Posts Tagged ‘Uhm Tae-woong’

Drama Casting & News
Spring training takes Dr. Champ to the beach
by | October 11, 2010 | 54 Comments
Hard-bodied athletes frolicking on the beach? Yeah, that’s just one reason to watch Dr. Champ (or technically about a dozen reasons, if you count ‘em individually). The following photos come from the SBS drama’s Episode 6, which airs tomorrow, October 12. In it, the judo players who live and train at the Taereung Olympic facility... More »


Drama Recaps
Dr. Champ: Episode 4
by | October 10, 2010 | 78 Comments
I want that cow robe! The fourth episode could easily be named “Truths unleashed”: all the secrets we’ve concealed and that have been concealed from us, will slap our faces. Jealousy, longing, regret; this drama captured my heart by portraying so naturally such painfully human feelings. And it has cute comic moments to boot! SONG... More »


Drama Recaps
Dr. Champ: Episode 3
by | October 9, 2010 | 59 Comments
Kyaaaa! Save for one moment of pure fangirl moment, this episode served mostly as an emotional one as it added more dimensions to all the characters in the drama. I wouldn’t say it was completely frustrating to experience more tension between Jo Min Ki and Kim So Yeon, but I find solace in the fact... More »


Drama Recaps
Dr. Champ: Episode 2
by | October 3, 2010 | 63 Comments
Pointy vulcan ears and Superman tee, the dream of a geek girl! Howdy, my friends! So glad to be here writing (thanks to our overlords Javabeans and Girlfriday ) alongside my lovely kaedejun sunbae! I’ll start by saying this: I had minus forty-two expectations for this drama. In fact, the only reason why I decided... More »


Drama Recaps
Dr. Champ: Episode 1
by | October 1, 2010 | 132 Comments
I’m baaaaaack! And you can either love it or hate it. Javabeans and Girlfriday have been kind enough to let me AND *wait for it* aberdeen_angus recap this series. (Heh – we have unintentionally become the “Kim So Yeon recappers.”) I am going into this series with particularly low expectations because of two things: 1)... More »


Celebrity News
Uhm Tae-woong: Healing through Cyrano
by | September 13, 2010 | 64 Comments
Uhm Tae-woong‘s new movie Cyrano Dating Agency comes out this week, and I am beyond sad that I can’t see it. (Because, seriously? So. Cute.) It also means that he’s in the news a lot these days, doing promo appearances and interviews such as the one below. “The hurt I received from Seon-deok, I healed... More »


Drama Casting & News
Can K-dramas be adapted for U.S. audiences?
by | September 11, 2010 | 126 Comments
Could we be seeing American adaptations of Korean dramas on our screens in the near future? While there have been a few Hollywood remakes of Korean films, we have yet to see any of our beloved k-dramas get the Hollywood makeover. That’s about to change, as KBS just struck a deal with Kapital Entertainment, optioning... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Cyrano stars sing a duo of duets
by | September 6, 2010 | 74 Comments
The romantic-comedy film Cyrano; Dating Agency has put out a digital album, which features two songs recorded by the movie’s four stars. The album was released on the 7th, and you can listen below. The song “당신이었군요” (It Was You) features the two ladies, Park Shin-hye and Lee Min-jung, and is a light ballad. [... More »


Celebrity News
The men of Cyrano in Vogue
by | August 26, 2010 | 43 Comments
Rawr! The two main men of the romantic-comedy film Cyrano; Dating Agency — that would be Daniel Choi and Uhm Tae-woong — pose together for this black-and-white spread in Vogue. It’s not too far off from the recent Elle shoot starring the movie’s cast, which took a ’40s noir vibe as its concept, but this... More »


Celebrity News
The stylish stars of Cyrano Dating Agency in Elle
by | August 20, 2010 | 41 Comments
Count on Uhm Tae-woong to make bowties and pipes sexy. He is featured in this spread for Elle magazine along with his co-stars from the romantic-comedy movie Cyrano Dating Agency, namely Park Shin-hye (with him, above), Lee Min-jung, and Daniel Choi. The concept for the shoot was the “classic 20th-century private detective” and takes a... More »