Category: Celeb

Rain speaks at a press conference held to announce a strategic partnership between his agency J.Tune and the William Morris Agency of the U.S. at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul on Wednesday. /Yonhap Korean pop idol Rain has snagged his first leading role in a Hollywood film. The singer and actor told a press conference… Continue reading Hollywood Calls for Rain

Acclaimed director Park Chan-wook has chosen Kim Ok-bin as the star of his next film "Evil Live." The spotlight had been on just who the female star would be. The part involves many adult scenes alongside male heart throb Song K

Korean-American director Dennis Lee. Korean-American director Dennis Lee has become, in Lord Byron’s words, “famous overnight” at the Berlin International Film Festival. His “Fireflies in the Garden” starring Julia Roberts was screened at the Berlinale Palast, the main venue, on Sunday at 10:30 p.m., a coveted time slot for every filmmaker. Tickets sold out already… Continue reading Berlin Spotlight on Korean-American Filmmaker

Hello, SOOMPI Family! Happy Lunar New Year from your buddies and pals here at SOOMPI! How’s 2008 been treating you so far? Everyone around me has been buzzing that 2008 is going to be their year, so I wish the same to you!

 

Actor Lee Jung-jae will return to the big screen by starring in ‘1724 Kibang Nandongsageon.

“Forever the Moment” tops box office figures for a third consecutive week. MK Pictures, the film’s producer, said Tuesday that the film has drawn 2.64 million viewers since its release on Jan. 10. It is based on the real story of the Korean women

Director Hong Sang-soo’s new film “Night and Day” will participate in the competition of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, which opens on Feb 7, the only Korean film to be screened in competition. Starring actors Kim Young-ho and Lee S

  Many Korean star actresses of the small screen have dismally flopped in movies although they achieve brilliant success and earn astronomical amounts of money in TV commercials. Now Jeon Ji-hyun is taking the gamble, returning to the silver screen with “A Man Once a Superman” directed by Chung Yun-chul. She follows in the perilous… Continue reading Jeon Ji-hyun Takes a Big-Screen Gamble