Posts Tagged ‘Lee Tae-ran’

Celebrity News
Han Jae-seok and Park Sol-mi’s star-studded wedding
by | April 21, 2013 | 89 Comments
Congratulations to another star couple: film and drama actors Han Jae-seok and Park Sol-mi just got hitched today (April 21) in Seoul. They look adorably happy, which I suppose is a good way to look on your wedding day. Both actors have a pretty lengthy tenure in dramaland — Park Sol-mi’s debut drama was 2001′s... More »


Drama Casting & News
War drama Legend of the Patriots premieres this weekend
by | June 18, 2010 | 46 Comments
Admittedly Road No. 1 and Into the Fire have garnered most of the attention among Korean War projects, but KBS also has a drama premiering this weekend, Legend of the Patriots. (Its Korean title, Jeon Woo, translates literally to Comrades.) It’s actually a remake of a hugely successful series that aired from 1975 through 1978,... 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 »


Chungmuro/Film News
Preview event for Portrait of a Beauty
by | November 4, 2008 | 27 Comments
The film Portrait of a Beauty [미인도] held its press conference and VIP preview on November 4, and a bevy of VIPs showed up to catch an advance look at the risqué period film. It has attracted much comparison to the drama series Painter of the Wind (see trailer below), as both deal with the... More »


Drama Casting & News
No drama at the 2008 Seoul Drama Awards
by | October 14, 2008 | 41 Comments
Lame, lame, lame. I’d kind of figured that the newish Seoul Drama Awards would be bland (it’s their third year) based on the voting and nominees, so the results weren’t as disappointing as they would have been if I’d taken the Seoul Drama Festival seriously. As it was, there was a total lack of drama.... More »


Pop Culture & Society
Is celebrity education really education?
by | November 5, 2007 | 32 Comments
(Singer-actor Eugene) Shortly after posting this entry about Tim’s educational background, I saw the following (edited) transcription of the “Star News report” (you can watch the video clip of the segment at that link as well), which discusses celebrities and the way in which they gain admissions to universities in Korea. It’s a topic that... More »