Fair warning: Rantiness ahead, but feel free to comment on non-ranty topics below! Phew, for one who hadn’t intended to follow the Olympics to any close degree, I spent the early part of the week unintentionally watching almost everything (TV has been left on while I tune in and... More »

Moon Geun-young departs further from her usual cute image in her cross-dressing role for the upcoming drama The Painter of Wind. (In case you’d like a refresher, here she is looking girlish and sweet, and kinda actually a little like Lindsay Lohan.) Tags: Moon Geun-young, The Painter of Wind... More »

While I wouldn’t call the 4th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF 2008) a star-studded event, it had its share of famous faces sprinkled in amongst the packed crowd of festival attendees, including promo reps Lee Jung-jin and Lee Yeon-hee, above, who hosted the opening ceremony on the evening... More »

New actress Song Min-ji appeared in the August 13 episode of horror drama Hometown of Legends and is now sparking lots of comparisons to pop diva Lee Hyori. What do you think, Hyori-esque or not? (Or, should I say, Hyorish-esque? Hyorish-ish?) A few more shots: Tags: Lee Hyori, lookalikes, Song... More »

Actor Lee Dong-gun may have debuted as a singer, but for the past decade he’s primarily focused on his acting career. So his new album “My Biography” marks his first full-length album in ten years. Furthermore, Lee expressed the ambition to make an Asia tour before his impending military duty.... More »

Sung Yuri goes seductive and mature for her new fall fashion spread. She looks lovely, as always, although I think she’s too thin to pull off truly sexy — she reminds me of a really pretty mannequin, portraying an outward image of sexy but without any inner sensuality. Actually, I... More »

With all the attention being lavished on Michael Phelps, it’s enough to make you think there aren’t any other swimmers, isn’t it? But in Korea, swimmer Park Tae-hwan was already famous prior to his Olympic win. Now, one gold and one silver medal later, he’s poised for super-stardom — let... More »

So Ji-sub returns to MVs after three and a half years since his last one (ballad singer Jo Sung-mo’s “Mr. Flower”). This time he’s appearing in the music video for the digital single “고독한 인생” (Isolated life) by ”G” (mp3 posted below). The track was released online on August 13.... More »

A lot of my friends have told me that they’re too scared to watch this show (and I would usually agree, but the first episode was more tragedy than horror – honestly!) … well, I find it helps to watch in broad daylight, with a stuffed animal nearby, and several... More »

There’s something about this image I really like. The set may look artificial and the background may be too fakely blue, but it’s a nice, homey family scene that carries added meaning as a happy moment of calm before the storm. As for the drama’s audience, the pre-empting of Gourmet‘s... More »