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150221 NEWS ON GANGNAM '70 AS IT ENTERS ITS 5TH WEEK IN SK CINEMAS!
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FAN EDITS OF KIM JONG-DAE from official stills

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[Guest minksquared]

Hahaha loving this Heirs throwback moments! Yes yes agree with @Danie_A...I loved their interactions behind the camera. There's just so much camaraderie amongst the casts and you can see genuine friendships formed on set

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Any Filipino Minoz here? How true is news of Lee Minho and Sarah Geronimo in new movie together?

[Danie_A]

@Pixie0622 @roshinip thanks for all the Heirs pix/material I am in heaven now I just loved that show to bits, so much prettiness in everything from the cast, to the scenery to the gorgeous heart-wrenching moments that they've created and shared with us! You ladies WIN AT LIFE!! 
Pixie oh where do yo find such adorable stuff on our beautiful boy?? He's so lethal, cuteness overdose!! I'm also jealous of your ability to understand Korean I love the interviews you share wish I can understand em! One thing I caught and I agree with PD-Nim, beautiful LMH is very reminiscent of Alain Delon, he truly is one of a kind in his sexual appeal...Hottie boy is HOT!  :-*

[Guest roshinip]

Startalk: Exclusive interview with Lee Min-Ho

[Guest minomi11.1987_dd12]

Hello minoz, nice to see you again ><
Here I'm admiring his beautiful hand. In case many of us here miss his public appearance.
The day will come soon. Minho ssi, are you in holiday right now?

ooh @roshinip, I warned you already many times, stick to your Jun pyo, and leave sweet Kim tan just for me. Remember? )


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[Guest minomi11.1987_dd12]

Wanna see compilation of Minho's sexy moves in Seoul concert?
Here's video from 1light. I enjoy seeing him on stage

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[CallieP]

@danie_a, Welcome.

You said " agree with PD-Nim ...beautiful LMH is very reminiscent of Alain Delon,,," Yes, after he said that, I saw what he meant especially in GB, he does have the Alain Delon look. Actually better than AD, his body shape, his height (LMH is taller I think ) and his smile.

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Moe snow in my part of the world ,I want to see the sun , I even miss school for God's sake ..... oh so kim tan is back in town ? I miss watching new drama , waiting for the kiss to start screaming like crazy ... back hug to wish I'm her WOW , I miss evry thing ..even the pink sweater ..happy snow day yo all .

[Guest roshinip]

Meet Lee Min Ho-Action Star!
Lee Min ho on "The Philippine Star"
CONVERSATIONS By Ricky Lo
Posted on Sunday Feb 22nd

SEOUL — I knew that Lee Min-ho has many fans in the Philippines but I never suspected that there was that many until I came back from this city and posted pictures of Min-ho on my Instagram. That’s when “likes” flooded the site and convinced me beyond any reasonable doubts (well, not that I had any) that Min-ho is a superstar in the hearts of Filipino fans, thanks to his hit Koreanovelas like Boys Over Flowers (2009), the breakthrough tele-drama that won him several awards including Best New Actor at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards; City Hunter (2011) for which he was honored as Most Popular Actor at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards and Outstanding Korean Actor at the 7th Seoul International Drama Awards; The Heirs (2013) for which he earned a nomination for Most Popular Actor at the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards; and Faith, which recently aired on ABS-CBN.

He has released two albums, My Everything in 2013 and Song For You in 2014.

My first interview with Min-ho was three years ago also in Seoul when he did a pictorial as Bench endorser. It was on June 22 and Min-ho was turning 25 (born in 1987), so Bench boss Ben Chan gave him a big birthday cake topped by three smaller chocolate cakes. I remember Min-ho to be so quiet, so soft-spoken and so shy that, when he was requested to blow the single candle, he blushed and blushed as we broke into a rousing Happy Birthday chorus. But he very gladly agreed to have photos with the visiting Philippine team.

This much I gathered from that interview: He has one sibling (an older sister); his idol was Cristiano Ronaldo, the Brazilian football superstar, that’s why he wanted to be a football player but was frustrated when he injured his knee when he was in Grade 5; he would spend his spare time at home with computer games; and he felt at home in any Asian country but his favorites happened to be Maldives and England.

Last month, I did another one-on-one with Min-ho also in Seoul for his first movie, Gangnam Blues, which casts him in an action role, something that fans used to loving him in rom-com roles will be pleasantly surprised to see — and love Min-ho all the more. Directed by the iconic Yoo Ha (Frozen Flower, etc.) as the third part of his Gangnam Trilogy, after Spirit of Jeet Keun Do (starring Kwon Sang-woo) and A Dirty Carnival (starring Zo In-sung), Gangnam Blues is set in the ‘70s when Gangnam was being transformed from a vast agricultural area into the modern hub that it is now.

Min-ho and co-star Kim Rae-won play orphans in a slum area, growing up like brothers. When their homes are bulldozed, they get separated, only to meet again years later as heads of rival gangs hired by powerful groups fighting over dominance of Gangnam. Meet Lee Min-ho, the Action Star. To understand his metamorphosis from a romantic hero to a tough gangster, imagine the likes of John Lloyd Cruz playing, why not, Asiong Salonga?

I saw the movie during its premiere and it struck me as Yoo Ha’s tribute to Francis Ford Coppola. It has scenes reminiscent of Coppola’s The Godfather (find out when the movie is shown starting on Wednesday, March 4, released in Tagalized version by Viva Films). Freddie Aguilar’s international hit Anak is played whole twice (the original version), first in the series of scenes showing Min-ho and his gang demolishing their rivals with a haul of bullets) and in the end as the credits roll.

Gangnam Blues was an instant hit in this city, grossing over $10M (from 1.36M total admission) as per the record of the Korean Film Council, during its first few days (and earning much, much more by now after it opened in Singapore, Myanmar and Taiwan, with play dates in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, US and Canada.

Good news: Lee Min-ho will be in Manila on Tuesday, Feb. 24, as endorser of KyoChon Chicken which has opened an outlet in the Philippines.

As in the first interview, during the pre-red carpet second interview (with Yoo Ha and Rae-won sitting-in), I rushed because of time constraints, there was an interpreter. Here are excerpts:

(To Min-ho) How are you? 

“I’ve been really busy promoting Gangnam Blues these days.”

(To Min-ho) What did you find interesting in your role in this movie?

 

 

“I thought that Kim Jong-Dae is the kind of character that I could not portray convincingly when I got older. I’ve been waiting and searching for a role like it. I’m very happy that I found it. I was lucky to have contacted director Yoo Ha so I was I’m able to play the role.”

(To Yoo Ha) Why did you choose Lee Min-ho and Kim Rae Won for the roles instead of the two actors from first two films of the Gangnam Trilogy?

“You are right. Gangnam Blues is part of the Gangnam Trilogy. The stories of these movies revolve around Gangnam, the street and the youth. Actually, each movie has its own story so they don’t have the same ending. I wanted to work with the actors who could do the characters Kim Jong-dae and Baek Yong-gi. I thought Lee Min-ho and Kim Rae-won are perfect for these characters so I chose them.”

(To Min-ho) How was it working with Yoo Ha?

“Director Yoo Ha is one of the famous directors in Korea so all the Korean actors actually really want to work with him. As I said, I’m very lucky to have a chance to work with him and I’m honored to participate in this project.”

(To Rae-won) And how was it working with Min-ho?

“I’ve known Lee Min-ho for a while but this is my first time to work with him. It turned out to be really good. You know, we had a really good time during our shooting.”

(To Min-ho) Did you take up Martial Arts preparation for the movie since it’s your first movie and your role is “action?” It’s so different from your other roles in your TV shows.

“Gangnam Blues is not the kind of movie with Kung Fu or Taekwondo so I just really needed to have hard-core training. But I did get some basic training for the action scenes. The back-story of this movie is about the 1970s in Korea which was not industrialized at that time. Fans in the Philippines know me in romance stories in my TV shows but I’m sure they will be happy to see me in a quite different genre. I’m proud of this movie and I hope my fans in the Philippines will be proud of me, too. I’m really pleased to show my other side as an actor to the Filipino audience.”  

(To Yoo Ha) You grew up in Gangnam so the movie has a sentimental value to you. How was it growing up in Gangnam?

“Today, Gangnam is a metropolitan city. But 40 years ago, it was totally agricultural so basically it was like living in a farm. These memories of Gangnam influence me in writing the scripts of the two Gangnam movies and Gangnam Blues.

The movie is about the problem of the youth and I do believe that it’s the same with young people in Korea and the Philippines. And I do think that the Philippine audience will understand the situation.”

Do you think Lee Min-ho and Kim Rae-won can equal or even surpass the success and record of your first two actors?

“I do believe that these actors will do many more movies but I’m not so sure if Gangnam Blues will be the milestone of their careers. But I am sure that the audiences will be very happy to see a different Lee Min-ho and a different Kim Rae-won.”

(To Min-ho) Have you watched any of Yoo Ha’s movies?

“Yes. I watched Spirit of Jeet Keun Do and A Dirty Carnival. I think that these films have a target audience. I like the movies’ theme about the devotion and attitude of young men in high school. The stories are about loyalty and betrayal. I enjoyed the two movies as part of the audience and not as an actor.” 

(To Yoo Ha) What lessons did you learn from making the Gangnam Trilogy?

“The stories of the three movies are about young men who cannot be part of mainstream. Their view of the world is distorted; they think that they are victims of society because of the circumstances they are in. They are controlled by an evil mind. They wander from place to place. With the Gangnam Trilogy, I want the young people to appreciate their youth and to do their best while they are young.”

(To Yoo Ha) By the way, why did you choose Anak as one of the movie’s theme songs?

“I tried to select a song that I have heard in the ‘70s. The song Anak was ranked top in the Billboard chart before Gangnam Style. The main reason why I chose it was because it matches the message of the film. Anak is a song sung in Tagalog about a father watching out and worrying for his son. I thought this song about a father’s love would somehow be adequate for this film about two orphans.”

(To Min-ho) You’ve been to Manila twice and the second time was to promote Bench which you are endorsing. Any places in Manila that you wanted to visit but didn’t have the time to?

“Yes, I was really busy so I didn’t have any chance to visit any place except for Manila. If I have time and the chance to travel in the Philippines, I would like to go to an island which is not popular to have a good vacation — you know, just chilling out.”

(To Min-ho) Would you like to say something to your fans in the Philippines?

(In passable Tagalog) “Kumusta kayo. Mahal ko kayo!”

Here's the link:

http://m.philstar.com/314196/show/049e03cad787a59ce0374468d0695e59/

P.S. sorry chingus for being selfish, I have shaded text, 'cause those are important to me

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[pixie0622]

Annyeong, Minoz! Thank you @roshinip for bringing over the Philippine interview.  Funny that the video that you earlier posted from the same interviewer showed that MH said (or at least the V/O did) that he wasn't so sure if his young Filipino fans would like GB given its genre, yet the printed edition states otherwise.  Or it could just be my interpretation.  
More New MEDIA INTERVIEW Pics

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GB BTS GIFs(probably from media clips)
Before filming (remember PD-nim mentioned that Minho would play badminton to reduce his morning "puffy face"?)

After filming:  MH still in character mode---fierce! 

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[pixie0622]

20150221 United Daily News (Taiwan)

The article which I hope one of our C-literate chingus can provide highlights of--

via Beyond_MinoBoiz_ICE

[Danie_A]

CallieP said:

@danie_a, Welcome.

You said " agree with PD-Nim ...beautiful LMH is very reminiscent of Alain Delon,,," Yes, after he said that, I saw what he meant especially in GB, he does have the Alain Delon look. Actually better than AD, his body shape, his height (LMH is taller I think ) and his smile.

[Alilbitgoth]

Hey guys! It's been a while. To those who celebrate the Lunar new year & Valentine's Day hope it was a good one for ya.

To all the newbies Welcome! :-h   I know we gained a few since I last posted.

Thanks for all the Heirs memories. We need to kidnap him and take him somewhere hot so he can tan again. His skin was looking like it have been kissed by the God Apollo himself. He was glowing. YAAS!!

So I went on AMC Theaters site to see if we were going to get GB since they show Asian & independent films.



NO GB but they had a film about gigolos.













Okay I admit I did stare at the poster for about 2 min. but I'm saying. I finally was going to spend some money but no GB. Now I guess I'll wait for my Avengers.

He's been taking a lot of good pics lately. I need to make me a new Wallpaper of my harem. Hey if you guys looking for more LMH pics, head to pinterest. They got everythang. I can spend hours on that site.

[pixie0622]

@minomi11 Chingu, come out, come out, from wherever you are 
Nerdy Minho : So hot!(did you know that he used to wear specs in RL before he had laser eye surgery pre-BOF?)

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My fave... :x
GB


BONUS:Before "armpit hug", there was this )

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[pixie0622]

GANGNAM BLUES"Jong-Dae's Eyes" 
*if you don't want spoilers, don't open!* :-t

PART 2!

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[Kris Silva]

While waiting for Minho's airport pics (what time is he flying to the Philippines? it should be around this time, right?), here are some of his Eider pics ( I hope this is not a re-post).