[Drama] Dream High

Title: 드림하이 / Dream High
Genre: School, romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2 and KBS World
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Production Companies: KeyEast, JYPE, and CJ Media
Producer: Bae Yong Joon, Park Jin Young
Screenwriter: Park Hye Ryun
Director: Lee Eung Bok

PLOT
Students at an arts and entertainment school mature as they face incidents and struggles. This drama shows singing, dancing, and acting and also shows the true side of the entertainment industry. (Source: Hancinema)

Trailer:


Main Cast:

Kim Soo Hyun plays Song Sam Dong, a young man who lives in a small town and dreams to have his own farm since he was a child. One day, he meets a Seoul girl named Hye Mi and he falls for her at first sight. Sam Dong follows her to the Kirin arts high school, where he discovers his hidden talent in music and starts his path to becoming a star.

Taecyeon plays Jin Guk, whose real name is Hyun Shi Hyuk. He was left in the orphanage by his single mother at a young age. Shi Hyuk was then adopted by his paternal grandfather Hyun Mu Jin, who is also a rich businessman and CEO. Shi Hyuk was not happy in that household and was treated like an invisible person, so he decides to start a new life with the name Jin Guk. He gets recruited by the chairman of Kirin Arts High School who had noticed his talents in becoming a world star.

Suzy plays Go Hye Mi, a rich and beautiful arts student who is rude and is used to be the best at everything. When her father's business fails, Hye Mi is forced to give up on vocal training and pursue an education at the Kirin to become a pop singer, which she previously thought was crude and shallow. She is also the love interest of Sam Dong and Jin Guk.

Ham Eun Jung plays Yoon Baek Hee, a close friend of Hye Mi who doesn't mind being her number two. She is often ignored by those around her, even her mother. Baek Hee then follows Hye Mi to audition for Kirin. There, she transforms from Hye Mi's follower to a confident girl and discovers her own dream. She will later become the biggest rival of Hye Mi.

Wooyoung plays Jason, an aspiring dancer who has just came back from New Jersey and enter the Kirin Arts High School. Although Jason ranked first in the auditions, he has no interest in competing with others; he only enjoys what he is doing. He admires Pil Suk's singing talent.

IU plays Kim Pil Suk, a bright and cheery girl who is often teased about her chubbiness and her "ugly face". Her impressive vocal skills leads her to Kirin where she can pursue her dream as a singer. She falls for Jason right away

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This show is rather interesting, it show the life of a singer training life. It is produce by popular entertainment company which is JYP entertainment. Currently in Korea, the highest rate dream job is being a idol be it actor or singer. Being a idol is not a simple job, just by watching this drama i know that during the idol training life is the most difficult as there are many competitor in the company itself. Not only that sometime you may get bully during the idol training life.

Many people think being a idol is simple and easy to be famous but how long all this can last? It may be a short term job because when you get old do you think you still can be as popular as before like Jackie Chan or Andy lau? Out of 100% how many can be successful for that long? It really depend and see how smart are you . So people think that being an idol you don't have to study anymore but it may be wrong. You still have to know how to do business in order to famous in the long run just like Jackie Chan who produce his own movie etc.

So by watching this show you will know how difficult a idol training life was and think twice before having a dream of being an idol because study is still important. Enjoy watching as there are handsome actor and pretty actress in this show. Of course the morale story behind this show.

Sign Off,
Kimberlyn

[Drama] King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo

Title: Baker King, Kim Tae Goo / Bread, Love and Dreams

Genre: Family, Romance

Episodes: 30

Broadcast network: VV Drama (Starhub Channel 855)

Air time: Sunday 10:30pm

Synopsis: Kim Tak Goo is the eldest son of Goo In Jong, the president of Samhwa Enterprise, a legend in the baking industry. Although he is an extremely talented baker and seemed destined to succeed his father as president, Goo In Jong's family plotted to rob him of his inheritance because he was born to In Jong's mistress. Tak Goo's determination to become number one in the baking industry drives him to rebuild his career from scratch despite the many trials he faces.

Main Cast:

[From Left to right]

Kim Tak Goo (Yoon Shi Yoon) [ Male : (12 years old, 23 years old ~ early thirties ]

Although he is the eldest son of Food baking industry legend Gae Seong Enterprise's President "Koo Il Jong", he is much hated by his father's legitimate family as he is the son of Koo Il Jong's mistress despites his talent in baking.

He was eventually dethroned from his rights to succeed his father due to a conspiracy and had to start building up his career again right from the bottom, facing many difficulties and trials. Upon learning how to combine management and baking, he begins his way on building his business empire.

Shin Yu Kyung (Eugene)
She is the first love of Tak Goo who had suffered extreme poverty and violence during her childhood because of her alcoholic father. Yu Kyung who has always wanted a better life, choose to marry Tak Goo's half-brother "Ma Jun" and got trapped into a loveless marriage after she threw away love in place of getting power after Tak Goo's inheritance was taken away. She later became known as the both ruthless and elegant lady to everyone who crosses path with her.

Yang Mi Sun (Lee Young Ah)
Yang Mi Sun is a Patissier who works along with Tak Goo after his inheritance was taken away from him as both of them are learning their baking skills from her grandfather. She dreams of being a Paris-Blanc owner of absolute taste although she is working in a rural area bakery and has been baking since she was five. She used to think that Tak Goo as her rival at first, she falls in love with Tak Goo due to his nice personality.Being the complete opposite of Yu Kyung, Mi Sun values her friendship, love and family above anything else and is willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of others. Although her kind virtues eventually captured the heart of Kim Tak Goo, she is also subjected to the bullying of Shin Yu Kyung.

Koo Ma Jun [Adult] (Joo Won) - Koo Il Jong's second son
Temperamental and inconsistent, once he has his mind set on anything, he'll find every way and means to get whatever he wants or fulfilling any promise he makes to himself. He was supposed to be his father's successor if his half-brother, Tak Goo didn't appeared. Feeling jealous of his brother's talents and his position, Ma Jun enters the baking world to get his father's approval but ended up with countless setbacks due to being his lack of talent. Ma Jun often have the feeling of wanting to crush his brother which eventually leads him to an unfortunate end.

Trailer:

This part is when his mother decided to be brave and show Tae Goo who his Father is. He try so hard to run as his mother was stop by a guy who work for Tae Goo's father, who is in love with his wife. Tae Goo's mother is a mistress.

Cr: Wikipedia and soompi

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This is an awesome show, this guy have talent in baking bread and have the character like his father which he do not live with him since young.

When young he have accuse for stealing bread from his father's factory, he though he could take it since his friend's father working in that factory ( he himself did not know that person was his father, vice versa his father did not know that he was his son. watch the show to know why this happen) So his father send them to the police station and want to jail them. So in order to get back his dignity he work hard by collecting glass bottle to earn some money to buy those bread that he took from the factory. His factory was impress by him and forgive him. From this we can see that this boy have a good personality and hope not to trouble his mother.

This show is suitable for family as they show how to care and love for your love one around you . Not only that they show some real life example where hates and backstabber are around the family itself. When we watch this show, we will feel the warm and the sad part of this show.

Now is showing in Channel 855, every Sun 10.30pm~~Do watch it and don't miss it.

[Variety] 100 point out of 100, Oh! my school.

Host/Teacher: Park Myeong Su, Park Kyung Lim, Yoo Se Yoon and Tony Ahn (H.O.T)

Cast/ Student: Tacyeon, San-E, Lee Hyun Jin, Hongki, Minho, Simon D,

Jung Juri, Min, Cha Dye Hye, Kim Jae Kyung, Son Eun Suh

Air Time: Saturday 5.15pm KST

Channel: KBS and KBS World

What is this show about?

Every episode, there will be either different student or additional guest invited to the show. In total there will be about 12 student to be chosen from different field such as singer, actors, announcer, winner of some contest like miss universe etc to come together and learn on how to become a successful person in the entertainment world. Before the "class" start, they were be given chance to show their talents.

After that they will have some games like imitate some statue or some thing else and end with a discussion on some topic like "should idol announce that they go on a date" etc.. They were scored and evaluate, the last place will have get punishment and get out of the school.

This variety show recently on KBS World, replacing The Star Golden Bell show.

Episode 1:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

cr. soompi.com cjkpopsix@youtube

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Personally, I only watch a few episode, as all of you know variety show is hard to follow up. When i free or when my favorite idol such as super junior appear in the show, i will watch it.

Honestly, this show is freaky nice and funny, is really entertaining. They not only make u laugh and also tell you how the idol feels and hope what the fans will view about them. As one of the scene was they will be given on a topic to discuss and cast will be divided into two group and debate on the topic. From there you will know how the idol feels and would like to understand them more.

Not only that there is game scene where 2 cast from the different group will in the hula hoop and have a argue with each other by answer in question. Sometime, idol secret will be reveal from there. For example, you see this news below:

F.T Island’s Hong Ki confesses he had a celebrity girlfriend

F.T Island’s Lee Hong Ki recently confessed about his past relationship with a celebrity girlfriend.

During the November 27th broadcasting of KBS 2TV’s ‘100 Points out of 100′, Lee Hong Ki confessed, “I have dated a celebrity girlfriend.” When other cast members asked if they are still going out, the singer stuttered and replied ambiguously, “Hmm, I’m not sure, *are* we still going out?”

Lee Hong Ki became bashful by this sudden confession and turning bright red, he tried to laugh off his embarrassment.

http://www.allkpop.c...rity-girlfriend

Super Junior’s Eunhyuk mocks SHINee’s Minho on ‘100 Points out of 100′

On KBS 2TV’s ‘100 Points out of 100′, Super Junior’s Eunhyuk jokingly mocked SHINee’s Minho and said he has no presence in SM Entertainment.

Eunhyuk revealed, “Minho isn’t even that funny on ‘100 Points out of 100′. People at the company don’t even monitor any programs related to Minho,” making the studio burst into laughter.

On the show, Minho also experienced coming in last for the first time in his life, and was given cleaning duty as punishment.

http://www.allkpop.c...ints-out-of-100

This have show you must really watch this show in order to get first hand gossip from idol themselves by arguing with each other. Enjoy :D

Signing Off,

Kimberlyn

[Drama] President

Title: President

Episodes: 24

Broadcast network: KBS2 and KBS World

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Official Website: http://www.kbs.co.kr...dent/index.html

Actor and Actress of the show:

Choi Soo Jong as Jang Il Joon	Ha Hee Ra as Jo So Hee	Jay Kim as Yoo Min Ki	Wang Ji Hye as Jang In Young	Sung Min as Jang Sung Min
Kang Shin Il as Lee Chi Soo	Im Ji Eun as Oh Jae Hee	Lee Doo Il as Hong Sung Goo	Kim Heung Soo as Ki Soo Chan	Park Mi Jin (박미진) as Jang Se Bin
Shin Choong Shik as Jo Tae Ho	Choi Dong Joon as Jo Sang Jin	Kim Ye Ryung as Yoo Jung Hye	Kang Shin Jo (강신조) as Hwang Chul Woo	Jung Han Yong as Lee Soo Myung
Yang Hee Kyung as Choi Jung Im	Byun Hee Bong as Go Sang Ryul	Lee Ki Yeol as Park Eul Sub	Kim Jung Nan as Shin Hee Joo	Hong Yo Seob as Kim Kyung Mo
Kim Gyu Chul as Baek Chan Ki	Jung Dong Hwan (cameo)

Synopsis: Three months before the presidential nominating convention, Jang Il Joon, from the New Wave Party, declared his candidacy. On that same day, a woman died in a gas explosion in Sam Cheok. Yoo Min Ki, a documentary producer, heard of his mother's sudden death and headed back home. As he cast his mother's ashes in the sea, he thought of his childhood: his father always blurted out that Min Ki was not his son whenever he was drunk. After the funeral, Min Ki returned to Seoul and Jang Il Joon ask Min Ki to work as a PR agent to record the election campaign process. When Min Ki asked Il Joon why he was chosen, Il Joon confessed that Min Ki was his son. Min Ki soon begins to suspect that his mother's death was not an accident and that Il Joon had actually killed her

Trailer:

cr. soompi Wikipedia KBS World

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This president show is really interest you should watch it. You know why? First i ask you, do you know how hard should the selected candidate work in order to get into the president position? Or what should they do in order to become a president of their country? Do you know the behind story of the president? How the political world like, do you know?

After watching this show for 2 episode, i find it interesting because i know a lot. How the candidate work hard to get into their position like bribe some high rank officer or cheat on money. There is really many thing you will know after watching this show.

Not only that, there are 2 idol from SM Entertainment acting in this show. One of them is Jay who act as Min Ki, he is a member from TRAX and the other is Lee Sung Min who act as Jung Sung Min, he is a member from Super Junior. Now a day, idols have been stepping into the drama world, where they try to find another route of career in their life. So that when they get older, they can still staying in the acting world. Adding on to that, acting in drama, you can gain more popularity in it. Another reason I watch this show is because of Lee Sung Min, I am a fan of Super Junior and would like to support him by watching his drama.

But this show is really nice and interesting, you should watch it

Signing Off,

Kimberlyn

[Drama] Mary Stayed Out All Night / Marry Me, Mary!

Title: Marry me, Mary! 매리는 외박중 / Maerineun Oebakjoong

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: KBS2 and KBS World

Air Time: Monday & Tuesday 9:55pm

Main Cast: Jang Keun Suk , Moon Geun Young, Kim Jae Wook, Kim Hyo Jin

Synopsis: Wi Mary (Moon Geun Young) is a stubborn woman and the daughter of a failed businessman without much experience in dating. One day, fate had her meet with Kang Mu Gyul (Jang Geun-Suk), before knowing that her dad's long time friend from japan had planned to have her as his daughter-in-law. They plan to have the two of them, Mary and Jung-in (Kim Jae Wook), married by the end of the 100 days agreement. So Mary had to used Mu Gyul to be her fake husband in order to escape from her marriage agreement. What will happen to the three of them? Which one will she marry at the end...?

Main cast role:

Jang Geun- Suk as Mu Gyul:

The lead vocalist and lead guitarist in a band. Beautiful and languid like a cat. Doesn't like to talk much, and when he does his answers can be short because all he needs is music. Successful or not isn't what matters to him.

This is how he wants to live his entire life. He dislikes women because of the emotional scars left by his mother. He's just a bad guy who escapes everything. A man who likely won't ever get married until he met a girl named Wie Mae Ri (Wi Mary), and from that situation where monetary conflicts result in a "100 day fake marriage"

A man who does not understand the purpose of a family, and doesn't know what true love is have fall in love with Mary, a girl with loyalty and devotion who struggles to survive like each day is a battle. He and his rival Jung In commence a battle between men. Facing a monumental change in his life.

Moon Geun- Yong as Mary:

Mae Ri/ Mary has the vitality of the sun. She resemble her deceased mother... even though she is quite pretty, she has her father's explosive and irritable temper.

Because of a father who is prone to getting into scrapes, her life has been difficult. But, to Mary, her father is world best best father to her

She is currently taking a leave of absence from school because she can't pay her tuition fee. She doesn't have any talents, so she does odd jobs to pay down the debt. Because of her dad's marriage scheme, she ends up taking fake wedding pictures with Mu Gyul. Resulting in her falling into two fake marriage.

Kim Jae-Wook as Jung-In:

Jung-In is the head (representative) of JI, the television music production company. He was born the of a chaebol. Arrogant and carefree, a bona fide rich boy. The ideal for the ladies. He has the looks, the wealth, and the business acumen. The #1 most desirable husband material. He refuse to allow anyone to interfere in this orderly life, appearing cold to the outside world.

The perfect Jung In's only weakness is his father. To accede to his father's wishes, he must play the kind son. He begins a 100 day fake marriage without any emotional attachment. But then he begins to fall for Mary. To achieve a musical dream, he finds Mu Gyul. On one hand, there is his legally wedded wife Mary, on the other hand is his rival in love Mu Gyul. The three of them become intertwined together in love. At the same time Seo Jun gets involved in the mix and makes an already complicated relationship even more messy

Kim Hyo-Jin as Seo Jun:

Seo Jun come from a wealthy family, and has a strong personality. An actress who prefers making movies over television dramas.

She was Mu Gyul's ex-girlfriend, from over a year ago. Sometimes she secretly goes to see Mu Gyul's performances. She has the same soul as Mu Gyul, and finally she meets up with him again. She signs a contract with television producer Jung In, and begins to have positive feeling about him. Between Mu Gyul and Jung In, she is torn

Trailer:

cr. http://ockoala.wordpress.com/ , daily_tofu@soompi, KBS World@youtube and wikipedia

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Personally at first i was not into this show because none of my idol was in it even though there are two handsome guys acting in the show. After watching a few episodes, i find the show is interesting. 2 handsome guys snatching after a plain jane. Which girl in the world would wish this will happen to them.

One is a singer and the other is a rich company son. How to choose between this two? Both guys are also handsome and care the girl a lot. How i wish i was in the girl's position.

This drama not only about love story, it also shows how a drama is film, how actor or actress being ask to sign a contract. Some entertainment company have underpaid their artiste without telling them. This shows how scary a entertainment world can be. Everyone loves their idol, but do they know much they suffer? What can they do, what they can't do? How a drama is film? How film schedule with the idol's schedule? Do you know anything about that? Watch the drama and you will know.

You will also know how music was written. Do not miss out watching this show. For Singaporean, if you have Starhub SCV channel, do tune in to KBS World every Monday and Tuesday 9pm. They will show 2 episodes each day.

My mother love this show so much that she keep asking me to help her steam it online for her to watch but i am too busy with school project. This show how much you should watch this drama.

Signing off,

Kimberlyn