| TV Directors Face Arrest in Bribery Case |
2008/08/26 |
By Bae Ji-sook
Staff Reporter
Prosecutors will seek arrest warrants for several TV program directors on the charge of accepting kickbacks from entertainment agencies.
One of the directors is an executive producer of the hit MBC show "Sunday Sunday Night" identified only as Koh. Prosecutors d... |More |
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| Korean Film Outfit 'Fine Cut' Launches |
2008/02/12 |
Seo Yeong-joo, the founder and force behind Korea's Cineclick Asia, has launched a new company called Fine Cut, which will act as a sales agent for Korean and international titles, as well as investing in films and acquiring select foreign titles for the domestic market.
Seo, who launched the s... |More |
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| Video Scandal Casts Cloud Over Ivy's Schedule |
2007/11/05 |
| Singer "Ivy" is going through a rough patch after the arrest of a man named Yu (31) last week who had attempted to blackmail her with a revealing video clip showing him with the K-pop star. "It is possible that such video clips exist since "Ivy" slept over at Yu's place quite often, but none were sh... |More |
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| [Talk of the town] Money troubles, trust issues lead to divorce of actress Sin Eun-kyeong |
2007/08/29 |
Actress Sin Eun-kyeong, 34, and her ex-husband Kim Jung-soo visited Seoul Family Court last Friday to file a divorce document, officially marking the end to their four years of marriage. Kim was the head of an entertainment company, "Good Player", which used to be Sin's agency.
The two wed in Septe... |More |
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| Actor Kim Sang-kyeong to Wed |
2007/08/13 |
Popular actor Kim Sang-kyeong will marry a dentist five years his junior in coming October, his agency said yesterday.
The 35-year-old actor is best known for his roles in hit films such as "Memories of Murder" and more recently, "May 18", a movie about the 1980 Gwangju Democracy Movement. He met... |More |
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| Actress Han Hyo-joo Honored at Singapore Film Festival |
2007/04/30 |
Actress Han Hyo-joo has taken Best Actress honors at the 20th Singapore International Film Festival for her performance in "Ad-Lib Night", a feature film directed by Lee Yoon-ki.
Han's management company Fantom Entertainment was informed of the news in advance by festival organizers.
The festi... |More |
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| Showbiz Suicides Alarm Management Agencies |
2007/02/13 |
Alarm bells are ringing in Korea's entertainment business after the apparent suicides of pop singer U;Nee and actress Jeong Da-bin within three weeks of each other.
Agencies are clearly worried. While the stars ostensibly enjoy wealth and fame, they are also more at risk than ordinary people beca... |More |
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| MC Mong Sings Duet with Japanese Singer Lisa |
2006/09/20 |
| The third album from hip-hop singer MC Mong will contain a duet song with Japanese vocalist Lisa. The Korean singer recorded "A Letter to You II" with Lisa in Tokyo in July. A former member of the Japanese hip-hop group m-flo from 1998 until 2002, Lisa went solo in 2003. She is very popular in both ... |More |
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| Korean Wave Star Takes Love Affair Rumor to Court |
2006/07/19 |
| Korean Wave star Lee Byeong-heon has decided to take legal steps over rumors of a love affair reported by a Japanese magazine. The star's agency Fantom Entertainment is up in arms over a report in the women's magazine Josei Seven that says the actor was seen with a 30-something Japanese woman and th... |More |
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| Lee Byeong-heon Falls Victim to Malicious Rumors in Japan |
2006/07/18 |
Actor Lee Byeong-heon has recently fallen victim to malicious rumors about Korean stars in Japan. The popular Japanese weekly for women Josei Seven wrote on June 21 that Lee was secretly dating a Japanese woman and traveling with her from Seoul to Taiwan.
In the article entitled "Another Summer S... |More |
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