| Park Si-yeon to Quit 'Family Outing' (Source) |
2009/11/27 |
Actress Park Si-yeon has quit SBS TV's Sunday evening variety show "Family Outing" due to health problems, the broadcaster said Friday.
"She will leave the show for a while due to health reasons. We are not going to pick a replacement", a staff member said.
The Sunday evening primetime show, led by comedian Yoo Jae-seok, features comedians and entertainers dealing with various aspects of rural life. The program is presented in a reality show format but with a comedic tone.
Park has reportedly been suffering from pain in her back.
Her quitting the popular show came a day after her agency denied that she and model-turned-actor Lee Philip have been dating.
Park, a runner-up at the 2000 Miss Korea pageant, has appeared in a number of TV dramas and movies, including "Marine Boy", and "Dachimawa Lee".
Park's departure comes only about six months after she joined the show as a replacement for actress Park Ye-jin.
chojh@koreatimes.co.kr
박시연 `Ȝ... |More
|
|
| Actress Park Si-yeon, Lee Philip Deny Dating (Source) |
2009/11/26 |
Popular actress Park Si-yeon and model-turned-actor Lee Philip denied Thursday a report that they have been dating.
A local sports daily reported that the two have been dating for about four months after becoming friends when they were cast together in a KBS2 TV drama in May.
However, officials from their agencies denied the report, saying that the actors are just friends.
"We have said it's not true. They have not developed a romantic relationship, though they are close", said an official from the agency representing Lee.
"They have been getting together often, but they are not dating", an official from the agency representing Park said.
Lee rose to stardom after playing Cheoro on MBC TV's "The Legend" (The Four Guardian Gods of the King) in 2008.
Park, a runner-up at the 2000 Miss Korea pageant, has appeared in a number of TV dramas and movies, including "Marine Boy", and "Dachimawa Lee".... |More
|
|
| Korean Premieres at NY Asian Film Fest (Source) |
2009/06/26 |
This year's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) invites seven Korean features and 10 Korean shorts to its 8th edition, running June 19 – July 5 in Manhattan. Of the seven features, four are North American premieres: RYOO Seung-wan's "Dachimawa Lee", KIM Ki-duk's "Dream", JANG Hoon's "Rough Cut", and MIN Gyoo-dong's "Antique".
The remaining three features are New York premieres and include Rotterdam Tiger winner "Breathless" by YANG Ik-joon, "Go Go 70s" by CHOI Ho and "Crush and Blush" by LEE Kyoung-mi. From the latter film, award-winning actress KONG Hyo-Jin will be a guest at NYAFF. She and actor SO Ji-Sub ("Rough Cut") will be presented with the Inaugural Rising Star Asia Awards, which will take place on the 24 of June.
In the short film category, director Lee Su-Jin is invited for the screening of his short film "Enemy's Apple". The program highlights the best Korean short films from the previous year's edition of the Mise-en-Scene's Short Film Festival in Seoul. NYAFF ... |More
|
|
| Yubari invites Dachimawa Lee and The Chaser (Source) |
2009/02/10 |
The 20th Yubari International Film Festival selected the Korean films "Dachimawa Lee", "The Chaser", and the short film "Mister Bending Meosin".
RYOO Seung-wan's "Dachimawa Lee" is classified as a PiFan special presentation, a selection under the auspices of the Korean Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan). PiFan and Yubari started together in 1997 as twin film festivals and still enjoy ties together. RYOO's spy spoof will make its Japanese premiere in the Special program.
NA Hong-jin's "The Chaser" features in the Official program. "Mister Bending Meosin" is directed by CHOI Wee-an and produced by PARK Cheol-soo. The short film was made at the Aju University's CGI lab. Mister Bending Meosin will play at the Evening game section.
Yubari 2009 will open on 26 February and close on 2 March.
Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)... |More
|
| |
| Top Cineastes to Grace Art Film Fest (Source) |
2009/01/20 |
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
That special time of the year has come around, when South Korea's top filmmakers and actors turn into film festival programmers. The 4th Cinematheque Friends Film Festival will take place Jan. 29-March 1 in Seoul, and director Park Chan-wook and some 20 other cineastes will meet with the audience to show and discuss 26 movies they have personally selected.
"I don't think there is a film festival like the Cinematheque Friends Film Festival anywhere else in the world", Park told reporters last week in Seoul. "Where else can you see all the representative cineastes ― directors, critics and stars ― gather in one place to introduce, watch and discuss old movies with fans?"
"Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" (1927) by F.W. Murnau will open the festival. Actors Kwon Hae-hyo and Ye Ji-won will host the opening event at Cinematheque Seoul Art Cinema in Jongno.
The country's singular "cinema library" will transform into "The Cinematheque of Ha... |More
|
|
|
