Young actress Woo Seung-yeon was found dead on April 27th in an apparent suicide; she was just 24 (or 26 according to different sources).
Woo’s family revealed that she was suffering from serious depression because of both work and relationship issues, and was receiving treatment at a hospital.
Wonder when this suicide trend is going to end; as mentioned by Javabeans, “it’s a sad day when news like this is no longer shocking…” couldn’t say it any better.
Rest in peace.
Entertainment snippets from various sources…
China – Gao Yuanyuan does magazines (pic) [Cfensi]
India – Legendary actor-producer Feroz Khan died of cancer at 70… rest in peace [IBN]
Korea – Celebrities at Prada fashion show [Popseoul]
Korea – Lee Hyori does Ceci [Kbites]
Korea – Daniel Henney for Vogue [Asiaenews]
Korea – Nine to be charged in actress suicide scandal; no big guns though [Channelnewsasia]
Korea – Kim Jeong-hoon joins army [Stareastasia]
Korea – Pop trio SeeYa breaking up, and it ain’t pretty [K-popped]
Popular Korean actor Joo Ji-hoon was busted for drug abuse. The 27-year-old has been put on a non-restraint order for receiving drugs from lesser-known actress Yoon Seol-hee and model Ye Hak-young… more on Dramabeans and Kbites
It’s not the end of the story; there are another seven or eight celebs being mentioned by the supplier, and the duo are probably not the only celebrity drug dealers in Korea. Guess the Pandora Box is opened now… and it ain’t pretty.
[update] Joo Ji-hoon received a suspended sentence of six months jail term and a year of probation plus 120 hours of community service; meaning… he won’t need to go to jail if he behaves properly during the period.
Yoon Seol-hee was sentenced to three-years of jail; while Ye Hak-young got a suspended sentence for his two and a half years jail term [via Dramabeans]
Japanese star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi was arrested last Thursday (Apr 23) for public indecency after stripping naked while under the influence of alcohol at a Tokyo park. The 34-year-old member of popular pop group SMAP has apologised shortly after his release; press conference video (Jp) below…
Oddly enough, international media is following their Japanese counterpart with the news craze. BBC, Sky, CBC etc. have all picked up the news and gave it some detailed coverage… makes me wonder if the western press actually knew anything (most likely not) about Kusanagi besides the incident.
Congratulations to American-Japanese star Leah Dizon, who gave birth to a healthy baby daughter on April 24th in Tokyo. The 22-year-old idol got married to a Japanese stylist in a shotgun wedding last October.
[Update] The baby’s name is Mila.
English subbed Japanese music video “Rescue” by pop group KAT-TUN, theme song for same title 2009 TV drama starring Yuichi Nakamaru (the beatbox guy)…
The drama follows the story of Daichi and his fellow rescue team trainees as they grow as rescue workers, as people, and as men.
Actress Katrina Kaif is to be the model of India’s first Barbie Doll, which goes into production in September… [more on Telegraph]
The 24-year-old beauty is one of Bollywood’s current hottest stars.
The 13th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, commonly known as Auto Shanghai, is currently underway (Apr 22-28) at Shanghai New International Expo Centre; the biennial event is one of the largest auto shows in the world.
Sharing some showgirls’ photos from the exhibition… [via Bitauto (Cn)]
