girlfriday here, going for the double-album comeback tour by taking on another Wednesday/Thursday combo platter with javabeans. Looks like Thursdays are going be busy. Bring on the angst! I...
Cinderella's Sister is off to a strong start, not just in ratings but with some really stellar characterizations. It's not as simplistic a switcheroo as My Love Patzzi, which was...
Lee Mi-sook, who is currently acting in the KBS drama Cinderella's Sister in the role of Cinderella's stepmother, is featured in the April issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine, and she...
Finally! The new Wednesday-Thursday battle is off, and the results are pretty consistent with my expectations, both content- and ratings-wise.
First, the numbers: Cinderella's Sister took the lead with a 16.7%,...
Yoo Inna, Lee Mi-sook
Casting changes are not usually a big deal and they're pretty common in general, but I think when a drama goes through more than one significant...
Now that we've covered the younger generation, here we have "original femme fatale" Lee Mi-sook dressed up as the cheap- and tacky-looking stepmom ("촌티, 싼티, 빈티") from Cinderella's Sister.
To be honest, I'm...
I previously posted about the new movie Actresses, which stars six famous movie stars playing six famous movie stars: each portrays a version of her real self, but the question...
Talk about an all-star line-up: the new film Actresses [여배우들] features a whole slew of high-profile names, such as Queen Seon-deok's Go Hyun-jung and Hallyu princess Choi Ji-woo, pictured above, in...
MBC hosted its awards ceremony for the 2008 Acting Awards on December 30. Let me first reiterate that I think these end-of-year broadcast-station awards are mostly meaningless. That said, this year's Daesangs...
Cinderella’s Sister: Episode 2
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girlfriday here, going for the double-album comeback tour by taking on another Wednesday/Thursday combo platter with javabeans. Looks like Thursdays are going be busy. Bring on the angst! I...
Tags: Chun Jung-myung, Cinderella's Sister, Kim Gab-soo, Lee Mi-sook, Moon Geun-young, Seo Woo
Cinderella’s Sister: Episode 1
by javabeans
Cinderella's Sister is off to a strong start, not just in ratings but with some really stellar characterizations. It's not as simplistic a switcheroo as My Love Patzzi, which was...
Tags: Chun Jung-myung, Cinderella's Sister, first episodes, Kim Gab-soo, Lee Mi-sook, Moon Geun-young, Seo Woo
Lee Mi-sook in Harper’s Bazaar
by javabeans
Lee Mi-sook, who is currently acting in the KBS drama Cinderella's Sister in the role of Cinderella's stepmother, is featured in the April issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine, and she...
Tags: Lee Mi-sook, photo shoots
Cinderella, Prosecutor, Taste: First episode impressions
by javabeans
Finally! The new Wednesday-Thursday battle is off, and the results are pretty consistent with my expectations, both content- and ratings-wise. First, the numbers: Cinderella's Sister took the lead with a 16.7%,...
Tags: Chun Jung-myung, Cinderella's Sister, Han Jung-soo, Kim Gab-soo, Kim Ji-suk, Kim So-yeon, Lee Mi-sook, Lee Min-ho, Moon Geun-young, Park Shi-hoo, Personal Taste, Prosecutor Princess, Seo Woo, Sohn Ye-jin
Cinderella’s Sister
Tags: Chun Jung-myung, drama, Kim Gab-soo, Lee Mi-sook, melodrama, Moon Geun-young, romance, Taecyeon, Yeon Woo-jin
Last-minute cast changes to Birdie Buddy
by javabeans
Yoo Inna, Lee Mi-sook Casting changes are not usually a big deal and they're pretty common in general, but I think when a drama goes through more than one significant...
Tags: Birdie Buddy, Lee Mi-sook, Yoo Inna
Cinderella’s wicked, tacky stepmother Lee Mi-sook
by javabeans
Now that we've covered the younger generation, here we have "original femme fatale" Lee Mi-sook dressed up as the cheap- and tacky-looking stepmom ("촌티, 싼티, 빈티") from Cinderella's Sister. To be honest, I'm...
Tags: Cinderella's Sister, Lee Mi-sook
Actresses: Fake documentary or reality filmmaking?
by javabeans
I previously posted about the new movie Actresses, which stars six famous movie stars playing six famous movie stars: each portrays a version of her real self, but the question...
Tags: Choi Ji-woo, Go Hyun-jung, Kim Min-hee, Kim Ok-bin, Lee Mi-sook, Yoon Yeo-jung
Movie “Actresses” blurs line between fact and fiction
by javabeans
Talk about an all-star line-up: the new film Actresses [여배우들] features a whole slew of high-profile names, such as Queen Seon-deok's Go Hyun-jung and Hallyu princess Choi Ji-woo, pictured above, in...
Tags: Choi Ji-woo, Go Hyun-jung, Kim Min-hee, Kim Ok-bin, Lee Mi-sook, press conferences, Yoon Yeo-jung
2008 MBC Acting Awards
by javabeans
MBC hosted its awards ceremony for the 2008 Acting Awards on December 30. Let me first reiterate that I think these end-of-year broadcast-station awards are mostly meaningless. That said, this year's Daesangs...
Tags: awards, Bae Yong-joon, Beethoven Virus, Choi Jin-shil, Dennis Oh, East of Eden, Han Ji-hye, Han Ji-min, Jang Geun-seok, Ji Sung, Jung Il-woo, Jung Jun-ho, Kim Min-jung, Kim Myung-min, Lee Dong-gun, Lee Hana, Lee Jia, Lee Jun-ki, Lee Jung-jin, Lee Mi-sook, Lee Yeon-hee, Moon Sori, New Heart, Seo Shin-ae, Shin Sung-rok, Song Seung-heon, The Last Scandal of My Life, Yoon Eun-hye, Yoon Jin-seo