Archive for February, 2011

Drama Recaps
Dream High: Episode 10
by | February 7, 2011 | 315 Comments
Cute, fun, and angsty, all wrapped up in a big bow of feel-good. (And then some feel-nervous.) Now that’s my kind of episode. No Song of the Day today, because there were so many in the episode proper. It’s a veritable extravaganza of song ‘n dance. Tags: Dream High, featured, Ham Eun-jung, IU, Jang Woo-young,... More »


Kpop News
Kim Haneul records a single
by | February 7, 2011 | 20 Comments
Actress Kim Haneul (Road No. 1) will be taking another turn in the recording studio by recording a single for famous songwriter (also singer) Yang Jung-seung, who has written tunes for the likes of Jo Sung-mo and Ivy. Her track will be a part of Yang’s Stars in the Night Sky 3 compilation, and will... More »


Drama Casting & News
Cuteness abounds on the set of Dream High
by | February 7, 2011 | 95 Comments
And would you expect it any other way? The cast of Monday-Tuesday’s ratings leader, the cracktastic drama Dream High, cozies up for the camera behind the scenes. It looks like most of these come from last week’s Episode 9, which just makes me sad that there aren’t more pictures of Kim Soo-hyun bedecked in all... More »


Drama Casting & News
New set of Paradise Ranch posters
by | February 7, 2011 | 105 Comments
Paradise Ranch has released a couple new photos for the drama, which will be halfway through its 16-episode run with this week’s episodes. The first shows a kiss between Changmin and Lee Yeon-hee; if you’ve seen the series, you’ll recognize the scene from their ill-fated young marriage. (The couple divorces within six months and then... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kim Soo-hyun cries for Dream High
by | February 6, 2011 | 108 Comments
[SPOILERS AHEAD. YOU ARE WARNED.] Kim Soo-hyun, who plays country-bumpkin-with-the-voice-of-an-idol Song Sam-dong in KBS’s Dream High, is looking mighty melancholy in the newest stills released from the production, which come from an upcoming episode (Monday’s Episode 10). One only need scroll down to the other set of stills to guess why. At least that’s the... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kim Seung-woo to drop Crime Squad
by | February 6, 2011 | 60 Comments
Say it ain’t so! It looks very likely (update!) is now confirmed that Kim Seung-woo will be dropping out of his upcoming drama, KBS’s Crime Squad, despite the late date. Only a month before the show’s premiere, producers confirmed with the press that Kim has decided to leave because of personal reasons, and that it’s... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Jang Hyuk adds another movie to his busy schedule
by | February 6, 2011 | 24 Comments
Busy, busy Jang Hyuk has signed on to another project, and that’s in addition to his movie The Client and the upcoming drama Midas: He has been cast in a cop movie called 독종, which translates to Tough Guy, or heartless or hardass. Take your pick. The movie is an action thriller that stars Jung... More »


Drama Reactions & Reviews
Queen of Reversals: Series review
by | February 5, 2011 | 163 Comments
Strangely enough, the most crack-addled I’ve been over a drama of late isn’t a snazzy one, or even a zippy fresh one at that. It’s the very classic and simple, almost throwback workplace drama Queen of Reversals, which just completed its 31-episode run on MBC this week. So if it wasn’t new and exciting, just... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Posters for Lee Shi-young’s Dangerous Meeting
by | February 5, 2011 | 27 Comments
Okay, this movie looks super-cute. And yes, I am just basing this on these posters (and the description). Dangerous Meeting is the romantic comedy starring Lee Shi-young (Birth of the Rich) and Song Sae-byuk (Bad Deal) as a couple whose families fiercely oppose their marriage. (The title, 위험한 상견례, is more accurately translated as Dangerous... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Park Shi-yeon drops film, Park Ye-jin steps in
by | February 5, 2011 | 62 Comments
Music-industry-centric movie Happy Together had originally cast Park Shi-yeon (Coffee House) in the lead role opposite Ji Hyun-woo, but Park has been forced to withdraw at the last minute due to her health, leaving just over a month before the film is to begin shooting. According to her management, Park had previously received surgery on... More »