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Song Kang and Kim Yoo Jung Up for Fantasy Romance K-drama My Demon

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 17, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2023
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Kyaaaaaa I want this so badly! How did the drama gods read my subliminal mind and conjure this one up? K-ent is reporting that Kim Yoo Jung and Song Kang are in talks to pair up for a new fantasy romance K-drama titled My Demon. She’s a chaebol heiress and he’s the demon that’s lost his powers and saves her. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Yoo Jung, My Demon, Song Kang

J-ent Gossip Heats Up on Aragaki Yui Maybe Being Pregnant After She’s Spotted Covering Her Stomach and Also Not Renewing Long Standing Beer CF Endorsement

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 17, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2023
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Well this could be a great year for married top stars Aragaki Yui and Hoshino Gen if rumors are to be believed. The couple, married since 2021, is on the top of the J-ent gossip rags this week after a slew of events have started the pregnancy rumors. Gakki has been seen out in public wearing an oversized unstructured winter … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Aragaki Yui, Baby, Married

Wuxia C-drama A Journey to Love with Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning Wraps Filming in Early 2023

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 17, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 15, 2023
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When a drama I took note of when it started filming then pops back up on radar to hear that it finished filming and that 6 months flew by I’m always rather a tad melancholy since it’s like reel life intruding on real life time passing. Wuxia C-drama A Journey to Love wrapped last week and the cast and crew … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged A Journey to Love, Liu Shi Shi, Liu Yu Ning

Netflix Mic Drops First Stills for 2023 K-dramas Including High Profile Gyeongseong Creature, Lee Doo Na!, Remake of Someday or One Day, Sweet Home 2, and Many More

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 16, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2023
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Holy drama gods is this a veritable buffet of goodies for the eyes. I won’t even go into details on each drama because enough has been written on the casting and storylines already. Netflix Korea went into turbo mode today with the drop of drama stills for basically every single drama airing in 2023 on the streaming platform, half are … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged D.P., Gyeongsang Creature, King the Land, Lee Doo Na, Someday or One Day, Sweet Home, The Girl Downstairs

Park Eun Bin and Kim Min Ha Attend the US Critic’s Choice Awards and Pachinko Wins Best Foreign Language Series

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 16, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 16, 2023
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Two Korean shows were nominated among the ten television series in the Best Foreign Language Series category at last night’s Critic’s Choice Awards held in Los Angeles. Most of the attention was on the movie side as it’s getting close to Oscar nominations but for the television side we saw two lovely ladies in attendance from K-ent. Park Eun Bin … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Kim Min Ha, Pachinko, Park Eun Bin

jTBC Hit Drama Reborn Rich is Credited with Spike in December Subscriptions to Netflix, TVING, and Disney+

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 16, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 15, 2023
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I thought Reborn Rich would be a foundational boulder type of drama lasting through the ages but it seems after the polarizing last episode its taking on the ephemeral nature of most hits after the curtain falls. But it still left records such as second highest cable drama of all time and now due to the spliced up way the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Reborn Rich

C-drama The Legend of Shen Li Reuniting Zhao Li Ying and Lin Geng Xin Hits 1 Million Reservations on Tecent Streaming

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 15, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 14, 2023
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The It’s been six years since hit drama Princess Agents and this year 2023 will see the reunion of the two leads in the fantasy period drama The Legend of Shen Li (Yu Feng Xing or Accompanying the Phoenix). The drama finished filming towards the end of last year and no word on airing date but the early interest is … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lin Geng Xin, The Legend of Shen Li, Zhao Li Ying

Kim Yoo Jung Glows Up in More Mature Look in BTS Stills for Skincare CF

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 15, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 14, 2023
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It’s a new year and K-actress Kim Yoo Jung will be back in the small screen in 2023 in one role though it’s a cameo of sorts. She’s in the K-drama Sweet and Spicy Chicken as the female lead but she’s turned into a literal piece of sweet and spicy chicken and needs to be turned back so spends the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim Yoo Jung

Jo Seung Woo Stars in the 2023 Korean Revival of The Phantom of the Opera But the Promos are Missing One Crucial Element

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 15, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 13, 2023
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Musical The Phantom of the Opera was my entry into the world of stage where it’s been a lifelong love affair. The score and songs remain excellent to this day but once I got older I realized how sus the entire story was haha. Everyone loved the Phantom over lame Raoul but honestly the former was basically groomer/kidnapper. Anyhoo, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Jo Seung Woo

New tvN Sat-Sun Rom-com Crash Course in Romance with Jeon Do Yeon and Jung Kyung Ho Start Off with 4.044% Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 14, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 15, 2023
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With the ending of Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow the tvN Sat-Sun time slot is going for a light hearted modern rom-com to change up the pace. Taking over is Crash Course in Romance which I legit just forgot about as the casting was perplexing to me from the onset. Starring Jeon Do Yeon and Jung Kyung Ho, she’s … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Course in Romance, Jeon Do Yeon, Jung Kyung Ho

Taecyeon and Won Ji An in Talks for Fantasy Romance KBS K-drama My Heart is Beating

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 14, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 13, 2023
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Awwww, this sounds like a cute, kooky, and totally fantasy K-drama romance to boot. KBS is planning the K-drama My Heart is Beating which like the title suggests is the romance between a half-vampire and a human. Sounds like a reverse My Roommate is a Gumiho in that the half vampire played by Taecyeon desperately wants to be human and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged My Heart is Beating, Taecyeon, Won Ji An

Park So Dam and Seo In Guk in Talks for Reincarnation K-drama TVING Death’s Game

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 14, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 13, 2023
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A new K-drama being kicked off, the live action adaptation of webtoon Death’s Game. The lead offers are out to Seo In Guk and Park So Dam so a legit great cast pairing and hopefully they accept as filming is scheduled to start in February. The source webtoon is about a man defeated in work and romance who kills himself … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Death's Game, Park So Dam, Seo In Guk

C-netizens Notice Bea Hayden Has Stopped Following Husband Jacky Heung on Weibo as the Couple Has Not Been Seen Together in Six Months Since His Cheating Scandal

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 13, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 13, 2023
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Marriages are hard and/or complicated but some just seem like a really long shot to work. Netizens have never seem HK-actor Jacky Heung and TW-actress Bea Hayden‘s union as probable to go the long run due to his past scandals (cheating, drugs) and being a total momma’s boy with rich entertainment honcho parents that coddle his every whim and his … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Bea Hayden, Jacky Heung, Married, Scandal

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