Ooh. Who else was afraid for a second that our hero had crossed over to the dark side? A great moment, wasn’t it? SONG OF THE DAY Heritage – “Mama Song” [ zShare download ] Tags: Hong Gil Dong, Jang Geun-seok, Kang Ji-hwan, Sung Yuri... More »

Just when I’d thought we’d settled into a pattern of plots and bad guys, trust the Hong sisters to mix things up. Yay for unpredictability. SONG OF THE DAY Sorri (소히) – “누구에게” (To whom) [ zShare download ] Tags: Hong Gil Dong, Jang Geun-seok, Kang Ji-hwan, Sung Yuri... More »

Now here’s interesting casting. Charismatic actor Uhm Tae Woong has recently been cast in director Shin Jeong-won’s latest film (prior work includes Sisily 2km), titled Chaw [차우] — I’m not sure what that means, so am guessing it’s an onomatopoeic term. In any case, while I normally don’t get excited... More »

Check out the newly released promo poster for Kim Sun Ah‘s (long-awaited) comeback project, the caper comedy Girl Scouts. She’s had a lot of hold-ups in the three years following her notable role as Samsoon in My Name Is Kim Samsoon, and the article draws our attention to her “perfect... More »

Former Miss Korea Lee Ha-nui, otherwise known as Honey Lee, has been busy acting as a television broadcast MC and as a model for various CFs and clothing brands ever since she placed in the finals for last year’s Miss Universe pageant. And now she’s branching out into acting, preparing... More »

Actor-singer Lee Seung Gi broke a finger on the 23rd while filming his segment for the popular Happy Sunday variety program, and underwent surgery. Although he doesn’t think the injury is overly serious, he’ll most likely have stop his broadcast activities for the immediate future. Aw. Actress and former Baby... More »

Hong Gil Dong actors Jang Geun Seok (stoic prince Chang Whe) and Kim Rina (jealous noble lady Eun Hye) were on hand in Myungdong in Seoul on the 24th for an autograph signing, but not for drama-related purposes. Both are brand models for EXR, a line of sporty and trendy... More »

SBS’s current Monday-Tuesday drama, sageuk King and I, is coming to a close, and moving to replace it is the upcoming drama billed as “a lively and sweet love story for a different, new-generation couple,” I Love You. The romantic-comedy series is based on a manhwa of the same name,... More »

I’ll admit I’m not much enticed by upcoming MBC drama East of Eden, partly because it’s slated for 50 episodes, and that’s just too long for me. Sometimes I’ll catch parts of a long-running daily show or sitcom because those are easy to skip episodes and still remain relatively current;... More »

Not too much to report today. Let’s see — Oscars are on Sunday. Yawn. I’d probably skip them entirely if not for Jon Stewart, although his brand of humor tends not to go over well at these events. I think I spent more time cringing the last time he hosted.... More »