Archive for April, 2009
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Coffee Prince gets a movie version
O-M-G. Coffee Prince is being made into a movie! A producer confirmed that rights have been acquired to adapt the novel into a movie (fyi, the Coffee Prince novel came first, after which the original novelist also wrote the drama). Since this will be the third version of this story to be told, the rep... More »
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Accidental Couple / That Fool / Just Looking / Six Months
First off, let me get this out of the way: Yes, I caught the first episode of City Hall, which premiered this week in the same time slot as this show (which has gone through so many titles I think I’m just going to pick one and stick with it). I’ll probably write about City... More »
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C,JW Company opens its doors
Move over, Bae Yong-joon and BOF agency, there’s a new Hallyu-star-run talent agency in town — Choi Ji-woo‘s new enterprise, C,JW Company. Yes, that comma is intentional, and yes, it drives me crazy. The Korean reading literally says “C-comma-J-W-Company” or 씨콤마 제이 더블유 컴퍼니. Choi’s longtime business associate, director Kim Hyun-mo, explains with the really,... More »
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“Best Jewelry Lady” Yoon Eun-hye
What is the meaning of this “Best Jewelry Lady” distinction awarded to television actress Yoon Eun-hye? I have no idea. I just know that that’s what the Coffee Prince actress was named at the Korea International Jewelry & Watch Fair 2009, which she attended on April 30. (It’s supposedly given every year to one entertainer... More »
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Story of a Man: Episode 7
This above image is kind of the perfect shot for this drama, isn’t it? As I said, I love the caper tone of the drama, particularly as the past several episodes have each featured a con of some kind by the Dream Team. Yet what this drama is doing well is imbuing their ingenious, entertaining... More »
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All hail Queen Seon-deok
Pretty. The first actor to get into character for the upcoming historical series Queen Seon-deok [선덕여왕] was Go Hyun-jung (HIT) taking on her court lady character of Mi-shil. Now the stills have been revealed for the second leading lady as Lee Yo-won (Surgeon Bong Dal-hee) takes the throne as the titular Queen. Tags: Go Hyun-jung,... More »
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Kwon Sang-woo would like more viewers, please
And wouldn’t we all? Oh, Kwon Sang-woo. I understand that you’re in something of a career slump after being one of the hottiest hotties of the early 2000s, and yeah, both your best buds Song Seung-heon and So Ji-sub came off pretty strong series in the past two months… but is bargaining for more viewers... More »
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Writer jumps from spy comedy to fusion historical
Who’s seen this movie? Is it as entertaining as it seems? (And do Kang Ji-hwan and Kim Haneul have fabulous chemistry like they do in my imagination (and the previews)?) In any case, the new action-spy rom-com Level 7 Civil Servant [7급 공무원], which also goes by the English title My Girlfriend is an Agent,... More »
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Half of Triple’s ad team
There can’t possibly be anything left to say about upcoming MBC figure-skating-meets-advertising-agency drama Triple [트리플], so I’ll just let the picture do the talking. (That’s Who Are You actor and former singer Yoon Kye-sang (mine!) with new actress Kim Hee.) Drama airs June 10, Wednesday. Via Mk.co.kr RELATED POSTS Newest addition to Triple completes main... More »
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Boys Before Flowers: F4 Special Edition (Parts 1 & 2)
As Stephen Colbert would say, what a croc-tease. The much-touted “F4 Special Edition” music drama, which follows up with the F4 boys five years after the end of the drama, was finally released online on April 28 — but only the first half (or two “episodes”). The second half comes out next week. Each F4... More »
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RECENTLY RECAPPED
