Following in the footsteps of The Little Tiger’s first public performance in 15 years since they disbanded in the mid-90s, which happened at the 2010 Chinese New Year Gala, Chinese authorities organizing the event are trying to one-up themselves. An invitation has gone out to…..each member of F4 (aka now known as JVKV since the Japanese owner of the F4 … Continue reading →
This is the first episode of Playful Kiss (Mischievous Kiss) I’ve watched since the rather slow episode 1 that didn’t leaving me giddy as a gopher dug a new hole. Don’t get me wrong, I still really liked it. But PK can do with upping the intensity and the pace more, as it remains rather languid in its execution.
Continue reading →Cha Seung Won has dropped out of Athena’s overseas shoot for Japan due to poor health, and his role in the drama may be drastically reduced overall because of either his long-term health concerns or the fact that writing him out of the Japan portion means his entire role needs to be reduced so the plot makes sense.
Continue reading →Normally I hate to post stuff that isn’t top-notch, as high quality as possible for your enjoyment. But sometimes something comes along that simply needs to be shared. Much as I have many dramas I am enjoying right now, chiefly Giant and Playful Kiss, it’s all sorta filler material in my wait for Athena: Goddess of War (and Secret Garden).
Continue reading →This is a long recap, so hold on to your horses, people. A lot happens in this episode, but it’s not earth-tilting or mind-blowing revelations like your daddy killed my mommy, your best friend is in love with me, or I’ve got incurable prostate cancer so I must run away and can’t be with you. Playful Kiss (Mischievous Kiss) continues to … Continue reading →
To hold everyone over until tomorrow’s new Playful Kiss episode, I hereby present “Inside the Mind”, a look inside what our OTP is thinking about.
Continue reading →The earth has just been returned to its axis, and continues to spin again. Akanishi Jin and Yamashita Tomohisa were spotted out together over the weekend at, where else, some Roppongi night club. What was even more noteworthy was that they were wearing the exact SAME black male yutaka-like top.
Continue reading →A tangential post to my earlier tribute to the two ugliest male wardrobes in all of K-dramas (Joo Ji Hoon in Goong and Rain in Full House), I hereby bring you another male atrocity I’ve recently re-encountered. If it happened just once, I would consider it an aberration. To see it twice makes me worried that someone in the wardrobe … Continue reading →
And It’s Not Yoon Si Yoon What are the odds the same thing keeps happening to you? And when the same thing keeps happening over and over again, I take it as a sign from above reminding me to do something.
Continue reading →Voila, another Playful Kiss extended preview, this time for episode 6. Enjoy! http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/GcZHoqc0yAs/ I don’t have any additional musings to add, only that I wish it were Wednesday already.
Continue reading →We’ve got the first still of yet another Team Athena Member – this time its fellow agent Sean Richards. Does he look familiar? He had a pretty big role in Jejoonwon earlier this year as a Western doctor in Joseon.
Continue reading →And…..we have history yet to be made again. Child-acting prodigy turned legit heavy-weight adult actress Moon Geun Young has decided to do her first rom-com K-drama – Mary Stayed Out All Night.
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