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Kim Yoo Jung Radiates Healthy Youthful Energy in New Bottled Water CF Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 4, 2021 by ockoalaApril 3, 2021
Smiling person holding a colorful water bottle.

CF models need to make me (the consumer) want to try whatever they are shilling. Be it a beverage, food item, home appliance, car, jewelry, whatever it is there needs to elicit a desire on the part of the consumer to be curious and want to test it out. Kim Yoo Jung is the face of a bottled water CF … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Kim Yoo Jung

Episode 13 of Vincenzo Stays at 10.815% Ratings as the Consigliere Puts on a Virtuoso Performance in How to Fight Back in Style

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 3, 2021 by ockoalaApril 3, 2021
Actors in various scenes from a drama.

tvN drama Vincenzo continues to surprise me and episode 13 was no different. When I thought President Cho had betrayed Vincenzo (noooooo!) it turns out to be more complicated and more genuine the connection between the two. Both have secrets upon secrets and yet need each other. I’m glad he’s a more layered character now than just Vincenzo’s right hand … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Vincenzo

Jang Nara and Jung Yong Hwa Partner Up to Sell Your Haunted House in New Posters and Previews for KBS Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 3, 2021 by ockoalaApril 3, 2021
Mysterious characters in a haunted house setting.

The promos for upcoming KBS drama Sell Your Haunted House (Daebak Real Estate) are heating up much like the housing market. The drama premieres in two weeks on April 14th in the Wed-Thurs time slot currently airing Hello? It’s Me! which is my sweet satisfying pleasure each week so I hope this drama is worth watching as well. Starring Jang … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Daebak Real Estate, Sell Your Haunted House

Park Seo Joon Models Retro Dapper Looks for Vogue Hong Kong Men’s Edition April 2021

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 3, 2021 by ockoalaApril 3, 2021
Vogue Man cover featuring stylish male model.

There was a throwaway line in Vincenzo episode 12 when two supporting characters are bickering and one calls the other a “cut rate Park Saeroyi wannabe” which was brilliant. I don’t miss that just out of jail bowl cut on anyone even on Park Seo Joon who wore it well in hit drama Itaewon Class. He’s back to being chic … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Park Seo Joon

Production Company Behind River Where the Moon Rises Sues Ji Soo’s Agency KeyEast for $2.7M of Additional Costs to Re-film Drama With New Male Lead

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 2, 2021 by ockoalaApril 3, 2021
Dramatic dialogue between two characters.

In the annals of least surprising developments in K-ent, the lawsuit that was bound to happen is here. The production company behind River Where the Moon Rises has sued former male lead Ji Soo‘s agency KeyEast Entertainment. It’s a straight forward claim for damages, costs, expenses due to Ji Soo‘s bullying scandal which led to the production company needing to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ji Soo, River Where the Moon Rises

Kim Young Dae May Be Seo Hyun Jin’s Leading Man in SBS Noona-Dongsaeng Romance Drama Why Oh Soo Jae

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 2, 2021 by ockoalaApril 2, 2021
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The casting call continues and this time it’s for two already hard at work stars taking on another project non-stop. Rising young actor Kim Young Dae has been offered the male lead in SBS drama Why Oh Soo Jae, which already signed on leading lady Seo Hyun Jin. She’s currently filming You Are My Spring with Kim Dong Wook and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Young Dae, Seo Hyun Jin, Why Oh Soo Jae

Lee Dong Wook Offered the Male Lead in OCN Thriller Bad and Crazy by the PD and Screenwriter of The Uncanny Counter

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 2, 2021 by ockoalaApril 1, 2021
Young man in a white shirt, thoughtful expression.

tvN drama Mouse is making my head hurt with all these serial killer personality/gene/brain transplant mumbo jumbo so I hope this drama airs later in 2021 so I can have a break on these types of stories. K-ent is reporting that Lee Dong Wook is in talks for the OCN thriller drama Bad and Crazy, playing the male lead who … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bad and Crazy, Lee Dong Wook

Kim Sun Ho and Shin Mina Confirmed for tvN Rom-com Drama Seaside Village ChaChaCha a Remake of the Movie Mr. Hong

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 1, 2021 by ockoalaApril 1, 2021
Two stylish individuals posing for portraits.

Rejoice, we have a confirmed great pairing and for a rom-com to boot! After months of rumors and speculation, today Shin Mina and Kim Sun Ho have confirmed their casting for the second half of 2021 tvN romance Seaside Village ChaChaCha. Not a fan of the drama title but a mega fan of both leads, who I must say must’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Sun Ho, Mr. Hong, Seaside Village ChaChacha, Shin Mina

Park Bo Young Does Average Jane While Seo In Guk Swaggers with Fantasy Vibes in First Stills for tvN Drama Doom at Your Service

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 1, 2021 by ockoalaMarch 31, 2021
Young man in stylish outfits, various locations.

I remember that grim reapers always need to wear black and look like secret service agents in dramas because that’s just what we expect. So the first stills of Seo In Guk as the titular Doom/Destruction himself in tvN fantasy romance Doom at Your Service (One Day Destruction Came to My Door) has his middle man between Heaven and Earth … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Doom at Your Service, One Day Destruction Came to My Door

Kim Hye Yoon in Talks for Female Lead of Sageuk Drama Secret Royal Inspector and Jo Yi Opposite Taecyeon

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 1, 2021 by ockoalaApril 1, 2021
Smiling woman in a sheer white dress.

Awwww, this wasn’t the cast original set out and isn’t the one that I would have preferred. Upcoming sageuk drama Secret Royal Inspector and Jo Yi was originally set to star Jo Byung Gyu after his breakout hit with The Uncanny Counter but he stepped aside after the bullying allegations against him from his school age days continued unabated. He … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Hye Yoon, Taecyeon, Tale of Secret Royal Inspector and Jo Yi

First Official Stills of Lee Do Hyun in KBS Period Romance Drama Youth of May Set in the 1980’s Student Democracy Movement

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 31, 2021 by ockoalaMarch 31, 2021
Smiling person holding a card in hand.

I’ve got all sorts of feels when it comes to Lee Do Hyun and his upcoming KBS drama Youth of May. He’s finally the solo male lead and I can’t wait to see what he brings to the role. But with the recent netizen attacks on any drama that it perceives to deviate from history or take fictional liberties in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Do Hyun, Youth of May

jTBC Releases New Statement Denying Snowdrop is Pro-Conservative Regime Crackdown on Student Democracy Protests of 1987, Says its About Election But Will Change Female Lead’s Name

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 31, 2021 by ockoalaMarch 31, 2021
Cast announcement for JTBC drama "."

jTBC is on the defensive but not backing down to the netizen furor over its upcoming drama Snowdrop, which let us all agree on hasn’t aired yet so what the drama is fully about no one knows other than the production. After Joseon Exorcist was excoriated for demeaning King Taejong by fictionally portraying him as slaughtering citizens after hallucinating they … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jisoo, Jung Hae In, Kim Hye Yoon, Snowdrop

Jung Il Woo and Yuri Exude Classic Sageuk Vibes in New Stills for MBN Drama Bossam: Stealing Fate

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 31, 2021 by ockoalaMarch 31, 2021
Person in traditional attire posing dramatically.

The upcoming sageuk drama Bossam: Stealing Fate will be the special 10th anniversary production for the smaller cable network MBN, and I sure hope the quality is much better that jTBC’s 10th anniversary big budget clunker Sisyphus: The Myth. The more I see of Bossom the more I like it, Jung Il Woo returns to his rugged sageuk roots and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bossam: Stealing Fate, Jung Il Woo, Kim Tae Woo, Shin Dong Mi, Shin Hyun Soo, Yuri

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