Not too much to report today. Let's see -- Oscars are on Sunday. Yawn. I'd probably skip them entirely if not for Jon Stewart, although his brand of humor tends...
The Hong sisters are getting better at plot transitions -- today we get a new storyline, a new baddie -- although I still think they've got much room for improvement....
Another celebrity with an upcoming ten-year anniversary is pop singer, widely renounced actress, and all-around sexpot Lee Hyori, who first debuted as a member of the questionably named girl group...
Pop group Shinhwa has had an amazingly successful career -- eight full-length albums (a ninth on the way), four compilation albums and one best-of, one Japanese album, numerous CFs, a...
Woo-wee, things just got kicked up a notch.
Just something I've noticed over the Hong sisters' three previous drama series --
[Glass half empty perspective]: Their secondary romantic pairings tend...
Hmm, interesting. Chang Whe -- evil or cunning? Good, bad, merely Machiavellian?
The story structure has taken on an interesting pattern, which I think works well for the series --...
Forewarning: This is a rant. Some facts, mostly opinions.
So the latest Rain/Bi news is that he is newly repped by Hollywood's William Morris Agency, lending perhaps some legitimacy...
Ring in the Rat Year!
Any Rats around? Anybody think there's anything to each zodiac sign's characteristics? I don't really pay too much attention to astrology or numerology or any...
Open Thread #18
by javabeans
Not too much to report today. Let's see -- Oscars are on Sunday. Yawn. I'd probably skip them entirely if not for Jon Stewart, although his brand of humor tends...
Hong Gil Dong: Episode 16
by javabeans
The Hong sisters are getting better at plot transitions -- today we get a new storyline, a new baddie -- although I still think they've got much room for improvement....
Tags: Hong Gil Dong, Jang Geun-seok, Kang Ji-hwan, Sung Yuri
Hong Gil Dong: Episode 15
by javabeans
You know what we haven't had in a while? A feel-good episode. It's nice to have one -- and a chance to breathe -- in the midst of all the...
Tags: Hong Gil Dong, Jang Geun-seok, Kang Ji-hwan, Sung Yuri
Even sex symbols can be self-conscious
by javabeans
Another celebrity with an upcoming ten-year anniversary is pop singer, widely renounced actress, and all-around sexpot Lee Hyori, who first debuted as a member of the questionably named girl group...
Tags: Lee Hyori
Shinhwa turning 10
by javabeans
Pop group Shinhwa has had an amazingly successful career -- eight full-length albums (a ninth on the way), four compilation albums and one best-of, one Japanese album, numerous CFs, a...
Tags: Shinhwa
Open Thread #17
by javabeans
Okay, so I'm sure most of you have already seen, or heard of, the Will.i.am video that used as its base the "Yes We Can" speech made by...
Hong Gil Dong: Episode 14
by javabeans
Woo-wee, things just got kicked up a notch. Just something I've noticed over the Hong sisters' three previous drama series -- [Glass half empty perspective]: Their secondary romantic pairings tend...
Tags: Hong Gil Dong, Jang Geun-seok, Kang Ji-hwan, Sung Yuri
Hong Gil Dong: Episode 13
by javabeans
Hmm, interesting. Chang Whe -- evil or cunning? Good, bad, merely Machiavellian? The story structure has taken on an interesting pattern, which I think works well for the series --...
Tags: Hong Gil Dong, Jang Geun-seok, Kang Ji-hwan, Sung Yuri
Rain, watch out for that — *thunk!* — glass ceiling
by javabeans
Forewarning: This is a rant. Some facts, mostly opinions. So the latest Rain/Bi news is that he is newly repped by Hollywood's William Morris Agency, lending perhaps some legitimacy...
Tags: Hollywood, Rain, singers
Open Thread #16
by javabeans
Ring in the Rat Year! Any Rats around? Anybody think there's anything to each zodiac sign's characteristics? I don't really pay too much attention to astrology or numerology or any...