My Girl in Studio 23

My all-time fave korean series, MY GIRL, will be back this march on studio 23. hep!hep! hooray!!!!!!!!!!!

According to my friends at PEx, the series will start on March 23, 11 am at studio 23.

New drama rides on toy boy plotline (5/2/08)

MBC's new weekend drama "Bittersweet Life" will debut tomorrow. Following on the heels of the romantic comedy "The Last Scandal of My Life," this 24-episode miniseries plans to capitalize on a winning plotline: Young man falls for older woman.

Actress Oh Yun-soo, who starred in the popular MBC drama "Jumong" (2006), will be playing the older woman. Actor Lee Dong-wook, who won women over in the romantic comedy "The Perfect Couple" (2007) and the hit SBS drama "My Girl" (2005), will be her young lover.

In anticipation of the forthcoming drama, one domestic viewer wrote on the drama's official bulletin board, "I am so sad that 'The Last Scandal of My Life' is over. I have not seen the new drama yet, so I cannot say much about it. But I hope that it is not sad like 'Winter Bird.'"

Judging from the title and the tagline on the official website, which reads "Love, temptation, desire, mystery," the miniseries promises to follow in the footsteps of the MBC melodrama "Winter Bird" (2007). So those who are expecting yet another lighthearted comedy are in for a surprise.

The drama opens with Lee Dong-wook's character, Lee Joon-soo, plummeting from the 18th floor to his death. Not exactly fodder for a comedy, but a perfect start for a mystery.

The series then fast tracks back six months. Viewers get to tune into a spicy love quadrangle between Lee Joon-soo, Oh's character Yoon Hye-jin, Hong Da-ae (played by Park Si-yeon) and Ha Dong-won, who is played by veteran actor Jung Bo-seog.

Yoon Hye-jin is a housewife trapped in a bad marriage. Her husband, Ha Dong-won, is a wealthy but unfaithful fund manager. And his latest fling is turning into something more.

Deeply involved with Lee Joon-soo's sweetheart Hong Da-ae, Ha is so busy that he doesn't notice his wife.

Yoon, well aware of her husband's affair, decides to commit suicide. She journeys out to Japan to do the fatal deed only to fall for a young man -- Lee Joon-soo himself.

As the foursome get tangled in a deep web of lies and seduction, the situation gets out of hand. But viewers will have to tune in to see who did what to whom.

"Bittersweet Life" will air on Saturdays and Sundays on MBC at 9:40 p.m. starting tomorrow.

By Jean Oh (oh_jean@heraldm.com)

Source: Korea Herald

Lee Dong Wook and Park Si Yeon presenting the best actress award (for Miss Gold Digger) to Han Ye Sul.

Lee Dong Wook at the 44th Annual Baeksang Awards

Wookie at the red carpet.

Wookie presenting an award with his Bittersweet Life co-star, Park Si Yeon

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Bittersweet Life ---- cast presented to the media.
Tentative schedule: May 2008 (saturdays and sundays) -- @ MBC

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Bittersweet Life --

At last, Lee Dong Wook will have a new drama series, Bittersweet Life, at MBC. (I was hoping he'll get the part in the upcoming medical drama with Hyun Bin but I think that's pushing my luck! My two oppas in one drama -- that would be the best ever.)

Anyway, this weekend drama will also star Oh Yeon-soo, Jeong Bo-seok and Park Si yeon. It will be aired after Winter Bird ends.