イノレポート-「2008 イノライフ・アワーズ」、2週目の進行状況
“INNOLIFE Awards 2008″, the progress of second week
Source: travel.innolife.net
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The 4th 2008 INNOLIFE AWARD 08.11.19 – 08.12.18
PLEASE VOTE for BEST MOVIE and BEST ACTOR most deservingly. Merci!
Article from news.empas.com, thanks to Huangsy at IRIS-soompi.com for the translated gist
(Sigh. Still another 8 months to wait. 4 for filming to start + 4 for drama to be aired.)
Lee Byung-Hun, “Again ‘All In.’”
이병헌 “춘삼월에 어게인 ‘올인’”
동아일보 기사전송 2008-11-28 08:00 | 최종수정 2008-11-28 10:02
Again, 올인!’
배우 이병헌(사진)이 내년 3월 국내 활동을 본격적으로 재개한다. 이는 150억원 규모의 대작 드라마로 화제를 모으는 ‘아이리스’의 첫 촬영 시점이기도 하다.
Actor Lee Byung Hun next year March starts activity again in domestic Korea. 15billion won large-scale & much talked about drama, IRIS, 1st filiming …
이병헌의 한 측근은 27일 “‘아이리스’가 내년 8월로 국내 방영이 가시화됨에 따라 3월 늦어도 내년 4월에는 촬영이 시작될 것”이라고 밝혔다. 이 측근에 따르면 이병헌은 내년 드라마 출연과 할리우드 영화 개봉을 앞두고 현재 몸 만들기 등 체력 쌓기에 한창이다.
LBH said … on 27th Nov “IRIS’ next year August airing …accordingly …March or latest April start filming. ….
이병헌의 안방극장 복귀는 2003년 4월 종영된 SBS 드라마 ‘올인’ 이후 6년만이다.
This is LBH return to the small screen in 6 years since SBS’ All In drama in April 2003.
Article from the Korea Times
Lee Byunghun-ssi is always a treat in interviews.. intelligent, articulate person, never boring and simply a delightful subject, well-worth the attention & intrigue.. highly exceeding expectation.
CNN Interviews Actor Lee
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
It’s not hard to see why Korean actor Lee Byung-hun is known as the “James Dean of Asia,” according to CNN.
The network recently met up with the 38-year-old actor in England, where he was present for the London screening of his hit film “The Good, The Bad and The Weird.” “From his black leather-clad hands to his wild, psychotic eyes, an air of cool, remorseless detachment envelops him,” described CNN of Lee’s role in the so-called Kimchi western directed by Kim Jee-woon.
Lee responded to the reviews and compliments by telling CNN that he was happy about people telling him that his eyes changed and he looked bad in the movie. “Actors always want to play the villain role at least once in their life. I had a good time because I could finally realize a full range of expressions and emotions,” he was quoted as saying during the interview with CNN.
Lee also mentioned the downfalls of groundless Internet gossip and rumors, Continue reading ‘BH-CNN re-cap’
Our thanks to Huangsy-EverythingLBH for the initial highlight at naver.com, a great CNN-Byunghun interview to cherish courtesy CNN.com!
MUST MUST-READ! Remember how Variety.com had noted LBH as one to look out for in the future. The same goes to CNN! Cool!
CNN, “이병헌은 아시아의 제임스 딘” says “CNN, LBH is Asia’s James Dean”
Korean Media News ! News ! News ! News ! News ! News
November 25, 2008 — Updated 1802 GMT (0202 HKT)
Korean idol Lee Byung-hun makes waves overseas
Story Highlights
South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun is starting to connect with global audiences
The “James Dean of Asia” sizzles in Korean western “The Good, the Bad, the Weird”
Lee is due to make his Hollywood debut in next summer’s blockbuster “G.I. Joe”
By Grace Wong
For CNN
LONDON, England (CNN) — Lee Byung-hun’s arrival in the packed auditorium at a London screening of his latest film, “The Good, The Bad, The Weird,” causes a well-behaved sizzle of excitement to run through the largely female and Asian audience.
His name is whispered breathlessly between friends, but in a classic display of Asian politeness, the only indication there is a genuine heartthrob in the room are a couple of poorly contained shrieks. Tall, exquisitely chiseled and with the kind of smooth line-free skin that belies his 38 years, it’s not hard to see why Lee is also known as the “James Dean of Asia.”
In his native South Korea he is best known for brooding, soulful performances in romantic films and TV dramas. And, now, he is starting to make a name for himself outside Korea and Japan.
Lee is set to grace UK screens in January when Kim Jee-woon’s so-called Kimchi western, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” is released.
Next year will see him co-star with Josh Hartnett in the crime thriller “I Come with the Rain,” directed by Vietnamese Tran Anh Hung who made his name on the global movie scene in 1993 with “The Scent of Green Papaya.” Lee has also wrapped up filming on the highly anticipated Hollywood action flick, “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.”
Lee is in London to promote “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” and is polite and unassuming in person, taking time to reflect as he delivers his responses in English. “People told me, ‘Your eyes changed. You look so bad,’” Lee says of playing the film’s titular “Bad,” a sadistic killer who heads up a gang of bandits. “I was so happy about that.”
From his black leather-clad hands to his wild, psychotic eyes, an air of cool, remorseless detachment envelops him. In a review, Variety described Lee’s eyes as “commanding” and having a “Korean psycho-gangster mentality.”
It is an unsettling performance, and one of the film’s many highlights.
After playing primarily romantic leads, Lee says playing a villain was a refreshing experience for him and something he’d been thinking about for his entire acting career. “Actors always want to play the villain role at least once in their life. I had a good time because I could finally realize a full range of expressions and emotions,” he told CNN.
Set in the 1930s, the film follows three Korean outlaws on a chase across the desert plains of Japan-occupied Manchuria on a hunt for a legendary treasure map.
The movie hits on a trifecta: It stars three of South Korea’s leading actors (Lee is joined on screen by Song Kang-ho and Jung Woo-sung), has a massive $17 million budget and is helmed by the award-winning Kim.
With stunning wide shots of endless horizons filmed in China’s Gobi Desert and edge-of-your-seat action from start to finish, Kim’s homage to Sergio Leone’s 1966 classic “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” with more than a hint of “Indiana Jones” delivers a steady stream of adrenaline. Have you seen “The Good, The Bad, The Weird?” What did you think?
Lee says his character was perfected through several conversations, discussions and arguments with Kim, a close friend who also directed him in 2005’s “A Bittersweet Life.”
Everybody has bad characters in their mind, even if it may be small or in their subconscious, Lee explains, referring to his preparation for the role. “Of course, I have that kind of character inside of me, I think. So, I amplified my bad side. But the main thing is the mind, I think, which comes from the inside,” he told CNN. Continue reading ‘Byunghun GlobalWave’
Highlighted by nownews.seoul.co.kr, a cool interview conducted during the recent GBW in UK festival recently. A MUST READ from ign.com! ^^
G.I. Joe Exclusive
IGN talks to Storm Shadow himself, Byung Hun-Lee
by Chris Tilly, IGN UK
UK, November 24, 2008 – Byung Hun-Lee is about to hit the big time internationally as one of the stars of next summer’s eagerly anticipated G.I. Joe. Already one of the most famous actors in Korea, having starred in the critically acclaimed likes of J.S.A Joint Security Area and A Bittersweet Life, he plays Storm Shadow in Stephen Sommer’s adaptation of the hugely popular cartoon. IGN recently caught up with him to discuss the brilliantly insane western The Good, The Bad, The Weird, but we couldn’t help but slip in a few G.I. Joe questions. Here’s what he had to say…
IGN: What was it like working on G.I. Joe?
Byung Hun-Lee: It was a great experience for me, even though I had some awkward emotions because everything was so different. I had to use English always. Having an interview in English is difficult for me, but acting in English is much harder. Because when I’m acting in English, if someone points out bad pronunciation or accent, I cannot focus on my emotions anymore, so it was very hard.
IGN: Is G.I. Joe popular in Korea?
Hun-Lee: Not at all. In Japan they know it — I don’t know how — maybe they showed the cartoon, but not in Korea. When I got the script I saw G.I. Joe, but I still didn’t know what it was. When I first met the director Stephen Sommers and the producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura I asked them if they wanted me to watch the cartoons, but they said I didn’t have to. And I thought it was better not to watch them, so that maybe I can create a better character. So I didn’t watch it.
IGN: How would you describe Storm Shadow?
Hun-Lee: Quite Continue reading ‘Storm Shadow says..’
Our thanks to the highlight at LBH.SG and lovelbh.com, Chinese article 1 and article 2 from Liberty Times, translated by Zombie at EverythingLBH-soompi.com with much gratitude
Translation credits to Zombie
LBH was invited for an interview after the Blue Dragon award ceremony
November 22 – Heavenly King Lee Byung Hun is really a Korean Wave brother. Except for attending important events, he keeps a low profile, let alone meeting the media.
However, on the day of the Blue Dragon event, he had accepted an exclusive interview at the Pavilion cafe near the venue.
LBH arrived half an hour early, his manager was the first to arrived to check on the questions, autogragh to be signed and limited pictures to be taken. Japanese fans are fanatic over him, and each photo can be sold for 222,000 wons.
During the interview, no photos will be allowed until it is over. After that, even gave advice on how pose should be taken. Such strict restriction is “impressive”.
■ reporter Andrew Weng / interview in Seoul
Thanks to the highlight at lovelbh.com, really cool sharing by Korean fan-blogs at naver.com with our utmost gratitude to tjtpfl8951 / ank931221 / corrine18 *thankyou!*
[VOD YTNstar] 29th Blue Dragon Red Carpet coverage
More captures from Night of NomNomNom ^^ our thanks to the original fan-sharing Continue reading ‘Charming NOMinee ^^’
Articles from variety.com and KBS World, captures from various media portals and fan-sharing
‘The Weird’ tops Blue Dragon Awards
Korean western wins four prizes at film event
By HAN SUNHEE
SEOUL — “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” won four prizes at the 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony in Seoul on Thursday, the kudosfest which kicks off South Korea’s awards season.
The Korean western set in 1930s Manchuria won best director for Kim Ji-woon plus the cinematography and art direction laurels. It also scooped the Maximum Audience Award for the year’s best box office performance with a cume of $44.2 million.
Helmer Lim Soon-rye’s “Forever the Moment” won for best picture and also earned supporting actress laurels for Kim Ji-young. Kim Yoon-suk picked up the actor honor for “The Chaser” while “My Wife Got Married” star Son Ye-jin nabbed the best actress award. Supporting actor went to Park Hee-soon for “Seven Days.”
The male leads in Kim Ki-duk-scripted thriller “Rough Cut,” So Ji-sub and Kang Ji-whan, shared the best new actor honor. Best new actress award went to Han Ye-seul for “Miss Gold Digger.” Lee Gyeong-mi won the new director award for “Crush and Blush,” a prize which helmer Na Hong-jin (“The Chaser”) had been widely tapped to win. Lee also received best screenplay award.
There was a pensive note to the festivities, however, as organizers presented an honorary popular star award to the late Choi Jin-sil, the Korean actress who committed suicide last month. Choi held the record for wins in the category, nabbing the most popular female star award every year from 1990 to 1995, and again in 1997 and 1998. Choi made her screen debut in 1990 with “Nambugun.”
Filmmakers Honored at the 29th Blue Dragon Awards
The 29th Blue Dragon Awards was held Thursday night to honor the year’s top films and filmmakers.
This year’s Blue Dragon Awards’ best film honor went to “Forever the Moment,” a moving film based on a true story about how the Korean women’s handball team overcame the odds to win the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The film’s co-star Kim Ji-young also won the best supporting actress award. Its producer, Shim Jae-myung, said that he wanted to make an inspirational film about people outside the spotlight.
Kim Yun-seok of the year’s top thriller “The Chaser” was honored with the best leading actor award and Son Ye-jin of the romantic comedy “My Wife Got Married” was named the best leading actress. This year’s top grossing film “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” directed by Kim Ji-woon garnered four awards – best director, cinematography, art direction, and the movie attracting the most moviegoers. Comedy Continue reading ‘Night of NomNomNom!’
Our thanks to Helena at Blue Dragon-soompi.com for the winners’ list and photos courtesy various media portals, with credits as stated on the images. Merci!
First of all, Congrats! to Kim Yoon Seok (The Chaser) for winning the Best Actor award, definitely a big year of great achievement for him! It’s kinda obvious when it was SKH who presented the Best Actor award. Too bad Dir. Kim Ji Woon didn’t attend the ceremony, it’ll be great to see him.. winning two Best Director awards in a row.
GBW winning 3 awards out of 8 nominations out of 15 categories is not bad at all (the results are pretty spread out, too).. plus the top Box Office award for the bestselling movie of 2008. Congratulations NomNomNom!
The Best Actor winner.. not a surprise and already quite clear to see despite the tough competition. It’s just not Byunghun’s moment yet.. Blue Dragon still eludes him but that will only spur him on for a better performance, more & more to come. As mentioned at our thread, Byunghun-ssi was obviously the dark horse among all the nominees. It could happen but just isn’t his luck to be. Definitely a blessing in all of these.. he didn’t win the 2005 Blue Dragon for BSL but instead went on to win the Baeksang award the year later. A good feeling that BH’s biggest chance & break yet to come.. locally and internationally.
Byunghun-ssi.. keep on giving the best, no matter what! Always, always our #1!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS ESPECIALLY TO DIR. KIM JI WOON & GBW!
Presenters of Most Popular Film Award to ‘The Good, The Bad, The Weird’ (LBH & Song Yun Ah)
The 29th Blue Dragon Awards Winner List
[For films shown from 2007.10.25 to 2008.10.30]
BEST FILM 최우수작품
Forever The Moment 우리 생애 최고의 순간 (이하 우생순)
BEST DIRECTOR 감독
Kim Ji-woon 김지운 (The Good, The Bad, The Weird 놈놈놈)
BEST LEADING ACTOR 남우주연
Kim Yoon-seok 김윤석 (The Chaser 추격자)
BEST LEADING ACTRESS 여우주연
Son Ye-jin 손예진 (My Wife Got Married 아내가 결혼했다)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 남우조연
Park Hee-soon 박희순 (Seven Days 세븐데이즈)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 여우조연
Kim Ji-young 김지영 (Forever The Moment 우생순)
BEST NEW ACTOR 신인남우
Kang Ji-hwan 강지환 (Rough Cut 영화는 영화다))
So Ji-sub 소지섭 (Rough Cut 영화는 영화다)
BEST NEW ACTRESS 신인여우
Han Ye-seul 한예슬 (Miss Gold Digger 용의주도 미스 신)
BEST NEW DIRECTOR 신인감독
Lee Kyung-mi 이경미 (Crush & Blush 미쓰 홍당무)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 촬영
Lee Mo-gae 이모개 (The Good, The Bad, The Weird 놈놈놈)
BEST LIGHTING 조명
Kang Dae-Hee 강대희 (Modern Boy 모던보이)
BEST MUSIC 음악
Bang Joon-seok 방준석 (Go Go 70 고고70)
BEST ART DIRECTION 미술
Jo Hwa-sung 조화성 (The Good, The Bad, The Weird 놈놈놈)
TECHINICAL AWARD 기술
Visual Insight 인사이트비주얼 (Modern Boy – CG 모던보이-CG)
BEST SCREENPLAY 각본
Lee Kyung-mi 이경미 (Crush & Blush 미쓰 홍당무)
SHORT FILM AWARD 단편영화상
잔소리
POPULARITY AWARD 인기스타상
Seol Kyung-gu 설경구 (Kang Cheol-jung: Public Enemy 1-1 강철중: 공공의 적 1-1)
Jung Woo-sung 정우성 (The Good, The Bad, The Weird 놈놈놈)
Kim Ha-neul 김하늘 (Lovers Of 6 Years 6년째 연애중)
Son Ye-jin 손예진 (My Wife Got Married 아내가 결혼했다)
BEST COUPLE 베스트커플
Kim Joo-hyuk 김주혁 & Son Ye-jin 손예진 (My Wife Got Married 아내가 결혼했다)
MOST POPULAR FILM 최다관객상
The Good, The Bad, The Weird 놈놈놈
Byunghun pics at the 29th Blue Dragon Continue reading ‘Beaming Blue Dragon’
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Please also vote for Best Actor & Best Movie Continue reading ‘All the best & all the way!’
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January 11Byunghun-ssi at the wedding of PD Yoon Seok Ho
January 14LBH in Tokyo Dome 2006 DVD & LBH Arena Tour 2007 DVD release
Byunghun's segment in Park Joong Hoon's Talk Show on KBS2 has been postponed indefinitely
February 6'The Good, The Bad, The Weird' opens in United Kingdom
February 1-11JSA and GBW screening at 27th Fajr International Film Festival, Iran
February 27GBW at the 45th Baeksang Art Awards
February 28Byunghun & fans at Tokyo FanMeet
March 103-week IRIS filming starts on location in Akita, Japan
March 23GBW and Byunghun nominated at the 3rd Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong
April 39th Avenue LBH Star Shop opens, collaboration with kaori.kr to be managed by Lee Eun Hee
April 24 - 2 MayGBW Italian Premiere at the 11th Udine Far East Film Festival
May 27'I Come With The Rain' world premiere & screening in Tokyo, Japan
June 6'I Come With The Rain' nationwide release in Japan
June 13Discovery Channel's Hip Korea - Seoul Savvy airs in Japan and Asia starting 13 June
June 13-28IRIS location filming in Hungary
July 12Byunghun-ssi's 39th birthday celebrations
July 27'GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra' Red Carpet and World Premiere in Tokyo
July 29'GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra' Press Conference at Shilla Hotel, Seoul
August 6'Gi Joe: The Rise of Cobra' Korean Premiere & nationwide release
August 7'GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra' Worldwide Premiere & Release
August 29'The Good, The Bad, The Weird' Japanese release
September 9 -10'Lee Byung Hun X Karl Lagerfeld' Photo Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan
September 24 - 30LBH at Bangkok International Filmfest Red Carpet
October 14Byunghun's action drama 'IRIS' debuts on KBS2
October 15'I Come With The Rain' opens in South Korea
October 8-16'I Come With The Rain' premieres at the 14th Pusan International Film Festival
GBW stage-greet gif from GBW-cafe.daum
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