Posts Tagged ‘Kim Myung-min’

Drama Casting & News
Kim Myung-min eyes television return with Giant
by | January 15, 2010 | 29 Comments
Kim Myung-min is a top contender for the SBS series Giant, and as he and his people have made a verbal agreement with producers, it looks pretty likely that he’ll take the role. The drama is set against the 1970s backdrop of incipient urban development in Korea, and the love and ambition that comes with... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Kim Myung-min is the Demolished Man
by | January 7, 2010 | 23 Comments
…and that’s not referring to the bodily stress he put himself through while playing an ALS sufferer in his last movie, My Love By My Side. Actor Kim Myung-min‘s next project is a thriller film called The Demolished Man [파괴된 사나이]. (No, it doesn’t have anything to do with the sci-fi story of the same... More »


Celebrity News
Kim Myung-min sets up his own company
by | December 1, 2009 | 31 Comments
Following stars like Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo, top actor Kim Myung-min (My Love By My Side, Beethoven Virus) is setting up his own management company. Now that his contract has come to an end, he has decided against taking an offer from any of the numerous firms courting him and instead chosen to go... More »


Celebrity News
Kim Myung-min sets up campaign for sufferers of ALS
by | September 3, 2009 | 14 Comments
As you may know, Kim Myung-min plays a man suffering from ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in his latest film, My Love By My Side [내 사랑 내 곁에]. Kim Myung-min is now acting to raise awareness of the illness, and the Naver portal site has set up a corner promoting the “Kim Myung-min’s Happy... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Kim Myung-min: “In the end I was so exhausted it was difficult to act”
by | August 24, 2009 | 32 Comments
“With Lou Gehrig’s disease, your conscious mind remains active while your muscles deteriorate, but for me, I found that as I kept losing weight, my consciousness became equally paralyzed.” Actor Kim Myung-min recently took on the challenge of portraying a patient gradually worsening from ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in the upcoming melodrama film My... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Posters unveiled for My Love By My Side
by | August 17, 2009 | 32 Comments
Wow. We’ve already heard that Kim Myung-min (Beethoven Virus) would be losing a significant amount of weight as he filmed his latest movie, My Love By My Side [내 사랑 내 곁에], but the end result is even more startling than previously noted. You can see how gaunt he is in these new posters for... More »


Drama Recaps
Beethoven Virus: Episode 18, Finale
by | June 2, 2009 | 60 Comments
This is how I want to remember Kang mae, I think – working diligently behind the scenes, with his happy dog for company. I was looking at the dramawiki for Beethoven Virus, and it’s got all these awards. Kind of boggling, but I guess quality is in the eye of the beholder. In case you... More »


Celebrity News
MBC documentary special features Kim Myung-min
by | April 13, 2009 | 75 Comments
Kim Myung-min is probably the top actor in Korea right now, and is certain to go down as one of the greats of all time. He’s also an interesting case because he has come into stardom late into his career, but unlike so many other actors, the fervent appreciation for him comes almost solely from... More »


Celebrity News
Kim Myung-min Was Not There
by | March 31, 2009 | 22 Comments
Ooh, I want to see this. MBC is producing a special documentary program highlighting actor Kim Myung-min (Beethoven Virus, White Tower), which promises to reveal hitherto unseen facets of Kim’s work process and personality. This follows two previous installments whose spotlights focused on two other big stars: there was last year’s special on Jewel in... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
45th Baeksang Arts Awards
by | February 27, 2009 | 121 Comments
New Actress winner Park Bo-young Awards! The 45th Baeksang Arts Awards were held on the evening of February 27, which means: lots of awards for film and television stars, and lots of clothes to gawk at. There were no real surprises in the winners list; they’re mostly a variation of the same lists we’ve been... More »