Archive for May, 2009
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News bites: May 5, 2009
Philip Lee of “Story of a Man” Must be a slow news week. I keep looking through the latest articles, and while there IS news being posted, none of it really interests me enough to write it up on its own. But that’s what News Bites are for! For instance: Articles tell us that Philip... More »
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Author Gu Hye-sun holds fan-signing for Tango
Actress-turned-writer Gu Hye-sun published her novel Tango last month, and it has been selling briskly. The actress is even holding a fan-signing event, which will be held on May 10. It’s doing so well that plans have been announced to adapt the novel to a manhwa as well. I think it’s fantastic for Gu, but... More »
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Strike Love (MBC)
(I know, I used the same picture in the previous post about this drama, but this version of the poster looks cleaner and cooler.) I watched MBC’s new weekend baseball drama, Strike Love [2009 외인구단], without any preconceived notions or expectations. I never read the original comic on which it is based, and I don’t... More »
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Fashionistas go for a Green Ride
Clothing brand Benetton is launching its “Green Ride Campaign,” with five fashionistas providing the face to their promotional ads: Jung Ryeo-won, above (Ja Myung Go); Gong Hyo-jin (Crush and Blush); Kang Hye-jung (Why Did You Come To My Home?); Choi Kang-hee (My Sweet Seoul); and model-singer Jang Yoon-ju. As part of the campaign, Benetton will... More »
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Story of a Man: Episode 8
HOLY SCHEISSE THERE IS SO MUCH AWESOME IN THIS EPISODE. This episode was harder to write up because this drama is so dense, packed not only with information but meaningful details, that it feels like such a waste to skip talking about any of them, and that results in waaaay too many words. But it’s... More »
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Moon Geun-young celebrates 22nd birthday
Moon Geun-young (Tale of Two Sisters, Painter of the Wind) celebrated her 22nd birthday with a group of 700 fans, and it sure looked like she had a good time. The birthday fanmeeting took place on May 2 in Seoul at Moon’s current school, Sungkyunkwan University, where she studies Korean literature. Moon Chae-won, with whom... More »
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Return of Iljimae: Episode 17
After such a beautiful, refined depiction of Iljimae’s maturation, it’s interesting to see him — and the series — take a darker turn. While I wouldn’t say that the series itself is “realistic” — in that it’s based on a hero comic — the characterizations are absolutely realistic, and that’s quite compelling. I love that... More »
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Lee Min-ho at fansigning event
Sure, Boys Before Flowers star Lee Min-ho has a doofy smile, and perhaps doesn’t have the smolder in real life that his character Jun-pyo did. His last hyped-up CF sucked, and yeah he’s wearing suspenders that don’t actually suspend anything, on top of being dressed like he’s about to break out into a high kick... More »
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Lee Ji-hoon promotes Jeonju International Film Festival
Singer-actor Lee Ji-hoon is currently acting as promotional rep for the 10th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), which kicked off on Thursday. In these photos, he poses at a café in the city of Jeonju on May 1. Lee Ji-hoon (You’re My Destiny) is one of those mid-level actors who works steadily but probably doesn’t... More »
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Cafe Seoul’s three brothers
Kim Jung-hoon, Kim Dong-wook, Choi Sung-min There’s another Korean-Japanese co-production coming out, and this one has rather flown under the radar. News came out about the movie Café Seoul [카페 서울] after it had already wrapped filming. In fact, one of its actors, Goong‘s Kim Jung-hoon, just enlisted for his army duty a few days... More »
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