Jeon Ji Hyun

Aya's Choice for the month of Hearts...

Name: 전지현
Real Name: 왕지현 / Wang Ji Hyeon
English Name: Gianna Jun
Birthdate: October 30, 1981
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Siblings: One older brother
Blood type: B
Hobbies: Movies and Musics
Favorite Color: White
Sites: SidusHQ, Wikipedia, DramaWiki, Jeon Ji Hyun Garden, Jeon Ji Hyun Community, JKDramas, HanCinema, JunJiHyun.Org, Dust in the Wind, Jeon Ji Hyun Online

Jun was born in Seoul, and studied in the Department of Theater and Film at Dongguk University. She began her career as a model in 1997, and after appearing in a number of TV sitcoms, her movie debut came in White Valentine (1999). This was followed by a role in Il Mare (2000), which proved to be a success. An American remake of Il Mare, The Lake House, was released June 14, 2006. Her biggest breakthrough was in My Sassy Girl (2001), a romantic comedy that won her the Best Actress award at the Daejong Film Festival in 2002. In 2004, Jun starred in Windstruck (내 여자친구를 소개합니다), a 2004 South Korean fantasy-romantic comedy directed by Kwak Jae-yong. The film was a major success, ranking as the 8th-highest grossing Korean film of 2004. In 2006, she starred in Daisy.
Since her debut as a model for Echo, Jun has modeled for many fashion companies and more recently, in advertisements for mobile phones and cosmetics. Some of her more popular product endorsements include Giordano, Laneige, and Samsung Anycall.
In 2005, she became the first Korean artist to feature on the cover for the famous fashion magazine ELLE.
Jun will play the lead role of Saya Otonashi in the live-action version of Blood: The Last Vampire, which is to start filming in China and Argentina in March 2007. It is slated for a Spring 2008 release.


Trivias about Jeon Ji Hyun:

• In spite of her 48 kg weight, Jeon is a surprisingly big eater capable of putting away two brimful bowls of rice along with four dishes. Because of this, her friends have taken to calling her a glutton.
• Ji Hyun is one of the shareholders of SidusHQ. She was reported to have received the largest number of shares with a total value of 400 million won, followed by Jung Woo Sung and Jeon Do Yeon.
• Ji Hyun is Yunho's (DBSK) favorite actress and ideal girl. In an interview, he said that if he could spend two days with her, he couldn't ask for anything better. Jung Il Woo, Kang In of Super Junior and Won Bin of FT Island also lists her as their ideal girl while pop star Rain wants his future wife to be like the character from 'My Sassy Girl'.
• Internet celebrity Park Han Byul and actress Jang Hee Jin are often referred to as 'Jeon-look-alike' because of their uncanny resemblance to Ji Hyun.
• Her closests celebrity friends are Jang Hyuk, Jung Woo Sung and Cha Tae Hyun, whom all have been her leading men.
• Jang Hyuk said she's like a close sister to him. She still calls him "oppa" and their friendship goes back 10 years when they joined the same management company around the same time and underwent training together.
• She's the first ever Korean actress to grace the cover of renowned fashion magazine, Elle.
• She's often reffered to as Korea's 'CF Queen' after appearing in numerous advertisements for various products.
• Her TV campaign for Olympus digital cameras helped hike the company's brand recognition by more than 15%, according to advertising company LG AD.
• She was offered the role of Im Soo Jung in 'A Tale Of Two Sisters' but the script was too scary for her. Instead, she picked a light thriller, "The Uninvited".
• She was once voted as having Korea's sexiest butt.
• One of her Giordano ads was banned by the national advertising media censor board because they said it had gone a bit overboard and was deemed 'too sexy for broadcast TV'
• Despite appearing sexy on advertisements and is one of Korea's sex symbols, Ji Hyun never had kissing scenes in all her movies.
• Three out of her six films have been remade/in the process of being remade. 'Lake House', starring Keannu Reeves and Sandra Bullock is based on 'Il Mare'. Elisha Cuthbert has been cast on the American version of 'My Sassy Girl'. Gold Circle is also in the process of acquiring the rights to her latest film 'Daisy'. There were reports that 'Windstruck' and 'The Uninvited' are also being considered for a remake.
• She witnessed a birth of a calf during the filming of 'Daisy' and the newborn calf was named after the movie.
• She has begun to take a liking to daisies after filming 'Daisy'.
• She's not worried of always being labelled or remembered for her role in 'My Sassy Girl'.
• She said that her personality is a far cry from the Sassy girl

I SAY:
I chose Ji Hyun...
first of all, she's my no. 1 favorite actress (korean actress, asian actress, whatsoever)..
I really envy her figure hehehe... and her metabolism despite of eating such a large meal her figure still maintains.
And FYI, she really looks like my Ex-Classmate/Schoolmate/Friend/Lost but Now found Cousin. ^ ^
anyway,
Let's Support and Love Jeon Ji Hyun!

Matsumoto Jun

Aya's choice for the month of January... *drumroll*

"Tadaa!"

Name: 松本潤
Birthdate: August 30, 1983
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Siblings: One older sister
Blood type: A
Interests: Music, DVDs, photography, reading
Preferred Sport: Baseball
Favorite Food: Noodles, dry plums, mango
Favorite Colors: White, black and blue

SITES: ARASHI, Junified, Wiki, DramaWiki, JDORAMA, Anime News Network, Arashi VOX, Jun Daily, Arashi Philippines

MatsuJun is a member of a boy group named "ARASHI" consists of Matsumoto Jun, Aiba Masaki, Ninomiya Kazunari, Sakurai Sho and Ohno Satoshi. Jun entered the JE last 1996, not like others who auditioned, Jun was asked by Johnny Kitagawa to join the said company. In September 1999, he was brought to Honolulu, Hawaii to join ARASHI and debuted as the youngest member of the group.

He started his acting career on 1997 in Bokura no yuuki ~miman toushi~ with his co-members of JE. Jun was acknowledge of his acting in an anime live action, Gokusen, where he played the role of Sawada Shin, which he won a Best Supporting Actor in the 44th Televison Drama Awards.

He also played the role of Goda Takeshi / Momo in a manga live action, Kimi WaPetto. In 2005, Jun took the role of Domyouji Tsukasa in an anime live action, Hana Yori Dango, which is followed by a second season and a movie will be releasing this year. 2007, he played the role of a cocky chef named Ban Shogo in a manga live action, Bambino.

2006, 8 members from different JE groups met up for dinner and decided to name themselves "No Border" this group is consist of Matsumoto Jun [ARASHI], Yamashita Tomohisa [NEWS], Shingo Murakami [Kanjani8], Satou Atsuhiro, Ikuta Toma [Johnny's Junior's]Domoto Koichi [Kinki Kids], Yamaguchi Tatsuya [TOKIO] and Takizawa Hideaki [Tackey & Tsubasa].

TRIVIAs about MATSUJUN

• Jun is very devoted to ARASHI, he was quoted that "If a building is going to collapse, Jun would be the one holding up the pillars so that the other Arashi member could escape."
• MatsuJun is myopic, he wears contact lenses at work and frequently seen wearing eye glasses.
• Unless he initiates it, Jun is not comfortable with other people touching him.
• Jun is not a very friendly person, he will not approach unless you do the first move... [like me x3]
• He likes to cross his leg while sitting. [i have noticed wahahaha]
• Aoki Kotomi, author of the manga "Boku wa Imouto ni koi o Suru" confessed that she nearly fainted when she found out that Jun was chosen to play the lead role of the twin brother, Yori.
• Satou Atsuhiro is a very respected senpai of Jun's, he feels that they are fated to be friends because they have the same birthday and same hobbies.
• Surfing is one of Jun's hobbies.
• Jun is a fan of Harry Potter franchise.
• Jun's personal time is 12am-3am.
• He doesn't like kids but he want them in the future!
• Jun is good in football
• Jun loves dry plums so much that he snatches them away from Aiba.
• Aiba Masaki is Jun's bestfriend.
• Jun have not able to sleep when he shares a room with Aiba and Nino because Aiba grins his teeth and Nino howls in the middle of the night.
• Jun is the first Japanese male to be a cover in Marie Claire magazine.
• When Jun is in his 2nd grade, he ran onto the road and knocked out by a van. When the ambulance arrived, he kept on apologising to the driver, saying he was naughty for running out onto the road.
• Oguri Shun got the role of Rui because Jun told the producers that he will not take the role of Domyouji if the Role of Rui will not be given to Shun.
• One of the reason why Jun took the role of Domyouji so that Arashi could released a new single, "WISH".
• Jun's ideal summer activity is to go to the beach and play with a dog even though he doesn't have a dog.

I SAY:
what can i say? speechless ne... hahaha... I choose MatsuJun because he is one of the hottest, sexiest, handsomest, cutest man made by God. I've been inlove with MatsuJun for how many centuries and still my love for him haven't changed hahaha... anyway he is my choice for this month... Let's Support MatsuJun!
Happy New Year =)

The Classic

Director: Kwak Jae Young
Released: Jan. 310, 2003

PLOT:

Ji-hae and Soo-kyoung are friends attending the same university and both have a crush on Sang-min who is in their drama club. The more clamorous and outgoing of the two, Soo-kyoung, asks Ji-hae to do her a favor - write a love letter to Sang-min. Ji-hae pours out her own feelings for him on paper, but sadly in her friend's name. Touched by the letter, Sang-min is attracted to Soo-kyoung, and Ji-hae, feeling uncomfortable and even guilty, tries to avoid him. And yet by coincidence or by fate she keeps running into him.

Ji-hae has lived alone with her mom since her childhood, when her dad unexpectedly passed away. Her mom is now on a trip abroad, and to wile away her solitude she starts cleaning the attic. There Ji-hae finds a secret box, in which her mom kept the memorabilia of her first love story of some decades past.

Summer in 1968... Joon-ha is visiting his uncle's home in the countryside during his summer vacation. There he meets Joo-hee and falls in love at first sight. One day, the lovely Joo-hee secretly asks Joon-ha to escort her to a haunted house in the village. Happy and excited to be at her service, Joon-ha meets her at their promised spot. But in an unexpected storm, the two lose their boat and barely manage to return home at a very late hour. Joo-hee gets into big trouble for this incident and is sent back to Seoul. Having parted with Joo-hee without a word of farewell, Joon-ha spends the rest of the summer heavy-hearted.

With summer vacation being over Joon-ha also returns to Seoul. At school, his classmate Tae-su asks him to write a love letter to send to a girl. And who would it be but Joo-hee, Joon-ha's dream girl. Unable to confess his own summer love story, Joon-ha reluctantly complies with his friend's request.

CAST:

• Son Ye-jin as SONG Joo-hee / YOON Ji-hye
• Jo Seung-woo as OH Joon-ha
• Jo In-sung as OH Sang-min

I SAY:

All i can say about this movie?
Superb! One of the best movie ever!

Good looking leads, nice scenery, nice background music and everything. One of the most heart warming movies i have ever seen. One of the movies that made me cry specially the part where Joon-ha was on the train and Joo-hee is crying because Joon-ha is trying not to face Joo-hee and also the part where Joo-hee is in the war and realised he lost his necklace and came back to get it then he was attacked... awwww... but for me the saddest part there is when Joon-ha and Joo-hee met after the war and Joon-ha pretended that he is not blind but Joo-hee found out because of that piano doll... there also comedy, tae-soo's fart dance, hahaha... tae-soo's hairdo...

actually it was my 3rd time to watch but this time i have finished it... the first part was so boring and thought it will be like this all the way... i was wrong really wrong hahahhaa....

i envy son ye-jin for having a kiss from jo in-sung... O.O
kwak jae young's movies is sooo superb... i love his movies...
anyway i really recommend this movie for all of you... inlove, single, heartbroken... i know you'll appreciate it, not just appreciate but you will love it!

CREDITS:
HanCinema