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Celebrity News
Kim Ah Joong’s face honored
by | October 30, 2007 | 48 Comments
200 Pound Beauty actress and rising star Kim Ah Joong was recently awarded Elle Style’s “Hot Face” award, which goes to the star who found herself most in the spotlight in 2007 and was decided by fan and judge voting. Past recipients of the award, which started in 1997 and applies to international stars, models... More »
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Celebrity News
Kim Rae Won for UNICEF
by | October 30, 2007 | 23 Comments
I love posting good news. Heh. Despite my enjoyment of bitchy snark. Actor Kim Rae Won has been appointed to act as UNICEF Card Patron for the next year (UNICEF Cards are sold throughout the world, at approximately $1 each, the proceeds of which go entirely toward helping children). His appointment was made official on... More »
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Celebrity News
The lie most frequently told by entertainers…
by | October 29, 2007 | 19 Comments
Woo Hee Jin isn’t one of the highest-profile actors around, despite having worked steadily over the span of her career, which is pretty long given that she’s been around more than fifteen years and she’s only thirty-two. She appeared on the variety-talk program Yashimmanman on the 29th and talked a bit about her career and... More »
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Pop Culture & Society
Korea just got a little pornier
by | October 29, 2007 | 11 Comments
Newsen reports that Penthouse is coming to Korea. Porn lovers rejoice! Penthouse Media Group has made a contract to enter into an exclusive license with Korea’s own adult media corporation, N Tree Media. This new media enterprise between the two groups marks a first step in advancing into the large potential Asian adult entertainment market,... More »
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Sitcoms/Variety Shows
Minwoo makes a bad first impression
by | October 28, 2007 | 25 Comments
  Actor Gu Hye Sun and singer-actor Lee Minwoo (or just “M”) first worked together in the sitcom Nonstop 5, but they had their first meeting some time before that. And, apparently, Gu Hye Sun was less than thrilled. On the cable program Park Kyung Rim’s Wonderful Outing, Minwoo had a segment where he’d call... More »
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Kpop News
Goodbye and good luck
by | October 28, 2007 | 12 Comments
  It’s official. Jisun says goodbye to Loveholic. The woman who fronted successful rock band Loveholic since its inception five years was sent off with tears and best wishes by the band and fans in a farewell-and-thank-you concert on the 27th. (Actually, there are two final concerts; the second and last takes place tonight, the... More »
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Celebrity News
A meeting of the minds (and unfortunate wardrobes)
by | October 27, 2007 | 50 Comments
I’ve figured out the reason that two such good-looking and charismatic actors (Gong Yoo and Odagiri Joe) would voluntarily be photographed together looking so sloppy and bedraggled in their respective grannywear. It’s because of the hotness vortex that would cause some kind of malfunction in the atmosphere if they both came in each other’s hotness... More »
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Open Thread
Open Thread #1
by | October 26, 2007 | 67 Comments
I’ve seen open threads on other blogs and always wondered what they were. Then I found out and went, “Ohh, why didn’t I think of that before?” Especially considering how I myself derail comments sometimes with completely off-topic comment hijacking. So I’m trying out this open thread thing, which is what it sounds like —... More »


Drama Casting & News
Golden age for child actors
by | October 26, 2007 | 18 Comments
Yoo Seung Ho, Shim Eun Kyung (both from “Legend”)   Longtime kdrama lovers have noted for a while now that Korea’s got some serious talent in the child-acting department. Ever since young Moon Geun Young stole the show in Autumn Love Story, perhaps even eclipsing her adult counterpart Song Hye Gyo (one of Korea’s most... More »
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Drama Recaps
Auction House: Lot 3
by | October 25, 2007 | 6 Comments
Cute child actors. Aw. Heart pangs. Cute child actors playing orphans. Poise knife above heart. Cute orphans displaying precocious awareness of their abandonment. Insert knife. Cute precocious orphans who are practically still babies sobbing and clinging to youthful hopes while being forced to exhibit premature adult wisdom. Twist.   Auction House isn’t doing very well... More »
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