The fantasy K-drama Tale of the Gyeryong Goddess has got an English title of Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter which sounds rather incestuous if you ask me considering the romantic narrative of the tale, lol. It doesn’t deter me in the least as I’m still super excited about a Korean take on the folk tale of the fairy who loses … Continue reading →
The ailing in ratings rom-com genre got a much needed heart restart this year with the success of Why Secretary Kim, and last year the somewhat rom-com-ish Strong Woman Do Bong Soon was also a much needed jolt. The PD of Why Secretary Kim, who also directed This Life is Our First, Bring it On Ghost, and the first two … Continue reading →
The cast that attends concerts already to support is one that is doing well in builing friendship and camaraderie. Filming has kicked off for upcoming sageuk Dear Husband of 100 Days (Hundred Day Husband), but before then male lead Do Hyung Soo (D.O.) had a concert in Seoul with his idol group EXO. His costars including female lead Nam Ji … Continue reading →
It’s probably K-drama karma that the exceedingly well-dressed onscreen drama cast of just finished tvN drama Why Secretary Kim exited their roles and promptly fell on their fashion faces in real life. Goes to show how important a coordi is in the world of K-ent, and the outfits in Secretary Kim were some of the best onscreen professional and personal … Continue reading →
I can’t say I’m sad about this even though I adore baby boy Wu Lei (Leo Wu) and this is such a high profile project for him. The summer 2018 big budget Chinese fantasy movie Asura was billed as a six-year movie in the making with the biggest cost ever at $113 million USD and when something flies so high … Continue reading →
With the conclusion of ratings lead Wed-Thurs drama Why Secretary Kim, the time slot is open now for the prime time dramas to regain the usual ratings supremacy. This week’s airing saw the arrival of two new players – SBS legal drama Your Honor (Dear Judge) with Yoon Shi Yoon and Lee Yoo Young and MBC melodrama Time with Seohyun … Continue reading →
This looks more like a location shoot in Europe for a menswear pictorial but is actually the first two posters for upcoming MBC drama Terius Behind Me. Male lead So Ji Sub plays a former NIS agent living incognito in a neighborhood but brings all his past skills to use in helping a housewife played by Jung In Sun locate … Continue reading →
Two of K-ent’s top stars doing a pictorial is always a treat to see but why is it not the same pictorial putting them in the same frame? Former drama costars Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo Jin are both in new pictorials this week with a previous courtesy of their same agency Soop. More than a decade out from their … Continue reading →
There’s a nice pop of color coordination and it’s weird not to be between the OTP. Even then the lead couple look very visually compatible at the press conference of the next tvN Wed-Thurs drama Knowing Wife (Familiar Wife), taking over next week from the ratings leading predecessor Why Secretary Kim. Ji Sung went with a grey plaid suit which … Continue reading →
This is totally breaking news so we’ll see how their respective agencies respond once the media machine goes into full drive when everyone in South Korea wakes up. One K-ent newspaper Sports DongA is reporting on its print edition, which was leaked after it came off the presses overnight, that Why Secretary Kim costars Park Min Young and Park Seo … Continue reading →
The votes are in for a big audience poll assessing how South Koreans view the drama and pop stars of 2018 thus far. The Best Actress list starts with Son Ye Jin at the top, followed by Jung Yumi, Kim Nam Joo, and IU. Best Actor sees Park Seo Joon on top, then Jung Hae In and Jo Jing Woong. … Continue reading →
I don’t know if the character of Domyouji Tsukasa (Dao Ming Si in Chinese) is what attracts the most unique and charismatic of male actors or its said actors elevating what would otherwise be an average role. Once again the breakout star of a Hana Yori Dango adaptation is the actor playing the male lead role, this time Dylan Wang … Continue reading →
Normally I’m not a stickler for posing inasmuch as if it looks good to me then it’s a thumbs up. For some reason I totally noticed that Park Shin Hye‘s latest high fashion picture for W Korea has her with the exact same facial expression in every single shot. She looks incredibly beautiful and her outfits are all to-die-for boho … Continue reading →
