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Dong may refer to:

Asian languages

• Vietnamese đồng (₫), the currency unit of Vietnam
• Dong people (侗族), an ethnic minority group in China
• Dong language
• Dong Lake, a lake in the Hunan Province of China
• Dong quai, a medicinal herb
• Dong (동 or 洞), a section of a city in South Korea, smaller than a gu (ward) and approximately the size of five city blocks
• A Sponge-model Nokia cellular phone
• Dong (film) (东), a documentary film by filmmaker Jia Zhangke
• Dong (name), Vietnamese for the season of winter
• Lá dong, Vietnamese for a type of prayer-plant (Phrynium placentarium)

People

• Long Duk Dong or "the Donger," a character in the 1984 American movie Sixteen Candles
• Dong Fangzhuo (董方卓), a Chinese football player
• Dong Yi Yang (born 1984), South Korean mixed martial arts fighter
• Dong (Chinese surname), a transliteration of Chinese family names 董,東 (in Mandarin pinyin) and 黨 (in Cantonese)
• Dong (Vietnamese surname), an anglicized variation of the surname Đồng or Đổng.

Dong may also mean:

• Penis or dildo (slang)
  • Long Dong Silver, a pornographic actor
• Feces, or excrement
• A language game where words are spelled out and consonants have the syllable -ong added on the end
• A creature in the nonsense poem of Edward Lear, The Dong with a Luminous Nose
• A home run in the sport of baseball
• A hot dog or German sausage
• Dong Open Air, a heavy metal festival in Germany, named after the Dong hill
• Dong (administrative division), a neighborhood division in Korea

DONG can be an abbreviation for:

• DONG Energy, one of Denmark's energy companies
  • DONG Cup, a former name of the Danish Cup trophy, sponsored by the oil company from 2000 to 2004
• Something that you can 'Do Online Now Guys' made popular by YouTube personality 'VSauce'

See also[link]

• Taepodong (disambiguation) and Rodong-1, types of North Korean missiles

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BAC or Bac may refer to:

Arts and entertainment[link]

• Batman: Arkham City, a 2011 video game
• Battersea Arts Centre, London, England, United Kingdom
• Benedicta Arts Center, St. Joseph, Minnesota
• Big Apple Chorus, New York based barbershop chorus

Businesses and organizations[link]

• Bank of America, N.A., under the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol system
• Boeing Airplane Company, the former name of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
• Born Again Christian
• Brazilian Aeronautical Commission, aircraft purchaser for the Brazilian Air Force headquartered in Washington D.C., United States
• Bristol Aeroplane Company (1920–1956), British aviation company
• British Aircraft Company (1930–1936), British aviation company
• British Aircraft Corporation (1959/1960–1977), British aviation company
• International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, North American labor union

Education[link]

• Baccalaureate (disambiguation), the name of a number of educational qualifications
• Basic Airborne Course of the United States Army Airborne School
• Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina
• Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada
• Boston Architectural College, Boston, Massachusetts
• Botswana Accountancy College, Gaborone, Botswana
• Broughton Anglican College, a school in Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

Science and technology[link]

• .BAC, a filetype used by the RSTS/E timesharing system for compiled BASIC-PLUS files
• BACEngine, a data search tool
• Bacterial Artificial Chromosome, a DNA construct used for transforming and cloning in bacteria
• Basic Access Control, a protocol used to transmit data contained in a passport equipped with RFID chip
• Blood alcohol content (blood alcohol concentration)
• Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, a type of lung cancer often diagnosed in non-smokers
• Business Availability Center, an end-user experience monitoring tool
• Biological Activated Carbon, a process in waste water treatment.

Sports[link]

• Bank Atlantic Center, a indoor arena in Sunrise, Florida home of the Florida Panthers
• Badminton Asia Confederation, governing body for badminton in Asia
• Bauru Atlético Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
• British Athletes Commission

Other uses[link]

• Bac, Martinique, a town in Martinique
• Bîc River, a Moldovan river

See also[link]

• Bač (disambiguation)

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Jang Dong-gun
Born	(1972-03-07) March 7, 1972 (age 40) Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Spouse	Ko So-young (2010–present)
Korean name
Hangul	장동건
Hanja	張東健
Revised Romanization	Jang Dong-geon
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Tonggŏn
Website
jangdonggun.co.kr

Jang Dong-gun (born March 7, 1972) is a top South Korean actor.

Early life[link]

Spending his childhood in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, he later went on to the Korea National University of Arts, dropping out before obtaining a degree.

Career[link]

Jang Dong-gun first entered the entertainment world in a talent contest in 1992. He began by acting in TV dramas such as The Last Match, co-starring Shim Eun-ha, and he eventually made his film debut in Repechage (1997) together with Kim Hee-sun.^[1]

By the late 1990s he had become quite popular in Korea, but he also became one of the very first Korean stars to garner a fan following in other parts of Asia, after several of his TV dramas were screened there in the late nineties. In 1999, after acting in the critically acclaimed Nowhere to Hide as Park Joong-hoon's younger partner, Jang moved on to star in a feature that was filmed on location in Shanghai. Titled Anarchists, this tale of five young terrorists from 1930s China helped to elevate his status even further.^[1]

Jang's real breakout came in early 2001 in Friend, which smashed the box office record set by Shiri to become (at the time) the biggest Korean film of all time. After playing the nice guy in almost all his previous roles, this portrayal of a tough-talking gangster from Pusan led him to local stardom. The following year he also starred in the popular action blockbuster 2009 Lost Memories set in a futuristic Great Japan.^[1]

After appearing in the low-budget film The Coast Guard by controversial director Kim Ki-duk, Jang then took the lead role in Kang Je-gyu's Taegukgi, an epic film about two brothers set during the Korean War. Sure enough, this film would beat Friend's record with an astounding 11 million tickets sold. By this time, Jang's name had become known widely throughout Asia.^[1]

Jang followed this up with The Promise, a $30 million pan-Asian production by Chinese director Chen Kaige in which he played opposite Hong Kong star Cecilia Cheung. Meanwhile, he was cast in Typhoon as a modern-day pirate who has been betrayed by both North and South Korea. Directed by Friend's Kwak Kyung-taek, Typhoon set a new record in 2005 for the highest production budget in Korean film history at $15 million.^[1]

For the next four years, Jang kept a low profile in the Korean entertainment sphere as he worked on his Hollywood debut The Warrior's Way, also starring Kate Bosworth and Geoffrey Rush. The film encountered problems with post-production and distribution, and was only released in 2010.^[2][3][4]

He returned to the silver screen in 2009 as the nation's youngest (and most eligible) head of state in Jang Jin's comedy Good Morning, President.^[5][6]

He reunited with director Kang Je-gyu in My Way, a film set during World War II based on the true story of a Korean soldier who is drafted by the Japanese army to fight in the Battle of Normandy.^[7][8][9] A large-scale, ambitious pan-Asian collaboration co-starring Japanese actor Joe Odagiri and Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, My Way is the most expensive Korean movie to date (with an estimated budget of $28 million).^[10] My Way was simultaneously released in Korea and Japan in December 2011.^[11]

His next film Dangerous Liaisons is a Chinese adaptation of the French literature classic set in 1930s Shanghai, directed by Hur Jin-ho and co-starring Zhang Ziyi and Cecilia Cheung.^[12][13][14] It premieres during Directors' Fortnight at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.^[15]

Jang will make his highly-anticipated return to television dramas in A Gentleman's Dignity, described as a 40-something male version of Sex and the City.^[16][17]

Jang is one of the highest paid actors and celebrity endorsers in Korea,^[18] consistently topping surveys by industry insiders of most bankable stars.^[19] He remains one of Korea's most beloved stars, not only for his projects but because of his gentle, kind image.^[20]

Personal life[link]

The famously private actor surprised the country in November 2009 when he went public with his two-year romance with Ko So-young.^[21][22] Since co-starring together in the 1999 film Love Wind Love Song, rumors about Jang and Ko had spread several times in the past, but both had consistently denied them. The announcement immediately sparked speculation of an impending marriage although it wasn't until March 2010 that Jang officially told his fans at a fan meeting that he would be marrying Ko in May.^[23] After months of media frenzy leading up to their nuptials,^{[24][25][26][27]} the two tied the knot on May 2, 2010 in an extravagant wedding ceremony at Seoul's Shilla Hotel which was attended by their A-list celebrity friends, swarms of reporters and fans from around the world.^[28][29][30]

Their son was born on October 4, 2010.^{[31][32][33][34]}

Jang is a practicing Buddhist, having first explored Buddhist writings while hospitalized in high school, after undergoing chest surgery.^[35]

Movies[link]

All movies below are from South Korea except as indicated.

Cover of KoreAm, December 2010

• Dangerous Liaisons (2012 )
• My Way (2011)
• The Warrior's Way (2010 )
• Good Morning, President (2009)
• The Promise (2005 )
• Typhoon (2005)
• Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
• The Coast Guard (2002)
• 2009 Lost Memories (2002)
• Friend (2001)
• Anarchists (2000)
• Nowhere to Hide (1999)
• Love Wind Love Song (1999)
• First Kiss (cameo, 1998)
• Holiday In Seoul (1997)
• Repechage (1997)

Television dramas[link]

• A Gentleman's Dignity (2012)
• All About Eve (2000)
• Ghost (1999)
• Springtime (1999)
• Love (1998)
• Ready Go! (1998)
• Myth of a Hero (1997)
• Model (1997)
• Medical Brothers (1997)
• Icing (1996)
• The Last Match (1994)
• Il Ji Mae (1993)
• Our Heaven (1992)

Discography[link]

• Dong-gun & Bon-seung (1998)
• Flying (1995)
• Friendship by Jang Dong-gun & Jun Chul (1994)
• Jang Dong-kun (Our Heaven OST) (1993)

Awards[link]

• 2009: Andre Kim Star Awards - Best Star Award
• 2007: Korea Broadcast Advertising Festival - Best Couple Award with Soo Ae for Maxim CF
• 2007: Chunsa Film Art Awards - Korean Wave Cultural Award
• 2005: Max Movie Awards - Best Actor for Typhoon
• 2004: Blue Dragon Film Awards - Best Actor for Taegukgi
• 2001: Blue Dragon Film Awards - Popularity Award
• 2001: Asia Pacific Film Festival - Best Supporting Actor for Friend
• 2000: Blue Dragon Film Awards - Popularity Award
• 1999: Blue Dragon Film Awards - Best Supporting Actor for Nowhere to Hide
• 1999: Baeksang Arts Awards - Popularity Award
• 1997: Blue Dragon Film Awards - Best New Actor for Repechage
• 1997: MBC Drama Awards - Best Actor for Medical Brothers
• 1994: Baeksang Arts Awards - Best New Actor, TV category for The Last Match

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Site of Korea Tourism Org.: Jang Dong Gun
• Adonis Official JDG story
• Adonis International Fan Club
• Just Jang Dong Gun
• Jang Dong Gun América Latina

Lee Young Ae
On boat ride at the Qiandao Lake in China
Born	(1971-01-31) January 31, 1971 (age 41) Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater	Hanyang University (B.A. German Language and Literature) Chung Ang University[1] (M.A. Theater and Film)
Occupation	Actress, model
Agent	Storm S Company
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Spouse	Jeong Ho-young (2009 - present)
Korean name
Hangul	이영애
Hanja	李英愛
Revised Romanization	I Yeong-ae
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Yŏngae
Website
Lee Young Ae

Lee Young Ae (born January 31, 1971 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean actress.

Career[link]

Lee made her debut as a TV model in 1991. After appearing in TV commercials, she started playing in TV dramas and movies.

Her popularity has grown in an exponential manner due to her performance in the popular Korean drama Dae Jang Geum. After the successful broadcast in Korea, it was then shown oversea the first time in 2004 and won many hearts of audience in Taiwan.^[2] In 2005, nearly half of the Hong Kong population watched the final episode of the drama.^[3] In China, hundreds of million viewers watched the drama though it was shown late at night.^[4]

She was awarded Best Actress awards in the Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2005 and Baeksang Art Awards in 2006 for the film Sympathy For Lady Vengeance.

Because of the success, Lee Young-Ae has been invited to visit Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, China and Japan. The first time in 12 years, NHK had to use NHK Hall to host the NHK show (2006). She was invited to the 2007 Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China as an Image Ambassador.^[5]

Beside her acting career, she has also been involved in several charity events. In 1997 she went to Ethiopia as a NGO Goodwill Ambassador. She went to Thar Desert in 1999 doing a TV show of the lowest caste people in India. Later in 2001, she published these experiences in her autobiography “A Most Special Love”^[6] and donated all the income from the sale of the book to charity.

She was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador in 2004 by UNICEF and held several charity functions from that time on. She made many donations to schools and hospitals, which include an elementary school in China such that the school was renamed Lee Young-Ae Elementary School,^[7] and the Chosun First Middle School in Harbin.^[8]

From her 2006 autobiography “Young-Ae’s Vow”,^[9] she talked about how she became an actress. She recalled what made her go into show business was working with Andy Lau in a 1991 chocolate advertisement. In 1995, she made a decision to go to graduate school to learn theory of acting. Since then, she has not changed to challenge various kinds of acting roles, like that in Dae Jang Geum and later a very different role in Sympathy For Lady Vengeance.

In 2007, she received Medal of Culture Merit for her contribution to Korean Wave from the South Korean government.^[10]

Her major contract in 2006 and 2007 is with LG Corp., a large South Korean conglomerate. She became the spokesmodel (Pan-Asia) for all LG Electronics' products.

Personal life[link]

On August 24, 2009, Lee married Jeong Ho-young, a Korean-American businessman, in the United States.^[11] On February 20, 2011, Lee gave birth to twins, one boy and one girl, at the Jeil Hospital in Junggu, Seoul.^[12]

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

Awards[link]

• 1994 SBS Drama Awards, Best New Actress
• 1995 KBS Drama Awards, Popularity Prize
• 1996 MBC Drama Awards, Outstanding Actress
• 1997 SBS Drama Awards, Best Actress
• 1998 SBS Drama Awards, Best Actress
• 1999 KBS Drama Awards, Popularity Prize
• 2001 Korea Movie & Music Awards, Photogenic Prize for Actress
• 2001 Pusan Film Critics Awards, Best Actress (One Fine Spring Day)
• 2003 MBC Drama Awards, Grand Prize
• 2005 International Film Festival of Catalunya, Best Actress (Sympathy For Lady Vengeance)
• 2005 Blue Dragon film award, Best Actress (Sympathy For Lady Vengeance)
• 2006 Baeksang award, Best Actress (Sympathy For Lady Vengeance)
• 2006 Cinemanila International Film Festival Best Actress: Lee Young-ae for Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (South Korea)^[13]

References & notes[link]

External links[link]

• http://www.leeyoungae.net/ (Official Website)
• Lee Young-ae at StormS Company
• Lee Young-ae at HanCinema
• Lee Young Ae at the Internet Movie Database

Lee Young (March 7, 1914 – July 31, 2008) was an American jazz drummer and singer.^[1] His musical family included his father Willis Young and his older brother, saxophonist Lester Young. In 1944 he played with Norman Granz's first "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert.

Early life and education[link]

Young was born in 1914 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Willis Young and Lizetta Teresa Johnson. His father was a musician, as were other relatives. His older brother Lester Young became a famed saxophonist. Lee began playing from an early age and the family had a band for several years.^[1]

Career[link]

In 1944 Lee Young was the drummer at Norman Granz's first "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert,^[2] which also featured guitarist Les Paul, trombonist J.J. Johnson, and saxophonist Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet, amongst others.

Young played with such jazz and swing music notables as Mutt Carey, Fats Waller, Les Hite, Benny Goodman, and Lionel Hampton. In the 1950s Young played with Nat King Cole's trio. From the 1960s on, he worked as an artist & repertory man for such record labels as Vee-Jay and Motown.

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Lee Young's obituary

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