Korean singer and actor Kim Jun’s Japanese drama has remained the most-watched mobile show in Japan for two weeks straight, according to his agency Planet 905 on Monday.
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Actor Song Kang-ho and Sin Se-kyeong are casted in a new movie “Blue Salt”.
Representative movie star of Choongmooro, Korea’s Hollywood and popular through sitcom “High Kick Through The Roof” Sin Se-kyeong have been picked to be in this new film directed by Lee Hyeon-seung who also directed “Il Mare”.
“Blue Salt” will be about a rough and tough charismatic boss of a gang Doohun acted by Song and a mysterious woman Sebin acted by Sin. The story will be about Sebin going after Doohun to kill him.
The boss of a big gang is surprised by this woman who comes to kill him and will reveal the humane side of him through struggles to be the objective leader of a gang as well as experiencing some fear.
Sin Se-kyeong always had the pure and innocent image that here, she will be totally different in character holding a gun to kill.
This film will start filming this Summer!
Park Joo-mi is back on the screens after an 8 year break!
She has been at the press release for the new film “Man of Vendetta”.
“Man of Vendetta” is about a father acted by Kim Myeong-min who searches after his daughter whom he thought was dead. The kidnapper acted by Eom Gi-joon is back also with the news of his daughter. This movie will be released in July!
Boy band Teen Top will star on one of MTV USA’s upcoming shows this coming fall, making it the first time an idol group from Korea will be featured on American television.
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A triumphant Rain returning to Korea on Tuesday after winning the award for “Biggest Badass Star” at this year’s MTV Movie Awards, said he “choked with tears” as he stepped up to claim his prize.
At the event held Sunday (U.S. time) in Los Angeles, Rain had picked up MTV’s signature popcorn trophy for his star turn in last year’s martial arts pic “Ninja Assassin”, beating out high-profile nominees such as Angelina Jolie, Channing Tatum, Chris Pine and Sam Worthington.
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Veteran singer Cho Yong-pil has set a new record for selling the greatest number of concert tickets in the shortest amount of time. Nearly all of the 100,000 tickets for Cho’s “Love in Love” concert scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Seoul’s Olympic Stadium had sold out by Tuesday afternoon.
Interpark and Auction, where the tickets are being sold online, have sold 98 and 95 percent of their allotted tickets so far. Both firms reported that nearly all seats have been snapped up, with the exception of a few hundred in the back with restricted views. The tickets allotted to concert planners such as YPC and Insight Entertainment have all been sold already.
Older fans were especially passionate. According to Interpark, 54 percent of its ticket buyers were in their 40s or over, 26.2 percent in their 30s and 19.6 percent in their 20s. Nearly two thirds were women.
It is the first time since Michael Jackson’s concerts on Oct. 11 and 13, 1996 that a singer is holding two days of concerts at Olympic Stadium, the nation’s largest venue in terms of seating. Some 65,000 people came to see Jackson at the time.
Source : Chosun Ilbo