http://www.dramabeans.com Deconstructing kdramas and kpop culture Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:23:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you may know, actress Gu Hye-sun (Boys Before Flowers) has been planning an exhibition of her drawings, which just opened this week in Seoul's Insadong La Mer Gallery. The exhibition is showing under the name "Tango" -- which you may recall is also the title of her recently released ... http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/07/fans-flock-to-gu-hye-suns-art-exhibit/ Ah, Honey Lee is so pretty. The classical musician, former Miss Korea, and now actress is currently the face of Neutrogena; as its brand model, she held a promotional fan-signing on July 4 as a tie-in event with their sunblock product. You can currently watch Honey Lee acting in the ... http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/07/honey-lee-at-a-neutrogena-fan-signing/ The young cast of "Unstoppable High Kick" Season 1 Hmm….. When it was announced that the popular family sitcom Unstoppable High Kick was thinking of another season, I was skeptical that it would actually happen, if only because a great part of its charm was its hot young cast of new ... http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/07/high-kick-season-2-coming-in-september/ It hasn't been long since actress Song Yoon-ah (On Air) wore her own wedding dress at her May wedding to actor Sol Kyung-gu, and now she takes on another Wedding Dress [웨딩드레스], which will be her first project as a married woman. Wedding Dress is described as a weepie film centering ... http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/07/song-yoon-ah-takes-on-wedding-dress/   Sigh! I'm exhausted. My new living space is covered in boxes and books and packing materials, and I am still internet-less. On one hand, I have lived a week now without internet access, and have found that there IS life without it. On the other hand, it's not a very ... http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/07/open-thread-90/ I think Episode 6 was the best episode so far, although I haven't seen 7 yet so I can't speak to this week's episodes. Dramas that have "themed" episodes can go either way, because if a writer takes the theme too far, it can be overbearing in forcing the events ... http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/07/triple-episode-6/ I haven't had a chance to see the newly aired drama Friend, Our Legend [친구, 우리들의 전설], but perhaps you have. It premiered this past weekend on MBC, and has been the source of a lot of curiosity, given its cast (Hyun Bin, Kim Min-joon), director (Kwak Kyung-taek of the ... http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/07/hyun-bin-isnt-afraid-of-the-friend-comparisons/