Interesting how dramas always come in pairs, right? There's Gumiho Fox Child and My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, Runaway and Athena, Road No. 1 and Comrades. Now Daemul vs. President?
Veteran...
Two more actors have been added to the upcoming KBS sageuk series King Geunchogo, which has already cast Kam Woo-sung (Alone in Love) as the titular king: Kim Ji-soo (Women...
Korea's having a good year in the festival circuit. With Cannes under its belt and sights set on Toronto, Chungmuro takes on Venice, with three films next month.
Invincible, starring...
Lee Jia hasn't been the focus of most of the Athena-related promo material, but this week a video clip was released showing snippets from her training sessions for the drama's...
The high-budget drama production of Faith is going forward despite the loss of its star Lee Jun-ki to military service. (Lee had been cast, but was forced to drop out.)...
Quirky, geeky, constant-sidekick Bong Tae-kyu has been cast in his first leading role, in a film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, called Alice. You might recognize him as the spineless...
MBC's big war drama Road No. 1 turned out not to be so big after all, and ended this week with a 5.3% rating (AGB Nielsen). It's been averaging 4% to 5% for its...
Rawr! The two main men of the romantic-comedy film Cyrano; Dating Agency -- that would be Daniel Choi and Uhm Tae-woong -- pose together for this black-and-white spread in Vogue....
Just yesterday we had the new teaser for Playful Kiss, and now there's a longer cut available (thanks to everyone who sent it to me!). I don't actually think it's...
Choi Su-jong to play next Korean President
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Interesting how dramas always come in pairs, right? There's Gumiho Fox Child and My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, Runaway and Athena, Road No. 1 and Comrades. Now Daemul vs. President? Veteran...
Tags: Choi Su-jong, President
Kim Ji-soo and Ahn Jae-mo join King Geunchogo
by javabeans
Two more actors have been added to the upcoming KBS sageuk series King Geunchogo, which has already cast Kam Woo-sung (Alone in Love) as the titular king: Kim Ji-soo (Women...
Tags: Ahn Jae-mo, Kam Woo-sung, Kim Ji-soo
Three Korean movies at Venice film fest
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Korea's having a good year in the festival circuit. With Cannes under its belt and sights set on Toronto, Chungmuro takes on Venice, with three films next month. Invincible, starring...
Tags: film festivals, Jo Han-seon, Joo Jin-mo, Jung Woo-sung, Jung Yumi, Kim Kang-woo, Lee Seon-kyun, Song Seung-heon
Lee Jia prepares to kick butt in Athena
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Lee Jia hasn't been the focus of most of the Athena-related promo material, but this week a video clip was released showing snippets from her training sessions for the drama's...
Tags: Athena: Goddess of War, Lee Jia
Kim Hee-sun’s Faith up for a 2011 premiere
by javabeans
The high-budget drama production of Faith is going forward despite the loss of its star Lee Jun-ki to military service. (Lee had been cast, but was forced to drop out.)...
Tags: Faith, Kim Hee-sun
Nerdy sidekick Bong Tae-kyu cast in lead role
by girlfriday
Quirky, geeky, constant-sidekick Bong Tae-kyu has been cast in his first leading role, in a film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, called Alice. You might recognize him as the spineless...
Tags: Bong Tae-kyu
A quiet finale for Road No. 1
by javabeans
MBC's big war drama Road No. 1 turned out not to be so big after all, and ended this week with a 5.3% rating (AGB Nielsen). It's been averaging 4% to 5% for its...
Tags: drama ratings, Road No. 1
The men of Cyrano in Vogue
by javabeans
Rawr! The two main men of the romantic-comedy film Cyrano; Dating Agency -- that would be Daniel Choi and Uhm Tae-woong -- pose together for this black-and-white spread in Vogue....
Tags: Daniel Choi, Uhm Tae-woong
Extended 15 min trailer for Playful Kiss
by javabeans
Just yesterday we had the new teaser for Playful Kiss, and now there's a longer cut available (thanks to everyone who sent it to me!). I don't actually think it's...
Tags: Jung So-min, Kim Hyun-joong, Playful Kiss
Jung Il-woo celebrates 23rd birthday with a fanmeeting
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Gah, this boy is so cute. I just want to feed him things and have him call me noona. That would seriously make my day. Jung Il-woo (The Return of...
Tags: Jung Il-woo