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Golden Cinematography Awards names its winners
by javabeans
More awards! Now it's the Golden Cinematography Award, given by the Korean Society of Cinematographers, who have chosen Ha Jung-woo and Park Jin-hee for top acting honors, for their respective...
Tags: awards, Ha Jung-woo, Park Jin-hee
Jang Nara converts paydays into charitable donations
by javabeans
Jang Nara is turning a few paydays into charity opportunities, sending a total of 200 million's worth ($156,000) of items to help the needy. Recently, Jang signed a contract to promote a...
Tags: good deeds, Jang Nara
Han Ji-min in Numero
by javabeans
With her drama Cain & Abel set to air in February, we'll soon be seeing a lot more of Han Ji-min; these photos come from her spread in January's issue of...
Tags: Cain and Abel, Han Ji-min, photo shoots
Japan tags Kim Bum as a Hallyu up-and-comer
by javabeans
This is a bit of a step up for Kim Bum (East of Eden). After all, he has got a lot of buzz going around him these days, but he's...
Tags: Kim Bum
City Hunter comes to U.S. television (maybe)
by javabeans
This seems a bit… odd. Jung Woo-sung (The Good, The Bad, The Weird) has been cast in a Korean-Japanese co-production… of an adaptation a Japanese manga… in a multi-season drama...
Tags: adaptations, Jung Woo-sung, remakes
Executioners is next for Yoon Kye-sang
by javabeans
Yoon Kye-sang is starring in a new movie with Jo Jae-hyun -- Executioners -- which ought to finish filming early next year in time for Yoon's next series, Triple (which...
Tags: Yoon Kye-sang
Queen Seon-deok recast
by javabeans
After an aborted first attempt to cast the role, Lee Yo-won (Bad Love, Surgeon Bong Dal-hee, Fashion 70s) has been announced as MBC's pick for the titular role in Queen...
Tags: Lee Yo-won, Queen Seon-deok
East of Eden cuts budget even further
by javabeans
MBC's East of Eden has already cut its budget once by lowering the actors' salaries, but it's further cutting its production budget. Originally planned as a 25 billion won project (approx. $19...
Tags: drama production, East of Eden
KBS nominates (practically everyone) for acting awards
by javabeans
Like MBC before it, KBS has also released its list of year-end acting award nominees. And while Hong Gil Dong (above) wasn't the most prominent drama featured among the contenders (...
Tags: awards, Hometown of Legends, Hong Gil Dong, Jang Geun-seok, Kang Ji-hwan, Kim Ji-soo, Lee Hana, Lee Jong-hyuk, Park Min-young, Rivals, Sung Yuri, Women in the Sun, You're My Destiny
Explaining Kang-mae
by javabeans
Kim Myung-min is one of those actors who is admired for his acting but doesn't always get notice for the eye-candy factor (nor does he push that angle). But that...
Tags: Kim Myung-min, photo shoots