GBW round-up

Thanks to the highlight by melusine at GBW-soompi.com ^^ updates from CINE21 and Movieweek, CONGRATS NOMNOMNOM!

Cine21’s Best of 2008

Director of the Year: Kim Ji-Woon (The Good, The Bad, The Weird)
Actor of the Year: Ha Jung-Woo (The Chaser, Beastie Boys, My Dear Enemy)
Actress of the Year: Gong Hyo-Jin (Crush & Blush)
New Actor of the Year: Kang Ji-Hwan (Rough Cut)
New Actress of the Year: Park Bo-Young (Speed Scandal)
New Director of the Year: Na Hong-Jin (The Chaser)
Producer of the Year: Kim Soo-Jin (The Chaser)
Cinematographer of the Year: Lee Mo-Gae (The Good, The Bad, The Weird)
Screenplay of the Year: *tie* Na Hong-Jin (The Chaser), Lee Kyung-Mi (Crush & Blush)
Top 5 Movies: #1 Night and Day, #2 My Dear Enemy, #3 The Chaser, #4 My Friend and His Wife, #5 Chongqing

Movieweek’s Top 5 Movies of 2008

1. The Chaser
2. The Good, The Bad, The Weird
3. Rough Cut
4. Crush & Blush
5. My Dear Enemy

New Body, Hollywood Experience

Initial English highlight by dramabeans.com, Body & Soul captures from ELLE magazine and translation gisted from various Korean Media News ! News ! News ! News ! News ! News ! News ! News ! News ! News ! News !News ! News ! News ! News ! News. VOD courtesy Yonhap News via empas.com

 

Actor Lee Byunghun recently in a photoshoot+interview with Korea’s fashion magazine ELLE for the January 2009 Body & Soul feature revealed a well-toned hard muscular body. Last seen in 2008’s summer blockbuster ‘The Good, The Bad, The Weird’ in which he plays a villain, the magazine feasts on Lee’s upper body as a perfect gravure he had appeared in the movie.

Aside from GBW, LBH also showed his “bad persona” playing two other villain roles in upcoming international ensemble, ‘I Come With The Rain’ (ICWTR – alongside Josh Hartnett, Takuya Kimura, Shawn Yue) as well as a full-pledged Hollywood flick, ‘GI Joe: Rise of Cobra’, in the role of Storm Shadow. To create a complete villain role in these 3 movies, LBH underwent intensive training with a personal trainer at every chance & set he’s at to finally reveal a muscular transformation, not often seen by fans and the public before.

Describing working on set

WatchList

Thanks to Mark Russell at Korea Pop Wars, list from deadlinehollywooddaily.com

2008 Movie International Watch List (by Nikki Finke)

So alongside The Black List is The International Watch List, which just came out with its 2008 roster. It’s an unofficial list of the American film industry’s favorite foreign feature and short films from the past year according to the judgment of over 50 US film executives and their assistants were asked to vote for up to five foreign feature films and five foreign short films. The International Watch List includes all the features and shorts that received two or more votes. Considered were foreign features and foreign shorts released in theaters internationally or shown at an international film festival in 2008, and directed by a foreign filmmaker. The stated aim of The International Watch List is “to highlight new filmmaking talent from abroad, to inspire creativity and spread the word about the international favorites of the year”:

FEATURE FILMS

15 Votes
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
by Tomas Alfredson (Cinetic Media/Christina Bazdekis)

13 Votes
MARTYRS by Pascal Laugier (ICM/Nathan Ross & Robert Lazar)

8 Votes
BEFORE THE FALL by F. Javier Gutiérrez (Paradigm/Marc Helwig)
GOMORRAH by Matteo Garrone (ICM/Jeff Berg & Nathan Ross)
THE CHASER by Hong-jin

7 Votes
WALTZ WITH BASHIR by Ari Folman (CAA/Maha Dakhil)

6 Votes
JCVD by Mabrouk El Mechri (Endeavor/Elia Infascelli-Smith)
THE SQUARE by Nash Edgerton (ICM/Doug MacLaren)

5 Votes
HUNGER by Steve McQueen (CAA/Beth Swofford)
JERUSALEMA by Ralph Ziman (ICM/Nathan Ross)

4 Votes
KISSES by Lance Daly (AP Watt Ltd/Rob Kraitt)
CLASS by Laurent Cantet
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD by Jee-Woon Kim (CAA/Spencer Baumgarten)

2 Votes
SLEEP DEALER by Alex Rivera (CAA/Stuart Manashil)
TERRIBLY HAPPY by Henrik Ruben Genz (Conspiracy/Melinda Jason)
THE SONG OF SPARROWS by Majid Majidi
ZIFT by Javor Gardev

Discover the Seoul highlight

Seoul Savvy updates from KBS Global & INSIDE JoongAng Daily

December 25, 2008

Discovery Channel’s “Seoul Documentary” Features Rain, Lee Byung-heon

The “Discovery Channel,” a documentary TV channel, is to broadcast a program about Seoul and its residents.

The Seoul metropolitan government said the production crew from the Discovery Channel had visited Korea recently to film a documentary about top Korean stars Lee Byung-heon and Rain against the backdrop of the Han River, Mount Namsan and the Myeong-dong and Hongik University areas. The program tells how the two have risen to stardom and gained recognition worldwide.

Entitled “Hip Korea,” the program consists of two 45-minute parts. The one entitled “Seoul Vibes” introduces Rain, while the other one, entitled “Seoul Savvy,” is about Lee Byung-heon.

The part about Rain shows the Hongik University, Cheongdam-dong and Chyeonggye Stream areas to introduce the dynamic side of Seoul, while the part about Lee shows Apgujeong-dong, Insa-dong and Samcheong-dong to introduce the serene and romantic side of Korea’s capital city.

The show will air in Australia and New Zealand in January, in Southeast Asia in February and in Europe in May. A government official said the program is expected to improve Seoul’s image by showing off the city’s unique charms on the Discovery Channel.
Source: KBS Global

December 24, 2008

Watch out world, Korean singer and actor are ready for discovery

Rain and hallyu star Lee Byung-hun have been “discovered.”

RAWRRR!

RAWRRRR! NOMNOMNOM ON A RAMPAGE!!!

WATCH-OUT FOR THE ONE IN THE RED BEANIE

Thanks so much to the highlight at PlanetBH0712

MERRY CHRISTMAS & A FABULOUS NEW YEAR 2009

NOMNOMNOM!

Anyone with any idea where we can purchase these cute NomNomNom toys? Please share with everyone. Merci!^^

Byunghun in ELLE & W Korea

Thanks to the highlight by Hyc and roger at EverythingLBH-soompi.com, ELLE & W magazine covers courtesy the cool sharing at AboutLBH. Captures Body&Soul and W Korea from auctions.yahoo.jp

ELLE KOREA FEAT. BYUNGHUN’S BODY&SOUL (Januay 2009)

W Korea highlights Lee Byunghun in ‘Raise the Red Lantern’

Hip Korea-Seoul Savvy ^^

Preview

2009 Discovery-Hip Korea updates from The Korea Times and Korea Herald

Watch out for Byunghun’s SEOUL SAVVY!

December 22, 2008
Rain, Lee to Appear in New Documentary

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter

Hallyu stars Rain and Lee Byung-hun will appear in the new two-part documentary series being produced by Discovery Networks.

A tie-up has been established with the Seoul Metropolitan government to produce the documentary, “Hip Korea,” which will air on the channel next year.

The cable network’s producers and crew recently visited Seoul to film Rain and Lee as they show off the sights in Seoul. The documentary will highlight fun and exciting places in Myeongdong and Hongdae, as well as picturesque views in Namsan and along the Han River.

The documentary will be aired on the Discovery channel in Australia in January, Southeast Asia in February and Europe in May.

Rain, considered one of the most popular K-pop singers around Asia, appeared in the Hollywood film “Speed Racer” last year. His next Hollywood movie “Ninja Assassin” will hit screens next year.

Lee recently starred in the hit film “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” and will star in the Hollywood film “G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra.”

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is hopeful the Discovery Channel’s documentary will generate more interest in Seoul as a travel destination.

Credits: cathy@koreatimes.co.kr

Discovery to air film on Seoul

The Discovery Channel in the United States will broadcast a documentary about the main attractions in Seoul.

Seoul City officials said the production team from the Discovery Channel had completed filming of the Han River, Namsan, Myeong-dong, Hongdae, and other popular sights. The documentary will be included in a series of documentaries about travel destinations set to begin in January of next year.

The documentary titled, “Hip Korea,” will be divided into two parts and will feature Rain and Lee Byung-hun as hosts.

The first segment, hosted by Rain, will be titled, “Seoul Vibes,” while Lee’s will be titled, “Seoul Savvy.” Each segment will last 45 minutes.

Rain will cover Hongdae, Cheongdam-dong, and the Cheonggye stream, seeking to portray a dynamic city alive with energy. Lee will cover the up-market Apgujeong district, Insa-dong, and Samcheong-dong focusing on the “tranquil and romantic aura of the city.”

Seoul City officials have expressed appreciation to the Discovery Channel as “this would promote and perhaps boost interest in the city by foreigners abroad.”

Credits: kws@heraldm.com, image from yahoo.kr

VOD Director’s CUT Awards

Our thanks to melusine at EverythingLBH-soompi.com for sharing this wonderful clip ^^

MBC Section TV 20081219 – Director’s CUT Awards
MBC Section TV 섹션TV 연예통신
Episode #458 – aired December 19, 2008

11th Director’s CUT Awards
제11회 디렉터스 컷 어워드
December 16, 2008

Discover-y Romantic Seoul

Thanks to Huangsy for the translated gist at EverythingLBH-soompi.com, info+update from kr.news.yahoo.com

Rain and Lee Byung Hun, with cameo appearances by Kim Jae Dong, Jung Woo Sung and Song Kang Ho, will be featured in a documentary promoting Seoul as ‘Romantic Seoul’ and highlighting the clty that stars live in, including sidewalk food stalls on the street.

The program will be aired on the Discovery channel in Australia in January, South East Asia in February and Europe in May 2009.

News with VOD streaming here

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Discovery partners Seoul govt to launch new series [X]

Byunghun.. Top Search

Source: blog.cine21.com, thanks to the highlight at Everyday Lee Byunghun

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<Cine 21> Top search queries in film TOP 100

1. Actor Lee Byung Hun

2. Director Kim Ji Woon

3. Actor Ha Jung Woo

4. Director Kim Ki Duk