Lovely lady, marketing miss

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...as in misstep, I mean. When you pair the words "skin" and "food" in a product's name, there are two ways to read the juxtaposition: "food for skin" and "skin...

Tags: Sung Yuri

From uljjang to actress to writer-director

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Gu Hye Sun joins actors like Yoo Ji Tae in expanding her resume to film directing. Her debut project is the short film Gaze [시선], which starts filming on June 2 in...

Tags: directors, Gu Hye-sun, scriptwriters, short films

Extending the Choi family line

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Veteran actress Choi Jin Shil (40) (most recently of the romantic comedy/family drama The Last Scandal of My Life) -- whom I love and have thought was adorable since I...

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A king’s welcome for Legend’s king Yonsama

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Bae Yong Joon arrives in Japan to an adoring crowd of approximately six thousand fans, many of whom spent the previous night at the airport to await their cult leader...

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Unbalanced partnerships equal book sales, or so goes the hope

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Oh, pleeez. Kim Ah Joong is putting out a book and has announced plans to donate proceeds to a hospital for handicapped children. She's co-editing with Koryo University's writing professor...

Tags: books, Kim Ah-joong, star extracurricular activities

Keeping his skills — and knives — honed

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The cast of SBS's new Monday-Tuesday drama Gourmet chose Gangwon-do's Vivaldi Park for their press conference on May 29, which included a display of some knife skills and cooking talents of...

Tags: adaptations, Gourmet, Kim Rae-won, Nam Sang-mi

They’d better hope third time’s the charm

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Let's choose to look at this positively and not as a sign of trouble, shall we? MBC's long-awaited When Night Comes may have been garnering buzz for its lead stars...

Tags: Kim Jung-hwa, Lee Soo-kyung, When Night Comes

Wedding photos for Jang Hyuk

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With the ceremony still to go, photos have been released for actor and new father Jang Hyuk's upcoming June wedding to longtime girlfriend Kim Yeo Jin (34). The photos are being...

Tags: Jang Hyuk, weddings

A pop star and two smiles

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Shinhwa's Andy joins the campaign promoting the adoption of handicapped children (also promoted by Kim Rae Won and other stars). He poses with 10-month-old girl Miso ("Smile"). At a photo...

My soporific city, more like

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SBS's drama series My Sweet City held its press conference on May 27, and despite the project being described as a "premium drama," it's starting to sound kind of morose. My...

Tags: Choi Kang-hee, Lee Seon-kyun, My Sweet Seoul