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Update from KBS Global

‘Send Text Message to Lee Byeong-heon’

Revamped official Lee Byeong-heon homepage brought down by too many users. There’s now a way you can send a text message to actor Lee Byeong-heon.

His management agency BH Entertainment said, “The feature is included on Lee’s official homepage, newly revamped as of last Friday. People can type in their messages which will be delivered to Lee.”

On the day of the renewed launch, the Web site went down due to excessive access by too many users.

BH Ent. said, “The server was rebooted but the site was up again less than another hour. Fan interest is high. The firm administering the server is still on vacation so the homepage operation will resume early next month.”

Gathering Storm..

Our thanks to Hyc at EverythingLBH-soompi.com for the translated article from Chinese text provided by ylin at bhjwlove.com

Lee Byung-hun’s fanclub Home Page paralyzed by too many log-in

Source: JES | 2009.01.29 14:11

Lee Byung-hun’s Korean fan club “Rubeurs” homepage (www.leebyunghun.kr) attracted many fans log-ins after the redesign resulting in server breakdown.

Rubeurs Web site theme is “Invite fans to Lee Byung-hun’s room”. On January 23, the site was updated. Due to too many fans clicking in to the home page and within 1 hour the server was down.

Lee Byung-hun’s respective company BH entertainment-related staff, said: “After the update last Friday, the website was opened. At the same time thousands of fans from around the world enter the site causing the breakdown of the website,” “Although the company has restarted the server, but the normal operation of the site may have to wait until early next month.”

Byunghun’s Rubeurs for all

Update gisted from Korean media News ! News ! News ! News

January 28, 2009

Lee Byung Hun’s Homepage, simultaneous access leads to server down

Byunghun’s Rubeurs new website recently launched on January 23rd just before the Lunar New Year Celebrations last weekend have been experiencing extremely high traffic thus shutting down the server for several days. Due to the intensity of fans visiting the latest, cool & improved Korean homepage for actor Lee Byung Hun and the coincidental Seollal holiday, pages are unable to completely load just yet.

But it’ll be back to normal real soon and all Byunghun fans from all over the world would be able to access the site, providing BH updates and info which will come in Korean, Japanese and English. A very special function that truly excite the fans is that they can write & send messages directly to Byunghun-ssi via the Korean website.

As 2009 will mark Byunghun-ssi’s international venture through ‘I Come With The Rain’ and ‘GI Joe: Rise of Cobra’ particularly plus various cool projects lining up, the website will certainly provide the latest info highly-sought by fans.

OUR CONGRATULATIONS to RUBEURS & BYUNGHUN-ssi, WELL DONE & ALL THE BEST!

2009 Byunghun & Rubeurs Website

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Our # One

Thanks to ylin at EverythingLBH-soompi.com for the highlight from books.com.tw

men’s uno February 2009 issue (Taiwan)

Source: books.com.tw

Storm Shadow, Rise of Cobra posters

Latest posters, updates from aceshowbiz.com, comingsoon.net, 411mania.com, blackvoices.com

‘G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra’ Unleashes New Character Posters
January 28, 2009 02:20:30 GMT

Duke, Ripcord, The Baroness, Scarlett, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are all featured individually in the new character posters of Stephen Sommers’ action adventure ‘G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra’.

Paramount Pictures have revealed a series of brand new posters from “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra” via MySpace. The one-sheets showcase six major characters, Channing Tatum’s Duke, Marlon Wayans’ Ripcord, Sienna Miller’s The Baroness, Rachel Nichols’ Scarlett, Ray Park’ Snake Eyes and Lee Byung-hun’s Storm Shadow, in their fighting outfits.

“G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra” is set ten years in the future

Byunghun’s 7Luck extended

Online-translated gist from asiae.co.kr ! News ! News ! News ! News

Official Website 7luck.com » LBH 7luckstar

January 28, 2009

Korean star Lee Byung-hun, 2 consecutive years as ‘Seven Luck’ Star.

‘Seven Luck’, a subsidiary of Grand Korea Corporation operating the tourist spot Seven Luck casino and Mr. Lee Byung Hun recently signed a contract of extension which proceeds with photoshoot for the new Seven Luck advertisement in a studio in Seoul.

Grand Korea Leisure stated that “in accordance to the international fame of Seven Luck, Mr. Lee appropriately represents the company,” with his “cool, sophisticated style scion” in which had been extended as a model for 2 consecutive years building a consistent Seven Luck exclusive image.

Lee Byung Hun who was one of the Korea National Tourism Promotional CF models in recent years, has contributed greatly bringing in foreign currency to the country. Despite the slowness in worldwide economy, through the attraction of Korean Wave star Lee Byung-hun, Seven Luck had contributed greatly into domestic tourism by the inflow of foreign currency.

Grand Korea Leisure and Lee Byung-hun, will highlight various overseas and domestic media advertising (outdoor and printed materials as well as online updates & info) for Seven Luck through a variety of promotions, to upheld the casino’s image at the same time, keeping the industry’s No. 1 position.

December 5, 2008
[BEST BRAND AWARDS] Seven Luck Casino pulls off trailblazing growth

Grand Korea Corp., which runs Seven Luck Casino, received the tourism promotion award from the government on Oct. 14 for contributing about $300 million, a formal recognition for the premium facilities’ role in attracting foreign tourists.

ICE-ing the Lost Planet

Latest Lost Planet update+info courtesy joblo.com

Lost Planet is $200M
Source: Empire by: James Thoo

LOST PLANET is a movie based on a video game by the same name from the always awesome Capcom.

Apparently it has been revealed by their Head of Character Contents Business that they plan to spend some $150-$200 million making the film. From what I can gather, in the game a character called Wayne, aided by a group of action movie stereotypes, must do battle on a frozen planet with the indigenous aliens, using their thermal energy to survive. There is also a broad sub-plot involving his father. David Hayter (X2) will write the screenplay.

The coolest thing about this project though is that the main character Wayne is modeled on international bad-ass Lee Byung-Hun (A BITTERSWEET LIFE). The

45th Baeksang February 27th

Our thanks to piano_lady, lilcrash and kdramafanusa at 45th Baeksang-soompi thread, original info from isplus.com

45th Baeksang Official Website

The 45th Baeksang (Paeksang) Art Awards 2009 is being brought forward 2 months earlier than its usual April date, taking place on February 27th instead. The delightful Kimchi-western ‘The Good, The Bad, The Weird’ is definitely up for several nomination in major categories which includes the Best Movie, Best Director and Best Actor (with Song Kang Ho) consideration of a confirmed & deserving recognition.. most hopefully. Nom Nom Nom Fighting!

Although Byunghun-ssi is not included in the Best Actor nomination, he is in the running for the Popularity (Movie) Award instead. Our Best Hopes always!

MORE GBW nomination

Jan26 Lunar NY wishes to Byunghun

Thanks to huangsy at EverythingLBH for the Korean New Year wishes

Wishing our Byunghun-ssi a wonderful auspicious day
celebrating Seollal together with family & friends

May the New Year brings us an abundance of love, luck, health, success & happiness
for every day of the year with more blessings to cherish!

Korean New Year at wikipedia
Experience Korean Seollal

Asian Film Award NOM-inated

GBW-AFA update from yonhapnews and poster from star.moneytoday.co.kr

S. Korean western nominated for best film at Hong Kong festival

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s spaghetti western “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” will be competing for the top prize at Hong Kong’s upcoming Asian Film Awards (AFA), event organizers said Thursday.

Established in 2007 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the AFA spans the full range of genres by Asian filmmakers. The event kicks off on March 23, coinciding with the opening night of Hong Kong’s main film festival.

“The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” directed by Kim Jee-woon, has been well received by audiences in and out of the country, debuting at the Cannes Film Festival and drawing the largest number of viewers at home last year. The comic movie, inspired by Italian director Sergio Leone’s “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” depicts a battle between three men over a supposed treasure map in 1930s’ Japanese-occupied Manchuria.

The movie has been nominated in eight categories, including best film and best director.

GBW for AFA in Hong Kong

Thanks to willenette at EverythingLBH for the highlight of AFA article at Variety Asia

Hopefully our friends in Hong Kong will see & meet BH in March for the awards! This is indeed one of the best news for 2009.. for GBW and Byunghun-ssi, especially.

GBW is leading the AFA NOMs in 7 categories. Dir. Kim, SKH, JWS and Byunghun-ssi.. all with a NOMination each!

Way to go Nom Nom Nom!

Cowboys and Indians chase after the AFAs

Written by Marcus Lim

OFFICIAL WEBSITE asianfilmawards.org » 2009 Nomination List

HONG KONG – Korean Western “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” leads the list of nominations for this year’s Asian Film Awards.

Film, about a chase for treasure through the wilderness of Manchuria, collected 8 noms, including best feature film, best director and best cinematography, as well as a two way nod for Jung Woo-sung and Lee Byung-hun in the best supporting actor category.

Other best film contenders include Chen Kaige’s “Forever Enthralled,” Hayao Miyazaki’s “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea,” Riri Riza’s “The Rainbow Troops, “Red Cliff” and “Tokyo Sonata.”

The kudosfest also announced the creation of a best newcomer category to augment the existing acting awards. The nominations were announced Wednesday by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS), organizers of the AFA.

In a nod to the award’s pan-Asian ambitions, the nominations this year also included a significant Bollywood contingent. Comedian Akshay Kumar and actress Deepika Padukone both received nods for their respective turns in “Singh is Kinng” and “Chandni Chowk to China,” while Hindi period epic “Jodhaa Akbar” came up for contention in the production design and composer categories.

Local Hong Kong films, however, were significantly shut out of the major creative categories. With the exception of favorite son John Woo (“Red Cliff”) running for the best director prize, and Nick Cheung stalking the best supporting actor category for his performance in Emperor Motion Pictures’ crime thriller “Beast Stalker,” no other Hong Konger or Hong Kong film was nominated in the acting, directing or best film categories.

The jury that will select the eventual winners is given some star power with former Bond-girl and “Crouching Tiger” alumnus Michelle Yeoh presiding over the panel.

The 13-member jury includes Peggy Chiao, chair of Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, as well as Kong Rithdee, Thailand correspondent for Variety.

The AFA will be held in Hong Kong, March 23.

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 3RD ASIAN FILM AWARDS

Best Film
Forever Enthralled (China)
The Good, The Bad, The Weird (South Korea)
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
The Rainbow Troops (Indonesia)
Red Cliff (China)
Tokyo Sonata (Japan/The Netherlands/Hong Kong)

Best Director
Feng Xiaogang, “If you are the one”
Kim Jee-woon, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird”
Koreeda Hirokazu, “Still Walking”
Brillante Mendoza, “Service”
Hayao Miyazaki/Frank Marshall, “Ponyo on the Cliff by the sea”
John Woo, “Red Cliff”

Best Actor
Ge You, “If you are the one”
Ha Jung-woo, “The Chaser”
Akshay Kumar, “Singh is Kinng”
Matsuyama Kenichi, “Detroit Metal City”
Motoki Masahiro, “Departures”
Song Kang-ho, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird”

Best Actress
Fukatsu Eri, “The Magic Hour”
Jiang Wenli, “And the Spring Comes”
Deepika Padukone, “Chandni Chowk to China”
Yoshinaga Sayuri, “Kabei – our Mother”
Zhou Wei, “Painted Skin”
Zhou Xun, “The Equation of Love and Death”

Best Newcomer
Matsuda Shota, “Boys Over Flowers: the Movie”
Sandrine Pinna, “Miao Miao”
So Ji-sub, “Rough Cut”
Xu Jian, “CJ7″
Jeeja Yanin, “Chocolate”
Yu Shaoqun, “Forever Enthralled”

Best Supporting Actor
Nick Cheung, “Beast Stalker”
Jung Woo-sung, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird”
Lee Byung-hun, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird”
Tsutsumi Shinichi, “Suspect X”
Wang Xueqi, “Forever Enthralled”

Best Supporting Actress
Aoi Yu, “Sex Is No Laughing Matter”
Jaclyn Jose, “Service”
Kiki Kirin, “Still Walking”
Kim Ji-yeong, “Forever the Moment”
Gina Pareno, “Service”

Best Screenwriter
Na Hong-jin, “The Chaser”
Li Qiang, “And the Spring Comes”
Tom Lin/Henry Tsai, “Winds of September”
Kurosawa Kiyoshi/Max Mannix/Tanaka Sachiko, “Tokyo Sonata”
Mitani Koki, “The Magic Hour”

Best Cinematographer
Ato Shoichi, “Paco and the Magical Book”
Cheng Siu-keung, “Sparrow”
Lee Mo-gae, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird”
Jola Dylewska, “Tulpan”
Wang Yu/Nelson Yu, “24 City”

Attractively Talented

Byunghun-related portion only, gist guessed from newsprime.co.kr

January 21, 2009
Analysis of the attractiveness of Korean stars in Hollywood

Since 2007 and 2008, Lee Byung Hun had been in the United States filming the movie ‘GI Joe’ is now ready for the movie’s release this coming August. In ‘GI Joe’ is a blockbuster action movie in which Lee Byung-hun plays an important supporting role of ‘Storm Shadow’. There was no lead star treatment in this new working environment as it was in Korea but to Lee Byung Hun, everything turned out a good & meaningful experience for him.

As an actor, Lee has already been verified and known for his strong acting performances that met the high hopes of the production. The Korean star of GBW with a cool, charismatic presence who successfully showed his best villanous performance may be new in Hollywood but he is hoped to shine alongside his Hollywood counterparts. As CNN had dubbed Lee Byung Hun to be ‘Asia’s James Dean’, his introduction in the US is slowly receiving overwhelming