeong joined the Army on Wednesday for two years of mandatory military service.

The 28-year-old actor began a five-week basic training course in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, after bidding farewell to his fans and reporters.

Cheon said that he chose to perform his duty as an "ordinary" soldier, not as an "entertainment" soldier. Entertainment soldiers is a term given to celebrities dispatched to a new Armed Forces unit that provides programming for military TV and radio broadcasts.

Cheon had been delaying his entry to military service, because of his unfinished film "Hansel and Gretel"....

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Take care ! Cheon jeong myeong, Fighting !!! Sirin-dream 2008-02-01 01:39:14 luna 2008-01-03 18:17:27 good luck!!Cheon jeong myeong!!

2008/01/02 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Director Lim Pil-seong assembled a fine cast and a great team of experts, the result is a well-crafted film, finely calibrated on every level.

Production designer Ryoo Seong-hee's ("The Host", "A Bittersweet Life", "Memories of Murder", "Old Boy") fairy tale world is beautifully shot by director of photography KIM Jee-yong ("A Bittersweet Life"). The visual style is at times complemented and at times contrasted by the music of LEE Byeong-woo ("The King and the Clown", "Voice of Murderer"). The result is a warm fairy tale feeling; but some unsettling events are foreboded, tangibly in the air.

The palpable darker edges create tension early on and keep the viewers captivated. The child actors admirably sensed the particular atmosphere of the film and their awareness – in combination with acting skills – is another highly beneficial factor to the collaborative achievement that is "Hansel and Gretel".

The oldest of the three children is a boy with paranormal abilities played by E...

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2007/12/28 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Time to check on the week's new films.
We have a detective story that plays mind games, a Grimm Brother's fairy tale and even a classic Hollywood style gangster movie.
Here's Shin Haejoo.
"Rainbow Eyes", it's a mystery thriller which will keep you on the edge.
Like the American film "The Usual Suspects", the killer is revealed at the end after many plot twists.
Three consecutive murder cases lead to one suspect, who was brutally assaulted 10 years ago, while serving in the army, by the murdered men.
Reasons lead to revenge but the killer has vanished and his only sister is in a mental hospital.
The story digs into the mind of the serial killer and for the lead detective played by Kim Kang-woo finding him means removing his numerous masks.
This movie takes ideas from the 19th century children's fairytale "Hansel and Gretel".
The original story by the Grimm Brothers tells a story of two abandoned children in the midst of famine stricken Europe.
The Korean version begins with th...

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2007/12/27 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The production company, as well as its director Lim Pil-seong ("Antarctic Journal", 2004), was concerned that the movie was "not scary enough", and kept emphasizing that the movie does not belong to the "horror" genre.

They are right. The move due to open today, "Hansel and Gretel", has "sadness" as its main theme. The movie is a cruel fairy tale and shows a role reversal unlike the original tale of Hansel and Gretel that we know. In the original tale, a witch captured the children, while the movie is about children spooking grown-ups.

Eun-soo (Cheon Jeong-myeong) wakes up after getting lost in the middle of a forest. He comes across a girl named Yeong-hee (Sim Eun-kyeong) and she takes him to a house where her older brother Manbok (Eun Won-jae) and younger sister Jeong-soon (Jin Ji-hee) live along with their parents. He arrives in a picturesque house but there is something strange about the family. He cannot find his way out of the forest, even though he tries hard to.

Ryoo S...

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