[PHOTOS] Ladies Keep Their Cool With Samsung

by javabeans | August 28, 2008

Samsung Electronics unveiled some new appliances at its new-product presentation on August 28 at its headquarters in Seoul. Some of the machines being launched include newfangled washing machines and kimchi refrigerators, which boast the ad-buzzwordy “3E” strategy — or emotion, ecology, and energy saving.

Sounds like pretty mundane business, if not for the appearances of Samsung’s three high-profile brand models: actresses Han Ga-in (who has advertised for Samsung’s kimchi refrigerator), Lee Da-hae (in her third year in the spokesperson gig), and Yoon Eun-hye (which explains the reason for her singing the “Salad song” recently).

The ladies look nice, if not their best (mostly I’m struck with how skinny and washed-out they seem). Kind of bland and muted, but this IS a product presentation, not a fashion show, I suppose.

Also, the length of Han Ga-in‘s hair reminds me how long it’s been since we’ve seen her last, sporting the cute, sassy short ‘do in Witch Amusement. I wonder if she’s planning to extend her break now that her husband (Yeon Jung-hoon) is acting (with Lee Da-hae) in the new East of Eden.

Via Asia Economy

CREDITS: Dramabeans

[PHOTO] Yoon Eun Hye Rocks Sheer Spring Trend

by girlfriday | April 27, 2011

Here we go… Yoon Eun-hye in a new drama means that we’re in for a fresh onslaught of CFs, magazine covers, and anything else they can get the starlet to endorse. It’s fine by me, as she’s one actress I never tire of seeing, because, well, she’s YOON EUN-HYE.

She’s on the cover of Chinese magazine BQ in what is reportedly one of spring’s new trends: see-through clothes. Yeah… I’m not about to jump on that bandwagon anytime soon, (You’re welcome, neighbors) but I suppose if I were rockin’ her silhouette, I’d consider it.

What I DO want are those see-through kicks though. Sign me up for a pair of those. Got plenty of silly socks and money well-spent on pedicures that I can show off in those suckers.

Yoon’s new drama, Lie to Me, premieres in less than two weeks, on Monday, May 9. The teaser has me pretty excited, despite the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that May and June will be spent fighting dark circles and kissing my social life goodbye. Hm. Maybe I should get some fun outta my system before the onslaught begins…

jaaaavabeans~ 노오오오올자~!

Seriously. You, me, Sin City? **books flight to Vegas**

Kekekekeke… It’s NON-REFUNDABLE!

Via DongA

CREDITS: Dramabeans

[PHOTOS] Yoon Eun Hye Films Her Cameo For Personal Taste

by javabeans | April 18, 2010

As announced last week, Yoon Eun-hye is making a cameo appearance on MBC’s Personal Taste, and recently shot her scenes. The stills were released on the 19th and depict her unplanned reunion with Lee Min-ho, her ex.

Yoon Eun-hye plays “Eun-soo” (a change from the previously reported “Eun-hye”) in these scenes, filmed at a movie cinema in Ilsan on April 18. She and Jin-ho (Lee Min-ho) dated in their university days, after which she went to Johns Hopkins University and became a doctor. In the episode, Eun-soo runs into Jin-ho as the latter is about to buy movie tickets with Kae-in. News of this former relationship gives Kae-in a hint as to Jin-ho’s actual status as a straight man — although knowing her, I bet she’ll write it off as mere college experimentation or some such. (Love her, but she’s not exactly the sharpest knife, is she?)

You probably recall that Yoon Eun-hye had almost been the lead in this project when it was first announced. She said of taking the guest spot, “Because I had been looking with interest at Personal Taste, I readily agreed to do the cameo.”

Via Star News

 CREDITS: Dramabeans

[INTERVIEW] Yoon Eun Hye Sheds Tears At Acting Criticism

by javabeans | September 13, 2009 

Yoon Eun-hye was much-loved for her spunky portrayals of characters in dramas Goong and Coffee Prince, and has a solid track record of picking hit projects. So it’s no surprise that anticipation was sky-high for her comeback drama, KBS’s My Fair Lady — and while it’s performing decently with ratings around 14%-15%, it’s nowhere near the smash hit expected of her. Furthermore, her acting has been harshly criticized, as it seemed she’d regressed in her skills since her last role, which makes My Fair Lady a modest project tinged with disappointment.

She’s always been known for her friendly, easygoing personality, and I suspect that Yoon’s fiercely loyal following was amassed as much (or more) for her likable personality as it was for her acting. In the following interview, I find it easy to like her — although that doesn’t blind me to what (in my opinion) are glaring acting flaws in her latest role. I figure I can like Yoon Eun-hye and respect her while still finding her acting inadequate, but still, she has a charm that draws me (and, I’d guess, many others) into her character.

NOTE: Let’s keep this discussion civil, shall we? Yoon Eun-hye discussions often erupt into heated flame wars, and I hope we can avoid that here.

“It was really upsetting, I thought I’d go crazy”
Underneath her sharply drawn eyeliner, her eyes start to redden with tears. This is actress Yoon Eun-hye, who plays the immature chaebol and corporation heir Kang Hae-na in KBS 2TV’s Wednesday-Thursday drama My Fair Lady. She had transformed dramatically from the easy-going girl dressed as a boy (Coffee Prince) to a conceited, snobby “princess complex” character, but can this reaction be because of the public’s chilly response? After I asked her about the criticism she has received for her acting when I met her in a cafe on the 9th, the tears started flowing.
“If I didn’t have to film, I would have cried all day in my room… but I couldn’t do that. I thought of how upset my parents would feel to read all those articles slamming my acting, and I felt like going crazy. There were a lot of times when I endured through it and smiled as I filmed, only to end up with tears trickling out. Now, I’m afraid of making transformations. Each time, people grow familiar with the character, but if it takes a long time and hurts me every time, I don’t know what to do, and I feel afraid.”

However, “The longer I do this, there are more voices joining in to encourage and praise me. I took the viewers’ criticism in the beginning to mean that I shouldn’t be arrogant,” she says with a wide smile.
In the beginning part of the drama, the issue that was pointed out the most regarding her acting was her unnatural speech and accent. Yoon Eun-hye says, “Actually, there was criticism of my speech when I shot Coffee Prince too. I think it may have been more of a problem in this drama because Hae-na is someone who speaks bluntly, and people expect a certain image of a chaebol. But my teachers tell me that Hae-na’s character comes across as more personal when she talks in an unlikable way.”
Every episode, Kang Hae-na wears flashy clothing and makeup that would be difficult to pull off in real life. In order to reinvent herself into a polished, glamorous image out of her former plucky one, Yoon Eun-hye is treading a difficult path. She says, “I feel how difficult it is for a woman to work at being pretty. When I was doing Coffee Prince, I just washed my face and applied lotion and skin cream and I was ready to film. But compared to back then, now I have to get up two hours earlier to do my makeup.” The high-heeled shoes are another burden: “I wear high heels that are about 12 to 13 cm high, and after filming for a long time, my legs are swollen like an elephant’s.”
However, in her mind, Hae-na isn’t a feminine type of woman. “She always acts forceful, but she has such a pure heart that she makes a lot of mistakes. That’s why she can’t regulate her own feelings that well, and she can also seem like a dumb child. You can’t see her as perfectly feminine.”

As a result of her successful transformation to actor, there is one fact that is largely forgotten: that she started out as a pop singer in the idol group Baby VOX. Considering that she participated in recording a track, “I Love You,” last year with the hip-hop group Mighty Mouth, it seems she still has a lingering attachment to singing. She says, “I stood onstage for six years. Even now, my heart races when I see singers passionately performing. But the younger singers coming out these days receive a lot of training and have a lot of talent, so I wonder if I’d be able to live up to that. In any case, I’ve always felt disappointed that I was a singer back when I couldn’t sing that well and wasn’t very skilled.”
Following Coffee Prince, she took a two-year hiatus. At the time, she immersed herself in drawing and painting. Prior to her debut, she deliberated very seriously between whether she should be an entertainer or painter. She says, “I draw abstract paintings that show the state of my feelings as they are.” Only a completed painting merits full points. She adds, “When I have amassed a lot of paintings done under the same theme, I’d like to hold an art exhibit.”
She says of herself, “I’m reaching that age where I mature as an actor and as a woman. I’d like to show my talents little by little, but the unfortunate thing is that a lot of people don’t want to give me time for failure. I’d like to learn more as I experience failure too. I wish people would not brand an actor as a failure through one mistake.”

Via Chosun

CREDITS: Dramabeans

[PHOTOS] Yoon Eun Hye and Kim Hyun Joong in Fall Fashion

by girlfriday | August 15, 2010

Kim Hyun-joong and Yoon Eun-hye in an adorable photoshoot for Basic House, featuring shirts from ManToMan in a campus-inspired couple look.

This is the pair’s second shoot for Basic House, and this time they were more natural, and reportedly more at ease with each other in the shoot.

Too cute for words.

Via BNT News

CREDITS: Dramabeans

[DRAMA] Lie to Me’s Kiss Scene, The B-Side

by girlfriday | April 29, 2011

Kang Ji-hwan: Hey. You look purty today.
Yoon Eun-hye : *giggle*
Kang Ji-hwan : I’m gonna kiss you now…

Yoon Eun-hye: Rmrmrmrmmmph

Kang Ji-hwan: Oh my god, you flinched. You totally flinched.
Yoon Eun-hye : No, no, that’s not what that was!
Kang Ji-hwan : I saw it. You flinched. It’s my breath, right? I rinsed, like twice…
Yoon Eun-hye : No, it’s not… You’re fine… There was just something in my eye. I swear.

Kang Ji-hwan: Really?
Yoon Eun-hye : Really.
Kang Ji-hwan : Okay… I’m gonna go again. All-in this time. Okay?
Yoon Eun-hye : Okay.

Kang Ji-hwan: You did it again.
Yoon Eun-hye : No, I…
Kang Ji-hwan : Don’t Lie to Me!
Yoon Eun-hye : Pfffffffffffffft!
Kang Ji-hwan : Are you laughing at me?
Yoon Eun-hye : No… you made a pun. That was a pun, right? You’re punning. That was funny.
Kang Ji-hwan : It’s me, right? Does this suit make me look fat?
Yoon Eun-hye : No, you look great.
Kang Ji-hwan : Is it my puns?
Yoon Eun-hye : I thought you weren’t punning…
Kang Ji-hwan : It’s SOMETHING, I can tell.
Yoon Eun-hye : It’s just… maybe that cologne you marinated in…
Kang Ji-hwan : I knew you hated me! *runs off crying*

Yoon Eun-hye: No… wait! That’s not… *SIGH* Boys.

Via SBS

[NEWS] What’s with all the babies?

by javabeans | December 6, 2007 

Yoon Eun Hye

Photographer Cho Seihon has unveiled his special photo spread featuring lots of top stars in his collection “Letters from Angels,” which is the fifth installment in the series begun in 2003 to raise awareness and support of domestic adoptions.

Cho said in regards to the aim of his photography, “I’d like for these photos to give someone one more chance to think about these children who have no homes. I also hope that many of these childrens will be able to find warm homes and happiness.”

See the photos at the official site (http://lovefund.or.kr) and behind the jump…

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The stars featured in the collection include Lee Mi Yeon, Yoon Eun Hye, Han Hye Jin, Kim Jung Eun, Jang Hyuk, Park Jung Ah, Lee Seung Gi, Wonder Girls, Seo Kyung Seok, Yoo Joon Sang, Hong Eun Hee, and more.

Han Hye Jin, Ju Ji Hoon

Jang Hyuk, Kim Jung Eun

Yoon Eun Hye said: “I really love kids in general, but today my heart aches. … I hope these children will be able to find good parents quickly.” The article notes that even after her photo shoot had finished, she remained in the studio for a long while to spend more time with the children.

Lee Mi Yeon said: “I feel like I have to do a good job so that this child can finish [the shoot] quickly without suffering too much. It’s a small thing, but I hope these beautiful babies can grow up in good environments.”

The Wonder Girls made this stunning, brilliant jewel of an observation after being peed on by their baby (the specific girl of wonder left unspecified): “Kids are okay even after ingesting pee.” WTF? The article praises them for not growing annoyed at the baby for peeing over them, but I think they must just lack the mental faculties to muster such an emotion.

Large-scale versions of the photography will be on display from December 19 through 25 at the Insa Art Center in Seoul, and can also be seen on the official website, http://lovefund.or.kr.

Via Newsen

Wonder Girls

Park Jung Ah, Lee Mi Yeon

CREDITS: Dramabeans