!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAH! The KMM thread went to two pages today.

Keep up the good work!

Another fan signing for the classical album today. Lotsa pichers.


http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/01/classic-maestro-signing-part-two/comment-page-1/» #comment-82520

More from the album autograph session.

Wear your earplugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml19sCcs1g8

changgunesse wrote:

More from the album autograph session. Wear your earplugs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml19sCcs1g8

Indeed!


I love the first comment.

Yeah, great comment.

Apparently there's a repressed female craze out there for trash-talking classical music conductors.

ME TOO! ME TOO!

Awww he's so darn cute! Wish he would come to the U.S. to promote and have an autograph signing!

KMM isn't the only riding the popularity of "Beethoven Virus"...


 

It's Du Ru Mi!!! I was very jealous of her in Beethoven Virus.

KMM TAKES METHOD APPROACH TO WEIGHT LOSS

http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/01/kim-myung-min-takes-a-method-approach-to-weight-loss/» comment-page-1/#comment-84402

Here we go again. Building the character, the guy with Lou Gehrig's disease. Same thing he did for White Tower, only this time he's putting weight on then taking it off.

I have a feeling Dramabeans is going to give everybody a ringside seat as My Love by My Side goes along. Yay!

He better watch his gall bladder!

I'm loving all of these KMM dramas! I'm in Heaven!! I just wish I could see more of my other favorite actor Lee Chang Hoon!!

Thank you for the heads up changgunesse!!!

I wanted to ask who LCH was but I didn't want to betray my newbieness as a K-drama fan. Now that I know I can go look at him all over the Internet and see what good taste you have in actors.

Found LCH. Seen him too. He was Prince Sado in Yi San. All I remember is he seemed tall and good-looking in a typical KHD beard. Have you seen that? He isn't in it much. Prince Sado is one of my favorite tragic characters in Korean history, but Yi San went the fairytale route about him. Made him a good guy instead of a madman. Oh well. . .

changgunesse wrote:

I wanted to ask who LCH was but I didn't want to betray my newbieness as a K-drama fan. Now that I know I can go look at him all over the Internet and see what good taste you have in actors.

Why bother with the internet when we have these?

http://forum.koreandramas.net/topic/41/


and


http://forum.koreandramas.net/topic/564/


Happy reading and drooling!!!!

Forgot about this one....


http://forum.koreandramas.net/topic/1865/

That's right, I forgot he was in Yi San. I'll have to watch that next. I even have a picture of him as Prince Sado. D'oh. How could I forget? Thank you!

First stills from My Love by My Side More at Dramabeans.


 

http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/02/kim-myung-min-loses-weight-and-the-kang-mae-image/#more-» 4772

Wow, he looks so so young here! He really did lose weight!

When I go to Dramabeans these days I expect to see wall-to-wall Boys over Flowers, and here's this depressed-looking guy in a wheelchair.

piano_lady from soompi asked me to post this.

She got to visit with KMM a couple of times for over an hour while he was in Vienna, Austria (she lives there) last year and they struck up a friendship. She and a couple of other ladies have founded an international fan club for him, which is just starting up.

 

So if anyone's interested in fan clubs, here's the website.

http://www.myungmininternational.com/

If nothing else, it might be a good source of information and pictures.

Enjoy!

Thank you!!

From Dramabeans:

MBC has done a documentary on KMM's acting and personal life.

To air in Korea April 12.

A camera crew has been covering him preparing and filming the new movie
My Love by My Side.

No word on whether it will eventually be made available to English-speaking
audiences.

http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/03/kim-myung-min-was-not-there/

 



Dramabeans has posted a long detailed article on the MBC documentary on
Kim Myung-min that was aired in Korea Sunday nite. It examines his past career,
including IYSS, White Tower, & Beethoven Virus, and follows him in the preparation
of his role in the movie My Love by My Side. Great text, lots of photos, & a link
where the entire show can be downloaded, but without Eng. subs. With or without,
it's fascinating. The one big omission is Bad Family, the role where he first showed
his ability to physically immerse himself in a character.

http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/04/mbc-documentary-special-features-kim-myung-min/

From the Korea Times:

[Sun. nite, Apr. 12] MBC brought the touching story of actor Kim Myung-min with the
documentary "Celebrity Biography---Kim Myung-min Was Not There.'' Kim is a top star
now, appearing in popular dramas like "Beethoven Virus,'' which won him the top prize
at the 2008 Korea Drama Festival, and movies "Open City'' (2007) and "Return''
(2007). But through the program, viewers were able to realize that he did not taste
success immediately.

The documentary helped show Kim in a more friendly light, as he's portrayed rather
harsh characters, including a coldhearted doctor, a mean yet emotional conductor and
a police officer.

"The objective was to present the journey of Kim as an actor: his passion, his failures
and finally his success and hope,'' one of the staff members of the program said through
a statement.

Indeed, the documentary touched viewers, especially when Kim starting crying when
reminiscing about his difficult times as an aspiring actor.


 


"I was never lazy, not one second. I prefer the word actor over star,'' Kim said during
the program.

It seemed viewers appreciated the program as well, as viewer ratings hit 10 percent,
a high number considering the time slot, and demanded reruns on MBC's Web site.

Now I can't wait until this documentary hits the internet!

Hi everyone! I'm finally here ^^



Thanks to anachronista for helping me spread the word on KMM's International Fanclub here in KDG

There's a lot of updates about KMM these days...I mean after he finished filming his movie, "My Love By My Side" with Ha Ji Won. I will share them with you guys pretty soon!

For now, we need your support for Kim Myung Min and Beethoven Virus in the ongoing online poll by Seoul International Drama Awards 2009 (brought to you by Hi-Seoul Festival and Yahoo Korea!) found here:

http://kr.news.yahoo.com/event/sda2009/en_vote_drama.html

KMM was nominated in the Best Actor category and BV was nominated in the Best Drama category.

Voting started today and it will run till the 30th of August.

Every person is allowed to vote once per day (per computer ).

Awarding ceremony will take place on the 11th of September in Seoul.



Also, everyone who loves KMM and his dramas are invited to join us in MyungMin International!
We've got lots of photos, updates and trivia for you!
Register here: http://forum.myungmininternational.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=396

nolmac5 wrote:

Now I can't wait until this documentary hits the internet!

nolmac5, the KMM video team of MMI is currently working on this documentary. to date, translation is all done and timing is 50% done. hopefully, we could release it by end of the week! yay!

and here's some of the latest official* news updates about KMM:

6 July - What's KMM's weight as of today?
http://forum.myungmininternational.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=461

3 July - Brush Like A Dentist, Brush Like Kim Myung Min
http://forum.myungmininternational.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=451

2 July - KMM's Trip to the Land of Tulips, Windmills & Bikes
http://forum.myungmininternational.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=441

27 June - Only 64 kilos for Kim Myung Min?
http://forum.myungmininternational.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=409

25 June - Kim Myung Min: "My Health Is My Priority"
http://forum.myungmininternational.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=393

*news straight from KMM's management

Thank you piano lady!!