Posts Tagged ‘Jung Ryeo-won’

Drama Casting & News
Princess Ja-myung, young and old(er)
by | December 9, 2008 | 11 Comments
Here’s a first look at the young Princess Ja-myung, by which I mean Lee Young-yoo (above left), the 10-year-old who got her start playing child roles in dramas like Bad Housewife. In the upcoming sageuk, she plays the young counterpart to Jung Ryeo-won‘s grown-up princess. The drama Princess Ja-myung focuses on the famous story of... More »


Celebrity News
The next body “line”
by | November 16, 2008 | 43 Comments
Watch out, S-line, W-line, U-line, M-line, and V-line, there’s a new line on the block, which means it’s only a matter of time before the “I-line” becomes the new aspirational goal for the body-image-obsessed. As you may know, S-lines refer to a woman’s curves, to put it nicely (or tits-n-ass, to put it more bluntly).... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Preview event for Portrait of a Beauty
by | November 4, 2008 | 27 Comments
The film Portrait of a Beauty [미인도] held its press conference and VIP preview on November 4, and a bevy of VIPs showed up to catch an advance look at the risqué period film. It has attracted much comparison to the drama series Painter of the Wind (see trailer below), as both deal with the... More »


Celebrity News
O’live’s inaugural Style Icon Awards
by | October 30, 2008 | 25 Comments
Cable channel O’live TV hosted its first Style Icon Awards on the night of October 30, and a parade of stars turned out on the “orange carpet” for the event. Held at Club Answer in the upscale Seoul neighborhood of Cheongdamdong, the event awarded select members from not only entertainment sphere to honor as icons,... More »


Celebrity News
“Love Your W” raises funds for breast cancer
by | October 23, 2008 | 30 Comments
A lot of famous faces showed up to the 3rd “Love Your W” Breast Cancer Fund-raising Party on October 23rd, held at the Villa de Bailey in Seoul’s Kangnam district. By the way, the “love your W,” as nonsensical as it sounds, refers to loving thy bosom. One guess as to what the W indicates.... More »


Celebrity News
Premiere’s Rising Stars 2008
by | October 4, 2008 | 10 Comments
On October 4, the Premiere Magazine-sponsored “Rising Star” awards ceremony was held at the Pusan International Film Festival to name its, well, rising stars. Ha Jung-woo and Su Ae won for their performances in their recent films (thriller The Chaser and period war piece You’re Far Away, respectively). Ha said, “I’d like to become an... More »


Chungmuro/Film
More PIFF red carpet at APAN’s Star Road
by | October 3, 2008 | 14 Comments
I foresee this may start getting repetitive, but here’s another red carpet from the Pusan International Film Festival (we saw opening night’s red carpet yesterday). This time, the event was the Asian Pacific Actors Network (APAN) Star Road. It seemed some of the stars who were at opening night were noticeably absent at this event,... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Pusan International Film Festival’s opening night
by | October 2, 2008 | 51 Comments
It’s kind of unnerving how all the news right now is either Choi Jin-shil‘s sudden death or the 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), and sometimes while looking through the news listings, it’s easy to confuse the two based on the thumbnail images. (Given the timing, as far as I can see, there were no... More »


Celebrity News
Boho (and hobo) chic in Marie Claire
by | September 18, 2008 | 14 Comments
Okay, so Jung Ryeo-won kinda looks like she’s channeling the concept Bozo Goes Shopping here, and the color palette kinda makes this look like a ’70s catalog, and she still looks like she’s drastically underweight. But aside from the weight issue (seriously — there’s slender, and then there’s scary), I think she looks kinda also... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Wandering the Han River
by | May 16, 2008 | 16 Comments
Now, this sounds like a movie I’d watch: Jung Ryeo Won, 26, (My Name Is Kim Samsoon, What Star Did You Come From) has been cast opposite Jung Jae Young (My Son, Welcome to Dongmakgol), 37, in the upcoming film Wandering Mr. Kim. The film has attached Kang Woo Seok, described as a “Midas touch... More »