Posts Tagged ‘Park Tae-hwan’
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O’live’s inaugural Style Icon Awards
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 »
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Marine Boy and Yoon Eun-hye hook up for Basic House
What does winning the Olympic gold medal get a hot rising athlete? An ad campaign with a top star, of course. “Marine boy” and two-time Olympic medalist swimmer (one gold, one silver at the Beijing Games) Park Tae-hwan is teaming up with Yoon Eun-hye to sell clothing for the apparel company Basic House. They recently... More »
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VIPs come to see E.T.
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... More »
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Life after gold
With all the attention being lavished on Michael Phelps, it’s enough to make you think there aren’t any other swimmers, isn’t it? But in Korea, swimmer Park Tae-hwan was already famous prior to his Olympic win. Now, one gold and one silver medal later, he’s poised for super-stardom — let the money start rolling in!... More »
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Swimmer Park Tae-hwan awash in congratulations
As we know, Koreans sure have a fierce sense of cultural pride (sometimes to uncomfortably myopic degrees). So it’s no big surprise that all are elated with Olympic gold medalist Park Tae-hwan‘s win in the 400m freestyle on August 10. In about the half-day since he’s won the medal, his cyworld mini-homepage has amassed over... More »
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Han Ji-hye’s Olympic “Friends”
On August 9, actress Han Ji-hye took her place in front of the mic at Intersound recording studio in Seoul. She was there to sing the (or should I say one of many) Olympic theme song “Friends” with a guy identified merely as “Chinese star William.” (Using those details, I’ve been unable to Google anything... More »
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