Archive | September 29, 2014

[News] Gu Hye Sun releases new pictorials & talks about her new movie, ‘Daughter’

Gu Hye Sun, who recently directed movie ‘Daughter,’ was chosen as a cover model of magazine ‘Big Issue.’

Actress Gu Hye Sun recently directed a new film called ‘Daughter,’ and she was selected as a new cover model of magazine ‘Big Issue.’

In the image, Gu Hye Sun shows a chic look, wearing a white blouse and a black leather one-piece dress. She is posing as if she is deeply in thoughts, and many people are showing great reactions for her charismatic look.

‘Daughter’ was recently invited to ‘The 19th Busan International Film Festival,’ which will open on October 2nd, and it is currently being talked about as one of the most anticipated films of the year.

‘Daughter’ is a movie that portraits a complicated relationship of a mother and a daughter, and it expresses Gu Hye Sun’s perspective for the current society.

During an interview that was held along with the shooting, Gu Hye Sun said, “I played in the movie as a character that I have never played before. It was the first time for me to act in a movie of my own direction, but I always wanted to try it.”

Gu Hye Sun also worked with actress Shim Hye Jin for the first time through the movie, and she said, “Shim Hye Jin showed amazing acting, and I felt very nervous.” Shim Hye Jin said, “Gu Hye Sun was a very easy director to communicate with. She is a very clever director.”

Gu Hye Sun also said, “I did lots of fantasy-like works in the past, and I wanted to do something more realistic. That is how I was motivated to produce ‘Daughter.’ I was not happy with my acting, so it took a long time to finish the film.”

Meanwhile, movie ‘Daughter’ will be officially released this autumn.


/Reporting by Noh I-seul en@starnnews.com

Source: en.starnews.com

[News] Lee Min Ho and His Fans Donate 50 Thousand Dollars to Dig Wells in Africa

On September 29, actor Lee Min Ho’s management agency, Starhaus Entertainment, revealed that Lee Min Ho’s donation platform, PROMIZ (PMZ), made a donation of 50 thousand dollars to Charity: Water. Charity: Water is a global non-profit organization that strives to bring clean water to people in developing nations.

This past June, Lee Min Ho started PMZ as a way to give back the love and support he receives from fans all around the world. PMZ comes from the combination of “promise,” “Lee Min Ho,” and his fan club, “MINOZ.” It holds the meaning, “The accumulated love between Lee Min Ho and his fans will be distributed.”After lots of preparation, he launched this campaign as a way to make a long-term connection with his fans and give back to the rest of the world.

A representative of PMZ reported, “For right now the primary donation amount has been collected. The money collected by fans with care will be donated to the affiliated organization and it will be used to help with the digging of wells in the Malawi region of Africa.”

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