A bevy of top K-stars have been selected to model Cartier LOVE jewelry for this year’s Cartier Korea charity event, which has selected the International Vaccine Institute to receive a donation of a portion of Cartier’s proceeds from the December sales of its LOVE collection in Korea. I’m all for vaccinating children and even adults in high risk regions, plus … Continue reading →
Cha Seung Won bagged himself a Style Icon Award last week in Korea, and this week finds him in Taiwan for the grand opening of the Bulgari store at the Taipei 101 building. I swear that man was born to wear a suit. He probably came out of the womb bespoked, LOL. He’s insanely popular in Taiwan mostly due to … Continue reading →
It’s the 500th Edition of Korea’s Movieweek magazine, which coincides with the periodical hitting it’s 10th anniversary of publication. To commemorate this occasion, Movieweek has two special rotating covers, one featuring “the actresses” and the other naturally featuring the “actors”. It’s a black tie and ball gown affair, which is fitting since the magazine it hitting quite a momentous milestone. For … Continue reading →
The Busan International Film Festival opened yesterday and the Korean stars descended on the coastal city to promote their upcoming movies and dazzle in some glitz and glamour. The opening night film is Always (Only You), the romance movie starring So Ji Sub as a boxer and Han Hyo Joo as the nearly-blind girl he falls in love with. Everyone walked … Continue reading →
I always enjoy watching outtakes or behind-the-scene footage, which are more commonly available for dramas. But occasionally a magazine shoot will release some, and Bazaar Korea just made available some wonderful pictures of Gong Hyo Jin and Cha Seung Won’s shoot last month. It’s clear they have a comfortable rapport built from filming a drama together, plus they have great … Continue reading →
Gong Hyo Jin and Cha Seung Won are probably the two most high-fashion couture actor/models in Korean entertainment. Long, leggy, lithe, with non-conventionally pretty but rather striking features, if fashion week in Paris needed two Korean actors, they would be the ones I’d send. September’s issue of Harper’s Bazaar Korea reunites them for the first time after their hit rom-com … Continue reading →
Anyone missing their Dokko Jin? I’m probably in the minority, having enjoyed Best Love for being a comparatively well-written rom-com, but not feeling much synergy with the OTP or the lead characters. Dokko Jin was ultimately too much of a caricature for me to memorialize, and I’m always and forever missing Cha Seung Won for his performance as Jo Gook … Continue reading →
I really do not follow awards shows, except to check out the fashion, because frankly it’s all pointless and mostly backdoor manuveuring at the end of the day. But I like them for pure entertainment purposes (pretty people, shiny things, me likey). MNET 20 is the only Summer awards show in Korea, intended to be nothing but a popularity contest … Continue reading →
The Hong Sisters love to do cameos in their dramas, and there is no shortage of actors made famous in a Hong Sisters drama that is more than happy to come back. Best Love is the ideal drama for celebrity cameos, because its set in the K-ent world. Park Shi Yeon (who did My Girl) has already cameod as an … Continue reading →
It’s here! Okay, more like it’s coming in one week, and we get a sneak peak today! The cast of Best Love held its press conference today and my see-sawing heart took another giant somersault of joy when I saw them all together. I might as well tell you all now – I am only planning to recap one drama … Continue reading →
Are the drama gods trying to kill me? Hot on the heels of the second Lie to Me trailer comes the second Best Love trailer. I suppose the two dramas NOT airing against each other is truly the only respite from two months of drama madness for me.
Continue reading →It’s a done deal! After a week or so of mostly confirmed MBC reports, news outlets are now fully reporting that the upcoming Hong Sisters drama Best Love (formerly The Discovery of Affection) will star Cha Seung Won, Gong Hyo Jin, Yoon Kye Sang, and Yoo In Na. Whew, I didn’t realize I was holding this pent up breath until … Continue reading →
News reports announced today that Yoon Kye Sang (Who Am I?) and Yoo In Na (Secret Garden) have been tapped as the second leads for the upcoming Hong Sisters drama The Discovery of Affection, which supposedly also has its name changed to Best Love. The Hong Sisters really are skewing older and more sophisticated for their latest drama, which … Continue reading →