Choi Ji-woo tests love with Temptation
The first teaser and initial stills are out for SBS’s upcoming melodrama Temptation, which initially seemed like it would center around the married couple where the husband (Kwon Sang-woo) is...
View ArticleProduction in full swing for Temptation
Time to check in on SBS’s Temptation, which has been busily filming away in preparation for its premiere mid-month. I was actually expecting a bit more buzz from the promo machine given the...
View ArticleOdds and Ends: The hotness effect
javabeans: Let’s be shallow today, because I want to talk about hot men and I don’t know how to be meaningful about that. girlfriday: Perhaps the meaning isn’t the point! Haven’t you heard that life’s...
View ArticleNews bites: March 7, 2015
Song Ji-hyo, Byun Yo-han Song Ji-hyo and Byun Yo-han are confirmed for Ex-Girlfriend Club, and we now have more details on Song’s character: She’s a former flame of Byun’s! How awkward that she’ll be...
View ArticleNews bites: April 25, 2015
Jung Yong-hwa (Three Musketeers) will be the first Korean actor to make a guest appearance on the popular Chinese web sitcom Diors Man. The cameo’s already been filmed in a Beijing nightclub, and in...
View Article2015 Korea Drama Awards
The 8th Korea Drama Festival is coming to a close this weekend in Jinju, and on Friday the 8th, it held its annual Korea Drama Awards. It’s not one of the big awards ceremonies of the year, but since...
View ArticleNews bites: November 22, 2015
Ji-soo Cutie Ji-soo (Sassy Go Go, Angry Mom) has been cast as the lead in KBS’s drama special Page-Turner. The latest from writer Park Hye-ryun (Pinocchio, I Hear Your Voice) features two teens, a...
View ArticleLee Joo-seung faces off against Oh Ji-ho in Showdown
Lee Joo-seung, Oh Ji-ho I like the cast and the premise of Showdown sounds punchy and fun — sort of what would happen if Fight Club and Street Fighter got together in Korea and had a love child. In...
View ArticleMs. Temper and her three ex-husbands
Ha, so apparently our hot-tempered heroine of Ms. Temper and Nam Jung-ki isn’t just a terror to work for, but also a terror to have been married to, as her trail of exes can attest to. The drama has...
View ArticleThriller flick Trick tells you not to believe everything on reality TV
Have you ever wanted to go behind the scenes of your favorite reality shows to see whether they were actually real or not? The upcoming dramatic thriller film Trick has flown largely under the radar...
View ArticleLee Jung-jin reteams with Runaway director in K2
We’ve got a confirmation for bodyguard-action drama K2, though it isn’t one that had been mentioned previously as a possibility: Lee Jung-jin (Temptation, Hundred Year Inheritance) will be joining the...
View ArticleJoy enchants Lee Hyun-woo with her voice in the Liar and His Lover
I must say I’m pretty impressed with this first glimpse at Red Velvet’s Joy singing for her new drama, The Liar His Lover. Starring Lee Hyun-woo (Moorim School) as the titular Liar, this upcoming...
View ArticleBusking with the boyfriend’s father in The Liar and His Lover
The new trailer for tvN’s adaptation of the popular Japanese manga The Liar and His Lover delves a little bit more into our characters’ backgrounds. The upcoming youth drama will capture the first...
View ArticleMisunderstanding leads to inspiration in The Liar and His Lover
More teasers for upcoming youth music rom-com The Liar and His Lover have been released including a seven-minute highlight teaser, and they definitely flesh out more detail about the story, which is...
View ArticleThe Liar and His Lover: Episode 1
I asked for cute and fresh, and cute and fresh I surely got. tvN’s new musical rom-com The Liar and His Lover (literal title: She Loves Lies Too Much) premiered this week, and though the setup may...
View ArticleThe Liar and His Lover: Episode 2
Palpable chemistry, lovely music, well-rounded characters — The Liar and His Lover is off to a smashing start in its first week. Han-gyul has to watch as the people closest to him become alienated by...
View ArticleThe Liar and His Lover: Episode 3
I swear, the cuteness in this drama is unreal. Just as it was music that first got Han-gyul and So-rim to meet, it’s no surprise that it’s music that keeps bringing them back together. The music in...
View ArticleThe Liar and His Lover: Episode 4
Music overshadows everything in Han-gyul’s life, and even when he can see how it affects the people around him, he can’t abandon the pursuit of the perfect song. For a man like him, it’s hard to focus...
View ArticleThe Liar and His Lover: Episode 5
Actions may speak louder than words – and Han-gyul may perform those actions with gusto – but at the end of the day, it’s the words we share that maintain a healthy relationship. Without even...
View ArticleThe Liar and His Lover: Episode 6
The price of a lie is high, especially when the one you want to protect is the one it hurts the most. As Han-gyul realizes the harm his deception has done, it’s his turn to hold on as So-rim pulls...
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