Actor Lee Chun-hee (Humming, Only You) has been in a car accident, but don’t worry, it’s not a serious one. Thank goodness; after the recent spate of celebrity deaths, we don’t need any more bad news. (Not that we ever need bad news.)

The actor’s accident occurred on the 16th in the city of Suwon, after he’d finished filming; he was driving a company vehicle (from his agency), came to an abrupt stop, and had a collision with the vehicle in front. His management stated that the accident was Lee’s own fault for driving carelessly, and that it was fortunate no injuries arose. (Props for honesty?)

Lee Chun-hee — who’d earned the nickname “Chun-derella” (which I admit is pretty hilarious) from appearing on SBS’s variety show Good Sunday Good Family — is currently appearing in the sageuk drama The Great King Sejong.

Via Hankyung

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August 28 saw the VIP preview of the comedy Our School E.T., which opens in wide release on September 11.

The title’s “E.T.” is both a cheeky reference to Spielberg’s extraterrestrial and to the lead character played by funnyman Kim Su-ro, who takes on the role of a not-so-bright physical education teacher. As a result of the growing pressure for students to stress an English-language education, he needs to switch to teaching English (becoming the “E.T.,” or English Teacher). Alas, his limited talents aren’t quite up to the task. But he tries — and what he lacks in brainpower, he makes up in determination.

The cast also features a crop of young actors — Baek Sung-hyun (pictured above, with lead actor Kim Su-ro), Park Bo-young, Lee Min-ho, and Moon Chae-won — as well as veteran comedic actor Lee Han-wee.

There were a slew of familiar faces at the VIP screening, including those of actors Kim Rae-won, Lee Seon-kyun, and Oh Man-seok, as well as recent Olympic gold-medalist swimmer Park Tae-hwan. More beyond the cut.

Here’s the preview, which is in Korean, but worth watching just for the last two lines (preceding them, starting at the 1:57 mark, Lee Han-wee’s character tells Kim Su-ro’s to speak only in English):

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Okay, I think I’m done posting pics of stars visiting Lee Eon’s funeral room. If more information comes to light, I’m on it, but until then we’re just going to be getting photos of grieving folks, which is probably gratuitous.

I know it sounds hypocritical for me to dislike the photos and then post them. However, I do think it’s a matter of interest — just up to a point. When it starts feeling gratuitous, I step back.

Below are Strongest Chil Woo co-stars Eric, Gu Hye-sun, and Kim Byul. More pics beyond the jump.

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Actor Lee Chun Hee (The Great King Sejong, Conspiracy in the Court, Only You) is taking responsibility (owning up, or bogarting credit?) for being the reason behind the rumor that fellow actors Gong Yoo and Im Soo Jung are dating.

The gossip stemmed from an incident last year when the two were seen together at the airport after a trip to Jeju Island; the rumors of romance were soon denied by both sides.

Now, Lee Chun Hee explains that a group of friends who’d all been close since the days of their debuts had all gone on a trip together to Jeju Island prior to Gong Yoo’s military enlistment (which began in January 2008):

“But at the airport, we were discovered by students on a school excursion, and they swarmed around us. The other friends were able to withdraw safely, but only I was left behind in the crowd. Since I had to rejoin my party, they opened the door [to the closed-off room] to let me in, and the students in front of the door got pictures of Gong Yoo and Im Soo Jung. And the next day, the scandal broke.”

He adds jokingly, “I went grocery shopping with Im Soo Jung just with the two of us, but nobody was interested in that at all. Frankly I was envious of Gong Yoo.”

On one hand, it’s obvious that rumors get blown out of proportion all the time and “scandals” get made out of nothing. On the other hand, we’re hearing this just as Lee Chun Hee has a new movie to promote, which always seems like a time celebrities love dragging out dishy old stories to generate some press. (His romantic drama Humming, also starring Han Ji Hye, opened this week.)

(Still, he’s a cutie.)

Via Hankyung

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Actress Han Ji Hye returns to the big screen in the upcoming dramatic love story Humming as a mature, pure-hearted “romance queen” — the kind of woman with a deep love for “only one man” who must prepare for their separation.

Her recent projects have mostly been in television dramas — she’s currently in the KBS daily drama Ugly or Beautiful [Miuna, gouna] — and this’ll mark her first film since she acted with now-ex-boyfriend Lee Dong Gun in the 2005 romantic comedy My Boyfriend is Type B.

In Humming, she stars with Lee Chun Hee, as a devoted-in-love character, and describes the film as “a heart-breaking love story and a mysterious fantasy [that] are brought together in a fresh way to move hearts.”

The article — which reads like a press release — promises that “all of Korea’s women will sympathize with Han Ji Hye’s character, who falls deeply in love in this perfect romance.”

The movie opens in time for White Day on March 13 and, I dunno about you, but for me it contains every element I heartily dislike in a film. Overly earnest once-in-a-lifetime love story? Yep. Implied death by cancer or other tragically trite plot device? All signs point to yes. No plot to speak of (merely placeholder descriptors like “moving” and “deep” and “heartbreaking”)? Oh yeah.

Via CNB News

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