Archive for January, 2009
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Hwang Jini raises Ha Ji-won’s profile in Japan
Ha Ji-won is experiencing a second wave of popularity for Hwang Jini, this time in Japan. She won widespread praise for her role as the titular gisaeng character in KBS’s 2006 sageuk drama, which first aired in Japan on NHK’s satellite station last year. After pulling in enough ratings to make it number 1 in... More »
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Asia Model Festival Awards
On January 15, the Asia Model Festival Awards were held at Seoul’s COEX Convention Hall. The event took “Asia is One” as its slogan, probably to explain a few of the awards handed to (pan-)Asian actors (read: non-Korean) like Joe Cheng and Hayashi Tantan. I’m not really sure about how they decided on the winners,... More »
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Loveholic’s Jisun returns solo
Modern-rock band Loveholic parted ways with its singer, Jisun, back in 2007, to allow her the freedom to pursue solo work. In the intervening time, we haven’t heard much about the solo stuff, although she has done some collaborations with other artists (such as singing on Epik High‘s fifth-album track “One”). But now, the singer... More »
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You are one skinny pregnant lady, Sohn Tae-young
Actress Sohn Tae-young (I’m Sam, Sad Movie), newlywed bride to Kwon Sang-woo (Bad Love), is currently pregnant with the couple’s first child (they married in September). As her due date is at the end of February, this means she’s almost in her last month of pregnancy in these newly released photos, and with the exception... More »
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Flower boy power
Lee Min-ho, Lee Min-ho, Lee Min-ho. Everywhere you look right now, everyone’s talking about Lee Min-ho. And for good reason, since the formerly little-known actor has experienced a meteoric rise in visibility — and popularity — since last week, headlining KBS’s newest smash success, Boys Before Flowers. The newfound attention has turned up pictures that... More »
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Lee Na-young to discuss art film with fans
This sounds like a cool event series for fans and film buffs (or it could be, if the guest star has interesting things to say about the works featured): Lee Na-young (Maundy Thursday) will watch a film with fans (one she personally recommends, not one she’s in), then discusses it afterward with attendees. On the... More »
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Boys Before Flowers: Episode 4
Episode 4 was much better than Episode 3 — although really, like that was hard. Episode 3 was funnier, but 4 was more grounded in reality, which makes it much more watchable, imo. Is this going to be a pattern, with Tuesdays outshining Mondays? I suppose if we must have it one way or the... More »
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Return of Iljimae sold to Japan
Return of Iljimae hasn’t started airing yet (it kicks off next week), but it’s been sold to Japan for $1.32 million (that’s $55,000 per episode, 24 episodes total). A production company rep explains that the series was sold after buyers saw a mere 10-minute selection of highlights. Pre-sale of a series to Japan or other... More »
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Back to school for Moon Geun-young
Following her acting Daesang win last month for her role in the sageuk drama Painter of the Wind, Moon Geun-young is returning to school. Moon has mostly kept a low profile from the entertainment sphere while she’s been at school; the 21-year-old actress enrolled in university in 2006 (she studies Korean literature at Sungkyunkwan University)... More »
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Boys Before Flowers: Episode 3
There are some parts of Boys Before Flowers that are pretty good. And then there are parts that are really, really bad. Like, hilariously mockable, I’m-embarrassed-for-you bad.. That won’t stop me from enjoying the drama, but it does put the entertainment into a different category than what I was hoping for, which was sheer, heart-lifting,... More »
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