Archive for August, 2010
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Posters are out for Playful Kiss
The Playful Kiss posters are out! I think Jung So-min is kinda doing all the narrative work here, but I remain hopeful that the romance between her and Kim Hyun-joong will be solid and convincing. This may be naive of me, but I’m placing an awful lot of trust in director Hwang In-roi, who was... More »
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Gumiho Girlfriend gains (a little) ground on Baker King
Last week, Baker King Kim Tak-gu on KBS scored fantastic numbers with a 44.9% rating (TNS Media) to My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho‘s 12.7% on SBS. This Wednesday, the numbers were 44.0% to 14.6% as Gumiho benefits from word of mouth (and exceptional rerun numbers) for its fresh plot and delightfully funny storytelling. The AGB... More »
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Giant overtakes flagging Dong Yi in the ratings
Dong Yi has been the leader in the Monday-Tuesday ratings race from the very start of its run in March, and Giant has been solidly in second place since it came on the scene in May. Both are long-running dramas well into their broadcasts, and now Giant has caught up and turned the tables. With... More »
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Sohn Ye-jin’s Netherlands shoot for Singles
A week ago, we got a glimpse of Sohn Ye-jin‘s trip to the Netherlands, which she explored after shooting a spread for September’s issue of Singles. Now we get to see images from that shoot, as well as more of the vacation photos of Sohn as she toured the sights. (Some of you eagle-eyed readers... More »
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Kim Soo-hyun has choco abs (?) (!)
Thank you, Kim Soo-hyun, for growing into such a fine young man, and I do mean fine in all possible ways one can mean it. Now he’s gone and bared his washboard abs for us, as featured in this Vogue Girl photo spread that was shot in New York. The concept of the shoot has... More »
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Drama Special: The Great Gye Choon-bin
I finally had a chance to give The Great Gye Choon-bin a whirl, which is a standalone episode in the KBS series Drama Special. The story synopsis caught my attention when it was first announced and I like both actors, so I was hoping for a fun hour. The episode turned out to be pleasantly... More »
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Jo Hyun-jae begins comeback activities
We may be losing a bunch of stars to the dreaded army duty, but at least we have some coming back: Jo Hyun-jae has completed his service and is ready to get back to work. He will be holding fanmeetings in Tokyo and Osaka on August 21 and 22, followed by events in Hong Kong... More »
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Kim Tae-woo reteams with Go Hyun-jung for Daemul cameo
Kim Tae-woo (Tokyo Showers) will be showing loyalty to his former co-star and friend Go Hyun-jung in making a cameo appearance in her upcoming drama, Daemul. The two have been paired together twice before, in the movies Woman on the Beach and Like You Know It All. In Daemul, Kim plays the ex-husband to Go’s... More »
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Queen of Housewives, Tears, and Reversals
Kim Nam-joo is coming back for the Queen of Housewives sequel, re-titled (again) to Queen of Reversals — which happens to be in direct competition with her husband’s drama. She is married to IRIS‘s Kim Seung-woo, who is reprising the same role in spy drama Athena. Athena will replace SBS’s Giant and premieres in November.... More »
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Kang Ji-hwan vamps it up for Singles
Kang Ji-hwan tackles a “European homme fatale” image in Singles magazine, which I suppose means getting friendly with the guyliner and looking vaguely vampiric. Not that I mind; I think he looks adorable in the shot below. Kang expressed satisfaction with the overall feel of the shoot, which shows him in a different light than... More »
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