Jeon Do-Yeon 전도연 [Drama “Crash Course in Romance” | Movie “Kill Boksoon” (NETFLIX)]

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winning best actress

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November 25, 2007

Blue Dragon Awards Winners: Actress Jeon Do-yeon, left, who won the best actress award at the 60th Cannes film festival for her role in “Secret Sunshine,” and actor Song Gang-ho pose after winning the best actor-actress awards for their roles in the same film at the 28th Blue Dragon Awards, which was held at National Theater of Korea in Seoul, Friday./ Yonhap

Source: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sport.../173_14327.html

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November 30, 2007

How Stars Dress for the Red Carpet

Actress Jeon Do-yeon

A glimpse of true glamour graced the red carpet at the Blue Dragon Awards last Friday, when Korea’s most beautiful actresses wore some of the most stunning dresses the fashion world could produce.

The dress Jeon Do-yeon chose for the awards, where she won the Best Actress award, was a W10 million dress (US$1=W929) by Dior. She had worn a Ralph Lauren champagne gold dress for the Cannes Film Festival, where she also won best actress honors.

Before Jeon headed for France, several designers vied with each other for the privilege of dressing her amid rumors that she was likely to land the award. On the day of the festival, Jeon’s stylist sent a text message to Korea: “She picked Ralph Lauren.” The Ralph Lauren team in Korea, and headquarters in New York too, were reportedly delighted.

Kim Hye-soo is well known for choosing not just big-name foreign brands but also home-made ones like Kim Yeon-ju and Kang Hee-sook. Jung Ryeo-won chose the less familiar French haute couture brand Jean-Louis Scherrer. It is said that she made the last-minute decision over a Louis Vuitton dress.

The stars usually start thinking about what they are going to wear more than a month before they walk down the red carpet, meeting with their stylists and representatives from various designers. Then a couple of dozen dresses ranging in price from anywhere between W5 million and W20 million make their way across the Pacific. They try on about 10 before choosing about three to have them tailored for the final. Thanks to the prearrangements by stylists and brand representatives, no actress will wear the same dress as another.

Five actresses attending the 28th Blue Dragon Film Award at the Seoul National Theater

last Friday: Kim Yun-jin, Son Ye-jin, Park Si-yeon, Jeon Do-yeon, and Kim Ha-neul (from left).

But the same dress can be worn by different stars at different events. The dress Park Si-yeon chose for the Blue Dragon was the same worn by Kim Ah-jung during a ceremony in Hong Kong. And the dress that highlighted Park’s breasts was borrowed from Gucci’s Hong Kong branch. It appears that as long as neither of them is in Korea, wearing the same dress is fine.

Many assume that the dress is later given to the stars as it already underwent various modifications to fit them. Surprisingly, however, every dress is returned to headquarters. They are a one-off, like Cinderella’s ball gown. Now, some of these dresses are re-imported to Korea for sale as more and more customers are looking for the dresses worn by the stars. The Ralph Lauren and Gucci branch in Seoul have saw their sales go up thanks to the Cannes winner.

This column was contributed by Shin Kwang-ho, fashion news director of Vogue Korea.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/new...0711300010.html

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She attended a movie festival event this afternoon 30th Nov 2007

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Seen this great actress in You are my Sunshine and Lovers in Prague.

She's a really good actress and definitely deserves her awards. I am so impressed with her acting!

I look forward to watching the rest of her movies

By the way, if anyone's interested, the dl links of Lovers in Prague are available in the LIPrague thread.

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'Secret Sunshine' Wins 4 Film Awards

Sunday, December 2, 2007

The film "Secret Sunshine" directed by Lee Chang-dong has won four prizes in the sixth Korean Film Awards.

In downtown Seoul Saturday, the film earned top honors for best film, best directing and best leading actor and actress.

The award for the best supporting actor went to Sung Ji-ru for "Paradise Murdered" and that for best actress went to Gong Hyo-jin for "Happiness."

Daniel Henney was named best new actor for “My Father” and Song Hye-kyo best new actress for "Hwangjini."

Reported by KBS WORLD Radio

http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub...;key=2007120204

List of WINNERS, thanks to yum yum dimsum

Best Picture - 'Secret Sunshine'

Best Director - Lee Chang Dong 'Secret Sunshine'

Best Actor - Song Kang Ho 'Secret Sunshine'

Best Actress - Jeon Do Yeon 'Secret Sunshine'

Best Supporting Actor - Sung Ji Roo 'Paradise Murdered'

Best Supporting Actress - Gong Hyo Jin 'Happiness'

Best New Director - Kim Mi Jung 'Shadows in the Palace'

Best New Actor - Daniel Henney 'My Father'

Best New Actress - Song Hye Gyo 'Hwang Jin Yi'

Best Original Screenplay - Choi Dong Hun 'Tazza'

Best Art Direction - Yoo Joo Ho & Yoon Sang Yoon 'M'

Best Cinematography - Hong Kyung Pyo 'M'

Best Editing - Shin Min Kyung 'Tazza'

Best Lighting - Choi Chul Soo 'M'

Best Sound Effects - Kim Suk Won, Kim Chang Sup, Lee Tae Gyu 'Voice of A Murderer'

Best Music - Bang Jun Suk 'Radio Star'

Best Visual Effects - 'D-War'

6th Korea Film Awards, 1 December 2007 -- thread by Shirley

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=180529

Stars At The 6th Korea Film Awards -- photo thread by yum yum dimsum

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=180584

6th Korea Film Awards -- more award photos

http://travel.innolife.net/innoreport/list...&ai_id=2717

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December 3, 2007

Jeon Do-yeon Takes Home Seventh Award

By Han Sang-hee

Staff Reporter

Actress Jeon Do-yeon, center, is flanked by director Lee Chang-dong, left

and actor Song Kang-ho, right at the 6th Korea Film Festival Saturday. / Yonhap

Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon, the queen of Cannes, is the most high profile actress in the country this year. The 34-year-old took home yet another award Saturday at the 6th Korea Film Festival held in Seoul.

At the annual event, director Lee Chang-dong's film "Secret Sunshine" secured Jeon her seventh award this year. Her winning streak started in May with the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Following on the heels of the Cannes' win, Jeon took home the special award from Korea's Daejong Film Festival, the Okgwan Order of Culture Merit from the Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Best Actress Award from the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (where the film also won the prize for Best Feature Film).

She continued to sweep awards, winning the Best Actress Award from the Korean Movie Critics Association and the annual Blue Dragon Awards.

"Secret Sunshine" portrays Jeon as a widowed mother who moves to Miryang, a small city in North Gyeongsang Province with her son after the death of her husband. Unscreened clips were found by Internet users after the screening of the film, showing Jeon acting the young widow crying hysterically in the cold waters of a nearby lake. The scenes were enough to move viewers with her signature acting style, marked by intensity and charisma.

The ambitious actress now awaits two possible additions to her trophy collection, this time in Hollywood with nominations for the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards.

The Korea Film Festival was truly a night for "Secret Sunshine,' with Jeon's co-star Song Kang-ho also being named Best Actor and director Lee Chang-dong chosen as Best Director.

Credits: ssunny16@hotmail.com

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2.../141_14837.html

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December 3, 2007

Actress Yoon Marks 40th Anniversary of Debut

By Chung Ah-young

Staff Reporter

Yoon Jeong-hee

A special exhibition to commemorate the 40th anniversary of veteran actress Yoon Jeong-hee's debut on the screen will be held at the Korean Film Archive (KOFA) in Sangam-dong, Seoul, Dec. 22.

The exhibit is intended to celebrate her contribution to Korean cinema over the past 40 years as one of the big three actresses along with Moon Hee and Nam Jung-hee in the 1960s.

Her husband and renowned pianist Paik Kun-woo will attend the event, along with other celebrities such as director Kim Soo-yong, actor Shin Sung-il and multi-award winning actress Jeon Do-yeon.

As part of the event, "A Shaman's Story" (1972) will be screened at 2 p.m. and "Gang Myeong-hwa" (1967) will be shown at 3:50 p.m.

Yoon rose to the stardom with her debut film, "Sorrowful Youth" in 1967, which drew 270,000 viewers in Seoul alone.

She starred in a number of hit films such as "Mist" (1967), "Longing in Every Heart" (1967), and "An Old Potter" (1969).

Until recently, she had been active as a judge at various film festivals.

Source: chungay@koreatimes.co.kr

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/speci.../178_14840.html

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On cover of Film 2.0 issue of 4th Dec 2007

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http://www.film2.co.kr/channel2/channel2_l...#53552;뷰

To watch VOD of interview of JDY

http://www.film2.co.kr/include/webcast_pla...amp;wkey=254039

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Posing for photos with the Secret Sunshine team.

Event was 10th Directors Award today

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The 10th Director's CUT Awards

Actress Jeon Do-yeon won Director's Cut Best Actress Award for the 4th time: "Happy End" (1999), "My Mother, The Mermaid" (2004), "You Are My Sunshine" (2005), "Secret Sunshine" (2007).

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Cannes' "Best Actress," Jeon Do-yeon is Honored with Yet Another Prestigious Award This Year! She was Chosen by Women in the Film Industry as "Actress of the Year"!

Cannes 2007 [photo=ap/newsis/chosun]

At this year's Cannes International Film Festival, Jeon Do-yeon claimed world star status when she was awarded "Best Actress." Jeon's acting prowess was duly noted as she continued to sweep up "Best Actress" at various ceremonies in Korea!

Her achievements were given another heads-up when she won "Actress of the Year" at the 2007 "Women in Film" Awards.

Other women recognized at the ceremony also include director Kim Mi-jung, who received "Best Production" for "Shadow in the Palace."

Congratulations to the award-winners and we'll be watching for more from our "women in film"!

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December 23, 2007

[Year-end Review (1): Movies] 'Sunshine' offers hope to Korean cinema in 2007

The Korean movie industry got off to a shaky start this year, due to the weakened market position of local flicks versus Hollywood blockbusters, but it received a big shining ray of hope from director Lee Chang-dong's thought-provoking drama, "Secret Sunshine."

Jeon Do-yeon, the heroine of "Secret Sunshine," grabbed the prestigious Best Actress award at the 60th Cannes Film Festival in May, setting the upbeat tone for the domestic film industry.

The 34-year-old actress won international acclaim for her brave and inspiring depiction of a grieving Korean woman struggling to rebuild her life in a new city in "Secret Sunshine," the first picture in four years by Lee Chang-dong, a former Korean culture minister.

Despite the positive turn on the filmfest front, the local movie market faced increasing pressure this year. Although the market volume of the Korean film industry remains relatively solid, with 104 films released between January and November this year, the number of moviegoers is steadily declining, and the profitability of major production houses is worsening, leaving a slew of projects stranded.

"The number of Korean movies with box-office influence is going down, and the campaign to export Korean films to foreign markets is nowhere near the target level," said Shim Young-seop, a leading movie critic. Meanwhile, Hollywood blockbusters led by "Transformers" and "Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End" made a strong comeback this year, mounting a strong competition against Korean counterparts at the box office.

Meanwhile, "D-War," a graphics-rich monster flick directed by Shim Hyung-rae, created plenty of ripples both in Korea and the United States. The film sold a whopping 8.43 million tickets here, setting a record as the biggest hit this year, thanks largely to director Shim's unabashed efforts to stress that it is the first-ever Korean film to achieve a wide release in the U.S. market.

Starring Jason Behr and Amanda Brooks, the English-language film revolves around a Korean legend about a huge snake-like creature known as "imoogi." The serpent-like monster smashes its way to downtown Los Angeles in the hope of finding a girl destined to transform it into a dragon.

Film critic Kang Yu-jeong said, "The so-called 'D-War' phenomenon was a great chance to discuss the important issues facing the Korean movie industry, but it quickly fizzled out amid frivolous disputes about the movie's quality and national pride."

Another landmark was that Korea's top filmmaker Im Kwon-taek received the title of knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor by the French government, a recognition for his lifetime contribution in the field of visual arts. Im has already won numerous awards, including the Best Director award at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival, but he achieved another milestone by putting out his 100th film, "Thousand-Year Crane," this year.

On the artistic front, maverick director Kim Ki-duk showcased his talent with "Breath," a peculiar story about love, starring Park Ji-ah and Chang Chen. Kim, who received numerous awards for his unique perspective, drew keen interest from critics and audiences with his softened approach in "Breath."

Another representative Korean stylist, Lee Myung-se, recently released "M," a psychodrama that featured top-rated stars such as Gang Dong-won. At the box office, much attention was given to Gang, a heartthrob who is highly popular in Korea, and critics also showed great interest in director Lee who has built up his fame through stylized features like "Nowhere to Hide" and "Duelist," but it was not a commercial success, suggesting that Korean audiences are still inclined to favor friendlier dramas like "Le Grand Chef," a cook-oriented drama that is based on a popular comics series. Directed by Jun Yoon-soo, "Le Grand Chef" secured a solid spot, in terms of ticket sales.

Other notable films include "Voice of a Murderer," director Park Jin-pyo's sophisticated kidnapping drama that hit it big at the box office early this year. "Our Town," directed by Jeong Gil-young, handles a similarly gruesome topic with a style that accentuates the talent of Oh Man-seok, former musical actor.

Daniel Henney also proved his commercial appeal with his role in "My Father," a drama that pulled at the heartstrings of audiences by focusing on the universal theme of father-son affection that goes beyond borders and prison walls.

"Gold Digger Miss Shin," starring Han Ye-seul, a bilingual actress, is also jockeying for position in the domestic film market toward the end of the year, highlighting Han's versatility and sex appeal.

By Yang Sung-jin (insight@heraldm.com)

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/

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The 7th Proud Korean Awards

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December 27, 2007

The Journalist Federation of Korea announced the “Most...

Most Proud South Koreans: The Journalist Federation of Korea announced the “Most Proud South Koreans” at a ceremony today held at the 63 Building. A total of 14 individuals from various sectors were given awards for their devotion and effort. In the front row, from left, are, Choi Jin-min (chairman of Kiturami Boiler) who won the award for social volunteerism; Park Geunhye (former leader of the Grand National Party) for political development; Suh Jeong-woo, head of Journalist Federation of Korea; Han Seung-soo (U.N. special envoy on climate change) for enhancing national dignity; and actress Jeon Doyeon for movie development. The other recipients include Lee Gil-ya (founder of the Gachon Univeristy Gil Medical Center), who won the award for her dedication to medical education; Sohn Kyung-shik (chairman of The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry) for economic development; Kim Kwan-yong (the governor of North Gyeongsang Provincee) for innovation in public administration; fashion designer Andre Kim for fashion design; Kim Seung-ho (Chairman of Boryung Group) for medicine development; artist Min Young-kap for (Korean paintings); Simon Lee (President and CEO of STG) for dedication in the lives of oversea residents; Kim Jin-il (CEO of Haewoo Global Logistics Service) for dedication to the logistics industry; Kim Young-cheol (Edico) for developing personnel; Park Jin-young (CEO of JYP Entertainment) for culture.

Korea Times Photo by Shim Hyun-chul

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opino.../115_16309.html

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December 28, 2007

'Proud Korean' award ceremony held

The Journalists' Federation of Korea yesterday gave the Proud Korean awards to 14 people, including former Grand National Party Chairwoman Park Geun-hye and Han Seung-soo, the U.N. secretary general's special envoy on climate change, at a ceremony held in western Seoul.

Park won the award in the politics category, while Han was recognized for his contribution to promoting the country's positive image by serving as a key member of the international body.

Jeon Do-yeon was given the award after she grabbed the prestigious Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival in May for her passionate performance in director Lee Chang-dong's thought-provoking film "Secret Sunshine."

Andre Kim, a leading fashion designer, won the award for his longstanding contribution to the nation's fashion industry, while Park Jin-young, a top music producer and singer, won the award in the entertainment category.

Other winners include Lee Kil-yeo, founder of the Gachon University Gil Medical Center; Son Kyung-sik, president of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Kim Kwan-yong, governor of North Gyeongsang Province.

insight@heraldm.com

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/

[shirley]

some updated news for jeon do yeon ..in 2008 ..now she busy with the filming of her new movie . also she managed to squeeze some time to make a special guest appearance in one of the scenes .of SBS drama ON Air which is scheduled to be release in Feb 08 . The same director and writer team who produced Lover In praha is also the same team behind this new production . At the PD 's request , JDY gladly agree to do the guest appearance ..

she will be apearing as herself .^^

From edaiily

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Has it been made known who's the (lead) actor acting in the new JDY movie?

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January 3, 2008

The Host, Secret Sunshine on Many Critics’ Best of 2007

BONG Joon-ho’s The Host, which had its US release earlier last year, has found its way to many critics top ten best of lists for 2007. Among those who gave it nods were Manhola Dargis of The New York Times, Kim Morgan of MSN Movies, Slate Magazine’s Dana Stevens, Ella Taylor of The LA Weekly, Kimberly Chun and Jeffrey M Anderson of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Glenn Kenny of PREMIER, Benjamin Strong at The L Magazine, and Matt Singer and Alison Willmore of the Independent Film Channel.

Meanwhile LEE Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine was also mentioned on many lists. 34 of the 106 critics surveyed in the 2007 indieWIRE Critics' Poll put the film on their list as one of the best undistributed films of the year. This marks the second year in a row that a South Korean film has topped indieWIRE best undistributed list with last year going to HONG Sang-soo’s Woman on the Beach.

Nigel D’Sa (KOFIC)

http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/

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January 4, 2008

Jeon Do-yeon makes cameo appearance in upcoming drama series 'On Air'

Actress Jeon Do-yeon will be making a cameo appearance in the SBS television drama series 'On Air' which is set to air on February 27th. This will be the first cameo appearance for the actress who will play herself in the series.

'On Air' which is actually set in a broadcasting company will feature Jeon Do-yeon as the top star who one of the leading characters Jang Ki Joon (played by Lee Beom Soo), an agent and manager, used to represent. Jeon Do-yeon finished filming the scene last month in Seoul.

Jeon Do-yeon's appearance was based on her relationship with the writer Kim Eun Sook and producing director Shin Woo Cheol who she worked with during "Lovers in Prague."

Shin Woo Cheol comments, "It probably wasn't easy for a top actress to agree to a cameo appearance but I am very thankful that she did so without hesitation. I believe she will give a significant positive impact to the series."

Kim Eun Sook comments, "It is a very short scene, but the role will leave a strong image and impact at the beginning of the series. That is why I asked Jeon Do-yeon to appear as the top actress."

"On Air" is a miniseries featuring Song Yoon Ah, Lee Beom Soo, Kim Ha Neul, and Park Yong Ha based on the actual production stages of a television drama series.

Source: Broasia.com

http://www.broasia.com/lwboard/lwboard.php...pg=1&no=441

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Has it been made known who's the (lead) actor acting in the new JDY movie?

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Ha Jung Woo had been cast as the lead actor from news just released today

http://www.cbs.co.kr/Nocut/Show.asp?IDX=728651