Archive for April, 2011

Drama Recaps
49 Days: Episode 12
by | April 21, 2011 | 357 Comments
This episode RULES! Here are a few reasons why: Sweet Kang, Angry Kang, Hero Kang, Smart Kang, Jealous Kang, Fisticuffs Kang, Bratty Kang, Petty Kang, Cutie Pie Kang, Bad Excuses Kang, Playboy Kang… Did I leave any out? Oh yeah… Kang in a Suit. Need I say more? Tags: 49 Days, Bae Soo-bin, featured, Jo... More »


Drama Casting & News
Chaebol heir Kang Ji-hwan in Lie To Me
by | April 21, 2011 | 77 Comments
This doesn’t give us much new news, just a few more stills of Lie To Me, wherein leading man Kang Ji-hwan plays a chaebol and hotel CEO. I suppose “chaebol” is just one of those roles all actors have to go through to be a proper leading man — alongside the benevolent Prince Charming, the... More »


Drama Casting & News
More Lee Min-ho photos from City Hunter
by | April 21, 2011 | 67 Comments
More stills are out from behind the scenes of City Hunter, the SBS drama starring Lee Min-ho as the character not-quite-so-much-anymore based on the Japanese manga of the same name. My main takeaway from these latest photos is: Phew, the shaggy mop isn’t here to stay after all. He sports an unrulier look for his... More »


Celebrity News
Lee Jia is married to (and divorcing)… Seo Taiji
by | April 20, 2011 | 523 Comments
What in the WHAT? This is the big story breaking right now, with all the headlines blaring the words “SHOCKER!” Because, well, it is: Actress Lee Jia, who just a month ago confirmed a romance with A-list movie star and Athena co-star Jung Woo-sung, is married. To groundbreaking rocker Seo Taiji, who practically reinvented the... More »


Drama Recaps
49 Days: Episode 11
by | April 20, 2011 | 160 Comments
My favorite thing about when people in dramas Find Out About Stuff is that this new information naturally causes people to adjust their behaviors accordingly — the discovery necessitates a recalibration of relationship dynamics. After ten episodes, we’ve gotten wise to the pattern of blustering-jealousy-bickering regarding Ji-hyun’s various relationships, so it’s a refreshing change to... More »


Drama Casting & News
Singer-actress Park Ji-yoon joins Lie To Me
by | April 20, 2011 | 33 Comments
Another actress joins the cast of SBS’s anticipated fake-marriage-scandal drama Lie To Me, starring Yoon Eun-hye and Kang Ji-hwan: It’s former teen pop singer turned songwriter, actress, and photographer Park Ji-yoon. She stays close to her roots for this character, playing a character named Park Ji-yoon; she’s a manager at the H Hotel of which... More »


Celebrity News
Jung Il-woo for Marie Claire
by | April 20, 2011 | 100 Comments
Dear Scheduler’s Union / Grandma on a Harley / Are you there God, it’s me, girlfriday, I’m writing on behalf of one of your employees, a cheeky young fellow by the name of Yi-soo. He also answers to Reaper Boy, Hottie with a Guitar, Hottie on a Bike, etc., etc. He’s the resident tantrum-throwing Scheduler... More »


Sitcoms/Variety Shows
1 Night 2 Days: Episode 329
by | April 19, 2011 | 58 Comments
An unexpected hitch in the plans creates a delay for the 1N2D team, but they’re not about to stand by and do nothing. Not when this team of producers can turn lemon to lemonade, rain into sunshine, and a long night of nothing into high-stakes competition. So they turn their night of waiting into another... More »


Drama Casting & News
Baby-Faced Beauty’s super cute trailer
by | April 19, 2011 | 190 Comments
The trailer for KBS’s upcoming Baby-Faced Beauty is out, and it’s really pretty adorable. Not that I was expecting it to be bad, but I just expected more of the usual trendy type stuff, not something quite so quirky and refreshing. In case you need a refresher: Baby-Faced Beauty is about a 34-year-old woman who... More »


Drama Casting & News
Best Love’s couple together for poster shoot
by | April 19, 2011 | 103 Comments
Haha, these two look so mismatched…and so very disgruntled about it…that it cracks me up. In the Hong sisters’ new romantic-comedy Best Love, which premieres in about two weeks, Cha Seung-won and Gong Hyo-jin play two celebrities who are just about diametric opposites. He’s beloved by all and at the top of his game, while... More »