Kim Yoon-cheol (김윤철)

Kim Seon-ah Gains Weight to Win Hearts

2005/07/20 | Source | Permalink |

Kim Seon-ah, 30, who plays the lead in MBC drama hit "My name is Kim Sam-soon" which regularly attracts viewer ratings around 40 percent, is on the verge of fainting on the shoot for the last episode in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul.

Having slept only an hour a day for three straight weeks to meet the tight shooting schedule, she had to be taken to hospital three times. Hardly lifting her eyelid, she tells the Chosun Ilbo, "I've been living on Ringer's solution". But as the character, she makes her eyes shine. "It's the biggest moment in my life as an actress to see the compliments I get on my homepage".

Around midway through the show, someone suggested a plot line where Sam-soon loses weight as she falls in love. But Kim dug in her heels in discussion with Producer Kim Yoon-cheol. "If Sam-soon gets pretty after losing weight, she's not Sam-soon any more. And who would lose weight as fast that even if they fall in love?"

Kim appears to concur with press hype that has described the c...| More

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Daniel Henney- From Model To National Heartthrob

2005/07/08 | Source | Permalink |

By Park Chung-a
Staff Reporter

"I definitely want to keep Korea a part of my life, permanently".

It's official. Daniel Henney has reached heartthrob status in Korea. The latest proof is a 40-line poem going around the Internet in rapturous praise of the Korean-American actor and model.

"A perfect combination of East and West", the author writes. "Clean-cut features, a perfect body and innocent smile/ Even my biggest foe English seems friendly when spoken through his beautiful lips/ I wonder what his mother did for prenatal care".

What has brought on such words of devotion is Henney's character in the wildly popular television drama "My Name is Kim Sam-soon" - "My Lovely Samsoon". The MBC drama recorded a 41.7 percent viewership on Thursday, becoming the highest-rated soap opera this year, according to TNS Media Korea.

Henney plays Henry Kim, a doctor in the United States who treats Hee-jin, one of the main female characters, who is suffering from cancer. As Henry Kim...| More

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I like your commercials, and the movies that you make you are so kute. NaLeeXiong91 2007-04-29 13:18:17

Daniel Henney: "I Like a Woman Who Is Proud of Being Herself""

2005/06/30 | Source | Permalink |

"Clean-cut features, killer body, innocent smile, a perfect combination of West and East, His name is Daniel Henney. I said he is the one".

It is part of "the song in praise of Daniel" which is gaining popularity on the internet. Daniel Henney (27) is the one in the song which is adapted from a song in praise of Gi Pa Rang called "Chan Gi Pa Rang Ga" (Gi Pa Rang is a member of youth elite group of Shilla dynasty). In the MBC drama "My Name is Samsoon Kim", he plays Henry Kim, a radiology doctor who shows dedicated love for Hee-jin (starring Jeong Ryeo-won), who came to the U.S for cancer treatments.

An increasing number of female fans are using "DanielLove" and "MyLoveHenny" as their nicknames in the cyberspace. The "Daniel Effect", a new phrase, has been coined as well.

Female fans say there are three effects constituting the "Daniel Effect": his exotic and sexy appearance which you can find only in models for prestigious foreign fashion magazines (Shock effect), his innocent...| More

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Bravo Daniel!!! :) koosha 2007-02-27 05:18:27