Park Shin-yang (박신양)

2008/04/24 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Korean TV and film stars gathered together for The 44th PaekSang Arts Awards Thursday evening in Seoul. The Awards honors filmmakers, TV actors and actresses, producers and programs that made distinguishing marks in the field of visual media arts.

In the film category, the grand prize went to "The Chaser" directed by Na Hong-jin, who also won the best new director award. "The Chaser" has attracted over 5 million filmgoers so far, winning the top-grossing film title for the first half of 2008. The best director award went to Lee Chang-dong of "Secret Sunshine" and the best picture award to "Forever the Moment", based on a true story of the Korean women's handball team. Im Chang-jeong of "Scout" was named the best actor and Kim Min-hee of "Hellcats" the best actress. Also hunky superstar Kwon Sang-woo and lovely Kim Jeong-eun won the popularity vote.

The grand prize in the TV category was given to Kang Ho-dong for his leadership in the "One Night Two Days" segment of the entertainm...

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2008/04/17 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

We're curious about the highest paid stars. How much money do Korean stars really make? We'll reveal it all.

The salary of the stars that come out in "On Air" is not just a story in a drama. We'll go through the best top 7 high paid stars. Seventh is the female detective Ko Hyeon-jeong of "H.I.T" She even took lessons for her action scenes. Her salary per episode of "H.I.T" was 35 million won ($US 35,000).

Sixth is Choi Ji-woo of "Air City". She came back to television with a drama that took place in an airport. How much did she get per episode? The highest paid actress receives 40 million won. Fifth is Lee Jeong-jae of "Air City", who also made a television comeback after 8 years. His pay per episode is 45 million won ($US 45,000).

Fourth is Park Shin-yang of "War of Money". He showed a new image as a loan shark, and his pay per episode was 50 million won ($US 50,000). Third was Song Seung-heon in "East of Eden". His pay increased after returning from the military, and his pa...

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Continue your great work KSW. viv 2008-05-03 15:43:09 ah mar 2008-04-21 18:43:59 kwon sang-woo is worth every million he earns, he never slacks his work. we enjoy his every movie and tv series, even when he was a supporting player. mardi BYJ is at the top of the list and deservedly so. He's got the looks, is mega talented and has the smarts to build his own business empire. No one even comes close to him! awls80 2008-04-18 07:21:24 fighting 2008-04-17 12:40:44 They really put in emotion, including talent in there acting and music. I really enjoy the Dramas and Music of the Korean Wave. From The USA

2008/03/13 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Movie actress Moon Geun-yeong (21)'s comeback drama, SBS "The Garden of Wind" might star Park Shin-yang (40) as the male leading role. Their age difference is 19 years.

Moon Geun-yeong has acted with Kim Joo-hyeok (36) in "Love Me Not" and Park Geon-hyeong (31) in "Innocent Steps". A ten year difference is standard. It is also interesting that she has acted with no one her age except when she starred as Song Hye-kyo (26)'s younger character.

The same goes for Ko Ah-ra (18). After graduating from the teen drama "Sharp", she acted with Yoon Kye-sang (30), who graduated from an idol group. Leaving her roles as the rebellious daughter and the innocent girl, she is acting with older men. She is currently acting in MBC "Who Are You?"

At first, it was surprising, but now, the age difference between actors and actresses are becoming natural. It is like getting used to scratchy old clothes after wearing them for a long time. It is also like how the stinging smell of ammonia in a clean ...

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2008/03/07 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Kate Moss, Raquel Zimmerman, Hilary Rhoda, and Agyness Deyn. These are world-famous models whose names anybody interested in fashion would likely know. Besides that, they have another thing in common -- as well as appearing in ads for foreign luxury brands, they also represent Korean fashion brands.

MOGG recently tapped Agyness Deyn to be its advertising model. Also the face of Burberry and Armani, Deyn ranks seventh on a list of the world's top models compiled by Models.com.

Kate Moss, who is nearly a household name, has signed a contract to work for GGPX, which had employed singer Lee Hyo-lee as its brand model until the spring and summer season of 2007. The English Moss also work for Yves Saint Laurent, Donna Karan and Roberto Cavalli.

Kate Moss appears in an ad for fashion brand GGPX. /Courtesy of GGPX website

MICHAA has selected Raquel Zimmerman, who also appears in ads for Fendi, and 96NY has hired Hilary Rhoda, who is the face of Estee Lauder and Etro. O'2nd's choice...

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2008/02/26 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The blockbuster-making duo Sin Woo-cheol and Kim Eun-sook have teamed up again to create SBS' new drama "On Air".

Producer Sin and TV scriptwriter Kim masterminded the hit SBS dramas "Lovers in Paris" (2004), "Lovers in Prague" (2005) and "Lovers" (2006). Their biggest hit, "Lovers in Paris", which starred actress Kim Jeong-eun and actor Park Shin-yang, brought in a record viewer rating of 56.3 percent.

Now, Sin and Kim are pooling their talent to create an entirely new and refreshing miniseries. They started off by exchanging their trademark byword "lovers" for a much less romantic title, "On Air". And that's not the only thing different about their latest project.

"'On Air' is about how a drama is made", said Shin at a press conference last week. "It will start with the planning of a drama, to its casting, its filming, the airing of the first episode, the viewer ratings, and will go all the way through to the airing of the last episode. This drama will show the entire proces...

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