Posts Tagged ‘Kim Ah-joong’
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“Love Your W” raises funds for breast cancer
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 »
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16th Chunsa Film Festival
Another film festival, another red carpet. On September 6, the city of Icheon was host to the 16th Chunsa Film Festival, which found its red carpet walked by film and TV stars and capped off the night with an awards ceremony. Honors were handed out actors including Ha Jung-woo (The Chaser, a big winner that... More »
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Get the fat suit ready for Bada
While news is quiet of the 200 Pound Beauty sequel, plans are under way for a musical version, starring SES lead singer Bada. (The film sequel will be losing the sleeper hit’s original plastic-beauty Hana, star Kim Ah-joong, who opted not to return to the franchise in favor of other projects now that she’s catapulted... More »
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Unbalanced partnerships equal book sales, or so goes the hope
Oh, pleeez. Kim Ah Joong is putting out a book and has announced plans to donate proceeds to a hospital for handicapped children. She’s co-editing with Koryo University’s writing professor Kim Kwang Su, and the book Emotional Communication goes on sale on May 30. The book is described as dealing with a study on the... More »
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Fat again?
Sleeper romantic-comedy hit 200 Pound Beauty is preparing its sequel, because what’s more natural after a film unexpectedly hits big than to milk that cash cow for all it’s worth? Still, despite my problems with the way the film resolves, it was more entertaining than I’d expected, and the writing was a cut above your... More »
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Kim Ah Joong as a blind human vegetable
In more casting news, actor Kim Ah Joong has finally decided upon her first project after she skyrocketed to fame after her 2006 film 200 Pound Beauty became a sleeper hit. She’s in early planning stages to appear in director Song Hae Sung’s upcoming fantasy film Melos (meaning “song” in Greek), produced by Crayon Pictures... More »
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The 2007 Korean Film Awards
On December 1, stars gathered in Seoul for the 6th Annual Korean Film Awards, honoring the latest achievements in (what else?) Korean cinema. Notable among its winners were the multiple talents behind one of Korea’s most critically acclaimed films of the year, Secret Sunshine — which won raves at Cannes Film Festival, where its also... More »
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Kim Ah Joong’s face honored
200 Pound Beauty actress and rising star Kim Ah Joong was recently awarded Elle Style’s “Hot Face” award, which goes to the star who found herself most in the spotlight in 2007 and was decided by fan and judge voting. Past recipients of the award, which started in 1997 and applies to international stars, models... More »
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Rising Stars
For the 12th annual Pusan International Film Festival, Premiere Magazine chose its nominees for the third round of their “Premiere Rising Star Award,” based on the actors’ activities in the recent past and their potential for future success. In addition to the existing category of male and female rising stars, the following new categories were... More »
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