I’m the kind of drama fan that one good performance can really change the way I view an actor. Prior to My Princess, Kim Tae Hee was on my shit list, despite her sunny disposition and inability to take a bad picture. But after MP, while I’ll never consider her a good actress, her performance as Lee Seol was just … Continue reading →
Jung Woo Sung and Kim Tae Hee prove, for me at least, the adage that great onscreen pairings isn’t always about talent or acting ability as it is about the ephemeral thing called chemistry. LG Dios has teamed them up again (after they collaborated on the big budget movie The Restless) to sell it’s new line of kimchee fridges. They … Continue reading →
HeonHee is sure having a busy August. Earlier this month they were in Taiwan to promote their drama My Princess, and the tail end of the same month finds them in Japan doing the same thing. Song Seung Heon looks a little less gaunt than when he was in Taiwan, and I’m always happy to see my oppa looking healthy … Continue reading →
OMG, HeonHee is back together again. Just so I’m clear, it’s HeonHee and not HwanHye. Heh. (Forgive this nerd’s love of alliterated couples names). Song Song Heon and Kim Tae Hee arrived in Taiwan yesterday for a promotional tour on behalf of My Princess, which will begin airing in Taiwan this week. I have a gut feeling the drama will … Continue reading →
The three lovely cover ladies for InStyle Korea‘s 100th edition, Moon Geun Young, Kim Tae Hee, and Kim Nam Joo, also graced the inside pages with their own photospreads. Bringing you all three sets of pictures, which are very different, and yet so stunning in their own way. Geun Young rocks a edgy Gangnam-girl with-a-Hongdae-attitude, Tae Hee does a lady-takes-a-Route … Continue reading →
Three lovely Korean actress have been honored to grace the cover of Instyle Korea Magazine for its 100 issue anniversary edition. Moon Geun Young represents an actress in her twenties, CF queen Kim Tae Hee is the envy of every woman in her thirties, and getting-hotter-by-the-year Kim Nam Joo dazzles on behalf of all the ladies in her forties. Instyle … Continue reading →
Sometimes all it takes is one performance to change my opinion of an actor or actress. Kim Tae Hee did just that in My Princess. It was the most comfortable and honest performance I’ve ever seen from her, and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. It won’t wash away her stinker performances of the past, but it makes me … Continue reading →
Wow. That’s my first and last impression on the ladies gracing the pages of the May edition of Cosmopolitan Korea. All the pictures are sexy, evocative, yet never trashy (unlike its US counterpart, which I only read when I have no other alternative while stuck at my nail salon). Bringing you Gong Hyo Jin (whose pictures stand in such sharp contrast … Continue reading →
Spring is here, and with it comes wedding season. If you’re married it feels anticlimactic, if you’re single it feels like an interminable slog. But weddings are always great for checking out the bride’s wedding gown, and giving it the thumbs up or down. Many Korean actresses have played brides in dramas, movies, or magazine shoots. I thought it’d be … Continue reading →
Oh man, Heon-Hee shippers are going to be sad their favorite couple missed each other by a refrigerator. LG selected Kim Tae Hee and Jung Woo Sung to be its spokescouple for its new line of Dios fridges. They filmed the CF just last week. This selection is all the more ironic since Kim Tae Hee’s My Princess co-star Song Seung … Continue reading →
Recently a panel of experienced entertainment veterans ranging from the former head of SBS to an acting professor at Seoul University got together and critiqued the pure acting ability of the top-paid stars in Korean entertainment. I found all the criticisms valid, the rankings based on acting ability pretty much dead on, and some of the critiques so funny I … Continue reading →
When I do something late at night that seemed like such a brilliant idea, in the stark daylight I have to wonder – what was I smoking? I’ll probably give certain esteemed drama watchers an apoplexy, but nevertheless I went ahead and did it anyway. My latest drama review is up at Thundie’s, a first impression side-by-side look at President … Continue reading →
It’s the first week of 2011, and also premiere week in K-dramaland. A spate of new K-dramas are making their bow this week in various time slots, and I’ll likely check out the first episodes of the ones which interest me (in addition to catching up on some great currently airing dramas I’ve put on hold during the holidays). I’ve … Continue reading →