tvN chose to bisect the airing of fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles into technically three parts but aired in two segments. Part 1 and 2 aired together as 12-episodes, then came Hotel Del Luna, and now Part 3 aired as a final 6-episode chunk. But the story itself was Season 1 and boy did it sure feel like it. I don’t … Continue reading →
I’ve been having a niggling sense of deja vu vibes from the promos and pairing of upcoming KBS drama The Tale of Nokdu and finally connected the dots when I saw the just released couple poster with leads Kim So Hyun and Jang Dong Yoon. This is Kim So Hyun’s turn to have her own sageuk youth romance in the … Continue reading →
Upcoming tvN Sat-Sun K-drama Melt Me Softly clearly took it’s inspiration from the US movie Passengers, but without the problematic choice (bad choice) element that doomed the male lead’s intentions. It’s like the leads Ji Chang Wook and Won Jin Ah are the only two frozen in time and are dealing with the same return to society shock, no wonder … Continue reading →
Those who take subways daily know there is an inherent risk of it being late, dirty, and perhaps a tiny sliver of danger. But that’s subways in wild NYC and I honestly can’t see the subway system of well-run South Korean infrastructure teeming with danger. But that’s the premise which grounds upcoming tvN drama Catch the Ghost with Moon Geun … Continue reading →
It’s finale weekend over on tvN as the big budgeted and highly promoted fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles wraps up its ambitious tale with the final two episodes. The penultimate episode brought in 6.412% ratings, so part 3 of this drama in the end could not give it a much needed ratings boost beyond the 6% range it averaged during its … Continue reading →
OMG, please don’t make Im Joo Hwan into secretly the serial killer baddie in his next drama. Sorry I’m worried but this cutie pie keeps getting short shifted and honestly he’s better off being the nicest man in the world as he’s often been playing. Im Joo Hwan is currently in political family drama The Great Show but has lined … Continue reading →
It’s premiere week with some big name dramas I’ve been waiting for but due to work business and travel I’ve only been able to watch the new SBS Fri-Sat night drama Vagabond. Episode 1 aired this Friday and the network split it into three parts with commercials in between to maximize the ad revenue so the ratings were 6.3%, 8.0%, … Continue reading →
It’s kinda adorable to think that original K-pop hunk Rain is the daddy to two daughters and by all accounts the kind of daddy who dotes on his little princess(es). Rain and Kim Tae Hee wed in early 2017 and had their first child a daughter later that year. They waited two more years and this week welcome the arrival … Continue reading →
The speculation for weeks now has come to an end with the status of C-actress Tang Yan‘s belly. Tabloids and netizens have been on baby watch ever since Tang Yan was spotted covering up and with a maybe belly bump. This week the actress and her actor husband Luo Jin confirmed on SNS that they are indeed expecting their first … Continue reading →
My jawdropped already once when I saw the first cross-dressing stills of K-actor Jang Dong Yoon in his high profile leading man role in the KBS sageuk The Tale of Nokdu. It’s impressive the same guy can make my jaw drop twice but he’s done it again with the most recent stills that show him in his male character form … Continue reading →
Official congratulations are indeed in order for cutie pie TW singer and actress Rainie Yang and her now husband C-singer Li Rong Hao. The two have confirmed they are husband and wife after C-netizens spotted them at the city registrar’s office getting a marriage certificate. Rainie has been low key through this entire relationship of four years dating, only recently … Continue reading →
I normally dislike too dark K-drama posters but I LOVE these main character posters for upcoming jTBC sageuk My Country. It looks so intense and riveting, each of the leads bathed in shadows artfully. I mean, it’s a feat in itself to make everyone look good, from Yang Se Jong being so righteous and earnest, to melancholy and introspective Woo … Continue reading →
The K-ent paparazzi is funny, staging and posting these pictures as if it was uncovering something going on. The paps were at Incheon Airport this week and caught Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin at the airport at the same time, flying to the same place gasp! Of course the two stars of Crash Landed Love were dressed incognito rather … Continue reading →
