Ah, Honey Lee is so pretty. The classical musician, former Miss Korea, and now actress is currently the face of Neutrogena; as its brand model, she held a promotional fan-signing on July 4 as a tie-in event with their sunblock product.

You can currently watch Honey Lee acting in the role of a cool, smart lawyer in the KBS Wednesday-Thursday drama Partner (and doing a pretty good job at it, actually)

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Partner got off to its start this week, and it was kind of like I expected: flawed but fairly entertaining. Not a fabulous story, and there are some pretty big plot holes, but the acting keeps it afloat. I hadn’t realized just how much I’d missed Lee Dong-wook — but he is SO enjoyable.

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FT Island – “Troublemaker” [ Download ]

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With less than a week left till the premiere of new legal drama Partner [파트너], the cast was on hand at the series production press conference on June 19. The drama is KBS’s new Wednesday-Thursday offering and stars Kim Hyun-joo (Insoon is Pretty) and Lee Dong-wook (La Dolce Vita).

Partner is described as showing a realistic look at the Korean legal system, although the preview stills make it seem as though there’s a strong comic bent. (I suppose we’ll have to wait and see what the tone ends up being, but with the first episode ready to go on June 24, we won’t have long to wait.

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KBS’s Partner is readying for its premiere next week and, to whet our appetites some more, has released yet more stills from the drama, which feature its stars goofing off together on set.

Following the end of Accidental Couple this week, Partner pairs Kim Hyun-joo with Lee Dong-wook in an opposites-attract story in a high-powered law firm setting. These stills were filmed in the drama’s courtroom set, located in Paju.

Producers boasted pride in the compatibility of their leads, who have been playing well off each other both onscreen and off as they rest between takes: “It’s not just with their acting, but they’re also perfect partners in joking around.”

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Sorry, sorry! I try not to write too much about one thing at once (as a reader, I prefer reading about diverse projects rather than the same thing all the time), but I saw these new stills and couldn’t NOT share, right? Ah, well, when it rains (news) it pours.

Check out new stills of Partner, featuring the four main characters played by Kim Hyun-joo, Lee Dong-wook, Choi Chul-ho, and Honey Lee.

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Still, I was pleased to see that Honey Lee is the latest addition to the legal drama (I really like her, even though I’ve never seen her act before; it’s just one of those aura things). She’s cast as a femme fatale attorney, which is a bit of a departure from her pretty, smiley image. I suppose she’ll fit right in with the coolly competent lawyers played by Choi Chul-ho and Lee Dong-wook; it’ll be interesting seeing her portray a hard, strong character against Kim Hyun-joo’s nice one.

This is not Honey Lee’s acting debut — she’s done musical theater before — nor is it her first television job (she has been host of SBS’s entertainment program “생방송 TV 연예”). However, this will be her first onscreen acting role.

Via IS Plus

 
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The talented Honey Lee — Seoul National University grad, classical music major, 2006 Miss Korea, 2007 Miss Universe 3rd runner-up — is taking her much-lauded skills at the gayageum (classical stringed Korean instrument) and using them for a fusion jazz performance.

She’ll take the stage on May 27 and 28 as part of the “Yoon Hee-jung and Friends Concert” in Seoul, singing and playing her gayageum. She explained, “I’ve always liked jazz. I was also a Yoon Hee-jung fan, and it happened that I received the call about this. I’ve always wanted to try mixing the gayageum with jazz music — this is such a great opportunity.”

Honey Lee is currently in her last semester of graduate studies in classical Korean music. Now, if only she’d put out a fusion album! That would be pretty fantastic.

SONG OF THE DAY

Shin Hye-sung with Honey Lee – “사랑하기 좋은 날” (A good day to love). A re-post. She also received vocal training and collaborated with Shin Hye-sung on this track. I think she has a pretty voice, although given her skills, I’m more interested in her music than her vocals. [ Download ]

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