Archive for December, 2010
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Athena bursts onto scene with 22.8% premiere
SBS’s new spy drama Athena: Goddess of War is off to a fantastic start, bringing in an impressive 22.8% rating from the first episode. That’s comparable to IRIS‘s first numbers (24.5%), and sets itself up for a nice run. (To be sure, initial first numbers are not a guarantee of continued success; Runaway Plan B... More »
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Queen of Reversals’ future still in limbo
Queen of Reversals is STILL not sure if it’s going to extend the drama, and MBC has announced that it will base its decision on the ratings performance of this week’s episodes. The series was originally scheduled for 20 episodes, then announced that it would add 2 episodes, then followed that with an announcement of... More »
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Secret Garden: Episode 10
Apparently everyone woke up on the right side of the bed this episode, because every eligible bachelor in town starts lining up at Ra-im’s door, and fighting each other like the ten-year olds that they are. Oska wins for Best Smile, Jong-soo wins for Most Embarrassed, and Joo-won wins for Sparkliest Boxers. Yup. You heard... More »
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Min Hyo-rin and Daniel Choi star in short film
Min Hyo-rin, who made her acting debut (pretty winningly) in last year’s Triple, has been cast with Cyrano Dating Agency’s Daniel Choi in a new short film by Kim Dae-woo, the director of the well-received ero-sageuk movie Bang-ja Chronicle. The project is called Age of Milk [우유시대], and depicts “incomplete youth through a warm perspective”... More »
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Song Joong-ki romances Han Ye-seul on the big screen
Sungkyunkwan Scandal’s fashionista Song Joong-ki is heading to the big screen for a rom-com movie, in which he romances Han Ye-seul (Will It Snow For Christmas?). Funny that she’s the noona now, when he was the oppa in Christmas — albeit in the past, so they never actually shared scenes. Also — is it weird... More »
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Sohn Hyun-joo cast as Poseidon’s baddie
Upcoming maritime police drama Poseideon — starring newly army-discharged Eric, new father Kim Kang-woo, and Thirst’s Kim Ok-bin — has its baddie, and it’s Sohn Hyun-joo, a familiar drama face who’s probably best known for funny ajusshi roles. In Poseidon, he’ll play the man in charge of the elite Poseidon team who trains his men... More »
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Lee Sang-woo joins Believe in Love
Lee Sang-woo (Life Is Beautiful, Penthouse Elephant) just wrapped on the set of the family drama Life Is Beautiful as one half of the most talked about onscreen couple in a long time–a loving, healthy gay couple, opposite Song Chang-eui. He’s going from one family drama to the next, as he joins the set of... More »
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Secret Garden: Episode 9
With our leads back to “normal,” Episode 9 turns back to the romantic developments and dials down the wacky, which I suppose is necessary though I’ll admit to missing the zany physical comedy of the past few episodes, because some of those body-switch bits were truly hysterical. True, they were sometimes played more for the... More »
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Lee Na-young wraps drama, turns to film
Fresh off her latest drama, action-comedy Runaway Plan B, actress Lee Na-young is turning to the big screen for her next role. Though contracts haven’t been signed yet, reports indicate that she will likely be acting next in the movie Howling, starring opposite the ubiquitous Song Kang-ho (Blue Salt, Secret Reunion, Thirst). A source with... More »
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First Lady Ha Hee-ra in KBS’s President
With Runaway Plan B now over, KBS turns its attention to new drama President, to air on Wednesdays and Thursdays opposite that other presidential show, Daemul. You can bet there’ll be a lot of interest in comparing the two, even though Daemul is heading into its final stretch and will only be overlapping with President... More »
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