South Korean Actor Lee Sang Yeob Is Getting Married!

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Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Neom, the Saudi Arabian region on the Red Sea that is aiming to become a major film and TV production hub, has forged a strategic partnership with the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) to set up training programs for young Saudi content creators. The full-service Saudi production hub, which is becoming a major driver of the kingdom’s effort to build a film and TV industry almost from scratch, will be hosting courses held by The Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), South Korea‘s top national film school.

Lee Hyori has returned with her first official single in six years, ‘Hoodie E Banbaji’, which translates to ‘Hoodie And Shorts’ in English.The singer debuted with the girl group Fin.K.L in 1998 and launched a successful solo career in 2003 with the album, ‘Stylish…E’.Now, Lee Hyori has shared her first official single since the release of her 2017 album ‘Black’. ‘Hoodie E Banbaji’ follows a handful of OST tracks and songs shared as part of her TV series Seoul Check-In and Canada Check-In.The video opens with Lee, dressed in a hoodie, shorts, and sparkly shirt, in an industrial area that’s buzzing with people out for the night.

Welcome to Deadline’s The Hot Ones, our guide to some of the best television being sold at Mipcom next week. Our editorial team has done extensive research in the run-up to the 2023 market and handpicked what we think are sure to be the shows that will be big talking points at this year’s event in Cannes. In between meetings and cocktail parties, you’re sure to hear whispers about the next potential global hit and The Hot Ones is here to guide you. Here’s our pick of top scripted titles headed for the Croisette.

NiziU is heading to South Korea!

Spike Lee has always been a filmmaker who is willing to critique other people’s art. And when you’re Christopher Nolan and you released one of the biggest films of 2023, you can expect everyone to have an opinion.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Arnold Schwarzenegger reunited nearly three decades after filming the 1994 movie.The actress and former California governor, 76, took a selfie as they attended a charity event for the nonprofit After-School All-Stars on Saturday.“‘Ya, my name is Ingeborg, I’m from Stuttgart.’ I LOVE the way my friends suit up and show up for the causes that move their souls and hearts,” Curtis wrote via Instagram after the pair crossed paths.

Spike Lee has commented on Oppenheimer, suggesting it should have shown “what happened to the Japanese people”.The recent Christopher Nolan historical drama follows the story of the Manhattan Project during World War 2, which developed the first nuclear weapons. These were ultimately dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and are estimated to have killed up to 226,000 people.The film focuses solely on the US side of the events, and in a recent interview Lee – who has directed films such as Do The Right Thing and BlacKkKlansman – praised Nolan, though suggested a “comment” regarding the historical depiction of events.“Chris Nolan with Oppenheimer, you know, he’s a massive filmmaker.

The Match Factory has announced a raft of world sales for Sofia Coppola’s biopic Priscilla ahead of its North American premiere as the Centrepiece selection of the New York Film Festival on Friday.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “I hope we can communicate and reconcile again,” said Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon on the opening night of the South Korean city’s film festival. With so much of the dialogue in opening drama “Because I Hate Korea” discussing Korean societal rigidities, group loyalties, long working hours and poor pay (which cause the protagonist to emigrate to laid-back New Zealand), it is easy to forget that many of these characteristics are what may have saved this year’s Busan International FIlm Festival from going off the rails.

Los Angeles City Councilman John Lee is facing accusations today from the city Ethics Commission of violating governmental ethics laws by accepting and failing to report excessive gifts, including some received during a trip to Las Vegas in 2017 that he took along with former Councilman Mitch Englander.

Geddy Lee is going to spill about his “effin’ life” this fall.The 70-year-old Rush frontman and bassist just announced a 14-show book tour promoting his new memoir “My Effin’ Life.”Along the way, the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will drop into New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Monday, Nov. 13 to read passages from the book, chat with a special guest interviewer and answer questions from fans.And yes, audience members receive a copy of “My Effin’ Life” at each and every stop on the affable Canadian rocker’s ‘My Effin’ Life In Conversation Tour.’“I’ve never lived my life looking anywhere but forward, which is why I resisted doing this kind of thing for so long,” Lee shared in a statement.“But you need a lot more determination to proceed in the world of music without the comfort of your bandmates, and I can only hope that finishing this book will release me to return to what I do and love best.”Want to see the affable Lee cut it up onstage on the road?You can grab tickets as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Oct.

Manchester City return to Champions League action on Wednesday evening after recording successive domestic defeats for the first time since January.

Suga, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, began fulfilling his mandatory military duty Friday as a social service agent, an alternative form of military service in the country.

Suga is about to start his military service.

Veteran Korean actor Byun Hee-bong, best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winner Bong Joon-ho, including Okja and Memories of Murder, has died. He was 81.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Byun hee-bong, a veteran South Korean actor who appeared in several films by Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho, has died age 81. Byun died on Monday after complications related to a return of the pancreatic cancer that had previously occurred and been treated, according to the semi-official Yonhap News agency. The precise circumstances of his demise were not disclosed. He was born in Jangseon, South Jeolla Province, and started work at an unspecified time in live theater before becoming a voice performer for state TV network MBC in 1966. His TV work in the 1980s and 1990s included series including: 1981’s ”The First Republic”; 1985’s “The Joseon Dynasty 500 Years: Seouljungmae”; and 1999’s “The Legendary Doctor Hur Jun.” His first reliably recorded feature film work was in Bong’s breakout 2000 film “Barking Dogs Never Bite.” Byun appeared in significant roles in three other films by Bong: the cultish “Memories of Murder,” in 2003; 2006 Cannes presentation and box office hit “The Host”; and “Okja,” the creature feature which marked Netflix’s film production debut in Korea and which also appeared Cannes. Byun picked up half a dozen best supporting actor nominations in Korea and regionally in Asia for his role as Hie-bong in “The Host,” converting two of those into wins, at the Asia Pacific Film Festival and Korea’s Blue Dragon Awards.

Okja fame has died. He was 81.Byun’s death was confirmed by his family today (September 18), as reported by South Korean news outlet Yonhap News Agency.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Two Hollywood new releases, “A Haunting in Venice” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem” failed to make much of an impression on the South Korean box office in their opening weekend. Instead, local fantasy drama “Sleep” headed the chart for a second time. “Sleep” earned $2.38 million in its second weekend, a creditably modest 20% weekend-on-weekend decline, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).

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