Posts Tagged ‘Kim Ji-soo’

Drama Casting & News
Weekend sageuk King Geunchogo extended
by | February 26, 2011 | 10 Comments
King Geunchogo fans will be happy (I think?) to hear that the big-budget historical drama will be getting an additional 10 episodes, which brings its run through June. The KBS weekend drama starring Kam Woo-sung as a Baekche-era (4th century) warrior king was initially planned for 50 episodes, but has been granted the extension by... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kim Ji-soo’s DUI won’t keep her out of drama
by | October 22, 2010 | 16 Comments
Looks like KBS is standing by leading lady Kim Ji-soo, and will not be cutting her from her upcoming sageuk drama King Geunchogo despite the controversy over her drunk hit-and-run accident a couple weeks ago. The timing of the accident was uncomfortably close to the premiere of KBS’s new big-budget production, which had producers and... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kam Woo-sung and Kim Ji-soo’s character stills for King Geunchogo
by | October 10, 2010 | 22 Comments
Here are the first stills for sageuk drama King Geunchogo, which premieres next month on KBS starring Kam Woo-sung as the king and Kim Ji-soo (currently besieged by netizen complaints due to her drunken hit and run) as his love interest. The drama focuses on warrior-king Geunchogo, the 13th ruler of Baekje, who reigned from... More »


Celebrity News
Will Kim Ji-soo’s hit and run endanger her drama role?
by | October 7, 2010 | 43 Comments
Actress Kim Ji-soo (Women In the Sun) finds herself in some hot water and on the receiving end of a wave of negative public sentiment after she was charged for a hit and run this week. As a result, some question whether she will remain with the upcoming KBS sageuk drama she is currently filming,... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kim Ji-soo and Ahn Jae-mo join King Geunchogo
by | August 28, 2010 | 12 Comments
Two more actors have been added to the upcoming KBS sageuk series King Geunchogo, which has already cast Kam Woo-sung (Alone in Love) as the titular king: Kim Ji-soo (Women in the Sun) and Ahn Jae-mo (King and I, Yeon Gaesomun). This is Kim’s first sageuk and her first drama in two years, since she... More »


Drama Casting & News
Tokyo Tower bought for Korean remake
by | April 11, 2009 | 47 Comments
Kim Ji-soo (Women in the Sun) is pairing up with Antique Bakery and The Naked Kitchen star Joo Ji-hoon for the Korean remake of the Japanese film Tokyo Tower [도쿄 타워]. Tokyo Tower was originally a novel written by popular Japanese novelist Ekuni Kaori and depicts the love story of a 20-something young man with... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
45th Baeksang Arts Awards
by | February 27, 2009 | 121 Comments
New Actress winner Park Bo-young Awards! The 45th Baeksang Arts Awards were held on the evening of February 27, which means: lots of awards for film and television stars, and lots of clothes to gawk at. There were no real surprises in the winners list; they’re mostly a variation of the same lists we’ve been... More »


Celebrity News
Kim Ji-soo’s London Life
by | February 9, 2009 | 17 Comments
Following her last role in the KBS drama Women in the Sun, actress Kim Ji-soo has left for London, as these newly released photos show. She’s filming the trip — her first in that city — for a two-part broadcast on the women’s lifestyle channel DongaTV, called Kim Ji-soo’s London Life, which airs her episodes... More »


Drama Casting & News
2008 KBS Drama Awards
by | December 31, 2008 | 66 Comments
All right, we’ve seen MBC’s Acting Awards (met with much criticism) and SBS’s awards, so now we close out the broadcast station awards with the 2008 KBS Acting Awards. No real surprise (or controversy) for KBS’s Daesang, awarded to veteran actress Kim Hye-ja for her role in the popular series Mom’s Dead Upset. Personally, I... More »


Drama Casting & News
KBS nominates (practically everyone) for acting awards
by | December 18, 2008 | 35 Comments
Like MBC before it, KBS has also released its list of year-end acting award nominees. And while Hong Gil Dong (above) wasn’t the most prominent drama featured among the contenders (that would have to be the daily drama Mom’s Dead Upset, which brought in a whopping four nominations just in the Daesang category), it’s the... More »