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Shin-yi publishes a novel

javabeans — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:06:34 +0000

More and more actors are putting out books, it seems. Add Shin-yi (Partner) to that list, who his till now been mostly known for playing quirky characters with strong personalities. Now she’s taking a stab at fiction writing with the novel Fox In a Bear Mask [곰의 탈을 쓴 여우].

The book tells a romantic comedy story about a 28-year-old career woman working at a film promotion company who falls in love with a young male pop singer six years her junior. The protagonist is a bit scattered, best described as ordinary, while the young man is a pretty boy — “the kind of love story every woman dreams of at least once.” The story is told in first-person in a casual, conversational style which the article describes as straight out of an internet novel.

(The style has its ups and downs — it’s extremely readable, but on the downside, can seem disorganized and sloppy. An excerpt reads thusly: “Hehe the princess wearing my clothes looks tooootally cute. Kiss! Su-bin sat me down on the sofa, now that I’d changed my clothes, and turned on the TV. ‘Stay riiight here~. I’ll get some yummy food.‘”)

Shin-yi explains having literary interests from a young age. She’d decided to try writing a novel in six months, and ended up completing it in a mere month and a half. She explains that she’d been thinking of the book for a long time, however, and thanked a certain “J” — “for teaching me about a brilliant love.”

Via OSEN

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Kim Kang-woo to join Dong Yi

javabeans — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:35:09 +0000

Ooh. Kim Kang-woo is about to join the cast of sageuk drama Dong Yi, which stars Ji Jin-hee as Joseon’s King Sook-jong and Han Hyo-joo as water maid (Dong-yi) turned concubine (later named Sook-bin).

A production source confirmed that he has been offered the role, and the decision is 90% of the way to finalization. They expect his casting to be made official within a week’s time. Kim Kang-woo’s side gave a more cautious answer that Kim wants to do the role and is looking on it favorably, but given how both sides have responded, I think it’s looking likely.

The role would have Kim in the role of Cha Chun-soo, who is by day a coroner with the police but a core member of an underground group by night. He’s a childhood friend of Dong-yi’s older brother Dong-joo, and when the latter is killed, he promises to take care of Dong-yi and devotes his life to protecting her.

As you know, I was blown away by Kim’s performance as an ice-cold, calculating, brilliant psycho financial genius in this year’s Story of a Man. I would LOVE to see him doing a sageuk — I think his first? — in what looks like another intense role. I confess I was only half-interested in Dong Yi, but now it’s got my attention.

Dong Yi is scheduled to air in March 2010.

Via OSEN

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Chuno’s Lee Da-hae and Oh Ji-ho spend first night together

javabeans — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:14:18 +0000

How is it that all the stills from Chuno look so intriguing? I just hope the actual drama itself doesn’t disappoint, because I’m going to be expecting a pretty high level of quality.

These newest stills feature Lee Da-hae with runaway slave Oh Ji-ho, and are described as a “heartbreaking love scene,” although without the context, it’s a little hard to tell.

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Open Thread #110

javabeans — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:14 +0000

SONG OF THE DAY

Lofty Heights – “Skeleton Apples” [ Download ]

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You’re Beautiful: Episode 14

javabeans — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:29:13 +0000

Once again, we run the gamut of emotions from light to heavy, which I always find to be a welcome thing when a drama heads to its more serious moments. Yes, some of the conflicts amp up in this episode, but it also has more of its trademark goofy parody sequences to lighten the in-between moments. The threesome parody in this episode is possibly my favorite Hong sisters parody ever.

SONG OF THE DAY

Jang Geun-seok – “Good Bye.” This song plays late in the episode. [ Download ]

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Post tags: episode recaps, Jang Geun-seok, Jung Yong-hwa, Lee Hong-ki, Park Shin-hye, You're Beautiful

Model Daul Kim dies at age of 20

javabeans — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:12:26 +0000

What in the what? NY Mag has just broken the news that top Korean fashion model Daul Kim was found dead in Paris today, and while details are yet unknown, it appears to have been a suicide.

Daul Kim is probably Korea’s most famous supermodel and had worked a lot in her short career — she was 20. I remember watching her featured in Korean cable reality program I Am A Model, which followed the activities of working models. I’d also occasionally popped in to read her personal blog, I Like To Fork Myself, and found her often-rambling insights interesting and entertaining.

RIP Daul.

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Lee Young-ae poses for Elle

javabeans — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:08:37 +0000

Top actress Lee Young-ae poses for her first spread since getting secretly married over the summer, and will be featured in the December issue of Elle magazine as part of the “Share Happiness” campaign.

The Share Happiness campaign will donate the 250 million won it raised for charity. Of the 93 total stars taking part, included is Lee’s good friend and colleague Jang Dong-gun, as well as Joo Jin-mo, Hwang Jung-min, Su Ae, Shin Mina, Cha Tae-hyun, Han Jae-seok, Gong Hyung-jin, and Kim Nam-gil. Stars like Go So-young, Kim Ah-joong, and Sohn Dam-bi took on a glamorous look for the shoot, while others like Han Hye-jin, Han Ji-min, and Yoon Jin-seo were shot with family members.

Lee has been relatively low-profile since her surprising August wedding to a Korean-American (not that she’s the type who’s constantly in the media eye anyway), choosing to focus on her schoolwork as she aims for her doctorate degree. She said at the time of her marriage that she would continue to work if a good role came along, but so far has not stated any plans for specific acting projects.

Via Star News

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