Koeran star Eugene Kim picked to promote Philippine tourism

Korean actress Eugene Kim arrived in Manila Thursday to begin a series of visits to popular Philippine tourist destinations.

Her trip will be covered by a Korean TV network and by print media accorsing to the Department of Tourism (DOT), which picked Kim to promote the country to the lucrative South Korean travel market.

Kim is popular in the country through the Korean telenovelas Save the Last Dance for Me and Wonderful Life. Her appearance on the highly-popular show Wowowee was a hit with Philippine audiences.


Koreanovela star Eugene Kim

Tiger Woods coasts to PGA win

Tiger Woods Sunday easily won the PGA Championship by five strokes for his third straight victory since the British Open.

Woods now has 12 career majors and has his longest tournament winning streak in five years.

He continued to show his skill as a finisher when holding a lead in the final round. This was also the fifth major Woods has won by at least five shots.


Tiger Woods celebrates after winning the 88th PGA Championship golf tournament at Medinah Country Club on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006, in Medinah, Ill. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall via Yahoo News.

Zhang Ziyi still down to earth

Actress Zhang Ziyi shaved her eyebrows and served soup to the crew during the filiming of upcoming film The Banquet, director Feng Xiaogang said in a recent interview.

Despite her success in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Rush Hour 2 and Memoirs, she still remains an easy person to work with according to Feng.

"The Banquet" is inspired by the Shakespeare play "Hamlet."


Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi smiles at the crowd during the world premiere of her movie 'Sayuri,' at Tokyo's national sumo arena on Nov. 29, 2005. Zhang didn't act like a prima donna on the set of The Banquet despite her newfound Hollywood fame, shaving her eyebrows for her role and serving homemade soup to workers, the film's director said. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye via Yahoo News.