Idol stars struggle with acting debuts

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Yoon-ah, Park Su-jin The following article looks at pop singers who make the jump to acting and kind of falls into the "No duh" category with its statement of the...

Tags: Brilliant Legacy, Cinderella Man, Kim Hyun-joong, Lee Seung-gi, Park Su-jin, Queen Seon-deok, Yoon-ah

Kwon Sang-woo would like more viewers, please

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And wouldn't we all? Oh, Kwon Sang-woo. I understand that you're in something of a career slump after being one of the hottiest hotties of the early 2000s, and yeah,...

Tags: Bad Love, Cinderella Man, drama ratings, Han Eun-jung, interviews, Kwon Sang-woo, Sohn Tae-young, Song Chang-eui, Yoon-ah

First impressions: MBC’s Cinderella Man

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On Wednesday, Cinderella Man premiered to a disappointing 9.3% rating, which dropped further to 6.7% on its second day. (It was up against Cain & Abel and I Hate You But Let's Try...

Tags: Cinderella Man, first episodes, Han Eun-jung, Kwon Sang-woo, Song Chang-eui, Yoon-ah

Cinderella Man production press conference

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I admit to poking a bit of fun at MBC's upcoming series Cinderella Man, but I will say from photos of the drama's production press conference, it does have one...

Tags: Cinderella Man, Han Eun-jung, Kwon Sang-woo, press conferences, Song Chang-eui, Yoon-ah

Cinderella Man’s island shoot

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Here are some new stills of Kwon Sang-woo in his upcoming dual-role as the lead character(s) in MBC's Cinderella Man [신데렐라 맨]. These were taken from a recent shoot on Jeju...

Tags: Kwon Sang-woo, Yoon-ah

Kwon Sang-woo gets an older brother

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Musical and screen actor Song Chang-eui (Scales of Providence) is in final negotiations to appear in the upcoming Cinderella Man -- as Kwon Sang-woo's older brother. I'm starting to think...

Tags: Kwon Sang-woo, Song Chang-eui, Yoon-ah

Yoon-ah cast as Kwon Sang-woo’s jailbait love interest

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This is such a bizarre pairing to me -- Yoon-ah, actress and singer of pop group Girls Generation (SNSD), is being paired as love interest to Kwon Sang-woo (Bad Love)....

Tags: Kwon Sang-woo, Yoon-ah

2008 KBS Drama Awards

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All right, we've seen MBC's Acting Awards (met with much criticism) and SBS's awards, so now we close out the broadcast station awards with the 2008 KBS Acting Awards. No real...

Tags: awards, Bae Jong-ok, Choi Jung-won, Eom Ki-joon, Han Ji-hye, Jang Geun-seok, Kang Ji-hwan, Kim Hye-ja, Kim Ji-soo, Lee Hana, Lee Yoon-ji, Park Hae-jin, Park Min-young, Shim Eun-kyung, Song Il-kook, Sung Yuri, Yoon-ah

Bottom of the 9th with 2 Outs

Tags: comedy, drama, Hwang Seok-jung, Lee Jung-jin, Lee Sang-woo, romance, slice-of-life, Su Ae, Yoon-ah