Now it's time for our Arts & Entertainment segment with Lee Tae Ho Let's see what Tae
Ho has to start us off with this Monday afternoon Good afternoon Tae Ho
Good afternoon Conn-young.
So I hear that wedding bells are ringing all over the world
Yes indeed, and I have some marriage updates for everyone to kick off the week As you mentioned,
there have been weddings not just here in Korea, but across the way in the United States
as well
Two stars, one show, two weddings
Actors Ji Sung and Bae Soo-bin are both starring in the upcoming Wednesday/Thursday drama "The
Secret."
But the television show is not all that the two popular actors share.
They both have marriage on the brain.
Ji Sung is currently engaged to the lovely high-profile actress Lee Bo-young.
After a long and tumultuous seven years of dating, the couple finally announced they
were getting hitched.
The wedding will be on September 27th in Seoul.
The 38-year-old Bae Soo-bin tied the knot on Saturday, marrying his girlfriend of just
six months, a grad school student who is eight years his junior.
Although the courtship was short, the two seem very secure in their relationship, and
the enthusiasm seems to have affected the cast and crew of their upcoming show.
Co-star Hwang Jung-eum had this to say about the atmosphere on set:
"I had a good dream.
My dreams are usually pretty correct in predicting the future.
I feel great, so when I go onto the set I feel really good.
The producer has also been wonderful so the whole atmosphere is great."
With his upcoming nuptials, some may have wondered whether Ji Sung would have time in
his busy schedule for a new show.
"As most of you know I have a very special event coming up in September and I wanted
to focus on that, but I decided I would do this drama as well."
Ji Sung's newly married castmate Bae Soo-bin said the wedding plans had brought he and
Ji Sung closer together.
"Because Ji Sung and I were both planning our weddings, it was really easy to talk to
each other and get to know each other.
I think we both started communicating by telepathy as well."
The other weekend wedding news comes from overseas.
This time it is the long-time couple of John Legend and model Chrissy Teigen.
The two met in 2007 while Legend was filming the video for his hit single "Stereo" and
they have been dating ever since.
The nine-time Grammy award winning singer-songwriter popped the question in December 2011 in the
romantic setting of the Maldives.
The couple married on Saturday in Italy where the two had fallen in love.
Good luck and congratulations to the newly wed couples and we look forward to what is
sure to be a beautiful ceremony for Ji Sung and Lee Bo-young later this month
It seems like fall is wedding season.
Exactly, but is there anything you've noticed about not only the weddings we talked about
today, but marriages that have taken place lately?
Well, if anything, there seems be a growing age gap between the bride and groom.
Yes, I've noticed that, too.
Take actor Lee Byung-hyun and actress Lee Min-jung, for example.
They're 12 years apart.
Another example is the legendary K-pop musician Seo Taji, whose bride is 16 years his junior.
Yes, and now that you mention it, it seems like it's not only older men marrying younger
women but the opposite as well.
Yes and a good example of this is singer Baek Ji-young and actor Jung Suk-won, who are nine
years apart.
This is very "out of the norm" here in Korea, where people consult the Chinese zodiac in
marriage relations, as a four-year age difference between a prospective husband and wife bodes
well for a trouble-free marriage.
Perhaps in the face of love, age is but a number?
Thank you Tae Ho for your segment and we'll see you tomorrow.
Thank you Conn-young.
See you again tomorrow.