Posts Tagged ‘Tokyo Showers’

Celebrity News
Ivy plans her big return
by | August 9, 2009 | 11 Comments
Singer Ivy is finally readying to make her comeback, and it looks as though she’ll be pulling double-duty with her first new album in three years, accompanied by a new acting project. She has been out of the public eye for the past two years, having been forced out of the spotlight at the height... More »


Drama Casting & News
Will star Japanese writers and Korean production bring drama gold?
by | June 12, 2008 | 13 Comments
The Korean Foundation of International Cultural Exchange is working with the Japan Broadcast Writers Association in a joint “TV drama project,” which was announced at the TV Drama Writers’ Conference of East Asia, held in the city of Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture on June 10 and 11. Plans were announced for a drama series in... More »


Celebrity News
News bites: June 7, 2008
by | June 7, 2008 | 23 Comments
Lee Jung Jin (Bottom of the 9th with 2 Outs, Love Story in Harvard) held his first official fanmeeting on May 30 in Tokyo, following the end of Bottom of the 9th‘s recent Japanese broadcast. A thousand Japanese fans were in attendance; he returned to Korea on the 31st to prep for filming his next... More »


Drama Reactions & Reviews
First-date dramas
by | June 5, 2008 | 113 Comments
I was thinking how I’ve been watching lots of first episodes of dramas these days, but haven’t found anything to dive into since the end of Who Are You? It’s starting to feel like going on a string of disappointing first dates — measuring up expectations versus performance, anticipation versus letdown, etc. You know, there’s... More »


Drama Casting & News
Korean-Japanese co-production Tokyo Showers
by | May 19, 2008 | 14 Comments
I think SBS’s upcoming joint Korean-Japanese production Tokyo Showers — buzzed-about as downtrodden singer Ivy’s comeback and acting debut — has the potential to go either way. I’m not expecting much of it based on the description, but it’s only four episodes, so it’s not much of a commitment either. The story is described as... More »


Celebrity News
Ivy emerges from self-imposed exile
by | April 14, 2008 | 11 Comments
After her nightmarish past year (public scorn, sex scandals, lawsuits), singer Ivy will be making her comeback to the public eye not with another album, but onscreen in her acting debut. She’ll take a role in SBS’s Tokyo Shower [도쿄 여우비], a four-episode miniseries to follow the airing of I Love You, which just started... More »