Other than wanting to send two out of the three male leads home to change, everything looked peachy and swell at the movie press conference for upcoming period war time film Battleship Island. Based on the real life events of Koreans conscripted, enslaved, and imprisoned on Hashima Island in Japan in order to work in the coal mines, the movie … Continue reading →
Whatever the quality ends up being with the drama adaptation of Bride of the Water God, it’s looking like the drama has enough fan base and the cast buzzworthy to bring in the viewership curious to check it out. I guess casting idols and younger leads has that upside, and I for one am genuinely interested to see how … Continue reading →
One of the sweetest elements of the story in Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles Peach Blossoms is the princely baby boy of the leads who plays adorable matchmaker to bring his love torn parents back together again. Audiences are suckers for a precocious tyke who just happens to have the challenging and satisfying taste of reuniting two lovers who … Continue reading →
More and more Taiwanese singer-actor Wu Zun has dialed back on his entertainment career, in recent years only doing the Chinese version of Superman Returns called Daddy is Back. It allowed him to show off his warm and caring fatherly side to his daughter Ne Nei, and he also has a younger son with wife Lin Li Ying. Those who … Continue reading →
When one tries to recreate an iconic moment it mostly seems silly and sad, likely trying too hard with the end result a facsimile of a facsimile. When an iconic moment of sorts happens by chance then it’s pretty cute and the wind gods were on Suzy‘s side this past weekend at a Fendi event in Seoul. Suzy was in … Continue reading →
Stars are glamorous by trade but oftentimes I find myself admiring their normal folk casual looks more. It’s likely due to their looks and aura that they made simple jeans and a t-shirt look way more alluring, and there is also the reverse effect of getting glammed up and ending up looking older or dated. K-actress Ha Ji Won is … Continue reading →
The lovely Seo Hyun Jin can do wrong in my eyes, she’s amazing in all her dramas but truly has broken out last year with the cable romance drama Another Oh Hae Young followed up hit medical drama Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim. Looks like SBS knows a good thing in her as well as she’s been offering the leading lady … Continue reading →
It’s a complete change of mood for Park Shin Hye as she goes from the glittering beaches of Maldives to the ornate furnishing of a lady of the manor photo shoot. Park Shin Hye is on the cover and in the pages of the June issue of Vogue Taiwan, a country she’s visited often for fan meetings and even spent … Continue reading →
The drama production train continues despite the doom and gloom of ongoing ratings and advertising woes, which is good for us viewers so long as maintaining quality can still be sustained. The fresh casting news on the K-drama front this week has established drama and movie stars Han Ji Min and Jo Jung Seok in talks to partner up for … Continue reading →
I’m going to assume the character connections for now otherwise this casting comes across as wholly awkward. CNBLUE member and actor Kang Min Hyuk has signed on to climb aboard the upcoming MBC summer drama Hospital Ship, which sets sail in late August and currently only has the female lead confirmed. This will be Ha Ji Won‘s first drama since … Continue reading →
The uber smexy and supremely talented K-actor Cha Seung Won is coming back with a K-drama this year, let’s all rejoice even if it doesn’t arrive until December. Better late than never and his involvement bodes well for the upcoming tvN rom-com that will come from the script writing collaboration of the Hong Sisters. Cha Seung Won revealed last month … Continue reading →
We’ve only see the water god and the bride in all the previews so far for upcoming tvN drama adaption of Bride of the Water God, which is fine for fans of leads Nam Joo Hyuk and Shin Se Kyung, but clearly it takes more than the two leads to make a compelling story. Now we finally get to see … Continue reading →
The movie posters are out for upcoming period war era movie Battleship Island, depicting the slavery and escape of Korean citizens from the Japanese industrial island of Hashima (also known as Battleship Island or Gunkanjima). Starring So Ji Sub, Song Joong Ki, and Hwang Jung Min, the movie chronicles the real life story of thousands of Korean laborers brought to … Continue reading →
