Miss Gold Digger (2007) - 용의주도 미스 신 (Yong-eui-joo-do Mi-seu Sin)

2008/04/03 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Lee Yeon-hee, Han Ye-seul, Lee Bo-yeong, Jeong Ryeo-won, and Lee Ha-na were nominated for the New Actress Award in a movie for the 44th Baek-sang Awards.

According to the announcement, Lee Bo-yeong of "Once Upon a Time", Lee Yeon-hee of "M", Lee Ha-na of "Le Grand Chef", Jeong Ryeo-won of "2 Faces of My Girlfriend", and Han Ye-seul of "Miss Gold Digger" were nominated.

There is great expectation for who will receive the glory of the award, for they are all beautiful great stars. Also, "The Chaser" has been nominated for six categories at this year's Baek-sang Awards, including best picture, best directing, new director, best screenplay, best actor, and popularity.

Other nominees for the best picture were "Forever the Moment", "Secret Sunshine", "Happiness", and "May 18".

The Baek-sang Awards will be on April 24.
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2008/04/03 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

There is an untimely shortage of actresses.

This year, the big successes have been movies about males, including "The Devil's Game", "The Chaser", and "Fate". Also, most upcoming movies, such as "The Guard Post", "Eye for Eye, Tooth for Tooth", "The Good, The Bad, The Weird", and "Shin gi Jun", do not have many actresses.

In the beginning of the year, "Forever the Moment" reached 4 million viewers and there was some expectation for female-centered romance movies, but with the failures of "Hellcats", "Miss Gold Digger", and "The Longest 24 Months", those hopes disappeared.

"Girls Scout", starring Kim Seon-ah and Nah Moon-hee, was set to premiere in April but the date has been postponed.

Maybe for this reason, most top movie actresses are turning their eyes to television. Moon Geun-yeong is preparing for a comeback with the drama "The Garden of Wind", and Kim Ha-neul and Song Yoon-ah, who had been mostly working in movies, are meeting viewers to SBS drama "On Air". It has bee...

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2008/01/31 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Yoon Kye-sang, Son Ho-young, Danny Ahn, Rain, Eric, Yoon Eun-hye, Ahn So-hee, Lee Min-woo, Park Jeong-ah..
This is the list of top Korean singers.

Their talents and individuality attracted so many fans to fall in love with them. Sometime as a solo, and other times as a member in a group, they had been on the stage singing for their fans.

However, a whole new story kicks in when they choose the screen as their new stage. The long stagnation in music industry and the introduction of a new concept of "multi-entertainer" increased the demand for multi-talented stars who are talented in not only singing but dancing and acting as well. Consequently, these singers made acting as their second career.

For example, "Rain" (Jung Ji-hoon) in Director Park Chan-wook's "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK", Eric Moon (Moon Jung-hyuk) in "A Bittersweet Life" and "Diary of June" and Yoon Eun-hye in "The Legend of Seven Cutter" have all made their debuts in the film industry.

In addition, Son ...

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2008/01/24 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Thirty. Long before computers and the digital age, that number -- at the foot of a wire-service story -- indicated the conclusion of an article.

In present-day Korea, to many people, that number signifies the deadline for marriage.

For anyone who is feeling down about singledom after 30, musical "Singles", currently playing at the HOAM Art Hall, proves to be an effective escape from the constant pressure to shed bachelor or spinster status.

Based on the 2003 film of the same name -- which featured Jang Jin-yeong and Uhm Jung-hwa -- and "Christmas at Twenty-nine", the original novel by Japanese novelist Kamata Toshio, the musical is derived directly from its two predecessors, adapted by producer Cho Hang-duck.

Revolving around the lives of three best friends -- Nanan (Kim Ji-woo), Dong-mi (Park Hye-na) and Jung-joon (played by both Min Yeong-ki and Lee Geon-yeong) -- as they balance their careers and love lives during their 20s.

Musical numbers are set between Dong-mi's f...

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2008/01/17 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Musicals based on hit movies are set to dominate the local entertainment industry this year.

Of the musicals scheduled to be staged this year, more than 30 percent are based on or related to movies. There are already many Korean adaptations of Broadway musicals based on Hollywood films. But what makes this year remarkable is that there will be more musicals based on Korean movies.

Why are Korean production companies turning to "moviecals"? The answer is quite simple. Audiences already know and like the storylines of hit movies, and are therefore more likely to watch musicals that have been adapted from movies.

Moviecal productions in Korea are following in Broadway's footsteps.

Like Disney, MGM and Warner Brothers staged musicals based on the smash-hit movies they produced, Korean moviecals are mostly created by companies who hold the copyrights of scripts and titles. This allows companies to invest more in castings or employing famous composers as they don't need to fork o...

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