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Lee Byung Hun in G.I. Joe… Unmasked!

While Hallyu (aka the Korean Wave) has been sweeping across the eastern hemisphere like a tazmanian devil on crack, Korean stars have yet to penetrate the fickle and demanding world of Hollywood. Until just recently, Korean celebrities' foray into American pop culture could be summed up in two words: epic fail. Take Rain, for example. Rain, who is possibly the most popular male celebrity in all of Asia - voted the second most influential person in the world by a Time magazine poll in 2008 - managed to gain some recognition when Stephen Colbert challenged him to a dance-off: However, his first venture into Hollywood, playing the part of Taejo Togokahn in the disaster of a movie known as Speed Racer, went seemingly...

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It’s a Small, Not a Tall.

I have never been a fan of the coffee conglomerate known as Starbucks. Sure I love me my coffee. However, the super chain has always seemed so contrived with their run-of-the-mill bland food items, ambience that screams "yuppy hipster here!", and overpriced coffee. I much rather prefer the taste of the sub-$1 Dunkin' Donuts coffee anyway. I like my coffee plain, with a side of donuts. And what's with the size names? "I'd like a medium coffee please." "You mean a grande drip." "Yes, you pretentious ass." This is precisely the reason I was so delighted to see the new packaging designs for the market Brooklyn Fare. No-nonsense packages with simple, whimsical, and effective messages. Did you notice the coffee cups on the lower right? Here's a closer...

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