Awards, awards, awards! And tons of pretty people.

As with yesterday’s MBC Drama Awards, note that winners are decided in part due to popularity, in part due to ratings and politics. That said, I don’t think anyone will argue with their Daesang winner, Shin Ha-kyun (below), who has been tearing it up on Monday and Tuesday nights with medical drama Brain.

Also no surprise was the awarding of runner-up acting prizes to The Princess’s Man‘s pair, Park Shi-hoo and Moon Chae-won (above), which bagged a number of awards.
As did weekend hit Ojakkyo Brothers.

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Park Shi-hoo, in a “Dark Knight” themed shoot.

Wearing eyeliner.

Dressed as a vampire.

That is all.

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Park Shi-hoo picture post! Alert: Abs ahead.

The photo shoot comes from men’s magazine L’Officiel Hommes, which carries an accompanying interview. Among the topics of mention is the fact that Park hasn’t dated in four years: “I’ve been busy working, and it hasn’t been easy to meet someone.”

About his late-blooming fame (relatively speaking), 33-year-old Park said, “I’ve always preferred running over long distances over sprinting. Once I start something, I have to see it to the end.”

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Epic, moving, suspenseful, and superbly paced. If I were limited to only a handful of words, that’s how I’d describe The Princess’s Man, KBS’s romantic melodrama and premium sageuk from earlier this summer. Then again, I’ve never been good with brevity and I do have an open-ended word count available, so let’s cut to the chase and get right to it. Sit back and settle in; this may take a while…

SONG OF THE DAY

The Princess’s Man OST – “Destino (운명)” [ Download ]

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Here, have some pretty.
 
 
 

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With their big drama The Princess’s Man now wrapped, stars Park Shi-hoo and Moon Chae-won are both jetting off to far-flung locales for some rest and relaxation.

Park recently tweeted these photos from his Twitter account, announcing, “From Bali. I’m OK.” I guess it’s not entirely a vacation for him since he’d gone for a photo shoot, but it looks like he got his share of sun-soaked beach time on the side. *is jealous*

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Aw, I really love that Park Shi-hoo has taken to creating his own tradition — he’ll be watching the finale of his current drama, The Princess’s Man, along with a group of his fans. Other stars have done it before him, but he’s really the only one to turn it into his trademark. He did it with Prosecutor Princess, and again with Queen of Reversals, and tomorrow he’ll be meeting fans to watch the end of his most popular drama to date.

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Actors Park Shi-hoo and Jung Jae-young have been cast to play opposite each other in a new action thriller film called I Am a Murderer. Well, that’s direct. No dillydallying about, eh? When I saw that they had been cast as a detective and a killer, I assumed that they’d play to type — Park Shi-hoo as the good guy, Jung Jae-young as the bad guy. But they’ve both been cast against type, and against each other… which makes me instantly fascinated in the movie.

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Romantic sageuk The Princess’s Man will be offering up a change of pace for Wednesdays and Thursdays when it takes over the slot vacated by the just-ended Romance Town this week. While that drama was lighter-spirited, this one will dial up the tragic romance and melodrama with its Romeo & Juliet premise. (The story: Two youngsters fall in love, but their fathers are on opposing sides of a political tug-of-war with the throne at stake.)

It also joins the new crop of sageuk dramas on the block, taking us from a rom-com-filled spring to a period-piece summer. Currently, we’ve got fusion action sageuk Warrior Baek Dong-soo on Mondays and Tuesdays, while King Gwanggaeto has been airing on weekends for several weeks. Soon we’ll have another Monday-Tuesday offering, Kye Baek — and then the anticipated Tree With Deep Roots come September. Phew! That’s a lotta sageuk.

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Looks like The Princess’s Man is really going for the epic romance angle, which is fitting given the whole Romeo & Juliet premise that the story’s built upon, starring Park Shi-hoo (Queen of Reversals) and Moon Chae-won (It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl) as the Joseon-era version of the star-crossed lovers.

Here are two teasers and more stills from the KBS “premium sageuk” set to premiere in just a week and a half. It definitely looks pretty, that’s for sure. The first clip introduces the lovers-from-rival-families angle (in this case, their fathers are political rivals), while the second introduces the characters in a little more detail.

Playing second lead as another princess is Hong Soo-hyun (Lie To Me), Moon Chae-won’s haughty cousin, who glares with jealousy upon catching wind of the burgeoning romance. Song Jong-ho (Will It Snow For Christmas), whom you can barely catch a glimpse of in the second preview, plays our hero’s friendly rival. I wonder how friendly that relationship will remain once the rivalry heats up.

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