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Category Archives: Choi Ji-woo

Easter celebrity round-up

22-Mar-08
It's been a while since I rounded up some of the celebrity news as an excuse for posting some pictures, so here's some recent items: First - Brits with Korean connections: Korea Beat has a translation of an interview with David Beckham, recently in Korea with LA Galaxy Kate Moss gets an advertising contract with Korean fashion brand GGPX Next, Korean celebs with Chinese actors in Hong Kong: Jeon Do-yeon picking up Best Actress at the Asian Film Awards (for her performance in Secret Sunshine), with Tony Leung (best actor, for Lust, Caution). And Choi Ji-woo with Chow Yun-Fat. For full explanation, visit the Marmot. Next, Korean celebs earning money (or not) from product promotion Rain, who has been rather invisible of late, pops up in a Nikon ...

Korea’s most beautiful face

22-Jun-06
After yesterday's heavy post, something a bit lighter. Kim Hye-soo has been voted Korea's most beautiful face. The picture in the Chosun news story is a fairly low-key affair - but you can find far more glamorous images by googling her name. The image here is a still from the film Hypnotized aka Faceless Beauty. Whatever, I still think Lee Mi-Sook is tops. What puzzles me more though is the following quote from the Chosun article: No matter what kind of clothes she has on, she speaks in a straightforward manner. Does she speak in convoluted sentences when she's in the bath? Update (7 August 2006): Kim Hye-soo has competition. While she's Korea's most beautiful face, she's not Korea's most beautiful actress. Go work that one ...