Breakup news has been the exception in this 2017 year of K-ent celebrity couplings whether dating or getting married. But these two were always the long shot due to their young age and now after a year of dating it’s time for SM Entertainment to confirm the split of Krystal and Kai. Perhaps their respective diehard fans were upset when … Continue reading →
The new prime time drama arrivals have officially ended for now until the next big transition period arrives, for now the last two weeks have seen four new K-dramas premiere and the ratings shake out. For the Wed-Thurs time slot, Ruler: Master of the Mask and Suspicious Partner have been airing for a month now so newly arrived sageuk Seven … Continue reading →
Things are looking dicey for idol-actor T.O.P. (Choi Seung Hyun) who has become the latest K-star to get into a scrape with the law. Unlike the messier relationship scandals that have sunk the reputations of stars such as Yoochun, Park Shi Hoo, Kim Hyun Joong, and more, T.O.P. was under police investigation and now has been formally charged for using … Continue reading →
It’s hard to believe that the present day Park Min Young looking drop dead ravishing in the pages of Grazia Magazine is the same teen girl I first watched in 2006 K-drama High Kick. She’s turning 32 years old this year and with it tackling a very mature role as the titular Seven Days Queen in the upcoming sageuk costarring Yeon … Continue reading →
If weddings are just a chance to get all the friends together for a smashing party then TW-ent is salivating for the extravaganza to come that is Ady An‘s upcoming wedding. She’s already legally married as the couple registered their wedding last month, but Taiwanese tradition still requires a wedding banquet to hammer home the point. Ady’s wedding in June … Continue reading →
Someone is having the time of his life and it’s none other than top Hallyu star Kim Soo Hyun returning to the lime light this week with the promotional start of his upcoming Korean thriller movie Real. This was his first foray into darker material and an antagonist male lead but at the press conference this week he was such … Continue reading →
While both Nam Joo Hyuk and Shin Se Kyung are undeniably very beautiful human beings, they really don’t look like the living equivalents of their characters in the manhwa Bride of the Water God. It’s mostly due to the illustrative style being overly florid but juxtaposing the drawn visuals with the drama leads in the first teaser emphasizes the visual … Continue reading →
When a pictorial hits on all cylinders then it’s a sight to behold. Park Shin Hye in the June issue of InStyle Korea is the textbook definition of perfectly rendered fashion photography, with a generous use of a location shoot coupled with a model looking her very best. This pictorial was shot on Maldives and gives me serious travelers envy, … Continue reading →
The romance novel Once Promised is a fantastic read for those who hate love triangles and love OTP consistency, but terribly traumatic for those who need happy endings. The C-drama adaption A Life Time Love (Ancient Love Song) uses the story but changes all the names to avoid upsetting Chinese censors as the original tale was about historical fantasy deities … Continue reading →
It’s going to be a sageuk showdown on Wed-Thurs as new arrival Seven Days Queen (Queen for Seven Days) takes over the KBS time slot from recently concluded Queen of Mystery. Current time slot leading drama is the MBC sageuk Ruler: Master of the Mask while SBS is coming in third with quirky Suspicious Partner. Ruler has a three week … Continue reading →
Filming continues for summer SBS drama While You Were Sleeping, and from the looks of it entering the second half of the narrative based on the scenes glimpsed from lucky passerby footage. Leads Lee Jong Seok and Suzy have been seen filming in Seoul and their characters appear much closer than pictures from last month, now they are holding hands … Continue reading →
This Monday was the real test of the late spring prime time K-dramas, as time slot leader Whisper concluded last week and the successor drama premiered to compete with the two new arrivals from last week. SBS aired the sageuk adaptation of My Sassy Girl today and the drama premiered to 8.5% AGB nationwide ratings, putting it in the middle … Continue reading →
It’s harder for the male stars to change up their looks, there is only so much a guy can do differently with hair cuts and colors, and most often it’s the younger idols experimenting while the actors aren’t are daring. C-actor Hu Ge has been in the US studying for the past few months but recently returned to China for … Continue reading →
