This is a downgrade for me and I can’t believe I’m saying this because the original contender for the role isn’t my idea of a great thespian to begin with. First off with the good news, Jo Jung Seok has confirmed as the leading man for upcoming MBC drama Two Cops. Not so good news is that earlier in discussion … Continue reading →
I thought filming wrapped over a month ago for September SBS drama While You Were Sleeping but the wrap party was held this past weekend so maybe there was residual filming left for this fully pre-produced drama. I’m just glad filming really is done now that news is out of male lead Lee Jong Seok getting his military enlistment notice … Continue reading →
I do love a talented Korean flower boy, slurped up plenty of flower boy type K-dramas over the year as long as the acting is on point and the story charming. With that said there are fewer and fewer new flower boy types that correctly straddle the line between absurdly good looking but still maintaining the veneer of manliness, think … Continue reading →
Viewers on Mon-Tues tuning into MBC get to watch a sageuk era love triangle and who knows yet if A King Loves will actually have the king get any love back. The network is changing eras and genres completely with the next drama for that time slot 20th Century Boy and Girl, which is itself an anachronism since we’re in … Continue reading →
Oh now this is a promising and unexpected K-drama casting, and I’m happy to hear how in demand the actor in question is. Idol-actor Choi Siwon has been offered the male lead in upcoming romantic drama Byun Hyuk’s Love, with the lack of any news related to Siwon these past two years due to his quiet and uneventful military enlistment … Continue reading →
Even if KBS funky drama Manhole (Wonderland’s Feels or Feels So Good) turns out to be awful I will always remember enjoying the promos and always being taken off kilter in a good way. The individual posters are out featuring the lead foursome of Jaejoong, UEE, Jung Hye Sung, and Baro, with the unique casting coincidence of having three out … Continue reading →
There is shady and there is flat out a violation of intellectual property rights. Sadly the Chinese government is basically allowing a black market sweep of hit Korean shows after it imposed an unofficially announced but officially in place screw tightening on Hallyu entertainment after the South Korean government went ahead and installed the THAAD missile defense system last year. … Continue reading →
I’ll need some eagle-eyed readers to assist in determining what’s going on with Taiwanese musical superstar Jolin Tsai‘s look, one that is getting tons of netizen chatter over whether it’s just makeup, surgical changes, or a combo of both. Jolin has been on an Asia tour this summer and unveiled a new look with dramatic eye makeup and a black … Continue reading →
Now that Reunited Worlds has premiered on the SBS Wed-Thurs time slot it means the pre-filmed While You Were Sleeping is on deck. The drama will take over from Reunited Worlds in early September and with it show whether screenwriter Park Hye Ryun of Pinocchio, I Hear Your Voice, and Dream High can create another memorable work. In While You … Continue reading →
It’s the summer of Park Shin Hye pictorials and I’m not complaining because each have been distinctive and beautiful in highlighting her charisma even in print. The latest comes from Elle Hong Kong, portraying a couture society princess look that imagines if Park Shin Hye played one of the rich high school girl characters in Heirs rather than her poor … Continue reading →
There’s a positive update as any from ailing Korean actor Kim Woo Bin‘s camp, with the young man diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and halted all work activities to undergo intensive chemo treatment. His agency has updated that Kim Woo Bin has completed the first round of cancer treatment, with fans spotting the actor and his girlfriend Shin Mina … Continue reading →
I think it was a near impossibility to keep the dating relationship of Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo truly under wraps. The two did a great job and the mainstream media helped by not covering the rumors and fan sightings for over a year until it really got more overt and serious. As such the Song-Song couple got … Continue reading →
Lee Dong Wook has always been leading man material and remains firmly in leading man territory, but it took taking a small step back to play the second male lead in Kim Eun Sook‘s last mega hit drama Goblin to raise his star to brand new heights. He put in a terrific performance as the Grim Reaper/Wang Yeo, and with … Continue reading →
