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Park Seo Joon and Kang Sora are the Face of New Skincare Product Cell Return

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2019 by ockoalaJune 25, 2019
Celebrities holding masks at a promotional event.

I love an event that is coordinated to the T and such is the launch of a new and weird looking skin care device this week in Seoul. The brand Cell Return hawking what appearances to be a technologically updated Man in the Iron Mask device brought together former Dream High 2 costars Park Seo Joon and Kang Sora as … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kang Sora, Park Seo Joon

Lee Min Ho and Eddie Peng Double the Eye Visuals at Berlutti Fashion Show in Paris

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 24, 2019 by ockoalaJune 24, 2019
Two well-dressed men sitting together.

Men in suits are my weakness and there are two reasons to get weak at the knees from last weekend’s Berlutti fashion show in Paris. TW-actor Eddie Peng and K-actor Lee Min Ho were in attendance and wearing clothing from the fashion house. Eddie went with uber tailored, the European skinny suit in a fresh dark aubergine with a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Eddie Peng, Lee Min Ho

Furukawa Yuki of Itazura Na Kiss: Love in Tokyo Announces Surprise Marriage and Baby on the Way

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 24, 2019 by ockoalaJune 24, 2019
Two portraits of a young man smiling.

There’s yet another a surprise wedding announcement out of Japan this weekend, marking a string of J-ent weddings since last year that is seeing a wide swatch of the eligible members of the industry settling down. This one is a perennial baby-face but is actually older than most viewers think – actor Furukawa Yuki announced that he married his non-celeb … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Furukawa Yuki, Married

Gao Yuan Yuan Celebrates Baby Girl’s First Month But C-netizens are Not Pleased with the Baby Name

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 24, 2019 by ockoalaJune 23, 2019
Pink gift box and happy wedding couple.

Ugh, I hate it when small-minded jingoism ruins an otherwise happy moment with nary a thing to nitpick. C-actress Gao Yuan Yuan welcomed a baby girl at the end of May 2019 with her husband TW-actor Mark Chao and this weekend she updated her SNS to share a sweet update. It’s their baby girl’s man yue (full moon or 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Gao Yuan Yuan, Mark Chao

Ha Jung Woo in Talks for First K-drama in 12 Years with Suriname to Air on Netflix

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 23, 2019 by ockoalaJune 24, 2019
Two men posing for studio portraits.

This is likely to come to fruition but the final format is still up in the air. Top K-movie actor Ha Jung Woo has verbally agreed to star in Kingdom PD’s next project called Suriname. It’s slated to be a Netflix drama but could also be done as a movie, which could go straight to video on Netflix like Bong … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ha Jung Woo, Suriname

J-actress Aragaki Yui Heads Back Home to Okinawa in Sun-dappled July VoCE Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 23, 2019 by ockoalaJune 22, 2019
Smiling woman with beach background and sunlight.

I’m still waiting for summer (weather) to arrive where I live as June gloom as eaten up the entire month with barely any sun in sight. That’s why the latest July 2019 VoCE pictorial featuring one of my favorite J-actresses Aragaki Yui was a lovely breath of warm summer air straight from Okinawa. Gakki  went back to Okinawa to showcase … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Aragaki Yui

Ji Sung Sends Refreshment Truck to the Set of MBC Drama Spring Night to Support Han Ji Min

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 23, 2019 by ockoalaJune 23, 2019
Young couple near cherry blossoms at night.

K-actress Han Ji Min is on such a roll it’s like she’s driving a Porsche and everyone else around her is in a Pinto. It’s a three-peat for this veteran actress as her acting in currently airing MBC drama Spring Night is deservingly garnering positive reviews, this on top of her last bravura performance in the tearjerking Dazzling (The Light … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Han Ji Min, Knowing Wife, Spring Night

Yeo Jin Gu Emphasizes His Harvard MBA to Impress Ghost Boss IU in Latest Preview for Hotel Del Luna

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 22, 2019 by ockoalaJune 22, 2019
Dramatic scenes from a TV show preview.

I love the colors of upcoming tvN Sat-Sun drama Hotel Del Luna. The hotel itself is saturated bold colors of orange, yellow, purple and contrasted nicely with many outside night scenes pleasingly lit to actually see what’s going on. The latest 4th preview for the drama is it’s most substantive yet, showing multiple scenes lifted from the early episodes that … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hotel Del Luna, IU, Yeo Jin Gu

Gong Yoo Does Hobo Chic at Louis Vuitton Show in Paris

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 22, 2019 by ockoalaJune 21, 2019
Smiling man waving in a green park.

I find it a feat of impossibility that French fashion house Louis Vuitton managed to turn K-actor Gong Yoo into a hobo, and one whose hobo-ness was accomplished by wearing a much too large suit. Gong Yoo is one of the tallest male actors in K-ent and he is literally swimming in his suit, and the second layer and too … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Gong Yoo

First Drama and Script Reading Stills for tvN Ethics Thriller When the Devil Calls Your Name

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 22, 2019 by ockoalaJune 21, 2019
Two men in contrasting expressive poses.

Would you make a deal with the devil? Event since Faust in the 18th century literature and successive mediums have grappled with this topic to  varying ends. Upcoming tvN drama When the Devil Calls Your Name tackles it head on with male lead Jung Kyung Ho striking a deal with the literal devil played by Park Sung Woong in exchange … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Kyung Ho, Park Sung Woong, When the Devil Calls Your Name

MBC Mon-Tues Drama Welcome 2 Life with Rain and Lim Ji Yeon Hold Script Reading

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 21, 2019 by ockoalaJune 21, 2019
Group of actors during a reading session.

This drama feels like a reverse version of Knowing Wife (Familiar Wife) and that’s both a good and potentially bad thing. Last year’s hit tvN drama Knowing Wife was made incredible and utterly perfect by the acting and chemistry of the two leads Ji Sung and Han Ji Min which helped ground the fantastical concept of a man driving through … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kwak Si Yang, Rain, Welcome 2 Life

Top K-model Han Hye Jin Creates a Stir with Dramatic Black-and-White Bazaar Korea Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 21, 2019 by ockoalaJune 21, 2019
Model in green dress with stylish accessories.

Jaw drop. Okay, now this is a high falutin’ fashion shoot and not one of this sit there and smile routine pictorials that only garner interest from me because it features an actress or actress I like. Top Korean model Han Hye Jin is featured in an eye dropping Bazaar Korea photo shoot that is dramatically black against a white … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Han Hye Jin

After Her Private Life and Kim Jae Wook, Park Min Young Reigns as the K-drama Female Lead Racking Up Successive Chemistry Wins

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 21, 2019 by ockoalaJune 20, 2019
Romantic moments between two characters.

I’m having a hard time thinking of another K-drama actress with as many romance dramas under belt as Park Min Young AND has also delivered performances that generated strong chemistry with her male lead(s). In some dramas she even sparks with the male lead and second male lead alike! Her hit rate is just too high to be a coincidence … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chun Jung Myung, Jaejoong, Ji Chang Wook, Kim Jae Wook, Kim Myung Min, Lee Bum Soo, Lee Min Ho, Park Min Young, Park Seo Joon, Song Joong Ki, Song Seung Heon, Yeon Woo Jin, Yoo Ah In, Yoo Seung Ho

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