MBC’s Auction House: Episode 1

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Anyone else catch the premiere of the new MBC drama Auction House? Ever since I heard about the new format they were attempting, I've been keen on seeing if the...

Tags: Auction House, first episodes, Jung Chan, Yoon So-yi

“Homey Korean”: Sounds awful already

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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...

Tags: variety shows

Rising Stars

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For the 12th annual Pusan International Film Festival, Premiere Magazine chose its nominees for the third round of their "Premiere Rising Star Award," based on the actors' activities in the...

Tags: awards, Daniel Henney, film festivals, Kim Ah-joong

Alpha girls

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According to the following article, actress and brainiac (and I say that with affection) Kim Tae Hee has toppled sultry star Kim Hye Soo as Korea's foremost "alpha girl." This...

Tags: Kim Hye-soo, Kim Tae-hee

Sequel Mania

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(The lovebirds of Bad Couple and Bad Family)   I find the following article (indented stuff in dark blue font is the translated article; the rest are my comments) particularly...

Tags: Auction House, Bad Couple, Bad Family, drama production, drama ratings, Hello Franceska, Lovers, sequels

Maybe not such a great idea

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(Emcee and actress Hyun Young with Canadian panel participant Julien Kang)  With the success of the talk/variety show Chatting with Beautiful Women, which I briefly mentioned here, producers...

Tags: controversies, Misuda, variety shows

You mean they don’t do it just to confuse us?

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  "The Surprising Reason Behind Drama Title Changes" The upcoming, vastly expensive SBS Wednesday-Thursday drama Lobbyist, starring Song Il Kook [Jumong] and Jang Jin Young, has confused many viewers --...

Tags: Hello! Miss, Lobbyist

Overseas love for Kang Ji Hwan, and not just from me

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  I love Kang Ji Hwan. Not merely because he's both adorable and sexy-hot (not necessarily a combination easy to come across), but because he's the type of actor who...

Tags: Kang Ji-hwan

Eun Sae prefers Han Sung to Min Yub

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While we're still in the Chuseok spirit (although it's no longer Chuseok day in Korea at this hour), here's another actress decked out in her Chuseok garb. (Because of the...

Tags: Coffee Prince

Happy Chuseok!

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  Tomorrow is Chuseok, also called Hangawi, which is the Korean version of Thanksgiving and one of the largest (perhaps the largest) holidays in the Korean calendar. That means a...