| [ChanMi's star news] Choi Si-won starts the drama with a kiss scene! (Source) |
2010/03/20 |
Choi Si-won and Jeon Hye-jin's kiss begins the drama "Oh! My Lady".
"Oh! My Lady" will start after the end for "Wish Upon a Star". This drama is about a handsome star who has an attitude that becomes tamed by a stereotypical Korean woman who finds success in her life.
The Seon Minwoo character is acted by Choi!
Top star Seong Minwoo wil##l be kissing Jeon Hye-jin who is the wealthy Jeong Jisoo.
The film director is the director of "200 Pounds Beauty" and "Take Off".
This drama stars Chae Rim, Lee Hyeon-woo, Choi Si-won, Park Han-byeol, and Moon Jeong-hee along with many other stars.
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| 'Dreamgirls' Sweeps Korea Musical Awards (Source) |
2009/10/27 |
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
The musical "Dreamgirls" won six awards at the 15th Korea Musical Awards held at KBS Hall in Seoul, Monday night.
The musical won in six categories ― Best Foreign Musical, Best Actress, Best Producer, Best Set Design, Best Stage Technician and Best Orchestrations.
For this year's awards, a total of 58 musicals competed in 18 categories. Among them, 38 were Korean productions.
"Dreamgirls", which opened in February at Charlotte Theater in southern Seoul, was a big commercial success with sold-out performances.
The musical, better known as the Hollywood hit film starring Beyonce Knowles and Jennifer Hudson, had its premiere here as a co-production of OD Musical Company head Shin Chun-soo and American producer John F. Breglio.
With such devices as LED panels and glamorous lights, the musical triumphed in upgrading the '80s musical into a modern rendition starring a local cast. Its budget was some 10 billion won.
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| "Take Off" Takes Up Second Place at Box Office (Source) |
2009/08/06 |
While "Haeundae" continues to storm across the country Ski Jumping epic "Take Off" jumps into second place. Only eclipsed by Haeundae which has already has 4.7 million viewings "Take Off" is nearly itself at the one million mark in less than a week. KIM Yong-hwa the director had previously hit box office gold with comedy "200 Pounds Beauty" in 2006. "Take Off" also has significant star pull with actor HA Jeong-woo who playing the lead character. HA has been busy of late staring in "Boat" released this year in May and also stared in last year's "The Chaser".
HA plays an adopted Korean American who gets intertwined with Korea's North Jeolla Province's bid to host the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. While coming back to find his real mother he gets roped in to form Korea's first ski jump team. Along with a motley mix of others, the team must be ready to be able to assist with the province's campaign.
This is a busy week for Korean entertainment companies. While CJ's is handling sal... |More
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| HA Jeong-woo becomes a national ski jumper (Source) |
2009/08/04 |
Korean filmmakers have discovered a new-found love in sports dramas. Next is "200 Pounds Beauty" director KIM Yong-hwa who lined up HA Jeong-woo as an Olympic ski jumper. The underdog sports drama "Take Off" is based on real life events.
A ski jumping team is required for North Jeolla's Muju's 2002 Olympic winter games bid. A ski instructor with no ski jumping knowledge assembles a ragtag outfit who are as unlikely contenders as they come in underdog sports dramas.
HA's main character is an adoptee who is searching for his biological parents. He is reluctant to represent Korea because he feels betrayed by the Korean people. Another man joins because he is smitten with the pretty daughter of the coach. A third member wants to escape from his overbearing father, and the fourth hopes of success as a national athlete to avoid military duty because he is the breadwinner of the family.
The sports drama contains the recognisable elements of the genre, like the team building process, ... |More
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| Final 30 minutes saves overdone sports flick (Source) |
2009/07/23 |
Watching "Take Off" is like seeing a football match where one team engineers a come-from-behind win: the excitement begins just when you think it's all over.
The film focuses on Korea's oft-overlooked national ski jumping team. Those who enjoyed the 1993 U.S. movie "Cool Runnings" will find themselves smiling at familiar moments.
Like that film, based on the true story of the first Jamaican bobsled team to make it to the Winter Olympics, "Take Off" (or "Gukgadaepyo" in Korean) tells the emotional story of South Korean ski jumpers who struggle against both national indifference toward the sport and their own personal challenges.
Partly non-fiction, the film spotlights a hodge-podge team assembled to support the Korean city of Muju's bid for the Winter Olympics in 1996. At the time, the International Olympic Committee questioned how Korea could host the Winter Olympics without even having a ski jumping team.
Led by a former children's ski instructor who knows nothing about th... |More
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