Posts Tagged ‘Eom Ji-won’

Drama Casting & News
Ha Suk-jin signs on to new cable drama
by | September 3, 2012 | 29 Comments
If there’s one thing I take away from Standby, the sometimes-amusing, sometimes-frustrating sitcom on MBC, it’s that I love Ha Suk-jin and want to see much more of him. So I’m happy to hear he’s got a new drama lined up, and with a hitmaker writer too. Granted, I’ll admit my Ha Suk-jin love is... More »


Drama Casting & News
Eom Ji-won headlines new Kim Soo-hyun drama
by | July 15, 2012 | 39 Comments
Star writer Kim Soo-hyun (Thousand Day Promise, Life Is Beautiful) has a new drama in the pipeline: a 30-episode family drama called Fortune Favors the Childless, set to air on cable network jTBC. The title is hard to translate without being a million words long — it’s basically a saying that means “to have no... More »


Drama Casting & News
Yeon Jung-hoon smolders for Can Love Become Money
by | February 19, 2012 | 42 Comments
Hot damn, Yeon Jung-hoon is looking sharp for his new drama, Can Love Become Money, which was formerly titled For the Emperor. The tux, the slicked-back hair, the cool attitude — he’s practically channeling James Bond. Yeon plays a young CEO who considers money the most important thing in the world, who gets embroiled in... More »


Drama Casting & News
Eom Ji-won to romance the Emperor
by | February 6, 2012 | 28 Comments
Ex-vampire-prosecutor Yeon Jung-hoon‘s new drama For the Emperor (or Here’s To the Emperor) has secured its leading lady in Eom Ji-won (Sign, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry). Damn, just what I need — another drama to watch. I love each of them separately, but together? Okay, so maybe Yeon Jung-hoon with anyone is... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
16th Busan International Film Festival’s opening red carpet
by | October 6, 2011 | 159 Comments
The 16th Busan International Film Festival opened on October 6, and the red carpet to the opening screening — So Ji-sub and Han Hyo-joo’s tragic romance Only You — was awash with stars. (For those of you used to seeing the festival called PIFF, it recently changed its spelling. The festival is in its 16th... More »


Drama Casting & News
Tons of new Sign stills
by | January 4, 2011 | 17 Comments
Yeah, I still find that above image weird. Is he a magician? Is he going to raise the dead with his super-psychic powers? Is he unleashing some sort of snowmaking abilities from his hands? I… got nothing. Ahem. In any case, SBS’s Sign kicks off this week, and in anticipation of its premiere, here are... More »


Drama Reactions & Reviews
2010 Editors’ Picks [Year In Review, Part 5]
by | December 26, 2010 | 382 Comments
Here we are, Part 5! As girlfriday said in her review, I’d also like to thank guest bloggers Dahee Fanel and thunderbolt for participating in this year’s year-in-review roundup. A particular thank-you goes out to GF herself for being so game to jump into this whole world of crazy with me, and I think you’ll... More »


Drama Casting & News
Park Shin-yang and Eom Ji-won’s late-night date
by | December 9, 2010 | 24 Comments
Aw, look at the happy, cute couple, before they presumably suffer an acrimonious split and end up hardened versions of themselves when they re-meet a few years later as antagonists in both the professional and personal realm. At least, that’s the setup I get from the descriptions of SBS’s Sign, the medical investigation drama set... More »


Drama Casting & News
Character posters for SBS’s Sign
by | December 6, 2010 | 57 Comments
Question: If your two main characters are forensic doctors, why is one of them holding a camera in the drama poster? Here are the character posters for the new SBS drama Sign, in which Kim Ah-joong (with said camera) plays a forensic doctor who decides to make a (slight) career change after working in the... More »


Drama Casting & News
Medical investigation drama Sign begins filming
by | November 22, 2010 | 24 Comments
Having just mentioned MBC’s My Princess, here’s a look at its competition, SBS’s forensic-crime-investigation drama Sign (formerly titled Heaven). The following are the first stills from the drama, which began filming about a week ago. (Sign will get a few weeks’ jump on My Princess, which will be attempting to crack the supposed “MBC curse”... More »