Kim talks about rumors of marriage with Rain Actress Kim Tae-heeActress Kim Tae-hee spoke about her relationship with her boyfriend, K-pop star/actor Rain.“As other couples who date, we talk about marriage but there are no definite plans yet,” said Kim, 35, during a press conference Thursday about her upcoming television drama “Yong-pal,” which is about a romance between a money-seeking surgeon and an heiress. The drama is expected to air on SBS starting Aug. 5.The actress said that she has no idea when, and to whom, she will marry, and the continuing reports about her alleged plans to marry Rain are burdensome to some extent.Rain, 33, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, is preparing a new album. His debut album, "Bad Guy," was released in 2002. His acting career began in 2004, when he starred in the drama "Full House."Jul 31, 2015By Kim Ji-soo
배용준, '딥키스+엉덩이 스킨십' 화끈 한류스타 배용준 (43)과 걸그룹 ‘슈가’ 출신 박수진(30)의 피로연 장면이 동영상으로 공개되었다.동영상에서 두 커플은 춤을 추며 사이 좋은 모습을 보여준다. 한편, 배용준은 춤을 추는 도중 박수진의 엉덩이에 손을 놓은 채 키스를 하는 등의 거침없는 스킨십을 보여주기도 했다. 두 사람의 결혼식은 지난 27일 서울 광장동의 쉐라톤 워커힐 에스톤하우스에서, 피로연은 남해 리조트에서 비공개로 치러졌다. Jul 30, 2015
Park Soo-ae turns into ice hockey player Actress Soo-aeActress Park Soo-ae, 35, will play the lead in a new movie tentatively titled “Take Off 2.”“Take Off 2” is a sequel to box office hit “Take Off” (2009).The actress will play the role of a North Korean defector who becomes a national ice hockey player. Not only that, other actors offered a role, like Oh Dal-su and Kim Seul-gie, will soon make their decisions.The film will begin shooting in October.Jul 30, 2015By Kim Ji-soo
Luxury all the way for celebrity wedding SBS Entertainment’s “Night of TV Entertainment” has aired footage of the luxury wedding of top hallyu star Bae Yong-joon and singer-turned-actress Park Soo-jin.On the wedding day, Bae, 43, and his Park, 30, rode in a billion won car while the bride’s dress figured in the “several tens of millions of won” range. The newlyweds’ honeymoon home is a house in Seongbuk-dong estimated to be worth 8.5 billion won ($726 million).Meanwhile, Bae and Park held a private wedding at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill’s Aston House on Monday.The wedding video showing the two hugging and dancing was posted on YouTube and soon went viral.Jul 30, 2015
Super Junior entertainer to serve military Choi Si-won from "Infinity Challenge" / Screen capture from YouTubeSinger and actor Choi Si-won will say goodbye to his legion of fans when he begins military service later this year.Choi, from idol boy band Super Junior, will serve in the military for about two years.The star, 28, will join after finishing his new TV series -- tentatively titled “She was Pretty” -- that will air on MBC in September. The exact date when his period of duty begins has not yet been set, according to media reports on Thursday.Scene from "Helios" / Screen capture from YouTubeChoi will be the seventh member of the 12-member band to serve in the military.He also has a successful acting career, appearing in more than 10 TV series and seven movies since his debut with the band in 2005. He recently shot the Hong Kong action movie “Helios.” Jul 30, 2015
Hwang Jung-eum, Park Seo-joon to star in 'She Was Pretty' Actors Hwang Jung-eum, left, and Park Seo-joon will star in a new drama, "She Was Pretty.” Hwang Jung-eum and Park Seo-joon both of whom starred in “Kill Me, Heal Me” will reunite in a new MBC drama, “She Was Pretty.” Park will play the role of a handsome magazine subeditor and Hwang will play his first love. There is more for K-drama fans here. The drama will also feature model/actress Go Joon-hee and Choi Siwon of Super Junior, who will star in supporting roles. “She was Pretty” will air Wednesdays and Thursdays in September.Jul 30, 2015By Kim Ji-soo
Jang to have 3rd photo exhibit Jang Geun-suk / Korea Times file Fans of the actor Jang Geun-suk, 28, plan to hold photo exhibition to celebrate his birthday.It is the third time for fans to exhibit his photos. The exhibition will be held over two days from Aug. 1 at Gallery Won in Seoul. The photos were taken by his fans and the earnings from the exhibition will be donated to charity. Last year, Cri-J, Jang’s official fan club, donated 16.2 million won to Namsanwon, a foster care facility.Tree J Company, Jang’s management company said it has always appreciated the kind and good deed.Many of his fans come from abroad, including Japan, China, Peru and Thailand, the company added. Jul 30, 2015By Bahk Eun-ji
'Mrs. Cop' offers arresting appeal for Korea's 'ajumma' Kim Hee-ae in a scene from "Mrs. Cop" / Screen capture from YouTube A new TV detective series that pays tribute to Korea’s working moms -- known as “ajumma” -- is raising public interest.SBS airs the first episode of “Mrs. Cop” next Monday.The program’s official website describes ajumma as a “precious manpower that the nation’s police force must regret for not having hired.”“Having an intuitive precision 20 times that of men, ajummas can correctly guess who their husbands had illicit affairs with by checking out a single strand of hair left on their husbands’ clothes, a slightly tilted position of a passenger seat in their family cars, or by filtering out a perfume scent that’s not hers,” the site says. The series depicts detective Choi Young-jin (played by Kim Hee-ae), a skillful leader of the violent crime division in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, who struggles to be a good mother.“Living as a working mom or a police officer is difficult in Korea,” the program’s Jul 29, 2015
'Coin Locker Girl' wins top movie awards Kim Go-eun in a scene from "Coin Locker Girl" / Courtesy of NaverKorean crime movie “Coin Locker Girl” has drawn global attention, winning awards at two international movie festivals.The movie won the Jury’s Choice Award in the Bucheon Choice: Feature category at the 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival that ended Sunday. The movie also won a Gryphon Award and the British Film Institute Certificate at the 2015 Giffoni Film Festival in Italy that ended Sunday.The Italian film festival said the movie, directed by Han Jun-hee, dramatically portrayed the life of the movie’s protagonist, Il-young (played by Kim Go-eun), who was abandoned as a baby at a subway station and grows up to work for a criminal gang. It praised the film’s storyline, actors’ performance and camera techniques that worked together well to captivate viewers.The film has attracted more than 1.4 million viewers in Korean theaters. Jul 29, 2015
AOA to release single album in Japan AOAK-pop girl band AOA will release its third mini-album in Japan titled “Heart Attack,” FNC Entertainment said Tuesday.The album will carry three songs including “Heart Attack,” which swept the music charts in Korea in June, but also Japanese versions of “Confused” and “Joa Yo!”The eight members of AOA, which stands for Ace of Angels, will travel first to Nagoya on Thursday, Osaka on Friday and Tokyo on Saturday to promote the new album. The eight are Choa, Jimin, Yuna, Hyejeong, Mina, Seolhyun, Chanmi, Youkyung.The band debuted in Japan in October with the EP “Miniskirt” and released a second EP “Like a Cat” in February. Jul 29, 2015By Kim Ji-soo
