• Douglas Day Stewart caught the eye of Athena:Goddess of War casting agents in Hawaii and was immediately brought on to be the mastermind baddie behind Athena.  After bringing him on they found out that he just happens to be a famous Hollywood scriptwriter who wrote the scripts for some of the most famous movies of the 1980s like The Blue lagoon and An Officer and a Gentleman. Weird. (dramabeans)

• Kang Hodong was so touched by the performance of a talented 13 year old boy who played saxophone that they had to halt filming for a while so that he could compose himself.  Aww, this I gotta see- Hodong is just a big softie.  (DailyNews)

• IU has been selected as an exclusive model for the horse riding action game ALICIA Online.  Ummm, I don’t know if that was a wise decision, you never know what those freaky game programmers are going to program your character to do. (DailyNews)

• More pics from Hwang Bo‘s first star pictorial with the concept of ‘Sexy Queen’ were released.  The pics are of Hwang Bo in bikinis and gowns and the pics were taken across Europe and Asia.  Take that haters who think she’s past her prime. (MyDaily)

• On the latest episode of We Got Married, Jo Kwon‘s plans for a nice romantic boat ride while in Jeju gets ruined.  Poor Kwonnie.  (Newsen)

• What’s the ‘Amazing Hyun-joong Effect?’  even though Playful Kiss had relatively low ratings in Korea, it’s popularity internationally is amazing.  The drama’s popularity overseas is attributed to the immense popularity of Kim Hyun-joong. The drama has been sold to 11 countries including Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines.  The profit from the sales are approaching $4 million. (TheKoreaEconomicDaily)

• Miss A‘s Suzy in a wedding dress is attracting the attention of netizens.  Suzy was wearing the dress for the variety show Bouquet. Fans were impressed with her innocent beauty in the strapless wedding dress.  (NikkanSports)