Kpop News
Tablo’s Eternal Morning controversy
by | December 11, 2007 | 33 Comments
Eternal Morning, the project group between Epik High’s Tablo and producer Pe2ny, just released its first album and its first single, “White” — which has just gotten slapped with a 19+ (adults only) rating from the three broadcast networks. (Which effectively curtails the video’s airing on mainstream television.) The restricted... More »


Kpop News
SES’s Bada-less “Happy Brand”
by | December 10, 2007 | 11 Comments
Speaking of SES, the ladies of the pop group are in the news again. Or at least two of them are. Eugene and Shoo (wither Bada?) have just opened their new website selling their brand at the “SES Mall” (www.sesmall.co.kr), and have named their new fashion line SHB — which... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
The grass is always greener…
by | December 10, 2007 | 17 Comments
Star or Serious Actor? Go So Young and Song Kang Ho   Just as a sidebar, this article is horribly written but interesting in content if not execution. I tried to preserve the wording (which often smacks of juvenile rhetoric) but I did gloss over some redundant word repetition, and... More »


Off Topic/Blog Stuff
Take my Blog Reader Survey!
by | December 9, 2007 | 11 Comments
You know you wanna. I know you love polls and surveys — a whole bunch of you voted for 2007′s top drama. (Minus one vote for me.) Anyway, I’ve been experimenting with advertising on this blog, some more successful than others, and apparently this survey will be eminently useful to... More »


Kpop News
Ten-year reunion for pop stars SES
by | December 9, 2007 | 11 Comments
SES, that bastion of ’90s pop girl bands, got back together for their tenth reunion at a special fanmeeting on the 9th, their first official event as a group since their unofficial breakup five years ago. Prior to the fanmeeting itself, the group (Bada, Eugene, and Shoo) spoke with reporters,... More »


Celebrity News
What’s on Jung Il Woo’s mind?
by | December 8, 2007 | 10 Comments
  Currently circulating on the intertubular info-highway are the following diagrams depicting the brain “structure” of young rising heartthrob Jung Il Woo. The one on the left is a drawing for his character (Lee Yunho) on the show that shot him to stardom, the sitcom Unstoppable High Kick, and was... More »


Theater/Musicals
The premiere of “Awkward People”
by | December 7, 2007 | 20 Comments
Actress Han Chae Young debuted onstage in her first theater performance today (Dec. 7; the play runs through next March) in acclaimed director Jang Jin’s “Awkward People,” (read more about the play here). The play is reported to show a delightful, warm sense of humor and quirky dialogue between the... More »


Open Thread
Open Thread #7
by | December 7, 2007 | 39 Comments
What’s up? Another Friday, another Open Thread! Thanks to Dooce, I spent a good hour yesterday Youtubing clips of the sketch comedy show Man Stroke Woman (love Nick Frost!): SONG OF THE DAY The Like – “(So I’ll Sit Here) Waiting” [ zShare download ] No tags for this post.... More »


Celebrity News
What’s with all the babies?
by | December 6, 2007 | 54 Comments
Yoon Eun Hye   Photographer Cho Seihon has unveiled his special photo spread featuring lots of top stars in his collection “Letters from Angels,” which is the fifth installment in the series begun in 2003 to raise awareness and support of domestic adoptions. Cho said in regards to the aim... More »


Drama Recaps
Mixed-up Investigative Agency: Case 16 (Final)
by | December 6, 2007 | 33 Comments
Last episode is here! To be honest, I kinda dragged my feet on this one, not just because episode recaps take much more time than anything else, but because I didn’t want to face the blankness of having nothing to watch for the immediate future (and don’tcha know, avoidance always... More »