S Diary (2004) - S 다이어리

2007/12/19 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter

Gong Yoo, 28, the heartthrob of the recent hit drama "Coffee Prince", will temporarily say goodbye to his fans to serve in the military Jan. 14, 2008.

"Gong will start five weeks of basic training for his military service at the Nonsan training center in South Chungcheong Province", said his agency, Sidus HQ.

The actor has been in numerous films such as "She's on Duty", "S Diary" and dramas like "One Fine Day", but his popularity peaked with "Coffee Prince". He especially became one of the favored actors among young women for his exquisite fashion sense and model-like figure.

"I am grateful for my fans, and I will do my best to successfully complete my service and return to make better films", he said through his agency.

Meanwhile, Gong was nominated for the "Best Actor", "Most Popular Actor by Netizens", and the "Favorite On Screen Couple Award" with Yoon Eun-hye ― his co-star in "Coffee Prince" ― at the MBC Drama Awards. ...

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we will definitely miss you, gong yoo sharyllou 2008-01-30 19:27:54 naugthydevil 2008-01-14 12:28:08 going to misss u real hard.... luv u always waaahhh...why why why...well, if that makes you happy..i'll be happy for you too...love yah! sweety08gurl 2008-01-02 08:20:10 ..::eLaiNe18::.. 2007-12-27 00:17:40 we miss you gong yoo..!!! :(

2007/06/16 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

In a passage from her diary on her first day in New York from the book "38 Days and 107 hours in New York", the singer-actress Uhm Jung-hwa gets in a yellow cab from Midtown to Chelsea, where she is mesmerized by an endless attraction of streets adorned with posh galleries and cafes.
"It must be true that half of New Yorkers are artists", she writes. "I come back to my place and listen to 'P.M'. Oh, my god! I am in New York".
The book, which documents her month-long journey to the Big Apple, delves into her everyday life, her visits to posh cafes and clubs and her trivial conversations with strangers in town.
There is an odd connection between Um's diary, which just came out in Korean, and "The World is Your Drama" by Kim Yoon-jin, the actress of the hit ABC series "Lost", who wrote about her journey to Hollywood. Both are travelogues that delve into the fear Asian women feel away from home. They speak from the heart about coming to terms with their values after exposing them to a...

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Neat article. I especially like the insight that 'fear empowers them". skyward 2007-09-24 12:01:39

2007/06/14 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

A small gem of a film with subdued charms, "The Wonder Years" portrays the peculiarities of adolescence with a keen eye. The family drama brings to life endearing characters as it intricately weaves together the mundane, comical and dramatic aspects of everyday life.

Sullen and silently rebellious, 13-year-old Su-ah (Lee Se-yeong) is about to enter junior high school. Her mother, Yeong-ju (Choo Sang-mi), widowed and desperately trying to make ends meet by running an eatery, does not have much time to tend to Su-ah's hushed dilemmas.

Each day is uneventful but life is otherwise good, until the two lose their restaurant which doubled as their house and are forced to move in with Yeong-ju's friend. Feeling misplaced and ostracized by her friends, Su-ah has nowhere to go -- except one place.

Her father's diary reveals that her idol, star singer Yun Seol-yeong (Kim Yoon-ah, lead vocal of rock band Jaurim) is her real mother. As Su-ah ventures off t...

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2007/02/27 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

I summon the TV drama "A Happy Woman" to the court of TV absurdities on charges of ruining my family's one placid evening during the Lunar New Year's holiday. Sadly, there is no such court in existence, but if there were, I wouldn't have wasted a moment filing a complaint with the Seoul Central Public Prosecutors' Office against the directors of "A Happy Woman".
Airing at 8 p.m. on weekends, "A Happy Woman" happened to be on last Saturday evening (the Lunar New Year's holiday) when my family had just finished Act One of the holiday ritual -- having a feast and talking.
By the time we ran out of conversation topics after hours of feasting, it was time to turn on the television to find a politically correct show that family members of different ages and genders can all enjoy.
A weekend TV drama seemed to be a wise choice, and I quite liked the title, "A Happy Woman", so I tuned into that drama, bringing about my family's unhappiness that evening.
"A Happy Woman" is a story of a young...

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2007/01/22 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Strangely, Kim Hye-soo's beautiful face and curvaceous figure have not delivered box-office success for the actress. Her bold - and revealing - role in "Hypnotized" did not impress moviegoers in 2004. Nor did a tour de force performance in 2005's horror flick "The Red Shoes".

However, a much-awaited turning point came in 2006 when Kim played a voluptuous character in director Choi Dong-hoon's "Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War of Flower"), a highly successful gambling flick. Both critics and mainstream viewers praised Kim's dauntless yet sensual portrayal of a gambling hostess, and her silver screen value soared.

As if her sexy image-making on the silver screen was not enough, Kim is doing it all again with a similarly sensuous role in "A Day for an Affair", a black comedy depicting two homemakers embroiled in extramarital affairs. Jang Moon-il, who made the lighthearted comedy "The Happy Funeral Director" in 2000, directs the film.

In "A Day for an Affair", to be released on...

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