What could pop-singer-turned-actress Jeon Hye-bin (known during her somewhat disappointing singing career as simply Bin) be cheering in her peppy cheerleading outfit? Could she be expressing her support for the Olympics? Rooting her countrymen on to victory? Indulging creepy-old-men fantasies?

Not… exactly.

Here she films in the city of Goyang at Jonghap Stadium for her upcoming drama Scales of Faith (also possible translation: Scales of God, although I can’t be sure without the hanja). This scene involves a sports meet for employees of the Judicial Research and Training Institute; she plays a lawyer in the series.

Jeon Hye-bin’s last acting role was in the sageuk King and I; before that she acted in the hilariously silly Witch Amusement. Scales premieres on August 22 as SBS’s new Friday series.

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While I wouldn’t call the 4th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF 2008) a star-studded event, it had its share of famous faces sprinkled in amongst the packed crowd of festival attendees, including promo reps Lee Jung-jin and Lee Yeon-hee, above, who hosted the opening ceremony on the evening of August 14.

Also attending the festival are Korean directors Lim Kwon-taek, Lee Joon-ik, Heo Jin-ho, Park Heung-shik, Kim Sang-woo and others. International guests include director Claire Pijman from the Netherlands (Talking Guitars), American animator Nina Paley (Sita Sings the Blues), German director Martin Walz (Melodies of Spring), Morocco’s Ahmed El Maanouni (Burned Hearts), Hong Kong’s Pang Ho-cheung, and more.

Following the opening ceremony, the festival kicked off with a screening of British filmmaker Stephen Walker’s Young@Heart, the acclaimed documentary about senior citizens singing rock and pop songs as a part of the Young at Heart Chorus.

JIMFF will screen films from 30 countries — features, documentaries, shorts, animation, and others — including a new section on films featuring world music. The festival takes place over the next six days in the city of Jecheon in scenic Chungcheongbuk-do (North Chungcheong province), and closes on August 19.

Top row: Lee Jung-jin and Lee Yeon-hee
Middle row: Yoo Ji-tae, Lee Yeon-hee, Kim Tae-woo with Eom Ji-won, Eom Ji-won, Ahn Sung-ki with Kang Soo-yeon

Moon Geun-young departs further from her usual cute image in her cross-dressing role for the upcoming drama The Painter of Wind.

♥Yoo-Bin♥: This is getting to be really freaky.

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New actress Song Min-ji appeared in the August 13 episode of horror drama Hometown of Legends and is now sparking lots of comparisons to pop diva Lee Hyori.

What do you think, Hyori-esque or not? (Or, should I say, Hyorish-esque? Hyorish-ish?)

A few more shots:

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Furthermore, Lee expressed the ambition to make an Asia tour before his impending military duty. He’s been busy for the past several months filming his drama When Night Comes, and now looks to launch himself into promotional activities for his singing career.

A representative from Sony BMG said on August 14 that there’s particular interest from his Japanese fans (he released a mini-album in March, replete with his own MV for the title song “Tsukiakari”). The upcoming album will incorporate some J-pop musical stylings to appeal to both his Japanese and Korean fans. To this end, six of the songs will be sung in Korean, six others will be sung in Japanese, with the remaining two as instrumental tracks.

Lee Dong-gun left Korea on the 14th for an August 22 concert in Japan.

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China Daily

Beijing-born actress Zhang Ziyi and fiance Vivi Nevo attended the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. The 29-year-old screen siren is watching her favorite competitions: diving, table tennis and gymnastics. “I will cheer for the Chinese athletes for sure,” she says.

Now living in the United States, Zhang has found her hometown changing fast, especially this year. “Beijing is totally immersed in the Olympics. As a Beijinger, I feel so excited about this great event,” she says.

Besides Nevo, Zhang brought many other friends with her. “It is their first time visiting Beijing and they are captivated by the city,” she says. Zhang became internationally known for her role in the Oscar-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. In her decade-long career, she has made 11 films.

Yedang Entertainment announced that actress Han Ji-hye participated in the recording of “Friends,” the official theme song for swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

“Friends” was a joint effort produced by China’s National Olympic Committee, WBBN and Korea’s The Saem Entertainment. There are two versions of the song, Korean and Chinese, which were sung by actress Han Ji-hye and the Chinese star, William, respectively.

At the earliest, “Friends” may begin playing today at the Water Cube, the main swimming pool for the Beijing Olympics. It will also sound out over the arena for the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and the 2010 Shanghai Expo.

“We received a formal request from the organizing committee of the Beijing Olympics and believed this would be a great step towards solidifying Korea-China relations,” explained Yedang Entertainment. “We just wish we could have prepared ‘Friends’ in time for the opening ceremony.”

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Is Yoon Eun Hye bored to the extent she is playing with hand puppets? …
Haha. How can it be? Princess Yoon Eun Hye is currently doing modelling and this is one of the photoshoots to her pictorial for BasicHouse.

She will don on the basic colours blue, pink, purple and green tee shirts, cheering for gold medals for Korean participants at Beijing Olympics.

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Charlene and Wu Zun in "Butterfly Lovers"

“Butterfly Lovers” starring Charlene Choi and Chun 吳尊 will be in cinema on 9th October. They had so much fun filming together. Ah Sa had a reversed role that she dressed up as a man who went up to the mountain to learn the martial art. She was very popular among the other brotherhood. There was one scene that As Sa found Chun had a tear in his clothes, she went straight to mend it for him. Chun saw this little brother so good in repairing clothes, he didn’t think it was the work from a man. But the other brothers took off their torn clothes, wanting As Sa to teach them how to stitch up. Now they are teasing her about opening a class for sewing.

Chun told reporter “I thought Charlene is big kid. But I couldn’t beleive she could repair old clothes. She is even better than my mother.” Charlene had participated well in the fun with the cast. She was quick to repair old clothes. The whole crew admired her. “I had in the past repair my own clothes. The more I do it, the more skillful I become. It is ashamed that I don’t have much time now.”

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