Posts Tagged ‘Kim Hyun-joo’

Drama Casting & News
Kim Hyun-joo headlines new SBS weekend drama
by | February 4, 2012 | 38 Comments
Kim Hyun-joo has lined up her next drama (yay), which will be a weekend series (er, sigh?) titled Dumb Mom, which will be hitting airwaves next month. Based on a novel of the same name, Kim plays the lead character, Young-joo, in a story following three women of three generations and their relationships with love,... More »


Drama Casting & News
2011 MBC Drama Awards
by | December 30, 2011 | 119 Comments
Oh, MBC. I can always count on you for some awards-time whatthefuckery. Three years ago it was split Daesangs (daesang = Grand Prize), giving the same award to Kim Myung-min and Song Seung-heon and doubling awards in every category. Two years ago, there were more split awards, and last year we had the bizarre “Character... More »


Drama Casting & News
All That Glitters gets an extension
by | July 15, 2011 | 50 Comments
MBC weekend drama All That Glitters (aka Twinkle Twinkle), starring Kim Hyun-joo and Kim Seok-hoon, has gotten a four-episode extension, which puts its total episode count at 54. It can thank its strong viewership ratings for the extension, since it’s been pulling in numbers the 20% range, making it first in its timeslot. Competitors are... More »


Drama Casting & News
Posters and stills for weekend drama All That Glitters
by | February 12, 2011 | 34 Comments
All That Glitters premieres today on MBC, taking up the slot formerly occupied by Gloria, and here are a few more stills and official posters for the drama. Despite being a 50-episode weekend drama, All That Glitters is on my tentative watch list for one reason, and one reason only: director Noh Do-chul, who showed... More »


Drama Casting & News
Stills from the set of All That Glitters
by | January 22, 2011 | 28 Comments
Here are some new photos of upcoming weekend drama All That Glitters, starring Kim Hyun-joo as a careerwoman and workaholic. Despite her wealthy family background — the family owns a publishing company — she’s determined to make it on her own. (Although, is it really making it on your own if your work is in... More »


Drama Casting & News
Filming begins on All That Glitters
by | January 18, 2011 | 32 Comments
Here are first stills from the upcoming MBC weekend drama All That Glitters (perhaps also translated Twinkle Twinkle), which stars Kim Hyun-joo (Partner) as a workaholic careerwoman. This is a drama that has me particularly interested despite the ordinariness of the plot description — a success story of a woman who rebounds after her life... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kim Hyun-joo takes on new drama project
by | December 23, 2010 | 30 Comments
A year and a half after her last drama (lawyer drama Partner), Kim Hyun-joo is coming back for another one, a weekend show this time called 반짝반짝 빛나는, which translates to Twinkling or Sparkling (still a working title). Taking a little bit of poetic license, you might also translate it more prettily to All That... More »


Celebrity News
Kim Hyun-joo puts out an essay book
by | December 23, 2009 | 19 Comments
Actress Kim Hyun-joo (Partner) has come out with her own book, Hyun-joo’s Hand-Crafted Story, which was published on December 23 and for which she held a promotional event at Seoul’s Ritz Carlton Hotel. The book features Kim’s own needlework and knitting, as well as photos and personal essays. As a part of humanitarian NGO Good... More »


Celebrity News
Eco Canada by Kim Hyun-joo
by | September 25, 2009 | 45 Comments
Wow, just take a look at how gorgeous these latest photos are of Kim Hyun-joo (Partner), which the actress shot for Sure Magazine‘s upcoming October issue. Kim’s photographs were taken against the lovely backdrop of Canada; she spent ten days in Vancouver, Whistler, and Victoria for the spread titled “Eco Canada by Kim Hyun-joo.” Tags:... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kim Hyun-joo featured on Partner OST
by | July 9, 2009 | 16 Comments
Who knew that Kim Hyun-joo could sing? She’s currently the star of the current KBS drama Partner, and now also makes her singing debut with a track for the series soundtrack titled “Promise” ["약속"]. In the drama, she plays the newest lawyer at a firm who clashes with one of its partners (Lee Dong-wook) when... More »