Choi Jung-won cast in Pick the Stars
Looks like Han Ji-hye is out, and Choi Jung-won is in. Much (perhaps even most) of the time, when productions announce that actors are almost cast in dramas (as in, the only thing left is to finalize paperwork), that turns out to be true. With Pick the Stars [별을 [...]
Lee Byung-heon won’t star in IRIS sequel
With ratings topping 30% and commanding a lot of attention thanks to its blockbuster budget and high-profile cast, KBS’s spy drama IRIS had announced a high possibility that a second season would be produced. On November 30, CEO Jung Tae-won of production house Taewon Entertainment confirmed the sequel, saying, [...]
Smile: Episode 19
With Jung-in and Hyun-soo’s relationship in bloom, the drama could have easily slowed down. But I think it’s holding strong. The writer Moon Hee Jung (Last Scandal of My Life) does a clever job of keeping their honeymoon phase in check by adding in some light-hearted, fake to real sparring [...]
Lee Seon-kyun films CF with wife
Lee Seon-kyun (Paju, Coffee Prince) and his new wife, Jeon Hye-jin, became parents last week when their first child, a son, was born. The happy couple is now also getting a chance to work as a team, as they’ve both been chosen to endorse Sempio Foods and appear in a [...]
Adoption Stories Untold
I’m beginning to think that The New York Times has an adoption fetish.Most recently there was that piece by Ron Nixon, “Adopted from Korea and in Search of Identity,” which ran the day before the official release of the Evan B. Donaldson Institute’s major study, “Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation In [...]
