Archive for December, 2010

Drama Casting & News
Character posters for SBS’s Sign
by | December 6, 2010 | 57 Comments
Question: If your two main characters are forensic doctors, why is one of them holding a camera in the drama poster? Here are the character posters for the new SBS drama Sign, in which Kim Ah-joong (with said camera) plays a forensic doctor who decides to make a (slight) career change after working in the... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Rain’s new blockbuster co-starring Shin Se-kyung
by | December 5, 2010 | 62 Comments
Just as his drama Runaway Plan B comes to a close, Rain has announced his new project, a blockbuster film called Red Muffler (a working title). His co-star? She’s not the A-list superstar one might expect to star opposite Rain, but up-and-comer Shin Se-kyung (Blue Salt, High Kick Through the Roof). Rain’s casting is finalized,... More »


Chungmuro/Film
My Black Minidress lines up its starlet cast
by | December 5, 2010 | 71 Comments
Yoon Eun-hye has chosen her next project, and it’ll be the upcoming film My Black Minidress, which was previously teased last month. Now Yoon is confirmed, as are the three star(let)s who have been cast alongside her in this reportedly humorous and witty project about the lives of 20-something women: Park Han-byul, who played a... More »


Celebrity News
The man behind the Voice: Lee Seon-kyun interview
by | December 5, 2010 | 38 Comments
He’s The Voice, The “Shep,” the guy who makes hobo hair look like sexy bedhead, and angry yelling seem…kinda hot. Lee Seon-kyun (Petty Romance, Pasta, Coffee Prince) sits down with Joy News for an interview about his latest project, acting, and life after becoming a husband and father. His latest role is an adult manhwa... More »


Celebrity News
Moon Chae-won interview: Becoming daddy’s girl
by | December 5, 2010 | 17 Comments
As I’d mentioned before, I’m finding the new SBS drama It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl watchable and interesting despite a number of flaws that do, admittedly, hold it back from being as good as it could be. But I like the setup and responded strongly to the family relationships — and it doesn’t hurt that the... More »


Drama Recaps
Secret Garden: Episode 7
by | December 4, 2010 | 181 Comments
If Episode 6 was a fantastically zany, nonstop hour of insane body-swap antics, then Episode 7 is a dash of that mixed with more of an emotional element. Always welcome, in my book. Also: If the naming gets confusing, just remember: The name that it sounds like (Ra-Him = Ra-im) is the name of the... More »


Drama Casting & News
Chun Jung-myung to take on his first sageuk?
by | December 4, 2010 | 37 Comments
Everyone’s favorite baby-faced man-boy Chun Jung-myung (Cinderella’s Sister, What’s Up Fox) is looking at his next project…a sageuk? Historical dramas aren’t his usual fare, but it’d be his first, so I’m all for uncharted waters. Thankfully, it’s a fusion sageuk, so there’s bound to be enough cheekiness to go around. The drama is MBC’s upcoming... More »


Theater/Musicals
Bae Soo-bin gets into character for Yi Sang
by | December 4, 2010 | 31 Comments
As previously mentioned, Bae Soo-bin (Brilliant Legacy, Dong Yi) is tackling a stage play for his next project, and he’s been busy with rehearsals for Yi Sang December 12. The play will open later this month, and the following photos come from the production’s open set day on December 3, which took place in Seoul’s... More »


Drama Recaps
Joseon X-Files: Episode 11
by | December 3, 2010 | 20 Comments
Episodes 11 and 12 are really two parts of one story (as were Episodes 7 and 8 ) and aired on the same night, so I considered writing them up together. But I think there’s enough to talk about in this one alone, although I plan to have 12 up shortly so we can get... More »


Drama Casting & News
A rain-soaked shoot for Sign
by | December 3, 2010 | 50 Comments
SBS’s medical-forensic-crime drama Sign is one that admittedly doesn’t capture my interest right now, but I think there’s the possibility for it to be better than I’m thinking. Until I remember that the writer also wrote Yoon Eun-hye’s flop My Fair Lady and Kim Sun-ah’s flop When Night Comes (and Hyun Bin’s Snow Queen). Even... More »