The presses are still burning hot with the dating yes/no/maybe news surrounding recently concluded hit rom-com drama Why Secretary Kim costars Park Seo Joon and Park Min Young. Park Seo Joon is also striking while his buzz iron is hot, reportedly lining up over a dozen CFs and now jetting off to London for a photo shoot. He looks like … Continue reading →
C-ent has been abuzz for the last month over a brewing tax situation that has allegedly embroiled many of the top stars. The Chinese authorities are reportedly investigating the highest earning stars with Fan Bing Bing‘s named bandied about the most, for tax evasion stemming likely from not reporting all their earned income whether from film wages, CFs, or investments. … Continue reading →
I continue to appreciate the graphic design efforts that are coming out of KBS drama Lovely Horribly. It takes a talented eye to design drama posters for a cross genre work like a horror plus romance and make it feel both creepy and slightly gothic romance. I loved the OTP posters and now the individual character posters are out and … Continue reading →
I know this post is a month late but I’m a month late to see this airport pictures of my baby boy Lee Seung Gi jetting out of Incheon Airport. He looks like an adorable hot mess but perfect for his personality and for the jaunt on the plane. I’m also way over the glamorous look of Oh Gong in … Continue reading →
HK-ent is mourning the August 5th passing of 32 year old singer Ellen Joyce Loo. She jumped from a building in Happy Valley in Hong Kong after a very public battle with bipolar disorder and depression. She leaves behind her wife after coming out as lesbian a few years ago, despite all her record sales successes and award accolades Ellen … Continue reading →
The height differential between movie costars Kim Young Kwang and Park Bo Young still makes my eyes smile when I see them. The two are headlining the summer rom-com flick On Your Wedding Day which looks standard cute growing pains in love fare and the only unique element is finding the tallest male actor in K-ent second to Kwang Soo … Continue reading →
It’s been a year and a half since Gong Yoo was on any screen big or small and his next potential project has finally been unveiled. He’s been offered the male lead to Korean film Xu Fu, based on the Chinese historical folklore of Emperor Qin Shi Huang sending Xu Fu to look for the fountain of youth. However this … Continue reading →
The Lee Jun Ki career wave continues and it’s truly incredible to see him sustain and maintain a healthy vibrant acting (and singing) career for over fifteen years. Let’s never forgot that he was blacklisted by disgraced former South Korean president Lee Myung Bak and still managed to be as successful as he is. His latest pictorial for Elle Men … Continue reading →
It’s been a whirlwind week and a half past for K-actress Park Min Young with treble the news articles on her than normal thanks to the conclusion of hit rom-com Why Secretary Kim followed by tabloid reports that she’s been dating costar Park Seo Joon for the past three years. The two has thus far denied the reports, whether due … Continue reading →
I like the top picture of K-actress Gong Hyo Jin in the August edition of Vogue Taiwan so so much. It’s from the BTS shots of the beautiful eclectic star doing her pictorial and she looks like she’s looking at the test shots and liking what she’s seeing. As she should, with nearly two decades in K-ent she continues to … Continue reading →
The dichotomy in the title of upcoming KBS drama Lovely Horribly extends to the drama itself not just within the narrative but in real life. Some aspects are quite lovely, like these creative and eye catching official drama posters, while others darn horrible such as the PD using the Sewol family victim’s tearful pain as tool to criticize the acting … Continue reading →
It’s a big end to the month of July in J-ent as two big name acting couples suddenly announced marriages. First was Miura Shohei (30) and Kiritani Mirei (28) getting married after dating for two years since doing the drama Suki na Hita ga Iru Kuto in 2016. Five days later Katsuji Ryo (31) and Maeda Atsuko (27), actress and … Continue reading →
The new arrival in the Wed-Thurs time slot is tvN time-traveling or do-over drama Knowing Wife (Familiar Life) with Ji Sung and Han Ji Min, and the two veteran leads with a spotty drama ratings track record managed to debut with very solid ratings for cable. Knowing Wife premiered with 4.680% and then rose to 5.535% in episode 2. Leading … Continue reading →
