Posts Tagged ‘Hollywood’
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News bites: March 10, 2008
As a promotional measure, looks like Yoon Eun Hye‘s collaboration with brand-new pop/hip-hop duo Mighty Mouth was a smashing success. They’ve shot up the music charts with “frightening speed” for a new artist, chasing #1 song “One More Time” (Jewelry) to land the #2 spot on Nate’s Top 100. (Song here.) Such is the power... More »
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Lee Byung Heon, NOT a Hollywood ninja
Hm, maybe there’s hope after all. Prominent Hallyu star Lee Byung Heon is also gearing up for his Hollywood debut in the film G.I. Joe, in which he was cast as a Japanese ninja. But before you can gripe, “What the fuck, Hollywood?” — the role has been amended to that of a Korean warrior... More »
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Rain as a Hollywoodified ninja
Well, this is an interesting new look for Rain… I mean, I think he looks pretty. But is now really the time to be feminizing his look further? Okay, the details of his Wednesday afternoon press conference: Rain, newly of the William Morris Agency, has been cast as the lead in a film to be... More »
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Rain, watch out for that — *thunk!* — glass ceiling
Forewarning: This is a rant. Some facts, mostly opinions. So the latest Rain/Bi news is that he is newly repped by Hollywood’s William Morris Agency, lending perhaps some legitimacy to his Plans To Conquer America, aka Rain’s Delusions of Grandeur. I’ve got nothing against Rain and I call his ambitions delusional with no malice —... More »
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Song Hye Gyo’s Hollywood debut
Hallyu stars are increasingly trying to capitalize on their fame by traversing the cultural divide and attempting the Hollywood crossover. The latest to announce her intent to make the leap is one of Korea’s loveliest (and most famous) natural beauties, Song Hye Gyo. It’s just been announced that she will be soon heading to New... More »
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Jeon Ji Hyun goes to Hollywood and back
Jeon Ji Hyun‘s big Hollywood debut in Blood: The Last Vampire won’t be out for months yet, but she’s still making the news about it. (By the way, ranty sidebar: The source article stated the title as “Blood Last the Vampire,” which keeeels me. Five times! Come on, fact-checker-deficient Korean press. Get the basics right.)... More »
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And yet, I probably still won’t see it
Huh. So J.J. Abrams is doing the newest Star Trek movie, and at least this time he doesn’t have a TV series to sink while off trying to revive yet another large-scale movie franchise, so good luck to him. And he’s just cast two of his leads: Simon Pegg as Scotty (as in, “Beam me... More »
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