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And Makino (in the Korean Hana Yori Dango) is…
by javabeans
…Gu Hye-sun??? Erm. Okay. Don't get me wrong, I like Gu Hye-sun (of hit family drama Pure 19, sageuk King & I, and fusion sageuk Strongest Chil Woo). A lot. I think...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun
Premiere’s Rising Stars 2008
by javabeans
On October 4, the Premiere Magazine-sponsored "Rising Star" awards ceremony was held at the Pusan International Film Festival to name its, well, rising stars. Ha Jung-woo and Su Ae won for...
Tags: awards, film festivals, Ha Jung-woo, Jung Ryeo-won, Su Ae
Choi Jin-shil’s death spurs talk of cyber slander laws
by javabeans
"Last Scandal" co-star Jung Jun-ho, actress Choi Ji-woo If there's something to take away from the overwhelming attention and the number of entertainers who came to pay their final respects...
Tags: Choi Jin-shil, deaths, netizens
More PIFF red carpet at APAN’s Star Road
by javabeans
I foresee this may start getting repetitive, but here's another red carpet from the Pusan International Film Festival (we saw opening night's red carpet yesterday). This time, the event was...
Tags: Choi Jung-yoon, Daniel Henney, film festivals, Jung Ryeo-won, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Ji-soo, Kim So-yeon, Lee Jung-jin, Lee Min-ki, Lee Wan, Oh Man-seok, Park Jin-hee, Song Chang-eui, Yeh Ji-won, Yoon Jin-seo
Pusan International Film Festival’s opening night
by javabeans
It's kind of unnerving how all the news right now is either Choi Jin-shil's sudden death or the 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), and sometimes while looking through the...
Tags: Baek Sung-hyun, Cha Seung-won, Choi Jung-yoon, Choi Kang-hee, Eom Ji-won, Eugene, film festivals, Go Ara, Gong Hyo-jin, Han Eun-jung, Hyun Bin, Jang Dong-gun, Joo Ji-hoon, Jung Ryeo-won, JYP, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Ji-soo, Kim Jung-eun, Kim Rae-won, Kim So-yeon, Kim Sun-ah, Lee Bo-young, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Jin, Lee Jung-jin, Lee Seon-kyun, Lee Wan, Lee Yeon-hee, Oh Ji-ho, Park Eun-hye, Park Hae-il, Park Jin-hee, Shin Hyun-joon, Shin Mina, Song Chang-eui, Yeh Ji-won, Yoon Jin-seo
More on Choi Jin-shil’s suicide
by javabeans
This is all very sad, particularly because Choi Jin-shil seems to have been very depressed, but not to the extent that anybody around her could have foreseen such dire actions. (...
Tags: Choi Jin-shil, deaths
Meet your Korean F4
by javabeans
What horrible timing following Choi Jin-shil's shocking death, because now it's hard to get that excited about news I/we have been waiting forever to hear, which is the announcement...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Hana Yori Dango, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho
Choi Jin-shil found dead, indicators point to suicide
by javabeans
The beautiful and talented Choi Jin-shil (age 40, most recently of The Last Scandal of My Life) has been found dead in her home in Seoul. According to police, her body...
Tags: Choi Jin-shil, deaths
These boys don’t cry
by javabeans
…but they do attend high-profile film festivals. Actors Lee Wan and Song Chang-eui of the film Boys Don't Cry (director Bae Hyung-joon) are expected to attend the upcoming Pusan International...
Tags: Lee Wan, Song Chang-eui
Getting ready to fight it out on cable
by javabeans
It's a sibling twofer! First Uhm Jung-hwa, now her kid brother. When I first heard of Yoo Gun's new Fight Club-esque cable drama (titled Fight), I only had a mild...
Tags: cable programs, Uhm Tae-woong, Yoo Gun