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IRIS is a new Korean Drama aired by KBS2 starting from 14th October 2009 and ended at 17th Dec 2009. It's an action, mystery, thriller and romance drama. Pretty different from other Korean Drama which usually take a romance comedy genre.

The story of IRIS evolve around two good friends, Kim Hyun Joon and Jin Sa Woo selected from special forces to join the NSS (National Security Administration). Do not ask why the "Administration" came from "NSS". NSS is a group of charge of protecting South Korea from acts of terrorism and other assault. It's a secret organization that even the president himself did not know the existence of this group.

Kim Hyun Joon and Jin Sa Woo are two good friends under the leadership of a beautiful girl named Choi Seung Hee. Unfortunately they both fell in love with the girl. Then a mission makes the two good friend choose different path. How it goes? Who will end sweetly with Choi Seung Hee ? You better watch it for yourself.

I personally think IRIS is a very good action-packed Korean Drama. In Korea, the IRIS got a pretty high rating around 25.4 for the first episode and even got 39.9 for the last episode. It's a high budget drama because the shooting take place on several countries like Korea, Hungary, China, Japan, and USA. Here is the cast for IRIS and several picture of the drama.

IRIS Cast :

Lee Byung Hun as Kim Hyun Joon
Jung Joon Ho as Jin Sa Woo
Kim Tae Hee as Choi Seung Hee
Kim Seung Woo as Park Chul Young
T.O.P as Vick
Kim So Yun as Kim Sun Hwa
Yoo Min as Sato Eriko
Hyun Jyu Ni as Yang Mi Jung
Yoon Je Moon as Park Sang Hyung
Kim Young Chul as Baek San
Jung Han Yong as Jung Hyung Joon
Yoon Joo Sang as Oh Hyun Kyu
Lee Jung Gil as Jo Myung Ho
Kim Hye Jin as Yang Jung In
Na Yoon as Hwang Tae Sung
Myung Ji Yun as Hong Soo Jin
Miyama Karen as Yuki

IRIS Picture Gallery :







Kim Tae Hee Pictures :

Actress Brittany Murphy died on December 20, 2009. Autopsy mention the possibility that Ashton Kutcher's ex-girlfriend had died of an overdose. As reported, doctors who perform autopsy process take some of her brain cell. This is done to find the cause of death.

Toxicological investigation of neural done in order to determine the cause of death, and the results may take up to five or six weeks. Previously, Brittany was reported died of a heart attack. But now, Los Angeles police investigation focused on the possibility of an overdose of prescription drugs.

Brittany Murphy was born on 10 November 1977. She was allegedly addicted to Vicodin, a high dose of tranquilizers, The drug is taken since her plastic surgery. According to Brittany Murphy close friends, the wife of Simon Monjack also had eating disorders. Poor nutrition and excess consumption of drugs suspected to be the trigger for the heart attack that eventually led her to death. Her friends also revealed that Brittany is not possible to use narcotics because Brittany did not like the stuff.

Brittany Murphy name rocketed through films like "Clueless" and "8 Mile" Brittany's Mother found her lying in unconscious condition in a bathtub at her home in Los Angeles, before her husband, British screenwriter Simon Monjack, called emergency services. Family spokeswoman Sally Stewart said the actress was immediately taken Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, where she was confirmed dead at 1 o'clock.: 04 local time. Angelo Bertoli, Brittany's father said, he heard the news of the death of his daughter to be a shocking and surprising news. "She's like a beautiful doll ever since she was born," he said as reported by AP, last weekend.
"She was a flexible person, loved everybody, including people who work with him. She's a talented actress and I love her very much," recalls Angelo.

Brtitany is a talented actress, she filled the voice for Luanne Platter in more than 200 episodes of animated television show "King Of The Hill". She won his first role in a 1991 TV show "Blossom", before roles in the same year in the "Drexell` s Class ". She also had a role in "Sister, Sister", "Party of Five", and "Boy Meets World".
Brittany Murphy's other notable films are Girl Interrupted, and Uptown Girls. Apart from acting, Brittany also enjoyed success in music, in collaboration with UK DJ Paul Oakenfold for the single "Faster Kill Pussycat", hit the number one position in the "dance charts".

The rumor about the end of the world in the year 2012 is spreading all over the world. Sony Picture take the advantage of this and make a movie of this 2012 term.

In the 2012 movie, people in the world is in panic because of the Maya prophecy about the end of the world came true. Statue of Christ the Redeemer that stands firmly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, went to pieces. Meteor shower followed by a great earthquake shake the world. No less thrilling, the Church of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, collapsed. Even the USS John F Kennedy hit with a super storm and sunk.

In 2012 The movie budgeted US$ 200 million, director Roland Emmerich who had directed The Day After Tommorrow and Independence Day, put a number of great names in this movie. John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Oliver Platt, and Woody Harelson is some of the notable artist played in this 2012 The Movie.

In it's premier day on November 13th, this movie is watched by millions of people around the world. There's a huge crowd in every cinema in every country. In Indonesia, the movie is rumored will be banned because MUI critize the movie. Let's hope that we can still watch it before get banned.

Cast :

* John Cusack as Jackson Curtis, a science fiction book writer who occasionally works as a limousine driver
* Chiwetel Ejiofor as Adrian Helmsley, scientific advisor to the President
* Amanda Peet as Kate Curtis, Jackson's ex-wife
* Morgan Lily as Lilly Curtis, Jackson and Kate's daughter
* Liam James as Noah Curtis, Jackson and Kate's son
* Thomas McCarthy as Gordon, Kate's current boyfriend and a plastic surgeon.
* Danny Glover as Thomas Wilson, the President of the United States
* Oliver Platt as Carl Anheuser, the President's Chief of Staff
* Thandie Newton as Laura Wilson, the First Daughter
* Chin Han as Tenzin, a worker in Tibet
* Zlatko Burić as Yuri Karpov, a Russian billionaire
* Osric Chau as Nima, a Buddhist monk and Tenzin's brother
* Johann Urb as Sasha, a Russian pilot* Beatrice Rosen as Tamara, Yuri's Russian girlfriend
* George Segal as Tony Delgatto, an elderly traveling musician going on a cruise with his friend and Adrian Helmsley's father Harry, who along with Tony perished when the cruise ship they have boarded was capsized by an undersea earthquake. He had a family back on land, who also had perished during an earthquake.
* Woody Harrelson as Charlie Frost, a conspiracy theorist disguised as Yellowstone hermit who prophesies the end of the world and is considered crazy by others. Harrelson compared his character to the mythological Greek figure Cassandra, whose predictions were dismissed
* Jimi Mistry as Satnam, a scientist who helps discover the events that are to come in India.

I think everyone know what Gold is. Usually, Gold is used to make jewelry that usually used by women. Gold can also be used as material to make trophy and other things that have a high prestige value. But, Gold also have one more important role. I think not many people know how to use Gold as investment. The value of the gold keeps on increasing in time. In order to protect your wealth from inflation or any economic downturn, I suggest you to start investing in Gold.

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Every fans of Korean drama, would always be waiting for new drama. I have a new drama that's very interesting to watch. The title is "My Fair Lady" (아가씨 를 부탁해), aired by TV stations KBS 2.

The stars in My Fair Lady are Yoon Sang-hyun (윤 상연) who plays Seo Dong-chan, Yoon Eun-hye (윤은혜) as Kang Hye-na, Jung Il-woo (정일우) which in this drama plays Lee Tae-yoon and Moon Chae-won (문채원) as Ee Yeo-joo, also many other famous drama stars who took part in this drama.

My Fair Lady tells about the life of Kang Hye Na (Yoon Eun-hye. Kang Hye Na is an heir to Kang-san Group, owner of the 'Lady Castle', and get used to living like a princess style with a maid. After her parents died of plane crash she was raised by his grandfather. Kang Hye Na is a stubborn, selfish and feel like the world can not spin without her, this is because when she was growing up she never felt the warmth of the family. Every time she opens her mouth the words that got out is "Shut up! Get lost!! Get over it! regardless of who the person being spoken to. Hye Na has some skills like horse riding, fencing and shooting, but the reason why she wants to master them is to make inappropriate guys who approached her feel embarrassed and awkward when trying to get close.

One day, Hye Na met with Dong Chan, which makes life a mess for Hye Na. Dong Chan made Hye Na do community service, kidnap her, and suddeenly Dong Chan became the head of the new household. Hye Na trying hard to get Dong Chan out of the 'Lady Castle' How does the story goes ?? If You curious, buy the DVD and watch it for yourself :p

My Fair Lady premier on 19 August 2009, replacing the drama "Partner" which was an amazing drama too. My first impression of "My Fair Lady" is very entertaining drama, full of 'absurdity' and certainly does not seem very serious.

As usual, every new drama, the one I expect the most is it's original Sountrack (OST). And this drama also features many great musician. The My Fair Lady OST is :

01. Hot Stuff - Davichi (다비치)
02. Helpless Love (사랑 은 어쩔 수 없네요) - Yoon Sang Hyun (윤상현)
03. Dash Girl - Yoon Eun Hye (윤은혜)
04. Take Care of My Heart (마음 을 부탁해) - Jung Jae Wook (정재욱)
05. Take Care of My Love (내 사랑 을 부탁해) - Na Yoon Kwon (나윤권)
06. Lady
07. Secret Story
08. Lady, Please

You can download the file here

I hope you enjoy this series as much as I do.

Also read :

Boys Over Flower (Korean Version of Hana Yori Dango)
Boys Over Flower OST.

The world is mourning again for the loss of Stephen Gately who suddenly died at October 10th with a very young age of 33. When he dies, Stephen Gately was on vacation in Majorca. He went out for a drink the night before, came back, slept and never woke up.

In the investigation, Spanish police said that there were no signs of suspicious circumstances, but until today, the cause of death is still mysterious. Stephen Gately last post on Twitter was at October 6th "Still busy - lots going on. Focussing on finishing my book next so may be quiet here"

Everybody mourn. Stephen Gately was a good person, as a singer and as a personal. May you rest in peace Stephen Gately.

For those who want to know more about Stephen Gately, I'll post the biography which I took from Wiki.

Biography :

Stephen Patrick David Gately (17 March 1976 – 10 October 2009) was an Irish pop singer, songwriter and actor, who, with Ronan Keating, was one of two lead singers of the pop group Boyzone. All of Boyzone's studio albums hit number one in the United Kingdom, their third and last being their most successful internationally. With Boyzone Gately had a record-breaking sixteen consecutive singles enter the top five of the UK Singles Chart. He performed for millions of fans globally. He released a successful solo album in 2000, after the group's initial breakup, which charted in the UK top ten and yielded three UK hit singles, including the top three hit "New Beginning". Gately went on to appear variously in successful stage productions and on television programmes as well as contributing further tracks to various projects. In 2008, he rejoined his colleagues as Boyzone reformed for a series of concerts and recordings.

Gately wed Andrew Cowles, first in a commitment ceremony in Las Vegas in 2003 and more formally in a civil partnership ceremony in London in 2006. Gately made his sexuality known in 1999 and came out in a blaze of publicity. He was the first ever boyband member to do so. Upon Boyzone's reformation, Gately featured as part of the first gay couple in a boyband's music video in what was to be his last music video with the band, for the song "Better". He was discovered dead at an apartment he owned with Cowles in Majorca, Spain on 10 October 2009. Brian Boyd in The Irish Times said "Stephen Gately’s death represents the first time that the boyband genre has had to deal with such a tragic situation". Tim Teeman of The Times (UK) heralded Gately as a hero of gay rights for his response to being "smoked out of the closet".

Gately grew up in relative poverty in the poor, working-class Sheriff Street area of Dublin. He was the fourth of five children; his father Martin is a former decorator and his mother, Margaret (born 1949) a cleaner. His siblings are Michelle, Tony, Alan and Mark. They often shared in the same room together as children and Gately was particularly close to Michelle throughout his life. Gately's father had an accident as a result of which he had to be hospitalised for three months from September 2004, and has not returned to work. His mother then took over as full-time carer. The singer attended primary school at St Laurence O'Toole's and secondary school at North Strand Technical College. As a teenager he appeared in various musicals and theatre performances at school, such as Juno and the Paycock. He was estranged from his parents for years; he reconciled with them in 2008, and visited them with Andrew Cowles that year.

Gately joined Boyzone upon their formation in 1993. The group became known in Ireland after an infamous appearance on The Late Late Show that year, which presenter Gay Byrne dismissed—although he later concluded: "They certainly had the last laugh on us". Boyzone's first success outside Ireland was when the song "Love Me for a Reason" reached number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1995. The group split suddenly following a string of performances in Dublin's Point Theatre in 2000. By the time Boyzone originally rested the band, they had achieved six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. They were considered a major pop band of the 1990s and had a much publicised rivalry with UK boy band Take That, even selling more singles than them. Gately shared the majority of lead vocal work with Ronan Keating.

After success with Boyzone, the band decided in 2000 to move on to solo projects. Gately was the first, with his debut solo single, "New Beginning", released on 29 May 2000. The single reached number three in the UK charts. Two weeks later the album New Beginning was released and entered the charts. The album included twelve tracks including a version of the classic "Bright Eyes", which he recorded for the soundtrack to a new TV version of Watership Down. He also voiced one of the characters in the film, Blackavar, which was created to look like him.

In 2008 following his solo career and various bouts of acting and television appearances, Gately rejoined his old colleagues when Boyzone reformed, following the success of revived contemporaries Take That. Gately had been the most eager to reform and urged his bandmates to come together again.[16] They sold out two more tours of the United Kingdom. Boyzone released a brand new single, "Love You Anyway", followed by a new compilation album in October 2008. December 2008 saw the release of a second new single, "Better". The video for the song generated controversy, as scenes depicting romantic couples included a shot of two men embracing, in an inclusive nod to Gately's homosexuality. The group unanimously agreed that Gately should be allowed pair with a male actor. It was condemned by, among others, the minister of the Dromore Reformed Presbyterian Church. Others, however, cite that milestone as among the reasons why Gately is a "gay rights hero". Wrote Tim Teeman of the Times Online, "Gately showed that an unflamboyant guy could be a pop star and gay...the real shame should be reserved for those managers and showbusiness power-brokers who practise that kind of discrimination, and also maintain the closet, to line their pockets.