| [ChanMi's star news] "Oh! My God 2" coming soon! (Source) |
2008/11/02 |
 Last 27th, the new movie "Oh! My God 2" - Taxi Driver has started filming.
After the success of thriller movie "The Chaser", the comedy movie "Oh! My God - Taxi Driver" is being a new hot movie.
The first "Oh! My God" starred Choi Seong-gook and Shin-ee in 2006. This time, Choi Seong-gook comes out as the Taxi company's heir and gets into many troubles. Lee Young-eun is the passenger who falls in love with Choi where the comic romance begins.
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| King & the Clown Tops Korean Film of All Time (Source) |
2006/03/10 |
By Nigel DSa
Contributing Writer
As of March 5th, 2006 local box-office winner The King and the Clown broke all previous records and surged past the 11.74 million admissions mark held by Taegugki, to become the most successful Korean film of all time.
The gay-themed film is being called Korea's Brokeback Mountain, and has remained in the top three at the box office since its release on Dec. 29, 2005.
The King and the Clown is to get the royal treatment as the English international version of the film is underway and is being translated by one of Korea's foremost scholars and public philosophers, Kim Yong-Ok, whose pen-name is Do-ol (meaning 'stone').
Dr. Kim is professor emeritus at Sunchon National University and the author of numerous books on philosophy, religion and art. He has translated English philosophy into Korean and has also published a three-volume account of his interview with the Dalai Lama.
Dr. Kim saw The King and the Clown in January and was impressed e... |More
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| Out of Big Stars' Shadow (Source) |
2006/02/03 |
By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter
Many actors may be merely remembered as anonymous characters who stand in the shadow of big stars in popular movies. But it is also true that some actors have a chance to step out of the shadow and sparkle by themselves.
In the upcoming local comedy films, veteran actors who have long taken supporting roles and spiced up their movies with their hilarious jokes and acting are now ready to show off their charms taking their first main role.
"Considering that I had experiences like old ladies confusing me as a comedian in the past, this is definitely a good chance for me to star in this film as a main character", actor Lee Moon-sik said Thursday during a news conference at a wedding hall in Seoul where he shot his upcoming film "Detective Mr. Gong".
"But as an actor, I don't see any big difference between main and supporting roles, and as we're all working hard without distinguishing between main and supporting roles, I believe that we can have ... |More
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