Archive for March, 2009
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Han Ji-hye takes on shoe designing
She’s known for having a flair for fashion, and she rocks the red carpet more often than not. Now actress Han Ji-hye, like fellow fashion dabblers Rain and Yoon Eun-hye, is trying her hand — er, foot? — at fashion design. Shoe design, to be exact. Just coming off the popular melodrama East of Eden,... More »
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Ja Myung Go kicks off with a whimper
So, who caught the premiere of Jung Ryeo-won‘s new grand historical series Ja Myung Go [자명고]? (It has apparently dropped the “Princess” from its title.) …Nobody? Well, you’re not alone — ratings were abysmal (4.1%), considering the months of hype leading up to it. After trying to maneuver its premiere to evade ratings behemoths East... More »
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Moon Chae-won’s Life is Beautiful
Don’t know this face? You’ll probably be seeing a lot more of it in the future. Moon Chae-won is following up her breakthrough role as Moon Geun-young’s same-sex love interest in last year’s Painter of the Wind with a new leading role in an SBS drama, Life is Beautiful [인생은 아름다워]. Although this is a... More »
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Boys Before Flowers: Episode 19
We’re back to fun and cute, hurrah. I don’t actually think the new songs in this second half are any better than the songs in the first half (and they’re just as inappropriately used). It’s more a matter of not having had the songs hammered into our brains relentlessly (yet?), so they feel fresher and... More »
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Choi Ji-woo strikes out on her own
Choi Ji-woo is flying solo, leaving her management behind to establish her own company. The glam (and melodrama) queen has ended her contract with Olive Nine, and even before its expiration (on March 1), Choi been approached with many management offers from other large companies. Ultimately, Choi decided to assert her independence and is busily... More »
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Boys Before Flowers: Episode 18
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both (and add a dash of the embarrassing) and there you have: A typical episode of Boys Before Flowers. SONG OF THE DAY Leessang – “JJJ” [ Download ] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Kim... More »
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Sending off East of Eden
With East of Eden finally heading to its close this week — Tuesday will broadcast its final episode — the drama’s stars Song Seung-heon and Yeon Jung-hoon gave a closing press conference on the afternoon of Monday, March 9, at Seoul’s Lotte Hotel. Since I haven’t been covering this drama in detail, you can consider... More »
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Return of Iljimae: Episode 11
What a great episode. It hit all the right elements — humor, pathos, sadness, hope, and oh yeah, action. (Was that a cool fight scene or what?) SONG OF THE DAY Jang Yoon-ju – “Fly Away.” I mentioned before how Korean supermodel Jang Yoon-ju was putting out a solo album (she songwrites on it), and... More »
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Lee Yeon-hee sings for Super Junior
Well, I suppose it isn’t totally out of line, considering that Lee Yeon-hee, who is managed by SM Entertainment, was almost in Girls Generation back in her training days. But I admit I tire of singers crossing over as actors with mediocre acting skills, as well as the reverse, actors crossing over into kpop with... More »
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Jang Dong-gun in Yokohama
Happy birthday, Jang Dong-gun! The Hallyu fave of movies Typhoon, Friend, and Taegukgi celebrated his birthday a day early, on March 6, with a group of 4,500 fans in Yokohama. (It was Jang’s 37th; he was born March 7, 1972.) The event had the usual video clip screening (tracing Jang’s career back from its beginning)... More »
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