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The Family with Ivy Chen and Chun Jung Myung Releases First Official Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 12, 2012 by ockoalaJune 11, 2012

Chun Jung Myung and Ivy Chen could quite possibly be the two cutest actors in their respective industries, so seeing them embracing pretty much exponentially explodes the adorableness factor until all I see is a puppy cuddling with a kitten. The filming continues on the C-drama The Family, which is actually directed by Korean PD Choi Yoon Seok (Glass Slippers), and … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chun Jung Myung, Ivy Chen, The Family

Illuminating Character Chart and Descriptions for Big

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2012 by ockoalaJune 11, 2012

One thing that’s hard for me when watching Big is that I miss chibi-Kyung Joon so much. Shin Won Ho may not have one-tenth the acting prowess of Gong Yoo, who is nailing it as Kyung Jae, but I loved his posturing bickering with Da Ran. At this rate, I’m going to have an internal shipping battle between Kyung Joon … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Big

Big Episide 3 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2012 by ockoalaJuly 11, 2012

Squeeee to the max! Episode 3 of Big was good, great, and stupendous all wrapped into one. I love this drama so much its embarrassing to acknowledge. I’m on a business trip so this recap will be short on thoughts but its really hard for me to stop myself from writing about this drama. I love how Kyung Jae and … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged Big

King of Lan Ling Releases New Stills and Teaser Trailer at Shanghai Film Festival

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2012 by ockoalaJune 10, 2012

I think my most anticipated period C-drama this year is definitely King of Lan Ling with Feng Shao Feng and Ariel Lin. I like frothy romance driven period fare, and this one looks pretty epic. Plus the King of Lan Ling hasn’t been brought to the screen often so it’ll be a refreshing story for me. After reading and translating … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ariel Lin, Daniel Chan, Feng Shao Feng, King of Lan Ling

Roy Qiu Drops a June Pictorial and Starts Filming New SETTV Sunday Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2012 by ockoalaJune 10, 2012

Yipppeeeee! I knew birthdays and anniversaries have always been good to me. This past week SETTV started filming its upcoming idol drama to follow Love Forward on Sundays starting in August. All the rumors turned out to be spot on, as the leading man will indeed be Roy Qiu, returning to the network that has launched and propelled his Taiwan … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Double Chao, Megan Lai, Roy Qiu

Super Gaspworthy Spoiler Pictures for Episode 3 of Big

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 10, 2012 by ockoalaJanuary 12, 2014

OMG hyperventilating here. I’m on a plane (last minute business trip this time, sigh) and when these stills flashed across the K-news sources, I literally yelped out loud. Rather like Da Ran did on the bus, but sadly there was no Kyung Joon around to look at me smoldery and smirky. I didn’t win a pressure cooker, but I feel … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged Big

Update on Upcoming K-dramas Golden Time, Horse Doctor, and The Secret Lovers

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 10, 2012 by ockoalaJune 9, 2012

Summer is right around the corner, but the drama planning chugs along towards the Fall season already. MBC, always known for its epic (long) dramas, is turning back to its behemoth success of the 60+ episode Queen Seon Deok (also known as Queen Snore Deok around here) and the 50+ episode Dong Yi and preparing for another 60 episode sageuk. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Golden Time, Horse Doctor, Hwang Jung Eum, Jo Seung Woo, Lee Da Hae, Lee Dong Gun, Lee Seon Kyun, Lee Sung Min, Lee Yo Won, The Secret Lovers

KBS Releases BTS Videos of the Wedding Bouquet Scene in Big

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 10, 2012 by ockoalaJune 9, 2012

At this point, I have watched the first two episodes of Big so many times I’ve lost count. Best part is that this drama gets better and better on rewatch. The problems are there, but the story rises to the forefront and smooths over the rough edges. I’m loving the fact that there are so many unknowns to figure out … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Big

The King 2 Hearts MV Set to Lee Seung Gi Singing Love is Crying

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 9, 2012 by ockoalaJune 8, 2012

Oh The King 2 Hearts, I miss you so much! I try to move on, and other dramas will engage my interest, but you’ve managed to worm your way into a corner of my heart forever. I imagine Hang Ah and Jae Ha somewhere being all happy and fearless together. At Lee Seung Gi‘s Budokan concert last week, he sang … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged The King 2 Hearts

Vic Zhou is a Refreshing Drink of Black Tea in New CF

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 9, 2012 by ockoalaJune 9, 2012

Oh Zai Zai, wai so gorgeous? Vic Zhou‘s had a weird last few months in terms of total random scandals. The tabloids had him secretly married to Bowie Tsang (HK actor Eric Tsang‘s daughter), then secretly dating his Black & White co-star Reen Yu. Both were just so random, and Zai Zai clarified it was all not true when he … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Vic Zhou

Swoony BTS Stills of Hu Ge and Liu Shi Shi From the Set of Da Mo Yao

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 8, 2012 by ockoalaJune 8, 2012

If you’ve read Da Mo Yao along with me, then you should all know exactly where this scene is from in the book. Can I just say a “oh hells yeah”, and then give the poor long-suffering GeShi shippers out there a tissue so they can weep tears of joy. The filming for Da Mo Yao continues to chug along, … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Da Mo Yao, Hu Ge, Liu Shi Shi

Final Batch of Boong Do Stills from Queen In Hyuns Man and Ji Hyun Woo Prepares to Enlist

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 8, 2012 by ockoalaJune 8, 2012

Haha, no, Ji Hyun Woo isn’t trying to kill himself after delivering a spectacular public confession of love, though who knew a grand gesture straight out of a K-drama could be taken so many ways. Ji Hyun Woo candidly confessed that he liked Yoo In Na at the fan viewing party for the final episode of Queen In Hyun’s Man, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ji Hyun Woo, Queen In Hyun's Man

Adorable Official Stills from Episode 3 of Big

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 8, 2012 by ockoalaJune 8, 2012

Okay, as much as we all love/want/are gaga over Kyung Jae-Da Ran, that’s pretty much an impossible end game for Big. Imagine our Kyung Joon skipping over twelve years of his life and living the rest of it as a thirty year old. Yeah, so not ideal. And even if Yoon Jae is a cheating mc-cheaterson (which I don’t believe … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Big

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