There was a lot of buzz earlier this year when news that Esther Yu and Xu Kai were cast in the high profile Chinese Paladin drama adaptation called Sword and Fairy from the best selling Chinese Paladin 6 video game. But before CP6 went into filming last year in 2022 there already filmed a C-drama adaptation of Chinese Paladin 4 … Continue reading →
Perhaps the recent come to fruition airing rumors of C-dramas has my hopes up but I really really want Legend of Anle to air soon as speculated. The date keeps changing and now it’s said to air on July 12th on Youku after the conclusion of Hidden Love which ends its regular run (its VIP run has ended already last … Continue reading →
Man, these two were totally playing coy with the early promos for King the Land. I remember finding leads Junho and Yoona, whom I adore as actors and stars, looking more like platonic BFFs than potential romantic partners based on chemistry. It got better after the drama aired but seeing these new promo stills from Netflix, which is streaming the … Continue reading →
The Paris fashion shows continue on and K-actress Han So Hee was recently there for the jewelry brand Boucheron. She has such a cool vibe that totally plays in her favor on the international stage not to mention her visuals appeal to both South Koreans and Westerners alike. She looked amazing at the Boucheron show by dressing in a two … Continue reading →
With Son Seok Kyu turning down the Hong Sisters romance Can This Love be Translated, he’s instead doing Nine Puzzle with Kim Da Mi. The drama is slated for 2024 but remains top shelf in casting talent and behind the scenes team. The PD directed the movie The Spy Gone North and the drama Narco-Saints so Nine Puzzle being a … Continue reading →
I’ve probably covered two cycles of East Asian entertainment with how long I’ve blogged so there is dating, breakups, marriages, kids, divorces, re-marriages, and deaths in various combinations. Of course in recent years also add scandals leading to cancellation. Anyhoo, TW-ent reported last week that married stars Blue Lan and Jade Chou were recently spotted at the government registrars office … Continue reading →
K-actor Kim Nam Gil is one of those lucky for viewers accidents, a supporting actor who didn’t appear to be on leading man trajectory when he first started, the second male lead who rockets to fame phenomenon really gave the world a genuine acting talent. He also has a humble and goofy real life personality which was on display this … Continue reading →
New mommy life can be both heartwarming and exceedingly cloistered. It’s hard to strike the balance between nesting and also easing back into a semblance of pre-baby life. K-actress Son Ye Jin welcomed her first child with husband Hyun Bin at the end of 2022 and this week she made her first public appearance attending the Valentino show in Paris. … Continue reading →
Well, if this isn’t the womp womp this drama desperately needed for the OTP segment to actually have mature depth. See You in My 19th Life has set up the leads as he’s still nursing his dead first love who was her 18th incarnation and she’s back in this 19th life to basically keep living her 18th life as his … Continue reading →
A fantasy romance K-drama is headed our way in late summer 2023 and the first script reading stills are out for Destined with You starring Ro Woon and Jo Boa. Airing on jTBC Wed-Thurs time slot, Jo Boa plays a normal government employee who becomes the owner of an old wooden chest with the key to lifting of curse on … Continue reading →
C-drama Hidden Love kicked off the summer C-drama season and just wrapped it’s 25-episode run this week on Youku. Aside from early controversy around the female lead being too young for the male lead when she was played by a child actress developing the crush, the drama starring Zhao Lu Si and Chen Zhe Yuan got going when the two … Continue reading →
The liuliangs are heating up the 2023 hot C-drama summer with first Xiao Zhan‘s The Longest Promise, then Yang Yang with Fireworks of My Heart, and now tomorrow we get Legend of Anle with Dilraba Dilmurat opposite Gong Jun. We just need Lost You Forever with Yang Zi (airing soon) to send the online search engines, water armies, and antis … Continue reading →
I still remember the heyday of the 2000s when MBC sageuks were the sageuks to rule them all. Sadly the long form slow burn and more accurate to history sageuks were replaced by more youth romance and fusion sageuks but it appears MBC is going back to the original formula for the upcoming K-drama My Dearest (Lovers). Starring Namgoong Min … Continue reading →
