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Kwon Sang-woo weds Sohn Tae-young (finally)

Posted on September 28th, 2008

After all the hullaballo, Kwon Sang-woo finally married Sohn Tae-young today (September 28), and I for one am glad, since we won’t be having to hear about it anymore.

The couple gave a press conference prior to the wedding, as the wedding itself was closed to the press. Sohn Tae-young wore a Kenneth Pool gown, which she bought on the couple’s recent trip to England.

Kwon: “I’m finally getting married. I’m so nervous — my nerves don’t begin to compare with any film festival or event I’ve been to. … We’ll live happily together. I vow to love her forever.” Sohn: “It doesn’t feel real yet. Actually, I wasn’t nervous at all while getting ready. But now I’m starting to feel it.”

When asked about kids, Kwon answered that he’d like three, but joked that Sohn “has agreed to two, for her figure’s sake.”

And, since it’s not every day such a huge Hallyu star gets married, we have a pretty impressive guest-star roster that rivals the red carpet at some of the largest industry events.

The parade of high-profile attendees >>


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Ha Ji-won in “My Love By My Side”

Posted on September 22nd, 2008

Time for Kwon Sang-woo to share a bit of the spotlight: He’s been cast alongside Ha Ji-won in the new movie My Love By My Side [내 사랑 내 곁에], to be directed by Park Jin-pyo (You’re My Sunshine, Voice of a Murder).

The film is described as a melodramatic romance centering around a man who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease and the self-sacrificing woman who loves him. Kwon’s character suffers from the incurable illness as his body gradually becomes more and more paralyzed, but maintains his sense of humor and his dignity.

Ha Ji-won plays a cheerful and upbeat funeral director, and because of the frequency with which she encounters death, she doesn’t think of disease as the grave and dire thing that people typically see it as being.

The movie will be released sometime next year, and on the downside, I’m a bit sick of Kwon Sang-woo too, and terminal-illness melodramas are never my bag. On the upside, it’s always great to see Ha Ji-won in action.

Via Joy News

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Kwon goes for “theNUDE”

Posted on September 22nd, 2008

With their wedding set for this weekend, Kwon Sang-woo and Sohn Tae-yong are really ramping up the publicity, aren’t they?

Following announcements of Sohn’s new makeup business venture, now we have news of Kwon Sang-woo readying to pose for a photo book called “theNUDE” (note: photo above is not from this shoot), to be distributed by the company Darr & Co.

The photo collection will be sold in Japan in October, and was shot in the spring. Contrary to its title and to rumors that circulated earlier this year, “theNUDE” boasts Kwon shirtless, not nude. Ha, like that’s something we’ve never seen before. Show me something new, and then we’ll talk.

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C’mon, now you’re just flaunting it

Posted on September 17th, 2008

Engaged couple Kwon Sang-woo and Sohn Tae-young are getting hitched in just a week and a half (September 28), but first they’re showing off some PDA in a W Magazine spread.

The shoot took the concept “A moment like this” (*cough*lame*cough*) and was shot in London at the famous Borough Market. Photog Kim Bo-ha said, “Sohn Tae-young had caught a cold and was wearing thin clothes, but she carried on without one word of complaint, and Kwon Sang-woo was very attentive in looking after her. It was nice to see.”

Yes, I’m sure it was SUCH a surprise that the woman kissing Kwon Sang-woo was able to complete the task without complaint! I’ll bet it was difficult, but how very brave of her to soldier on through. Lulz.

You can check out the full spread in October’s W Magazine.

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Kwon Sang-woo fan-signs, fans sigh

Posted on August 30th, 2008

Fans lined up en masse on August 30 to get a look at their favorite movie heartthrob before he officially goes off the market. After all, Kwon Sang-woo only has about a month left of bachelorhood before tying ye ol’ marital knot to Sohn Tae-young on September 28.

He signed autographs and shook hands at his last fan-signing event before his marriage, at a Home Plus (a retail store) in the city of Cheonan in South Chungcheong Province.

(Maybe this is just me, but it doesn’t it seem like kind of a, erm, weird event for such a huge star? I mean, would George Clooney sign autographs at a makeshift booth at Wal-Mart? I’d betcha Yonsama wouldn’t.)

More fansigning photos >>


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