Kim Jung-eun demonstrates some salsa and tango moves while recording an upcoming episode of her show, Kim Jung-eun’s Chocolate. (Other guests for this episode include actress Su Ae, pop diva Uhm Jung-hwa, Big Bang’s Top, and singer Kim Jin-pyo; episode airs July 16.)
Seoul, July 12.
Um… can Shin Dong Wook please rehire his hair stylist back from his Soulmate days? He hasn’t had a good haircut in years. Here he dons a mask and shows off a magic trick while recording for his new gig, as the new host of Mnet’s Chasing Your X-Boyfriend.
July 1, Seoul, at the X-boyfriend studios.
Cuuute.
On the 8th, actress Kim Jung Eun recorded the first episode of the new music talk program she hosts, Kim Jung Eun’s Chocolate (the concept: comfort with an intimate, friendly vibe) on SBS.
Making a guest appearance was boyfriend and fellow actor Lee Seo Jin, taking time off from his busy shooting schedule for MBC’s popular sageuk drama Yi San. He said, “Isn’t it natural that I’d come on for her first episode?” He jokingly added, “When I said I was appearing on Chocolate, the producers of Yi San asked when Kim Jung Eun was going to appear on Yi San.”
Lee Seo Jin also sang a song, Lim Jae Beom’s “Confession” (go hae), which perhaps holds particular meaning for the high-profile couple, who started their relationship on the set of their drama Lovers, for which “Confession” was the main love theme song. In practicing for his “Go hae” serenade, he joked that he’d turned the Yi San set into a “sea of confessions” (”Go hae sea” — pun!).
Kim Jung Eun also showed off her piano-playing talent (she’d been practicing her piano and singing in preparation for her new show), and other guests included music group Yuri Sangja (glass box), Park Jung Hyun (aka Lena Park), and Kim Jang Hoon. The program airs on the 11th.
Via OSEN, Newsen, Yonhap News
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Lovers OST - “고해” (confession) sung by Chi Yeol, originally an Lim Jae Beom song.
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This isn’t too different from the Hollywood system of things, if you substitute “talk show circuit” for the Korean variety programming mentioned below. You know, if an actor or personality appears on Letterman, Conan, or any of the other late-night (or early-morning) programs, chances are they’re hawking something, whether it’s a new movie, new book, new fragrance, new vanity athletic shoe line, new healthy-cooking meat griller, whatever. And similarly, in Hollywood, the bigger the star, the rarer the appearances (and the bigger the deal when they do appear). So to the following, I say, (1) makes sense, and (2) DUH.
Active stars who don’t appear on variety shows…?
“I’m not close with Jang Dong Gun. Please talk with his management.” “Please ask Mr. Jang Dong Gun and get him to appear.” Those are the words of [host] Kang Ho Dong on MBC’s popular program Goldfish. Kang Ho Dong never fails to ask for Jang Dong Gun to appear whenever the opportunity arises or a star connected to him comes on the show. In truth, he’s said that PD Lim Jung Ah is negotiating to get Jang Dong Gun to appear.
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Who else avoids variety shows? >>
Arirang TV will start airing a daily “sitcom” (and let’s use that word lightly) beginning on the 8th and running three months, about the humorous dealings of foreigners living in Korea, in a program called… wait for it… Homey Korean.
“Homey” in the name is explained as “my home in Korea” but all that comes to my mind is “…don’t play that.”
Inspired by the success of talk show Misuda, the sitcom will revolve around the issue of cultural differences. For instance: A foreign resident talks to a Korean friend, who says, “Hey let’s have dinner together sometime” merely as a matter of courtesy. But of course, our foreigner doesn’t understand, and rushes home immediately to prepare a dinner table, taking the Korean friend at his word. Ahh, comedy gold.
Because! The foreigners! They do not understand the Koreans! Think of all the cultural misunderstandings! It will be funny! And not stupid at all!
It’s like Perfect Strangers but less funny, because at least that show had Bronson Pinchot rocking his Balki accent. And the Dance of Joy.
With the program divided into different portions, the cast will be likewise divided, with Brian from singing duo Fly to the Sky for the English-language portion, comedian Jo Hye Ryun for the Japanese portion, Kang Rae Yeon for the Chinese, and Son Mina for the Spanish. (The foreigners-in-Korea roles will be featured in their respective sections.) Get ready to laugh!… or not.
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Ju Da-in - “지금 생각하면” (Thinking about it now) [ zShare download ]
