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Iris bed scene too hot for broadcast television
by javabeans
If you're following KBS's spy drama Iris, you'll know that the romance between main characters played by Lee Byung-heon and Kim Tae-hee, who are fellow spies for the NSS, has...
Tags: IRIS, Kim Tae-hee, Lee Byung-heon
Lee Byung-heon and Josh Hartnett in Vogue Korea
by javabeans
Lee Byung-heon not only has a new drama out (that would be the action blockbuster Iris), his noir thriller film I Come With The Rain was just released in Korea,...
Tags: Lee Byung-heon, photo shoots
IRIS: Episode 1
by javabeans
Pretty badass, yo. IRIS is an expensive drama, and it totally shows. I can't say that the drama took my breath away, but it was very entertaining, and I can...
Tags: first episodes, IRIS, Jung Jun-ho, Kim Seung-woo, Kim So-yeon, Kim Tae-hee, Lee Byung-heon
Iris sells to seven countries
by javabeans
I've heard of a lot of Korean dramas getting sold to other countries (most often to Japan) prior to the drama's television premiere, but Iris has just upped the ante...
Tags: IRIS, Kim Tae-hee, Lee Byung-heon
Opening red carpet at the 14th Pusan International Film Festival
by javabeans
On October 8, the 14th Pusan International Film Festival, or PIFF, opened in Busan. (Yes, the city takes a different official spelling than the film festival. Blame inconsistent Romanization.) As the...
Tags: Byun Jung-soo, Choi Jung-won, Eom Ji-won, film festivals, Go Eun-ah, Go Jun-hee, Ha Ji-won, Han Chae-young, Han Eun-jung, Han Hye-jin, Han Ji-hye, Han Ye-seul, Im Joo-hwan, Im Soo-jung, Jang Dong-gun, Jang Hyuk, Jeon Do-yeon, Jeon Hye-bin, Jo Jae-hyun, Jung Ryeo-won, Kang Ji-hwan, Kim Haneul, Kim Kang-woo, Kim Nam-gil, Kim So-yeon, Kim Yun-jin, Lee Byung-heon, Lee Seon-kyun, Min Hyo-rin, Park Hee-soon, Seo Woo, So Ji-sub, Su Ae, Sung Yuri, Sunwoo Sun, Uhm Jung-hwa, Wang Seok-hyun, Yeh Ji-won, Yoo Hana, Yoo Sun, Yoon Kye-sang
Iris gets explosive
by javabeans
Now that we've gotten those pesky character introductions out of the way, let's turn our attention to what Iris is really about: explosions! Apparently, lots of them, judging from the...
Tags: IRIS, Kim Tae-hee, Lee Byung-heon
And now for Iris’s Lee Byung-heon
by javabeans
The Iris promotion machine is really in full swing now, isn't it? After months of silence about the high-budget drama, we slowly started seeing stills and behind-the-scenes peeks, and now...
Tags: IRIS, Lee Byung-heon
Iris releases its newest poster
by javabeans
Upcoming spy drama Iris has had the same poster forever (you know, this one) so it's nice to see them come out with a new look, just a month before...
Tags: IRIS, Jung Jun-ho, Kim Seung-woo, Kim So-yeon, Kim Tae-hee, Lee Byung-heon, TOP
Iris to be produced as a manhwa
by javabeans
KBS's "blockbuster action spy drama" IRIS [아이리스] is scheduled to premiere in October, but even before it unveils itself to the public, it has confirmed that it is producing another iteration:...
Tags: adaptations, IRIS, Jung Jun-ho, Kim So-yeon, Kim Tae-hee, Lee Byung-heon, TOP
Iris gets a slot on the KBS schedule
by javabeans
News of Iris has been a little quiet lately, even as its star Lee Byung-heon readies for his Hollywood debut in the upcoming action flick GI Joe. The 20 billion won...
Tags: IRIS, Kim So-yeon, Kim Tae-hee, Lee Byung-heon, TOP