[blog] the Ice Bucket Challenge as a pop culture phenomenon
The Ice Bucket Challenge pop culture phenomenon can also be a measuring instrument of a celebrity’s likability among peers
The Ice Bucket Challenge pop culture phenomenon can also be a measuring instrument of a celebrity’s likability among peers
I still cry every bloody time I watch MY SASSY GIRL (and I have lost count how many times I’ve watched it) and when this girl won the TV Daesang in this year’s Paeksang Arts Awards, I cried. Sod all those members of Korean girl groups. They don’t hold a candle to Jun…
It may be an exaggeration to say this — and words that I may be eating back sooner or later — but right now, MAN FROM THE STARS trumps all the other dramas I have watched. I won’t dwell on the drama itself because I have previously blogged on the reasons why it’s worth a…
(Spoilers ahead) One of two ardent wishes of many fans of MAN FROM THE STARS has been granted: a one-episode extension. The other wish is of course to have a happy ending for Do Min-joon and Cheon Song-yi. By next week, it shall be known. I love this drama so much that I am stumped…
Anyone who is watching MAN FROM THE STARS would have noticed this pretty boy who plays the rebellious, reticent younger brother of Cheon Song-yi (Jun Ji-hyun). He’s known in the drama as Yoon-jae but he goes by the name of Ahn Jae-Hyeon. Just like Kim Woo-bin, he came from the modeling world. He’s…
(Spoilers ahead) Since it’s almost Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about loooove and its pitfalls. Meaning heartbreak. Though I don’t mean SHITSUREN CHOCOLATIER (which by the way is redefining what delusional means). I mean heartbreak according to an alien–perhaps the most adorable to ever set foot on Earth and no, he doesn’t have reptile skin nor…
MAN FROM THE STARS is just getting better and better, never mind if it’s been embroiled in a plagiarism scandal. And the ending in episode 6 was something totally unexpected and yet a very nice surprise for a MY SASSY GIRL fan like me. I’ll always be in love with MY SASSY GIRL. I still…
[Spoilers ahead] This drama has so many alternative English titles but from now on, I’m sticking to MAN FROM THE STARS because it’s shorter and more direct. And for a drama that’s fantasy at the root, part romance and part comedy, it sure has memorable dramatic scenes not only for the tears but for the…