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Min Hyo-rin
Min Hyo-rin (; born Jung Eun-ran on 5 February 1986) is a South Korean actress, model and singer. Career Born in Daegu as Jung Eun-ran, she adopted the stage name Min Hyo-rin when she began modeling for the clothing brand Flapper in 2006. She then appeared in several music videos for Park Ki-young and F.T. Island. Before her singing debut, large teaser posters of her were displayed around the hot spots of Seoul as a promotional stunt. She released the album ''RinZ'' in 2007, and the single ''Touch Me'' in 2008. In 2009 Min made her acting debut in the television series ''Triple'' opposite Lee Jung-jae and Song Joong-ki. She was the lead actress in a 2010 web series adapted from Alain de Botton's novel ''Romantic Movement'', with four different directors each shooting short films in various locations around Seoul. Min was paired with singer Seven in the reality show ''Fox's Butler'', and hosted the sixth season of cable channel Mnet's ''Trend Report Feel'' from 2010 to 2011. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daegu
Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is the third-largest official metropolitan area in the nation with over 2.5 million residents; and the second-largest city after Busan in the Yeongnam region in southeastern Korean Peninsula. It was overtaken by Incheon in the 2000s, but still it is said to be the third city, according to the "Act on the Establishment of Daegu City and Incheon City" (Act No. 3424 and April 13, 1981). Daegu and surrounding North Gyeongsang Province are often referred to as Daegu-Gyeongbuk, with a total population over 5 million. Daegu is located in south-eastern Korea about from the seacoast, near the Geumho River and its mainstream, Nakdong River in Gyeongsang-do. The Daegu basin is the central plain of the Yeongnam List of regions of Korea, regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven (Korean Singer)
Choi Dong-wook (; born November 9, 1984), better known by his stage name Seven (; stylized as Se7en), is a South Korean singer, who has also advanced into Japan, China and the United States. Career 2003–2004: Debut with ''Just Listen'', best new artist awards, and ''Must Listen'' Seven began training under the management agency YG Entertainment at the age of fifteen. After four years of training in singing and dancing, he made his debut in 2003 with the album '' Just Listen'', released on March 8. Later that year, he received best new artist awards at the Golden Disc Awards, MBC Gayo Daejejeon, Mnet Music Video Festival, SBS Gayo Daejeon, and Seoul Music Awards. On July 7, 2004, Seven released his second album, '' Must Listen'', which he described as being more grown-up than his debut album. ''Must Listen'' peaked at number one on the monthly Recording Industry Association of Korea album chart. The album's lead single, "Passion", won Best Male Video at the Mnet Km Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shim Eun-kyung
Shim Eun-kyung (born May 31, 1994) is a South Korean actress. She has starred in the box office hits '' Sunny'' (2011), ''Miss Granny'' (2014) and ''Fabricated City'' (2017), as well as television series ''Naeil's Cantabile'' (2014). In 2020, she became the first Korean to win Best Actress at the Japanese Academy Awards (Japan's equivalent of the Oscars). Career Shim made her acting debut at age 9 in the 2004 TV series ''The Woman Who Wants to Marry'', and subsequently made a career as one of the best child actresses of her generation. She first gained attention for her role as a sexually abused girl in the horror fairytale ''Hansel and Gretel'', and also starred in TV series such as ''Hwang Jini'', '' The Legend'', ''Women of the Sun'', and ''The Great Merchant''; critics say at times she even outshined her adult counterparts. In 2011, she successfully transitioned to a lead actress via the retro dramedy '' Sunny'', which tells the story of seven women, crosscutting between th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny (2011 Film)
''Sunny'' () is a 2011 South Korean comedy-drama film. The film is about a middle-aged woman who tries to fulfill her friend's dying wish of reuniting their group of high school friends. The film alternates between two timelines: the present day where the women are middle-aged, and the 1980s when they were in high school. It is the second film by writer-director Kang Hyeong-cheol, who previously directed ''Scandal Makers'' (2008). Released on 4 May 2011, ''Sunny'' was the first film of that year to sell five million tickets in South Korea, and became the second highest-grossing Korean film by the end of the year. , it is the 13th best-selling film of all-time in South Korea. Kang Hyeong-cheol and Nam Na-yeong won Best Director and Best Editing, respectively, at the Grand Bell Awards. Actress Kang So-ra won several awards for her role as the teenage girl Ha Chun-hwa. Plot Im Na-mi (Yoo Ho-jeong), a wealthy housewife and mother, does her daily routine. While things look perfec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Crazy (Song Jieun Song)
"Going Crazy" (Korean: ''Michin Geoni'' (미친거니)) is a solo debut single by South Korean singer Song Ji-eun. It is released as a digital single on March 3, 2011 through TS Entertainment. The song's inspiration came from the producers who have felt they needed to showcase a darker side of Jieun, thus coming up with the idea of a stalking relationship. The song features BAP's Bang Yong-guk, who sings the rap parts of the song. The song's lyrics tells of a fallen relationship in which the protagonist couldn't stand the stalking of her obsessed ex-lover. The song was written and produced by Kang Ji-won and Kim Ki-bum, the same composers of Secret's hits such as "Magic", "Madonna"and "Shy Boy". "Going Crazy" is a mid-tempo hip hop ballad with guitar, piano and violin instrumentation. Featured singer, Bang Yong-guk participated in the song's production by writing the lyrics of his rap parts in "Going Crazy". The single was promoted with live performances and a music video. Jieun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Jieun
Song Ji-eun, (born May 5, 1990), better known mononymously as Jieun, is a South Korean singer and actress best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Secret. Aside from her group's activities, she has released several solo songs and participated in various OSTs. In 2011, her second single, " Going Crazy" featuring Bang Yong-guk, went to become her first number one single on the Gaon Chart as a solo artist. Life and career 1990–2008: Early life and career beginnings Song Ji-eun was born on May 5, 1990, in South Korea, she is an only child. Having interest in music when she was young, she auditioned for JYP Entertainment at an early age. While in JYP Entertainment, she sang OSTs of Korean dramas in 2007 and 2008 such as "Learning To Fly" for ''Air City''. Under JYP Entertainment, she was set off to debut as a four-member girl group with Sistar's Hyorin, BESTie's Uji and EXID's Hani, but the plan was scrapped and Ji-eun then left JYP Entertainment and joined TS E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Min-jun (actor)
Kim Min-jun (born July 24, 1976) is a South Korean actor. Career Kim began his career as a model, then made a memorable acting debut as the rebel leader in '' Damo''. He alternates playing romantic leads (''In-soon is Pretty'', '' Surgeon Bong Dal-hee'', '' Romance Town'', ''Beloved'') with playing villains ('' A Love'', '' Tazza'', ''Hindsight''). Under the name "DJ Vesper MJ," Kim has also been active as a club DJ since 2009. On December 20, 2012, Kim announced on his Twitter that he would be taking a temporary hiatus from acting. He returned to the entertainment scene three months later when actor Park Joong-hoon cast him in his directorial debut ''Top Star''. In late 2013, he joined the reality/variety show '' I Live Alone'', as well as the multicultural children's travelogue ''Coo Coo Class''. Personal life Kim got married on October 11, 2019 to designer Kwon Da-mi, who is the elder sister of G-Dragon. Kim and his wife welcomed their first child, a son, on 4 February 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sung Yu-ri
Sung Yu-ri (born March 3, 1981) is a South Korean actress and singer. She made her entertainment debut in 1998 as a member of the now-defunct K-pop group Fin.K.L. Sung turned to acting in 2002, starring in television dramas such as ''Thousand Years of Love'' (2003), ''The Snow Queen'' (2006), '' Hong Gil-dong'' (2008), and '' Feast of the Gods'' (2010). Early life and education Sung was born in 1981 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. Her father Sung Jong-hyun, a prominent professor of theology at the Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary, was studying at the time in West Germany. Sung's family returned to South Korea when she was four years old and she grew up in Gangdong District, Seoul. She attended Myung Elementary and Middle School, and Kwang Nam High School, and graduated from Kyung Hee University with a Post Modern Music major in 2005. Career When Sung was a high school student, she began her entertainment career in 1998 as the youngest member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Town
''Romance Town'' () is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Sung Yu-ri, Jung Gyu-woon, Kim Min-jun, and Min Hyo-rin. It aired on KBS2 from May 11 to July 14, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Plot Noh Soon-geum is a spunky young woman whose mother and grandmother worked as housemaids, and due to poverty, finds herself continuing the tradition. Her life reaches a turning point when she wins the lottery, with a pot money of (). Determined to keep her irresponsible father away from her money, Soon-geum stays on at her job and keeps her newfound wealth (stashed away in boxes and boxes of cash) a secret from the residents of her ritzy neighborhood, including her maid friends and her boss's irritable, disagreeable son Kang Gun-woo, with whom she shares a past. But as Soon-geum and Gun-woo later fall in love, her secret eventually gets revealed, and greed and betrayal mount in the neighborhood, from maids and masters alike. Cast * Sung Yu-ri as Noh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orion Cinema Network
OCN (originally an initialism of the Orion Cinema Network) is a movie channel on basic cable throughout South Korea, owned by CJ ENM CJ ENM (, CJ Entertainment aNd Merchandising) is a South Korean entertainment and retail company founded in 2018. CJ ENM was established as a result of the merger of two CJ Group subsidiaries, CJ E&M and CJ O Shopping respectively, in July 20 ... E&M Division. In the 2000s, it became the most viewed station in South Korea, which prompted them to create their widely recognized English-language slogan, "Korea number-one channel." With cable TV penetration quite high in South Korea, OCN is a popular movie resource. OCN's lineup is a mixture of movies from several years ago or earlier, particularly during the daytime, with more recent films during evening prime-time hours. They do not air movies that are as recent as those of sister station CatchOn, a pay service offered on cable TV. They also air episodes of popular overseas television series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samsung Galaxy S (2010 Smartphone)
The Samsung Galaxy S (retrospectively referred to unofficially as the Samsung Galaxy S1, Galaxy S1 or original Galaxy S) was a touchscreen-enabled, slate-format Android smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Samsung Electronics; it is the first smartphone of the Samsung Galaxy S series. It is the first device of the third Android smartphone series produced by Samsung. It was announced to the press in March 2010 and released for sale in June 2010. Due to shortage of Super AMOLED displays, Samsung released a successor to the device called S scLCD or SL and ceased production of the original I9000 model. The Galaxy S is produced in over two dozen variations. The international 'GT-I9000' reference version features a 1 GHz ARM " Hummingbird" processor, a PowerVR graphics processor, 2 or 4 GB of internal flash memory, a 480×800 pixel Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display, Wi-Fi connectivity, a 5-megapixel primary camera and a 0.3-megapixel secondary front-fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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