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In magazines:

• Kim So Eun has an interview and photo shoot in Nylon. She reveals that her favourite actor is Matt Damon and that she would have liked to play Anna Jo in Fantasy Couple.

Kim So Eun in Nylon (7/09)

Kim So Eun in Nylon (7/09)

Kim So Eun in Nylon (7/09)

• Lee Young Jin in Nylon

Lee Young Jin in Nylon (7/09)

Lee Young Jin in Nylon (7/09)

Online:

• Kang Ji Hwan is featured on 10asia.co.kr

Kang Ji Hwan on 10asia (7/8/09)

Kang Ji Hwan on 10asia (7/8/09)

Kang Ji Hwan on 10asia (7/8/09)

Kang Ji Hwan on 10asia (7/8/09)

Kang Ji Hwan on 10asia (7/8/09)

Kang Ji Hwan on 10asia (7/8/09)

Kim So Eun Drops 4th Period

Kim So Eun

Actress Kim So Eun has dropped her first starring film role in 4th Period Mystery (4교시 추리영역).

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In marketing:

• Mise en scene brand model Shin Mina channelled movie characters from five different genres (social drama, melodrama, comedy, horror/fantasy, action-thriller) to promote the 8th Mise en scene Short Film Festival (MSFF). The annual festival, called Beyond the Barrier of Genres, will be held from June 25 to 30 at Yongsan CGV Theater.

Shin Mina as Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch

Shin Mina as Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge

Shin Mina as Carrie-Anne Moss in Matrix

Shin Mina as Kirsten Dunst in Interview with a Vampire

Shin Mina as Gwyneth Paltrow in Great Expectations

In magazines:

• Kim So Eun in Singles

Kim So Eun in Singles (7/09)

Kim So Eun in Singles (7/09)

• Kim Hye Ja in Harper’s Bazaar

Kim Hye Ja in Bazaar (7/09)

Kim Hye Ja in Bazaar (7/09)

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• The first still cut has been released for Fourth Period Mystery (4교시 추리영역), co-starring Kim So Eun and Yoo Seung Ho.
  

  still - Yoo Seung Ho & Kim So Eun in Fourth Period Mystery

• Netizens were shocked to discover that Lee Philip (The Slingshot) is from a well-off family who lives in a luxurious house in America. His father, Simon Lee (Lee Soo Dong), is the president and CEO of a successful IT company called STG in Virginia. The business earns almost $200 million USD in annual revenue. Although Lee Philip also graduated in an IT-related Master’s program from his father’s alma mater, George Washington University, he chose to pursue his dream of acting.
  

  Lee Philip's family home

• Lee Jung Hyun released still cuts from the music video for “Crazy”, the title track of her upcoming mini-album. The album, Avaholic, will be sold in Korea beginning on May 19.
  

  "Crazy"

  

  "Crazy"

• Actors Sol Kyung Gu (Public Enemy Returns) and Song Yoon Ah (On Air) held a press conference on May 9, ahead of their upcoming marriage. Although the two have known each other for years from co-starring in two films, they claimed that they’ve only been dating for a year and a half. The couple was extremely cautious not to be caught dating before announcing their wedding plans; hence, many dates took place at Song’s office. They admitted that it was extremely difficult to get Song’s parents’ permission to marry. (KP’s note: This is just a personal assumption, but if you believe Korean dramas, most parents are not so willing to give up their never-married daughter to a divorced man.) The two will get married in a Catholic ceremony on the evening of May 28.

  

  Sol Kyung Gu & Song Yoon Ah

• Celebrity couple Byul and Jeon Sang Hwan celebrated the 1000th day since their first meeting with a party on May 4. The two singers met at a Bible study group for Christian entertainers in October 2007. On May 10, they went on a public date at a baseball match between the Doosan Bears and the Hanhwa Eagles, where Byul was invited to throw the opening pitch.
  

  Byul & Jeon Sang Hwan

• Writer/director Kwak Kyung Taek’s current project, Friend, Our Legend, has been filming the material required for 20 episodes in advance, and is now 80% complete. Kim Min Joon and Hyun Bin are starring in the television remake of Kwak’s 2001 hit film, Friend. The broadcasting station is to be decided shortly, and the drama will likely begin airing in late summer.
  

  Friend, Our Legend - still

  

  Friend, Our Legend - still

Ji Jin Hee & Kim So Eun to Play Neighbours

Ji Jin Hee, Kim So Eun

Actors Ji Jin Hee (Spotlight) and Kim So Eun (Boys Over Flowers) have just been confirmed to star in an upcoming KBS drama. He Who Can’t Marry (The Man Who Can’t Get Married; 결혼 못하는 남자) is a Korean adaptation of the 2006 hit Japanese drama of the same name (Kekkon Dekinai Otoko / 結婚できない男). Yeo Ji Na wrote the script, Kim Jung Kyu is directing, and Apple Tree Productions is producing the comedic drama of how a stubborn bachelor who likes being alone gradually begins to open his heart.

Kim So Eun & Yoo Seung Ho in 4th Period

Update (6/30): Actress Kim So Eun and director Shin Dong Yup are both no longer doing the project.

Rising actors Kim So Eun (Boys Over Flowers) and Yoo Seung Ho (Unforgettable) have been cast as the leads in a thriller.

Kim So Eun & Yoo Seung Ho on set