BY: NEWS STRAITS TIMES
Sunny HilL
It’s a reinterpretation of the Aesop fable, The Ant And The Grasshopper, with a 21st Century twist. The fable is about a hardworking ant who toils to store food for the winter, while a lazy grasshopper spends his time having fun, eventually starving to death when winter comes.
In the song, the story is told from the grasshopper’s perspective, that a little fun won’t hurt. Check out its quirky music video at www.youtube.com/user/loenSUNNYHILL/featured.
-When two hurting hearts meet
KOREAN actress Han Hyo-joo has been paired with Go Soo in Jung Ki Hoon’s upcoming movie Band Aid, reports soompi.com.
In this romantic melodrama, Han plays a doctor who has hardened her heart so she won’t get hurt again, while Go plays a firefighter struggling with the loss of his wife. They meet and help heal each other’s pain.
-Dual role
JAPANESE actress Masami Nagasawa will play a dual role in WOWOW’s new miniseries Bunshin (Doppelganger), reports tokyohive.com. Based on Keigo Higashino’s mystery novel of the same name, it revolves around two identical-looking women trying to unearth the secrets of their past. It will be directed by Koto Nagata.
-Dating spree
KOREAN actress Yoon Jin-seo will headline cable network TVN’s rom-com miniseries Twelve Men In A Year, reports dramabeans.com.
An adaptation of German author Martina Paura’s 2005 novel Zwolf Manner Hat Das Jahr, it revolves around writer Mi-Roo (played by Yoon) who gets all panicky as she still hasn’t found Mr Right and she’s pushing 30. To find Mr Right, she goes on a dating spree with 12 men in a year, unaware that person is right under her nose. Playing her love interest is On Joo-Wan as Jin-Oh, her long-time friend.
-Cute pixies
K-POP fans who love Orange Caramel and its cutesy and bubbly brand of music will enjoy Rainbow Pixie’s debut digital single, Hoi Hoi, reports allkpop.com.
Rainbow Pixie, comprising Kim Jisook, Oh Seungah and Cho Hyunyoung, is a newly formed sub-group of the seven-member girl group Rainbow who is known for its sexy concept.
Check out the music video for the catchy single at www.youtube.com/user/OfficialTheRainbow.
-Victoria’s drama debut
SONG Qian, better known as Victoria Song, the leader of K-pop girl group f(x), has been cast as the female lead in the Taiwanese drama series tentatively titled The Prince Without A Castle, reports cpopaccess.com.
The Qingdao-born star plays the long-lost granddaughter of the owner of a large corporation. And with love triangle a common feature in most dramas, here we have Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit’s Calvin Chen and Super Junior-M’s Zhou Mi fighting over Victoria’s character.
Meanwhile, netizens have commented that no dubbing is necessary since all the protagonists are native Mandarin speakers.
-Rocker boy
KOREAN actor Sung Joon will play a rocker in tvN’s 16-episode miniseries Shut Up: Flower Boy Band, reports dramabeans.com. It’s the broadcast station’s second project under the Oh! Boy Series, which targets the teen audience with its cast of pretty boys.
This series centres on Eye Purification, a high school rock band formed by a group of misfits and how they deal with relationships and their passion for music. Sung Joon plays the band leader and singer Kwon Ji Hyuk.
-No regular family
JAPANESE actor Yo Oizumi will co-star with Kumiko Aso in Toru Yamamoto’s new movie, Good Morning Everyone!, reports tokyograph.
An adaptation of Toriko Yoshikawa’s book of the same name, this comedy revolves around a complicated family of three. A co-habitating couple — Yagu (played by Oizumi), a vocalist in a punk band, and Aki (Aso) — lead a regular family life with their 15-year-old daughter, Hatsuki (Ayaka Miyoshi), only that he’s not her biological father.
Aso trained for a month to play the guitar since her character is that of a former guitarist in Yagu’s band. Expect scenes of the couple performing with the band.
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