Archive for June, 2010

Theater/Musicals
Screen stars take to the stage in Fool For Love
by | June 12, 2010 | 10 Comments
Fool For Love is an upcoming theater play featuring some familiar screen faces, such as actresses Kim Hyo-jin (Happiness) and Kim Jung-hwa (When Night Comes), above, who are double-cast in the leading role of May. Three actors will share the role of Eddie: Park Gun-hyung (Kingdom of the Wind), Jo Dong-hyuk (Penthouse Elephant, Winter Bird),... More »


Drama Casting & News
Drama in dramaland: Actress hit with backlash over casting comments
by | June 12, 2010 | 69 Comments
Oh Yeon-soo, Park Joo-mi Let this be a lesson to actors everywhere: Don’t shoot off your mouth, especially in public. Oh, and the Korean public hates when their celebrities boast, even if they didn’t intend to be arrogant. Also, Korean celebrities have really thin skin. (But we knew that.) Actress Park Joo-mi got herself into... More »


Celebrity News
Kim Sun-ah holds her first fanmeeting in Taiwan
by | June 11, 2010 | 20 Comments
Kim Sun-ah is heading to Taiwan for her first-ever fanmeeting there this weekend. This trip is part of promotional activities for Kim’s last drama, City Hall, which enjoyed a successful run in Taiwan earlier this year. (Of course, there’s still a lot of love for Kim for her smash success drama My Name Is Kim... More »


Drama Casting & News
Park Min-young on the set of Sungkyunkwan Scandal
by | June 11, 2010 | 16 Comments
Park Min-young was the last actor cast, but the first to release a photo from the set of drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal, as we see above. The image was uploaded by a netizen on an internet community site and labeled “Confirmed, Park Min-young on the set of Sungkyunkwan Scandal,” which then spread to other portals. The... More »


Chungmuro/Film
A detective film next for Kim Myung-min
by | June 11, 2010 | 9 Comments
Kim Myung-min is in the last stages of finalizing his contract for a new project, wherein he plays a detective in a historical film, Joseon Detective Jung Yak-yong. The movie is adapted from a mystery novel called Secret of the Gate of Virtue by famous historical novelist Kim Tak-hwan — why, by the way, also... More »


Open Thread
Open Thread #139
by | June 11, 2010 | 212 Comments
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Drama Recaps
Coffee House: Page 8
by | June 10, 2010 | 288 Comments
A picture says a thousand words, doesn’t it? I could tell from the way the Episode 7 recap went that the fan fervor would increase for this episode, which surely delivered. Aside from the laughs and the chemistry between the actors, one thing I’m really loving about this drama is the loaded conversations — there... More »


Celebrity News
Park Shi-hoo treats Prosecutor staff to an island vacation
by | June 10, 2010 | 59 Comments
Park Shi-hoo, star of the recently wrapped SBS drama Prosecutor Princess, has given a gift to the staff of the drama in the form of a four-day, three-night vacation to Jeju Island (which is often called Korea’s Hawaii). The gesture was to show his gratitude for their hard work while the drama was shooting, and... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Park Ye-jin and Danny Ahn team up in suspense thriller
by | June 10, 2010 | 18 Comments
Park Ye-jin is starring in a new thriller movie, Head [헤드], playing a reporter who becomes entangled in an organ trafficking case. Singer-turned-actor Danny Ahn has been cast as her co-star as her ex-boyfriend and senior reporter. Park’s recent roles include sageuk series Queen Seon-deok and Again My Love, but it’s probably her stint on... More »


Celebrity News
Won Bin sheds his gentle image for Ajusshi
by | June 10, 2010 | 97 Comments
I just posted about Won Bin‘s new movie Ajusshi, but now the first trailer is out, and it looks pretty damn good. The story is rather straightforward, but Won Bin’s transformation into a hardened badass is pretty cool. Information on the plot has been pretty scant till now, describing his character simply as a hermit... More »
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