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Hyun Bin Returns to TV with New K2 and Samsung CFs

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 9, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2013

So Hyun Bin has been back from military service for almost two months now and he’s still relatively low key about kick-starting his entertainment career. If there is anyone who can afford to be selective, it’s Hyun Bin. He also can pick a few of the gazillion CFs wanting him and rake in the money while the right acting project … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Hyun Bin

Time-traveling K-drama Nine with Lee Jin Wook Releases Poster Stills and First Teaser

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 9, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 8, 2013

All good things must come to an end, and despite my desire for the daily comings-and-goings of Flower Boy Next Door to continue forever (more cooking classes!, more all-nighters at the PC bang!, more impromptu day trips!), it’s follow up drama on tvN has started filming already scheduled for an early March premiere. On one hand, I’m interested in Nine: … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jo Yoon Hee, Lee Jin Wook, Nine, Park Hyung Sik

Yun Zhong Ge Gets SARFT Approval and Starts Filming in Late March

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 9, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2013

Either Yu Zheng has got connections at SARFT or else he’s simply got carte blanche to do whatever he wants because his adaptation of Yun Zhong Ge just got official SARFT permission to air despite not even filmed a single frame, whereas Tangren’s drama adaptation of the prequel to YZG Da Mo Yao has finished filming 8 months ago and … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Yun Zhong Ge

Gong Yoo, Lee Min Jung, and Suzy Promote Big in Japan

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 8, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2013

Woah momma was I not expecting to see these three people together in any capacity ever again. Gong Yoo, Lee Min Jung, and Suzy was in Japan together this past weekend promoting Big overseas. This crazy roller coaster ride of a drama was probably as rabid as I got last year over any drama aside from The King 2 Hearts. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Big, Gong Yoo, Lee Min Jung, Suzy

Lee Yoo Bi Joins Gu Family Book as the First Love of Lee Seung Gi

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 8, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2013

I said last week that Han Chae Ah had joined the upcoming fantasy sageuk Gu Family Book as the second female lead, which was actually going to conflict with other reports that she was signing on as the second female lead in the upcoming daily sageuk Gu Am Heo Jun. As of now, she’s not confirmed for Heo Jun but … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gu Family Book, Lee Yoo Bi, Suzy

Written and Video Preview for Episode 11 of Flower Boy Next Door

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 8, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2013

Already totally loving Yoon Si Yoon makes watching Flower Boy Next Door a unique experience. He’s so perfect in expressing all the nuances and quirks of energy ball Enrique Geum that I’m left just nodding my head and pointing like a proud mother at what my boy is doing. I knew he had it in him, and Me Too, Flower! … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged Flower Boy Next Door

The Sprawling Color-coordinated Cast of IRIS 2 Attends Press Conference

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2013

Finally! A press conference where the entire cast got a memo and actually followed through on it! Instead of the sprawling cast of IRIS 2 showing up at its press conference looking like extras from the Muppets movie, everyone donned their favorite sleek, chic, black-and-white ensemble to varying degrees of success. Yes, the whole spies and baddies always wear black … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Im Soo Hyang, IRIS 2, Jang Hyuk, Lee Bum Soo, Lee Da Hae, Oh Yoon Soo

Fierce Fashionista Song Hye Kyo Lights Up High Cut Magazine

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2013

Song Hye Kyo may leave me rather cold when I watch her act, but its undeniable that her star continues to rise and her beauty improves with time. Because I have this guilty pleasure love of Autumn in My Heart (a drama I’m sure she’d like to wipe off her resume since all she did was cry and act sick … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Song Hye Kyo

Hu Ge and Liu Shi Shi Unleash their Playful Antics for Femina Magazine

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 5, 2013

Hu Ge and Liu Shi Shi, both belonging to the same agency/production company Tangren, are fast approaching legendary status for one hilarious quirk – they have starred in 9 dramas together and have never been the OTP. They have been siblings, in-laws, fiancees who don’t end up getting married, first loves that don’t end up together, anything and everything except … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Hu Ge, Liu Shi Shi

Yoon Eun Hye Discusses Career and Love at Solo Press Conference

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2013

It must be hard being Yoon Eun Hye, so popular as an entertainer that her every move garners comment and conjecture. I love her as an actress but it’s hard to discuss her craft without fans and antis mucking up the discussion with personal swords and shields. Missing You was her first foray into traditional K-melodrama and its low-teens ratings … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Yoon Eun Hye

Beautiful Moon Chae Won and Song Joong Ki from Nice Guy for Kwave Magazine

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2013

The second half of 2012 saw two onscreen pairings that really piqued my interest and upped my anticipation of great chemistry to come. First came Moon Chae Won and Song Joong Ki in Nice Guy (The Innocent Man), then came Moon Geun Young and Park Shi Hoo in Cheongdamdong Alice. All four are actors I love to varying degrees, and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Moon Chae Won, Nice Guy, Song Joong Ki

Yun Zhong Ge Chapter 56: This Love Has Become a Memory We Chase

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2013

Next time I fall in love with a C-novel and decide to translate it, I really ought to pay closer attention to page length. My Yun Zhong Ge project clearly got away from me. Even if the pen is mightier than the sword, my will was not mightier than my ability. I do want to finish the remaining two chapters … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Yun Zhong Ge

Flower Boy Next Door Episode 10 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2013 by ockoalaFebruary 8, 2013

O.M.G. Seriously? SERIOUSLY? I am supposed to wait 6 more days until I get to inject episode 11 of Flower Boy Next Door directly into my veins? I will feel like death before then, because this episode was DA SUPREME BOMB. So much awesome I felt infused with the drama holy spirit and the urge to fling off my clothes … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged Flower Boy Next Door

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