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  29 November 5, 2008July 6, 2011

  Boy Meets Boy in theaters soon

  by javabeans

  I've been talking about the short queer film Boy Meets Boy for a while now, and it's finally being released. The nearly wordless short film, starring Kim Hye-sung (Unstoppable High...

  Tags: Kim Hye-sung, Kim Jo Gwang-soo, Lee Hyun-jin, short films
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  81 November 5, 2008

  U.S. remaking My Name Is Kim Sam-soon

  by javabeans

  My Name Is Kim Sam-soon (aka My Lovely Sam-soon), the super-popular 2005 drama that made Kim Sun-ah and Hyun Bin into household names, is being given the Hollywood treatment and remade...

  Tags: Hollywood, Hyun Bin, Kim Sun-ah, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, remakes
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  20 November 5, 2008

  28th Critics Choice Awards names its top honors

  by javabeans

  The 28th Critics Choice Awards, presented by the Association of Korean Film Critics, awarded its top honors on November 5. The film A Movie Is a Movie (or Rough Cut), starring...

  Tags: A Movie Is a Movie, awards, Kang Ji-hwan, Kim Ki-duk, So Ji-sub, Su Ae
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  30 November 4, 2008November 4, 2008

  Drama Concert showcases three stars, three performances

  by javabeans

  As part of the Korea Drama Festival, three actors gathered to show off their musical talents at the Drama Concert special boasting "three men, three different shades." The three drama...

  Tags: film festivals, Jang Geun-seok, Jang Hyuk, Kim Sung-soo
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  28 November 4, 2008November 18, 2008

  Preview event for Portrait of a Beauty

  by javabeans

  The film Portrait of a Beauty [미인도] held its press conference and VIP preview on November 4, and a bevy of VIPs showed up to catch an advance look at the risqué...

  Tags: Han Hye-jin, Jeon Hye-bin, Jung Ryeo-won, Kim Haneul, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Min-sun, Kim Nam-gil, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Jong-hyuk, Lee Jung-jae, Lee Tae-ran, press conferences
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  23 November 3, 2008November 3, 2008

  Bae Yong-joon sings for The Face Shop

  by javabeans

  Get ready to hear Bae Yong-joon croon for cosmetics. He unleashes his singing and guitar-playing skills for the first time on TV in a special CF for makeup company The...

  Tags: Bae Yong-joon, CFs
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  18 November 3, 2008November 3, 2008

  Movie veteran, theater newb

  by javabeans

  (My beloved) Lee Jung-jae's been in show biz for fifteen years now, starring in films like Typhoon, Oh Brothers and Il Mare, but he's just now taking his first foray...

  Tags: Lee Jung-jae
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  21 November 3, 2008April 6, 2017

  News bites: November 3, 2008

  by javabeans

  Actor Go Soo, above, held his first Japanese fanmeeting on Saturday, and apparently the only news agency sent to cover it was Yonhap News, whose pictures uniformly suck. [Yonhap News]...

  Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 200 Pound Beauty, Bada, Choi Jin-shil, fanmeetings, Go Soo, Jo Sung-min, Kim Rae-won, musicals, news bites, overworking, Rain, Shinji
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  13 November 3, 2008November 3, 2008

  “Soonjung Manhwa” press conference: XOX

  by javabeans

  The cast was out to promote the film made from popular internet manhwa Soonjung Manhwa (i.e., shojo manga) on November 3 in Seoul. Well, most of the cast -- the...

  Tags: adaptations, Chae Jung-ahn, Kang-in, Lee Yeon-hee, press conferences, Yoo Ji-tae
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  9 November 2, 2008November 2, 2008

  Han Ye-seul pushes SI’s fall/winter line

  by javabeans

  Han Ye-seul, currently starring in the SBS drama Tazza, is hawking clothing for apparel brand SI in these just-released photos advertising its fall-winter line. Great! Now everyone can combine the...

  Tags: Han Ye-seul, photo shoots