Archive for February, 2009
Idols turned Actors: A review of 08′s idols in drama explosion
We all know that all idol group members are not just trained to sing. To survive in the K-pop jungle, one must be trained to be an all around entertainer. Acting, dancing, hosting, modeling, eating a ball flame in front of a live audience, are all part of the rigorous preparation these idol group members [...]
Anyone fancying a Western F4?
Well, someone sure does. A bored netizen came up with the genius idea of putting together her dream team, plus damsel in distress. Whether people are agreeable to this is another matter but let me just say that these guys have no visual chemistry whatsoever. And a girl who looks barely past puberty as Makino/Shancai/Jandi? [...]
Korean netizens protest against the Chinese F4
Remember the Chinese F4? We reported about the China “Hana Yori Dango” remake a couple of months ago and soon enough we introduced to you the China’s F4. Most of you left not so favorable remarks towards the not so good looking bunch. But your complaints towards the Chinese F4… Pssh! That’s nothing compared to [...]
Review: “Portrait of a Beauty” Tricks Me into Tears
Directed by Jeon Yoon Soo, “Portrait of a Beauty” starring Kim Min Sun in the titular role and co-starring Kim Nam Gil, as her love interest, and Kim Yeong Ho, as her teacher, is a period piece based on the historical fiction novel, “Painter of the Wind”. In the novel, writer Lee Jeong Myeong twists [...]
Tune Dune: seoulbeats is hot to trot!
In this first Tune Dune segment of seoulbeats 2.0, I thought what better than to introduce some trot music for a bit of reminiscing over the weekend? Just a little statistical update before getting into things, seoulbeats 1.0 brought you a grand total of 1,000 articles before folding. To all garnered followers (and antis alike), [...]
Op-Ed: Gold Miss and other Korean variety shows
As I watched Big Bang on Gold Miss Diary I couldn’t help but wonder why 10 minutes of a half-hour show is spent guessing the women’s ages. This is one of the things that I can’t stand about Korean variety shows, this obsession with youth and the jeering at older women or older men by [...]
[F4 Star Story] Lee Minho part 3
Lee Minho’s Star Story: finale (high school model~present) Again, as told by his mother: The apartment that we live in today is actually one that Minho bought for us. The day that he received the contract money from his current management company, he gave all of it to us so that we could purchase our [...]
F4 Star Special-Lee Minho part 2
(picture: Lee Minho (very left) holding hands with his kindergarten girlfriend) According to his mother, Lee Minho from age 5 and throughout elementary school was a quiet kid but despite that was very personable and had a lot of friends. Minho was also apparently (surprise, surprise) very popular with the girls. In Minho’s mother’s words: [...]
K-pop History 101: Younger men – Older women love affair
You probably know by now that 34 year-old Choi Ji Woo is currently dating actor Lee Jin Wook who is six years her junior. And though the couple has yet to officially announce their two-year relationship, netizens have already expressed their support and well wishes for the couple. This is not the first time we’ve [...]
Op-Ed: Why are you interested in K-pop?
I’ve been covering the ins and outs of Korean Entertainment news for about two years now and I can’t help but to get bored. It’s the same ole news everyday. Either it’s one out of the five most talked about K-pop groups coming back with a new song (although they never left), the grand talks [...]
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