Ji Hyeon-woo (지현우)

Youthful drama targets weekend audience

Source | 2008/10/02 | Permalink |

Rarely does a weekend family drama make the splash that KBS' "Mom's Dead Upset" did. The hit series ended with a bang last Sunday, garnering viewer ratings of 39.7 percent nationwide, according to AGB Nielsen Media research.

Hoping to continue their winning streak, KBS is following it up with a light and comic romance about a radio producer and a disc jockey.

Celebrities Kim Sung-soo and Lee Tae-ran will be playing the title roles. Actor Kim, 35, stars as a has-been pop singer who takes a job as a radio disc jockey. Actress Lee Tae-ran, 33, plays the domineering co-worker who bickers her way into his heart.

Co-star Park Hae-mi, however, expressed reservations about the decidedly more youthful bent of the upcoming family drama -- titled "My Precious You" -- at the press conference on Tuesday. "In the previous drama, 'Mom's Dead Upset', middle aged characters played the lead", said actress Park, 44. "But people still shy away from focusing on older characters. Why do we target y...| More

[ChanMi's drama news] Ji Hyeon-woo returns to the screens on "My Precious You"

Source | 2008/08/12 | Permalink |

Actor Ji Hyeon-woo returns as a dentist in the new KBS drama "My Precious You".

"My Precious You" will be released after the end of "Mom's Dead Upset"....| More

[ChanMi's take] Handsome gentleman, Jo In-seong!

Source | 2008/06/30 | Permalink |

Who are our favorite male stars?

According to the polls taken by 'AlphaGirl' Jo In-seong is the number one gentleman!

And after him, Jang Dong-gun, Gong Yoo, Ji Hyeon-woo, Kang Dong-won, and Yoo Jae-seok were favorite gentlemen....| More

Korean Chick Lit Books Turned Into Dramas

Source | 2008/05/27 | Permalink |

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia, Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporters

Chick lit books have always been popular among young Korean women, especially the "Shopaholic" series by Sophie Kinsella and "The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger.

Korean chick lit books are also gaining popularity, and two popular books are being turned into television dramas.

The glamorous world of the fashion industry will be the backdrop for the up-coming SBS drama "Style", based on a novel written by Baek Young-ok, a former fashion reporter.

A producer from SBS said Tuesday it has finalized the purchase of the rights to turn "Style" into a drama. The drama is expected to air by March next year.

There is no word yet on who will play the lead role in the TV soap. In "Style", the main character is a 31-year-old female reporter at a fashion magazine. It gives an inside look at the world of fashion and luxury. It also deals with office politics, fierce competition in the fashion world and the luxury goods indu...| More

[2007 Drama Highlights] Best Kiss scenes

Source | 2007/12/27 | Permalink |

The drama market of 2007 had been flooded with a large number of high-quality dramas, range from large-scaled dramas of billion dollars worth production cost to much smaller-scaled, but of rich content dramas. Among these great ranges of dramas, the TV viewers had been laughing with character's happiness, crying over their heart-broken love story and were raged with unrealistic settings. Kiss scenes and crying scenes are necessary for the actors to express the complicated internal state of their character as realistic as possible. Following is a list of best kiss scenes chosen by general TV viewers.

▼Unexpected kiss scene ("Prince Hours") – While singer Se7en's transformation into an actor attracted attention, his love story with Heo I-jae was entertaining. The couple seemed to unable to overcome the difference in their social rank as a Crown prince and a court lady. However, Se7en's tough kiss at the end was enough to make the viewers excited.

▼To kiss or not to ki...| More