From sob princess to ab princess

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Lee Da Hae is hitting the gym in preparation for her role in the high-budget drama East of Eden (Song Seung Heon, Yeon Jung Hoon, Lee Yeon Hee, Han Ji...

Tags: East of Eden, Lee Da-hae, overworking, star accidents

Shoo sheds name, expands resumé

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Former pop singer of SES fame Shoo is joining her groupmates in branching out to an acting career (Eugene has appeared in several dramas, most recently Three Dads, One Mom,...

Tags: SES, Shoo

Kang Hye Jung heads West

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Twenty-six-year-old movie actress Kang Hye Jung, whom I loved as the quirky Hana in last year's underrated drama series Flowers For My Life, is prepping to make her (sigh, another...

Tags: Hollywood, Kang Hye-jung

Profile/Giveaway #2: YI SUNG YOL

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First, I'd like to say that I know having lots of ads can be distracting on blogs. I've deliberated a lot on which ad blocks to use or not, and...

Tags: giveaways, musicians, song lyrics, Yi Sung Yol

Open Thread #35

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  Phew, I haven't gotten out of town in a long while. I'm heading down to San Diego for zee weekend, and I have one singular goal: to spend as...

My Sweet Seoul: Episode 4

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Here's my take on My Sweet Seoul: The story is unexceptional, the characters are average, and the problems are common and everyday. So far, there's nothing about this series we...

Tags: Choi Kang-hee, Lee Seon-kyun, My Sweet Seoul

Welcome to the Jaurim family

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Isn't this adorable? Rocker, songwriter and Jaurim frontwoman Kim Yoon-ah poses with husband Kim Hyung-kyu and their eight-month-old baby son for July's issue of Marie Claire. The article notes how...

Tags: musicians

Strongest Chil Woo: Episodes 1 & 2

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As I briefly mentioned, when I saw the premiere of Strongest Chil Woo, I thought it was pretty bad. Not mediocre or a little uneven, but god-awful. Episode 1 was a...

Tags: Eric, first episodes, Gu Hye-sun, Oh Man-seok, Park Bo-young, Strongest Chil Woo, Yoo Ah-in

Yoo Ji Tae travels the short-film circuit

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Actor-director Yoo Ji Tae (Oldboy, Hwang Jini) has had a rather successful run with his recent short film Out of My Intention, which just won a special contribution award at...

Tags: directors, film festivals, short films, Yoo Ji-tae

Posing pretty for When Night Comes

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Stars of MBC's When Night Comes were on hand on June 17 in Seoul for the press conference introducing their drama. Kim Sun Ah, Lee Dong Gun, Kim Jung Hwa, and...

Tags: Gourmet, Kim Jung-hwa, Kim Sun-ah, Lee Dong-gun, press conferences, Strongest Chil Woo, When Night Comes