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November 20, 2008
Kim Yoon Seok and Son Ye Jin Crowned Best Actor and Best Actress
After a red carpet event that saw some of the biggest Korean stars attending, the results of the 29th Blue Dragon Awards are finally out. Kim Yoon Seok grabbed the Best Actor Award based on his movie 揟he Chaser |
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November 21, 2008
Blue Dragon Award Goes to Sports Drama
The 2008 Blue Dragon Awards chose a sports drama about the silver medal-winning Korean women handball Olympic team as the best movie of the year. In the award ceremony at the KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, on Thursday, the award for the best film went to "Forever the Moment" directed by Yim Soon-rye. The movie is based on the true story of the women's Olympic team which lost to Denmark in the finals of the 2004 Athens Olympics on penalty shots.
The ceremony, the 29th, was presented by actor Jung Joon-ho and actress Kim Hye-soo.
From second left, Jung Woo-sung, Son Ye-jin, Kim Ha-neul and Sul Kyoung-gu, who won the Most Popular
Actress and Actor Award at the 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards at KBS Hall in Seoul
on Friday. They are flanked by hosts Jung Joon-ho (far left) and Kim Hye-soo.
The award for the best actor went to Kim Yun-seok, who plays a dirty detective who becomes a pimp in "The Chaser." So Ye-jin won the award for the best actress for her role in "My Wife Got Married." Kim Jee-woon won best director for "The Good, the Bad, the Weird." The movie won three other awards, in cinematography and art direction, and for the movie that drew the biggest audience with 6.68 million.
The proceedings turned solemn when Choi Jin-sil was named as the recipient of honorary popular star award. It was 50 days since Choi died by her own hand. Actor Ahn Sung-ki paid tribute to her, saying "The films that she left us will be remembered in our hearts forever."
Other awards
Best new actor: So Ji-sub and Kang Ji-hwan
Best new actress: Han Ye-seul
Best new director: Lee Kyung-mee
Best screenplay: "Miss Hong"
Best score: Bang Joon-suk, for "Gogo 70"
Credits: [email protected]
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200811/200811210014.html
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November 21, 2008
Celebrity Couple to Receive Philanthropy Award
Celebrity couple Cha In-pyo and Shin Ae-ra
Celebrity couple Cha In-pyo and Shin Ae-ra will be honored with the 20th Asan Special Award.
The Asan Foundation explained that the couple has contributed greatly to combating social prejudice by officially adopting two children, and devoting themselves to helping those in need by supporting 31 children across the world with continuous donations.
The couple said, "We never expected to receive the award, as there are so many people who are helping others in hidden places, but we are very delighted, because we can help more children with the prize."
They will be awarded a medal with 50 million won (US$1=W1,497) of prize money during a ceremony at Asan Education Institute in Seoul next Thursday.
The Asan Award aims to recognize philanthropic individuals or organizations, in memory of founder Chung Ju-yung. This year, 25 people, including the celebrity couple, will be awarded a total of 460 million won.
Credits: [email protected]
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200811/200811210007.html
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November 20, 2008
Filmmakers Honored at the 29th Blue Dragon Awards
The 29th Blue Dragon Awards was held Thursday night to honor the year's top films and filmmakers.
This year's Blue Dragon Awards' best film honor went to "Forever the Moment," a moving film based on a true story about how the Korean women's handball team overcame the odds to win the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The film's co-star Kim Ji-young also won the best supporting actress award. Its producer, Shim Jae-myung, said that he wanted to make an inspirational film about people outside the spotlight.
Kim Yun-seok of the year's top thriller "The Chaser" was honored with the best leading actor award and Son Ye-jin of the romantic comedy "My Wife Got Married" was named the best leading actress. This year's top grossing film "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" directed by Kim Ji-woon garnered four awards - best director, cinematography, art direction, and the movie attracting the most moviegoers. Comedy "Crush and Blush" directed by newcomer Lee Kyung-mi went away with the best new director and best screenplay awards.
There was a touching moment when the late actress Choi Jin-sil was commemorated and given an honorary popularity award. Actor Ahn Sung-ki, who co-starred with her in 揘orth Korean Partisan in South Korea, |
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November 21, 2008
Balladeer Park Hyo-shin Comes Back
Ballad Prince Park Hyo-shin makes his comeback after a two-year hiatus with lively band music. His agency has announced that Park has joined a project band called 揟he Hwang Project |
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November 20, 2008
LEE Jung-jae fights over KIM Ok-bin
Young actress KIM Ok-bin plays a gisaeng (female entertainer) in the historic action comedy The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan (English working title; Korean title: 1724 Gibang Nandong Sageon). LEE Jung-jae plays a skilled fighter who somehow attracts fights. His character falls in love with KIM抯 character and takes on her boss, a notorious criminal leader, to free her.
LEE told reporters that he wanted to try his hand at playing a different kind of character, a comical loose cannon type of character like in The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan. The action comedy will mark LEE抯 first film since 2005抯 Typhoon. In 2000, he was seen in Il Mare with JUN Ji-hyun (aka Gianna JUN).
KIM said that she found acting in historical films more difficult, but she was helped by director YEO Kyun-dong抯 consultations. KIM practiced traditional dances for two months in preparation of the film. She will next star in PARK Chan-wook抯 highly anticipated film Thirst, and was previously seen in Dasepo Naughty Girls.
The action comedy is set in Korea抯 Joseon dynasty and will be released on December 4. YEO previously directed 2006抯 Silk Shoes, and 2000抯 La Belle, among others.
Credits: Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC), poster from empas.com
http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/KOFIC/Channel?task=kofic.user.eng.b_filmnews.command.NewsView1Cmd&searchPage=1&Gesipan_SCD=1&Gesimul_SNO=1138
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Thanks to kdramafanusa for the highlight at soompi.com
'The Weird' tops Blue Dragon Awards
Korean western wins four prizes at film event
By HAN SUNHEE
SEOUL -- "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" won four prizes at the 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony in Seoul on Thursday, the kudosfest which kicks off South Korea's awards season.
The Korean western set in 1930s Manchuria won best director for Kim Ji-woon plus the cinematography and art direction laurels. It also scooped the Maximum Audience Award for the year's best box office performance with a cume of $44.2 million.
Helmer Lim Soon-rye's "Forever the Moment" won for best picture and also earned supporting actress laurels for Kim Ji-young.
Kim Yoon-suk picked up the actor honor for "The Chaser" while "My Wife Got Married" star Son Ye-jin nabbed the best actress award. Supporting actor went to Park Hee-soon for "Seven Days."
The male leads in Kim Ki-duk-scripted thriller "Rough Cut," So Ji-sub and Kang Ji-whan, shared the best new actor honor. Best new actress award went to Han Ye-seul for "Miss Gold Digger."
Lee Gyeong-mi won the new director award for "Crush and Blush," a prize which helmer Na Hong-jin ("The Chaser") had been widely tapped to win. Lee also received best screenplay award.
There was a pensive note to the festivities, however, as organizers presented an honorary popular star award to the late Choi Jin-sil, the Korean actress who committed suicide last month.
Choi held the record for wins in the category, nabbing the most popular female star award every year from 1990 to 1995, and again in 1997 and 1998. Choi made her screen debut in 1990 with "Nambugun."
Source: VARIETY
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November 20, 2008
PARK Jae-ok wins at Golden Horse fest
Director PARK Jae-ok received the Audience award for his short film Stop at the award ceremony of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008, according to the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF). PARK抯 5 minutes short film competed in the Digital short film section.
PARK also won the third prize for Stop at this year抯 61st Festival de Cannes in the student competition section Cin閒ondation. Stop was also invited by Animafest Zagreb 2008抯 student competition section.
The short film is about a man who experiences that the world comes to a halt when he has to steer away from a truck on the wrong side of the road while he takes his mother to the hospital.
PARK graduated from Seoul University where he majored in Design. He followed it up with studying filmmaking at the Korean Academy of Film Arts(KAFA).
Credits: Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)
http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/KOFIC/Channel?task=kofic.user.eng.b_filmnews.command.NewsView1Cmd&searchPage=1&Gesipan_SCD=1&Gesimul_SNO=1135 |
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November 20, 2008
The Host is next to be remade by Hollywood
The Hollywood list of Korean remakes is expanding rapidly; latest addition to the list will be BONG Joon-ho抯 The Host. Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski will produce the Hollywood remake of The Host and he will team up with Fredrik Bond who will direct. Bond directed commercials for major brands and The Host remake will be his first shot at directing a feature film. Verbinski and Bond will be backed by Universal Pictures.
The Host premiered at Festival de Cannes where it was critically appraised. The film became the most successful Korean film at the time, was invited by film festivals around the world, and was cinematically released in the U.S., Japan, and China. BONG抯 2006 monster film is known for its incorporation of numerous allusions to contemporary Korean society in its story. The remake will be written by Mark Poirier (Smart People).
Prior to his Pirates of the Carribean trilogy, Verbinski directed the remake of the Japanese horror film The Ring. Verbinski attended the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival where he participated in panel discussions about Asian cinema; Verbinski praised Korean actors CHOI Min-sik and SONG Kang-ho, 揥hen I watch Korean films, I wonder why I can抰 get actors like SONG Kang-ho and CHOI Min-sik in my movies. |
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November 20, 2008
63 Years On and Good, Bad, and the Weird win international award
KIM Dong-won抯 63 Years On received the Best documentary feature film award at the 2nd Asia Pacific Screen Award. The documentary is a platform for five women (Korean, Chinese, Filipina (2), and Dutch) who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military, as they battle for an official apology from the Japanese government and recognition as World War II victims. The number of so-called comfort women for the Japanese army is estimated at 200,000.
The Good, the Bad, and the Weird抯 director of cinematography LEE Mo-gae won the best cinematography award. LEE and KIM follow in the footsteps of LEE Chang-dong (Best director) and JEON Do-youn (Best Actress) who won at the inaugural Asia Pacific Screen Award show.
The Grand jury prize went to Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) 2007抯 New Currents FIPRESCI prize winner Red Awn (China). Red Awn world premiered at PIFF 2007.
Credits: Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)
http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/KOFI ... mp;Gesimul_SNO=1135 |
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NEWS INDEX page 67
November 20, 2008: Erotic 'Portrait' Fails to Capture Subject
Nov 21: Sports Movie Wins Best Award
Nov 15: Beethoven Virus
Nov 21: Play 'College of Laughter' to be Staged for Extended Period
Nov 22: Lee Seo Jin Breaks Up With Kim Jung Eun
Weekly Box Office 2008.11.21 ~ 2008.11.23
Nov 24: Provocative 'Portrait of a Beauty' Tops Movie Chart
Nov 25: Korean government unveils stimulus for animation industries
Nov 25: What's Your First Thought About Korea?
Nov 25: My Dear Enemy - Road movie about two ex-lovers who reacquaint themselves while driving around Seoul is natural and beautifully played
Nov 25: Sip a Glass of Wine With Drama 'Terroir'
Nov 25: Ban on Rain's Song Sizzles Show Biz
Nov 26: For Kim Rae-won of TV抯 慓ourmet, |
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November 20, 2008
Erotic 'Portrait' Fails to Capture Subject
By Joon Soh
Contributing Writer
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A scene from "Portrait of a Beauty," a film about the famed folk Joseon
painter Shin Yun-bok
Shin Yun-bok, the famed folk painter of the late Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910), has received much attention in recent months. It all started last year when a best-selling novel described the male artist as secretly being a woman.
In truth, there is little historical documentation of Shin's life, and none that questions his gender. Nevertheless, the fictional work was popular and provocative enough that it was made into the successful television drama, "The Painter of Wind," as well a new feature film.
If "The Painter of Wind" is a family-friendly version of the historical fiction, then the film, "Portrait of a Beauty," is its steamy, adults-only twin. While the TV series stars the perpetually wholesome Moon Geun-young in the lead role, the film features the sexy and feminine actress Kim Min-sun.
Unlike Moon, Kim doesn't quite convince the audience that she is trying hard to pass herself off as a "he." However, this is not a problem in "Portrait," which is less interested in the issue of pretense and more interested in exploring Shin's repressed feminine side. Kim's Shin may be effeminate and awkward, but her sexual longing simmers just beneath the surface.
As the film makes clear, the real Shin did in fact often deal with erotic subject matter in his paintings. Along with vivid and often humorous depictions of daily life, Shin was also a keen observer of the lives of gisaeng, or female entertainers, and their relationship with the upper class. "Portrait" is at its best when drawing connections between Shin's art and his - excuse me, her - observed world. The film also shows the conflict between Shin's art and the moralizing attitudes of the Joseon royal court.
Ultimately, the film implies that the real reason for Shin's interest in the sensual world of gisaeng was not her wish to observe them, but rather to be one - or more precisely, to be a woman. Indeed, Shin's womanly desires become more blatant as the film progresses.
Confused and conflicted, the artist finds help exploring her sexuality in a poor but smoldering hunk from the lower class. To spice up the amorous tale, "Portrait" then proceeds to throw in generous portions of romantic drama cliches, including love triangles, secret trysts, tragic choices and - what else - naked body painting.
This is where "Portrait" begins to look uncomfortably like a half-baked erotic offering on late night cable television. That's fine if you're just looking for a little titillation, but if that's all this film was after, then there was probably no need to drag a historical figure like Shin into the whole gender-switching business in the first place.
In theaters. 108 minutes. 18 and over. Distributed by CJ Entertainment.
Credits: [email protected]
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/11/142_34735.html
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November 21, 2008
Sports Movie Wins Best Award
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
"Forever the Moment," directed by Yim Soon-rye, won the Best Film Award at the 2008 Blue Dragon Awards on Thursday evening.
The film is a sports drama about the silver medal-winning Korean Olympic handball team and based on the true story of the women's Olympic team, which lost to Denmark in the finals of the 2004 Athens Olympics on penalty shots.
The 29th film awards ceremony, hosted by actor Jung Jun-ho and actress Kim Hye-soo, was held at KBS Hall in Yeoido, Seoul.
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Actor Kim Yun-seok, left, who won the Best Actor Award for his role as a detective
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Celebrities attending the 29th Blue Dragon film Awards, capture from empas.com
First row (L-R) Jung Joon Ho & Kim Hye Soo, Lee Jung Jae, Jung Woo Sung
Second row So Ji Sub, Joo Ji Hoon, Lee Byung Hun
Third row Shin Hyun Joon, Park Hee Soon, Kim Nam Gil
Last row Ha Jung Woo, Jung Kyung Ho, Kim Soo Mi & ?? |
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Source: empas.com
First row Son Ye Jin, Han Ye Seul, Soo Ae
Second row Gong Hyo Jin, Soo Hee, Jung Joon Ho & Kim Hye Soo
Third row Lee Mi Yeon, Lee Hana, Kim Ha Neul & Kang Ji Hwan
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November 15, 2008
Beethoven Virus
Beethoven Virus is a popular drama series on MBC that aired its final episode on Wednesday, November 12. The show recorded an impressive average viewer rating of 20 percent. It drew significant attention from viewers and critics because it revealed the lives of classical musicians in an orchestra梐 relatively fresh topic for a TV drama series.
The series garnered a lot of attention right from the start with its cast. Maestro conductor, Kang Ma-eh, was played by one of Korea抯 leading male actors, Kim Myung-min, who rose to fame with his critically acclaimed role as Admiral Yi Sun-shin in the 2004 history drama series entitled 慖mmortal Yi Sun-shin |
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November 21, 2008
Play 'College of Laughter' to be Staged for Extended Period
Stage production entitled 'College of Laughter', starring actors Hwang Jeong-min and Song Yeong-chang will be staged for an extended period of two weeks until December 14 at the Dongsoong Art Center in Seoul.
The play which opened on October 24 is the ninth in a series of productions entitled 'A Festival of Plays' being staged at the art center. So far, the play has recorded an average ticket sales of 94% and has attracted a total of 16,000 audience members since its opening.
The play is portrays a seven-hour conflict between a comedy playwright who is trying to maintain the humor in stage productions during a period when comedy was banned during the Second World War and a play censor trying to eliminate all humor from the works.
Following the closing of 'College of Laughter', the art center will re-stage 'Taming Rita'.
Source: KBS Global
http://english.kbs.co.kr/society/events/soc_evt.html |
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November 22, 2008
Lee Seo Jin Breaks Up With Kim Jung Eun
News are out today that Kim Jung Eun and Lee Seo Jin, the popular couple well liked by many, has ended their 2 years relationship. The internet forums were flooded with comments from shocked and devastated fans who had before this expecting them to get married soon.
Lee Seo Jin and Kim Jung Eun fell in love with each other in 2006 when they were playing in the drama 揕overs |
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Reply #1658 katt's post
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 Weekly Box Office 2008.11.21 ~ 2008.11.23 3-day Gross/Total Gross (won)
1. Portrait of a Beauty (South Korea) 2,804,488,000 / 8,590,728,000
2. Antique (South Korea) 1,378,052,500 / 5,521,934,500
3. Quantum Of Solace (U.S.) 1,372,063,000 / 12,163,003,000
4. Blindness (U.S.) 1,366,650,000 / 1,645,394,500
5. Max Payne (U.S.) 702,469,500 / 876,544,500
6. Connected (Hong Kong) 435,902,000 / 568,172,500
7. My Wife Got Married (South Korea) 301,803,000 / 11,689,868,500
8. The Bank Job (U.S.) 130,489,000 / 3,515,012,500
9. Fly Me To The Moon (Belgium) 95,104,500 / 1,065,918,500
10. Let the Right One In (Sweden) 94,003,500 / 298,753,500
Source: KOFIC |
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