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[HERALD INTERVIEW] Park Hae-mi back on musical stage

2008/06/26 | Source | Permalink |

After spending some time in television drama, Park Hae-mi has a really good feeling about acting in musicals again.

The 44-year-old diva's latest role is in "Really Really Like You", a homemade musical that reenacts the Korea of the 1970s and 80s. The story is set in a roller skating rink - which was one of the hippest places for young people at the time.

"Since I went to school in those days, I can relate a lot to the show and therefore my acting can be more real", Park said.

Park also said she was very proud to be a part of the show because it is a Korean musical, "not a licensed foreign one that we need to pay royalties for".

She said the show is better suited to the local audience's sentiments than licensed foreign musicals like Mamma Mia, the show which earned Park her initial fame.

The acting and dialogue in foreign musicals are a bit awkward, since they are from a different culture, she said.

Another draw for Park was that she could sing many old Korean songs....| More

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'Princess' Flies High, Dips Low

2008/06/26 | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

The higher you climb, the more it hurts if you fall. After much time and anticipation ― two years since its completion ― "My Mighty Princess" opens across theaters. Director Kwak Jae-yong, reaches for the sky by adding martial arts moves to a love story in the tradition of "My Sassy Girl" (1999). But he falls flat on his face in this contrived, cliched drama about a love struck martial artist.

So-hwi (Sin Min-ah) is a martial arts child prodigy-turned-college student, and in tune with her rainbow-hued outfits and pigtails, she bounces over rooftops when she's late for class. She's literally a "mighty princess" who makes use of her superhuman strength to dress up as Snow White to pull stunts in a freak martial arts gig.

One day, she realizes that openly displaying her monster stamina will never get her a boyfriend, let alone catch the attention of the handsome hockey jock Jun-mo (Yoo Geon). To the dismay of her father and the rest of ...| More

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The Good, the Bad, the Weird Korean Movie Final Trailer

2008/06/26 | Permalink |

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[ChanMi's star news] Sin-ae, what a beauty!

2008/06/26 | Source | Permalink |

You probably saw her from the hit reality show, "We got married" where she is coupled with Alex from Clazziquai.

Yes, it's Sin-ae and this is her photoshoot.

Isn't she gorgeous?...| More

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[ChanMi's take] Han Hyo-joo, honey... I'm not sure about the hair

2008/06/26 | Source | Permalink |

Han Hyo-joo's magazine photoshoot with mushroom hair.

What do you think?

I think ... this should be last time she does that.

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[ChanMi's star news] Hyeon Bin's laptop CF!

2008/06/26 | Source | Permalink |

Doesn't hot Hyeon Bin look great?

Here are some of his photoshoots on the laptop commercial.

 

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[ChanMi's movie news] "Actress Sin Min-ah and actor Jeong Jae-yeong, why are they so wanted?"

2008/06/26 | Source | Permalink |

In Korea today, rather than the glamorous and flashy movie stars, actors of substance and good quality are more in demand.

Sin Min-ah and Jeong Jae-Young are a few of many movie actors who are always working on a movie project.

Taking on the lead role in "My Mighty Princess" filmed 2 years ago, she also took on a role in a movie with Kong Hyo-jin, and another with Jo Seung-Woo. She is also casted in "Kitchen" starring Kim Tae-Woo and Joo Ji-hoon....| More

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[ChanMi's drama news] " 'Woman of the Sun', viewers sympathetic of Lee Ha-na's character "

2008/06/25 | Source | Permalink |

KBS2TV's drama 'Woman of the Sun' is about Sa-Weol (Lee Ha-na)'s undeserved, difficult life.

Shown in the 9th episode, Sa-Weol, born as Ji-Young and the long lost daughter of Jeong-Hee doesn't know that the lady who tips her at the mall for helping her 'false' daughter shop for clothes and hold her bags to the cafe is really Jeong-Hee, her real mother. And Do-Young (Kim Ji-soo) who just finds out that Sa-Weol is her real sister just watches this happening without saying anything because Sa-Weol doesn't remember her past. So Do-Young decides to let her live as she does. Sa-Weol, as she returns home murmurs to herself that she misses her mother.

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[ChanMi's star news] " 'Infinity Challenge', Jeong Joon-ha apologizes for the train incident "

2008/06/25 | Source | Permalink |

Jeong Joon-ha faced much sleepless nights due to citizens' complaint about his bad manners in the train while filming 'Infinity Challenge', MBC's weekend show starring Yoo Jae-seok, Park Myeong-soo, and more.

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Celebs get their hands dirty down on the farm

2008/06/25 | Source | Permalink |

I watched as a sought-after singer wearing no makeup at all caught live fish with her bare hands.

Meanwhile, a prim-and-proper actress got ready to slice up the catch for dinner.

This is the latest fad on Korea's weekend TV shows ? putting celebrities through pain to entertain viewers.

The singer Lee Hyo-lee and the actress Park Ye-jin were featured on a recently launched entertainment show called "Here Comes the Family".

It airs on SBS-TV at 5:20 p.m. on Sundays in the segment called "I Love Sundays".

The singer and actress were part of a group of eight celebrities.

They are sent on a trip to the countryside where they stay on a farm whose occupants have been sent on a fancy holiday.

The celebrities stay on the farm and take care of the farming while the family is away.

The eight celebrities are dubbed a family, although they have no blood ties.

The show's point is that this "family" from the city is thrown into the reality of farming.

On their first trip...| More

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