Posts Tagged ‘Lee Dong-gun’

Drama Recaps
When Night Comes: Episode 1
by | June 23, 2008 | 26 Comments
To be brief? Based on Episode 1, I found When Night Comes (also Every Night or Every Time It’s Night) to be part fun, and part corny. Its attempts to be slick and cool keep the action moving, but aren’t entirely successful — and while they’re not complete failures either, it falls short of its... More »


Drama Casting & News
Posing pretty for When Night Comes
by | June 17, 2008 | 20 Comments
Stars of MBC’s When Night Comes were on hand on June 17 in Seoul for the press conference introducing their drama. Kim Sun Ah, Lee Dong Gun, Kim Jung Hwa, and Lee Joo Hyun were in attendance as their new series tries to take over from its predecessor Yi San’s successful ratings. When Night Comes... More »


Celebrity News
News bites: June 14, 2008
by | June 14, 2008 | 21 Comments
Ara and Jang Geun Seok are dolling up and gettin’ down in an online teaser ad for a cosmetics brand, showing off what is being dubbed their “techtonic” Tecktonik dance. Touted as sexy and cute, I’d use any another term — dorky-cute, disco-lite, uber-goofball? — instead. 21-year-old Moon Geun Young opens up in an interview... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kimonos and national treasures
by | May 10, 2008 | 12 Comments
Since May 7, the upcoming drama When Night Falls has been filming in Japan; lead actress Kim Sun Ah wears a kimono (above) while filming on location in the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture. (I suppose the more literal title translation is “Every Time Night Falls.”) The actress attended junior and senior high school... More »


Celebrity News
News bites: April 13, 2008
by | April 13, 2008 | 13 Comments
KBS’s new action drama Rivals, aka Kang-jeok-deul or Adversaries, premieres tomorrow. In striving for realism, Chae Rim visited a special attack squad and handled real firearms; Lee Jong Hyuk and stunt actors worked under a special-effects director and shot blanks from real guns. Now let’s see if the story’s any good. Kim Dong Wan, currently... More »


Celebrity News
Army-bound
by | November 14, 2007 | 75 Comments
Gong Yoo, Jo In Sung As Male Stars Enlist in Military Service En Masse in 2008… Will It Leave Behind Another Void? A Korean man cannot avoid his military service, and stars at the busiest time in their careers are no exception. Male stars generally reveal their thoughts on military service upon reaching the appropriate... More »