Posts Tagged ‘Horan’

Drama Casting & News
My Country Calls ends quietly on KBS
by | June 30, 2010 | 54 Comments
KBS’s romantic comedy My Country Calls went out quietly on Tuesday with its finale episode, its 16th. The drama has performed under the radar in its Monday-Tuesday timeslot, having gone up against two heavy-hitters: MBC’s historical Dong Yi and SBS’s saga Giant. Its ratings have been consistently in the 6% range, while its rivals have... More »


Celebrity News
The Bubble trio’s newest CF song
by | May 13, 2010 | 6 Comments
A new video has been released of actress Han Ga-in recording a CM song (for a commercial), along with Horan and Winterplay’s Hye-won, all of whom are brand models for the Hauzen brand of products from Samsung. Though it’s not technically a debut as singer, this is the first time Han Ga-in has sung and... More »


Drama Casting & News
Posters for KBS’s upcoming My Country Calls
by | May 1, 2010 | 15 Comments
My Country Calls will be airing once Birth of the Rich is over, and has released its official posters. The romantic-comedy series pairs a cute but accident-prone policewoman (Lee Soo-kyung) with a spy who’s a stickler for the rules (Kim Sang-kyung). Ryu Jin and Horan fill out the main cast; the former is both a... More »


Drama Casting & News
“Goddess spy” Horan in My Country Calls
by | April 27, 2010 | 17 Comments
The first cast promos and stills have already come out for My Country Calls, and now we have a couple more of one of the drama’s stars, Clazziquai singer Horan in her acting debut. Horan plays a skilled spy in the upcoming KBS romantic comedy, whose Eun-seo character offers up a stark contrast to the... More »


Drama Casting & News
A look at KBS’s upcoming My Country Calls
by | April 22, 2010 | 29 Comments
Mondays and Tuesdays will soon be getting a new romantic comedy, My Country Calls, to replace Birth of the Rich. Several key leads play spies, but this’ll be a far cry from the action thrills of the IRIS franchise, and aims for a more comic bent. Lee Soo-kyung plays a lowly, accident-prone officer who meets... More »


Drama Casting & News
Horan makes her acting debut
by | April 5, 2010 | 13 Comments
Singer Horan is joining her Clazziquai counterpart Alex in the acting realm, and has been cast in her first drama project, KBS’s upcoming romantic-comedy series My Country Calls [국가가 부른다]. The drama recently cast Lee Soo-kyung as its leading lady; she plays a lowly policewoman with little professional spirit and who believes that even if... More »


Celebrity News
CF songs for sale
by | November 10, 2008 | 10 Comments
Im Soo-jung (Happiness) has a new CF out, and it prominently features a catchy jingle, the 달라송. (This is also why I should listen to the lyrics more carefully before translating: Hearing the chorus refrain the words “달라, 달라” over and over, I assumed she was saying “gimme,” as in, gimme that car. Turns out... More »


Theater/Musicals
Taking to a different stage
by | September 5, 2008 | 8 Comments
I love Horan. Not only is she a great singer for electronica group Clazziquai as well as indie band Ibadi (not the strongest vocals, but lovely all the same), she’s smart and literate (she put out a collection of essays, served as book columnist for a magazine, and hosted an educational book program on television).... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
One fine day with My Dear Enemy
by | August 26, 2008 | 13 Comments
“Cannes queen” Jeon Do-yeon reteams with “Chungmuro’s blue chip” Ha Jung-woo in a new movie (they’d previously both acted in the drama series Lovers in Prague), directed by Lee Yoon-ki (Ad-lib Night). While the direct translation comes to “A Fine Day” [멋진 하루], My Dear Enemy has been selected as the English-language title. The film... More »


Celebrity News
Team Alex beats Team Horan to the finish line
by | July 22, 2008 | 5 Comments
These photos come from yesterday’s (July 21) Nike Human Race Training Run, where approximately a hundred participants ran under the banner of either (Clazziquai’s) Team Alex (red) or Team Horan (yellow). The two teams raced a 10K along the Han River in Yoido; on August 31, 25 cities worldwide will host the Human Race event,... More »
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