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...screen persona has made the 22-year-old poster girl of South Korean cinema's commercial renaissance a star. Despite having made just five films, Jun has become famous throughout much of Asia, smiling on magazine and TV ads from Sapporo to Singapore. Her TV campaign for Olympus digital cameras helped hike the company's brand recognition by more than 15%, according to advertising company LG Ad. My Sassy Girl was seen by more than 5 million people in South Korea and sat on top of the box office for two weeks in Hong Kong, where local films and Hollywood...
...quickly adds that "most Chinese folk musicians make a lot less"). But self-advancement appears not to be a major priority. "When we're abroad, we try to think of ourselves not as individuals but as representatives of China," says Zhang, brimming with the winning patriotism of a socialist poster girl. The band's next stop: the U.S. Wang is hoping Americans will succumb to the group's siren charms when a U.S. debut album, Eastern Energy-which features a cover of Coldplay's Clocks-is released in August. "I'm a gambler," says Wang, "and I'm betting again...
Eyes fall to the identification badges hanging from their necks as they circle the hall, stopping to peruse poster-board displays and talk in small circles...
...that large bands and orchestras simply don’t have to face. “You really have to approach publicity in as multi-faceted to get the best word out,” says Mahmoud. “So for show I produce, I’ll poster, personally e-mail friends, make an e-mail for group-lists, get the listing in Crimson Arts, the Beat, the U.C. Calender...
...business smarts as the height of modern-day glamour. "In fashion, having momentum and timing is everything," says Denise Seegal, CEO of Sweetface Fashion. "We take our cues from our consumer, and they want J.Lo from head to toe." This is a radical departure from days of old, when poster girls may have always been ferociously ambitious, but it never showed...