Jae-Ha Kim 김재하

🗨️Life without kimchi is no life at all 📰Journalist: Chicago Tribune, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, MTV, Rotten Tomatoes etc. 📚NY Times Best Seller 📺Voting member of Television Critics Association 🇰🇷K-Dramas are my jam 🎙️Guest on TODAY, ET, A&E, E!

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Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Robert Margouleff has worked with music legends such as the Isley Brothers, Jeff Beck and Depeche Mode. In his new memoir “Shaping Sounds: Stevie Wonder, DEVO, The Synth Revolution, And My Life Behind The Music,” the author shares stories about working with these stars. It wasn’t his intent at the time, but his work helped create an eclectic musical time capsule.

“There were plenty of stories and when I recalled one, it led me to others that had not crossed my mind,” Margouleff, 85, said from his Hollywood home. “Like mixing Robin Trower’s album for Crescendo Records back in the day. Trower was an in introspective man. [We were at] Malibu Beach on a weekday. We walked several miles with our feet wet in the surf end [section]. We talked about our work in the studio and music.”

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TEACH YOU A LESSON is my new favorite K-drama (so far). Loving it so much.

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Megan Lawless stars as Sarah in the hit horror film “Obsession.” “My character is one of four in the main friend group,” the Los Angeles-bas

Megan Lawless stars as Sarah in the hit horror film “Obsession.” “My character is one of four in the main friend group,” the Los Angeles-based actor said. “Sarah acts as a foil to the toxic relationship between Bear and Nikki and is fundamental to the theme of this cautionary tale. She is representative of the loss that comes with obsessive, toxic attachment and how one person's actions can affect far more than just themselves. I love this character and am so glad to play such a fundamental part of this story.”

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In the Broadway production of “The Balusters,” Maria-Christina Oliveras portrays Luz Baccay, a Filipina housekeeper who has served the very wealthy Vernon Point community for 30 years. “Her power lies in observation and deep listening [and] in knowing what to say and what not to say,” the actress said in an interview from her home in New York City. “She is an expert at navigating spaces that are not her own, which mirrors much of my lived experience. As a proud first-generation Filipina-Puerto Rican artist from a working-class background in the Bronx, it was vitally important to me to honor her with dignity and grace. She has a fierce sense of humor and ultimately serves as the truth-teller, and the light of the play.” 

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U.S. News Anchor 'Jokes' That BTS-Themed Cookies Spell Out "Death to America"

Because that's a completely normal reaction, right?

“The cookie’s wafer is BTS’ signature colour, purple. The wafers are also engraved with one of 13 designs, which spell out a message to fans when put together. And that is: ‘Death to America’, which I think is really strange.” —James Eppler

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“Anna”

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In the K-drama “Anna,” A Lie Begets More Lies

Bae Suzy stars as an overly-proud young woman determined to carve out a 'successful' life for herself in this riveting series.

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Go away with ... Robert Margouleff

Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Robert Margouleff has worked with music legends such as the Isley Brothers, Jeff Beck and Depeche

Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer  ” the author shares stories about working with these stars. It wasn’t his intent at the time, but his work helped create an eclectic musical time capsule.

“There were plenty of stories and when I recalled one, it led me to others that had not crossed my mind,” Margouleff, 85, said from his Hollywood home. “Like mixing Robin Trower’s album for Crescendo Records back in the day. Trower was an in introspective man. [We were at] Malibu Beach on a weekday. We walked several miles with our feet wet in the surf end [section]. We talked about our work in the studio and music.”

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For alternative singer-songwriter-producer Sabrina Song, her new EP “Big Trick” reflects on a recent period of dissatisfaction. “My writing tends to be pulled directly from my life experiences and worldview for the most part,” Song, 26, said from her Brooklyn home. “I’ve written many songs that try to unpack other people’s perceptions of me. ‘Big Trick’ is a collection of songs that explore themes of disillusionment and instability that I was having in the period after releasing my debut album in 2024. I wanted to unpack these uglier feelings, while incorporating a bit of playfulness and cheekiness in the process, which is more inline with how I tend to handle things in my day-to-day life. It’s the most me that my music has ever felt.”

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In the second season of the Netflix series “BEEF,” showrunner Lee Sung-jin1 stacks the cast with Korean superstars like Youn Yuh-jung and Song Kang-ho, as well as Korean American rapper Matthew Kim (aka BM of Kard) and British Korean actress Seoyeon Jang. But oddly enough, this current season has a less Korean feel to it than its 2023 predecessor, where Korean American actors Steven Yeun, Young Mazino, and David Choe depicted what it was like for “good” Asians when they don’t live up to the model-minority stereotype.

But what this second season does incredibly well is how it handles a character’s Korean identity when they’re surrounded by people who claim they don’t see color, or that they think of biracial Koreans as being white — as if that’s some kind of compliment of acceptance, rather than an erasure of heritage.

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I know that no matter how old I am or where I am, there will always be a part of me that will be thinking, “보고 싶다”2 when I hear a BTS song. And it won’t be just them that I’m thinking about. It’ll take me back to who I was during that era as well.

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Go away with ... Maria-Christina Oliveras

In the Broadway production of “The Balusters,” Maria-Christina Oliveras portrays Luz Baccay, a Filipina housekeeper who has served the very

Jae: Growing up as a visible minority, did you think that this life could be yours? Maria-Christina: It’s complicated. Growing up and even through college, I didn’t really feel limited by my identity. I had a lot of support and I just loved acting. I worked hard, eked out every opportunity I could and even in predominantly white spaces like Yale, I got to play incredible roles. Theater was like a great equalizer. So at the time, it felt like this life was possible. The bigger pressure early on came from being the child of immigrants, where stability and security are emphasized. Though my parents were tremendously supportive, acting was seen more as a hobby and a passion than a profession. It wasn’t until I entered the industry that I really started to become aware of the limitations and the lack of role models. I had to learn pretty quickly how to navigate it and advocate for myself.

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Will Viewers Figure Out Whodunit in “Beyond Evil”?

Not likely. You may think you know, but I'm betting you'll be wrong.

“Beyond Evil” is one weird (in an interesting way) Korean series that centers on the search for a serial killer who murdered multiple women — including the protagonist’s twin sister, Yu-yeon. Virtually all the major characters are suspects at one point or another, with damning evidence that has been carefully weaved into the storyline.

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Jae: Where did you shoot your first professional role? Alexandra: In my hometown of New York City, on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” It was a major milestone as an actor, especially since I had the opportunity to work with Jeff Goldblum.

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Go away with ... Sabrina Song

For alternative singer-songwriter-producer Sabrina Song, her new EP “Big Trick” reflects on a recent period of dissatisfaction. “My writing

For alternative singer-songwriter-producer Sabrina Song, her new EP “Big Trick” reflects on a recent period of dissatisfaction. “My writing tends to be pulled directly from my life experiences and worldview for the most part,” Song, 26, said from her Brooklyn home.

“I’ve written many songs that try to unpack other people’s perceptions of me. ‘Big Trick’ is a collection of songs that explore themes of disillusionment and instability that I was having in the period after releasing my debut album in 2024. I wanted to unpack these uglier feelings, while incorporating a bit of playfulness and cheekiness in the process, which is more inline with how I tend to handle things in my day-to-day life. It’s the most me that my music has ever felt.”

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"I believe my first recital was in 2011, during my sophomore year of college. It was my first experience performing in a professional setting and I prepared for it very intensely. At the time, I was practicing almost obsessively to the point where I would sometimes end up in the emergency room or receiving IV treatments on weekends. I also suffered a serious injury to my left wrist during that period, which made things even more difficult. Looking back, I think I was pushing myself beyond my limits because I was so determined to prove something to myself through that performance. I practiced to the point of exhaustion, but at the same time I experienced a huge amount of growth as an artist. It remains one of the most intense, but also one of the most formative experiences of my life, and I still feel proud of it." -DoYeon Kim

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The K-drama "Yumi’s Cells" Stresses That We Are the Most Important Component of Our Happiness

K-drama review of “Yumi’s Cells” (유미의 세포들): Season 1

I really really enjoyed the “Yumi’s Cells” trilogy (that concluded earlier this year). This charming K-drama series tackles insecurities, love, pride, heartbreak and work dynamics in a clever and resilient way.

Yumi is a woman in her early thirties, who had spent most of her twenties with a man who used her financially, cheated on her and then left her without any sense of closure after seven years together. She viewed those as wasted years and, in some ways, is correct. Doting on a partner who doesn’t value you is exhausting.

But, there’s also something to be said for learning from negative experiences.

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Alexandra Metz isn’t a doctor, but “The Pitt” star contemplated becoming one when she studied at Brown University. After graduating with a degree in human biology, she deferred med school for two years while she gave acting a shot.

“On the surface, it felt like a perfect backup plan, making my [acting] choice seem less risky,” said Metz, who portrays Dr. Yolanda Garcia on the hit series. “At my core, though, I always knew I wouldn’t follow through with medicine, because I wasn’t excited by the journey. Acting moved me in an undeniable way. While I found medicine incredibly inspiring, I knew it wasn’t for me.”