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Disney+ Starts Promoting High Profile K-drama Tempest with Jeon Ji Hyun and Kang Dong Won Airing September 2025

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 9, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2025
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This year 2025 was supposed to be a big year for Disney+ K-dramas, with the platform late last year holding a splashy star-studded media event in Singapore with the stars of the various on deck shows attending. Then in March of this year right before the biggest of all its K-dramas Knock Off was about to air the next month, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jeon Ji Hyun, Kang Dong Won, Tempest

Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng From Coroner’s Diary Rumored to Reunite in iQiyi Produced Modern C-drama My Queen My Rules

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 9, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2025
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Never change C-ent, haha, always jumping on a hot bandwagon and doubling down on what worked. C-ent casting rumor this week has Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng in talks for a new iQiyi modern romance drama My Queen My Rules. If they accept it will be another fast reunion of popular drama CPs in the recent year, after … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ao Rui Peng, Li Lan Di, My Queen My Rules

Caesar Wu and Yue Yu Ting Start Filming Yield to You the Mini Drama Version of The Prisoner of Beauty

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 8, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 7, 2025
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Well this mini drama version of The Prisoner of Beauty is certainly going for spicy all out, at least for the female lead lol. Filming has started for Yield to You starring Caesar Wu and Yue Yu Ting, and he’s got the general look down but she’s straight up rocking a courtesan look rather than the sheltered noble daughter raised … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Caesar Wu, The Prisoner of Beauty, Yield to You, Yue Yu Ting

K-actress Gu Hye Sun Calls out Korean Variety Program and Her Ex-Husband Ahn Jae Hyun for Continuing to Mention Their Divorce Years Later as a Conversation Topic

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 8, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2025
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I am so on the side of Gu Hye Sun here on this issue, like a million billion percent. The actress posted online this week a long statement calling out both the Korean variety programs, hosts, and her ex-husband Ahn Jae Hyun for using the topic of their divorce for conversation still. She said that it’s been 5 years and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Gu Hye Sun

Latest Casting Melon has Dylan Wang and Song Zu Er for Tencent Period Drama Ah Zhi Ah Zhi

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 7, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 7, 2025
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There’s a very fun casting melon that came up this week and I for one would love to see this pairing. Song Zu Er has been in talks for the Tencent Republic era period C-drama Ah Zhi Ah Zhi adapted from the same name novel and now the platform wants Dylan Wang as the male lead. If he joins the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ah Zhi Ah Zhi, Dylan Wang, Song Zu Er

Legend of the Female General Premieres to Strong Buzz Thanks to Tencent’s Heavy Promotion But Mixed Reviews

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 7, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 7, 2025
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Yesterday was D-Day for those of us (memememe!) waiting for the premiere of Legend of the Female General, adapted from a novel by Qian Shan Cha Ke titled Rebirth of a Star General. Tencent had to delay the drama for six months due to the scandal with a male supporting lead and then filming his scenes with a different actor … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Cheng Lei, Legend of the Female General, Zhou Ye

C-actress Yu Shu Xin Leaves Longtime Agency Huace TV & Film After 8-year Contract Expiration

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 6, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 5, 2025
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I don’t know if these two ladies are meant to be this always tied together in recent years (two times each have had dramas premiered the same time), but here it goes again. This week Zhao Lu Si is topping all C-ent buzz for her contract dispute with her agency Galaxy Kuyu and trying to terminate it. At the very … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Yu Shu Xin

Zhao Lu Si Continues Her Livestreams By Dropping More Allegations Against Her Agency and Also Selling Out of Her Outfits and Jewelry

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 6, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 5, 2025
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C-netizens are right, this is the must see TV of the summer and it’s just a sad state of affairs all around to get to this point. C-actress Zhao Lu Si is dominating C-ent search and buzz after she went public with an SNS post demanding a termination of her contract and revealing all sorts of allegations of bad behavior … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Zhao Lu Si

My Daughter is a Zombie with Jo Jung Seok, Jo Yeo Jung, and Young Choo Yoo Ri Becomes First Big Hit of 2025 in Korean Box Office

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 5, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 5, 2025
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Two million admissions and $15M USD in box office within 6 days is quite the feat in the Korean box office and even more so with the prolonged slump this year. The movie is My Daughter is a Zombie with Jo Jung Seok and Jo Yeo Jung as the leads and young teen actress Choi Yoo Ri as the titular … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Choi Yoo Ri, Jo Jung Seok, Jo Yeo Jung, Lee Jung Eun, My Daughter is a Zombie, Yoon Kyung Ho

Period Romance C-drama Wrong Era Now in Talks with Chang Hua Sen as Male Lead to Join Zhang Miao Yi

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 5, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 4, 2025
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So it looks like the WIFTY reunion will not be happening. Recently it was discussed that Tencent was going to reunite the When I Fly Towards You cuties Zhang Miao Yi and Zhou Yi Ran for its upcoming period romance C-drama Wrong Era. That melon sounded like basically a lock since Zhou Yi Ran is Tencent’s prince and this is … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chang Hua Sen, Wrong Era, Zhang Miao Yi

Zhao Lu Si Does Weibo Livestreams to Discuss Her Situation as C-netizens are Calling this the Buzziest Drama of the Summer Season

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 4, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 4, 2025
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For C-actress Zhao Lu Si to use social media as her negotiating tactic of choice to try and terminate her agency contract has made her situation open for public commentary and feedback. After various social media posts and replies, she’s since held two livestreams on Weibo which has gotten millions of views. C-netizens are calling this the It Drama of … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Zhao Lu Si

Prolific Korean Movie and Drama Character Actor Song Young Kyu Passes Away at 55 Years Old

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 4, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 4, 2025
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What a sad news to come out of K-ent to start this week. Veteran actor Song Young Kyu has passed away, he was found deceased in a vehicle parked in a residence and he was only 55-years old. The actor has nearly twenty movies under his belt and over three dozen dramas, always playing various character actors as support or … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Song Young Kyu

Production of Modern Romance C-drama Almost Lover with Zhao Lu Si and Peng Guan Ying Submits Drama for Approval Cut Down from 24 to 14-episodes

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 3, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 3, 2025
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Well the timing of this couldn’t be worse with the discourse going on right now with the female lead. The production company of C-drama Almost Lover this week submitted the drama for airing approval and it’s been cut down from the already slim 24-episodes to only 14-episodes. I’m not even sure there is a coherent drama left in that, what … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Almost Lover, Peng Guan Ying, Zhao Lu Si

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