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Joo Won : I fell in love twice

Joo Won scored her first ever interview with KBS’ talkshow Win Win, hosted by his 1 NIght 2 Days’ buddy Kim Seung Woo and Lee Su Geun.
During the hour long interview, Joo Wo revealed that he fell in love twice. And that he liked to express his feeling by saying ‘I love you’ many times to his girlfriend. He suspected that maybe his girlfriend was boring about that and sent broke-up message through phone’s short messages.
While Joo Won talked about his failed love story, suddenly a tear dropped from his eyes and he was speechless for a while.

Beside his love story, Joo Won also revealed how close he is with his parents.
He said ,”every Saturday mooring 7.00 AM, I play football with my father and my other team in my downtown. Eventhough now I’m working in showbusiness and many people know me, I never skip it. After the football game, we usually get breakfast together or take bath together”.

He continued ,”I often go out of home alone for coffee. Or sometimes, I chat with my mother all night long”.

Source : Newsen

Kim Yoo Jung explored Paris

Child actress , Kim Yoo Jung, visited Paris and showed some of her photos on her mini homepage on November 6 under the title ‘Night and Day in Paris’.

The 13-year-old actress was seen posed in front of Eiffel Tower and enjoyed her time in the City of Lights.

Uhm Tae Woong to marry a ballerina

Uhm Tae Woong made a surprise announcement.
During a next week preview of KBS’ variety show 1Night 2 Days which air on November 4, the 39-year-old actor announced his wedding plan as he said ,” I already thought about marriage within 2 days after meeting her. I think I met my soul mate”.

Uhm Tae Woong’s soon to be bride is Yoon Hye Jin, a professional ballerina , the daughter of famous veteran actor, Yoon Il Bong.
Yoon Hye Jin was accepted into Korean National Ballet in 2001 and got a lot of award since then.
The couple met for the first time in the beginning of 2012 and quickly developed serious relationship.
Now, the bride is 5 weeks pregnant and the couple will marry January 9 , 2013.

Congratulation to the happy couple.

Source : Sportseoul

Park Si Yeon and her sister

Although she’s busy filming Innocent Man, but Park Si Yeon is truly a fashion lover.
With her sister, Park Min Joo, she was spotted in the front row of designer Jung Hyukseo- Bae Seungyun’s fashion show during 2013 S/S Seoul Fashion Week .

Park Si Yeon’s sister, Park Min Joo, is the owner and designer of jewelry brand MZUU which usually used Park Si Yeon as its model.

Source : Stoo

Lee Byung Hun, 20 years ago

Lee Byung Hun is 44-years-old now and he’s been in show business for more around 21 years.
Recently, his photos from 20 years ago surfaced in online community, showed Lee Byung Hun while he was so young and happily celebrating his birthday which also a fan meeting.
He’s not change too much, right ?

And congratulation to Lee Byung Hun, as his new movie, Masquerade, successfully becomes the 7th Korean movie that surpassed 10 million audiences. Masquerade has been the number 1 movie in Korea for 6th straight weeks since premiered on September 19.

Such a great achievement, as Lee Byung Hun alone carried this movie (he played the central role) and his superb acting brought this movie to a hit.

Source : Stoo

Kim Young Ae was battling pancreatic cancer while filming The Moon That Embraces The Sun

It’s revealed this week that senior actress, 61-year-old Kim Young Ae, was battling pancreatic cancer at the time she’s filming super hit drama The Moon That Embraces The Sun (TMTETS). Kim Young Ae played the evil Queen Dowager on that drama.

The story was revealed on SBS’ Good Morning show on October 10.
Kim Young Ae told that she was in deadly battle against cancer at the time she shot TMTETS.
But she didn’t want to bother other drama’s team who’s working in hard schedule so she secretly visited hospital for 2 months.

She also told that it’s hard to do filming while she’s sick. She had to tightened her waist with ties. After shooting, she was once delivered to the hospital because of jaundice, but at that time she only told that she just tired.
After the filming ended completely, Kim Young Ae took a 9 hours operation to remove the cancer.

Kim Young Ae definitely a woman who doesn’t want to bother other people include her own family.
As she worried that her son and her daughter-in-law who lived in US would come to see her if heard that she underwent an operation, she decided to only share her ilness to her daughter-in-law’s mother.

Although the battle with cancer made her lost a lot of weight, now she’s in much better condition and works in new SBS drama My Love, Madame Butterfly.

Source : Stoo

Minho and Sulli send goodbye messages

To The Beautiful You (TTBY) finished and resulted in disappointing rating.

Although based on popular Japanese drama, Hana Kimi, but TTBY failed to attract South Korean viewers. The rating for the drama was so poor, averaged only around 5% from start to last episode.

But, it doesn’t mean TTBY didn’t have its loyal fans.

That’s why, when the drama ended on October 4, its 2 leading stars, Minho and Sulli went to social media to express their feeling.

Sulli sent her picture , wore a bright yellow dress, and wrote ,”I really thanked everybody who has watched TTBY. My last year as teenager was very happy because of you. Bye , Jaehee”

Minho also wrote on his Me2Day account ,”My life as Kang Tae Joon ended. Thank you very much for your love. All praises go to director and staffs who worked hard for this drama. I want to be Minho who works harder from now on. Bye, Kang Tae Joon”.

Source : Stoo & Stoo

Jang Dong Gun – Ko Soo Young donate 100 million Won to adoption community

Korean social welfare society revealed on October 4 that Korean high profile couple, Jang Dong Gun and Ko Soo Young, donated 100 million Won (around US$ 90,000) for the good cause to help single mother and babies for adoption.

Ko Soo Young involved with that community  in 2005 when she and photographer Jo Se Hyun made an photo exhibition.

And when she gave birth to her son on November 2010, she visited the community again and started a donation.

It’s been 3 years in a row that Ko Soo Young and husband Jang Dong Gun donated fund to help those single mother and babies who are waiting for adoption.

And now, not only donates money, Ko Soo Young plans to take part doing service in that community with her fans.

Source : Stoo

Park Min Young pretty in blazer

There’s not many news from Park Min Young since she finished Dr. Jin last August.

Recently her photo was uploaded in an online community bulletin with title ‘ recent news of Park Min Young’.

The 26-year-old actress looked pretty as usual with a neat blazer and was photographed while she was writing something.

News said that Park Min Young is preparing her next project after Dr. Jin.

Source : Stoo

Park Sol Mi and Han Jae Suk called it quits

Mature couple , actress Pak Sol Mi (34) and Han Jae Suk (39) broke up only after a year of dating.

Park Sol Mi’s agency told media on Sept 21, revealed that the couple broke up in the first half of 2012. they cited busy schedule as the reason and also the couple different has different viewpoint on marriage.

Park Sol Mi and Han Jae Suk met on the set of KBS1′s drama ‘Merchant Kim Man Deok‘ (2010) and went public with their relationship last April.

Park Sol Mi just finished JTBC’s drama Dear You while Han Jae Suk will return to tv with KBS 2′ Monday-Tuesday primetime drama  Oh La La next October.

Source : Stoo