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Video greetings from K-actors to the Dramabeans community
Interview with Lee Chae-young
Lee Chae-young shares what she looks for in a role, non-acting interests, and more
Interview with Baek Bo-ram
Baek Bo-ram shares her fitness and happiness rituals
Interview with Jang Do-yeon
Comedian Jang Do-yeon talks de-stressing and some of her current joys in life
Interview with Ham Eun-jung
Ham Eun-jung talks about what roles she'd like to tackle and her fans
Interview with Oh Chang-seok
Oh Chang-seok talks about role prep and wisdom for budding actors
Drama Reactions & Reviews
From youth romances to mid-life melos: K-drama and storytelling perspectives
by missvictrix
Drama Casting & News
Dimples and smiles with Shin Mina, Kim Sun-ho in new promos for Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
by tccolb
2009 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 6]
by javabeans
Here we are! The last of the year-end review series. This post is something new, but I thought it would be an interesting experiment. Although each of us reviewers has...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Accidental Couple, Again My Love, Assorted Gems, awards, Boys Before Flowers, Brilliant Legacy, City Hall, Editors' Picks, Friend Our Legend, IRIS, Kyung Sook Kyung Sook's Father, Queen Seon-deok, Return of Iljimae, Smile, Story of a Man, year in review, year in review 2009, You're Beautiful
The good, the bad, the middling [Year in Review, Part 2]
by thunderbolt
(I'm very pleased to introduce guest review #2, which comes to you courtesy of thunderbolt. Tune back in tomorrow for more! ---javabeans) Have you watched The Good, The Bad, The Weird?...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Accidental Couple, Again My Love, Assorted Gems, Brilliant Legacy, City Hall, Hometown of Legends 2009, Kyung Sook Kyung Sook's Father, Loving You a Thousand Times, Partner, Queen Seon-deok, Smile, Strike Love, The Man Who Can't Get Married, year in review, year in review 2009, You're Beautiful
How was 2009 for you?
by javabeans
With the year coming to an end, that means it's time to take stock of the past twelve months (well, eleven really) in kdramas. The broadcast stations will be holding...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, A Star's Lover, Accidental Couple, Angel's Temptation, Beanie Awards, Boys Before Flowers, Brilliant Legacy, Cain and Abel, Cinderella Man, City Hall, Dream, Friend, Heading to the Ground, Hero, Hon, IRIS, Ja Myung Go, Job Well Done, Loving You a Thousand Times, My Fair Lady, Partner, Queen of Housewives, Queen Seon-deok, Return of Iljimae, Smile, Sons of Sol Pharmacy House, Story of a Man, Strike Love, Style, Tamra the Island, Triple, year in review, year in review 2009
Moon Chae-won promises more smiles in My Fair Lady
by javabeans
I know it seems like most of the attention for My Fair Lady is squarely focused on the three main leads, leaving out fourth wheel Moon Chae-won, but she's not...
Tags: Brilliant Legacy, Moon Chae-won, My Fair Lady, The Painter of Wind
Drinking interview with Han Hyo-joo (Part 1)
by javabeans
The last (and first) drinking interview I posted was with Kang Ji-hwan (Part 1 and Part 2). Here's a new one featuring Han Hyo-joo, recent star of SBS's hit weekend show Brilliant...
Tags: Brilliant Legacy, Han Hyo-joo, interviews
Brilliant Legacy gets extended
by javabeans
A drama that performs well right out of the gate is a drama the broadcast station wants to hold on to, so it's no surprise that SBS's Brilliant Legacy has...
Tags: Bae Soo-bin, Brilliant Legacy, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Seung-gi, Moon Chae-won
Idol stars struggle with acting debuts
by javabeans
Yoon-ah, Park Su-jin The following article looks at pop singers who make the jump to acting and kind of falls into the "No duh" category with its statement of the...
Tags: Brilliant Legacy, Cinderella Man, Kim Hyun-joong, Lee Seung-gi, Park Su-jin, Queen Seon-deok, Yoon-ah
Bae Soo-bin brightens up Brilliant Legacy
by javabeans
SBS's weekend drama Brilliant Legacy continues to perform well. No, I'm still not following it -- I just don't think it's for me -- but by all accounts it's zipping...
Tags: Bae Soo-bin, Brilliant Legacy, interviews
Brilliant Legacy leads the weekend pack
by javabeans
Moon Chae-won, Bae Soo-bin, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Seung-gi SBS's Saturday-Sunday drama Brilliant Legacy [찬란한 유산, aka Shining Inheritance] is pulling in the highest ratings among the weekend dramas, with yesterday's episode recording...
Tags: Bae Soo-bin, Brilliant Legacy, Han Hyo-joo, Iron Empress, Job Well Done, Lee Seung-gi, Moon Chae-won, Sons of Sol Pharmacy House, Strike Love